Sunday 1 July 2012

Fancy Some (Crumb) Cake!

Hi All,

It's Sunday evening and that's another weekend gone and can you believe it's the first of July. That's our schools now on holiday for 7 weeks, hmm, wonder if I'll be able to motivate my teenagers to venture out of their bedrooms!

Onto my card then, and I'm entering it into two challenges this week:

Less is More, Week 74 - it's a Lucky Dip week and Chrissie and Mandi have challenged us to use the LIM logo as inspiration, and


Dynamic Duos #9 - Crumb Cake and any another colour of your choice (you're also allowed to use any neutral colours)

(I'd also like to say a big congratulations to Kim who is guest designer on LIM this week and she's also on the DT for Dynamic Duos)



I used Stampin Up Elementary Elegance stamp set, stamped in black and clear embossed, SU butterfly embosslits, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card and Very Vanilla ribbon.


Yesterday it was Armed Forces Day and as my son is in the Air Cadets he participated in a march down the main street of Aberdeen - here are a few pics

The Air Cadets



The pipes and drums


Aberdeen, "The Granite City"



Okay, I'm going to grab myself a cuppa now and catch up with my commenting.

Have a nice week.

Suze xx

36 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Looks like a lovely parade, nice to see what's going on in your part of the world! You must have been proud to have your son there!
Love the card you have made, very elegant! Hugs, Valerie

Mandi said...

Hi Suze
Your card is FAB, that stamp represents our blog header brilliantly
Love the pinches flowers, crumb cake is a perfect shade
Your kids break up earlier than ours. Ours aren't until abut the 2oth July

Thanks so much
mandi
"Less is More"

Inkyfingers said...

Great card Suze - a real CAS card. Lovely pictures too.

cheryl said...

oh wow this is simply stunning,gosh love,the design its so classy,great photos,of the parade too hugs Cherylxxx

Viv said...

Great job with the card Suze - and fab pics... thank goodness the weather was kind.

Tara Cardwell said...

Perfect interpretation of the LIM logo - the little butterflies are perfect accents.
If you want to get more from your silhoutte - take this class http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/acutabove/class-info/ - it's what made me buy mine as I did the class before I had the machine!

Tara

Zippy said...

Fab card hun! Thanks for sharing pics of the parade xxx

Loli said...

Hola Suze, i'm glad to see you:D
Fantastic card !!!!elegant, cleand and beautiful design Suze.
This parade loock fantastic specially The pipes and drums, congratulations for your son!
A hug from Palma the melted island

Suzilou said...

Lovely card, really like those butterflies. Great pics as well :)

Karen M said...

Your card is really beautiful and I love the parade photos too....its always nice to see other parts of the world:) Hugs x x

Victoria said...

I'd forgotten about that stamp, but my, doesn't it work well as a tribute to the LiM header? Fabulous card and I really liked your photos too.

Bernardine Cuttino said...

Beautiful take on the inspiration. So pretty. Thanks for the sweet comments. Hugs

Unknown said...

Great card Suze, and Love the photos. Interesting to see what is on in your part of the world...love annie....Joined you as a new follower of your blog♥

Rosemary said...

gorgeous card and perfect take on the inspiration, suze! love the photos you shared, too!

Kim S said...

Hey Suze! Thanks for the shout out! Your card is beautiful...totally clean and simple yet full of interest!

Great photos...what a dramatic parade in that setting!

GinaA said...

A gorgeous card, so well crafted. Your photos are great as well. Good luck with the summer holidays.

Kathyk said...

Fabulous card and thanks too for sharing your pix

Kathyk

G Peplow said...

Hi Suze, What a brilliant parade, I love all the wonderful uniforms and how great to have your son in it:0)
Your LIM card is so good I love how you've made it into a tag card, perfect!
Thank you so much for your kind comments :0) xxx

lililindsay said...

A lovely card Suze. Such a great interpretation of the LIM logo. Doesn't Union Street look amazing?

Von said...

Lovely Suze you really have captured the style of the logo :)
Von ♥

Heather T said...

Very pretty take on the LIM header.

Claudia said...

Hi Suze, your card is also a great take and great idea with a tag. Brilliant!
Thanks for your visit and your lovely comment.
Hugs Claudia

Lynne said...

Fabulous take on the challenge, love that flourish and your butterflies are a great addition.
I love the Pipes and Drums, makes me really emotional.
Lynne xxx

Anne said...

A very classy and elegant card!

Carole said...

Very lovely card Suze and great pictures. I love the pipes and drums!

Darnell said...

Suze, your LIM card is just wonderful! I've done two attempts tonight and finally gave up (for tonight). You made it look easy and give me hope for fresh ideas in the morning!

Bronwyn Eastley said...

Such an elegant and CAS design. LOVE it.

Vicky Hayes said...

What a beautiful CAS card Suze - I love the tag style and those beautiful pearl-centred butterflies. It's lovely to see your photos too - Aberdeen looks gorgeous with its bunting up and I bet the parade was wonderful. I love the pipes (although they always make me want to cry!) Vicky x

Anonymous said...

A beautiful stylish and sophisticated card, love the neutral tones and the placement on this elegant card. Ahh what a proud momma you must have been seeing your son in uniform. Those men in kilts is it true what they say about you know what you being a scots lass surely can know the truth.

Marie

Diane said...

Beautiful elegant card, absolutely perfect! And your comment on my blog made me laugh ....you're right it's HIS sister but for some reason its MY fault when we forget!!! I think it's the down side to being a card maker!! They have high expectations....trouble is making cards doesn't improve my memory :0)

Suzi B said...

Gorgeous Suze I love the tag fabulous take on the challenge
suzi b :)

Jane said...

Elegant card - love the way you've used the tag.

Carole Campanile said...

Lovely. I like the tag concept and the pretty touch the butterfiles add. Your card is a wonderful reflections of the inspiration piece. Well done.

TFS
Carole

Anne Marie Hile said...

Hi Suze! Love the clean design of your card. The images stamped in black really looks so elegant against the Crumb Cake. Gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Dynamic Duos! :)

Great photos, too!

Kimberley said...

Love your flourish stamp - fabulous card.

Aileen said...

Oooh this is lovely. Brill interpretation of the logo. Lovely pictures of Aberdeen too. Proud Mummy moment! x