Cards for men

This is the card I have made for the current Little Claire's challenge which is "Cards for men". I have used a Little Claire's Designs stamp from the "RWAV- Tree" set, coloured with Copics and cut out with nesties. I edged the white nestie with a touch of DI in Antique Linen just to take away some of the whiteness.Some card candy provided the finishing touches.I am alos entering it into Papertake Weekly's challenge which is Dads and Lads.

Stampin Up's Breast Cancer Event

Way back in May Stampin Up held a Breast Cancer event. Kits were available from them to make 6 projects which they gave instructions for on a special website. I got my kit from the lovely Monica and have just finished making them all. The sharp- eyed amongst you will see that I have made seven not six. That's because there was a bit of confusion over the kits which resulted in me having two of set one. That was fortunate as the first one I made I went wrong and I punched the wrong corner! All the other projects have been slightly altered as I didn't have all the right supplies. So instead of Crumb Cake ink I used Soft Suede but stamped off first so it wasn't too dark. On the project that used the square lattice embossing folder I used a swiss dots one and inked it in pink instead of crumb cake. Soft suede was too dark for this and I didn't have anything else remotely the same. However, I still think they look rather nice!

Less is More- One layer and a frame!

The challenge at Less is More this week is to make a one layer card that has to include a frame! After much thought I came up with this. I used another of the Kanban stamps from the recent QVC TSV stamped it with Memento black then coloured it with copics. I used YG23, R85,R20,R46 and R59. I enhanced the frame with a fine black liner. The sentiment was another Kanban stamp and I drew the frame round it by marking with dots where I wanted the corners then joined them with a wiggly line! I also added a bit of colour to the background of the image by dabbing DI Tattered Rose on with a make up sponge.

Little Claire's Monthly Kit

This is the June Little Claire's monthly kit. A gorgeous gerbera stamp set. This is the actual kit made to their instructions with the exception of the ribbon. I replaced that with some raffia which I thought went well with the stamp and colours. (Also because I couldn't tie a decent bow with the ribbon supplied! Nothing wrong with the ribbon - just me!)

I've also just realised that I never posted last month's so here it is as well.

And Another!

This time stamped with DI Dusty Concord. I'm off to put that stamp away now!

Another rose card

Just as I had finished the red rose card below I heard that a friend was over from France for his son's funeral and was going to call in. So using the same stamp I quickly made another one to use as a sympathy card but this time stamped it in Adirondack Slate and used a HOTP sentiment.

Less is More - Monochrome

As many of you have commented that a photo might look better I have added one above so you can compare.

This is my entry for this week's Less is More Challenge- which is to use only one colour. I have used a Kanban stamp which was part of last week's QVC TSV. I stamped in Adirondack Cranberry and used a water brush to blend the colours.
Thank you to everyone who commented on last week's card - I do appreciate them and I think you were all right - I should have left the mount off or put it in the middle.

Less is More Challenge

Well this week's challenge is "Pick a Square". After much thought I came up with this.

I'm still not that happy with it - it seems a bit naked to me! I used Clarity Stamps Wired Heart and stamped it in red then clear embossed it. Mounted it onto red mirri board and eventually decided on the lower left hand corner but I think it might have looked better in the cemtre! Still it will come in handy next Valentine's day LOL- would just have to add a sentiment!

Wedding Card

I haven't blogged for a while or made any cards as we have just spent a lovely week in Jersey. Even the weather was kind - one thunderstorm the night we arrived then the rest of the week was mostly sunny and reasonably warm. Back to reality again and I had to make a wedding card for next week but inspiration was lacking . Eventually decided to stick to something simple and this is what I made.

I embossed some white card with a Cuttlebug folder added white satin ribbon and pearls and matted it onto silver card then a white card blank. The tag was a nestie edged with a silver Krylon pen and the sentiment is a peel off.

Butterflies

I made this for the Less is More Challenge Congratulations or Thank you. I used Stampin Up's Pocket Silhouettes and the butterfly was from their Sale a Bration Bliss set which I have had sitting on my table just waiting to be used. I coloured them with Marvy le Plume markers and added some crystal glitter to the butterfly wings. As it also fits in with a number of other challenges I am also entering this into:

Stamp Something- Something with Wings
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes