Less Is More - Week 61

Good Morning,

Hasn't this past week just been great, sunshine everyday!  Think the weather is about to take a turn for the worst this weekend, but it has been nice while it lasted.

Now over to my entry into the weekly Less Is More challenge, this week is 'Lucky Dip' so there is a guest designer.

There has been a lot of cards floating about blogs this past couple of weeks using the promarkers colour graduation method.  I have never tried this myself so decided to give it a go.

I scored some lines over my colour panel just to add some extra texture, not sure how well it has shown up in the pictures.

Supplies Used:
ProMarkers (from top - Leaf Green, Soft Green, Tea Green, Almond, Pale Pink, Rose Pink)
Doodlebug brad
Prima Flowers
Papermania 'BirdSong' stamp for the sentiment.

Away to nip into Aberdeen today, my poor phone has broken so away to look for a replacement.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.
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Three Flowers

Good Evening All,

I've been a bit quieter on the blog front this week, unfortunatly I came down with the dreaded lurgie. Thankfully I am on the mend now and normal blogging service shall resume.

Supplies Used:
Stampin' Up backing papers
Scrapbook Sisters - Floral 3 digistamp
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents
Ribbon from my stash

Challenges Entered:
Freshly Made Sketches

I have done a mirror image of the sketch, hopefully that will be ok.

Hope you are all keeping well and managing to avoid the coughs and diseases going around.

Thanks for visiting
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Must be quick

Good Evening,

Just a quick post from me tonight.  I was asked to make a card for a friends daughter, she is a real girly girl and loves all things pink. The picture looks red but it is pink!

Supplies used:
Mo Manning - Party Girl
ProMarkers
Pink Petticoat - Swirls & Curls
Pink Petticoat - Big Dots
Antia Gems
Sentiment - Computer generated
Stickles
Glossy Accents

Challenges Entered:
Mo's Digital Challenge

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First BBQ of the year

Wow, what a great day it has been today. The sun is shining and not a cloud in the sky.  We decided to take full advantage of this great weather and have our first BBQ of the year.  Can't quite believe we managed to achieve this in March, but it was great.  

Now that we have finally moved back inside I thought I would quickly share with you all a card I made yesterday.  Apologises in advance for the photo, I cannot for the life of me get a good picture of this card which shows the pink embossing.

Supplies Used: 

Papermania - 'Birdsong' stamp set

Versamark ink

American Zing embossing powder in Pink

Black & pink card from my snippet box

Pink ribbon from my stash

Challenges Entered

Pixies Crafty Workshop - Snippet Challenge

CAS-ual fridays

Less Is More

For the less is more challenge I have picked the following past challenges

Week 2 - Flower or Tree

Week 15 - Embossing

Week 43- A bit of bling (the embossing powder has glitter in it)

Week 33 - Anything goes

Hope you have all had the nice weather today too.

Thanks for visiting

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Less Is More - Week 60

Good Morning,

Chrissie & Mandi have set up a slightly different challenge this week at Less Is More, this week we have to pick 3 past challenge and incorporate them into one card.  This one took a bit of thought, there has been so many great challenges, it was tough to know where to start.  However this is what I ended up with.

The challenges I chose were:

Week 14 - White on Whites

Week 16 - Butterflies

Week 43 - A Bit of Bling

Supplies Used:

Sizzix - Beautiful butterflies

Anita gems

Cardstock from my stash

I hope everybody has a nice weekend planned, we are heading into the cinema later on.  Hopefully we have time on the way into town to stop by the craft shop!

Thanks for visiting

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Two Cards

Good Evening,

Two posts in one day from me. There is a card I want to sneek into a competition and it closes tonight.

Hope everybody else has been enjoying the nice weather today.  It was blue skies and sun all day, I heard on the radio that it got up to 18 degrees today, thats normally a good day in July for us.

I bought a new stamp from ebay, it doesn't seem to have a name, just that is from 'The Great Canadian Stamp Co'. But I think it looks like hydrangeas.

Supplies Used:
My nameless stamp
ProMarkers
Gold Sakura gel pen (the leaves and centres of flowers have been drawn over in gold)
Stampin Up paper
Sizzix Layered Circles embossing folder
Nestibilites - Scalloped circle
Ribbon & Pearls from my stash

Challenges Entered:
The Friday Mash Up

This is the sketch that we had to follow for the challenge.

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Good Afternoon,

I found this adorable image from Mo Manning and just wanted it.  The most difficult thing was trying to decided what colours to make each of the animals.

Supplies Used:
Mo's Digital Pencil - Coexist
ProMarkers
My Mind's Eye- Fine & Dandy - True Blue Paper Pad
Ribbon & Button from my stash

Challenges Entered:
Passion For ProMarkers - Animals
I Love ProMarkers - 3 Different Papers
Mo's Challenge Blog - Buttons & Bows

It is a gorgeous sunny day today, too nice to be working, roll on finishing time.

