Star .......

A Clean & Simple card ......

The card is on a white 6 x 6 inch card base. I die-cut a smaller stitched edge square from white crad and die-cut a star into this.

I selected a piece of night sky printed vellum and applied to the card front. The die-cut square with star aperture was added on foam pads over the star.

I then die-cut a series of stitched edge squares and arranged as shown, some on foam pads.

The sentiment (Stampin'Up) was stamped in black Versafine ink and die-cut before adding on more foam pads to finish the card .......

Sid xx

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Celebrate......

 A celebration card .....

I chose a piece of spotty background paper and stamped this with the flower stamp in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder which gives a mirror gloss finish. This was trimmed and matted onto some script paper to leave a border. The bold solid form of the flower stamp makes a bold impression.

The panel was applied to a 6 x 6 inch white card base.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, die-cut and applied as shown on foam pads after edging in black ink.

This card would be great for a man too ......

Sid xx

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Smile .......

Made a Clean & Simple card .....

The base is an A6 white card blank. I then cut a smaller matt from white card and die-cut a stitched oval in the centre of the matt.

I then watercoloured a tree on some watercolour card and set this onto the card front. The die-cut matt was then applied to the card front on foam pads to spotlight the watercolour through the aperture.

I then die-cut some leaves from white card and applied these as shown through the oval. I also die-cut a semi-circle and applied on the matt.

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink, die-cut and applied on foam pads.

Finishing touch was to apply 3 pale green adhesive pearls .......

Sid xx

 

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Notecards ......

These notecards were made from stamps by Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz and are a series of four .....

The first one is stamped in Eggplant Adirondak Dye Ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and resist coloured with yellow Ecoline Brushpen.

The second one is stamped with Bottle Adirondak Dye Ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and resist coloured with Magenta Ecoline Brushpen.

The third one is stamped in Caramel Adirondak Dye Ink,  heat embossed with clear embossing powder and resist coloured with light green Ecoline Brushpen.

The fourth and last was stamped in Red Pepper Adirondak Die Ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and resist coloured with dark blue Ecoline Brushpen.

The sentiments were stamped in Versafine black ink, matted onto black card and added on foam pads.

All were trimmed, matted on black card and adhered to Brown Kraft 5 x 5 inch cardblanks ..... loving the colours and as I said before slightly 'Andy Warhol' or 'Banksy' and the rose one looks like an Ornamental Cabbage in that colourway too ......

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #484 .......

Hi there ! We are here again with another fab fortnightly Challenge here at 'Less Is More' blog ....

This time you are asked to make a one layer card (see blog for details) in the theme of 'Flowers'.

This is my Design Team card for the Challenge:

The base is a 6 x 6 ins white card blank. I then stamped a rose flower garland (Mama Makes) in black Versafine directly on the card front and coloured this with 4 colours of Acrylograph chalk markers.

The sentiment (Mama Makes) was then stamped in more Versafine black ink inside the garland to finish the card.

If you would like some more inspiration do click HERE to see my fellow Design Team creations. Hoping you do join us ......

Sid xx

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CAS on Friday #258 ......

Well it's that time for a brand new Challenge over at 'CAS on Friday' .....

This time you are invited to make a Clean & Simple card using:

  

'Embossing'

So your card could contain dry or heat embossing or both. This is my Design Team card:

The card base is a 5 x 7 inch white card base which I scored with 5 lines horizontally and 5 lines vertically at 1/8inch spaces on a scoreboard.

The three architectural tiles (Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz) were stamped in Versafine black ink on a watercolour card background made with Brusho crystal colours. They were then heat embossed with clear embossing powder to add definition and shine to the designs. They were then matted onto black card and applied over the vertical scorelines as shown.

The sentiment (Stampin'Up) was stamped in black Versafine ink and then die-cut. It was added as shown on foam pads to finish the card ........

If you would like some more inspiration click HERE to see my fellow Design Team members creations .......

Sid xx

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Smile .....

A Clean & Simple card made today ......

The base is a 5 x 5 inch brown Kraft card......

I cut a smaller matt from white card and die-cut a stitched square from the centre. I then scored a border on the score board. This was then applied to the card front to leave a border on foam pads with the aperture over the Kraft below.

The white and brown Kraft foliage and flowers were die-cut and arranged as shown over the aperture. A couple of hearts were di-cut from red card and applied over the stems as shown.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink and then die-cut before applying on foam pads to finish the card ......

I think simple, uncluttered but effective......

Sid xx

 

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Note ......

I used the same stamp (Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz) as in my previous post to make this note card .....

The base is a 5 x 5 ins brown Kraft card blank....

This time I stamped the Daisy on white card with an Adirondack dye ink in Wild Plum, this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder whilst still wet. I then used a yellow Ecoline Brushpen and coloured the petals along with orange in the centre. The embossed colour resists the added colour because it is sealed by the heat embossing .......

The image was trimmed, matted on black card and added to the card front.

The sentiment (Uniko) was stamped in black Versafine ink and again heat embossed before trimming, matting on black and adding on foam pads to finish the card ......

Think it's a bit 'Andy Warhol' ........ and what a difference can be achieved by adding different colours !

Sid xx

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Thoughts ......

Made a Happy Thoughts card  .....

The card is on a 6 x 6 inch white card base ...... I used pre-made tiles using a Brusho background, stamping & heat embossing using Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz stamps. The tiles were adhered to a piece of background paper from Crafty Individuals and trimmed. This background was then matted onto a piece of turquoise card.

The central plate was stamped (Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz) in Versafine black on a white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed to leave a border. The flower was coloured with Ecoline brushpens and the plate was edged in Krylon Gold pen.

This image was then added to the background on foam pads and a sentiment stamped and added on more foam pads to finish ......

Loving these new stamps ......

Sid xx

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Citrus .....

A card made for a 'Lime, Lemon & Orange' colour Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The card started with a 6 x 6 inch white card base ......

I chose a 'Cocktail' stamp and stamped with Versafine black ink on white card which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was coloured with Copic markers and I used Glossy Accents to highlight the pineapple, cherry and reflections.

The coloured image was matted onto lime, orange, yellow & black cards highlighted with an orange Copic and added to the card front on foam pads to finish .....

Who doesn't like a fruity cocktail ? I certainly do .......

Sid xx

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