You possibly think I'm partying like crazy for New Year
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Happy Dancing in progress ... so excited!
You possibly think I'm partying like crazy for New Year
Tuesday 30 December 2014
Let's Have a Party
Hello friends and followers thanks for stopping by today.
Card Recipe:
MFT Die-namics - Pierced Rectangles
Paper Smooches - City Skyline die
Clearly Besotted - Say it in Style sentiment
Distress inks, perfect pearls, glossy accents
Challenges:
CASology - Light
Inkspirational - Photo inspiration
I'll be back on New Years Day with some exciting news ....
so do hope you'll call back then and in the meantime
have a Fabulous New Year's Eve.
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Christmas is Here!
Yeah ... well almost!
I was going to go with a crazy, silly card but went for the
heartfelt one instead ... and it wouldn't be a blog post
if I didn't enter a few challenges - so here goes ...
Addicted to Stamps & More: Anything Goes
(optional twist 'Love')
Whoops! Quick edit here - I missed the boat at
Addicted to Stamps & More but as luck would have it
I realised this could definitely fit in at
CAS on Sunday: Christmas
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Time Out Challenge: Word inspiration
(Christmas is Love with all the Trimmings)
Card Recipe:
Impression Obsession: Heart Die
Pink Petticoat: Sentiment
DP: Papermania & DCWV
So if you find yourselves a little bored and stuck for something to do
over the next week then head off to your craft space!!!
You could join in some of these challenges too.
Thanks as always for stopping by my blog and
Happy Christmas
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Saturday 20 December 2014
Christmas is a Time for Families
Well nobody said it had to show a 'human' family!
and this card is going to my sister and family.
Card Recipe:
Lawn Fawn: Tweet birds & sentiment stamps
Clearly Besotted: Birch Trees stamps & dies
Pink Petticoat: snowflake DP behind a layer of vellum
Brads and twine from my stash and to finish
Winks of Stella and Glossy Accents
Other Challenges I'd like to enter:
CASology: Snow
Simon Says Stamp: Photo inspiration
For this one I've gone with the traditional Christmas family
Card Recipe:
Paper Smooches: A Blessed Christmas image (heat-embossed in
WOW pale gold embossing powder and coloured with Promarkers);
sentiment from the same set on a MFT Die-namics sentiment strip
DCWV Glitter card, Doodlebug sequins & gems from my stash
Another Challenge I'd like to enter:
Addicted to CAS: Coincidentally the theme is also 'Family'
Card Recipe:
Clearly Besotted: Naughty or Nice stamps and dies
Clearly Besotted: On The Line die collection
Pink Petticoat DP plus gems and pearls from my stash.
I've gone crazy for Gingerbread on this one but I decided it
could represent the Less is More DT 'family'!
Although looks like Chrissie, Anne & I have joined
some weird cabaret dancing troupe or a marching band!!!
A quick edit here as I hadn't appreciated that today would be Jen's
farewell post as she leaves the DT at Less is More and I wouldn't
want to exclude her from My LIM DT 'family' card...so
Chrissie, Anne and I are wishing you well for the future
(whether you be Naughty or Nice!!! :-) )
and sending you on your way with hugs, hearts and very best wishes.
Cheers Jen, thanks for your fabulous inspiration and
hope to see more in blogland as your talent is immense.
Other Challenges I'd like to enter:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Photo Inspiration
Time Out Challenge: Word inspiration
Christmas is Love with all the Trimmings
Ok over to you now to wave some magic over this week's challenge.
Thanks for all your snowy creations last week - I think it did
the trick for me as I managed to get a bit more focussed on
Christmas cards, pressies and decorations!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year
Thanks for your continued support at Less is More and
See you all in 2015 for lots more challenges
Monday 15 December 2014
Funtime Robins
Card Recipe:
MFT Die-namics Blueprints 15 & Sentiment Strips
Clearly Besotted: Rockin Robin stamps & dies
American Krafts DP
Wink of Stella & Glossy Accents
Thanks for stopping by
Sunday 14 December 2014
Dashing Through The Snow ...
Morning all
White: Card base & Spritz of Perfect pears (snow)
Gold: Corner card stock panels,
Heat embossed sentiment and snow images & mini star
Silver: Die cut snowflake
Black - pretty obvious I've splashed out on this colour!
I'd also like to link my card up at Inkspirational
where it's Anything Goes with Gold
Card recipe:
Uniko Studio: Big & Bold Snow
Uniko Studio: Snowflake Dies
MFT Die-Namics pierced rectangle die (embossed)
Thanks as always for stopping by and happy crafting.
Saturday 13 December 2014
Dreaming of a White Christmas ...
Another of my favourite stamp companies, in case you hadn't realised
is Clearly Besotted so I've used the following from their range:
Signature Christmas Dies which I've used as a mask
Christmas Sparkle: Tree image to create my snowflakes, which
are heat embossed in white before inking with Peacock Feathers Distress ink.
The sentiment is from the Little Pudding set and I've hand-drawn
(yes hand-drawn which was VERY scary)
the strings and bows to my ornaments with a Pilot silver marker
and to finish some turquoise pearls from my stash.
Last but not least ...
