Less is More Week #349

Good morning

We're into a fresh new month and that means it's time for our regular Colour challenge at Less is More.  We have a fun one for you this time...

Our fabulous Sponsor for the month of October is Uniko and we have the lovely Bev joining us as our Guestie for a couple of weeks so please do follow the link and say hi.

I have two cards for you this week, my first using Uniko stamps...

I wanted to create a kind of wreath design so on a panel of white cardstock I made four pencil marks above, below, and either side of where I wanted the circle shape, just to help when eyeballing the stamp positioning.  I then stamped the images, four of each in a repetitive pattern to create the wreath.  I erased the pencil marks and die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle and adhered to my card base.  I finished by heat embossing the sentiment in white on some metallic copper cardstock, die cut with a stitched sentiment strip.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Natures Treasures I and II, Flower Power #2
• Ink: Versa Color - Topaz, Paprika, Pinecone, Orange, Marigold; VersaMark
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Sentiment Strips
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Copper cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

CAS on Friday - Challenge #118 - Fall / Halloween

Penny Black and More - October Challenge - Close to Nature

Stamping Sensations - October Challenge - Autumn Glory

Uniko - Challenge #43 - Autumn/Fall

I'm really pleased with my second card, the result was exactly as I pictured it, and that doesn't happen often...

On a scrap of cream cardstock I started by adding a minimal light blend of Mustard Seed Distress Ink before adding a small circle mask to create my sun.  I then used sponge blending tools with various other Distress Inks to create my sunset.  Then, instead of using black I used dark brown pigment ink to stamp the tree and birds.  The scene was then die cut using a stitched rectangle die.  On a cream card base I stamped the sentiment, also in dark brown before popping the panel up on 3D foam.

I really do love this off centre design and another of my cards some time ago, here, used the same layout and is also one of my favourites.  I think I might make a few sets of cards like this :)

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany; Versa Color - Pinecone
• Stamps: Card-io - Vintage Christmas (tree); Kanban - Spring Meadow (birds); Clearly Besotted - Time to Relax (sentiment)
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Rectangles

Challenge entries:

Crafty Catz - Challenge #387 - Anything Goes with optional twist of CAS

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #262 - Make Your Mark (sponge blending/masking)

I usually reach for what I call pretty colours but I really enjoyed using these tones this week, perfect for the season too.  Please do pop over to the main challenge, there is some great inspiration there from my teamies this week.

Thanks so much for popping by.