two attempts and still not there

I made a card yesterday and wasn't entirely happy with how it turned out, so this morning did a second attempt. It's better but it's still not right. I'll show you what I mean!

I've used a 5" square Melon Mambo card base and stamped one of the images from Just Believe to form a large floral shape in Whisper White ink. Then stamped the circle image in the reverse, puched out and stuck down along with the sentiment and a white line. Now this is certainly an improvement on yesterdays, but I think the main image should still be further up in the top left corner, going more off the side - what do you think?

Here's yesterdays so you can see what I mean:

I don't like the placement of the sentiment on this versio at all. Sometimes it just doesn't go to plan! Maybe i'll try again later and go for third time lucky, have to see if I get time.

On the bright side, thank you for all your lovely comments on my new look blog, nice to know your thoughts as always.

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Less in More Pastels

Ooh I'm a bit late joining in with Mandi and Chrissie's latest challenge over at Less is More. Mainly because I was at Stampin' Up! training on Saturday and it's all been a bit hectic since then. Oh and then there's the fact that I always struggle with pastel colours, or I think I do. It's taken me ages but I do quite like how this turned out:

I've made a 5" square card with Baja Breeze as the base. Now the colour combo was pure accident, you know when you use a stamp and sometimes first you test it on scrap? Maybe that's just me, anyway I had done that yesterday with another stamp in these colours and decided to use them on a card.

The circle images and the sentiment are from the Just Believe set. Stamped here in Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery. I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and drew the line using a ruler with the white gel pen.

Zac is busy creating a picture of his own at the moment with his Thomas the Tank Engine Fuzzy Felt:

It's a peaceful household today as Blake is at his Grandparents and in his absence I have decided that in fact - he is the noisy one, not Zac!

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Just Believe Stamp Class Instructions

Oooh I do love the Just Believe stamp set and the Elegant Soiree papers. This is the class I put together in December using both:

I've also added an old CD case to make myself a desktop calendar and have had fun with Markers and Watercolour Paper. I might make another set in different colours when I get chance, fancy seeing some pink in here!! If you'd like to make this set - the instructions are now available in my right hand side bar.

I had a fab night last night at my scrapbook class - thanks ladies, it was great to catch up and to see you create too. Especially when you use the kit and change things around to your tastes.

It's also Wednesday which means it's time to shame myself and show you my workspace so Julia the queen of snoop can gasp and faint (mainly because I'm so much tidier this time!):

So I'm doing a spot of baking in my room of craft and making a cake! Hope to get it finished this week but currently not entirely sure how I'm going to decorate it! Decisions, decisions.....

Now hop on over to Julia's blog to have a good old nosey at other desks today!
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