Less is more colour challenge

My second post today I'm on a challenge roll!

This card is for the Less is More, touch of red colour challenge.
I'm still getting used to this challenge, less is more definitely doesn't come naturally to me, but I'm having fun trying it out.

Here is my entry for this week

Again it uses the Beautiful Wings embosslits die, I really love the dimension that you get with this piece of kit.
As I mentioned I Find Less is more quite challenging, once I had finished this card, I wasn't completely happy with it is I went back and added a little more, I'm not sure if it would still qualify now but I'm happier with it this way.

What do you think? There is still quite a lot of white space so fingers crossed it's still ok for the challenge.

Here's the recipe

Stamps, Friendly Words Jumbo wheel, Because I care,

Paper, Basic black CS, Real red CS, shimmery white CS

Ink, Basic black

Accessories, Beautiful wings embosslits die, rhinestones

Enjoy the rest of the weekend xx

And finally

Here is the last of the Cottage Wall cards that I have made, decided to go for a square one, a lot that I have made rcently seem to be A6.

I've tried to keep it simple, just cutting squares of the gorgeous paper, and stamping a butterfly onto each, with the thank you sentiment to finish off the last.
Although I must admit I couldn't help myself I had to add a rhinestone to the centre of each butterfly, even butterflies need a bit of bling!

The recipe for this card is
Stamps, Cottage Garden, Because I care,
Paper, Cottage Wall (retired), Certainly celery CS, Rich razzleberry CS,
Ink, Rich razzleberry
Accessories, Scallop trim border punch, Rhinestones, Rich razzleberry taffeta ribbon, stamp-a-ma-jig

I've made so may with the paper set that my others are starting to feel rejected!!
Will have to make it up to them this weekend I think.

You can still leave a comment to be entered into my prize draw, I will be announcing the winner on Sunday, so there is still time.

Looking forward to a fun weekend!

Tall and skinny? Not at all like me!

I normally tend to make A6 or square cards but I was rummaging through my craft room drawers at the weekend and came across a few tall thin card blanks that I bought forever ago, so I thought I'd try something different. Now I'm not saying that I'll be making them all the time but it's nice to have a change every now and then, and this was a good change I hope you'll agree.

Apologises for the terribly shadowy picture, I wanted to get them all photographed before the light went and time was not on my side, when I get creative time just flies by!
I had lots of little pieces of the designer love letter paper left over and didn't want to waste any, they are so pretty that it would be a crime to throw them away!

Here's the recipe
Stamps, Because I Care, Just Believe, Bliss SAB
Paper, Love Letter, Very Vanilla, Real Red
Ink, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals

Have a good evening,

Another red, black and white creation

Hi there!

I'm liking the combo of red, black, and white at the moment so here is another card I've made using these colours,

I sponged the cherry cobbler ink using a sponge dauber onto white card before stamping the flower head image over the top using stazon so that it would give a more muted effect, the border around the flower image is also from the same Because I care stamp set. I love my stamp-a-ma-jig, its a godsend for lining up things like this.
The sentiment is taken for the Notably ornate stamp set.

I've used -
Stamps, Because I care, Notably ornate,
Paper, love letters, newsprint
Ink, cherry cobbler

Thanks for stopping by

Because I Care

Hi,
Today I have made a card using the Because I Care set, It's fast becoming one of my favourite sets. I love the giant flower head and the sentiments in this set, and best of all it was a FREE hostess level 1 set, so I didn't even have to pay for it, everything is nicer when it's free!

To make this card I also used a set called Notably Ornate, It's very on trend with the bird that I've used for this card, and would be great for vintage style cards.

I used -
Stamps, Because I care (sentiment), Notably ornate.
Love letter paper pack, brights designer button, linen thread, cherry cobbler ink.

Hope you like it. Please feel free to leave a comment, it's always nice to get feedback and know what others think.

My very first post!

I'm so excited my very first blog post!

I've wanted a blog for a while but I've never known how to get started, luckily I've had some help (thanks Jules!, You can find Jules blog in my blogs that inspire me section), and I think I'm just about there, although I've changed my mind about the background several times, so don't be too surprised if you return and it's changed.

I made a couple of cards yeaterday that I would like to share with you.

The first is a tent fold A6 sized card

This week I've signed up to be a Stampin' up demo, I haven't got any card stock yet but I'm eagerly waiting for it, so I used card stock that I had from my stash.
The stamp sets used are -
SU - Butterfly prints, Because I Care
I also tried doodling on this card with a white gel pen, I'm always worried that I'm going to ruin a whole card right at the end with white pen, but was feeling brave yesterday, so I did some faux stitching around the top section and some spots around the scallop punched circle (SU).

The second of my cards is more masculine

This one uses -
SU - Autumn Splendor, Because I Care (sentiment)
my favourite chocolate chip satin ribbon (yummy), and two patterned papers from the old olive collection (both sadly retired now boo hoo, but I think you can get some old olive patterned paper in the brights collection)

Hope you like them!