Purple and Pink card

Hi friends, stopping by to share another 'Less is More' challenge card. The  theme is 'Use a Stencil' this week. See the usual ps. bit for a piglet story  too!     For my second card I used my TCW  stencil and pinched some paste my OH had made. I mixed a bit of alcohol ink with it and pasted it on the stencil.

I then used a few drops of  3 colours of alcohol inks on top of the paste. When  that was dry I sprayed some silver  ink over it all.

I edged the topper with a silver pen, then added a stamped sentiment and  a few sequins. I stamped the butterfly, gave that a quick silver spray too, then gave it the same alcohol ink treatment also. A tiny bit of sparkle was added  later to the wings.


Phew job done!, I hope you like it,  the colours are very bright irl ;)


ps. on our way to our usual walk this  morning we came accross a tiny piglet walking along the main road. So hard  to catch the little thing, much squealing too.    We managed it in the end, after  holding all the traffic up for a while. We took it to a local farm we know  (as no pigs around alas), they phoned another farmer who was coming to get  it. 
No idea how it had escaped etc.It went to  sleep being cuddled, must have known we  were vegetarians lol. It was put in a small  dog cage waiting to be reunited with it's  mummy. So a happy ending ;)          

     

    Smooth white card TCW stencil Avery Elle butterfly stamp My Favourite Things label maker Homemade embossing paste Adirondak alcohol inks TH Distress spray ink Brushed Pewter Versafine Onyx Black ink Sequins from stash Letraset Metallic marker Silver Glamour dust

 

Butterfly card

Good afternoon friends, how are you all today?  Doing ok I hope! I have been getting very inky making my usual 'Less is More' card.  My card was showcased  last week too,  thank you so much !!!     The theme this week is......     Faux Bleach     Hmm that got me thinking alright! I made a few attempts which turned out rubbish. So I ditched the alcohol inks and shiny photo paper idea and used  Distress inks instead.     Thank you Anita for the idea, soooo  much easier!!!....and relax ;) I made a distress background with random colours. Then stamped my butterfly and blotted  some of  the colour off it.     I edged my topper with a gold pen and  sprayed a bit of gold ink on one corner. I used my spanky new die and gold card for the sentiment.     I stamped the top sentiment and gave it the  same inky spray and job done! I dedicate  this card to all my amazing crafty friends as whenever I see your creations I think you  are all just AMAZING!!!     Phew, hard going this week,and lots of  inky messiness but got there in the end.  Have a go everyone, it is easy once  you try ;) Have a good week friends!     ps. Wasn't feeling that great yesterday, virus I think,... still recovering. So late with my commenting....so sorry. I will visit you all now I promise!    

    Smooth white card Watercolour card Gold shiny card TH Distress inks Avery Elle Butterfly stamp My Favourite Things sentiment stamp Waffle Flower sentiment die Versafine Onyx black ink Gold pen Metallic marker TH Distress Spray stain Tarnished Brass     

Butterfly card

Good afternoon friends, freezing here today but at least the sun is out. As it's Saturday again I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you.       The theme is a technique this week and....     KISSING TECHNIQUE    

• Choose a solid stamp and a decorative one
• Ink the solid stamp in a lightish colour and the
•  decorative one in a deeper shade
• Stamp the decorative one onto the solid one as in 'kissing'
• Stamp the solid stamp onto the card!

This is what I came up with after a bit
of thinking. Well actually a lot of
thinking !......also a lot of trial efforts
ended up in the bin grrrrr.


Anyway come and have a closer look
and see what you think. I think this way
of stamping added a bit of texture rather
than just overstamping the image.



Enjoy your weekend whatever you
have planned ;)

     

    Supplies   White Smooth card Clearly Besotted stamps Hero Arts Soft Vanilla ink Versafine Vintage Sepia ink TH Distress ink  Antique Linen  Little Things sequins

Butterfly Hello card

Good morning friends, phew it's a hot one here today too. They are saying it might reach 29-32c...oh my! better make the most of it as it won't last I am sure lol.       As it's Saturday yet again I am here to  show you my  'Less is More' card.It's a  sketch this week (see pic below my card).       I decided to use my new TH distress inks, Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio. Well at least it isn't PINK again he he.     I have changed my header here again, did anyone notice ?... just one more to go  this month now. They are all very similar of course so you probably didn't ;)       Anyway enough of my rambling, come and have a closer look at my card. Enjoy your weekend whatever you  have planned ;)       ps. Our son surprised us yesterday by  announcing he had a new job! Same place but in IT security instead of networking. Firewalls etc., right up his street then... and more money too!

