Pick A Square

This week at Less Is More the challenge is to Pick A Square, from the sketch provided. At firt this threw my mind, but then I looked at some new stamps, and decided what to do. This card has got to be the simplest I have ever made, it has been a long road to get to such cleanliness and simplicity. I am also entering this into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge No 136 Clean and Simple.
I used Paperartsy stamps from set Tops and Tails 3.
Stamped with Peeled Paint TH Distress ink Coloured with Sakura Gelly Roll Pens Yellow and Blue.



Another Sketch

Over at Stampin' Royalty this week the challenge is a sketch, pop over to have a peek.  It's unusual for we Brits to make this type of tent fold card, so I thought I'd give it a go. I used Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalade to colour the stamping area. I used stamps from Wayside flowers by Stamps Away and Grasses by Inkylicious. The small orange butterfly has been added to hide a fault in the ribbon, but I just had touse it for it was the best match of ribbon I had.

DT Application

There is shortly to be a new challenge blog which is currently seeking a DT. The owner has asked applicants to make a card following a sketch which can be found at Make it Mondays. Here is my entry. I appreciate the opportunity of possibly being part of a new challenge blog. I don't normally make cards from sketches, but gave this one a go. I like to make my own backgrounds, I am an arvid user of TH Distress Inks and stamping is my passion. I think my blog will show I am also open to many techniques and love to experiment and try new things. I don't usually do cute, but have at least given it a try recently, I didn't find it as painful as I first thought it would be. LOL

I used Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and a little Peeled Paint to colour the card and panel. The stamps are from Across the Miles, an A4 plate from the Stampman, I splattered water to make the background more interesting. I used Diamond glitter glue on the dandelion to add a little sparkle, which shows better when you enlarge the photo. Good luck with your selections and with the development of a new challenge blog. .

Sad farewell to LIIU.

It is with saddness to ask any of the LIIU followers and challenge participants to pop over to LIIU before the middle of this week, which will be the final comment on the blog. Suzanne the owner, has announced the blog is to close, due to her ill health. Claire, her stalwart Senior Team member also felt unable to continue. I have been a member of the DT for several months and would like to thank Suzanne and the remaining members of the DT for their support during my term, short but sweet. I have greatly enjoyed sharing the time with such a wonderful talented  group of crafters and am grateful for the opportunity to have been on a such a splendid challenge blog. I wish Suzanne, Claire and all the DT members the best of luck, a return to good health and better times.

Oriental

Wandering around blogland as I do, to add comments to the challenges, I have found another interesesting challenge blog called Crafty Anne's Challenge blog, this week is No 41 Oriental. I need to make a Joanna Sheen card for a swap group I am member in. So, before I post it out, I thought I would add it to the challenge. The bird print,  is from Oriental Dreams CD, which I have added to paper to look like a scroll.

the background is again JS paper which I stamped with oriental kanji (writing) added gold E.P. and embossed, adding a gold coin to a piece of gold thread.

Parchment Butterfly

I'm not always able to get a card made for the very popular Less Is More challenge blog, but this week, I needed to practice with Parchment. This is only my second attempt, so not too bad, but I do know I need a lot more practice. Their theme this week is butterfly or buterflies. I just happened to be doing a butterfly and thought, yes, I'll enter this into the challenge.

Also entering into A Spoonful of Sugar - Things with Wings

Papertake Weekly - Pale, Pretty Pastels. 

TIOT Scrapling

At Try It On Tuesdays, this week it  is our Wild Card, which can be any creation a little different from the normal. We only have a few wild cards in a year for they are for when there are more than 4 Tuesdays in a month. This month I chose Scraplings, thanks to Pat who discovered a blog giving super coverage of them here  I made mine into a thank you card for a friend who loves fairyland.  I used Distress inks to cover the background, stamped with a tree for the foilage around the edges with a stamp from Elusive Images, along with a couple of stamps from Lavinia. I always enjoy watching these scenes develop. Go on have some fun and see what you can make with scraplings, their uses are endless and just think your not wasting any card.