'Less Is More' Challenge week 24

Been a few weeks since my last post - been a bit busy with work/holidays.

Decided to start back by entering week 24 of the 'Less is More' challenge. The theme this week is circles. As usual I am trying to get on with my Christmas cards so here is the result -

I used a Cuttlebug die for the snowman and a Martha Stewart punch for the edge. My dilemma came with the greeting (from Craftwork cards) - add or don't add???? In the end I went for it but personally I think I would have preferred it left off. Let me know what you think.

Birthday Card

This is a very simple birthday card - I bought some wooden flowers at Dawn Bibby's shop (not sure of the brand) and covered them in glitter.

I then stuck them with silicone glue onto circles of linen card and layered them onto blue card cut with nesties (small scallop). The greeting was a rub-on from Letraset.

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Quick Christmas Card

A very simple Christmas Card following a sketch in Paper Crafts magazine - the stamp is a Kars one, coloured with Promarkers. Circles cut with nesties and vertical band edged with a Martha Stewart punch.

The curved edge was a bit of an experiment with scalloped scissors and the sentiment from Inkadinkadoo.

VERY simple!!

Loving the linen card.............(& Less is More)

Just a quick post today - trying to get ahead with Snoflake's challenge over on Docrafts. I used my lovely linen card for this one - great when there is a lot of 'white space'. The stamps are from Penny Black - the trees are paper-pieced with green card. Sentiment from Craftwork cards with stamped hanging stars underneath.

Thanks for looking!

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PS Have just decided to enter it as a second card in the 'Less is More' challenge!

Less is More - week 9

The challenge this week at 'Less is More' is a 'Touch of Red' - this means only one thing to me ................... Santa Claus!!!!!

I've used an Inkadinkadoo Santa stamp, Martha Stewart snowflake punch and Paula Pascual stamped greeting. Hope it fits the challenge!

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Stampin' Up! Class

Yesterday my friend and I went to a Stampin' Up! class - really enjoyed ourselves and it was great to meet other crafters. We worked on 4 projects - 3 cards and a hexagonal box. We learnt some new techniques which was great. This is the first project - the hexagonal box.

Wish I'd put the band around the box in the middle but ........... you learn from your mistakes!!

The flower on top had a twisted ribbon middle - I need more practice on that!

We then worked on 3 cards - which could be adapted for any occasion really.

 For this one we made the little flowers from rolled up paper - surprisingly easy.

This one incorporated one of the lovely new embossing folders from SU. 

Loved the little butterfly stamps - so versatile.

Well that's me for another post - back soon.  

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Mother's Day Card

I liked the sketch for the Less is More challenge that I used it again (with a little bit of change) to make a Mother's Day Card. The greeting is from Paula Pascual's 'Filled with Flowers'. Can't remember where I bought the flowers - I coloured a couple of them with Promarkers.

Off to my first Stamping Up class tomorrow so will be back with my efforts tomorrow night or Sunday.

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