Just Us Girls #307 Inspiration Photo

Hello Everyone

Well it's time for my fourth challenge as GD at Just Us Girls.  This week they have an inspiration photo for you:

Now I had to ponder on this one for a while because it reminded me of Autumn which was the first challenge for August.  But what could I do with leaves that's a bit different?  Well, here's what I came up with - an alternative Christmas card!

I started off sprinkling some Brusho's onto watercolour card and then spritzed with water to blend it all.  I then used Sue Wilson's Holly Sprays dies to die cut four sprays from the coloured w/c card.  I thought cream card would go better for this challenge so I took a 7" square Anna-Marie card and then cut a piece of cream linen card slightly smaller.  Using my Lil Inker stitched circles dies I cut an aperture and then two frames.  On the cut out piece of the stitched circle I used Kaleidacolour Autumn Leaves to stamp my Quietfire Design "Gentle Thoughts" sentiment and then clear embossed it.  I marked where the sentiment should go on the base card so I could place it perfectly for the aperture and then added the two frames popped up with foam pads.  On top of that I used some Pinflair Glue Gel to add my four sprays of holly leaves.  The final addition was some Detail Sparkle Gold Gilt on the berries and a gold pearl in each corner.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  Please pop on over to Just Us Girls to see the wonderful creations the DT have made for you.

Happy crafting.

Less is More - Week 89 - One Layer

Hope you're all having a good weekend.  After a very frosty morning it has been a glorious day with blue sky and sunshine - which isn't what was forecast...............but a very welcome bonus all the same.

We're back to a One Layer challenge this week over at Less is More and the theme is:

Time for
ONE LAYER
again and this time we have given you lots of scope with our theme of

Wings
There are lots of things which would qualify in this category... insects, birds, cars, aeroplanes... what else can you think of?

I've used a 6x6 base pearlised card and stamped my little birdies (Dovecraft Feathered Friends) using a Kaleidacolour Autumn Leaves stamp pad which I then clear embossed.  The sentiment is from a Joanna Sheen "Wordy" set and also stamped and clear embossed.  I then used my Stampin Up Simply Scored board to emboss the lines............et voila!!!

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Less is More - Week 54 - One Layer Stripes......... Card 2

I thought I'd have another go at the LIM challenge this week.  This time I cut up some strips of Eclipse masking tape, then cut a mask using nesties labels in a sheet of card.  I positioned the masking tape on the base card and the card mask over the top.  I then sponged colours from a Kaleidacolor ink pad called Melon Melody onto the card.  I removed the mask and Eclipse tape and was left with my stripes.  I thought the ideal image to use was this sunflower stamp from Papermania which I inked up with black Versafine.  The sentiment is from the same set and I used the matching inks from the Kaleidacolor ink pad.  I took a couple of photos but they didn't show the colours very well so ended up scanning the card.

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