Less is More # 437

 Hello there,

We're still celebrating our 10th birthday over at Less is More.

We've had enough chocolate to warrant slackening our waistbands so now we need FLOWERS. Who doesn't love a beautiful floral bouquet or a pretty pot plant for a birthday?

It is a one layer challenge this time though so remember, lots of white space and no embellishments 

I've used a stamp from Flourishes (now retired) called Spring Bouquet. In these these dull, grey, cold and rainy days I need reminding that spring is just around the corner.

I coloured the image with a mix of Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens.

The sentiment is a stamp from Papertrey.

We have lots of lovely sponsors with fabulous prizes  to help us celebrate our birthday. Please pop along and join in, check out the DT for some gorgeous inspiration.

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Inkspirational Challenge, Hearts.

 Hello there,

It's ages since I joined in at Inkspirational Challenge 

but as soon as I saw the prompt I knew I had to have a go.

 Me and hubby will have been married for 45 years this April and the days of Valentine cards to each other disappeared decades ago but that doesn't stop me from making them. Maybe one of the kids can make use of it.

I started with a small, scrap piece of card I'd smooshed with Twinkling H2O's in different shades of pink, ages ago ( I never throw even the smallest pieces away, you never know what they'll come in handy for).

I cut that out with a Sissix heart die.

 The alphabet and ampersand were cut out of hot pink card with dies from Yvonne Creations and Memory Box.

The tiny hears are cut using a small punch out of the same scrap card as the larger heart.

Sentiment is computer generated.

You never know, I might just shock OH with a card this year afterall.

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Less is More # 436

 Hello there,

It's our 10th birthday month at Less is More 

so we're celebrating with some fabulous challenges and a host of prizes to win.

I can't believe it's 10 years since Chrissie and Mandy brought us the first challenge and gave me an insight into what has become my favourite style of card making, clean and simple. I've learned so much since then and hopefully improved an awful lot.

 

 

So, this is our colour challenge,

Mmm Chocolate...

You could have plain chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate, or add a colour for mint chocolate or strawberry cream. A bar of chocolate or even a whole box of chocolates. 

What better way of celebrating a birthday than with a mint choccy cupcake ( maybe two or three)

Yummy chocolate sponge with a buttercream topping, a sprinkling of chocolate and minty chips and a chocolate heart. 

I think I can feel a baking day coming on.

 I used a stamp from Docrafts coloured with Promarkers and cut out with a stitched circle die.

The word die is from Britannia dies, cut and layered in chocolate and mint green card.

I've added a few tiny green gems for the mint chips.

We have some amazing sponsors for our birthday challenges, pop along to the challenge blog for some superb inspiration from the other DT and get creative. We can't wait to see what you come up with.

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Less is More # 435 In a Row

 Hello there,

It's recipe time at Less is More 

and a nice easy one . 

Now it's time to look forward to no more social distancing. Let's get things together in a row

I needed a card that I could use for a man without being obviously masculine and this design fit the bill.

I used a DL card for a change so I could spread the leaves.

I have lots of scraps of card that I smooshed ages ago and luckily I found enough in different shades of green to do what I needed.

The leaf die came with a set from Amazon

Sentiment is by Avery Elle, stamped in clear ink and heay embossed with white EP on a scrap of black card.

Please check out the Less is More blog for more inspiration and join in with us. We'd love to see your creations.

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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.

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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