LESS IS MORE CHALLENGE

I've finally managed to make another card for this challenge I entered the second week I think and have been struggling ever since, everyone is so talented and all my thoughts and ideas got used up before I got there so to speak but today I'm there I think.  I haven't looked today just in case.

I've used a white linen card for the base card and plain white card for the embossing.  The large square is cut using a Martha Stewart punch and embossed with a daisy embossing folder and the two hearts are similarly embossed using cuttlebug folders having been cut with a heart die first which I think is a Nellie Snellen die but not sure.  I haven't put a sentiment on yet but will do so when it goes into my 'for sale' box probably as a wedding card.

Hope you like it, I'm quite pleased with it and with the photograph considering the problems I have using my husband's camera. 

Anniversary Card

This is an anniversary card I made a litle while ago but never blogged.  It sold the very first time I took it to the monthly coffee morning I attend and the person who bought it thought it was lovely.  Unfortunately the picture is not good as I have to scan my cards as I don't yet have a camera but maybe I can put one on my Christmas list although I am a little  nervouse about using an SLR camera as they seem so complicated any suggestions would be most welcome.

New Cards

I made this card some time ago but thought it was time I posted something to my blog and hope you like it.  My husband chose to send this one to a niece only this morning so he thinks it's OK. 

LESS IS MORE CHALLENGE

When I saw this week's challenge I knew straight away what I wanted to do.  Having made up the card I was not sure whether I liked the sentiment and it's taken me all week to decide to 'go for it' as they say.  I'm sure by the time I come to sell it at the end of March spring really will be here or at least much nearer than it is now.  Although we had a lovely day here yesterday, sunny and warm.

The card is a linen effect card and I stamped the digi image (from Digi Doodles) straight onto the card and coloured with Copics.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for stopping by to have a lool.

Sallie

No Cards!

Hi everyone,

Sorry there have been no cards recently but I have not been well I've been in hospital with pneumonia which caused my arthritis to flare up and I've been feeling proper sorry for myself,  I'm still not 100% but do have a little less pain today which I hope will continue.  I went to see the doctor again yesterday and she gave me some more tablets this time to help with the pain but as they are steroids they come with many warnings and possible side effects but for now I will just be grateful to get some pain relief. 

Hopefully therefore I may get round to making some cards.  The card from my last post is still sitting on my desk waiting for its insert and finishing and now we are into February I am beginning to think of my regular 3rd Saturday coffee morning sale and as I didn't get there last month I really want to get there this month.

Thank you so much for calling by I really do appreciate it when I get visitors even though my posting is very sporadic.

Sallie

1st card for 2011

Thanks for stopping by, its ages since I uploaded any cards but I have promised myself that I will try to enter at least one challenge a week this year, (is this a NewYear Resolution I wonder?).  I'm not very good at keeping these so we shall have to see.  I hope you like what you see and thanks again for stopping by.

I made this card to go in my 'for sale box' but unfortunately it has not scanned well at all.  I know I should photograph it to get a better picture but I couldn't be botherered.  I am full of cold or something which I have had for a couple of months now and although the doctor gave me antibioticts last week the are not working so another visit will no doubt need to be made. 

Anyway I wanted to enter the challenges for 'new beginnings' at various places but especially LOTV which ends tomorrow, so I hope everyone will forgive me.  I can assure you that the babygrow and hat are pink to go with the rest of the card and not blue as the picture would suggest.  I actually quite liked it when it was done but am really not sure now I see it on the screen.

Oh, well the LOTV challenge is closed so I'll see what else I can find and will edit accordingly.

Sallie

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL

We spent a lovely Christmas Day with our daughter and her family.  Her 2 children are our youngest grandchildren, Abi is 5 and Xander 2 1/2.  Abi has now got to the stage where all she wants to do is rip the paper of everything whilst Xander is happy opening one present and playing with it.  Abi found this very frustrating as she kept having to slow down so she hadn't opened all her presents before Xander got beyond his first. But in the end we had a lovely day.

Fortunately we had done everyone elses presents some time ago but I couldn't decide what to get my husband and then the snow arrived which kept me housebound so in the end I panicked and ordered some stuff from Amazon only part of which arrived before Christmas the rest arrived today.  My husband had much the same experience but being able to go out he got something locally.

Anyway I hope you all had a super Christmas and that you will have a bright and happy New Year

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopefully I will show you more of my cards in 2011.

Sallie