Thanks for visiting
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Welcome Baby

Good Afternoon,

Hope a good weekend was had by all.

I didn't get much crafting done at the weekend. Had a lunch out with the girls on Saturday then had my Mum, Sister & Grandma round on Sunday for Mothers Day.

I did however manage to sneek away to make a quick card last night.

Supplies Used
Stampin' Up - Baby Tees
Pink Petticoat Sentiment
Glossy Accents
All the paper used was from the snippet box

Challenges Entered:
Snippet Playground at Pixies Crafty Workshop
CAS-ual Fridays

Thanks for visiting
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Less Is More - Week 59

Good Morning,

Just a quick post from me this morning, I am heading out for lunch with some friends and have to go and get my 'do' under control.

This weeks challenge at Less Is More is 'Masking'.  Now I don't normally do masking in my cards so I decided to start off with something simple.

Supplies Used
Colour Box Chalk Inks
Stampin' Up - Pocket Silhouettes
Sizzix - Beautiful Wings

Hope you all have a nice weekend, the sun is shining here today with nice blue skies so I already have a smile on my face.

Thanks for visiting
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Bad Hair Day

Good Evening,

Today's card features one of the great Saturated Canary images 'Frizzy Jynx'.  As soon as I seen the image I knew I had to have it, her hair reminds me of my birds nest hair first thing in the morning.  By the time I have tackled it with my hair straighteners (best invention ever) I can finally leave the house.

Supplies Used:
Stampin' Up backing paper
Saturated Canary digi stamp
ProMarkers
Stair, orange mesh, button & twine from my stash

Challenges Entered:
I Love Promarkers
Saturated Canary Challenge
Freshly Made Sketches

Time to settle down in front of tv with a glass of wine, hope you all have a nice evening.

Thanks for Visiting
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Whoop Whoop

Good Evening,

Today's card is a congratulations card for my friend Erin who has gotten a new job.

Supplies Used:
Mo's Digital Pencil - Big Whoop
ProMarkers
SEI 'Bridgeport' Papers
Spellbinders Nestabilities
Pearls from my Stash
Sizzix embossing folder

Challenges Entered:
Passion For ProMarkers
I Love Promarkers

This evenings task is to do the supermarket shopping, I think the shopping is one of my least favourite tasks, so no crafting this evening.  Hope you all have a nice evening.

Thanks for visiting
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Later than usual

Good Evening,

Hope you have all had a nice day.  I am posting a bit later than usual for me, I had a bit of stressful day at work so ended up crafting longer than usual and decided to share a quick make with you.

I got some new Stampin' Up goodies yesterday, so that was my first port of where to start.

Supplies Used:
Papermamia 'Birdsong' stamp
Sizzix Flowers Nr 4 Bigz Die
Stampin Up papers (part of the set in their Sale-a-bration brochure)
Clear Embossing Powder
Pearls from my stash

Challenges Entered:
Cute Card Thursday

I also made another card tonight, but I will post that one tomorrow.  Away to sit back with a glass of wine and watch some telly.

Thanks for visiting
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Cocktails!!

Good Morning

Hope you are all having a relaxing weekend, I ended up having a fairly busy Saturday and never got to make a start on my card for the Less Is More challenge.  As it turned out I needed the extra day to think about that I was going to do.  I thought Chrissie & Mandi had set a difficult challenge last week but this week has taken the biscuit, (well for me anyway).  This weeks challenge is 'Script' so the card is to include text of any kind in addition to any sentiment.

Arrrghhh I don't know if I was being dumb, blonde, having crafter block or all three but I just couldn't think what to make.  And to top it all off it had to be a one layer card, so no double sided sticky tape in sight! Anyway the idea came to me this morning and this is what I ended up with.

Supplies Used:
Whimsie Doodles - Margarita Digi Stamp
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents
Recipe found online and typed into word.


Not sure why I was thinking about cocktails this morning, I promise I don't have any sort of drink problem, maybe because I have been on taxi duty all weekend I have missed my Friday night glass of wine!

Now that I have finally got my card sorted I can nip over and see what other wonderful creations everybody else has made.  I'm sure everybody else has found this challenge simple and have thought up some great ideas!

Thanks for visiting
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Congratulations Suz

Good Morning,

My good friend Suz texted me the other day to tell me that she passed her driving theory test.   Suz has been putting off doing her driving test since she was 17, so for her to get to this stage is amazing!  Her aim is to pass her test before she is 30 so she has until August to achieve her goal.  I am so chuffed for her, so decided to make her a little card to say congratulations.

Supplies Used:
Scrapbook Sisters - Car 5 digistamp
ProMarkers
Funky Hand papers
Sizzix texture folder
Glossy Accents
Ribbon & buttons from my stash

Challenges Entered:
Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog

So glad its Friday, hope you all have a nice weekend planned.

