merry christmas

Less is More Challenge -  Week 196 Colour challenge Non - Traditional Christmas

This week's challenge gave me a chance to try out two new stamp sets from Stampin' Up! Festival of Trees and Good Greetings.

I used Rich Razzleberry as my card base and topped this with a piece of Crumb Cake card. I then tore a couple of pieces of whisper white card to create my snowy background. 

I stamped out one image twice in Rich Razzleberry ink, then added pearls for decoration. For the third image, I used Versamark ink then Rich Razzleberry ink followed by clear embossing powder, which I then heat embossed. I used the same process with my sentiment.

Products used:
Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Card Stock - Stampin' Up!
Rich Razzleberry Ink - Stampin' Up!
Versamark Ink
Basic Pearls - Stampin' Up!
Festival of Trees Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Good Greetings Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Clear Embossing Powder

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Less is More Challenge - Week 191 Recipe: Mostly Words

Less is More Challenge -  Week 191 Recipe: Mostly Words

It was only when I was trying to decide what stamp set to use for this week's challenge that I realised that I don't actually have many of what I would call "wordy" stamps, and then I found this stamp from a discontinued Stampin' Up! set and thought it would be perfect!

I've kept my card very simple. I stamped and heat embossed my image and then mounted it on to coordinating card stock.

I've punched out three little flowers and added them to my image to give some dimension. Rhinestones give that little bit of Christmas sparkle!

Products used:
Whisper White Card - Stampin' Up!
Cherry Cobbler Card - Stampin' Up!
Stamp Set (name unknown) - Stampin' Up!
VersaMark Ink
Cherry Cobbler Ink - Stampin' Up!
Clear Embossing Powder
Basic Rhinestones - Stampin' Up!

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Happy Birthday

Less is More Challenge - Week 181 Theme - Singin' in the rain!

For my card this week, I decided to choose "Raindrops". Using one of my favourite stamp sets, together with one of my favourite colour combinations, I stamped and coloured my flowers, and then punched them out using the coordinating punch. The leaves were stamped and then cut out using the matching framelit.

I added Pearls to the centre of my flowers to finish them off. Then using Crystal Effects I created my "raindrops".

A sentiment was stamped on to the centre of my card using the coordinating ink. 

Products used:
Flower Shop Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Pansy Punch - Stampin' Up!
Secret Garden Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Secret Garden Framelits - Stampin' Up!
Sassy Salutation Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities - Stampin' Up!
Coastal Cabana Blendabilities - Stampin' Up!
Basic Pearls - Stampin' Up!
Rich Razzleberry Ink - Stampin' Up!
Crystal Effect - Stampin' Up!
Card stock form stash


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Happy Birthday

Addicted to CAS Challenge #43 - Celebrate

I'm loving shaped card bases at the moment, so decided to use my Window Frames Collection Framelits to make the base and the raised centre topper.

I stamped out three flowers and coloured them in using my blendabilities, these were finished with a pearl in the centre.

Using the matching Rich Razzleberry Ink I stamped my sentiment on to the centre of my topper, raised this up on 3D pads, and then arranged my flowers around the bottom edge.


Products used:
Window Frames Collection - Stampin' Up!
Sassy Salutations Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Flower Shop Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities - Stampin' Up!
Coastal Cabana Blendabilities - Stampin' Up!
Rich Razzleberry Ink Pad - Stampin' Up!
Basic Pearls - Stampin' Up!
Card stock from stash
Dimensionals



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new home

Less is More Challenge -  Week 180 - One Layer Card - Adapt A Fingerprint

A nice messy challenge this week, just don't put your fingers in the wrong place!! I wanted to make my fingerprints look like birds, so decided I would make a new home card. 

I stamped my swirl across the top of the card to give somewhere to hang my bird house. The swirl and thread stamps I used to hang my bird house are from Stampin' Up!, but I don't know the names of the sets. I added an extra bird "fingerprint" on the inside to carry the theme through.

Products used:
Swirl/Flourish - Stampin' Up!
Hanging Thread - Stamping' Up!
Sweet Birdhouse - Cardio Majestix
A Little Sentimental - Clearly Besotted
Marina Mist, Melon Mambo and Crumb Cake Ink Pads - Stampin' Up!

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Happy Birthday Wishes

Less is More Challenge -  Earth Tones

Earth Tones are not my normal "go to" colours, but I really enjoyed this challenge. I stamped directly on to the base of my card, and then cut an aperture in to my top piece of card, and added my sentiment. I continued my flower theme inside of my card by stamping the largest flower on to the bottom left corner.

I stamped and punched out a small butterfly, added some pearls for its body, then stuck this inside the aperture.

Products used:
Window Frame Collection Framelits - Stampin' Up!
Simple Stems Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Simply Sketched Stamp Set (Sentiment) - Stampin' Up!
Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set - Stampin' Up!
Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi, Calypso Coral and So Saffron Ink Pads - Stampin' Up!
Basic Pearls - Stampin' Up!
Butterfly Punch - Stampin' Up!
Card stock from stash

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just for you

Less is More Challenge -  WATERCOLOUR

Lovely challenge this week.... a chance to get my watercolour paints out again, something I love using!!

I shaped my card base by using the largest Window Frame Collection Die, and then echoed the shape by piercing a matching border round the edge of my card.

My stamp is "Crossing Bridges" by Penny Black, and was coloured in with watercolour paints. I stamped my sentiment on to a scrap of card and made a small banner. Pearls were used to finish off my design.

Products used:
Crossing Bridges Stamp - Penny Black
Window Frame Collection Framelits - Stampin' Up!
Festive Paper Piercing Pack - Stampin' Up!
Watercolour Paints - Cotman
Basic Pearls - Stampin' Up!
Window Punch - Stampin' Up!
Card from stash!

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happy birthday

CAS(E) this Sketch:  CAS(E) this Sketch #78

I'm loving the white on white look at the moment, so cut out my trellis border in white and added it to the front of my card.

I used my Little Leaves Sizzlets die to cut out my leaves, and made three die cut flowers. I cut out my banner and then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, positioned my sentiment. This was raised up on 3D pads.

Products used:
Trellis Border - Memory Box
Little Leaves Sizzlets Die - Stampin' Up!
Banner Die - Sizzix
A Little Sentimental - Clearly Besotted
Flower Die - Unknown
Card stock and Paper from stash

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Happy B-DAY

CAS.ology  Week 97: BEE

I have been having lots of fun trying out different shaped card bases lately, and decided to use another one for this weeks "Bee" challenge.

I found one of my Penny Black stamps that had a bee on it, then stamped and coloured it in. I made my sentiment up by using a set of alphabet dies, cutting out the letter's  B - DAY. I added a peel off for the word "Happy".  

I stamped just the bee to the inside of my card, and coloured it in.

Products used:
Buzzin' Bear - Penny Black
Parker Alphabet - Memory Box
Promarkers
Card from stash.

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