Hats/Valentine

This is my team B design card for Crafting Musketeers January challenge: hats/Valentine. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of team B and we would love you to join in our challenge here.

The Rory chimney sweep image was kindly provided by the sponsor of the challenge, Lacy Sunshine. I coloured with spectrum noir pen and tore round a perspex oval template running a pen around the torn edge.

Papers are Bo bunny and the epoxy hearts are from stash. The sentiment was computer generated and printed.

This is also for:

Glitter n sparkle 119: include some pink
Clear it out: colour pink
In the pink 60: anything goes
Crafts and me 152: Valentine
Fairies in time January: love
Cute as a button 5: romance
Crafty gals corner 2: sweethearts - add a heart
Crafty sentiments: girly
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Scrap & craft 1: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 71: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Spectrum noir fb challenge January: anything goes
Creative fingers 63: anything goes
Inky chicks 45: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 89: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

A decorated gift for CCAYR mid-month inspiration

This is a third project for mid-month inspiration for CCAYR - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge here - it's 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas.

This is a present that was gift wrapped for Christmas - I made a matching tag to which I added one of the Hobbycraft poinsettias and a 'pull bow'.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
3 girl jam January: anything goes (with ribbon)
Just inspirational January: bling & bow
Order of the opus gluei 200: anything but a card
Eclectic ellapu: Christmas but not a card
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 89: anything goes

Snowy days

This is my second design inspiration for CCAYR January, using pictures from Lili of the Valley art pads mounted on to deckle edged card.

These are also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
CRAFT 294: Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
My Sheri: let it snow
Allways something creative 91: snow
Deep ocean 95: winter dreams (I'm dreaming of a white Christmas)
Creatalicious 71: winter
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 89: anything goes

CCAYR January mid-month inspiration

This is my first card for CCAYR mid-month inspiration - please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge here - it's 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas!

Papers are My Mind's Eye - both offcuts left over from using some of the larger sheets earlier. The picture was prepared originally for a mini Christmas card, but didn't get used, so I decided to put it on here - and a couple of Hobbycraft poinsettias.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 159
Aloha Friday: scraps
CRAFT 294: Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
My time to craft 274: stripes
Connie can crop 30: all that sparkles
Oddball: add some sparkle
4 crafty chicks 229: flowers
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 89: anything goes

Buckwells crafty challenge mid month inspiration

I made this design card for mid month inspiration for Buckwells crafty challenge January: anything goes. You can join in the challenge here - we'd love to see your entries.

I used the ALilDigiHeaven Abigale image kindly supplied by the sponsor of the challenge, colouring with spectrum noir pens. I printed out one of Buckwell's 'checkout' digital paper for the background. The lovely ribbon tied in a bow is Buckwell's organza ribbon gold 25 mm and the white daisies are from Buckwell's 50 mixed purple/white Cosmos daisies - please click on the links and see many more wonderful items in store - I'm sure you'll be tempted to put in an order!

This is also for:

Digi choosday 2: January birthdays
Seize the birthday
Hobby home Cards 2 create 17: birthday
Scrapping4fun 33: happy birthday
Red rubber inspirationals 203: birthday bash
Inky impressions 192: monochrome
Crafty ribbons: let's get sentimental
3 girl jam January: anything goes
Paperminutes: flower power
4 crafty chicks 229: flowers
Creative craft cottage 17: digi/flowers
Crafty sentiments: girly
Sweet stampin|: girly not no pink
Aud sentiments: anything goes
Just inspirational January: bling & bow
Craft-Dee BowZ January: anything goes with a handmade bow
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Scrap & craft 1: anything goes
Bastel-traum 25: anything goes
Spectrum noir fb challenge January: anything goes
Little Miss Muffet 102: anything goes
Creative fingers 62: anything goes
Inky chicks 45: anything goes
Penny's 210: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

CHNC challenge extra for January mid month inspiration

It's time for some CHNC challenge extra for January mid month inspiration - please click on the link to see the super designs of my team.

