Less is More #460 A Bit of Bling

 Hello there,

It's time for another challenge at Simply Less is More and this week it's a recipe challenge

I'm sure we all like just a little bit of bling now and again whether it's glitter, gems, sequins or something else. We can't wait to see what you come up with, just remember to keep it clean and simple.

When we say keep lots of white space, we really mean clean space so it's ok to use coloured card as long as it's CAS.

I've used some teal card from Papermill Direct for my base as it makes the gold look really rich.

I die cut the star, from Alexandra Renke, from adhesive backed glitter paper, placed slightly off the edge and tidied the overhanging edges with my trimmer.

The sentiment stamp is by Sugar Pea designs  Birthday wishes set, stamped in embossing ink and embossed in gold EP.

Finished off with just 3 gold sequins.

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Standing with Ukraine

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Just a quick post from me to share a card I made to show solidarity with Ukraine. 

I have a friend who'se dad came over from the Ukraine during the war and joined our air force. He was a lovely man and told me a little about his country and the hardships they'd endured over the years.

I started by making the circle borders with 3 different sized circle dies. I then made a mask, cut a circle in that and used it to stamp the sunflower into.

I used some decorative chalk in blue to sponge around the flower then coloured the flower itself with marker pens.

I then added the borders in Ukraines national colours of blue and yellow.

Hopefully this horrendous situation will soon be over.

Less is More # 459

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I'm back today with our new challenge from Less is More

This can incorporate images, ink etc. but the sentiment or any words must only contain 'Just one Word'

 And don't forget this is a one layer card,

 

  A nice easy challenge which I'm sure will give us a wide variety of designs. We can't wait to see what you come up with.

 I started by stamping the word then masking it before stamping the flower. There was a slight gap in the flower stems so I joined them using a fine liner pen.

I coloured the flowers with Spectrum Noir pens and that's it, nice and simple.

 

Flower stamp is Altenew, Pen sketched flowers

Word stamp is by Avery Elle.

 

Thanks for popping in, please check out the inspiration from the DT on the blog. 

Less is More # 458

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We're back!

Welcome to our first challenge of 2022. 

While we are sad to see Sharon, Anita and Izzy say goodbye to us, we are so pleased that Kylie has stepped up as our leader to keep Less is More going. Thank you Kylie.

We have a DT call this month too so please check the blog for information.

It's also our 11th birthday month which is why we're asking you to celebrate with us with your birthday designs. 

I used some small pieces of card from my snippets box ( I am getting through them, slowly) to make the balloons. All the patterns are The Lovely Studio and I've gone with the brightest colours I could find.

The balloon die is ( I think) from Amazon.

The letter dies are from Yvonnes Crafts

The sentiment stamp is by Flourishes.

I've added some flat back pearls for decoration.

Please check out the challenge blog for more fabulous inspiration and don't forget the DT call.

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Another great grandchild

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Our 5th great grandchild, Ivy Rose was born on 1st February weighing in at 4lb 13oz. When did I get old enough for great grandkids?

Naturally I made a card,

 

 I'd been hankering after this coverplate die from Alexandra Renke for ages but they've stopped delivering to the UK. I managed to get my hands on it by having it delivered to a family member in the EU and them bringing it here for me along with a few others ofcourse.

Sadly after all that faffing this is the first time I've used it. Now that I have, I have so many ideas for it. Valentines, weddings, anniversaries, the list is almost endless. Be prepared to get sick to death of seeing it.

I cut the coverplate from linen effect white card. The solid card beneath is baby pink pearlised card.

I cut the tag from an offcut of linen card after printing the sentiment on it, I added one tiny heart cut from the coverplate in baby pink and finished off with a tiny pink gem stone.

Edited...I'm adding this card to the challenges at Addicted to CAS and Inkspirational

 
 

Just to show off a little bit I'll leave you with a pic of Ivy Rose.

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CaS Christmas January 2nd card.

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I'm popping in with my second entry for this months challenge at CaS Christmas

 

 The photo is pretty rubbish I know. I tried so many different angles to get it right but it was always either too dark or giving off a glare. The joys of working with Mirror card I suppose.

Any way for this one I used various snowflake dies of differing sizes, the larger in gold mirror card and the smaller ones on top from silver glitter card.

I cut the word die from gold mirror card and added some silver flat back pearls to finish.

Dies...Snow flakes from Crafters Companion and X cut. Word from Amazon

Pearls from Pretty Pink Posh

 

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Cas Christmas January 2022

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A little late I know but a very happy New Year to you all.

I'd like to share a card I made for this months challenge at Cas Christmas

 

I'm determined to get on top of my Christmas cards this year and this challenge blog gives me some great ideas.

I love using foliage on any cards but particularly Christmas cards so I treat myself to some new dies. They've come in very handy already.

I might just have a second card to submit later in the week :)

Dies...Hero Arts star, Sizzix holly and berry, Simply Graphic long berry, Amazon Christmas word.

Flat back gold pearls, Pretty Pink Posh. 

 

Thanks for popping in x