Less is more & a sneek peek

Hello, sorry I have been a very bad blogger this week, I have had the flu, and my little girl has also been quite poorly!  I made this first card on Sunday for the Less is more challenge, I don't know if it counts, as the flower has a stem, which is outside the format, but as I saw some other truly amazing creations with bits hanging down, I could not resist trying! lol

The stamp is from one of Stampin Ups new hostess sets called Simply Soft, this is a gorgeous two step stampin set.  I have also used the new in colours lucky limeade and island indigo, the sentiment is from the trendy trees set.  I coloured the image with a blender pen, and used the named in colour ink pads. I could not resist adding some dazzling diamonds to finish.

The new catalogue is released tomorrow, and is packed full of loveliness, if you would like something from it, please get in touch. x

ILWS last chance blog hop Cath Kidston style

Well I am the last stop on the mega 25 long blog hop, so if you have made it here well done.

For the last chance blog hop, I used baby blossoms stamp set, which is in the current mini catalogue, along with the sentiment which is from the hostess set called something to celebrate.   I love the baby blossoms set as it has a Cath Kidston style to it, and you can make the colours in any colour combo that takes your fancy...   

I used rose red, pink pirouette and certainly celery.  The stamp set is a two step stamp set, to get the stamps in the correct place I used my stamp am a jig.  The butterflies are beautiful wings embosslit.

I really enjoyed making these bits and pieces, and will use it loads in the future.

Thanks for joining us in the blog hop, I hope you enjoyed it. xxx

I would like to enter this card and box's into the Simply Stampin Challenge where the theme is butterflies.
Daring Card Makers: Butterflies.
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes.