Ink sponged birthday card

 Hello there,

I'm popping with a card I made for my friend and neighbour Vera's birthday.

I've sponged inks onto cards in the past but have it difficult to blend well using the round, flat sponges so decided to try blending brushes. I bought some cheap ones online to try and they're wonderful, so much easier. They're easy to clean afterwards too.

This is what I made,

I used Versacolor Marigold, Orange and Pink.

Once dry I used an embossing folder  (I bought online and has no name )

I stamped the sentiment from Sugar Pea designs in clear ink onto some Vellum and embossed it in white EP.

Once the panel was attached to the card base I finished off with some yellow sequins and yellow & orange flat back pearls.

I'm really pleased with this one so expect some more sponged designs in the near future lol.

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Less is More # 467

 

Hi there LIMettes,

It's time for the latest challenge at Less is More. It's one layer time again and we want to see just one image on your card, although you can also use a sentiment.

Don't forget one layer means no extra layers or die cuts and lots of clean space.

Please check out the blogs of the DT for some fabulous inspiration and we really look forward to seeing your creations.

I had a good rummage through my stamps for this challenge and found this gorgeous camper van I'd almost forgotten about. I spent a long journey and one night in one once way back when I was about 17. It was the most uncomfortable trip ever but the memory is fond.

Anyway, enough about me.

I stamped and embossed the image in versamark ink and clear EP before colouring with marker pens. 

I hand wrote the license plate with a fine liner pen just for fun. I'm not sure of the makers name for this stamp, I think I might have bought it from Hobbycraft a very long time ago.

As an afterthought I made a mask and sponged some pale yellow ink around the outside of the image.

The sentiment is computer generated.

My second card was really quick and easy.

I stamped this cute little snowperson from Penny Black in Memento black ink.

Coloured with marker pens and finished with little sentiment.

Thanks for popping in and don't forget to check out the inspiration from the rest of the team.

LIM # 466 Masculine

 Hello there,

We have a fab new challenge over at Less is More , one for the men in your lives.

This challenge is very handy for us in the UK particularly as it's Fathers Day on the 19th June. 

With this in mind I chose this super digi stamp from Justinklined (sadly no longer trading) for my card.

Now I know that ladies garden too but those wellies scream bloke to me so this is the card I'm giving to my dad this year.

Although he is 90 now he still likes to potter a bit in the garden as long as it doesn't involve too much bending and no kneeling ha ha

The image is coloured with a mix of marker pens.

The sentiment is PC generated.

We can't wait to see your creations, please pop over to the Less is More blog for some fabulous inspiration from the team.

Thanks for popping in

Less is More # 465 Rainbow

 Hello there,

It's time for our new challenge at Less is More and it's colour challenge fortnight.

This could be anything as long as you use the colours of the rainbow Don't forget to keep it CAS with lots of clean space. I'm really looking forward to your creations this time, they'll be super colourful.

For my card I used these candle dies from Sugar Pea Designs. Cut from snippets from my scrap box(es) in the relevant colours and run through different embossing folders for some texture.

I added a tiny bit of yellow glitter to the flames.

The sentiment is from Sugar Pea Birthday set.

 

Please check out the main LIM blog for some great inspiration from the team. There might even be one or two extra cards in there.

 

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Less is More # 464

 Hello there,

I'm here today to share my card for our latest challenge at Less is More

This time we have a theme which is to Use a Tag

 

Please pop along to the blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the team.

We look forward to seeing your creations.

For my tag I used a piece of card I smooshed in Distress Inks a long time ago. So long ago I've forotten which colours I used.

I almost always give my smooshed scraps a quick spray with shimmer spray to give it a little extra shine.

I cut the tag with a die from Memory Box and used my hole punch for top to thread some bakers twine into.

The leaves have been stamped and embossed in gold EP and cut with the matching dies from a magazine freebie by Crafters Companian from another scrap of smooshed card.

I placed them at angles along the edge of the tag.

The sentiment, by Sugar Pea designs is stamped and embossed in gold EP along the edge of the tag.

The splatters are from a stamp set I bought from Ebay stamped in Fired Brick DI

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Less is More # 463 Off centre

 Hello there,

It's time for a new challenge at Less is More ,

Don't forget this is a one layer card so no additions and plenty of clean space.

Please check out the blog for some fabulous inspiration from the team. We're looking forward to seeing your creations.

I used this gorgeous digi stamp from LOTV and coloured it with various marker pens.

The sentiment is computer generated

I like to have cards available for the not so regular occurances, sometimes I get caught out when I have little time to rustle something up. This will go into the ' just in case' box.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Less is More # 462 Occcupations

 Hello there,

I'm here to share my DT card for the latest Less is More challenge.

I've gone with this lovely digi stamp from Lily of the Valley for my card.

An interesting subject so there's plenty of scope, I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.

I used various marker pens to colour the image except the spoon which I coloured with gel pens.

The sentiment is a really old Papertrey set called Autumn Abundance.

We're looking forward to seeing your creations for this challenge. Please check out the LIM blog for more inspiration.

Thanks for popping in