Wonderful Wednesday again ....

Morning readers, 

Hot enough for you? Crikey, I am so not comfortable in this heat ..... yesterday it reached 29° and today is forecast to be even warmer. If anyone's looking for me, I'll be in the fridge! Stay cool peeps!

I've a make to share with you today ....... it's NOT Clean And Simple as per my more usual style but - I really LIKE it and I hope you will too.

My 3½" x 4⅞" card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, 3½" x 4⅞" card and matching envelope
• Card in white and deep purple for my card front, insert and matting
• With my Dyan Reavely circles stencil taped in place and using a makeup brush, I applied Distress Ink in picked raspberry and wilted violet inks.
• Clearly Inspired foliage image (from LCS100 - "brushed flowers" dating back to pre 2016) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Using a snippet of white card I stamped my Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "brushed sentiments" dating back to May 2021) using my Versafine Clair nocturne ink. I then matted on to a snippet of deep purple card
• Since I  had used water based Distress Inks, I gave it a quick spritz of Crafters Companion Spray and Shine to seal

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. HLS - August STENCIL challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. Retro Rubber - challenge No. 188 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Addicted to Stamps - challenge No. 435 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) DIE CUTS/STENCIL
4. Let's Craft and Create - challenge No. 186 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) FEELING DISTRESSED
5. Allsorts - challenge No. 688 - ALL ABOUT THE BACKGROUND

And now for another card ... I really liked the colours on offer in the colour challenge I found on Monday and thought I might have another go ....

My 3½" x 4⅞" card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, 3½" x 4⅞" card and matching envelope
• Card in white and turquoise (closest I had to Bermuda Bay) for my card front, insert and matting
• Snippets of leftover card in pink and orange (my version of melon and pumpkin pie)
• Nesting circle dies to cut my apertures
• CAS-Friday sentiment (from WTF - dating back to 2014) stamped using Versafine Clair warm breeze ink
• Elsewhere on the card (where I didn't want to use dies) I stamped my two Hampton Arts circles (2194 lge and 20195 sml) using Versafine Clair warm breeze, charming pink and Memento tangelo inks

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. HLS - August DIES challenge - ANYTHING GOES (launches 9th)
2. TGIF challenges - challenge No. 380 - COLOUR CHALLENGE - see below
3. AAA Birthday - challenge No. 40 - ANYTHING (Birthday) GOES
4. Paper Players - challenge No. 603 - BIRTHDAY
5. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - challenge No. 2232 - ANYTHING GOES

Had a lovely outing on Monday, with hubby, a bus ride (boy was it hot on that bus!) a walk around the harbour, a couple of stops at local watering holes before dinner at Prezzo (Italian, if you are unfamiliar) - no pix of food as I was too busy eating it! Hope you enjoy your "virtual day out" too .....