Less is More - Week 120 - Theme

Hello everyone - well it's back to thermals!!!  It's been so cold here today - bright spells and heavy rain but a bitter wind.  When are we going to get some warmth???  Anyway to warm myself up I shut myself in my craft room to complete my Less is More challenge which, this week, is:

This week is theme week at Less Is More and we hope you enjoy the choice.  We know you will come up with some fabulous creations.  We want to see cards with

Cats and/or Dogs 

We want to see cards with your favourite pet or both. We know you will all use your imagination. 

 

 

 

I've used Swirly Whirly Cats from Little Claire - aren't they cute?  They've been coloured with chalks and I've added Atyou Spica for a little glitter.  I die cut the MB Grand Gothic Arch from a piece of card and discarded the die cuts but then die cut it again from some thin veneer I had in my stash so it looks like a wooden window.  I've backed it with some b/p from my stash and mounted it all on a square card blank.  The sentiment is called Ticketed from Stampology and I used my SU oval and scalloped oval to punch it out (with more veneer to mat it).  The final touch were some pearls from The Hobby House.

As is my wont..........I actually completely misread the challenge - I saw that great picture of the dog and cat but then saw the word pets.......so thought any pets would do!!!  Yes, I know, senior moment strikes again!!!  lol  Anyway I had been itching to use my new Bella with Teddy stamp from Wild Rose Studio.  

 

The image has been coloured with Faber-Castell pencils and was set in the aperture die cut with square nesties.  I then added a frame using the square and scalloped square nesties.  The sentiment is part of the set.  I thought it was a shame not to share as it's such a cute image and I would definitely like Bella as a pet!

Thanks for dropping by - hopefully the weekend will be better; weather wise.

Less is More - Week 66 - Colour Challenge

Hello everyone - Happy Friday!  Just thought I'd round off the week with another card for the Less Is More challenge which is YELLOW..........

This was a very quick card but I wanted to use a couple of new acquisitions!  The embossing folder is Tim Holtz Alterations Floral Frame and I've just highlighted some of the flowers with a Promarker.  The stamp is from Little Claire Designs and is called Swirly Whirly - Poppies which I stamped in Mustard Seed and clear embossed and then coloured with Promarkers.  The image was die cut using a new set of dies which are unnamed but I got them at the Shepton show a couple of weeks ago - they look very much like Spellbinders but were a fraction of the cost!!!  The addition of some dotty ribbon finished the card.

Hope you all have a great weekend - fingers crossed for a bit of sun..........

18th card for a girl

Well, here's the second in the long running saga of the 18th birthday cards.  I've used a template for an 18th word book.   I was told that this girl was interested in drama and art so I had to have a look round the internet for suitable images.  The artist on the first page is Little Artist by Whimsy Stamps, the girl shopping is Lydia does Shopping by Little Claire (which was a free download) and the Drama Queen on the end is from Tiddly Inks Digital.  There is a variety of embellishments which were all from my stash or die cut elements.  Here's the matching box:

Thanks for stopping by.

Presents and digistamps

The challenge over at Bah Humbug this week is "presents" and at Die Cut Dreams it is "digistamps".  As I am still in a total shambles in my craft room I am going to combine both challenges in one card............ luckily the digistamps are in my computer and I just about know where that is!!!  lol

I have used this cute image of a girl sitting on a heap of presents in a Christmas bauble which is from Cuddly Buddly.  I printed it out a couple of times to get the correct size for my nesties and then coloured with ProMarkers.  On the ribbons and bows I used Stickles.  The backing paper is from the Papermania Classic Christmas set and I added some red lace to the top of the bauble and across the card.  The red roses are a die cut from Little Claire and the leaves are an L-Em punch.  The ticket is also a digistamp from Cuddly Buddly.  The snowflake is Martha Stewart with a gem in the centre.

Thanks for looking.