Lauren & Nick

I am sure this card must have got there by now so I believe I am free to post it here. It was mailed to Lauren (our niece) at home but I am sure she and Nick have both seen it by now.  The card may not be as romantic as the proposal but I tried hard

 

They went to Paris for Lauren's Birthday and the question was popped at the top of the Eiffel Tower.  What a great place - Paris was where we went on Honeymoon all those years ago! 

Lauren loves her music and sings beautifully and is a primary school teacher.  Nick is a music teacher in Secondary schools and plays in a couple of bands.

My card uses a new embossing folder by Spellbinders that Dave bought me for Christmas and some older images from Katzelkraft.  The sentiment is computer generated but on this and the Paris I used more than one colour as per the TLC515 challenge. The word Love is a Penny Black die and the hearts border is made with Spellbinders dies.  I started with sketch SC522 but felt the urge to tilt my panel and I will be entering this at Word Art Wednesday - anything goes.

Hope they have a great life together.

Less is More - Masculine Card

OK so how did I come to make this card?  It started from the thought "I need some more cards for men" and I thought about what challenges are out there.  The Less is More challenge was single layer cards, few embellishments so great for those masculine cards.  The challenge is to use Films as your inspiration.  Well I thought about Lion King (that has been done already) then I thought about my stamps.  I searched through film lists and I came up with the thriller North by Northwest because of the scene with the crop spraying plane.  I knew I had no plane like that so I used this sea plane from Katzelkraft.  I searched long and hard for a compass stamp and I am sure I have one but had to improvise on that too!

After my long ramble here is the card

Thanks for looking.

Tempus Fugit

Does anyone else feel a little odd when the clocks change?  We got an extra hour last night when the clocks went back but today my body clock has been totally confused!  It was very apt when the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge today was about time.  The passage actually contradicts my sentiment which says time flies and says God gives us all the time we need - "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven". 

I went with the flow and this masculine card was what I came up with.  I used a clocks mask, an embossing folder with cogs and a clock face plus two stamps.  The plane image is from Katzelkraft and the pocket watch and saying "Tempus Fugit" were a free gift with Craft Stamper magazine some time ago.  I used Antique Linen and Aged Mahogany distress inks plus Memento Espresso Truffle.

The Card

Thanks for looking and have a great week.

Showing some of the detail

 

Simple Card after 33 Years

Most times I need to make a card for hubby I go for something complicated or intricate or something with lots of colouring.

This time I went clean and simple using this cute little dog stamp from Katzelcraft.  I am entering the card in this week Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.  We celebrate 33 years of marriage tomorrow. 

We have decided to spend the evening at open air theatre performed by a small local group.  It should be fun.  This is what we will be seeing at Theatre Workshop Coulsdon.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the start of the Olympics.

Janine

Sentimental Sundays - Wings

Used this image from Katzelcraft and some Pan Pastels - my first play with them to create the image for this card.  The greeting and the oriental symbols are from the Asian Delights set recently released by Mark's Finest Papers.

Chocolatier

I sampled some nice French chocolate earlier in the week as someone in the office treated us all when they returned from holiday.

Our niece loves Paris (so do I) so this card is for her Birthday.  The image raised up on the tag is from Darkroom Door and the images stamped on the background paper are from Katzelkraft but available in the UK from The Craft Barn.  The background paper is from Bo Bunny and is a sheet from the 6" x 6" pad.  I am entering this card in  last Sunday's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge.  I coloured the pin head with ProMarkers to make it tone with the ink and flowers.  I add the Eiffel tower to the flowers.  I bought the ribbon on line but I can't remember the details.  Thanks for looking.