Less is More Week #306

Good morning

At Less is More this week can you believe it's time for another One Layer challenge?!  And we have an interesting one for your one layers this week...

Outlines

I should have been using this as an opportunity to make more Christmas cards as I'm still way behind with the amount that I need, but no, I went with a Thank You and an Anniversary!  I'm so helpful to myself, lol!

Anyhow, here goes with card number one where I used an outline style font...

I used some watercolour cardstock as my card base here and watercoloured a central area with three colours of Distress Ink.  Once completely dry and prepped with my anti-static powder tool I stamped the Thanks in VersaMark and heat embossed in white.  That was it for this one.  The card is a little warped from the water and the heat embossing so I'll need to place it under something heavy for a while longer.

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch; VersaMark
• Stamp: Uniko - All Occasion Sentiments #6
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White

Challenge entry

CASology - Challenge #227 - Space

And now for my second card which has a few outlines..

I started by embossing my card base using a stitched heart die.  I then stamped the pebble couple before masking and then stamping the bench.  Next I chose a 'happy' in a shadow outline font which I stamped in red to match the enamel heart I added above, and then finished off the rest of the sentiment in black.  So I have the outline image, the heart outline and the outlined 'happy'.

Materials used:

• Die: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Heart Stax
• Stamps: Inkwell Stamps - Pebbles Allsorts; Wplus9 - Whole Lotta Happy; Clearly Besotted - Happy Everything (anniversary sentiment)
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Versa Color - Camelia
• Accents: Enamel heart from stash

Challenge entry:

Penny Black & More - December Challenge - Black and White Plus One

My teamies and I would love for you to join in and play along this week.  They have also created some wonderful cards this week so please do take a minute to visit their personal blogs if you can, in between the madness of the Christmas preparations!

Hope to see you again soon :)

Hey There!

Hi guys

I've been busy today and I'm back with another card, this time to sneak in on the Picture Perfect challenge over at Paper Smooches Sparks before the doors close.

When I saw this challenge I knew I had just the stamps for it.  If you saw my pebble wedding card here, the birds I've used on this card are from the same set from Inkwell Stamps.  So, I've combined them with some stamps from Paper Smooches and Clearly Besotted to create this card, based on the inspiration picture shown below...

On a panel slightly smaller than my card base, all the elements were individual stamped, and the birds were then coloured with FlexMarkers.  I mounted the panel on 3D foam strips.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Paper Smooches - Shadows and Sentiment Sampler; Inkwell Stamps - Pebbles Celebrations; Clearly Besotted - Paired Up
• Ink: Versa Color - Sky Gray, Pinecone, Bamboo; Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Coloured with FlexMarkers

Here's the inspiration photo...

Challenge entries:

Paper Smooches Sparks - July 12-18 Picture Perfect Challenge

Virginia's View - Challenge #16 - 100% Stamped

Time Out Challenges - Challenge #35 - Nature with optional twist of Animals

Stamping Sensations - July Challenge - Feature a Creature

Thanks for popping by.  I've got more to create over the next day or two so I'll be back soon with more to share.

Get Well Daisies

Hi there

I couldn't let this week pass by without playing along at Muse after seeing Ardyth's wonderful card this week...I just love it!

Here's my card, and Ardyth's beauty is further down in the post so you'll be able to see how I was inspired.

My first attempt at this card went in the bin.  I attempted to use distress inks to watercolour the sky and grass but it just wasn't happening so I started again.  I started with some blue and green cardstock panels and after butting up the clean edges I adhered these together on the reverse.  After removing the static with powder I then stamped the daisies in VersaMark across the two panels and heat embossed with black powder.  Of course, my daisy petals were then blue!  So, I coloured these in with a white Derwent Inktense pencil and the flower centres with yellow and orange.  The sentiment was stamped and I then trimmed down the panel and adhered it flat to my card.

Materials used:

• Cardstock: Papermania - Solid Cardstock (blue and green)
• Stamps: Inkwell Stamps - Pebbles Allsorts; Paper Smooches - Sentiment Sampler
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: Stampin' Up - Black
• Coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils

Here's is Ardyth's great card, I don't think I need to explain how I was inspired!

Obviously, as I'm now on the Design Team at Muse I'm only playing along for fun but I'd also like to enter my card at the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - No Designer Paper

Fantasy Stampers - Challenge #41 - Pretty Petals

CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #141 - Embossing

Thanks for looking, I'll be back shortly with another card I've made to squeeze in the door at another challenge!

Addicted to Stamps and More #152

Hi guys

We're back with a brand new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More.  So, our sequence of challenge themes brings us to our regular challenge...

Make Your Mark

Please use anything on your project that makes a mark such as markers, paints, chalks, watercolour, etc.

Our sponsor this week is Sweet Pea Stamps and the prize on offer is 4 digis!

So, on to my DT card.  At a recent visit to the Sincerely Yours Papercraft Show I discovered a stamp company called Inkwell Stamps and they have recently launched a range of stamp sets called 'Pebbles'.  They are really different to anything I've seen...

I stamped the rocks, the bride and groom and the sentiment in grey ink and simply coloured the whole image with one FlexMarker, increasing the depth of colour on the right hand side.  I layered up the white panel onto some co-ordinating cardstock and adhered to the card base with 3D foam strips.  I adhered three tiny die cut hearts and accented these and the bride with clear Wink of Stella to add a gentle sparkle.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Inkwell Stamps - Pebbles Celebrations
• Ink: Memento - London Fog
• Coloured with FlexMarker - Sea Mist
• Die: Clearly Besotted - Recipe for Love
• Accent: Wink of Stella - Clear

Challenge entries:

Ooh La La Creations - Challenge #184 - All That Glitters
Crazy for Challenges - Challenge #293 - Monochromatic
Loves Rubberstamps - Challenge #159 - Anything Goes


We have a wonderful selection of cards to inspire you created by my fellow teamies over at ATSM so please feel free to pop over and have a look.

That's all for now, I hope to see you soon.