In and out

This Summer I am a bit like the Scarlet Pimpernel and learning to live out of suitcases! Its quite fun although I am really a homebird so make sure I have a few days back at the ranch before the next foray into the big wild world. This week I have spent time with Carys and my mother in law at her lovely home in Milford on Sea. Milford is by the sea (obvs) but also only about 30 minutes from the New Forest. We have to drive through it to get there and I never tire of seeing all the horses roaming around. They particularly like bus stops! Or standing in the road in a crowd, daring you to try and make them move...

All of which means I will be either absent or tardy with Daring Cards for a bit. I had managed to make my card in good time for this Friday but failed in first attempts to photograph it. I am being a big brave girl and moving off "auto" on the DSLR. Only I have discovered that I will need to stick to it for photographing layouts and cards as I shake too much so have loads of blurry photos. One layout I have taken out of the album twice now and both sets of photos are so rubbish I will need to go again. At least it isn't film wasted I suppose...

It being the beginning of a new month, we have a colour combo to play with...

 Now I already had this card on my desk which had been a fun play with my new Winnie and Walter stamps, when Carys mentioned she could do with 5 thank you cards to give to the Stagecoach staff as she finishes today (too old!)

I thought that with a bit of tweaking it would make a card fit for the dare

although my colours are perhaps a leetle too bright - I still like it! I used a dotty stencil and several different colour distress inks. Then some Winnie and Walter stamps (NB I now have a mini stamp press which I love!) and a trio of different enamel dots and the card was done
Here are all 5 (but out of focus)

.... and it turned out that Carys only needed 4 cards after all!