Monogram

This is just a quick post as I have a busy day in my craft room planned, as Dave has taken the girls out for a tram ride.
This week's Less is More is Monogram ... oh did my heart sink when I read this.  I have never done a monogram card before.

 I used my one of my CB alphabet dies to cut out the D, and then used some off cuts of Pink Petticoat grey gingham papers to mat it onto.  I found a couple of square buttons to add ... very simple, I think it works.

 Back to the craft room, will catch up with the LIMettes entreis later xx

 

Less is More - White on White

 My Mum has asked me to make a card for one of her friends ... no cute image and very clean and simple (she said plain and not fussy!.  Now my Mum is very particular .. .so I kept to her orders ... or so I thought ... and came up with this ...

I simply cut and embossed two squares of white cardstock, and inverted one of them.  I made the flower and leaves using a die I have.  I added the brad to the centre and voila!  Plain, simple, unfussy ... not in Mum's book .. it is too white, but she likes the design!  Can I do it again with some colour please!!!

Challenges:
Less is More - White on White
Crafts and Me - swirls

So sample 2!!!

Sort of the smae, expect the squares are titled the opposite way, and the flower, leaves and cardstock have been inked in green and pink liquid chalk.   Oh and I added some ruffled organza ribbon, and layered the smaller square up on 3D pads so it sat over the ribbon.  She likes this one better!!!!
 
PS the fantastic Debbi ( andf my Promarker guru!!) has some fab candy on offer - including a set of promarkers, a Sugar Nellie stamp (mt fave stamp company!) and some gorgeous other things ... please don't pop over to look as I want to win!!!!!!!! Only kiddying ... go take a look and have a look at her amazing creations while you are there.
 

Lost Mojo ...

Hubby and the girls have gone camping for the weekend, leaving me in peace and quiet to craft ... great ... except I have misplaced/lost my mojo!! Typical!!

Anyway here are my efforts ...

First up one of my favourite Magnolias ...

I just love her hair blowing in the wind.  I used my pens to colour her and then paper pieced the dressed.  The dp is Basic Grey Euphoria, and I added ribbon, buttons and bling from my stash.  Finally I stickled her wings.  Not totally happy with this card ...

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday - sketch (rotated)
Everybody-Art-Challenge - fairy
Just Magnolia - Buttons, bows and bling
Totally Tilda - paper peicing
Totally papercrafts Challenge - glitter
Stamp Something - something with wings

OK my next card ...

 I used a lavinia stamp, Cherry Blossom, and matted it onto red and black cardstock.  I stamped the PB sentiment onto the white cardstock and layered it onto red and black cardstock.  I punched the flowers from the cardstock and added contrasting ickle gems.
This is attempt number 3 ... I tried to include gold embossing in the first couple with disastrous outcomes ... I have been really defeated by that gold embossing powder today!!
Also I can't make my mind up whether it should be this way up or rotated so the thank you reads along the bottom ... see what I mean, really not my crafting day!!!!

 Challenges:
Less is More - thank you/Congratulations
Allsorts Challenge - oriental
Totally Gorguss - recipe - 1,2,3 (1 image, 2 stamps, 3 colours, flowers and gems)

 I am off to potter in the garden, and hopefully find my mojo!!  Catch up with you all this evening .. .Dr Who and blogging :)

Less is More 2nd attempt

We have a Sundays with Santa group over on Facebook, which is designed to encourage us make a Christmas card each week ... I am 4 weeks behind LOL!!  So I combined no green, monochromatic and gingham to come up with this ...

 Sorry the picture is rubbish ... I can't get the exposure setting right on my camera.  I used my Cuttlebug Snowflake and stickled and glamour dusted it.  I added some blue gingham ribbon and stamped the Stempleglede sentiment directly onto the card.  I made lots of this style last year ... and didn't get to send any of them as my friends and family bought them off me!!!

As it is off centre I am entering this into this week's less is More challenge ... I am definitely a glutton for punishment!!

 

Less is More week 12

 After last week's excursion in to the dark realms of acetate I was relieved to read this week's Less is More challenge ... off centre ... now I can do this ... I am naturally off centre LOL!!! 

I used a spare punched butterfly I had from a card I made yesterday, and punched sone out of some acetate to created a bit more depth.   The sentiment is a Whiff of Joy one I have had for ages ... I stamped it in a matching ink as I didn't want it too harsh ... but maybe it is a little on the pale side.  I doodled a little flight path for the butterfly and added some teeny pearls to its middle and the corners.  Whilst off centre doesn't mean using the corners I love central white space, so I have gone for the symmetrical corner look.

Off to do some gardening and ironing ... might have another play later.

