JUST BECAUSE!

Hi lovely crafters - hope you are having a very happy week!  

It seems ages since I made a card "just because", or entered any challenges, so here goes!

Stamps -

Indigo Blu "Miss Austen"

Crafty Secrets "French Mail"

Crafty Individuals "Fancy Script"
Images and white linen cardstock inked with

Weathered Wood DI, Ranger Jet Black Archival, and

Memento London Fog.

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Stampin' Up Framelits Ovals die.
Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die.

Tim Holtz Idea-ology metal Keyhole, coloured with
 Gesso and Weathered Wood ink.
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I would like to enter the following challenges ~

A Vintage Journey - A Little Bit French.
Alphabet Challenges - D for Die Cuts. 

Happy Crafting!

AUTUMN LEAVES

Hi peeps - don't you just love the Autumnal colours - such a shame those golden leaves have to fall from the trees isn't it. 

My card today is for the Autumn Challenge at Less is More.

Sorry about the blue patch on my white card - how does that happen when the whole card is facing the same light source when photographed - does anyone know please?!

The leaves are Cuttlebug dies, inked with lots of Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade and a little Fired Brick DI then spritzed with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold. The veins were created with an embossing tool.

I curved the leaves to give dimension, then attached with silicone glue.

Sentiment from Paper Artsy, inked with Archival Coffee, mixed with a little Spiced Marmalade on the two bottom lines.
Update - November 2nd - My card has been Showcased at Less Is More - thank you Chrissie and Mandi!
I would also like to enter my card into the Opus Gluei  Challenge - Leaves and/or Halloween!

Have a great week ~

Hugs

THREE CHOICES AT LESS IS MORE!

Hi peeps - I'm a bit late, but just managed to get my card finished for this week's LESS IS MORE CHALLENGE. 

The lovely Mandi and Chrissie have given us a super choice this week - to incorporate 3 previous

themes into one card.  I have chosen Week 1 - Pink, Black and White, Week 25 - Button or Ribbon, and Week 56 - Don't Scrap it.

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I hope there is enough white space to qualify - it really is a very easy and simple design

which just involved cutting 3 triangles from scrap card, and randomly stamping the La Blanche Roses

with Black Archival ink, adding a little Spun Sugar DI around triangle edges and on some of

the petals (though the colour doesn't show up very well in the pic.).

Sentiment - Layers of Color Art Stamps

Pink ribbon, and a large pink glass button, both from my craft box.

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Enjoy the sunshine ~ Love to all ~

BIRDS Sing Like There's Nobody Listening ..............

Hi lovely peeps - hope you are having a happy week. I am just popping by with a card for this week's challenge  at LESS IS MORE. 

The wonderful Mandi and Chrissie have set all those Limettes out there, the challenge of using a BIRD, or BIRDS on our projects. It is also ONE LAYER week - yikes!!

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Recipe:-

The wording was typed on my 'puter and printed directly onto the card.

According to my Google search, the complete quote was originally

created by Mark Twain, or maybe someone by the name of William W. Purkey.

I just used the last two lines, which I thought were quite apt for this card.

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I then inked my brayer with Kaleidacolor Desert Heat, brayering the excess ink onto spare paper before brayering the coloured panel onto my card. This gave me the soft look I was aiming for. ( If you have never used this particular ink pad, it is quite a vibrant mix of reds, pinks and oranges). 

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I used two Crafty Individuals stamps, inked with Ranger Jet Black Archival.

The birdcage was stamped first, and masked before stamping the birdsong musical score.

I added a little of the pink ink onto the Rose petals, using a Ranger Cut'nDry pen nib.

Cardstock - SU Whisper White.
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I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Birds of a Feather.
Card and Scrap - Clean and Simple.
Bloggers Challenge at Splendiferous Creations - Wing and Things.
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A warm welcome to my new followers - Delphine, Teresa, Marie  and Terry.

Love to all ~

"JUST ONE WORD" .......

Hi there lovely bloggers - hope you had a wonderful Christmas?  
Have all those mince pies sent Mr. Mojo to sleep?  Yep - same here!
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Fear not - the lovely Chrissie and Mandi - those fabulous  Less Is More Divas have given us all a kick-start with a fab. challenge - to use "JUST ONE WORD" on your card. 

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Recipe: -

Very Vanilla SU cardstock

Inkadinkado stamp, which I have used on my blog a couple of times before - sorry, but I love it!

Stamped with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink then brayered with Weathered Wood DI to give a cloudy effect. (I think there may be a couple of thumb prints in there too but they are of course meant to be small clouds)!!!

A soft touch of Victorian Velvet DI to colour the dress.

"Forever" from the Anna Griffin stamp"Forever and Always". ("and Always" was masked with sellotape before inking, then removed before stamping).