This is my design team card. I used Bugaboo Stamps 'Christmas cupcake - lights' colour digitally using Microsoft Paint. Papers are from my Christmas offcuts box (the  main one is K & Co) and the corrugated star and sentiment have been in my stash for years (about time some of these bits were used up ... but they seem never-ending).

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 159
CRAFT 294: Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
My time to craft 274: stripes
Fitztown 67: anything goes with option: use pattern paper
Baffies 40: anything goes
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Creative fingers 62: anything goes
Penny's 210: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Creative inspirations 296: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes

My top twelve creations of 2014

I'm very late with this - I started it at the beginning of the month and it's taken me till now to complete it.

While blog-hopping a few years ago I found that some crafters had shown their Top Ten makes for the year and so, at the beginning of January each year, I've done the same, except I changed my choices to twelve, one for each month of the year and that's what I'm doing again this year.

If you click on the links, you can go to the original posts and read more about each item. The items shown aren't just my favourites, but are reminders of various techniques and things I enjoy doing. It was so difficult to choose just twelve, but here goes:

My top twelve of 2014

January 2014: Grunge: I chose this card because I used quite a few different textures, incorporating embossing on grungeboard, using cork, metal etc and copper precious metals, and, of course, some stamping:

February 2014: Valentine card for John: I used quite a few washi tapes - I've begun to love these and have now built up a collection (and bought a few more reels the other day).

March 2014: A special birthday easel card: I couldn't do a review of the year without showing an easel card (I love them):

April 2014: A box card for mum for mother's day: using my favourite crafting colours and lots of lovely flowers.

May 2014: A shaped design card for Crafting Musketeers: how I wish I could still wear shoes like this.

June 2014: A design card for a Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge - I love the Sparkle n Sprinkle 'Isabelle hat lady' image and the colours of this card.

July 2014: Mum's memory box: This is very special for me because it's items that have been put in a memory box on mum's door so that staff and visitors have a talking point to try and jog mum's memory of the past.

August 2014: A design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge: Using a digital background, my favourite crafting colours, lovely flowers and the delicious Lacy Sunshine's winter abbey image.

September 2014: Winter wonderland: Using my Scan n Cut (note to self: use it more!!).

October 2014: Thinking of you: Gelli plate and stamping.

November 2014: A 'thank you' for Thanksgiving: I chose this card because I used Spectrum noir aqua tints spritzed with water for the background on to which I stamped - also I love the Sweet Pea Stamp by Ching-chou kuik.

December 2014: Christmas card for John: Made from scratch, with a lot of stamping and heat embossing.

I have found it quite helpful doing this review of 2014 - it has brought back many memories, but has also reminded me of some techniques etc that I haven't tried for a while, not just in the items that I've chosen to show here, but in many other items that have been blogged over the months.

Perhaps you would like to do your own 'top twelve of 2014' - if you do I'd love you to leave me a comment, so that I can come and look at your choices.

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 68

This is my design card for today's Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 68: anything goes with a twist ... something re-cycled. Please click on the link to see the other designs and join in our challenge.

I used Bugaboo Stamps Christmas words - Noel which I coloured digitally - and recycled card from a Christmas cracker.

This is also for:

Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent: anything goes
Our creative corner January: Christmas leftovers - recycling a cracker
The 12 months of Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
My time to craft 274: stripes
Top tip Tuesday: keep it simple
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 145: anything goes
Fitztown 67: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

Decorated notebook

This is my design for week 2 of the Cheerful stamp pad's challenge 102: monogram. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge here.

For the front of this notebook I used the Floppy Latte Floral Cap J monogram kindly provided by the challenge sponsor, Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet. I coloured the image digitally using Microsoft Paint, mounted on to a snippet of blue card and then on to the black notebook.

This is also for:

CRAFT 293: not a card
Crafting when we can 85: anything but a card
Bizzy Becs January: anything goes
Order of the opus gluei 200: anything but a card
Not just cards 10: anything goes

Non traditional Christmas colours

'Non traditional Christmas colours' is the theme for the Glory of Christmas challenge 50 that starts today until the end of Friday 23 January. This is my design card, using one of my all time favourite colour combinations - I just love the hot pink and black together. Please click on the challenge link to see the various of designs by the rest of the team and we would love you to join in our challenge.

