Three in One

I've spent very little time recently on crafting. However, this weekend, we have guests staying and whilst they've all been sleeping off hangovers in the mornings, I've crept quietly into my craft room to cut up paper and apply ink to stamps. And lo & behold, I've managed to create cards for not one, not even two but wait for it, yes, three colour challenges.

The first, will be of no surprise, for The Play Date Cafe. I could say that this week we didn't have any colours to play with lol. Grey, silver & brown. An elegant selection of neutrals. Yes, there is brown in my card. It's not instantly noticeable but it is there in the ink I used to stamp the sentiment.

The second is a card I created for the Colour Q challenge. Warm cocoa browns paired with hot red & yellow. Perfect combination to play with on a cold, wintry day. However, the photo doesn't show the browns off too well, they look more of a grey.

Finally, the third card is for the Colour Throwdown site. A split complimentary scheme with raspberry, olive and saffron. I recently bought myself a new tool, the Sew Easy from We R Memory Keepers. I haven't quite worked out how to use it perfectly yet though. However, I had a go with the starburst pattern for this card. When I have a little more time, I'll sit down and play around with the different patterns and hopefully use it in future projects.

It's been a beautiful weekend so far, with bright winter sun glistening off frost covered ground. We've been lapping up the enchanting scenery in the hills of the Peak District. And there's been that nostalgic, haunting sound of stones skimming on ice. We're heading to a farmers market this morning and then another walk to exercise a little of last night's excesses off. So I'd better post now before I hear the yell from downstairs telling me we're going.