Golden Pocket Silhouettes

I suffered from Less is More withdrawal symptoms over the weekend - I was away and my phone wouldn't load the whole site so I couldn't see the challenge. It was so frustrating - and I'm sure a lot of LiMettes can sympathise! Anyway, it turns out that the challenge is to make a card using the colour gold. I'm obsessed with twinchies at the moment, as seen at the fabulous new challenge site Show us Your Twinchies, so I combined the two challenges to come up with this:

Twinchies are two inch squares of artwork and I've made mine in golden shades combined with gold embossing. It's mounted on a panel of Naturals Ivory card stock embossed with the Elegant bouquet embossing folder and wrapped with twill tape tied up with linen thread. I wanted it to be a burst of colour against a neutral background. Come and have a look at the twinchie itself:

This was supposed to be inspired by a long hot golden afternoon in a meadow but since I was working from an extremely distant memory you'll have to forgive any inaccuracies! The background was sponged with layers of colour before inking directly with the edge of a River Rock ink pad, then the plants were stamped over the top.

The final step was to add gold embossing which you can see more clearly in the photo above.

Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Autumn Days

Ink: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, River Rock

Card stock: Naturals Ivory, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Other: Versamark pad and pen, gold embossing powder, heat tool, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, twill tape, linen thread

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to offer help and advice. To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593. Your free brad and ribbon set will be added automatically to any order of £45 or more.

This was the scene at the bottom of our road yesterday morning as the olympic torch came past. My youngest son was given the morning off school to see it so my husband (who is much better in crowds than I am) took him out there. When they returned, my son was full of enthusiasm as always. When he'd gone upstairs to get ready for school, I asked my husband if he'd enjoyed it. He looked at me sideways. "Put it this way," he said, "I'll have forgotten all about it by lunchtime!" Where does my son get his positive attitude from I wonder?!

See you tomorrow,

Three minute Lovely as a Tree twinchie

Lovely as a Tree what? I hear you ask. Twinchie! A twinchie is a two inch square piece of artwork and I am so excited to have found a new challenge blog dedicated to them. It's called Show us your Twinchies and is a fortnightly challenge (which is helpful for people like me who have no sense of time!) The first one was launched a few days ago and it looks great fun - and of course with a brilliant name like that, it would be rude not to join in! Here's my twinchie:

It's Three Minute Thursday here so my twinchie had to be very quick and simple - more in the nature of a doodle than a piece of artwork! I cut a piece of watercolour paper and sponged in a background before stamping my trees. Then I tapped a bit of colour onto the bare branches with a couple of markers and gave it a quick once over with an aqua painter. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes which contains a load of sentiments the perfect size for this kind of scale.

I mounted my twinchie onto an Early Espresso card base which I'd scored with my Simply Scored for a bit of interest. This is one of the quickest ways of making a background I know! You may be wondering why I'm sounding so chirpy while making a sympathy card but it's not required thank goodness - it's just for my stash.

Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Always Artichoke

Card stock: Early Espresso, watercolour paper

Other: Markers, aqua painter, Simply Scored, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to offer help and advice. To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593. Your free brad and ribbon set will be added automatically to any order of £45 or more.

Now I can't be hanging around here chatting as we have a birthday going on in our family today and I have a very special chocolate cake to bake! Happy birthday to my hubby - yes Simon, I know you're reading this!

I'll be back tomorrow with a card that happened because I had a pair of scissors in my hand! See you then,