Less is More - Lucky Dip

Hi All, here's my card for this week's Less is More challenge which is a nice simple bit of paper piecing.  

For the sentiment and border I created my base card in Craft Artist.  I then stamped out the Papermania Sausage Dog stamp onto a snippet of Pink Petticoat gingham and co-ordinating plain paper and just coloured his nose black and added some faux stitches.  A real quick and easy card.

Sue.x

Allsorts Challenge - No Designer Papers

Evening peeps, happy Sunday evening.

Here's a card I made  using two fabulous sets from Honeydoo.  One set is sentiments which compliment the other set which is a wine glass, bottle, bunches of grapes and a leaf.

I stamped and coloured lots of leaves and bunches of grapes before cutting them all out - time consuming but actually quite therapeutic.  I then stuck all the leaves on individually creating a vineyard look.  I also cut out the glasses and added some dimension with some foam pads.  

This is a fabulous set which I know will get lots of use.  If you haven't come across Honeydoo stamps before, do check them out - they are fabulous quality and great value for money. 

I'm going to enter in the Allsorts Challenge for this week which is to create a card and not use any designer papers.  They are offering two great prizes - tickets to the NEC in November and digi stamps from Deedee's Digis - either (or both) of which I'd love to win.

Sue.x  

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/week-316patchwork.html

This week's Promarker challenge is called 'Patchwork'.

The sponsor is:

who is offering some new papers called 'Quirky Quilts' as a prize.

For my card I used XCut Hexagon dies.

The papers are bits of left overs from Pink Petticoat.

The image is a Dinky stamp from Little Claire (it just shows you can make a large card with a small stamp - my card is 8 X 8).

The tape measure was made from an Xcut embossing folder.

I used the computer to generate my seniment.

The cotton reel is from Material Girl digi set from PP and I used other bits and pieces from my stash.

Of course, the image was coloured with Promarkers:

Sorry the picture isn't great.  It's a very dull day here in Solihull today.

Here's a close up:

Thanks for dropping by.

Sue.x

Passion for ProMarkers Week 315–Boys will be boys

Hi folks.  Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far.

Today I've dug out my Promarkers which have been sadly neglected for a while to enter into the Passion for ProMarker challenge.  A difficult one we all seem to struggle with - cards for men.

Sally-Ann from the Digistamp Boutique is offering a £10 voucher to use in the boutique for one lucky winner.

Here's my entry:

As the sponsor is the Digistamp Boutique I've used one of Sally-Ann's images I bought a long time ago - Jim Mowing the Lawn.

I cut Jim and the grass out using my Cameo and added foam pads to Jim to give some dimension.  I coloured both Jim and the grass with Promarkers.

The puffy clouds background paper is Pink Petticoat.

The sentiment is by Paula Pasqual and I mounted it onto a die cut from the set that came with my Sapphire machine.

Thank you for dropping by.

Sue.x

Week 242 Theme - Technology

Hi folks, this week's Less is More challenge is just that 'a challenge'. This is the theme:

TECHNOLOGY

What comes to mind with this word?

Love it or hate it, this is a word which is part of modern living...
we couldn't live without it these days although sometimes it's very hard to live with it!

So what can you come up with?

Give your imagination free rein!

My card isn't very imaginative, but here it is:

I used bits of card I have stashed away in a carrier bag to cut out the letters with my Cameo.  A bit of a mat and that's it.  

Hope you like it.  

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Sue.x

Less is More - Wishing

I was so thrilled to be showcased in last week's Less is More Challenge.  Thank you ladies, it was such a lovely surprise.

Here is the spec for the challenge this week:

                                                             It's One Layer time

This title this time is 

WISHING!

You don't necessarily have to have that word on your card, but the sentiment or design should reflect the theme!

Greetings cards are all about sending good wishes to someone, so it shouldn't cause too many problems... the one layer element is another matter of course!

DO remember that white space and try not to add too many embellishments!

Here's my card:

I love Card-io stamps - I have more of them than any other stamps in my collection and I've choosen the Pretty Impatients set for this card.  I added the birds from another 

Card-io set called Feathered Friends.  The sentiment is from Paula Pascual.  All the inks are Versa Color.  

For more inspiration why not drop over to the Less is More website and check out the DT cards.

Thank you for dropping by.

Sue.x

Season's Greetings

Hi guys, here's a card I made today after seeing the challenges set for the following two:

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/cfc143.html

and

http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/fab-friday-72.html

The background is an embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. I added Tea Dye Distress Ink directly to the folder.

The doily is a Cheery Lynn die and the poinsettia's are a Rob Adams die.

The sentiment is from a HoTP set I've had in my stash for years.

Thanks for dropping by.

Sue