A difficult challenge for me....

Hello there,

Me again! This time I am back with a new challenge from My Time to Craft.

Now, every so often us crafters come across cards that we just don't like making. For me its Sympathy cards....now don't get me wrong, having lost my own dad at a younger than expected age, I know exactly the sentiment behind the cards and was touched by the amount of sympathy cards that me and my family received during that sad period. And maybe that's exactly why I struggle when I am asked to create one...I'm not sure. All I know is that I prefer to steer away from the usual imagery found on Sympathy cards and try and express the sentiment using different images.

So when I found out that the challenge this week at My Time to Craft was "Sympathy" cards I got my thinking cap on and searched my stamp collection for a suitable image....

I have used this lovely stamp on several different cards now, each featuring a different sentiment and I love how versatile it is. I have stamped my typewriter onto a blank kraft card, stamped my sentiment and then added a little detailing with a white pen. I am really pleased with how the card turned out.

For more inspiration pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see the lovely cards designed by the fab DT.

Thank you for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Just a note...

Hello there,

Its me again...I'm still lying by the pool basking in the warm Spanish sunshine (fingers crossed!). Here is another scheduled post from me...this time I'm bringing you the My Time to Craft challenge.

This week we'd like to see your thank you cards. Now I love thank you cards....I send them whenever I can...my poor friends probably have quite a large collection between them now!

I have used one of my new favourite stamps for this card.....

 

Isn't it a cute image?? The stamp is actually just the typewriter and paper....you can then add your own sentiment. I've gone with a vintage feel for my thank you card, using plain brown backing paper and that fab newspaper print paper. My image has been stamped and I have added a thank you sentiment to the paper.

 

Pop by the My Time to Craft challenge blog to see all the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx

Keeping it Simple

Hello there...Happy Hump Day!

It's Wednesday evening already - woo hoo! This weekend is round four of the British Drifting Championships and I will be watching Joe compete at the Lydden Hill track in Kent. Fingers crossed that he qualifies this round.

Soooo....I have a simple little card for you this evening....stamped with a newly acquired stamp!

 

I really love this stamp - the paper is blank when you stamp the initial image, you can then stamp the message of your choice onto the paper....or leave it blank!

 

I've kept this card simple, letting the cute stamp speak for itself. I have coloured the keys of the typewriter with my Promarkers, tying it in with the blue backing paper and doodling.

 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

Make it Monday

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - clean and simple

 

If you get the chance pop by these fab blogs to see the gorgeous DT cards that have been created this week.

 

If you get the chance you could also pop by my afternoon tea blog....we have sampled some really unusual teas recently - including a burlesque afternoon tea! Read all about it at Tea with Me and Friends!

 

Thanks for popping by today,

Wedgie xxx