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This is a special week at Less is More as it is their 200th challenge! The theme this week is celebrations so here is the card I made to thank Chrissie and her team for all their hard work - their designs provide great inspiration and it is amazing that the team comment on every entry.

To make my card, I inked a panel with distress inks and then spritzed this with perfect pearls. I used my favourite tag punch for the sentiment which was embossed with silver embossing powder. The final addition was to add some glitter - it is a celebration after all!

I am also going to enter this card into the Time Out #19 challenge which is embossing with an optional twist of sparkle.

Materials used:-
Tag punch - Stampin Up
Sentiment - Stampin Up Sassy Salutations
Star dies - Paper Smooches
Metallic silver embossing powder
Distress inks - seedless preserves, broken china, tumbled glass
Perfect pearls mist
Glitter paper from stash

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Reindeer card

I am running late in entering this week's Muse challenge - the light here this morning was so poor I had difficulty taking a photo. I was inspired by Caroline's card - I like using tags and I loved the simplicity of her card. I had lots of attempts before deciding to use some patterned paper for my background.

Materials used:-
Reindeer stamp - Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine
Sentiment - Creative Stamping magazine
Papers - Scrapbook magazine issue 85
Tag punches - Stampin Up and Nestsbilities
Embellishments- from stash

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Enjoy!

The cue card on CASology this week is EAT. I immediately thought of this stamp as I felt it would work well for a simple card. I sewed around the background paper to give an indication of a tablecloth and used alphabet stamps to make my own sentiment.

Materials used:-
Cake stamp - Cardmaking magazine
Dies - Nestabilities circles and Dienamics banner
Paper - Printable Heaven
Inks - Archival black, Colorbox berry and various distress markers
Letters - make unknown

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Jingle all the way!

As this week's challenge on Less is More is "Jingle all the way"  I thought this snowy scene would be appropriate as it features a one-horse open sleigh! I used a lovely set of little dies from Penny Black and had great fun creating the scene.

I'm also going to enter this card in the Uniko Studio challenge for this month where Anything Goes.
Materials used:-
Penny Black die set - Around Town
Sentiment - Uniko Studio "Peace on Earth" set
Archival ink - cobalt
Frame - made from a Nestie die
Card - White Co-redinations



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Funkie Junkie tag 5

This is my take on Linda's tag in the Funkie Junkie Tag Challenge - I was inspired by her design but didn't have all the materials so had to improvise!

Linda's challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique with prizes being won if you play along.

Materials used:-
Card - Centura pearl, turquoise pearlescent and silver mirri card
Dies - Sizzix holiday words script; Paper Smooches stars; Tim Holtz Alterations snowman
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Frontage embossing powder
Distress stains - broken China and brushed platinum

Trees

This week's challenge on Less is More is trees and Chrissie and her team want to see more than one tree! I was inspired to make this card by seeing some of Heather Telford's designs - she creates the most wonderful snowy scenes using a spatter brush so I had to get one! It is used with masking fluid to create spatters which are rubbed off after the inking is done. Here is my first attempt using this technique.

Materials:-
Tree stamp - Clarity stamps
Bushes - Penny Black etched branches
DI - broken China, tumbled glass, faded jeans
Black archival ink
Keeper spatter brush and Pebeo masking fluid

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Twinkling baubles

I think dies can make lovely clean and simple cards so here is a Christmas card I made recently using dies. I die cut the ornaments and word from silver mirri card. The panel is made from watercolour card coloured with distress inks and then spritzed with perfect pearls - I like the subtle sheen this produces. The panel was mounted on foam to provide some dimension.

I am going to submit this card into the following challenges:-

Merry Monday #134 - ornaments using silver/grey and blue

Inkspirational #69 - prompt word SHINE

CASology week 121 - FESTIVE 

Materials used:-

Memory box die - hanging ornaments 

Sentiment - Sizzix holiday words script

Distress inks - tumbled glass, broken china, salty ocean and chipped sapphire

Perfect pearls mister

Silver mirri card and gems from stash

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