Mini Pop Art

Hi Folks ,
Just popping along to share with you a card I've made for OLW using Emilie's colour combination for this week .

I'm not sure how I came up with this idea only by looking through my stamps knowing I could not use layers on the card . As the stamp is small I decided to go for a small square card , first I masked a square in the centre of card base and stamped the graph background from Hero Arts . I used a homemade stencil to ink the squares and in two of them I used a mask of the mini stamp to leave white space to stamp the mini in afterwards , IYKWIM .
I used Adirondack ink pads and water brush to add colour to the minis and then used Tim Holtz bitty grunge stamps around edge of card .
I managed to get in a total inky mess and you don't want to see the back of the card.....I kept forgetting about the ink on my wipeable craft mat !!!
Haven't added a sentiment yet because I couldn't decide what to use .

As I type this my 15 yr old lad is on his way home from school in his taxi getting very excited about seeing our new washing machine we had delivered today ! Anyone would think it was Christmas day in our house this morning he was that excited......that's Autism for you , who needs toys , and I bet he'll know how to use it quicker than I do !

Thanks for looking X

Less is More #8

Hi folks ,
Another week , another challenge and I can't wait for a Saturday morning to see the next challenge from Chrissie and Mandi at Less Is More . I make myself ponder about a possible design first as I find rushing in usually results in a rubbish card in my case .

This week we have a sketch to follow and we are to keep to a slim tall card so the proportions of the sketch are roughly the same on your card .

here are my cards ......

I have made DL cards before but recently I have subconsciously steered away from them , didn't know why , but now I do ....I find them awkward to decorate , especially in a CAS style, even with a sketch to follow. The robot card has too much white space for my liking but making the circle embellie bigger would mean losing space in the width too , I much rather the shorter slimmer second card as the proportions are better so I'm entering that one in the challenge as it's my personal favourite of the two .

The loopy wire is a Sizzix die and the phone receiver I cut freehand . I thought 'Hello' would be more usable than 'Keep in Touch' . The greeting on the robot card is 'Happy Birthday To You' but in text speak I think ! , they are a set of sentiments that match the robot stamps from Stampendous .

I must say the growing community of crafters at LIM is a wonderful source of inspiration and friendliness , the number of comments people are receiving on their challenge cards is amazing including my own so a big thank you to everyone , especially Mandi and Chrissie , it really is a lovely challenge group to be part of .
Thanks for looking X