Less is More

This week is stripes

As it's also one layer week I stamped my stripes straight onto the card down 2 edges.

This is from a set of stamps & I stamped it one way & then the other

I finished with the sentiment which is again in stripes :-)

Less is More - Birds

I'm joining in with the LIM challenge this week which is a one layer card with the subject of birds

I stamped the images in brown ink, which looks better in real life than in the photo (I'll keep practicing my photography as it really lets me down!)

Then coloured the bird using my Copics

and finished off by chalking around the images.

Flag inspiration

The Less is More challenge this week is ....

This week it's time for another colour challenge and for your delectation this week, we have decided to ask you make a card  using the 

COLOURS 

of 

YOUR NATION'S FLAG!

We should be able to see quite a variety of colours this week as we are fortunate enough to have crafters from all around the world sharing in our challenges. If you could describe the colours of your flag or include an image of it, that would be great.

This is my card based on the Union Jack

For the background I used a piece of red card & a piece of spotted Bazil both of which i put though my nifty tool to make them corrugated to give a bit of texture. 

I then mounted them both onto a piece of blue card.

I then stamped the image onto the blue card using white ink & cut off part of the image & inked the edges to give a bit of definition.

Here you can see the blue base coming through the white ink.

To finish I stamped the sentiment straight onto the card.

So there you have it my Union Jack inspired red white & blue card.

Fruity problem

Less is More challenge this week has asked for

FEELING FRUITY

We would like to see fruit on your cards or fruit colours...easy peasy 'lemon' squeezy!

Well it would be but looking through my quite extensive collection of stamps I found that I was fruitless!! How could this be?

So I had to do some thinking ..... I wasn't going to let this stop me entering!!

and found a small border punch that had hearts & flowers, so used the heart pieces to make the small strawberries on my card

I drew freehand the stave & clef & popped on the hearts on which I drew on the pips & the stalk

The phrase I would have printed onto the card if I'd been able to but as I couldn't I wrote it & underlined with the red pen.

The larger strawberry I created again from a slightly larger heart punch &  cut the stalk freehand from green paper, again drawing on the pips.

To finish I cut the frame border from red card.

I did try using a ruler for the stave but much preferred the arty freehand version which went better with the freehand writing.

LIM Monochrome

This week I've done 2 versions on a theme for my Less is More entry.

For my Monochrome colour I chose green.

The stamp is a 2 part stamp & I stamped the base stamp using Stazon Forest Green - looks greener in real life

I then used the lighter green to do the overstamp.

This can be varied to give a naive effect.

I used the green Stazon ink to stamp the sentiment straight onto the card.

For the second card I again stamped using the green stazon,

but this time used 3 different colours of ink 

each tone getting darker

and again positioned & stamped the sentiment straight onto the card. 

LIM Pick a square Twice!

The Less is More challenge this week is a recipe

PICK A SQUARE 

        For our challenge this week we have a multiple choice.... well sort of ... you can choose which of the 5 SQUARES from our plan you wish to use to place the image of your card, leaving the rest as PURE WHITE SPACE!

The image may overflow the area slightly if necessary  and the sentiment, should you choose to use one, may extend outside the area also, but it should be obvious exactly which area of the card you have chosen to fill.

" We will allow a rectangle, but, following the strict guidelines as the squares "

I picked bottom right as placement.

I stamped the sentiment & cut it out

then stamped the rose image, cut it out & coloured it with my copics, placing it behind & in front, twining round the sentiment

I then gave a bit of colour to the sentiment using my chalks taking it over & around the sentiment onto the card.

To finish I coloured over the sentiment words with a green Copic pen.

And next

For my second card I chose the top left placement.

The image was stamped in brown ink & again I used my copics to colour the fairy & the background I chalked.

I went over the wings with my new marker

it is clear but adds a sparkle so the base colour shows through 

& in the light it twinkles :-)

I also added Stickles around the edge of the wings.

To finish I added the Smile sentiment which I cut out 

& chalked & added to the image 

& then stamped the Thinking of you sentiment straight onto the card. 

LIM entry

This is my entry for the Less is More challenge this week which is Thank You or Congratulations.

I chose to do a Thank You card (before my win!) & managed to photograph it finally!!

I stamped the image & used my distress ink to colour it & then cut it out & adhered it to the card.

I then used the sentiment stamp to either side of the image & to balance it out & 'finish' it I used it again in the bottom corner.