Just for You ....

For this card I've used a new stamp from the Greetings Farm 'Miss Anya Love' set.  I die cut the easel card using a set of rectangle dies from Go Kreate - the brown base layer was also embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  The paper is from Pink Petticoat and the two sentiment tags from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - 'my favourite things' (the easel card, pink and brown colour combintation, the Anya stamp, my Cuttlebug)

Divas by Design - die cuts and punches (my dots are punched and the card layers are die cut)

I Love Promarkers - 'include flowers' (second entry)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - 'something old, something new' (the stamp and paper are new and the die cuts and embossing folder are old)

Tag, You're It!

Here's another clean and simple card design (one of my specialities!) using the 'Single Flower' stamp from Little Claire Designs again plus (surprise, surprise!) some gingham paper from Craft Creations.  I've decoupaged the lower part of the flower although it's not that easy to see on the photo and I also custom-coloured the Card Candy to match my design.  The card blank was cut using the largest of the tag die cuts available on the Little Claire Designs website.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'lemon and lime'

Craft Room Challenge - 'summer birthdays'

I Love Promarkers - 'include flowers'

Crafts and Me - 'birthdays'

A Bit More Less is More

I wanted to make a birthday card today and thought I'd give the current sketch at Less is More another try as it's one that I really like.  This time I used paper from Craft Creations (this sketch is also excellent for using up odd strips of paper!) matted on to some blue card edged with a Martha Stewart punch.  The flowers are three of the images from the Little Claire Designs 'Boxed Flowers' stamp and the sentiment is also from Little Claire.

Less is More - Week 21

This is my card for challenge 21 at 'Less is More' which is a sketch challenge.  I used a strip of Doodlebug paper matted on to a strip of pink card on which I used my Fiskars Threading Water punch.  I've had this punch for a while but haven't used it.  When I first bought it I didn't really 'get' how it worked.  Since then I've bought a couple of the Martha Stewart punches and realised the principle is the same.  I saw the Fiskars one used on a card in a magazine last week and decided to get mine out to have another go!

The main stamped image is one of 'Claire's Sentiments' from Little Claire Designs which I stamped and coloured.  The two little cupcakes either side are from a Do Crafts set and I punched them out with my circle punch - again neglected since I bought my Nestabilities but it was just the right size for this card.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Moving Along With the Times - 'clean and simple'

Shopping Our Stash - 'tools of the trade' (my two punches)

Less is More - I followed the sketch

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 'cooking up a storm'