CAS-ology ...... Friend

Happy Monday!

Here we go again .... another week.  Lets see if I can do a little better with the old blogging this week shall we!

We'll start the week with a last minute entry for the challenge over at CAS-ology.  This was a brand new challenge for me last week and seeing as I got an Honorable Mention for my first entry (thanks ladies!) I thought it was only right that I should play along again.

This week the cue card was .......

Here's what I came up with ......

I've been having a play with new stash ..... the cute little soft caress die from Penny Black.  It's a great little die, perfect for Valentine's ....... which is approaching fast, but you can use this anytime ..... weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, just because cards, and of course for those special people ........ FRIENDS

I stamped my background onto a piece of white card, using Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and the hessian panel from IndigoBlu's Sarah's Choice stamp set.
I then stamped my sentiment underneath ..... how true are those words!?

I cut the full die from green cardstock and then cut the hearts again, twice from red.
I layered the hearts together over the top of the green and then gave them a coating of Versamark ink followed by  Clear UTEE.  I heated this and added a tiny sprinkling of crystal glitter before the embossing powder cooled

Look at the sparkle and shine .... so pretty!

I attached this over the stamped panel and finished off by adding a few inksplats.

For the inside of the card, I used the left over piece of card from my die cut, as a stencil

and added colour using Distress Inks.

Well, that's Monday done.  I hope this week is a little less busy than last, we've no birthdays to celebrate at least .... although we do have a housewarming party to go to on Friday evening.  There's the doctors on Wednesday morning, I need to go to the bank at some point, so that means a look around the shops too, oh and there's coffee and craft with friends on Friday morning ........ not such a quiet week after all!

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time

Linda

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Just one layer ..... raiding the stash, a new challenge and Happy Birthday!

Happy Wednesday!

It's been another cold, wet and windy day over here ..... we haven't had any of the snow that parts of the UK have been getting but we are on a severe weather warning apparently.  No boats again today, and flights cancelled too ...... guess it's time to batten down the hatches and wait until it passes.

It is a day to celebrate though .... my little old blog is 3 today ...... whoo hoo!!  Happy Birthday Blog. How time flies when you're having fun!
It was also Stephen's Mum's birthday yesterday, it's Lauren's on Saturday, then Chris's next Saturday ...... January's a busy month!!

I'm slowly getting back into my Blog challenges ......... I didn't make last week's Less is More so I was determined to get something done for this week ...... well, it's One Layer Week, couldn't miss that now could I!

The theme is ......

New Beginnings ....  

I think the sentiment says it all ....... each day is a new beginning, why not make is special.

I used the Wendy Vecchi Brick Wall stencil with some Dried Marigold Distress ink,  to add a bit of detail to the background

Then I stamped the flower over the top using black Versafine ink.  I love this little bloom .... it's from a set of stamps by Wendy Vecchi called Wildflower Art and it's the first time they've seen a ink pad today, so I guess you could class this as ..... in the words of the lovely Darnell ..... Never Before Used Schtuff! (NBUS)

I removed some of the Distress ink from within the stamped image using a water brush and kitchen roll, then added colour to the flower using Spectrum Noir pencils

To finish off I added the words, again from a Wendy Vecchi set of stamps, this time Art-Fully Said,
another stamp set from the NBUS stash!!!  I'm doing well this week

As always, there's a little something on the inside

So .... that's this week's Less is More done.  And seeing as I've been using NBUS stash I'm also entering this into Darnell's latest NBUS challenge

AND ...... a new one for me ..... CAS-ology.

CAS - ology focus on Clean and Simple designs ... lots of white space, and use a Cue Card for inspiration.  It's a weekly challenge starting each Tuesday and you can find all the details HERE

This week, as you can see the word on the Cue Card is NBUS.  The lovely Darnell (who by the way came up with the acronym some time ago) is their Guest Designer, so there's a bit of a collaboration going on with both challenges running alongside each other (it would be rude to enter one and not the other wouldn't it!)

That's one card and three challenges ...... I'm on a roll!!

Thanks for popping by ..... I hope the weather's being kind where you are.  It's blowing a right hoolie outside here at the moment.  I don't care though it's time to curl up in front of the TV tonight ...... Lauren decided a couple of weeks ago that she would finally sit down and watch Game of Thrones ... and see what all the fuss was about.  Well ..... she's up to Season 3 episode 9 ....... The Red Wedding!!!!! Can't wait to see her reaction!!

Cheerio until next time

Linda 

xx