LIM Mostly Words

I had a lovely surprise waiting for me when I got back from holiday - my prize from Less is More had arrived! Thank you ladies. This was a set of WOW embossing powders which I had to try out immediately. The result was this CAS Christmas card. I hope the subtle glitter shows up in the photo.

Materials used:-
Clarity stamp - Holly and the ivy
Cuttlebug embossing folder - snowflakes
WOW embossing powder - vintage peacock
Coredinations card
Dienamics Pierced Rectangles dies

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The words have it!

I am entering this card into Challenge #126 on the Merry Monday blog where you have to use a sentiment and make it the main focus of your Christmas card. This card is based on a design I saw on Anita's blog. (See below) I embossed the snowflakes on the vellum and then coloured it on the wrong side with distress ink.

Materials used:-
Distress ink - broken china
Sentiment stamp - Stampin Up Sassy Salutations
White embossing powder and vellum
Snowflake stamps

Congratulations!

This week's challenge on Less is More is to make a one layer card on the theme of beverages. I decided to use a wine glass stamp as I do enjoy the odd glass of wine! I made the heart mask then stamped the glasses with archival ink and then brushed distress ink through the mask. Finally I added some music and highlighted the glasses with Wink of Stella. I had difficulty getting this to show up in the photo.

I am also going to enter this card into a special challenge on Time Out entitled "Double the Joy" to celebrate the birth of Bev's beautiful twin boys.

Materials used:-
Stamps - Creative Stamping Magazine "The Celebration Collection"
Music - Crafty Individuals
Distress ink - tumbled glass
Archival ink - cornflower blue
Wink of Stella - clear

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate it! Margaret

Three presents

I am entering this card into week 112 challenge on CASology where the cue word is THREE. I embossed the image of the 3 presents on vellum and then coloured the wrong side with distress markers. I attached the vellum to the card with brads.

Materials used:-
Stamps - a free set from a magazine
Distress markers - picked raspberry and peacock feathers
White embossing powder and vellum
Sentiment inked with Colorbox mint
Glitter card from stash

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Santa and sleigh

I've made an early start with my Christmas cards this year! This one qualifies for the NBUS challenge as the stamps have been sitting in my stash for some time. I used an ink duster to apply distress inks to the sky and then spritzed this with perfect pearls for a frosty look. I tried to keep the card clean and simple but felt it need a little sparkle as it was a snowy scene!

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:-
AAA cards #19 Moon sketch
NBUS #2 - Christmas
Merry Monday #125 Transportation

Materials used:-
Hobby Art stamps "From our home to yours "
Sentiment - Stampin Up "Season of Joy" set
Distress inks - broken china and tumbled glass
Perfect pearls
Diamond sparkles "Angel Whispers" by Hunkydory
Clarity masks - moon and hills
Ink duster - Inkylicious


Thank you very much for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Autumn leaf

This is a card I made recently using one of the Tim Holtz Alterations sets. This consists of a stamp and a matching die. I used watercolour card and coloured the images with distress inks. I mounted the panel on Coredinations card which I had distressed slightly.

I am entering this card into The Male Room blog where challenge #18 is Autumn/Fall.

Materials used:-
Sissix Leaf Blueprint set
Distress inks - crushed olive, wild honey, tea dye, pumice stone, vintage photo and peeled paint

Thanks for visiting my blog  - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Oriental card

I am entering this card for Challenge #47 at Addicted to CAS where the code word is ORIENTAL. I inked a Hero Arts stamp and clear embossed it before watercolouring it with distress ink. I then used a white gel pen to go over the leaves. I felt the sentiment matched the oriental style.

Materials used:-
Stamp - Hero Arts Asian Frames
Sentiment - Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Sentiments
Distress ink - festive berries
Background screen - EK punch

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Welcome baby!

Challenge #48 at Keep it Simple is to make a baby card. This gave me an opportunity to use the new baby stamps from Uniko Studio. They are so versatile and great for CAS cards. I used distress inks to watercolour the image and machine stitched around the card to link in with the stitching on the circle.