As most of my visitors know, I love making Christmas cards, which is why I run two Christmas challenge blogs and am on the DTs for three others. I love to support all of the Christmas challenge blogs when I can and a new one started last week. I intended to enter their first challenge, but life and time defeated me and I didn't make it. So I was determined to enter CASE-ing Christmas 2, so my card was based on this lovely one by Pat that we were asked to CASE:

The papers I've used are all snippets of DCWV that I've had for yonks, but still love and will be very disappointed when all the bits have been used (still got some in my box atm).

I cut the smaller banner using one of the Die-namics fishtail flags - I decided it wasn't wide enough for what I wanted, so I cut round the pink one without a die. I stamped the Anita poinsettia on patterned paper and coloured with copics.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 159
Hiding in my craft room 182: super scraps Saturday
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Try it on Tuesday: my favourite things - hot pink/black/white colour combo, Christmas cards, stamping/colouring
Fresh brewed January: favourites - one of my favourite colour combinations
AnMaCreatief 40: favourite colour combination
Dragonfly dreams January: what is your favourite colour - this is one of my favourite combinations
Stamping sensations January: dies and punches
Craft stamper take it, make it January: take a stamp
Card and scrap 88: use stamp
Stamplorations January: stamps & inks
Scrappy land 9: anything goes - using a Die-namics die
My time to craft 274: stripes
Fitztown 67: anything goes with option: use pattern paper
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 145: anything goes
Art by Miran 23: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 133: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 29: anything goes
Try stampin on Tuesday 200: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

CHNC challenge 211: inspired by a Christmas carol or song

For my CHNC challenge 211 I made two cards using three lovely ship silhouette digial images - Ship I, II and III by Floppy Latte Designs kindly supplied by one of the sponsors, StitchyBear's DIgi Outlet and the lovely 'the waves' digital paper kindly supplied by one of the other sponsors, Buckwell Craft Supplies. The first card was created totally digitally; the second card used the images put together to make a topper to mat on to some 'I saw three ships ...' paper that I've had for years. Of course, the song I chose is obvious!

Please click on my CHNC challenge 211 link to see the generous prizes that will be given to four randomly chosen winners. I am delighted that one of the sponsors is joining my as a guest designer, so you will be able to see her lovely card too.

Here are mine (I'm also linking these for the Stitchy Bear fb January challenge):

These are also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Pile it on 50: digi paper and/or pre-colour digi stamp - digi paper from Buckwell
Quirky crafts 1 2015: clean and simple
Top tip Tuesday: keep it simple
Bloggers challenge: travel
Chocolate, coffee & cards 82: no circles
Crafts4eternity R208: blue tones
Craftin desert divas 46: blue and white
Clear it out: anything goes (sentiment papers are old)
Fitztown 67: anything goes with option: use pattern paper (second card)
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Catch the bug: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 145: anything goes
613 avenue create 105: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 118: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Penny's 209: anything goes
Papercreators 34: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 62

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 62: anything goes with a twist ... add some fun in the snow. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in the challenge.

Suzy is sponsoring the challenge and kindly supplied the Dazzling Ace Designs vintage Christmas image that I used. The paper at the base of the card is an offcut of Arctic frog paper and the other pieces, including the large snowflake cut on my Scan n cut, are snippets of DCWV papers left over from previous crafting.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 158
Hiding in my craft room 182: super scraps Saturday
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Merry Monday 140: snowflakes
Eureka 122: snowman or snowflakes
Melonheadz friends: include a snowflake
Paperminutes 355: snowflakes
Pinspirational 131: snowflake
Fairytale 108: snow
QKR stampede 121: baby it's cold outside
Di's digi designs: winter challenge
Pattie's 106: fun in the snow
Creative card crew 78: for a child
Pile it on 50: digi paper and/or pre-colour digi stamp - image from Dazszling Ace Designs
Fitztown 67: anything goes with option: use pattern paper
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Wags n whiskers 145: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes

Completely Christmas challenge 45

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 45: anything goes with a twist ... add some Christmas foliage. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and we would love it if you join in the challenge.

