Stamplorations Giving Thanks BlogHop

Hello!

Today Shery and the team over at Stamplorations have a blog hop on the theme of Giving Thanks to celebrate the season and the release of new Stamplorations goodies!  I am a huge fan of Stamplorations and subscribe to their fab stamp club.  There is always so much inspiration over at their blog whether you like to play with CAS, mixed media or die cutting.

I was delighted that the Less is More DT get to hop along.....and this is the card that I made:

I masked a square in the centre of the card using a post it note and stamped around it with Stamplorations Trendy Leaves in a range of ink colours.  The sentiment is from Grateful Beyond Words and the black elements are from Mixed Media Elements - I like how they grunged my one layer card up a bit!

I will also link up at Simon Say's Monday's Challenge where the theme is Thanksgiving and at AAA Cards with the same theme.

I hope you like this card and enjoy hopping along with Stamplorations :)  The rest of the DT have more fab card inspiration for you over at Less is More.

See you again soon,

Sarah x

Cosy Plaid

Hello!

I decided to have a bit of a play with one of my new Cutplorations dies over the weekend so that I could add another card to my festive stash.  It also gave me the chance to use a lovely plaid patterned paper which means that I can link up with Virginia View's current challenge:

I combined the die with some of the fab stamps from Uniko's most recent release - Winter Foliage.  I love the large size pine needles and cones.  All I needed to do to finish this design was ink around the edge with Antique Linen distress ink.

I will also link up at the CAS challenge over at Addicted to Stamps.

I hope you have a wonderful week and stay warm :)

Sarah x

Less is More #302

Hello!

Another week has rolled around and we are back with a one layer challenge at Less is More....this week the theme is books/literature.  Intriguing!

To be honest, I struggled a bit with this one and this is what I came up with:

I stamped and white embossed the world map from Concord and 9th, masked and inked a panel with a range of blue distress inks and combined it with a Dr Seuss sentiment (from Waltzingmouse Stamps).  A few enamel dots complete the card. 

My second card features a dictionary stamp to fit in with the book theme:

 

I simple masked another panel, stamped the dictionary text (from Kaisercraft, I think) in grey archival ink and inked with Antique Linen and Pumice Stone distress inks.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

 

I will link this card up at the Thanksgiving theme over at AAA Cards. 

 

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is also based on a thanksgiving theme this week so I shall play along there too.

I am really interested to see where this theme takes you!  Check out the fab inspiration from the DT who will have lots of creative ideas to share with you over at Less is More :)

See you again soon,

Sarah x

Honey I Shrunk the Kit!

Hello!

It is time for my fellow honeys and I to share what we have made with the latest mini kit.  This time the lovely Hazel put the kit together and I couldn't stop making cards with it (which is a warning that this is a picture heavy post!).

The theme of Hazel's kit was Vintage Vessels and it was packed full of wonderful stamped images and luxurious embellishments.  I will whizz through the cards that I put together....

 

The beautiful gold doily is from the kit and I watercoloured the images to give them a soft look.  The sentiment is from Uniko.  I shall link this card up at the Clean and Simple challenge over at Addicted to Stamps.

 

 

I went for a more vintage look with the patterned paper from the kit that i distressed around the edges and inked in grey.  The teapot is coloured in grey pencil and the sentiment is from the kit.

I decided to put the little bugs from the kit in one of the jars, inked a bit of blue around each of them and added a yellow stamp behind the single bug. 

 

I had fun with the 2 wine bottles, turning them in to the hands on a clock to play on the sentiment from the kit.  A bit of inking and a scattering of the gorgeous gold gems finish the design.

 

Finally I made a shaker which features the wine bottle and glass from the kit along with the sentiment.  The heart aperture is popped up over gold glitter paper and a shaker full of gold and pink sequins.

 

I hope that you like my range of cards - it shows how versatile and fun the kit was! 

 

 

 

I am going to head over to the other members of our little kit club to see what they have come up with  - Sarah from Sazzle Dazzle Crafts, Shona from Twine Around, Hazel from Hazel's Paper Designs and Sandie from London Days.

 

Thanks again, Hazel :)

 

Sarah x

GD at CASology

Hello!

I had the huge good fortune to have my card selected over at CASology last week (thank you!) so I get to have fun playing along as guest designer this week :)   This week the cue card:

This one really had me stumped and I rifled through my stamps for ages...unearthing quite a few that I had forgotten about along the way!  Ultimately though the cue card made me think of friendship and the way that you can achieve so much more together than by yourself and this is what I came up with:

 

I simply masked and stamped the fun Paper Smooches characters and coloured them with pencils.  A sweet sentiment from Mama Elephant completes a very simple one layer card!

I am always inspired by the fabulous designs from the DT over at CASology so am going to head over there to see what they came up with this week.  I hope you have fun with the cue card.....it certainly got me thinking :)

Sarah x

25 Days of Christmas Tags

Hello!

Today the team at Uniko are playing along with the fab 25 Days of Christmas Tag event that the wonderfully talented Tracey McNeely organises....

I made 2 tags with some of my fave Uniko Christmas stamps:

 

I stamped some of the images from Background Builders Christmas stamps in red to create a scandi style pattern on the tag and used a strip of red glitter at the bottom.

I gold embossed the gorgeous poinsettia stamp and topped with a sentiment from the same set edged in gold krylon pen.

Red and gold - perfect festive colours!  I hope you like today's festive Uniko tags and enjoy the 25 Days of Christmas event. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Less is More #301

Hello!

For our first challenge of November at Less is More we are looking for cards that use the colour combination of purple and gold.  You can't go wrong with these rich, luxurious colours :)

First up I made a card using the beautiful mandala stamp from Uniko's October release - Marvellous Mehndi.  I gold embossed it and popped the white card panel up over a strip of purple card stock.  The sentiment is also from one of the Uniko Simply Said sets.

 

 

 Purple and gold seems like a perfect colour combo for Christmas cards and I really need to be getting on with mine!  here is a card that I made using a die from Penny Black.  I layered the wreath in purple card and gold mirri and added the bow too.  The sentiment is gold embossed and is from Clearly Besotted.  I really like how this turned out....it could be a design that I repeat for my Christmas cards this year.

 

 

I would have made more cards with this wonderful colour combo but, as ever, time was against me so 2 will have to do this week!  Do check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the DT - they always have something amazing to share over at Less is More :)

 

As we are at the beginning of a new month we have a new sponsor at Less is More and we are welcoming the return of the awesome:

 

 

Do check out the range of fantastic products that Tara has in store!

 

Have a good weekend,

 

Sarah x