Slimline Gnome

When I brought the Woodware Slimline Angel this gnome fell into the basket too. I've found last years Doodlebug Christmas papers to paper piece him.

I didn't paper piece the beard, nose, hear or the holly. Blast I've just noticed I forget to make his hat bobble fluffy can you imagine he has and I'll change the photo later once I fluffed him.

I kept the card fairly simple just some Martha Stewart punched holly.

I started to panic I don't have a card everyday but I've had to give myself a talking too. This is my blog it wasn't for putting pressure on myself just a way to keep a record of the things I make. At the time in 2006 I was scrapbooking more with an occasional card and sometimes cross-stitch. At the end of the day this is my blog to record my makes of the things I enjoy doing.

 

Slimline Angel

I saw this Angel from Woodward and knew she would be perfect for slimline cards. On my main mat I stamped her in yellow and on separate card stock stamped her in Memento so I could colour her.  

Then it was a case of layering her onto the yellow image. I was in two minds whether her hair was hair or the hood of a jacket, to be honest I think either would have worked.

The sentiments came with the Angel stamp, papers are leftovers and the rectangle die that only just fit UK size cards is Lawn Fawn. With the image this size it needs little else.

Snow

Remember a stamp I couldn't find, well guess what I found it, only wish I found it earlier so I could of made a few more. The stamp in question is a Woodware one by Françoise Read and is simply Huge Snow.
I used the papers from Stampin Up and the snowflakes are a combination of Simon says Stamps and MFT ones.
The whole thing is simply done like paper piecing and kept very simple with some small flat back gems and the cards then goes through normal post.

Patchwork Plane

I just couldn't think of a card using the 3-2-1 challenge of Less is More that hadn't already be done and in the end I settled with using the Patchwork plane from the set from Woodware that also had the Patchwork Hot Air Balloon since I hadn't use it yet.

So it 3 clouds, 2 tags and 1 plane, the papers for the plane are scraps and my black pen had a work out for the faux stitching.

Well its all changed about my MIL coming down she has been extremely poorly with a chest infection, at first the doctor was so worried he called an ambulance and she spent the day at hospital for x rays and tests. I think they feared it was pneumonia, luckily for MIL it wasn't and she came home but even though she is getting better she is exhausted and its taken it toll. 

So Hubby has rearranged his half days off to full days and we're going up there next week so even though the panic for cards is still there I've got a couple of extra days.

Boats

Maybe I should call Thursdays my Less is More day cos once again I'm posting them today. When I posted Are Your Brave enough post one of the card were these boats from Françoise Read and the Less is More challenge is for Baby or a child.
The stamp set is quite old and probably retired but still works perfectly.
You may recognise the layout of the card above since it similar to one I've done before. Yes those clouds are from the Hot Air Balloon set.

Why have one boat when you can have three, from the same set but in miniature. The sentiment is Whiff of Joy. I do have one more card but I'll post it later.

Keith's Card

What should of been an easy quiet week is looking like anything but, so no time for WOYWW but will post a card now that the receiver should of returned from their holiday and opened this by now.
I really wished I had used green instead of that blue strip in the balloon, writing this post its really bugging me.
Once again I've used Francoise Ready Hot Air Balloon set from Woodware and paper pieced the balloon with stamping up papers. The word paper is from Stamping up too, it likes being distressed even if I don't.
Ok I need to post this that blue strip is really really annoying me and worst is I can't do anything about it.

Paper Piecing

As soon as I soon this stamp from Woodware I knew it had to be paper pieced as well and while I had the papers out for the neutrals Less is More I might as well use this stamp as well. You could use pinks too and add some flowers. All I did was to stamp on three contrasting colours and cut the letters, not forgetting the holes in the letters. I use the Xyron X sticker thingy saves making a mess with glue and it sticks to the edges.
I did use a sharpie to make some matching doodling round the edge of the card and job was done another great simple idea to use for those pesky men.

Patchwork Balloon

Don't you love it when the idea in you head not only works but it actually works out better than you thought. I love how this turned out, the Woodware patchwork balloon stamp designed by Francoise Read is perfect for a mans card, the stitched clouds from the same set means they stand out on the white cloud. I've paper pieced the balloon, even the zig zags and the strips in the last panel.
Since the challenge on Less is More is for neutrals and I've been sitting not literary on a Stampin Up pad of neutrals it almost broke my heart to pull out some pages. The scallops is a Stampin Up punch too and so is the sentiment with my awful doodling but it wouldn't stand out unless I did that.
I'm posting another post with another LIM card, well while I had to those papers out I might as well use them.

Same but Different

Well if all goes well I shall be back in the UK today but maybe not up and running enough to have a made a card for today.
So these couple was made a before I left after I had been to the Craft Barn Extravangaza, seeing Francoise reminded me I've had her owl stamps for ages and not used them.

It was only right to get some of scraps of Basic Grey  and make a card using them.

In fact I made two and the leaves are Sizzix die and I used the stampin up punches for the sentiment which fitted perfectly for them. I think I prefer the faux stitching one the best.

Summer Wedding

It's with a sad heart but this is my last card for Secret Crafter Saturday challenge as a member of the Design Team.  Since the challenge is for A Wedding card or Anniversary, I'm using the cute Woodware stamps from Francoise Read which can be purchase at Secret Crafter. I decided to use the hot summer papers of SEI and lots of glitter and pearls. My Woodware daisy punches had an airing too. Although my DD told me my groom looks like a leprechaun and when I told Francoise this she did agree that he would look fab for St Patrick's day so don't say you haven't been warned.
But I will be joining in with the challenges and  I know there are more exclusive secret crafter stamps which I look forward to seeing and buying.

Friday's Wedding

Since tomorrow is Friday I better put this card on my blog before Friday Sketchers put a new sketch up on their blog tomorrow.
My couple are a Francoise Read stamps from Woodware and the papers are out of a PaperMania pad which is nearly all roses except these papers. Ithink I may have overdone the gems  and I had to put a bit of ribbon somewhere. The sentiment I was a bit naughty with, it comes with the set but on a long strip and I chopped it in two and now it fits in the stampin' up punches.
I'm really running behind on my card making not helped by making a DT card for the wrong challenge and I'm out all weekend. I'm going to Bristol for a day of cardmaking and Sunday I'm going to a Copic class at Farnborough, so I need to get my bum in gear and get a move on.
Oh and before I forget my Mr and Mrs Foxglove got top 3 over on the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog.