Keep it simple...

Another quick posting - I'm back, but my friend has come back with me so obviously she doesn't want to spend hours waiting for me to finish blogging. This is a card that she asked me to make for her friends mum who is 90 on the 10th May. She is partially blind so I thought the lavender bag on the front of the card would be a nice touch.

It was a very, very simple card to do. The paper is a design by K&Co and already has the lilac, dragon fly and green border on it. To attach the lavender bag I just made to eyelet holes in the front of the card and thread the drawstrings through and tied on the inside of the card. That way she will be able to undo and perhaps put the bag in her drawer or wardrobe later. Peel offs for the sentiment and 'jobs a good un'.

My card is also for the challenge at the ABC challenge where they are on the letter K - Keep it simple!

Easy elegance...

Well 'easy elegance' is supposed to be the theme of this card done for the challenge at http://www.mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/, but to be truthful to me it's a 'could do better' card!!

If I were to start again there are quite a few things I would do differently, but not to worry - it's one of my New Year Resolutions to worry less!!!

I used one of my brilliant paper pricking corner stencils, that my good friend Irene bought me as part of my Christmas present, to create a square frame for the central stamped image. The stamped 'Thank you' is an image from a collection of clear stamps by K&Company. I used pearls from my stash to accentuate it. The patterned backing paper is by Papermania and was another Christmas gift - I must have been good last year as I got loads of stuff!!!