Sunday 20 November 2011

Silhouette Thank-You

Hello!

I have an entry for three challenges today.

Less Is More, Week 42: Silhouettes. Thank-you Chrissie and Mandi, I have had this little silhouette idea in the back of my mind for months, and you've galvanised me to action.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #108, which has these beautiful, warm autumn colours:

Clean and Simple Stamping, Layout #167:
As soon as I saw this layout, I imagined cutting a circle out and placing my image inside the aperture, which is exactly what I did.

And my card is this one:
Forgive the wonky photo, I didn't realise I had put it on such a lean until making this post, and I only took one shot, oops!

I quite like this card. What do you think?

Now I'm off outside to play in the water with my kids. We have a water amnesty this week-end, which means we can use as much as we like, yippee! We usually live with very, very strict water restrictions due to the effects of drought, but the powers-that-be are preparing for another bumper wet season, so trying to reduce the water in the dams.  I hope it does end up being a big wet season, otherwise all this water wastage will feel very frivolous in hindsight. I washed my car yesterday for the first time in a long time. It's so shiny! I love using water guilt free sometimes...

Michelle
xxx

17 comments:

Annette Allen said...

wow this card is just so pretty...

Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog... :)
Happy Crafting..

Hannelie said...

Really beautiful!

Mandi said...

Superb card Michelke
Love the combination of the 2 stamps
Terrific

thank you so much
mandi LIM

Cath Wilson said...

Lovely simple card x

Kathyk said...

It's a delightful card and a gr8 sketch too

Kathyk

Chrissie said...

This is super Michelle!
Thanks so much for joining us.
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Unknown said...

Lovely card, I adore the scalloped aperture and the beautiful silhouettes inside it. I need to get myself some birdy stamps! Have fun splashing about!!

Gibmiss said...

Hi Michelle
Gorgeous card ....love it ...
Hugs sylvie
xxx

Donelda said...

very pretty!

Suze Bain said...

A super clean and simple design. A beautiful card. xx

Marrigje said...

Beautiful!! I love the colours you used.

Jenny said...

Wow what a great card to combine those three challenges :) Love the shaped fram too.
Jenny x

Aileen said...

This is very sweet. x

Jennifer Rzasa said...

I love this scalloped aperture!

Andrea Ewen said...

What a lovely CAS design, and so striking in the way you've arranged the colors...magnificent! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

kingstonmama said...

How did I miss this during silhouette week? This is gorgeous. I love the shaped frame and the sponging behind the bird is beautiful. It almost glows! Great combination of challenges. :) Ann Y.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OHHH! What a beautiful silhouette---LOVE the CAS design and your inking for the background! THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at the PDCC:)