The finished piece was layered onto black card and attached with 3-d foam pads.

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I would like to enter my card into the following Challenges:-
Dutch Dare Challenges - Favourite Things (This "Monsieur and Madame" stamp, and Distress Inks).
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes.
The Artistic Stamper - Vintage.
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Hi and welcome to my new Followers Kim, Shirley and Laura.
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Love to all, with wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful 2012.

CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS FROM AN ANGEL ..........

Hello fabulous friends, followers and visitors!  

I am popping by with a card, to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and 

a very happy and peaceful 2012.

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Thank you so much for your wonderful inspiration and friendship during the past two and a half years - some on-line, some in real life - all of it has been appreciated 100%. 

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 My Christmas card has been made with one of the beautiful stamps I was lucky enough to win  at  Glenda's  "Chocolate Baroque White Christmas Challenge" (please see the link in my sidebar). The  image is from a set called "Christmas Angel of Light".

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Recipe:-

Image stamped onto cream card with Black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder. 

Coloured with Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, using Cut 'n Dry Foam, and Ranger Pen Nibs.

Edges distressed with scissors.

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Image layered onto a roughly torn piece of "My Minds Eye - Mabel" paper, also distressed and inked around the edges.

Sentiment - two HOTP stamps.

Gold leafing  Krylon pen around edges of  black base card.
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~ Have a wonderful Holiday, wherever you may be ~
~ Lots of love ~

LET IT SNOW!

Hi lovely Bloggers - hope you are all having a happy week?

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LET IT SNOW is the theme chosen by Chrissie and Mandi this week at 

LESS IS MORE,  and guess what -  we woke up to a thin coating of the white fluffy stuff in this part of West Yorkshire this morning, and very pretty it looked too. 

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This gorgeous Hero Arts Penguin is another of my all-time favourites!  

I masked the central  image, and then there were three!

Images stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink.

Lightly coloured the hats and scarves with Copics. 

 SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the "snowy" ground and hat bobbles. 

Sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

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I would also like to enter the following Challenges:-
Oldie But A Goodie - Christmas Animals (image must be over 6 months old - my Penguin is 3 years old)!
Paper Minutes - Clean and Simple, not much colour but lots of white!

~ Love to all ~ 

BLING IT ON ............

Hi there lovely bloggers - hope the week has started well for you. 

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Before I post my card for this week's LESS IS MORE CHALLENGE, for anyone visiting Harrogate, (in Yorkshire) a new branch of Samuel Taylors opened 8 weeks ago on Commercial Street. I found it quite by accident on Saturday, as it's a street I don't often go down - but of course I will now!  Maybe I'm the only person in the area who didn't know about it, but I thought someone out there might welcome the news!!

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OK - down to business - the Lovely Mandi and Chrissie have asked all Limettes out there to use BLING on their cards this week - yaaay how could anyone resist ! 

So peeps - when I popped into Samuel Taylors in Harrogate on Saturday (ha-ha)! I just couldn't resist buying this fabulous Indigo Blu stamp - she is called "Rebecca - Snow Queen". 

Ink used - Ranger Archival Jet Black.

Soft touch of Weathered Wood Distress Ink on the background applied with Cut 'n Dry foam.

Sentiment - Anna Griffin

Pale pink and blue gems from stash (they are much more sparkly in real life)!

Cardstock from Stampin' Up.

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I would also like to enter the following challenges:-
Glitter Fairies - "Non-Traditional Christmas"
Craft Your Passion - "Tis The Season"
Dream Valley - "Sparkle".
Stamptacular Sunday - "Anything Christmas" (with a stamp).

Have a great week everyone ~ 

A BUTTERFLY SILHOUETTE FOR LESS IS MORE ...........

Hi peeps - hope you are all well and enjoying some winter sunshine wherever you may be.

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I have been searching through that dark corner of my craftroom again, and found another

forgotten, yet suitable stamp for this week's challenge at LESS IS MORE - which is SILHOUETTES!
Mandi and Chrissie, the lovely LIM Divas, have some fabulous inspiration for us, as always, so do pop over to take a peek. 

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Recipe:-

Flutterby stamp from Imagination Crafts, stamped with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink onto rectangle of white cardstock.

Punched circle mask for the setting sun, then the sky was created with Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, a soft touch of Fired Brick, and Weathered Wood - all applied with Cut 'n Dry foam.

More butterflies stamped above the rectangle.

Sentiment - one of my all-time favourites from PSX (dated 1999 so probably discontinued) ?

A little Glamour Dust added to the sun.
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I am also entering this card into the following challenge:-
Quirky Crafts - Clean and Simple!
Update - December 5th - my card won 1st Prize at Quirky Crafts - thanks DT ladies!
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Love to all, and welcome to my new followers -  Geraldine, Vicky, Debbie and Joan !