SEA

Afternoon all.

I hope I find you well. The weather has just spoilt what was up to 3o'clock a really gorgeous autumnal day by a heavy rain shower. So much rain has fallen these last couple of days that the yard is a boating lake and the soil hubby was moving is so sodden its not worth working with. Still it pales into insignificance with the inconvenience my son is experiencing. His gas supply failed sometime on Thursday and has been without heat or hot water since. Apparently, the old spur from the main to the street has corroded and has to be replaced. I'm just pleased that the boiler sensed the drop in pressure so he knew something was wrong and the leak was discovered in time. Isn't technology great?

Anyway I'm here to share a card for this week's challenge over at CASology. I haven't played over there for a while so was keen to join in but puzzled as to what I could do with the cue word of SEA. 

Then I remembered my Woodware 'Sailing by' stamp set but how to go about it. That was earlier in the week and it was only yesterday while sorting through my dies I came across my MB large circle burst and thought porthole. I've used this versatile die in a couple of different ways before (here and  here) and I'm sure I've seen it used as a frame before but where I've no idea, its age you know! I think it softens the image and is not as stark as a simple circle die.

I coloured the image using Copics then mounted the diecut on pads to frame the image.

Thanks for popping around, see you back soon.

Sunny Thank You

Afternoon all.

Just sat down after taking Max for a walk before going out to cut the grass, so thought I would post another thank you card for Nich.

This one is based on the latest cue word from Addicted to CAS - Sun.

I love this MB die and really suggests rays when in front of a yellow backing. It needed a little something and I remembered seeing a sun with it's center filled with assorted yellow buttons, what a great idea, but not sure whose card it was, I must make notes as I don't have pinterest. 

Some of the buttons are from bought packets but some are saved from those extra you get on tops in little plastic packets! The die cut is popped up on pads but the yellow is flat on the square base card. The sentiment is from Hobbycraft.

That's about it, better get the grass cut!

Colour at LIM

The latest challenge at Less is More is to use the colour scheme of your bedroom in your card! With the option to show a pic of said room.

I wonder how many of us dare to share with an actual pic of our room?

Well when I went upstairs to make the bed I thought I would take a quick snap of the linen as the room is magnolia, as we haven't decorated since the barn was finished. I just brightened it up with some bright colours on the duvet set. There are matching curtains still in their packet as we put up temporary ones(£10 from Dunelm sale) while we finished and as they go I have left them! (Actually we haven't finished the odd bits and bobs but we are in after 8 years of complete rebuilding!)

The colours are my fave of the moment. The whole house has a burgundy, magenta, lime green vibe in various hues. This set has a little bit of paler pink and two shades of blue dotted around as well.

Well enough of interior design here is my card.

I had to use flowers as the pattern on the duvet is. I chose two of the colours from the main panel and finished it with lime green leaves and two buds in slate blue. I used a Sizzix set of dies to create the blooms and a punch for the centers which I cut down for the smaller flowers. The leaves were cut from a Sizzix sizzlet die from Stampin Up -Little Leaves. The circular die is Large circle burst by Memory Box. I saw the small circle burst used here and it kinda stuck as I thought it a great idea. The circular sentiment is from LOTV.

Well that's about it, thanks for popping by.

I shall enter the following challenges:-

Less is More - #175 colour challenge

Addicted to stamps -  Bingo (flowers/ pearls/diecut)

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes option of a sketch