Less is More - Thanks

Woke this morning to glorious sunshine (I could seriously get used to this!) and the new challenge from less is more.  This week is lucky dip week and we have been given a theme of Thanks or Congratulations.  If you haven't taken the plunge yet to join in then this would be an ideal week to start.

My card sort of evolved today as many of mine do!  I started off with looking at my stamps for Thank Yous or Congratulations and chose this stamp from Afterthoughts, a Hostess Level 1 set.  Normally I would mask off the text underneath and perhaps use this in the middle, but today I decided to completely use it for the front.  The owl from Fox and Friends immediately fell into place standing on the T.  I positioned it using my Stamp - a - ma - jig (definitely a must have item at only £10.95 in the catalogue!) and stamped it in chocolate chip.  I cut the whisper white into a square and mounted it onto real red card.   I was already thinking a step ahead and wanted to make it look like a tag.  I used my crop-a-dile to punch out and set a brad then looped some real red ribbon through it.  Now I had my tag I decided it would look best  on some textured whisper white and keeping it in the square cut this to 6" by 6".  I've made a similar panel in the middle with some whisper white and real red.

Can I take this opportunity to pass on my own thanks to all the lovely limettes who have commented and visited my blog in the past week?  It's very much appreciated and I've enjoyed visiting you too.  Also a big thank you to my new followers, I hope you visit often.

I'm off out to have lunch in the garden and to enjoy this sunshine whilst it's here.  Hope you have a great day. x

Materials Used
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Whisper White textured, Whisper White Smooth, Real Red
Ink - Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Stamps - Fox and Friends, Afterthoughts
Accessories - Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, brad from my stash
Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crop-a-dile

Same but different

Two cards using the same colours, same stamp set and same design but still different.

I've used the Simply Said stamp set creating a flow of overlapping flowers in Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy on the left card and Baja Breeze and Whisper White on the right.  The left hand card has been stamped onto whisper white then mounted on Not Quite Navy before being attached to a Baja Breeze card base whereas the right hand card is one layer only using Baja Breeze.  

It's great to experiment with your stamps and just try out different effects and then decide which you like best.

Thanks for looking, have a great day. x 

Punch Potpourri Best Wishes

A simple post tonight.  This card uses the Punch Potpourri stamp set which is available as a hostess set only.  Each of the stamps has a matching punch.  Super easy! 

On this card I've used basic black as the card blank.  A swatch of real red with a strip of whisper white for the background.  I stamped the heart in real red on whisper white and punched it out.  This was then attached over the white strip.  The bird is actually stamped in versamark then heat embossed with black embossing powder and punched out.  I popped up the bird with a dimensional.  The sentiment is Best Wishes from Silhouette Sentiments and was also stamped with versamark and then black embossed.  

I'd like to enter this as my second card for less is more. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to comment.  I love this challenge blog, everyone is so friendly and there's loads of inspiration.  See you next time. x 

Four Frames - Card No.4

Final card in the Four Frames series - this one using the rose frame.  The card base is melon mambo.  I repeatedly stamped the frame in the same ink to produce a background pattern.  Then stamped the frame in whisper white and punched out using the Decorative Label punch.  I attached a strip of whisper white to elegant eggplant then attached this to the bottom of the card blank.  The white strip would also look great in satin ribbon.  A couple of basic rhinestones on the label to finish off.  

I hope you've enjoyed looking at the four frames series and have got some inspiration from it.  Have a great day. x 

Less is More - Father's Day card

Hello everyone, not so sunny here today but still nice.  I've been busy today working on my entry to this weeks challenge at  less is more which is to follow a recipe - off centre.  I can't believe that's the time already it seems to have disappeared today.

I've used one of the stamps from Lovely As A Tree. A bit different to my norm I decided to make a 6" by 6" card.  I chose the textured card stock in Sahara Sand as I felt it reminded me of the bark of a tree.  I stamped the tree in soft suede on whisper white.  I masked the tree and lightly sponged around it in crumb cake  and some pear pizzazz at the bottom.  Then added a little sponging to the foliage in pear pizzazz and again crumb cake to the trunk.  I was aiming at a soft effect.

I mounted two corners with old olive and wrapped chocolate chip ribbon around the bottom.  I then used two stamps for my greeting.  Both are in Occasional Greetings. Firstly the fathers day stamp was masked so that only Father's would show and this was stamped in soft suede.  Then I used the Happy Birthday stamp but again only inked Happy and Day.  These were positioned using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The greeting was trimmed and placed onto the ribbon.

Phew can't believe I've only got one card to show for almost all day.  I'll never receive the speedy limette badge that's for sure. Lol!!

Have a great weekend. x

Four Frames - Card No. 3

Happy Easter everyone.   I hope you have had a lovely day today.  We have had some gorgeous weather recently.  I could get used to this!

My card today is No.3 in the Four Frames series.  I love the way this card came together.  It was a complete surprise.  Not even the frame I'd originally intended to use!

The flower panels are made with the blossoms stamp from Punch Potpourri.  I inked the stamp with old olive.  Then using my Blender Pen I picked up ink from my elegant eggplant stamp pad (after squoshing the ink pad to create a pool of ink on the lid) and highlighted some areas of the stamp.  This was stamped onto whisper white and mounted onto elegant eggplant.  The birdie label was also stamped with elegant eggplant and punched out with the Decorative Label punch then a couple of dimensionals to pop it up.

Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. x

Four Frames - Card No. 2

As promised here is card no. 2 using the Four Frames set.  Again I've made a matt to go behind the frame in melon mambo but only for the top and bottom this time.

Here's how I've made this card -

I've stamped the large flourish from Baroque Motifs in old olive onto whisper white.  The star flowers are stamped in melon mambo.  For some of the flowers I didn't re ink the stamp but stamped again giving a paler flower.  This is such a rich colour, I love it.  I then matted a very thin strip of olive green onto the top and bottom of the whisper white.  Then added another strip of melon mambo to the top and bottom after punching it with the Scallop Trim Border punch.  This panel was then attached to the elegant eggplant base.  I chose the polka dot frame and stamped it in melon mambo and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch.  The sentiment is from Basic Phrases and stamped in old olive.  I made a matt for the frame as explained above and added it to the card.

So this is my second card in the four frames series.  I hope you'll pop back to check out the others. x