Casual Krafts-men

Hello everyone ,

This post could easily be about the cowboy that extended our bungalow , with a title like that , but that's a whole different story and not what I'm talking about here :) 

I've been absent again for a few days but finally got some time to play last night in my craft room , including using my new Paper Smooches stamps ready for my first Guest Design spot on the PS blog ,Wednesday :)

....... but today I want to share my Casual Fridays card with you , and this week it's a card for the men in our life using a piece of Kraft card somewhere in the design , hence Krafts-men , they come up with some catchy titles :)

As you can see I've gone for mostly Kraft and I've embossed a piece with PTI's woodgrain IP to make the wall plaque . The paint cans and brush are a Woodware stamp coloured with promarkers and I've used acrylic paint on the cans , brush and plaque itself . I just love the wood effect showing through the paint :)

I've got lots of challenges to catch up with , I'll no doubt be back again tomorrow , so bye for now and thanks for looking and leaving a comment ... I truly appreciate them all x

Less is More gets sketchy

Hello again ,

I know it's a bit of a post overload at the moment but I'll be absent at the other end of the week so I'm making up for that fact :)

This card is for 'Less is More' this week , Chrissie and Mandi have given us a sketch to work from , after last weeks Monogram challenge I think we are more comfortable with this judging by number of entries so far

I remembered this lasting impressions stencil I have and I've used my lovely but depleting stash of LI card stock , oh I wish they still made it and sold it over here .

My new sewing machine has been in use again, a wonderful birthday pressie ... thanks Mum and Dad .

As you can see the lines are a little straighter this time compared to my previous card .... please note I will try not to sew everything within an inch of it's life from now on, but it's a technique I luuurve  so be warned :)

I hope this is ok as an interpretation of the sketch Mandi and Chrissie ??

 

Well we didn't get the promised thunder storm last night but it's certainly arrived today and bought fresher temperatures with it which is a welcome relief ..... sorry to be a party poop'er but I can't function in extreme heat :)

I'm off now to visit other Limettes and see what they've created , I hope to get round as many as possible before we are away uni visiting again :)

Thanks for your time today X



A late lullaby

Hi everyone ,

Maybe this is an indication of how I run my life but I seem to have missed the deadline on the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World , I thought the clue was in the title but the deadline was Sunday 26th :(

Hey ho I'll show you it anyway because I used my new sewing machine for the first time on paper having practised a bit on material first .

I have been quite literal with the photo inspiration and I'm quite chuffed with the sewing although I need to focus on straight lines now I think .... yep I went round twice so as the wonky lines looked intentional :)





It has been way too hot today ..... I like a bit of summer weather but this is the extreme and my craft room is like an oven , lets hope the storm arrives to break the heat .

Bye for now and thanks for visiting X