White Linen card TH Distress inks Die-namics Double stitched rectangle die Die-namics butterfly die Penny Black sentiment die Creative Expessions 'Flourish' E/F  Glamour dust Clear gems from stash

Watercolour Butterfly card

Good afternoon friends, I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I am late with my 'Less is More' card this  week......sorry!      We had a big family party here yesterday so catching up today. Great party btw., glad of a rest today though ;)

Anyway here is my card, the theme this  week is....

CONGRATULATIONS

I decided to use this butterfly stamp as I  hadn't used this particular stamp set yet. I  have so many things ready to use but so  little time to make cards lately.        Note to self.....  'stop buying stuff '. Hmm as if that is ever going to happen lol. It's a  'one layer' card too, just happened for some  reason!        I used Distress ink to stamp it lightly then Zig pens  to watercolour it. Please do come and have a  closer look.......

Watercolour card  WPlus9 butterfly stamp Penny Black sentiment die TH Distress inks Zig Clean Color brush pens Waterbrush Wink of Stella

Blue butterfly card

Hi again, I hope all is well with you all. Here is another simple card I made the other  day.      I added more to it later as it looked a bit plain. Still not sure about it though, anyway here it is !       ps. Our grandson Alexander had a great 3rd birthday. A party for his little friends the day  before.   A trip to the zoo  then so many presents  to open, he was in  birthday heaven lol.     I have never seen him smile/laugh so much or  give us  so many hugs. He was still smiling/ laughing when we  put him to bed in the evening. See new pic ;)     He loved my magic tricks too I am pleased  to say ;)     Right...here is my card...the two versions of it!        

             

  Challenges   Less is More    'This makes me happy' ( said on last post how much I love butterflies)      Kraft card TH Distress inks Memory Box butterfly die Spellbinders die (bit behind butterfly) Spellbinders dies (below butterfly, from another set) Gems from stash Fine silver thread      

Just for you card with butterfly

Good morning friends! just a quick post to show  you another 'Less is More' card I have made. The theme is.....      'This makes me happy'     I went with butterflies this time. I love to see  them flitting about the garden in Summer. I could watch them for ages.        I wasn't happy with my colouring and infact I  had three attempts at making butterflies. I also added some distress ink and 'splattering' later as I still wasn't happy. You decide  which is best ;)       My mojo was missing yesterday sadly, and  yet the other day I just made card after  card. Why is that??       I did go on to make two more cards later on which I was happier with. Lots of family/friends ones to do also. I will show you those in another  post.         Enjoy your week whatever you have planned. We are off to celebrate our grandsons 3rd  birthday today.He is going to the zoo first so  hoping for some nice photo's.        I have been practising some magic tricks to  astound him with later ( no laughing please)....... well that's the plan lol !         ps.Happy Birthday to my lovely friend Jackie  today too mwah xx ;)
   

     

    White Linen card Memory Box stitched squares dies Clearly Besotted butterfly stamp Clearly Besotted sentiment Momento Tuxedo Black ink Promarkers TH Distress ink (on last one)  Gems from stash 3d pads       Challenges Less is More   #213  'This makes me happy' Fashionable Stamping  #92 'Colour between the lines' Sentimental Sundays  #248  'Anything goes'

Butterfly newsprint card

Good afternoon friends/play mates I hope all is well with you today. I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you again. The recipe this week is.......    

NEWSPRINT
 

"There can be a lot or a little, but as ever, the card

 MUST be Clean and Simple. Please remember

 that we like to see areas of white space,

 few layers and minimal embellishments."


So happy to be showcased over at 'LIM' last
week too, thank you so much !!!!

I just had to go with a butterfly theme. A bit

of distressing in TH Antique Linen and a 

touch of Faded Jeans around the top one.

I was happy to find the words 'antennae'

twice on the newsprint I cut my butterfly

 from ;)

A big welcome to my latest follower too,

 welcome aboard !

ps.Enjoy your weekend everyone whatever

you have planned. We were babysitting again

yesterday but just having a relaxing day today.