Thanks for visiting
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Sweet Surprise

Good Morning,

Just a quick update from my WOYWW yesterday.  I gave a sneek peek of a card I was working on.  Well last night I managed to get it finished so time for the grand unveiling!

Supplies Used:
Penny Black 'Sweet Surprise'
ProMarkers
Backing paper (polka dots)- Papermania
Backing papers - Pink Petticoat 'Swirls & Curls'
Anita Gems
Glossy Accents
Stickles
Zipper - Plain white zipper coloured using my ProMarkers and then glued to form the flower

Challenges Entered:
Passion For ProMarkers - 'For Mum/Female Relative'

I'm not sure that my card will be suitable for the ProMarkers challenge, the colouring of the image is not as complex and detailed as I am sure the rest of the submissions are, however I felt the stamp would suit being coloured in simply or not at all.  Purely a personal preference, would love to know how you would have dealt with it!

Another busy day of work ahead for me, hope you all have a better day than me planned.

Thanks for visiting
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WOYWW

Good Morning,

Time for another snoop around each others crafting spaces.  This week I am showing off my mess in its full glory!  Julia at Stampin' Ground has started things off as usual with a glance at her workspace.

Had to take this picture last night as I am super busy at work right now, so was out the door at the crack of dawn.

You will see a card I am working on lying on the desk, I bought a new Penny Black stamp so as usual when I get a new stamp I want to make something with it as soon as possible.

Will hopefully have time for a snoop round the rest of the blogs tonight.

Thanks for visiting
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Snippet Playground Time

Good Morning,

Time to head over to the Snippet Playground for my turn on the swings! Di opened the playground with a fab card for a man, always a difficult one for us card makers.

My card this week was made using bits I had left over from playing with some news bits for my stash.

Now I know that Di has been dying to see my wedding invitations, so I decided to use the playground for the grand unveiling! (this is going to be such an anticlimax).

Ta Da!!!!!

Di has come up with the suggestion of my bloggy buddies coming along on the big day and using their trimmers to form an arch instead of swords!  I personally think she is just wanting to use up her snippets as confetti!

Hope you all like the invitations.

Thanks for visiting
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Birthday Wishes

Good Morning,

Well that's another weekend over with. Why do the weekends always go so quickly?  I spent yesterday catching up on my crafting and blog hopping, was good to catch up on what every has been making.  Time for me to show you one of my makes from yesterday.

Supplies Used:
Penny Black - Hedgehog Birthday
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents
Buttons from my stash

Challenges Entered
I Love Promarkers - Sketch
Passion for Promarkers - Pastels
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Case - It

Thanks for visiting
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Less Is More - Week 57

Good Afternoon,

Hope you have had a nice weekend.  It was my futures Mother in Law's birthday on Friday so we had Jamie's family down to stay for the weekend.  We had a lovely weekend with them, but unfortunately this meant I wasn't able to get my LIM card made till this afternoon, although it gave me plenty of time to ponder over what I was going to do.  And as usual my card turned out nothing like I thought it would!

This weeks challenge is a colour and Chrissie & Mandi have chosen 'neutrals'. Not something I would normally use for making a card but here is the end result.

Have to admit it is not my favourite card I have ever made, but it is good to try something different and as the saying goes 'its the taking part that counts'.  The stamp is Fiskars 'Elegant Vines' but the colour of the ink hasn't shown up well in the picture.  It looks darker in 'real life'.

Away to see what everybody else came up with for this weeks challenge.

Thanks for visiting
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Gunnin'

Good Morning All,

One of Jamie's good friends 30th birthday is coming up and when I found this digistamp I knew it would be perfect for his card.  They spend many hours online with their xbox's gunnin' as they like to call it. I call it being a big kid! But hey whatever keeps him out of my hair while I escape to my crafting room can't be a bad thing!

Supplies Used:
Mo's Digital Pencil - Game On
ProMarkers
Basic Grey - Origins Paper pad
Brads - From my stash

Challenges Entered:
Bronte & Bella's Challenge Blog

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Mother's Day

Good Morning,

Yesterday I was asked by a work colleague to make a Mother's Day card for her 80 year old Mother in Law.  Does anybody else get excited when they are asked to make a card? That little sense of pride kicks in that there is somebody else out there that likes what you make.  I also made a Christmas card for the same Mother in Law so I knew she liked flowers, so I decided to make that my main focal point.

Supplies Used:
Stamp - Free Vintage Digital Stamps
ProMarkers
Sizzix textured impressions folder (part of the dots and flowers set)
Ribbon & pearls from my stash
Crafters Companion patterned paper (came free with a magazine)

Challenges Entered:
Passion For Promarkers

I hope my work colleague likes the card, although I have the feeling she would be too polite to say otherwise!

Thanks for visiting
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