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Saturday 24 September 2011

Less is more week 34 - Sketch

The girls are out shopping and O/H has gone to the footie, so I'm taking advantage of some time in my craft room and I've had such a lovely afternoon. I've been stamping, messing with inks and embossing - heaven.

As usual, the lessismore challenge has encouraged me to dig into all those items of stash that get sadly neglected - that includes another one of those stamps that has never been inked.  It's from the Stamp Man's Aspect of Design 01 plate and some of my Adirondack rainbow pads.


The challenge is a sketch:



and here's my card:


I had such fun playing with the inks I did two. I'm not sure which I prefer, but I think it's probably the pink and green.



Both images were embossed although you can't tell from the photo.  I stamped the image onto a piece of copy paper first and cut out the frame to create a mask and used my brushes to add ink to the backgroun.  The sentiment stamps are both from my Paula Pascual set.  I mounted the finished pieces onto some Stamping Up card.



Sue.x




25 comments :

Chrissie said...

They're both fab Sue... and I simply love the image... I think maybe the pink has the edge for me, but I love them both!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Suzilou said...

WOW these are both gorgeous, what a fantastic stamp. Hope you use it a bit more now :)

Vicky said...

Wow they are both so gorgeous Sue...and so are the colours hun...

have a lovely evening...hugs Vicky xx

Wishcraft said...

Ooh I love them Sue, just gorgeous! Lisa x

Lynne said...

Love these Sue. I have this stamp but have never achieved anything as beautiful as the pink and green one.
Lynne xxx

Margaret said...

Beautiful cards Sue, pink one is my favourite but they're both fab
Margaret x

Suze Bain said...

Really beautiful, what a gorgeous stamp and love your sentiments too. xx

Deborah Frings said...

I have an oxalis on my kitchen windowsill - and your cards are fab! Love the green and pink - reminds me of my plant!

Jackie said...

Both superb but the pink just has the edge :o)
Jackie xx

ThinkInk Creative said...

Great cards. Interesting take on the sketch. I do like the 'going outside the box'. ;)

cheers,
Malyn at ThinkInkCreative

Karen M said...

Stunning cards, I really love them both x x

Jayne said...

Oh wow Sue, I love these cards, they are both absolutely beautiful! x x

Anonymous said...

These are both stunning Sue!!! xx

Cath Wilson said...

Absolutely stunning. Beautiful composition x

Mandi said...

Absolutely stunning Sue
Love the pink, but, everything in pink is favourable to me
thank you
Mandi LIM

Susan said...

Wow, Sue! Two beautiful cards! I believe if I had to pick a favorite, it would have to be the pink, although I am a big fan of the teal color too!

Maureen said...

Two lovely cards, well done. You can view my card here Maureen........x

Kathyk said...

Absolutely super - I LOVE them both

Kathyk

Carol said...

Two super cards Sue, love the image it looks so pretty in the pink and green. Carol x

GinaA said...

Gorgeous, my favourite is the pink and green.

Jenny said...

What a wonderful card, I love that stamp...perfect for the challenge :)
I'm with you, the pink and green has the edge for me :)
Jenny x

ribenaruby said...

Both lovely designs, these LIM creations have opened an avenue of ideas that I'd love to try out! Ruby x

Aileen said...

Oooh this is gorgeous Sue. I like the pink and green best. x

Kathleen said...

Wow Sue, these are really gorgeous can't make my mind up which I like best.
Brilliant entry.

Kath x

Cheryl said...

Both are very pretty, but I have to say the pink is my favorite!