Simples Sunday One Layer Card

I am a little late with my entry to the LIM challenge this week as, yesterday, I took part in a Blog Hop so I am combining it with my 'Simples Sunday' post again. The challenge this week is a 'One Layer - Anything goes' and I wanted to try something a little different so this is what I came up with. I used the Squares Collection Framelits to make some masks (which I have attempted to show you in the photo bottom right) and used a flower from Petite Petals and a smaller flower from Summer Silhouettes stamped in Elegant Eggplant. The lighter shade was achieved by stamping off first. The sentiment is from Perfectly Penned and I finished the card by adding a tiny Basic Rhinestone to three of the flowers.
This is a fairly simple card but if you want an even simpler one how about this?

Three flowers from Mixed Bunch stamped across the card in Daffodil Delight, a few tiny flowers from Summer Silhouettes stamped in Pumpkin Pie and a sentiment from Four You, again using Pumpkin Pie - job done!!

Have a great rest of the weekend

Margaret x

Another Valentine

Here is the second of my Valentine's cards made for a team challenge. This is quite a simple card using the Squares Collection Framelits and hearts punched with the Small Heart and Owl Builder punches.
I simply diecut a frame using Real red cardstock and placed this onto a Whisper White square using dimensionals. This was fixed to a piece of Real Red cardstock which had been stamped with the sentiment stamp from the Hostess set, Express Yourself, and matted onto a white card blank. The hearts were placed inside the frame and the same sentiment used for the background, cut out with the Word Window punch, was placed on the bottom edge.
Again this could be used just as well for an anniversary card rather than a Valentine's.

Back soon

Margaret x

Simples Sunday Rainbow

Following the LIM challenge theme, Rainbows, I have a couple of cards to show you and a little technique tutorial. The card above is a super simple one and very quick to make. I stamped a flower from Petite Petals in a 'rainbow' of colours and punched them out with the co-ordinating punch. On a card blank I stamped one of the Gorgeous Grunge stamps in Smoky Slate across the card and a sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts underneath. All that was left to do was to position the flowers and finish them with a Basic Rhinestone.

My second card is an easy one as well but a little more difficult than the first! I used an acrylic block and markers for the background, cut out a frame with the Squares Collection Framelits and added some tiny flowers punched with one of the Itty Bitty Shapes punches, finished with a tiny Basic Pearl for the centres. The sentiment is from the Hostess set, Express Yourself.
For those of you who may not have seen the technique to make the background above I have taken a 'step by step' set of photos, shown below.

                       Colour the block with markers           Spritz generously with water       
                  (this can also be done with ink pads)        

                          Press firmly onto cardstock                 Carefully lift the block
                           leave for a few seconds

                                 Cut to size                                   Make your card!!