Papers are offcuts from my Christmas box (Hunkydory), the bottom black and white piece is some adhesive foil from Hema (well, it's supposed to be adhesive backed, but I had to run it through my Xyron to stick it - quite disappointing, as I have a pack of it). Above that, a strip of washi tape.

And the image is one kindly supplied by Suzy from her Dazszling Ace Designs - she is sponsoring the challenge.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 158
Hiding in my craft room 182: super scraps Saturday
ABC Christmas: A for anything Christmas
Pile it on 50: digi paper and/or pre-colour digi stamp - image from Dazszling Ace Designs
Chocolate, coffee & cards 82: no circles
Clear it out: anything goes (old Hunkydory papers)
Fitztown 67: anything goes with option: use pattern paper
Not just cards 10: anything goes
613 avenue create 105: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 118: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Penny's 209: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Sister act 88: anything goes

Sympathy card

This is a card for Sweet Sunday sketch 250:

I used some Crafter's Companion Bebunni paper for the background, using three strips of washi tape down the right hand side. The washi tape was added to my collection after a visit recently to Hema, a fairly new store in Bromley that sells lots of different things, including some craft items.

I inked the Penny Black letters and flowers stamp with Stazon ultramarine, stamping on to the blue card and matting on to a piece of dark navy.

Unfortunately, this was made as a sympathy card, so I didn't want it to be fussy, so I resisted putting any flowers or other bits and bobs on it, just adding three white pearls.

This is also for:

CCEE 1502 sympathy card
Little Miss Muffet 101: something blue
Craftin desert divas 46: blue and white
That's crafty: blue is the colour
One crazy stamper January: blue and white and an embellishment (washi tape/pearls)
Stamplorations January: stamps & inks
Card and scrap 88: use stamp
Loves rubber stamps 133: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 29: anything goes
Try stampin on Tuesday 200: anything goes
LiaStampz 80: anything goes
Lisa B designs January: anything goes (with the exception of Christmas)
Clear it out: anything goes (papers and stamp are old)
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Vandicrafts artistry 23: anything goes
613 avenue create 105: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 118: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 165: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Penny's 209: anything goes
Papercreators 34: anything goes
Creative craft cottage 31: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Totally Gorjuss 269: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87
My craft creations: anything goes
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 67

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 67: anything goes with a twist ... add a dash of orange. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team.

For my design card I've used an image, sentiment and papers from 'ice fishing', which is the freebie of the month by Deedee's designs (sponsor of Fan-tastic this week), so this is for their challenge as well.

This is also for:

Crafts and me 152: Valentine
Cute as a button 5: romance
Fairies in time January: love
Pile it on 50: digi paper and/or pre-coloured digi stamp (I used both)
Just us girls 274: word: winter
Animal friends 22: winter sports
Christmas at sweet stampin: winter sports
Paper sweeties 27: winter wishes
Fitztown 67: anything goes with optional twist: pattern paper
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Papercreators 34: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 35: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Totally Gorjuss 269: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 164: anything goes
Creative fingers 61: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87
My craft creations: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

The Cheerful stamp pad challenge 102: monogram

This is my design card for this fortnight's Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge 102: monogram. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team.

The monogram letters with floral surrounds - Floppy Latte 'floral cap nouveau T' and 'floral cap nouveau Y' - kindly given by the challenge sponsors, Stitchy Bear Stamps. I coloured the images with spectrum noir pens, cut out by hand and mounted on to the pink card blank, adding some sparkly glittered letter blanks to complete the 'Thank You' card.

This is also for:

Quirky crafts 1 2015: clean and simple
Crazy 4 challenges 267: clean and simple
Hiding in my craft room 181: pinks
Not just cards 10: anything goes
Fitztown 67: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 35: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy January: anything goes
Totally Gorjuss 269: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 164: anything goes
Creative fingers 61: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87
My craft creations: anything goes
DL.ART January linky

New year ... new baby boy

A quick card made with a topper that was made up long ago and left in my 'baby' box matted on to an unknown piece of spotted paper.

