Less is More Challenge: Aqua

Took me a long time to find some ink to use for this challenge.  Ended up using one called Turquoise but it looks like Aqua to me!  The coloured paper was kindly provided for free by the very clever MelStampz here  http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-vine-papers-overlay-free.html

The stamps are from the Crafty Secrets "Greetings from Wonderland" and an old Basic Grey set I managed to grab in a sale for 99p!

Been baking banana and walnut muffins tonight and the smell is just gorgeous - not good for the diet though.  Thanks for stopping by.

Corset easel card for a friend

This is a different style of easel card with a front section cut along the shape of the corset - I love that stamp!  It gives 6 sides to decorate so great fun to make and hopefully my friend will enjoy it.  Sorry the pics are a bit shadowy - in a bit of a rush to get them taken before I had to post it!  Thanks for visiting.

Less is More challenge card

Decided to enter this challenge as it looked quite fun but very hard for me to have lots of "white space" and very few embellishments - see I couldn't resist adding the flower!  This is the Less is More site if you want to play along:   http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com     Thanks for stopping by.

Birdcage birthday card

Here's a card I made after being inspired by Vicky at Simply Paper http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com/2012/01/hugs-and-kisses-pion-designgreen-tara.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SimplyPaper+%28SIMPLY+PAPER%29

I can't find a UK supplier of the Pion papers she used so I used the Prima Romantique paper instead which I really like.  Thanks for looking.

Goals for 2012

Here's a little "Goals" book I made as a gift for a friend to write all the things she hopes to achieve in 2012.  Think I need to make another one for myself so that I actually make some time for myself this year.  2011 went by so quickly and there were so many things I didn't get the chance to do.  Sound familiar?  You need a Goals book!  Thanks for taking a look.

House-icle

Had so much fun making this for an internet swap - don't really want to part with it so guess I'll have to make another one.  The little girl image and the words are from Paper Whimsy here http://www.paperwhimsy.com/ and the original idea came from Nancy Maxwell James, a very talented lady who always inspires me.  Here's the link for her beautiful blog  http://sugarlumpstudios.com/

Thanks so much for looking.

Book mark

This is a gift made for a mystery swap I joined for the New Year.  I wish I could remember the blog I saw it on but its lost in the mists of my blog hopping.  I was very grateful anyway to the person who inspired me to give it a go and thought it turned out quite well.  Hoping the recipient likes it.  Thanks for looking.

I'm working on a house-icle (house on a lolly stick) at the minute and will post a pic or two when its finished.  Lots of fun and great to get away from Christmas theme at last!