Mothers Day

 Hello there

I'm popping in quckly this evening to share the card I made for my mum in law for mothers day.

 

I die cut the panel from a piece of card slightly smaller than the base card. 

I used another piece of card that I'd sponged previously and placed it under the die cut.

I then made the butterfly by sponging both sides of scraps of thin card in the same colours as the panel with a white butterfly on top, finished of with some tiny coloured gems.

 The sentiment is part of a stamp set but unfortunately I don't have a name.

Panel die- Amazon

Butterfly die- Memory Box

Inking-Versamark, orchid, heliotrope, cyan and canary.

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Less is More #438 Baby

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Well we are all getting over our celebrations for our 10th birthday and are settling down nicely and looking forward to spring. The time of year where the world is showing off all things new, especially babies. 

And that is our theme for the latest challenge at Less is More.

 

We want to see your baby animals, humans,monsters or even robots.

My first card is made using a stamp by PSX.

I've had this stamp for years but have hardly used it although I do love it. It's quite a delicate looking stamp so I've kept the colours pale and delicate too. 

I stamped the image onto a panel of white card. I added a strip of DP along the edge in pale pink and mounted the panel with foam pads

 My second card is a similar design but this time using a stamp from LOTV

Stamps by PSX, Lily of the Valley and Personal Impressions

DP the Lovely Studio- Gingham and Falling Hearts

We're really looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Pop over to the blog and check out what the other DT members have done and leave them some love.

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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

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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

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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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