Less is More # 434 Clothing and/or Accessories

 Hello there,

 

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year in spite of the restrictions and this horrid virus. 

We look forward to this new year with positivity and with that in mind we're back with our first challenge  at Less is More

for 2021 and it's a good one.

Hopefully, now we have the vaccine program starting we can all look forward to dressing up and going out. I think there'll be a lot of partying and family get togethers in a few months.

I don't do fashion, at my age I go more for comfort although I do try to look smart especially when I go out but I remember how good I felt in heels when I was younger. And so that's what I've gone with.

I used a stamp from Jilly Bean Soup, masked the shoe and stamped again at an angle that, hopefully looks like it's having a good time.

I coloured the image with Promarkers in poppy red and caramel.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Check out the other DT for some fabulous inspiration.

Thanks for popping in x

Batch Christmas cards

 Hello there,

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas. I know the restrictions made it really hard for a lot of us but I hope you made the best you could of it. Here's hoping the new year brings us more joy.

I'm a bit late posting this, should have done it weeks ago but Christmas got in the way and I'm always last minute as you know.

These are, in my opinion, a cop out. All I've really done is stick DP on the card base and die cut the two part greeting. I am quite pleased with how they look though and I did make a dozen of them for friends and neighbours.

I used some very pale green pearlescent card from Crafters Companion for greeting, it matches perfectly with this cool DP.

For this one I picked out the gold on the DP and added some gold sequins

DP is from the Works

Die is Alexandra Renke

Christmas cards

 Hello there,

I hope you are all well, keeping safe from the horrible virus. Hopefully the vaccine will make it a much better year next year.

So, Christmas cards. I always have great intentions of being on top of my Christmas cards well before now but as usual I failed. Even making a card a month for CAS Christmas Challenge should have given me the inspiration to get into gear but alas, I'm still last minute.

I've spent the last week frantically putting things together and I think I'm on top of things. These are my first batch of multiple makes,

I love making cards in non traditional colours and these papers from an Artilicious CD are perfect for this.

The merry Christmas die is a new one that I treat myself to from Alexandra Renke and comes in two parts. I had great fun raiding the snippets box for the right coloured scraps of card. Although the construction is a bit time consuming (for me) I love the end result.

Some snowflakes from various die companies cut from coloured glitter card and some sequins to finish and they're done.

I had to wait for days for a day that wasn't grey and so dull I almost needed the lights on before I could take a photograph and I'm afraid this is the result for the only solo card I photographed. It's a bit blurry but as they are all on their way to their new owners I couldn't take another pic. My apologies.

I'll be back in a couple of days with my other batch. Thanks for popping in and stay safe

December Birthdays

 Hello there,

We've just been put into Tier 3 here in Hull which is the highest level of restrictions in England. To be honest it wont have a noticable effect on me because I don't go out much anyway. As long as it reduces the level of infection in our area that's fine by me, it gives me even more time to make cards. 

December is a busy month for birthdays in our family starting with sister in law Shirley on the 2nd. She doesn't read my blog so I know I'm safe to share.

I used a stencil from Amazon for this. I wasn't sure how it would manage with texture paste but it's quite a thick (compared to some) stencil and worked beautifully.

I coated the texture paste in Glamour Dust whilst still wet and left it to dry.

The butterfly was cut from a Memory Box die and 8 layers of pale blue vellum. I added some pearl makers too.

The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments set by Avery Elle.

A close up of the Butterfly and the sparkle from the Glaour Dust.

Thanks for popping in x

Less is More #433

 Hello there,

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

Sadly this is our last challenge for this year, however we will be back in the new year with some fab and fun challenges.

 

So, it's one layer time and I'm sure you're all so used to them by now that they don't fill you with dread anymore. 

A nice one to finish the year off and get those last minute holiday cards done.

 

I've actually stamped and coloured an image for this one. I like to make seperate cards for the grandchildren (& gt grand kids now) at Christmas and these Lily of the Valley stamps are fabulous.

Coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens.

I've kept it clean and simple except for a tiny scattering of white glitter on the fur of his hat. I'll add a name below the sentiment but I've left it off for now with it being one layer.

Stamp, Lily of the Valley

sentiment, Docrafts

 I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Stay safe and enjoy yourselves as best you can. Hopefully next year will one of huge celebrations x

 

Thanks for popping in

CAS Christmas November

 Hello there,

I'm popping in with my entry for the last challenge of the year at CAS Christmas.

 

 I know it says 2021 on the pic, I think someone can't wait to see the back of this year lol.

I love using non traditional colours on Christmas cards so this challenge was a no brainer for me. Deciding which colours to use was a different story. The only colour I didn't want to use was yellow because no one likes yellow snow do they?

Unfortunately I couldn't get a decent photo due to the miserable weather but I hope you can see enough detail.

This is a close up of the bottom snowflake which I threaded through the main die cut with some silver thread so it moves freely.

It was quite fiddley to do and had to be stuck down with double sided tape at the back and held tighter with a foam pad but I got the result I wanted.The other snowflakes are glued on and it's finished off with scattering of sequins.

So...the last challenge of 2020 which just leaves me to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year.

Dies, Alexandre Renke, Elizabeth Crafts

pearlised card, Crafters Companion

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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