Hello … bonjour! I’m popping by with some more inspiration to tempt you to play along with us at Twofer this month … there’s a whole week left for you to join in with … 
Here, I made use of Papertrey‘s Dot Spot stamp set (one of my first card making acquisitions … and still a favourite) … and chose the largest circle as my common image. On the hello card, it became a warm, golden sun, set into a central circle frame, with the sentiment flowing along the bottom edge. On the happy birthday card, it was joined by the other circles in the set in a geometric pattern cascading from top left to bottom right, with the sentiment set into the delicious white space that was left. Here’s a closer look at each one … 
I used three CP inks to create the ombré sun on the base card … and added a little sparkle with a coordinating gem in the middle. The frame was cut with Hero Arts Infinity Dies (rectangle and circle) … and the sentiment (PTI … a gift from the lovely Bev … thanks my friend!) was stamped across both the frame and the base card to emphasise the scripty flow of the font. I popped the frame up on craft foam over the sunny stamping … et voilà … done!
There’s a slightly crisper, cooler feel to my second card …
… though the colour palette is still a soft, feminine one. I tested the inks and the pattern out on typing paper before stamping directly onto this one layer card. The top right space was the perfect spot for a high impact, large sentiment (Simon Says Stamp) … which was overlapped slightly onto the circle stamping. I added shimmer to the centre of each circle … and topped it with Glossy Accents … to create a lovely subtle sparkle (that you can just about see if you enlarge the photo).
I wondered if this design could also be made rather masculine … so did a little experimenting and came up with this …
A couple of colour changes … and some metallic silver Nuvo Drops … looks more rugged to me … what d’you think?
So … have you played along with us at Twofer this month? If you haven’t, why not give it a go … and if you have, do feel free to play again. We’d love to see your two distinctly different takes on Circles/Bubbles. All the details, rules and FAQs are over at the Twofer blog … along with inspiration galore, both from the wonderful DT and from our talented Guest Designers, Jenny from My Paper Epiphany and Linda from Lin’s Craft Corner. Hope to see you in our gallery!
My sunshine-y hello is heading to …
Happy Little Stampers Dies – Anything Goes
Inkspirational – Yellow Paint Photo (below)
Just Us Girls – Frame It
NBUS – Anything Goes … the hello sentiment is new to me
Uniko – Anything Goes … with the Bright and Happy option
… the birthday greetings are going to …
Day of the Month Card Club – Repeat Day
Papercraft Challenges – Geometric
… and the thinking of you card is joining in at …
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Something Metallic
My twofer is also playing with …
Vesela Hiška (Happy House) – Dvojni Izziv (A Double Challenge) … where the Design Team is running a Twofer style challenge this month … ‘two different designs, two different occasions, using the same stamp, die or stencil’. Do feel free to link up your twofer there too!
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 
