Less is More - Use a Rubber Stamp

I like this theme! Here is the link for those that want to join in!

Here is my card, which is very CAS, and which I enjoy doing now and again.

I used a leaf stamp and a sentiment from hero Arts.

Have a very special weekend!
Jacqueline

Vintage for a change

Hi there. Wanted to share a little vintage creation I made yesterday, which is a revisit of a similar card I made in 2009, which I still have in my little treasure box after all these years.

First of all I took a white piece of card stock and sponged it with Bundled Sage distress ink. Then I choose two stamps, a daisy stamp from Darkroom Doors and a leaf stamp from Florilèges and with versamark ink I randomly stamped to form a background pattern. Making sure the distress ink was dry, I embossed the background. I printed out a little vintage image and painted her headscarf with bundled sage and the little flowers with pink. I hand cut some leaves (SU) and the Hero Arts Cornflower and attached. The sentiment is Penny Black.  I used stitching as I think it adds so much to a hand-made card.

This is the card I revisited, having made this in 2009. I have to say that the distress inks have not lost any of their original color, in fact this same Dusty Concord inkpad is still in use after four years too! If the vintage photo has faded a bit that only adds to its charm.

Have a lovely week. Glad to say that the hot weather has given way to lower temps and a lovely cool breeze - just so nice!

Jacqueline

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A collage card and a photo challenge share

First time I am joining this challenge. The prompt word is STRONG. I found it via Ros's blog here.

This is Roxane and my son Michaël who went on the rapids canoing yesterday - as they pose for the picture it doesn't look like hard work but by golly they told me it was, especially for the one at the back, he has to be strong! This photo was taken in the South of France yesterday.

So that is my little Sunday share, for today.
Jacqueline

Tuesday Trigger - Now That's My Cup of Tea!

I really loved the tea-cup this week for the Tuesday Trigger inspiration. Haven't joined Cath's challenges for a while this summer, but as I got a little idea I thought I'd go for it.

This is the inspiration picture.

And this is my card.

You can find this challenge here.

Thanks for your visit.

Jacqueline

Sharing

Hi everyone, hope you are all enjoying this beautiful summer! 

A month ago I was so lucky to win some blog candy on Virginia's blog - I didn't think I had a chance, as my comment was the first one, but I was so in awe of what her DH had done for her that I had to comment right away. If you are curious to see it, go look here.

 

The card that follows features two of the stamps from the stamp plate from My Mind's eye which you can see on the photo above. The little bird is from Franziska and the leaves are Clearly besotted stamps. The sequins are from Betty and the little pollen dots were made with a very old SU stamp. So, no Hero Arts on this one!

 

 

I think this one speaks for itself how it was made.

Last Sunday DH and I went for a lovely walk in Minerves, a very old village near to us. Here are a couple of photos.

We had a lovely time with David who was with us for four days.

I got a lovely surprise when René returned from his trip to Holland. This beautiful bunch of flowers has long gone, but I can keep the memory of them!

and just sharing the visitor who decided to spy on me while crafting this week, clinging itself to the mosquito net in front of the window! A beautiful lizard that lives in these parts.

 Lastly, sharing a butterfly card that I made yesterday.

Just used three punched out squares from projects not used and attached three of the many butterflies I have fluttering around waiting for a home in my scrap basket.

Have a lovely week!

Blessings,

Jacqueline

Layered stamping

 Love doing anything collage-looking with stamps. These are Hero Arts stamps which I have always loved and use quite regularly.

Jacqueline

What if -- tested!

What if... now, I should have known it would be tested after I had written it! That same Tuesday afternoon my hubby left for a long ride to Holland for the first time on his motorbike (usually takes 13 hours by car). He likes to visit our friends there, just on his own. Everything went fine. The next day he would stop at Nancy in the North of France and on Thursday continue his journey to the Netherlands. It was 8:30 in the evening and I still hadn't got a phone call to say he had arrived and that is just not like him. He should have stopped at the Hotel around 5 in the afternoon and I had expected a call at least before 7. Then it started... the worrying... what if!! I was getting quite fretful too, and thought that my phone must be out of order. I had been calling René since 7:30 but he didn't answer, so I called a friend, who said, well call his Hotel in Nancy - yes, but which Hotel?? I rang about four hotels, getting all emotional, but he wasn't booked there. Just over 8:30 I gave him another ring and he answered! He had forgotten to tell me that he had decided to go straight to Holland without stopping....!!!!! I was crying on the telephone - how's that for faith then!! It's one thing writing it down, it's another to really trust God. If only I had listened harder for his Voice, perhaps I would have stayed calm.
I will comfort myself in saying  that at least I ate my dinner which is pretty clever when you worry! To top it all, just as I was going to treat myself to a lovely 'Magret de carnard', my gas bottle run out. No hubby to change the gas bottle either! My son wouldn't pick up his phone either - needless to say I felt very challenged by the circumstances...lol.

To top it all, the next day my husband says: 'Well it's good for you to learn to stand on your own two feet!'

Now for a little card share: using my new leafy accents stamp

 

 
I used versamark embossing powder only on one of the leaf prints, the other is just versmark stamped.


Have a lovely weekend.
Jacqueline