One that nearly ....

.... got away! Just going through photos and I realised that I never uploaded my brother's birthday card (back in .. gulp .. May!).  Better late than never, I always say, so here it is:

Quite difficult to see all that white against the background - in retrospect, I ought to have put a contrasting something or other behind it, but never mind!

I'm entering the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and Inspiration Destination ("Anything Goes"), Brown Sugar ("Birthday") and Creative Knockouts ("Something to Say"). 

I like the elements combined and layered on this card - stamping in two colours, washi tape, sentiment panel with string and homemade sort of melted hama beads!  Here's a side-shot:

Recipe:

Stamps: IndigoBlu "Ink Splats" and Hero Arts "Grid"

Font: Arial Black

Other: Washi Tape, homemade enamel dots, recycled black string.

Thanks for looking!

Blew the dust ....

.... from my craftroom yesterday!  I haven't made anything since my last post, have been knitting instead, as I'm still working through physio.  My neck is much improved, but sorting that out has uncovered middle back problems (yes, middle back - not upper or lower!) and that makes close-up cardmaking a bit painful.  Oh well, it's getting better - and I've ordered my Christmas card stuff - way to undo all the good work!

My daughter's boyfriend is 23 today, this is the same fella I deigned to make a card for last year!  He's still around! Here's what I made:

Update 25/10/16- this card was Featured at Little Red Wagon - thank you!!

I'm entering the following challenges: Little Red Wagon ("Let's Party"), Creative Knockouts ("Embossing" - I've heat embossed the letters with my new embossing pen, not wildly impressed with it though.  I've also dry embossed some vertical lines on the top right of the card - you can kind of see them!), Inspiration Destination ("Anything Goes") and Seize the Birthday ("Anything Goes").

Lar likes cycling and bikes and such, so I was chuffed that I remembered this old IndigoBlu stamp set with a racing bike.  Inked a nice urban grungy brick background stencil and stamped the bike on top.  Here's a closer look:

Recipe:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Get Happy"

Stamp: IndigoBlu "Grand Tour 1" set

Stencil: Tim Holtz "Bricked"

Fonts: "Alexis Marie" - dafont.com and Arial Black

Other: Red e.p., Glossy Accents, staples.

Do you like my artificial grass?  The hard landscaping of our new garden is finished - we've just got to finish putting cladding on the walls and then it will be done - possibly this weekend.

Thanks for looking!