Materials used:-
Uniko Studio "Sweet baby" stamps
Distress inks - tea dye, vintage photo, broken china and stormy sky
Black archival ink
Lawn Fawn "stitched party banners " circle die

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Harbour tag

This is a tag I made recently using Hobby Art stamps to create a scene. I stamped the images on to watercolour card and then used distress inks to watercolour the scene. The background is from an old chart - I often use this in projects with a nautical theme. I am going to enter this tag in this month's Country View Crafts Blog Challenge which is to create a project with a nautical theme.

Materials used:-
Hobby Art stamps - Harbour Set and Coastal Wildlife Set
Distress inks and markers - various
Dies - Memory Box dies Parker Lower Alphabet

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Chocolate and mint!

Week 188 on Less is More is a colour challenge using chocolate and mint. The hardest part of the challenge was finding a mint coloured ink. I finally settled on a metallic watercolour marker. I clear embossed the image before colouring it. Then I mounted the image on some dimensional foam and added some tiny brown pearls to the centre of the flowers to finish it off.

Materials used:-
Stamp -  Hero Arts Asian Frames
Sentiment - Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Sentiments
Archival ink - Potting Soil
Letraset Metallic Marker - green
Die - Lawn Fawn Stitched Party Banners


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Inspired by words!

Challenge #13 on Time Out is to use words for your inspiration. So here is my card inspired by the quotation from Twelfth Night, "If music be the food of love, play on". My emphasis was on love and music.

I stamped the music through a mask I made from copy paper as I didn't want harsh lines. The heart was embossed with white embossing powder and inked with distress ink. I put it on foam pads for extra dimension. I felt I managed to achieve the CAS look I was aiming for.

Materials used:-
Heart stamp - Chocolate Baroque "Music Fanfare" set
Sentiment - Chocolate Baroque "Mackintosh Sentiments"
Music stamp - Crafty Individuals
Distress ink - picked raspberry; Archival ink - watering can

Thanks for visiting my blog - I hope you pop over to Time Out and see how the words have inspired the other participants.

Patchwork card

Challenge #41 at CAS on Sunday is to use black & white with one other colour. I thought this stamp suited the CAS design I was trying to create although I did wonder if I have left enough white space. I stamped the image on little squares, using distress ink to colour the hearts. These were then mounted on black and then white card. Finally I used Glossy Accents to highlight the hearts and added 2 heart gems to define the sentiment.

Materials used:-
Stamps - Stamps Away Patchwork set
Sentiment - Woodware "Tiny phrases"
Inks - distress ink festive berries and black archival
Glossy Accents


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Willow Tea Rooms

This is a scrapbook page I made recently following a visit to the Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. Everything in this tearoom, from the furniture to the cutlery, was originally designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The tearoom has recently been refurbished and is now open again as a tearoom.

I love the Charles Rennie Mackintosh style and I wanted to capture this in my scrapbook page.  I stamped the image with archival ink and then watercoloured it with distress markers, finishing off the flower with some perfect pearls. I made 2 tags for some hidden journalling. The title was printed using a Mackintosh font.

Materials used:-
Stampin Up - background paper, vanilla card and tag punch
Border punch - EK Success
Stamps - Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Windows set
Font - downloaded from charles-rennie-mackintosh-font.co.uk
Distress markers - various

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Square Christmas Card

I'm still busy making Christmas cards and keep finding more challenge blogs to enter! For this one layer card I made a mask from copy paper which I inked through using an ink duster brush to create a subtle effect. Then I spritzed some Perfect Pearls over the square before stamping the sentiment 3 times. I deliberated about adding any gems but I felt the card needed a little bling!

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges :-
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #124 gifts/presents
One Layer Simplicity Challenge #9 Hip to be Square

Materials used:-
Distress inks - tumbled glass and broken china
Inkylicious ink duster
Archival ink - aquamarine and cornflower blue
Stamp from Penny Black set "Giving and Receiving"

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