Trees, glorious trees ...

This week is all about trees at Less is More, so I am having another try at the less is more concept.

 

 

  

I have deviated from my normal products and used a Penny Black stamp called "Home for Christmas", but all other ingredients are Stampin' Up - ie: Concord Crush cardstock; Glossy White cardstock; Concord Crush Ink; Woodgrain Embossing folder.

 

 Thanks for popping in,

Mary 

 

If the shoe fits .....

Wow, what fabulous shoes .. and what a great theme for this week's Less is More challenge.

 

I have used the SU Fabulous You stamp set for this card on Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card.

 

Cheers

Mary

Bloomin' marvellous

There are blooming flowers everywhere over at the Less is More blog and they are not just there for the weekly challenge - they are also there to celebrate Chrissie's birthday. 

 

Coincidentally, a have a dear friend named Chrissie who is also celebrating her birthday today, so Happy Birthday to both of you and I hope you are having blooming marvellous days.

 

Time was running out for me to join in this week but luckily I managed to find time to plant a few flowers of my own.

 

 

                                             Stamp:   SU Bloomin' Marvellous (retired)

Card:   SU Early Espresso; Blushing Bride; Sahara Sand; Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Big shot; honeycomb embossing folder; lace punch.

 

Cheers

Mary

 

Special Blend

The team at Less is More are looking for a shaped card this week - not square or rectangle!! 

 

Now I know why they call them challenges!!  A shaped card! hmmm ... I do have one set of framelits but as someone had already used that set I had to really put my thinking cap on. 

 

I decided to make a champagne bottle, totally forgetting about the one layer part of the deal, so to overcome that I decided to print my "greeting" direct to the cardstock.  I then stamped the square for the label and the little vine and then masked those sections off before sponging the pink champagne.  I used a SU gold marked to simulate the gold foil and the silver marker to make the wire lines.

 

The ingredients were mostly SU: Whisper White card;

Forever with you stamp set;

Pink Pirouette ink;

Raspberry Ripple and Gold and Silver markers.

The square stamp is an unknown one that I have had for years

and never previously used.

 

I do hope that the computer generated "greeting" has not breached any of the rules of the challenge.

I did have fun with this one.

 

Mary

A Little Less Grey

I love the beautiful clean lines of cards that fall into the category of "less is more", and have been trying to create some of them recently.  I start out ok but am never happy with them and so they end up in the pile of UFO's (unfinished objects). 

I have been stalking  enjoying Jen Nelson's cards for some time, and decided to try the challenge at "Less is More" where the theme is Shades of Grey.  Probably not such a good one for me to start with, but at least it took me less time to think about colours.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp:  Party Animals by Annabelle Stamps

Card:   SU Whisper White

Designer paper:  SU  Howlstooth and Scaringbone

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics C3 and C5

Tools:   Big shot; Framelits Labels

 

Yes, it definitely is Whisper White cardstock.  Photography is clearly not a skill I have mastered, but today I had more trouble than usual. 

 

I am looking forward to seeing all the other cards and hopefully I will pick up some pointers. 

 

Thanks for the challenge Chrissie.

Mary