Less is More - One Layer - Stem

Hi all, I am here today with a card made for this week's Less is More challenge - one layer CAS design to include a Stem. It gave me the chance to use these fab Jofy stamps I bought last year, but had not got round to using. The floral stem is from Jofy 32 and the butterfly from Jofy 11.

I stamped the stem and butterfly directly to the card base, and coloured with Staedtler Ergosoft colour pencils.

I added some gems to the butterfly and flower centres, then sponged around the edges with some Milled Lavender distress ink. The sentiment is also from Jofy 32.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More, and a couple more...

Hi all, I'm back with some more berry coloured inspired creativity! Whenever I create with these colours, I just keep going! In my quest to use my stash rather than hoard it in a box, I thought I would use one of my sadly neglected Papertrey Ink stamp sets, called, appropriately enough, Harvest Berries.

First, I sprinkled some Purple and Violet Brushos from That's Crafty onto some plain white card, then spritzed with water for this magical effect. Everytime I use Brushos, it never fails to delight me! When it was dry, I stamped in Versamark the large sprig of leaves from the stamp set, and white embossed it. I didn't feel it stood out enough, so I then traced around some of the leaves and stem with a black fineliner.

I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Up! ink, and also used the same colour card to mat the panel. Before adhering to the panel, I sprinkled some Stampendous Shabby White embossing enamel over the surface, and heated from underneath. Although you can't see it in the photo, it's very sparkly in real life.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Less is More - Berry Colours

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

That's Crafty Challenges - Purple

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Berry Colours

Hi all, I'm sharing my little make today for this week's new Less is More challenge, to use Berry colours. Now, I love berry shades, especially deep purples and raspberry reds, and once I start creating with them, I can't stop!

For this card, I used some scraps left over from another project, which I still need to blog, and my new dies from MFT (available at Dies to Die for) Blueprints 20. I actually cut and assembled 7 of these mini quilts, and found it very therapeutic, like an extended jigsaw puzzle!

The main body of the quilt was made using some background paper I had made using a Visible Ink stamp, Flower INKcognito, clear embossed, then spritzed with some Deco Art paint sprays in Purple and Primary Magenta  for an embossed/resist technique.

As the  background card had already been made last week, all I needed to do was cut and assemble.

The raspberry mat was also cut using a cross stitched rectangular die, also from the Blueprints 20 die set. I added some purple twine and a deep purple button, and the sentiment is from Uniko Studios,  All Occasion Sentiments #1, stamped in Hero Arts new Ombre ink pad in 'Lilac to Grape Purple'.

I stopped short of adding any further bling or glitter, but it's difficult for me haha! I love the bling!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline