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.

 

Watercolour Wednesday - Meant To Be

You may have noticed that although I have used the hearts this week, I haven't made them into any of the St Valentine's day cards. I'm not into that but there are many who are so these can be easily adapted by changing the messages that I've used.

Well! I did do a little bit of watercolouring this week! Sadly what I made up was really pretty but too big for the purpose of my card today! So I chopped it up! I started by die cutting the beautiful hearts from the Stitched Be Mine dies and covered them in clear Wink of Stella. They really do shine but it doesn't show at all on my pictures! Sorry. I embossed the white mat using the folder Painted Texture. I love the very tactile finish it gives. 

I watercoloured a band of different colours onto a block then onto the white card mat. Once dry I stamped some of the beautiful hearts from the stamp set. For this card, they looked totally wrong. So I die cut them down into little hearts as you can see! I love the Ombre effect they have with the colours mingling into each other. I completed the card using the Just For You which I punched out using the Story Label punch and the message with another little heart or 2 inside.

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!