Clean and Simple

Good morning everybody.  Hope it's drier with you than it is here.  I want to show you my attempt at clean and simple - no ribbons, bows, flowers or butterflies - just two dies.  The large oval is a new die from Marianne Dies and the ladies profile is from a set that I bought  from Kameo Cards which is no longer in business.  As always I have used Centura pearl card.  Again with each card I enclose a little stand which was a die from Joy crafts.  As most of my cards are not flat I make enveloboxes and emboss a rose in the corner.
I want to say a huge Thank You for all the lovely comments that each of you leave - I appreciate every one of them.

                                       

                                       

                                                             

More dies

Hi everybody.  Hope you are all having a good day.  I just wanted to show you a card I made this morning using a stamp from Kanban and embossed with wow embossing powder.  I used the Spellbinders rectangles to cut it out and as always I used Centura Pearl card.  I like this die but have very great difficulty releasing the card from the die after it is cut.  Quite often I end up tearing the edges.   Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated.  I have tried wax paper already with only limited success.  The background card I scored with my Hougie board, marianne dies on the front and pearls from Wild Orchid.  Little stand from Joy craft.

                       

                                       

                                                                 

A card for my sister-in-law

Good morning everybody.  I hope the weather is as nice with you as it is here.  Today we have bright sunshine and it is very warm.  Really lovely after all the torrential rain that we had.  Today I have made a card for my sister-in-law Mary.  Unfortunately the picture does not show the lovely pearls down each side of the black and white paper.  I printed this paper off a Debbie Moore cd. and  put it on centura pearl card. The oval in the centre is Floral Ovals by Spellbinders and the baby's breath is from Wild Orchid as are the pearls.  The die cut on the outside of the card is a  Marianne die.  Now with each card that I make I put a little card stand cut from some centura pearl cardstock with a die by Joy crafts.  Since this card is half an inch in depth I put it in an envelobox made from centura pearl cardstock using the envelobox board from Crafters Companion  and I emboss a gold rose in the left hand corner.  The overall card measures 6" x 6".  I hope you all have a lovely day and thank you so much for taking a look    .  

                                                                 

A card for Leo

Hi everybody.  First of all I want to welcome my new follower Juraci - thank you for adding your name to my blog.  Today  I have made a card for my neighbour Leo.   He has lived here for many years but is originally from Holland.  Leo's birthday is on Sunday and as he lives on his own I thought I would make him a card.  I wanted to do something in the Dutch colours and this is what I have come up with.  I looked up Google Translate for a greeting and I hope it is correct.  I hope some of my Dutch followers will be kind enough to correct me if it is wrong.  I wanted to say  Happy Birthday.  Have a lovely day.  Thank you for taking a look.

                                             

                                                           

Elizabeth's garden

Hi Everybody.  A few days ago my lovely neighbour Elizabeth asked me to make a card for her daughter Louise who lives in Australia.  I thought that since she lives so far away Louise might like a really personal card so I decided to do one of her mum  in her garden at the front of her house and this is the final result.  Elizabeth has "green fingers" and her garden is always a riot of colour with all sorts of beautiful flowers.  Thank you for taking a look.  Marie-Louise

Hi

Hi everybody - I want to say a very warm Welcome to Olga and Sarah.  Again I have been beavering away in the background with commissions but I have also been trying to build up a little stock but that is difficult as these little 6x6 cards have proved very popular.  I wanted to post a  couple but also to say Thank You to the lovely people who leave very kind comments - I really do appreciate every one.  My husband had been most unwell for the last month but he is feeling much better now so I can get back to having a little more time to make cards.  Thank you so much for taking a look.  Marie-Louise

Bits 'n Pieces

Hi everybody.  First of all I want to apologise to Pam who I welcomed in a previous post as Pat - sorry Pam - a senior moment and I want to welcome Rita - and I definitely got that right.  Rita is new to blogland and although she has signed up she has not yet posted any of her lovely cards.  We all know how difficult it is to make the first post - so Rita - come on  there is a whole network of friendly crafters who are ready to say Hi.

I have been working away on little cards and gift boxes.  I have been asked to do a display at a woman's group in November and I wanted to build up quite a few bits 'n pieces.  The little boxes are an idea for the times when you need some small gift to say Thank You or Get Well etc.  They are big enough for 4 scented tea lights or a nice bar of soap or some bath pearls - that sort of thing.  

Hope that none of you have suffered from the flooding.

Marie-Louise