Aiming for 1000 - My Third Card

My third card for the Less Is More attempt to have 1000 entries this week in Anything CAS Goes. I covered the upper and lower thirds of the card with copy paper, secured with low tack tape. I then added, a small amount of Milled Lavender to the upper section and Stormy Sky to the lower section. Dabbed with the copy paper to dry. I then stamped the centre trees from  Inkylicious and the outer trees from Elusive Images.  I have added With Sympathy, however, in the pipeline I am going to add some snow and make several for Christmas cards.

Aiming for 1000 - My Second

This is my second card to add to the Less is More, Anything CAS Goes, attempt to get to 1000 cards, a tough goal, best wishes ladies. My Bee Happy card, now that I see it on the screen it is clearly slanted, normally I wouldn't add it, but would be off making another, however, as the emphasis is to inrease the numbers, I and I hope many others who look at it, will not see that it is uneven. I used a stamp bought from The Stampman, stamped it with Walnut Stain DI and then coloured the card with Frayed Burlap, matted onto brown cardstock.

Aiming for 1000

Over at Less is More, this week the subject is Anything CAS Goes, with the hopes of Chrissie and Mindi to reach 1000 entries, come on everyone, three days to go and only a third of the way there. I'm not sure how many entries we can make but I am hoping to get a few more made. This is one of several alike, I have made to send to some friends, for their recent acts of kindness. I had a fair number of odd envelopes, so in reverse fashion I have made some cards to match the envelopes. Cut to size then I used an old favourite background stamp from Anitas, using Mustard Seed, Dried marigold and Spiced Marmalade. I then over stamped with Tuxedo black the Pinter's Vase from Hero Arts. The sentiment is an old faithful foam stamp. I hope you girls make it with a last minute deluge of entries.

It's a Wonderful World

This weeek at Try It On Tuesday, we would like to see any crafted project which will fit to the the song title "It's A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. I made a tent folded card, which for me shows a sample of our beautiful countryside, of  which I never tire living in, the birds depicting the wild life, and the Love they share for one another, for Love is a Wonderful Thing.
I first used, Distress Inks, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint and a little of Spiced Marmalade. I then sprayed with Cosmic Shimmers Mists, a light green and Golden Fish.
Stamps used are Eastern Grasses from Elusive Images, birds and branch Inkadinkado clear stamps 98849.

Card Buffet at St. Lukes's

2nd post today, Metal with Steampunk below
I'm a little behind on my pledge of one card per week to the fund raising blog St Luke's Charity Card Challenge. I have had a very busy month, plus catching a cold and a chest infection twice in a short period of time is not recommended. However, when you love your hobby it is easy to diversify your self pity, get on and make a card. I am enjoying the challenge once again from St. Lukes, which is a Card Buffett, also known as a Bingo challenge.
My card this week has the required four elements:-
Patterned Paper, Punch (Die-cut) with Embossing and Pearls.
The stamp used, Flying Stars by Penny Black is one of my forever favourites,  it can be different everytime I use it, this time I covered some areas with a Quickie glue pen, let it dry then covered it with copper foil, which I am hoping will show in the photo.  Technically, I don't think it is a flower, if it is , oops! It's not easy keeping to four, is it? Backing paper is from Artylicious, 'Just for you' is an old stamp from my stash.



Steampunk with some Metal

Continuing our theme of Steampunk for September, at Make My Monday, this week we ask for you to use some metal.  I decided to make a shaker card, by adding some cog type pieces of metal into the  flight shaker section. I also added a metal butterfly to continue the idea of flight.
Stamps used are from Tim Holtz Steampunk CMS 107, The Stampman- Across the Miles and from Flight by Creative Expressions.
Inks used - Green Cosmic Shimmer Mist spray. Distress Inks - Antique Linen and Broken China.
It seems Steampunk is not as popular as some previous themes, but it is interesting ladies, so I look forward once again to visit your blogs, for there have been some amazing pieces of Steampunk art seen over the past few weeks.

Altered Mirror

I altered this mirror for a friend who came from London to the Geordieland Meet, as mentioned earlier. The 4" sq. mirror was added after the pic was taken. I used a poppy stamp from Elusive Images, the butterfly is from Personal Impressions by Lyndsay Mason, the letters for Poppies is again from Elusive Images.