Less is more challenge 4 - 3 Squares

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This is the challenge Chrissie and Mandi at the lessismoore challenge has set for this week.

If you haven't yet visited the ladies at their challenge blog, please do, as they also have hints, tips and tutorials on a range of techniques. Worth a visit.

Well, I can't believe I've been so quick off the mark. I think this must be a record for me, getting a card in on the first day of a challenge.

For my card I've used a Nesties square and embossed it three times onto a piece of card and then stamped my images into the centre and added a bit of Distress Ink around the edges.  The card has been mounted onto a piece of black card which has been punced at the bottom with the Martha Stewart Doily punch. I've added some gold ribbon from my stash and mounted the whole lot onto some nice linen effect card.

The picture is a bit dark I'm afraid. I think I've spent more time trying to get a decent picture than it did to make the card, so this will have to do. 

Hubby is off to Wembley tomorrow to watch the cup final, so I have the whole day to myself - what joy!  I will be in my little craft room crafting away to my heart's content.

Sue.x

With Love

Afternoon peeps, hope you're having a great weekend, or what's left of it.  It's back to work for me tomorrow and my new working hours - only 15 hours over three days.  Great, more crafting time you may think, which is very true, although less hours means less money to spend on crafting goodies.  A bit of a doubled edged sword, me thinks.

Anyhow, I've not been doing much crafting this week cause hubby has had the week off and we've had to do things 'togeva'.  But today I'm in luck, he's been off to watch the footie giving me a chance to get this card done.

I used my Silhouette to cut out the tag and embossed it with silver embossing powder to give a metal effect.  The flower was also cut out on the Silhouette - it's a print and cut design, a very clever option which enables you to print out your chosen item and then feed it into the Silhouette to cut out. I love it. 

The sentiment is from Anna Griffin.  The stem of the flower is a swirl design from a Do-crafts set of stamps.  The diamond grid effect on the red card was done on my Scor Pal and the edge was punched with a Martha Stewart border punch.  A couple of little embellishments from my stash - a red button and some brads to finish the card.

I thinks that's it for today - looking forward to Sunday dinner (hubby's cooking - always goes down well when someone cooks for you I find) and Downton Abbey on the telly.  Bye for now and have a good week.x

Black & White - Loving Birthday Wishes

I've just dug out some Anna Griffin stamps that I've had stashed away for ages and I've done something different from my norm.

I took inspiration from Sarita for this card, she is so talented and produces such beautiful projects (you can find her blog here: http://littleprincesscards.blogspot.com/)

I stamped all over the bottom of the card with this beautiful swirl stamp from the Anna Griffin clear stamp set, and then I punched some black card with my Martha Stewart punch to form the border. I added this lovely satin ribbon I got from Hobby Craft just before Xmas.

The sentiment is also from the same AG clear stamp set.

You can find out how to make the flower here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/fanfoldflower/.

This is my lovely box of Anna Griffin goodies and the wooden background stamps I've had stashed away.

Forever Friends

Hi folks, sorry I haven't been around much lately, we just seem to be so busy at the moment, there have been so many birthday celebrations and a wedding to go to it's been a bit of a whirlwind. I'm looking forward to a few peaceful weekends after this one. I'll be round to visit you all then.

I've got a couple of cards to show you, and as you can see these little bears are a favourite of mine. I thinks I will get my money's worth out of these.

For this one I used:

Forever Friends stamp

DCWV Textured card which was run through a Cuttlebug folder and then sanded to reveal the white underneath.

Faber Castell pencils to colour the FF image

Nesties

Martha Steward punch

Ribbon from stash

Crystal Hearts from Papermania

And for this one:

Forever Friends stamp, Pink Petticoat papers, Sentiment done on the 'puter, SU border punch, Prisma pencils.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.X

Mom

Hiyall, hope you all had a fab weekend and enjoyed the wonderful weather we had.

I'm really organised with my mom's birthday card this year, it's not till 02 July, but I don't know about you I usually leave family cards till the last minute and end up in a complete flap.

I was looking to do something a bit different (she's not much into cutie cards), so looking for a bit of inspiration, did a bit of blog hopping and came across this card on Katarina's blog. Her cards are lovely and it's well worth visiting her blog. This is my version and this is what I used:

Anna Griffin papers

Anna Griffin Flower Basket stamp

Anna Griffin Alphabet stamps for the sentiment

Anna Griffin Ribbon

Faber Castell pencils

Nesties

Martha Stewart punch

I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, especially as I've had the Anna Griffin papers and stamps for ages and didn't know what to do with them. I think mom will like it (hope so anyway).x

Friends

This was such a quick card to make, this gorgeous paper from Dovecraft was all that was needed for the background, a strip of black paper punched on both sides with my Martha Stewart punch, the stamp is a Rubber Romance which I stamped on some textured card to give the dress the look of fabric and coloured with Whispers pens, some ribbon and a couple of handmade roses, and voila, that's it. (oh, forgot to mention the sentiment stamps, the Happy Birthday stamp is by The Stamp Man and the Friends stamp is another Rubber Romance).

This is for my friend Helen who's birthday is on Saturday, hope she likes it.