Less is More #444, Favourite Technique

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It's a bank holiday weekend in the UK so a perfect time to get crafting and join in with our new challenge at Less Is More. Hopefully the weather is going to improve too. I think Spring forgot to turn up this year.

We want you to share your passion. The one technique that you use most simply because you love it.

My favourite technique changes depending on my mood but at the moment I'm using stencils more and more. I'm building quite a collection and have been trying different methods of using them. I do love texture and the effects different products give. My first card is made using Embellishing Mousse.

Get me being all trendy with a slimline card.

I've used this gorgeous Teal coloured card with Gold Nuvo Embellishing Mousse. I think it looks quite opulant and also shows that Cas doesn't have to be white.

The Stencil is a cheap one I found on Amazon.

The sentiment, also from Amazon is die cut in gold mirror card

My next one is using a Snowflake Stencil from Funky Fossil.

I've used homemade texture paste and embossed it with two tone Moonglow EP in blue/gold.

 

My last card is also using homemade texture paste with a heart stencil from Studio 75. I sprinkled this one with very pale pink glitter.

 The word die is from Dieversions triple layered in pink card.

Homemade texture paste is really easy and cheap to make.

1/4 cup of talcum powder ( I use baby powder because it smells lovely)

1 TBS cheap uPVA glue

1 TBS white acrylic paint

Some water.

Mix together adding small amounts of water until the paste has the consistancy of toothpaste.

Keep in an air tight jar and it lasts for a good few weeks.

I hope I've given you some ideas. Please check out the other DT members blogs for some fabulous inspiration.

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Anniversary Card

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It was my daughter and son in law's 21st wedding anniversary yesterday so ofcourse there had to be a card.

I gave myself a little treat and bought this gorgeous new stamp from Pink Fresh Studio. I just know I'm going to be using it quite a lot.

I stamped and embossed in gold EP and coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens.

The sentiment is from Avery Elle.

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Less is More # 443

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Another Saturday has turned up and is just waiting for us to get our creative juices flowing with another challenge at Less is More

This time it's a sketch,

 

A nice simple one today.

I do love a sketch challenge. As long as you stick to the basic design you can put your own interpretation on it.

For this card I used a stencil from Funky Fossil.

I started by embossing a rectangle on the card front using a Spellbinders Rectangle nestie die.

I then masked off the rectangle with post it notes before placing the stencil how I wanted it over the top. After securing the stencil I used homemade texture paste to give some dimension.

As soon as I removed the stencil and postits I smothered it in WOW Lime Rickey EP. This EP is beautiful, it has some glitter in it too so even after heating there is a lovely subtle sparkle.

I left the card alone for a couple of hours until the texture paste was dry before heating it up.

I made a flower, Primrose from Crafters Companion, out of pink crepe paper and added a touch of gold in the centre.

The sentiment is by Avery Elle stamped and embossed in gold EP.

My second card is completely different.

I stamped and coloured the house and used the nestie rectangle die to cut it out.

Then I stamped and coloured the Gnome and fussy cut him before popping him in place with a foam pad.

I wanted to put some white spots on the toadstools but my white gel pen has dried up. Something else to add to my 'must remember' list

All stamps are MFT Hanging with my Gnomies set.

Really looking forward to see your interpretation of the sketch. Please pop along to the blog for some lovely inspiration from the team.

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Thank you

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My husband retired from his job at the end of April. He was hoping to sneak away without any fuss but the rest of the staff had other plans. They'd laid on some sandwiches and cakes and presented him with lots of gifts. They even sent me some flowers for letting him work with them for the last few years.

I think he was a bit overwhelmed and even a bit emotional although he'll never admit that.

So ofcourse I just had to make a thank you card didn't I?

I've cased this design from one I found on Pinterest but there's no makers name so I can't give credit I'm afraid.

I found some eucalyptus leaf digital images on Etsy ( Reachdreams) and used these to make my DP.

I printed off 2 copies and trimmed one down slightly so I could lay it on top of the other, making sure the images sat true.

I printed off some larger images for my letters.

Die cut a small gift tag and the white leaves.

The heart on the tag is die cut from one of the eucalyptus leaves so the colours stay true, and the same with the tiny punched butterfly

Dies- Memory Box, Die-namics, the Works

 

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Less is More #442

 Hello there,

Another Saturday has swooshed around and it's time for a new challenge at Less is More.

It's theme time and the theme for this challenge is,

 

 Think of all the wonderful life there is under the sea's across the world, colourful fish, huge mammals and beautiful plants. Maybe even the odd mermaid or two.

I've gone quite colourful with my card, no change there then.

I started with a watercolour splash which is a digi stamp from LOTV.

I used just a small part of it on my main panel and a tiny bit more on my circle.

The seahorse, plant,shell and starfish are cut from previously smooshed card and cut with dies from Amazon.

The  grass, Jelly fish and sentiment are from Hero Arts stamps and matching dies. I've heat embossed the grass with WOW EP.

I finished it off with a smattering of sea blue sequins.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your creations. Please check out the blog for some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for popping in x