Less is more - color scheme

This is the color inspiration photo for this week's challenge over at the blog Less is More, which can be found here.

And this is my very simple CAS card which I made with three distress markers; Tea dye, spun sugar and antique linen.

Flower stamp is Darkroom doors, sentiment is Crafty Individuals.
A CAS card is not easy for me to do and it took me several times to stamp it to my liking. Here is what I did with the panels I wasn't happy with:

I just make a grid and have two cards.

Have a lovely weekend.
Jacqueline

The Vineyard colors

A couple of posts down I posted this photo and I've always wanted to make a card that reflects the colors of the Vineyard in Autumn.

Well, I found a stamp which could help me with that, called the Cling Leaf Spring from Stampendous, CRP180.
Here are a couple of cards I made with it.

This is more CAS style, but the orange comes out better on this one. I am entering this one into the Less is More Challenge this week which is Autumn. The challenge can be found here.

This is what the cling stamp looks like for those interested. I think it will be so versatile, one to use in all seasons!!

Edit: 24/10 - Adding a little grid card I made from the left overs and entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, which can be found here. The challenge is leaves.

Hope you are enjoying your week! I am enjoying the lovely weather. The lightfall in the evening on the mountains is just breathtaking! So enjoy this time of the year!
Jacqueline

Don't scrap it - Less is more

This is a wine-label which had a red strip on it - but when I stamped with these colors it didn't look right - so I didn't scrap it, I cut off the red piece and that gave me this card, which I think could be masculine too and will serve me to give to somebody this weekend. I just stamped the Hero Arts Peacock stamp with distress inks, sprayed with water and stamped on the label. Quick and easy!

Thanks Less is More for the challenge this week! I'm sure there are loads of scraps people can turn into cards in such a creative way.

Less is More - predominantly purple

A quick share today as my purple distressed scrap came in handy with the Less is more challenge, which can be found here.

This is CAS for me. Added glossy accents (first time using this medium) to the centre of the flower which is a Hero Arts Stamp, part of a six cling set called Poinsettia and berries CG363, and placed a pearl on top. Dimensioned the flower. Added some texture to the background - a sentiment and it probably cost 10 minutes to make - so that is clean and simple right? The texture stamp is one I found second hand on the Etsy shop of Joanne Leddy here. (Thanks Joanne, it arrived this morning.)

Have a lovely weekend!

Less is more - Off centre

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter break, with nice weather. Our sun is shining but we have a cold wind.



Now and again I love to do a CAS card because it has to be just right, or it can look awful ( well mine do!).  So that is the challenge for me. Everything is off centre on this card. The sentiment is Hero Arts. It is not the kind of card I would make on a continual basis, but it is something different. I used Pink Paislee stamps.
I made this to join in with the Less is more challenge, which can be found here. Thanks to those who took the trouble to organize it.

Less is more challenge

As I understood, this challenge is a one layer CAS card with the sentiment taking center stage, I hope I achieved that objective. What I did achieve is the time limit... just. The challenge can be found here.

I used an Artistic Outpost stamp (see their stamp blog here) which I think is Spring-like, even if it is a Robin and the sentiment is from Quietfire Designs... thank you Evelyn. Thanks to Sue for the diecut.

I am getting nice and brown in gorgeous Spring weather at the moment. It is a treat for me just to sit outside in the breeze, listen to the birds and feel the warmth on my skin.
AND I saw the first swallow on April 13th!