Fun Fold Friday - Meant To Be

 Here we are at Friday already, where has the week gone? It really has gone by very quickly for me possibly because I had my covid vaccine booked in for this afternoon. Now I'm not a coward for needles at the best of times but I guess with all that's been going on in the kitchen and Theo suddenly walking, it completely slipped my mind until my D.I.L. Jemma reminded me yesterday! Oh well! It's all done now, here's hoping it's not too long for everyone else to have their vaccines too.

For my last card for the week, I have decided to make a Kite shaped card. It's a style of card that I have wanted to do for a very long time but have never got around to it. I have used the gorgeous colours of Bermuda Bay for the card base and Coastal Cabana for the Kite.  I also added a few pieces of paper from the Playing with Patterns papers again. I embossed 2 white mats with the Painted Textures embossing folder. It really does give a brilliant finish to the paper. I placed the kite inside the card and some of the die cut and stamped hearts. The card can actually be reversed too. The kite can go outside and the hearts on the inside. Pretty cool I thought. 

If you would like to know more about the stamp set or other products, please click HERE and it will open a new window to our shop. 

 

That's it from me this week, thank you for stopping by. I hope you've had some ideas about making some cards. Cary will be back on Monday with her creations. Please stop by and see her amazing work.

Until then, please take care, stay safe and KEEP ON CRAFTING.  😍😍😍

 

Throwback Thursday - Meant To Be

 Well, have you ever had one of those weeks when you wonder what happened to the days? I have this week! It's been crazy here. My son and daughter in law decided to replace some units in the kitchen. Sounds simple enough, you may say? Yes it would be until Jonathan is involved! They asked for my input as obviously, I live here too. Now please bare in mind that I have designed and fitted a number of kitchens in my life and have a little experience. We talked about the possibilities, complications, doing things half-heartedly and doing them properly. We can't afford to go the whole hog, they said. We'll just have to do what we can afford. Agreed we all were on that statement. Last night I left them to it. Today was the electrician adding some power points and new light switches. This morning came and they greeted me with a cup of tea before he got here. That was it!  Unbeknown to me they had talks last night and are now decided on taking the whole lot out and replacing all of it! Oven, sink, cupboards, a wall, the works!!  

OMG!!! I want to leave home!!!

So I came back into my room and tried to relax. Well, I did, sort of! I went a little over the top on this card as it was going to be quite plain but as you can see it isn't at all plain. The background paper is from the Playing With Patterns designer series paper or double sided papers from Stampin' Up! Don't get me wrong, I am pleased with the outcome but it's far from what was in my head when I started. I will let you decide. Too much or just right?

If you would like to see the products please click HERE and it will open up a new page to our shop. The first page will be the stamp set that I have been using this week.

 

Technique Tuesday - Meant To Be

 Today's card is another very simple card. Made in a similar way to yesterday's card in as much as there is a little bit of stamping, 2 colours, a die cut and the message! That's it!

 Something that I often say is less is more and I truly believe that too. You can go to extreme lengths to make a beautiful card but often the more you add, the more the receiver looks, the more they find and often get confused or lost in the project. Hence my belief that less is more!

 

 

Make it Monday - Meant To Be

 Hello and welcome back. Didn't Cary show some amazing cards last week just using the scraps on her table? Incredible cards Cary, as always.  My week was a really lazy one last week. Apart from sorting through bits and pieces we have for the retreat we are holding in March, I relaxed for a change! I made time for my grandchildren and the family. It was lovely spending time with them all. Theo, who turned 1 year old 2 weeks ago, suddenly on Friday just got up and walked across the room! It was so amazing to see him do his little toddle. I'm glad I had time to watch and play with him too.

Anyway, back to this week. I couldn't decide which stamp set to show you this week so I opened the catalogue at no particular page and chose the stamps there. The first to show you is cards using Meant To Be stamp set and the other for is Strong and Beautiful. One has lots of lovely images of hearts and the other lots of gorgeous sentiments. I'm not sure how much I will use the 2nd set but I have it just in case!

 One of my favourite colours at the moment is this gorgeous shade of lilac or Highland Heather as Stampin' Up! call it. I have made a very simple card and one slightly stepped up by using the matching heart shaped dies called Stitched Be Mine. Please don't worry about your eyesight as I have fixed the front white mat on at an angle!