Happy Birthday

I spent my birthday money and bought a new die set - it was worth it too.  I made this male card using a watercolour background created with Brushos to display the lovely pattern of the die cut on my white top panel  I used a scrap of the background to stamp my sentiment and edged it with ink. I layered the panel on blue to match and to finish foam mounted my sentiment and added some 'technology' in the form of gear die cuts to finish my card.
 I am posting to The Male Room #70 theme challenge - Anything Goes with option on Technology, to Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes, to Less is More #348 - Watercolour challenge and finally to Darnell's NBUS #12 challenge - new dies. Thanks for taking a peek

     

Turn Over a New Leaf

This evening I have a one layer card to post....I don't find these type of cards easy as I'm always wanting to frame my image.  This one was pretty simple to make... I used  NBUS leaf stamps, that stamped really well with Distress Inks - I chose four green shades and masked off  areas to create depth.  Then I finished off with a really appropriate sentiment stamp.  I am posting to Less Is More challenge #319 - One layer card and Leaves.   Also at Shopping Our Stash SOS#294 with a green theme for Luck O' the Irish.  Thanks for taking a peek

SOS #294 - Luck O' the Irish

Let your Dreams take flight

Well we've had a wonderful day here in Townsville....it's been raining, yeah!!   ... so I've enjoyed an afternoon at my desk.  My first card is very clean and simple, one layer card .... I created the blue hues background - by inking my clean plastic block with marker pens and then lightly spritzing with Perfect Pearls... you can't notice in the photo but there is a lovely shimmer. Then I simply stamped on my birds - that was a bit more work than ink and stamp... I used the stamp opposite and masked off areas with tape and then inked them. I used a white gel pen to colour the birds and finished my card with a stamped sentiment.  I am posting to Addicted to Stamps and More #232 - Make Your Mark - used markers, Less Is More #318 - Mainly Teal and also to Stamplorations CAS card challenge - Anything Goes with optional colour - sky blue.  Thanks for taking  a peek

Challenge #318 - Mainly Teal

  
  

Happy Birthday

A quiet afternoon here at my desk so I've finished off this card using a monochrome colour palette and the layout from Retro Sketches rs#116. I have also played along at Less Is More - Week 173, Include a Die Cut.  For my card I cut two  large circles from blue and white card and layered them over some gorgeous Teresa Collins designer paper and mounted these onto a swiss dot embossed background. Then I formed a flower medallion from three die cuts and centered it with a pearl brad and attached this to a tag sentiment. Just finished off the scalloped circle with a few tiny pearls, I'm very happy with my finished card.  Thanks for taking a peek Robyn

celebrate just living

Happy, happy, happy here in Australia...the Aussie cricket team have just won 'the Ashes' back from the Poms in a 5 match  whitewash...yeah!!

So quietly I've been making a card in the background using the layout from Freshly Made Sketches #117 and the colour theme from Less is More #153 - Winter Blues.  Just used a few scraps from my blue card drawer and diagonally scored the background on my Scorepal.  Cheers and thanks for taking a peek

Robyn

Merry Christmas Tree

This weeks challenge at Less is More - Week 142 is TREES....so of course at it is coming up Christmas and I need more cards I've made a soft Christmas card with my tree die cut and distress ink background.  Then I've dressed up the tree with clear crystal gems for the theme at 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown #22 - "Bling it up".        Thanks for taking a peek 

Hello Friend

    

  Chrissie's card I used for my CASe It inspiration

Week 116 CASe It- Less is More

A quick card along the lines of Chrissie's card at Less is More ...

Thanks for taking a peek

Less is More

BLACK and WHITE 

with a touch or a splash, a hint or suggestion, a dab or a  patch of 

a colour of your choice!

What a disastrous afternoon - I actually screwed up a whole card and tossed it in the bin ... too many smudges and then stuck it on crooked and a few other hiccups.  So I started fresh with a new challenge - here at Less is More - just a plain white card with a splash of colour ... so here's my birthday card, thanks for taking a peek

Less is More

A quick card this afternoon for the
Less is More Challenge  

One Layer Week 93 Houses

I did try it using shades of colours on the image but in the end the plain navy worked best.  I love this stamp and need to find some different ways to use it. Thanks for taking a peek.

Less is More, Just Add Ink

 

Less is More Week 92 colour challenge PINK     

This week I bought a new embossing plate Ambrosia by Couture Creations - new large size, I really  like that.  So I've combine the colour Pink from Less is More

 and the layout from Just Add Ink JAI 142... Thanks for taking a peek

PS...just thought I'd add that the leaves are cut from the Ambrosia embossed card sheet :-)

Less is More, Play Date Cafe

   

This is my take on the Less is More sketch challenge for week 91. I also struggled with the colours for this card...not sure the Play Date Cafe #156 colours - (Cinnamon, Squash, Vanilla, Sage) best suit the cute little bird house, then I embossed the white background because it looked stark and I layered it too.  Thanks for taking a peek

Less is More, Pals Paper Arts

  

Less is More: Week 89 One Layer  

Time for

ONE LAYER

again and this time we have given you lots of 

scope with our theme of

Wings

Hi again....this weekend we've had time to actually make a card and post it with Less is More - a one layer challenge with wings, and I've used a past Pals Paper Arts colour theme - Pink, Green, Brown.
I like the soft colours with this one.....thanks for taking a peek

Less is More, Dynamic Duo

 

A super day for card making in my caravan  :-)
For the Less is More challenge: week 85 the theme is to include an OVAL on the card and the lovely simple colours of this weeks challenge at  Dynamic Duos DD#20 - Lucky Limeade and Black.  I enjoy working with two colours and I haven't included an oval for a long time...I have two on my card.
Thanks for taking a peek

Christmas, Less is More

One Layer card - using a Flourish is the challenge at Less is More this week....here's a couple for Christmas. Thanks for taking a peek

Christmas, Less is More

 Hi blog visitors....very slow today, and finding it hard to grasp my mojo - possibly has something to do with working a full week (not part time as I usually do) and having to stocktake the whole store and reserves - anyway now at least it's over for another 12 months.  I do really need to make my aunt an 80th birthday card so thought I might get a boost by having a go at this weeks Less is More challenge #69 to make a card that's not square or rectangle...so I've used one of my dies to make a frame for this Christmas bear. Thanks for taking peek

Less Is More

Well today I'm feeling really weird - probably because after weeks of negotiations, finally we know we're off at the end of June to Perth where hubby has been relocated. I really needed some cheering up and so I decided to run with the Less Is More - week 66 colour challenge - Yellow. .......Yellow reminds me of spring and daffodils - I love flowers and especially miss living in a climate where you can grow spring flowering bulbs. Thanks for taking a peek

Less is More

 


Good morning this wonderful Friday... can you tell I'm happy it's TGIF.  So I'm on a roll with my second card and really wanted to make one for the LIM challenge
-week 64 with a theme 'How Charming'. I like the concept of less is more and to use a charm this week was wonderful. I have these cute metallic charms I got some years ago so the fish one straight away meant a male card. Thanks for taking a peek.