done it - maybe?

Well I have done my Less is More challenge, am I happy, not really, although I love the image from TLC Vintage, I have printed the image on to the card, then 3D it, then because I thought it needed a few shadows, I actually took a water colour pencil and made the shadows!! I haven't used these pencils for years.  This challenge has been particularly difficult for me for some reason, maybe it's the pale colours? This is definitely a less card rather than more lol and I am only linking it as I was determined to do something.

Missing mojo anyone seen it?

I have had orders for cards this week and I am so stuck, I can't believe it, I haven't been so bad for months, even the Less is More challenge has got me blanked out!!! maybe 'cause I've gone back to work and my body so wants to retire, never mind just one more year, I hope.

I thought I will show you a card I made before Xmas for a friend of mine 

The bears are fom Hobbytool and decoupaged.

It's Monday!!!!

I love Mondays and Tuesdays, they are the busiest time of the week for me and today has been no different, even the the neurologist told me  "you must pace yourself", fat chance, when I'm in work, I'm in work and things have to be done, oh! well maybe next year when I hope to retire.

  Enough of rubbish things, back to nice things, like making cards lol.  I have made this card in what I call the old A5 sixe 175x254, it's a perfect size I think, but I haven't been able to get envelopes so I made my own to match.  The colours on the card are a few shades paler, but had the evening light to contend with.

 I based the design on katstamps.com January sketch

The digi stamp is Bugaboo, check paper is by AJ Roberts and the spotty paper, flower and cupcake is by Summer Driggs, I changed the colour of the cupcake to match the envelope and made a border for the flap of the envelope.  I have just noticede that I didn't add a ribbon duh!.     I added a frame for effect, not sure if it detracts from the card and envy, although maybe that's a good idea.

Back to work

I'm back in work after 5 weeks of getting over my concussion after the fall on the ice, so all blogs will not be so often, at least I don't think so.  I am soooooooo going to miss visiting all the blogs, but will continue with a lot, how could I not, I need help with inspiration and over the last few weeks, boy, have I had inspiration, in fact so much it hurt my brain, which didn't need any more hurting lol.
I am looking at the paper and stamps which are NEVER used and think I wonder if I can try to use them after all I've seen, I think I'll try whether I'll succed I don't know, there is one card on here I used a stamp and was quite pleased with it, but I know I have to learn an awful lot more.  Here is a card I did recently for an order for a card with a computer on it and 70, so here it is all done on puter!!.

I had the computer off the web, added the glass and decanter and the clock, made and added the 70 as a PS brush for background  and added a quote, this was for a computer silver surfer.

A new bathroom on the way, yipee!

Hiya, not done much crafting this week as I have choosing tiles and suite for my new bathroom, I have waited a long time for it due to different reasons and at last it's here, not yet, but they start next weekend. 

Enough of that, you are not interested in my rambling just my cards (I hope). I have made a card for my niece who has spent her entire life in love with horses, I hope she doesn't mind when I say she's no child any more (over40),  I always use a horse in her cards and as she has just had a new grey Spanish horse this is what I did, I found the picture on the web and decoupaged it to appear jumping out of the card, I'm glad to say it did look like it.

I added the greeting on to the background and used a gradient to make it appear part of the sky.

A thank you

Thank you all who have commented on my 3 Square card, I am so surprised so many liked it and absolutely thrilled, thanks again.

A new card

I made a card for "stock" I saw someones cherry blossom in the last week or two and I loved it, I knew I had a similar image in my digi stamps, so decided to have a go at making one for myself, when I did it, a little bit of inspiration from somewhere, (where does it come from?) the bigger flower stood out, so instead of colouring it all I decided to go red instead of pink and coloured the big flower.  Then what sentiment? so I made my own up, (I think) as I read so many I may have read it somewhere and it stayed in my tiny mind lol, inside it says"It's your birthday". Not a lot of imagination there I hear you say lol. I've tried a new way to present my cards, by blurring the background, let me know what you think.

The digi is by Creativemindofsylvie the font is NevisonCasD, I glossed the flower and that was it.