Good morning ! How are we all today ?
I've had a busy morning but one I have been looking forward to.
I dropped the girls off at school and then had breakfast with the hubster before he went off to work, I bought a new saddle for my bike and then tested it out on a 3 mile ride ! 3 miles is a long way for me, I can tell you ! I am desperately trying to lose some weight and I'm determined to exercise more. I've lost 10lbs so far and already I am feeling the benefit and I'm raring to go ! The saddle seems to be working and I'm not as sore as I was the last time I went out on my old ropey one. I asked the chap behind the counter in Halfords his advice on saddles as there were sooo many to choose from. I did threaten him that if his advice turned out to be wrong I WOULD go back and show him the result !!! Poor chap looked shocked !
Anyway, its that time again for another Simon Says Challenge. This week our wonderful Dawny has given us a sketch to work with (I love Dawny's sketches !) and here it is :
The lucky winner will win a $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store !!
The DT are this week showcasing Amerian Crafts and/or Martha Stewart products. As usual, if you have any of these we would love to see them but it not, you can still play along with us.
The DP's I used are the gorgeous Echo Park "This and That" - oooh I've fallen in love again !
The stamps I used are Amercian Crafts Amy Tangerine Draft Clear Stamps Sketchbook and I've used them in different ways. The little doily I heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The metal corner embellie is from my stash and I also heat embossed that with white embossing powder as it was originally bright silver.
I also used the Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Punch
We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing your take on Dawny's sketch.
I am entering my card into the following challenges :
Bearly-Mine - Embossing
Craft Room Challenge - Ink It
Creative Card Crew - Use Kraft
Thank you for your visit and have a great Wednesday !
a lovely vibrant card with great layering. Thank you for entering it into the Craft Room challenge this fortnight! Suzanne :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Jo :-) I love all the things you have used here ,,,everything is fab ! LOVE the sewing ,, :-)
ReplyDeletegood luck with the cycling ,, I need to get mine out of the garage too ,,, :-)
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Gorgeous work Jo, love all the embellies and stamping - lot's going on but beautifully balanced! Jo x
ReplyDeleteYou have created a beautiful card with fabulous detail and layering. Thanks for joining us at Craft Room Challenge and good luck. Julia xxx
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous and so colourful:)x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Jo! Love all the layering and detail.
ReplyDeleteLol, I can just imagine you going back to Halfords! Well done on your weight loss so far! I have about a stone to lose and it may as well be ten - I just can't shift anything!
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Oh how Lovely :-) !! love the bright colours, thanks for joining us at craft room challenge, Debi x
ReplyDeleteOh how Lovely :-) !! love the bright colours, thanks for joining us at craft room challenge, Debi x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Jo!! I love the Amy Tangerine stamp and the stitching is just lovely!
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Steph
Simon Says Stamp!
Wow, your card is amazing. Great use of stamps and layout. Thank you so much for joining us at Bearly Mine Challenge this week. Good luch and I hope to see you again soon.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Natascha
Oh what a gorgeous card Jo.
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Debby
Brill card, fab papers and great stamping :o) Thank you for joining us for our 'ink it' challenge at Craft-room this fortnight. Good luck. Hugs
ReplyDeleteNIKKI DT
I adore this card! Lovely colors and your stitching is the bomb! Thanks so much for joining us this challenge at Creative Card Crew.
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Well done you - 10lbs is a great achievement. I think I'd only get to the top of our road on a bike, and it's a short road! Your card is gorgeous, I love the stamped panel and those dps are lovely. Thanks for joining in with our "Ink It" challenge over at the Craft-Room, and good luck.
ReplyDeleteMaria x
I can see why you love those papers and they are perfect with those stamps..fabulous card, Thank you so much for joining our Craft-room Challenge..and well done with the weight loss, a battle I am always fighting too !! Esther xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely card Jo!! The paper choice is excellent and I love those stamps. Such a great idea to put all of those elements together and the stitching is the icing on the cake. Lovely work friend!!
ReplyDeletexoxo, Christine
A wonderful card, love how you've put all the elements togerher. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
ReplyDeletexxx Hazel.