Less is More # 432

 Hello there,

It's Saturday once again and time for a new challenge at Less is More 

and this time it's a colour challenge.

 

As it's getting nearer to 'that' time of year these colours are perfect for making some last minute Chritmas cards although they're also useful for any other occasion.

I couldn't decide which of the two to choose so I did one of each,

A nice simple card to start.

I smooshed a scrap of card ( I keep all my offcuts for things like this) in Broken China and Tumbled Glass DI before cutting it out with a deckled edge rectangle die from Caroles Crafts
 I mounted the panel with foam pads and added the trees cut with a die from Amazon in silver mirri card.

The sentiment is from Mamma Elephant stamped onto a long strip of card which fits right across the card front.

For my next card I used a scrap of patterned paper in neutral colours cut with a square die (Spellbinders)

I made the frame from a piece of gold mirri card and two square dies, one slightly smaller than the other to give a thinner frame ( Die-namics & Spellbinders)

The Poinsettia die is from Amazon, cut from dark red card and finished with the stamen from a flower that had seen better days.

Sentiment stamp from Avery Elle

Please check out the DT blogs  and other entrants for some fabulous inspiration, I can't wait to see your creations.

Thanks for popping in x

A Man card

Hi there,

The February challenge at A Place to start is to create a masculine card or project. I find man cards quite difficult so don't make many and when I do they tend to follow the same basic design of manly coloured papers with layers, tags or banners. So I've come up with something a little bit different this time

It's my elderly neighbours birthday next week. He's not in good health but always tries to be as cheerful as possible. It's because of his health that I was stuck for ideas really. The shops are full of cards with pics of anything sporty, glasses of beer or flashy cars.
John  is in his 80's, he can't walk more than 3 steps without a rest, he's just had his licence revoked because of his ill health and he can't drink alcohol. I didn't want him to think I was taking the micky but now I'm worried this one might be a bit too modern for him.

I cut the leaves from some scraps of card that I'd smooshed with distress inks
The wood effect paper is from Lemon Craft
I made the frame using 2 sets of rectangle dies.
The sentiment is PC generated.

Dies by
The Works
Simply Graphic
Spellbinders
Caroles crafts

No matter what, I know he'll be too polite to say anything but nice things.

Thanks for popping in x

This years Christmas Cards

Hello there

It's been a while I know.
Although I have been busy crafting away I simply didn't get around to blogging anything. I've had quite a few birthday cards to make too and I'll show them over the next few days.

In the meantime I have two Christmas designs to show. I cannot take any credit for the designs as they are both Cased ( stolen) from Pinterest. I am, however, rather pleased with them.

This one is cased from the very talented Loll Thompson. I love all of her designs and have learned how to do many techniques following her videos.

The background is smooshed with two blue distress inks and given a quick burst of silver glimmer mist.
The 'window' is cut with a die from Caroles Crafts
The snow flakes are from The Works and cut from silver glitter card.
Sentiment is by Winnie & Walter

This one is a mix of designs from Pinterest.
The background is embossed with Cuttlebug swiss dots folder.
The tree dies are from Amazon cut from a mix of pattered paper, white card and gold mirri card.
The deer is from a set by Dixie
The sentiment is computer generated.

It's strange that I couldn't really get into the Christmas spirit this year at all but have spent all morning today (Boxing day) designing some of next years Christmas cards.