Moving along with the times - Words only

Stampin' Up!'s new set Enjoy the Little Things is perfect for using with the project kit of the same name, but today I've used one of the stamps to make my card for the Moving Along with the Times challenge set by my lovely blogland friend Christine.  In addition to Enjoy the Little Things, you'll see touches of Work of Art and Timeless Textures stamp sets, both Stampin' Up! and embellishments of Everyday Chic washi tape, silver thread and It's my Party enamel dots.  I also used the medium star  and confetti stars punches.  

Inside the card you can continue your stamping using Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set to add more  'words' and a smidge of decoration.  You could use any colour way for a card like this to suit the recipient, but I used Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Smoky Slate and archival basic black.

Do join in our challenge at MAWTT and go check out the other design team cards for more inspiration.

Coincidentally the confetti star border punch that I used for the mini stars is on special until next Tuesday.  You can order it online in my Stampin' Up! Shop.  Please use the link in the sidebar.

Cards for boys!

It's Charlie's birthday next week so in amongst the dust of kitchen renovation I've been turning my attention to cards for the boys! This one uses designer series paper from the Stampin' Up! UK spring/summer catalogue called Adventure Bound.  It's a mini stack which is just perfect for project life, cards and traditional scrap booking when you have your men and boys in the pictures. It's a stack full of paper photograph textures like this brick wall and teamed with a project life grid card which I've punched using the spiral border punch, some wooden elements and some stamping from Bravo, Tape It and Work of Art it's great for a boy in your life.  Not sure it's quite Charlie, but it's a step in the right direction.
Now a kitchen update. We had to have the old plaster removed as it had blown in some places, but it's now all been done and looks like this!

 Today the singing (and I call it that in the loosest sense!) builder has started to lay the tile floor. It's beginning to look like a kitchen again.

Okay I'm off now to tidy up, but really get distracted with a little more crafting as I'm behind with my Christmas Card Club offerings.
See you soon and thanks for checking in.
Zx