The Christmas Sparkle set from Clearly Besotted
stamped in Sea Breeze chalk ink with the sentiment and star
heat embossed in WOW silver glitter EP.
A wrap around of coordinating hemp cord from my stash
and some mini gems for that bit of bling to my tree.
Oh speaking of BLING that's the theme at this week's
Simon Says Stamp Challenge so I'm off there to add this card.
Thanks as always for stopping by my blog,
it's always appreciated and thank you for another
fabulous collection of entries using the colour scheme from
last week's Less is More challenge.
Before I go I must thank you all for your comments on my
'new' Auntie status which I was a week premature on!
At last here he is ... my gorgeous baby nephew
born Tuesday 9th - Harry Joseph weighing 7lb 0.5oz
I can't wait to give him a HUGE cuddle!
I do hope you can find a little crafty time this week
to take part and look forward to catching up with you soon.
Friday 12 December 2014
FIT TO BURST!
Morning Crafty Pals and thank you so much for stopping by my blog today
I've some super exciting news to tell you and pretty much my best Christmas pressie
... and it's not even the 25th yet!
This HUGE secret has been kept tightly under my hat for a few weeks and I won't lie ...
it's been pretty tough! but now I can 'let the cat out of the bag'
From January I will be joining the super duper talented DT at Uniko Studio
I am literally fit to burst and can't wait to get stuck in
Having had a fantastic experience in the Summer as a GDT for Uniko
this opportunity is a dream come true and a great honour
Thank you to the lovely Beverley and her Design Team for inviting me
and I'm so looking forward to working alongside you.
Quick edit here as I should also have introduced my fellow
newbie on the DT; Deborah from Deborah's Gems
I'm so thrilled to be working alongside Deborah and looking
forward to getting to know her better.
Quick edit here as I should also have introduced my fellow
newbie on the DT; Deborah from Deborah's Gems
I'm so thrilled to be working alongside Deborah and looking
forward to getting to know her better.
If you follow my blog regularly you'll know
I LOVE Uniko Studio products and try to use them where I can.
I LOVE Uniko Studio products and try to use them where I can.
Here's 2 cards using some of the latest products from the November release.
This one uses Rustic Christmas;
sentiment heat-embossed in silver sparkle and
the tree in white EP with a distress-inked backdrop.
To finish some gems from my stash
This one uses Rustic Christmas;
sentiment heat-embossed in silver sparkle and
the tree in white EP with a distress-inked backdrop.
To finish some gems from my stash
Here I've cut a frame using a die from my stash
stamped around the edge using the
Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions
Sentiment: Simply Said Christmas
Flowers from Flower Power 1: heat-embossed
in red and fussy cut with a mini pearl to the centre
I'm looking forward to sharing lots more inspiration using these
sets in the coming weeks and if you can pop back tomorrow
I'll have some more on show in my Less is More post.
Happy crafting.
Saturday 6 December 2014
ICY LOLLIES AND CHRISTMAS ....
Card Recipe
Uniko Studio: Snowflake Dies & Sentiment (heat-embossed on vellum)
Cuttlebug: Embossing folder
Gems from my stash
I'd like to enter this card at
(in case you don't know, Kylie recently did the artwork for my
blog header, signature and water mark and she also administers
several challenges including Addicted to CAS & Addicted to Stamps
A quick edit here thanks to Sandie who reminded me the
Uniko Studio challenge is still live so I'm going to
Head over there to enter this one.
Having received some new goodies from the latest Uniko Studio
release I couldn't wait to try them out so this card uses the following sets:
Simply Said Christmas
Background Builders Vines - Winter Additions
Rustic Christmas
Dies: MFT Die-namics pierced rectangles
Spellbinders nesties - labels
To add the essential Christmas bling I've added
glossy accents, wink of stella and pearls
I'd like to enter this one at Addicted to Stamps & More
where it's a Clean & Simple week
This is a really cheeky, CAS and quick one for mass production!
Using Mama Elephant: Landscape Trio dies for a 'pelmet' effect
a strip of foil card from DCWV
Uniko Studio: Simply Said & Rustic Christmas sets
Doodlebug sprinkles and gems for baubles
I'm going to pop this one in at Simon Says Stamp
where the theme is Christmas / Holiday card
I'm creating Christmas cards like a maniac now as you can tell!
This one uses some other Uniko Studio images from last year's
Christmas set: Peace on Earth
I've used the same technique as shown a few weeks ago here
using glossy accents to resist the Distress Inks
A little bakers twine from my stash and matted using
MFT Die-namics pierced rectangles.
I'd like to enter this one in the Merry Monday challenge
which features birds this week.
Last but not least
I've used 'snippets' of glitter and textured cardstock to create the
diagonal striped panel, word die and sentiment from Clearly Besottted
with gems from my stash.
... and as I've used 'snippets' it would be rude not to head over
to Pixies Snippet Playground if I've time to dash in under the gates!
Well you certainly enjoyed the celebrations challenge last week
full of AMAZING creations and superb inspiration.
Amongst your comments and blog posts there were some very special
and heartfelt words about Less is More. It made me feel quite emotional
reading them and so honoured to be part of the team despite not having
been here from the start as a lot of you obviously have.
Thanks for your continued support and looking forward to
this week's 'icy' creations on your blogs.
Thanks as always for stopping by
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