Less is More - Flourish

Well, goodness me, it's been a long time since I last blogged! I have had a bit of a creative desert, not really feeling like much. I don't like crafting in the evenings, I like light to colour and create, and in the winter months, that is a rarity! Anyway, I felt a bit crafty at the weekend, and looked into the Less is More Challenge, which this week would like us to feature a flourish on a CAS card.

I don't have many flourish images, but i found one I had from stampin' Up! a few years ago, and a flourish set from Uniko Studios, so I eased myself back into crafting with some stamping.

My first card was made using the Stampin' Up! flourish, stamped in Versamark and black embossed, I then inked around the flourish with the recent new ink colours from Tim Holtz, using Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber, I then black embossed the sentiment by Visible Image, and used a text stamp by Visible Image from their Revolution set in Peacock feathers over the inked areas.

 

My next card was made using some Uniko Studios flourishes, and sentiment stamp, quite a simple quick card, stamped in Blueprint distress ink, and added some clear gems for a bit of interest.

This next card was made using the same S.U flourish stamp, and a Hero Arts ombre stamp pad. It's not very clear, but I added some lilac gems to some of the flourish ends. Sentiment is from Uniko Studios.

I then made some thank you cards, as after christmas, we always need a few to send, and preferably flat for posting, so this was an ideal challenge. So, a variation on a them, this time I stamped the flourish either in the corners, or along the edges, using a Glue pad. I then sprinkled either silver or gold glamour dust onto the gluey flourishes. Some of them I am not too keen on (the peachy coloured ones!) but I do like the blue and purple ones, and are very glittery in the sun.

Well that's it from me, thanks for stopping by, hopefully this will kickstart my creative flow again!

Pauline