Less Is More week 72

Hi everyone, here is my card for week 72 of the Less Is More challenge, and the theme this week is to use something shiny. I found its quite difficult to photograph a card in a way that shows the shine!

I have used a foil edged diecut shape and stamped the poppies and the message in black Memento, coloured the flowers and edged the card using Promarkers.

The poppy stamps are by Hobby Art, diecut and message stamp by Dawn Bibby Designs.

Sue x

May your day be ...

"May your day be as bright as a flower"

I made this by spritzing a piece of white card lightly with water, add a few different colours of Twinkling H20s and then add another spritz of mica over the top to help move the colours around**.

Let it dry and then stamp over the top. I have used Boho Blooms stamps set by TPC. The two large swirls were stamped with Silkies pearlescent paint by Imagination Crafts, other stamping with black dye ink.

** TIP: I made a pearlescent mica spray by mixing a small amount of Cosmic Shimmer mica powder and some warm water in a little spray bottle. Don't keep these mixtures for long as they tend to "go off"!

Sue x

Less Is More challenge week 71

Hi everyone, here is my card for the Less Is More challenge to make a one layer card using a flourish.

Flower and flourish stamps by Bo Bunny, word stamp by Hunkydory,

Sue xx

Bicycle card 1

Hi everyone, to make this card I took a piece of white card and inked it with Tim Holtz distress inks using a piece of Cut and Dry Foam. The foliage and bicycle stamps are by Kaisercraft and message stamp by TPC, stamped with sepia archival ink.

Sue xx

Happy Birthday Card 3

A card I made recently for a friend.

The picture stamp is by Stampavie, words stamp by Craftwork Cards.

Sue x

With Love card 2

"With love"

The recently introduced Flower Patch and Butterflies stamp sets from Dawn Bibby Designs are beautiful and so versatile.

I made this simple little card by using a few of the stamps with Tim Holtz Distress ink on a small white card blank, picked up some of the ink with a waterbrush to add some colour to the images and used the Tim Holtz distress tool to add some colour to the edges.

Sue xx

Happy Birthday Card 2

"Birthday Wishes"

The image is stamped with a bird stamp by Stampavie which I think is a lovely stamp for Spring cards and coloured by painting with Tim Holtz distress inks. **

The frame is made from white card with the edge punched using Martha Stewart corner & border punches and the edges inked.

I covered a card blank with pink paper and then used some other papers to make the flower by cutting out three layers using the Spring Fling template and added a Card Candi (both by Craftword Cards) and added a Craftwork Cards message.


** TIP:: To paint using ink pads, tap your ink pads onto a large white ceramic tile and then they are easy to blend and paint with using a water brush. If they dry overnight, they can be refreshed with a little water and clean-up is easy with a wet wipe or tissue.

Thinking of you card 2

"Thinking of you"

I really like the new Spring Fling stamp sets from Craftwork Cards.

I made this card by stamping onto an Elegance On the Edge card blank using the Butterflies & Blooms and Elegant Birdcages & Grasses stamps and inked the edges, cut a smaller Elegant shape using the nesting templates, stamped with the same stamps and added words from the Sentiments stamps set attaching it with foam sticky pads

All materials by Craftwork Cards

Best Wishes 1

"Best wishes"

Hand painted and hand stamped

Spring Time stamp set by Craftwork Cards

Birthday Card 1

Wording reads "Happy Birthday"

Hand stamped and hand painted

Flower and word stamps by Dawn Bibby Designs. (Flowers from Flower Patch collection)

Frame stamp by Stampendous

Mothers Day Card 4

"Happy Mothers Day"

Hand stamped and hand painted

Stamps by Hobby Art and De Nami

Thinking of you card 1

"Thinking of you"

Hand stamped and hand painted

Stamps by Hobby Art, Penny Black

Friends Card 1

"Friends are the sunshine of life"

Hand-stamped and hand-painted

Stamps by Inkylicious