 

Less is More

 I think I am a glutton for punishment!!!  I have joined in each of the Less is More challenges ... but they are not getting any easier ... in fact Chrissie and Mandi are doing a fab job of 'forcing' me to address the areas of crafting that are trully out of my comfort zone.  This week's challenge is acetate ... ACETATE!!!

So I have taken a deep breath and had a go at making an acetate card ... only ever made one before and it was a disaster!!!

 I have kept it all reaslyy simple ... just using 1 stamp.  I stamped the image in  black versafine not white cardstock and matted it onto black.  I made a white and black mat the same size to go inside the card for the message.  Using black cardstock I punched the detail that hopefully adds support so the card stands up!!!  I stamped the image again into the corners of the card using white stzon, then assembled the card ... finally adding a gingham ribbon.

Then I breathed!!!  No smudging that I can see ... bigger challenge was getting a photo of it!!!

I am also entering this into this week's Totally Gorguss challenge ... no patterned papers.

Off to recover with a cuppa!!!

 

Less is More

We are on holiday at my parents at the moment with very limited internet access ... its taken me all day to get on to get this posted!!

Here is my card for this week's  Less is More challenge - add a little red.  I stamped this Stampendous flower bloom onto red cardstock aand cut it out.   I matted it onto black cardstock and then red cardstock.  I added some gingham ribbon, and then put the flower mat on using raised pads.  I am also entering it into this week's Allsorts Challenge - Blooming Blossoms.

And some quick photos of the holiday so far ...

Here are the ickle flower baskets the girls made for my Mum...

 ... and the first lambs at my Mums ....

 and my new Dorothy shoes!!!!

I hope to get back onto the internet soon, and visit  you all ... hopefully!!!

A tag for Less is More

 What a lovely sunny day ... need to get the washing out on the line in a mo!!  I have been getting dirty fingers this morning, playing at making my own papers using inks.

 I made this tag to go on my Mum's birthday present.  I used 3 shads of green ink and brayer and rubbed the ink on, starting from the lightest shade.  The fairy is from Lavinia, and the net lace and ribbon is from my stash.
It fits these challenges -
Less is More - sketch
Creative inspirations - Mum
Allsorts - For a Special Lady
One Stop Crafts - Angels and fairies

And a quick Christmas card ...

 I used blue, eggplant and cool peri inks to distress the cardstock, having taped the snowflake template down.  I cut a snowflake out and covered it in glamour dust.  Finally I spritzed the paper with glimmer mist and added some glitter.  I used my GoKreate dies to create the shaped card.

 

Less is More

I didn't get a chance to play along last week, but I have managed to sneak into my craft room and make a card for this week's Less is More challenge ... one layer and off the edge.

 This card features a couple of new techniques for me .... I have never been able to succesfully emboss my dies onto cardstock without cutting the cardstock .. thanks to my fab blogging buddy Ali giving me a simple explanation I have done it!!!!!!  So I embossed a Go Kreate die in the top left corner and stamped the PB greeting.  Off the edge stamping is new to me for CAS cards ... I use the technique when I make my Lavinia fairy based cards, but would not have thought of using it on its own.  So i used one of the Lavinia flower head stamps I have and stamped it in the other three corners using versafine.  And that it ... simples ;)  I love all that white space, and haven't even felt the urge to fill it:)

And while I was creating so was Ellie ...

 She has been proper poorly with the gastro-enteritis bug going round school, but is brighter today and wanted to get up ... I won't show you what the rest of the table looks like ... Daddy has a LOT of sorting and tidying to do LOL!!

Some challenges ticked off

I haven't done much crafting this week, well none really since Tuesday, due to lots of other things going on.  So I escaped for a couple of hours this morning and hid in craft room.

My first card is very clean and simple  ...

I love this Stempleglede stamp, and she makes gorgeous simple cards.  I matted her onto pink and black card stock, and very bravely stamped the sentiment straight on the card blank ... and that was it!!!
It fits these challenges:
Less is more - pink/black/white
Charisma Cardz - no embellishments
Paper Play- Stamp it out

And my 2nd card is for hubby for Valentines .. I really don't do slushy cards for him!!

 Love these LOTV ickle people, they are adorable!  I coloured the image using my promarkers and them matted it onto blue cardstock.  I used Basic Grey Capella paper, and a doily, and just added some flowers and ribbon.
It fits these challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - brown, blue and white
I love Promarkers - anything goes
Fab n Funky - chocolate and blue
Friday Sketcher - sketch
Lili of the Valley - Romance
Paper play - stamp it out
Totally Papercrafts - friendship
Stampin' for the Weekend - Valentines
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the air