A Pear of Cards!

Morning Everyone,

Saturday morning saw the half birthday of Less is More , Hip Hip Hooray. 
I joined the fun on week two ( the first week of my blogs existence too ) and have never missed a challenge since ... it will always be my favourite challenge no matter what Mandi and Chrissie request of us, as it's made me rediscover my stamps and realise there is a place and a group of crafters out there that appreciate cards with white space :)

It just so happens that this week is not only a milestone but a Lucky Dip week and the challenge is

FEELING FRUITY

..... now, my new 'Fruitastic' paper Smooches stamps are still somewhere between here and Arizona so I had to think again and then I remembered my Home Accents Cricut cartridge ......

I took the colour inspiration from a re-usable shopping bag from Tescos and made a CAS design card by interchanging the sections of 4 different coloured pears and using enamel accents for the pips ... the enamel is a lot more runny than I imagined and I didn't make a very neat job of it !

The sentiment is stamped onto a Tim Holtz sizzix file tab that has then been cut down to a narrow strip to make a faux embossed border and a simple strip added below the pears too.
Sorry the card looks a little tipsy in the photo :)

When I had finished I saw the negative pear image on my desk .......
 the stencilling bug bit again and card number 2 was born ...

I love the challenge of making a stencilled image look 3D and I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out using Chalk ink and then adding a touch of Brushed Corduroy on a sponge for the dark flecks :)

I cut my own stencil for the hearts and stalks before printing the punny sentiment with the computer using a font called Windsong ... I think.

Finally, I thought I'd share a few pictures of our darling dawg having discovered a new mole hill in the garden this morning

..... yep he really stands waiting and listening like that for ages! I'm not sure if he's waiting to see Mr Mole pop his head out and surprise him but he really becomes obsessed with the thing until his nose looks like this .....

...... then you know he's made a complete mess of the mole hill and the lawn.... OH DEAR!

Needless to say we try and get to them before he does!!

Enough rambling from me now time to link my card up to LIM, there's loads of fantastic cards already to look at so hop over and see for yourself.

Thanks for visiting , I really appreciate your comments X

Less is More-Monogram

Hello folks ,

Saturday mornings for me include popping onto the LIM blog to see the new weeks challenge and then I can have maximum thinking time for a design , which usually pops into my head when I'm in the shower but that's another story , lol .
I was beginning to think I would never get a card idea for this weeks Monogram challenge as we have no weddings or anniversaries coming up then I thought about items that could be monogrammed and eventually arrived at this idea

I thought with a 'B' for baby, this card would be very usable in the future .
I used the cricut to cut the onesie and shaded the edges with Tattered Rose distress ink . The background pattern is an a.muse stamp I've had ages . I've used brads to attach some twine and used foam pads to attach the onesie to the card front :)
Sorry about picture quality, if you click on it , it looks clearer. Does anyone else have this problem or is it my camera skills ?

Hope this is acceptable for a monogram card .

I will get round to commenting as much as I can this week as I have a busy week with my birthday tomorrow ( yes 21 ..... again ) lol , and a university open day to go to which means overnight at  relatives .

Thanks for looking X

Less is More#18 - Monochromatic

Hello on this breezy Sunday morning ,

My card today is for the LIM challenge , and it's a colour theme this week 

MONOCHROME

 

1. in shades of one color: using or displaying only shades of one color or black and white.

You may choose any colour you wish, but please keep all the shades you use within your chosen spectrum.

I've not tried this colour concept before so had a bit of a think about this one , then I remembered a card design on my list of things to make and it fitted in well with this weeks challenge

I've used my Cricut to cut the turtle from the 'Walk in my Garden' cartridge and a Die-namics die to cut the grass . The sentiment is from a Woodware set and as it is acrylic I was able to curve it so it could be stamped around the shell .

Everything on the card is green which isn't showing well and neither is the glossy accents on his shell ...... but it is nice and shiny IRL :)

I thought 'Take it easy..' was a fairly open sentiment so I've left the card blank inside for the moment .

Thank you all so much for your comments about my butterfly card and this week I had a lovely parcel of Stampin Up stamps arrive from Mandi and a card from the lady herself

As you can see I have already mounted them all and are ready to go with some ideas . Thanks so much Mandi and Chrissie :)

Well I'm off to catch up on housework and I'll check out the other Limettes cards later .

Thanks for joining me today X

PS ... hubbie has just been in to say he has sown rather more radish up the allotment than he intended , when the stiff breeze took the seed packet out of his hands and liberally scattered them everywhere ..... oh dear. Lol X