 We bought a new internet  radio and after lots 

of 'faffing' & help from our son I have
managed  to get it connected  to our wifi...,
 happy days !

You didn't see me dancing around the room 

to the  big band music now did you lol ?

White Linen card Newsprint Clearly Besotted butterfly die Clearly Besotted sentiment TH Distress inks Clear gems from stash        

Green Butterfly card

Good afternoon friends, the sun is peeping through here at last, hope you have it too !     It's Saturday again, they rush by so quickly don't they ? I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you  today.     This time it's......     'MOSTLY WORDS'       Going for a suble green card today, hope you like the  ombre effect.       ps. Been so busy sorting 'stuff ' in the house to either  go to auction or to charity this week.    Amazing how much 'stuff' you accumulate over the  years isn't it. Anyway most of it is going as we are  hoping to move house next year as I think you know.     I started on my craft room also.....gulp.....how did I  get such a lot of 'stuff'.....well you all know the answer  to that one I'm sure lol!     It's looking tidier  already and I even found enough  room to make a card !.........happy days ;) Enjoy your week everyone !      

    White linen card Pink Petticoat Ombre papers Pink Petticoat sentiment Dovecraft Butterfly stamp Lawn Fawn stitched die Glamour dust Sequins from stash     Challenges   Less is More   'Mostly words' CASology    'Flutter'
   

Just because

Good afternoon bloggers, another very quick post again. Here is my latest card for the 'Less is More' challenge. Where the theme this week is...........     WATERCOLOUR       Of course I couldn't help but make a PINK one lol. More splattering again and THAT butterfly again too :)     Back with yet another tomorrow I hope !      

  Challenges Less is More 'Watercolour' Clearly Besotted 'Anything goes'   White Linen card Clearly Besotted butterfly and sentiment Stampin Up Gorgeous grunge background TH distress inks Momento London fog ink Glamour dust    

Watercolour butterfly card

Good afternoon everyone, warm and sunny here today. I hope you all have the same :)     As it's Saturday once again I have another 'Less is More' card to show you once more.     I was so happy when I saw this week's theme was to use     'WATERCOLOUR'     I seem to have done nothing else on my cards just lately.  As you may just have noticed lol. ( Check out my earlier card it would have been ideal I think....darn it!)           Anyway I did a few splats of watercolour and added my new butterfly die after using more watercolour on that also.         Hope you like it,and stayed tuned........ as there will be  more of course :)     ps. Our son has put his gorgeous detached 4 bed house on the market. It's only been a few days and he has been offered the full asking price already!        I am not surprised though, sneaky peek below. It has 4 toilets !, main bathroom, 2 en suites and a downstairs loo. Wish we could buy it but we want a bungalow again.       They have to move to be nearer schools for our grandson...such a shame as they love it.Corner plot, quiet area, great field views at  the back......sighs!    

  White Linen card TH Distress inks Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge stamps Hobby Art sentiment stamp Memory Box Swirl Butterfly Gems and sequins from stash        Challenges Less is More  'Watercolour' Djkardkreations NBUS challenge 'Anything goes' friendship theme (I used the butterfly die for the first time)         I am entering another card for the NBUS (never before used Schtuff) challenge.Sending this one to a friend, hope it counts!   Go say hi to my loverly,highly amusing, fantastically  talented friend  Darnell (who I call Dee). She is certainly one in a million, love ya Dee  Mwah!!!!!      

 

  Son's house ,pic taken a few years ago, garden matured now too.    

Thinking of you......

Here is my last card for this week’s ‘Less is More’ challenge.

More water colouring once again, think I am hooked on this now.



 I used a couple of shades of blue for this one.......I do love blues.

I LOVE pink too of course..........but  I am loving blues just now.

We have to use three of something on our cards.

My three things are three elements (sentiment, background bit

and butterfly), three gems, and three scallops at the bottom :)

Please do check on all the other lovely cards over at ‘LIM’ 
 now as there are some AMAZING ones. Well done LIMettes!

No more waffling from me today so.....here it is.      

 

Snow White Linen card Sentiment Stampendous stamp
Momento tuxedo black ink
TH Distress inks Peacock Feathers
and Salty Ocean

Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge stamp

Butterfly die Memory Box Moonlight butterfly
Spellbinders Borderabilities die A2 Scalloped Borders One
Clear gems from stash
Glamour Dust on top flower