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Hi all, today I have a card for a couple of my favourite challenges Less is More and Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.

This week at Waltzingmouse it's a special week - the challenge turned One yr, so as a homage to all the fabby sketches for the last year we have been asked to pick a sketch from a previous week. I have chosen Sketch #37.

I have combined it with this week's Less is More challenge which is asking for our cards to feature Monograms. Not something I have ever tried to do before, and yet again Chrissie and Mandi have set a challenge that has, well, challenged me!

Here's the sketch:


And here's my take:



I have used a white linen card base, and cut a mat from some matt silver paper from Papermania, then edged with a scallop edge punch from Martha Stewart.



The patterned paper is from a beautiful paperstack by Papermania Capsule Collection in Aqua.
The paper is very dramatic, and I had to use it, it's so beautiful!



Then using some matt black paper also from Papermania I silver embossed a decorative circle from Waltzingmouse Stamps Faux Fun Circles and cut with nesties; then taking some silver matt card, black embossed the little wreath from the same set, and cut a frame, again using nesties.

Then in the centre of the larger wreath, silver embossed the 'M' from WMS Victorian Alphabet, mounted the silver wreath frame on top and mounted all onto a larger plain black circle.

Finally added some black gemstones for some understated sparkle.

I really love the elegant feel to this card today, due to the lovely paper, and it's going to a special blogging buddy as a thank-you card for a wonderful gift she sent me a while back.

I have several thankyou's to make and send as it was my birthday last week, and I've been playing catch up ever since - this is just the first and I'm going to pop it in the post today.

Thanks for stopping by

Pauline xx