Friday and the working week draws to a close .....

Morning readers, 

Here's hoping this post finds you all fit and well and having had a good week. I hope you all have something nice planned for the weekend too, fingers crossed there will also be some sunshine.

I enjoyed a lovely catch up with a pal yesterday, over a tasty lunch .... we were debating how long it's been since we last caught up and we reckoned it was August last year - crikey, almost a year. In fact, if was probably around the same time as I last put petrol in my car (on the grounds we don't live in the same town!)!!! Thanks for making the journey pal, my fuel warning light came on as I started up to come home - memo to self: must put some fuel in the car before going much further!

I've a make to share with you today ....... I had one image from a Carabelle set (the small circles) which had never seen ink, so I set about rectifying that with today's project!!!

My C6 card .. and, below:
The front/back/inside of my card and the front/back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White,250gsm, C6/A2 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and mid grey, cut to fit and mat
• Piece of scrap card, die cut with an aperture, to use as a mask
• Using a makeup brush I applied Distress Oxide kitsch flamingo over my masked panel with just a hint of candied apple to the corners
• Carabelle image (from SA60156) stamped using Memento gray flannel ink
• Unknown unmounted rubber grasses image (I've had it at least 10 years so have zero chance of remembering where it came from!) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from brushed sentiments) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Penny's Paper Crafty - challenge No. 500 - ANYTHING GOES
2. NBUS - challenge No. 28 - USE NBUS
3. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 212 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 2128 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Crafting Happiness - challenge No. 104 - ANYTHING GOES

Earlier in the week, I made a 4" square Kraft card using a Paper Artsy star stencil, I really liked the design (which I made in to a Christmas card) and thought it would rock a masculine birthday card - check it out and see if you agree.

My 4" square card and, below:
The front/back/inside of my card and the front/back of my envelope

Materials used:

• Kraft, 300gsm, 4"x4" card and matching envelope
• Card in Kraft and black, cut to fit and mat
• Stencils used: Paper Artsy PS020, Tim Holtz THMS059
• Inks used: Distress Oxide black soot and candied apple
• Stamps used: Uniko sentiment, from Anniversair Art Decoratif

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. The Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 7 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Dream Valley Challenges - challenge No. 251 - ALL OCCASIONS
3. Through The Craft Room Door - July 13th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
4. Krafty Chicks - challenge No. 568 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
5. A Bit More Time To Craft - July 15th challenge - ANYTHING GOES