Wedding card

Good afternoon, folks.  

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a young couple who will be getting married in October.  Their wedding invitation is really lovely and autumnal with the gorgeous warm colours that we associate with autumn.  You can see a wee peek of their invitation on the left.  I knew exactly what I wanted to make and this is what I came up with.

The diagonal stamp and the sentiment are both from Clearly Besotted; I inked these up in Old Olive and then I added a few leaves which I die cut from the absolutely gorgeous new Stampin' Up! Rainbow glimmer cardstock, using some Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaf dies.

I'm entering this card into the challenge at Just Add Ink #523 which is to incorporate something to do with the letter 'A', which in this case is the word 'autumn' - no guesses there!

Thanks so much for stopping by today x 

Guest Designer!

Hi folks, I just had to pop in and blow my own trumpet!  I’ve been making cards for over a decade now and for the first time ever, I was invited to be a guest designer for a card challenge. It’s over at Feeling Sketchy. I feel very honoured to have been asked to do this. 

Here’s the sketch for the challenge along with my card. Hope you like it. 

Thanks for stopping by!

September stencilling

Good evening, folks!

Today I have a simple card that I made for a friend's birthday (tomorrow, and I haven't even posted it yet).  I used a stencil that I've had for ages and I think have only used once before.  Saying that, I absolutely love it, because it has a gorgeous pattern of leaves (love anything with a pretty leaf on it!) and it is so open to many possibilities for a card.  I think it is a Concord & 9th stencil but I'm not 100% sure.  I'm entering this card into the challenge at As You Like It, which calls for a stencil and reasons why we love it.

I used some Distress Inks for this card, following the challenge colours at Colour Throwdown #610 - Barn Door, Wild Honey, Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs. 

The stamped sentiments are also from a Concord & 9th set (I never keep the packaging so I can't say what it is).

I'm also going to enter this into the challenge over at CASology week 373 - September.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a great weekend!