This is for:

A creative need January: celebrate something new
Corrosive 215: shiny and new
My time to craft 273: all things new
Pink gem 135: something new
Crafty calendar January: what's new?
Creatalicious 70: new beginning
That's crafty: blue is the colour
Crafter's cafe 97: new
Natalie and Amy 28: all things new
Allways something creative: what's new
De creatieve Zebra 17: new
Scribble and scrap 35: anything goes
Totally Gorjuss 269: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 164: anything goes
Tuesday morning sketches 281: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87

CHNC challenge 210

This is my design card for my CHNC challenge 210, using the lovely 'Away in a manger' digital image, including sentiment, kindly supplied by Deedee's digis, one of the four sponsors of the challenge. Please click on the challenge link to see the lovely prizes that can be won and I would love to see you joining in - please don't put your Christmas stash away, but start making your Christmas cards ready for the end of this year ... when it gets towards the end of the year you'll be so thankful that you did so.

I have three guest designers joining my for CHNC challenge 210, so it would be good to see what they have contributed and perhaps visit their blogs with some encouragement.

I used a digital background that I found free on the internet (can't remember where now, had it on my computer for quite some time), printed out and matted on to layers. The banner pieces at the top were made using Die-namics fishtail flag dies, using up pieces of card that matched the card blank. The large star is a piece of chipboard coloured with a spectrum noir, on to which I've matted a silver star and a lilac gem.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
That's crafty: blue is the colour
Pile it on 49: anything goes/Christmas/holidays
Dream valley 97: Christmas
Ooh la la 170: Christmas
Creative inspirations 294: Christmas/new year
Kit & clowder January: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 164: anything goes
Creative fingers 61: anything goes
Tuesday morning sketches 281: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87

Completely Christmas challenge 1 of 2015

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 1 of 2015: anything goes with a twist ... add a new year resolution. Please click on the link to see the designs by the rest of the team and join in with your entries.

When I thought about new year resolutions, the one thing at the forefront of my mind is that I need to lose weight, but I don't want to give up dark chocolate, so this prompted me to use Bugaboo Stamps 'Mildred exercise - balance diet' (Bugaboo Stamps are sponsoring the challenge), hence this card, with the sentiments created digitally to go with the image, printed out and coloured with spectrum noir pens and mounted on to a dark brown card blank ( mmm just like dark chocolate).

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas
Catch the bug January anything goes
Open-minded crafting 27: new years resolutions
Life in details January: new year resolutions
Crazy 4 challenges 267: clean and simple
Pile it on 49: anything goes/Christmas/holidays
Dream valley 97: Christmas
Ooh la la 170: Christmas
Creative inspirations 294: Christmas/new year
Kit & clowder January: anything goes
QKR stampede 120: anything goes
Creative fingers 61: anything goes
Crafty catz 250: anything goes
Tuesday morning sketches 281: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87
DL.ART January linky

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 1 of 2015: anything goes with a twist ... clean and simple

This is my design card for today's Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 1 of 2015: anything goes with a twist ... clean and simple.  Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting designs of the rest of the team - and we would love you to join in our challenge.

I used the ready-coloured digital image Daydream designs 'good thing with ensemble', printing and cutting out with a nestie die, sponging inside the edge of the die and outside with victorian velvet distress ink, using the same distressing for the white card blank.

I was tempted to put flowers or other things on the card, but, as the twist is 'clean and simple' I thought I would leave it as it is.

This is also for:

Sweet stamps 202: food and/or drinks
Crafts 4 eternity R207: hot chocolate (well, it's tea, but it's a drink!)
Digitally sweet 121: what's your favourite shape? I love working with die cut circles - and, of course, the shaped card is a bonus
Polka doodles 1: tic tac toe - I chose top line: sentiment, image, die cut
Crazy 4 challenges 267: clean and simple
Hiding in my craft room 181: pinks
Kit & clowder January: anything goes
QKR stampede 120: anything goes
Crafty catz 250: anything goes
Creative fingers 61: anything goes
Tuesday morning sketches 281: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Cute card Thursday 354: anything goes
Seema crafts January: anything goes
Sister act 87