(drumroll please) ...........My 100th post!!

Good morning eveyone,

Yes, that's right. this is my 100th post - Wow!  It only seems like yesterday that I started this little record of what goes on in my crafting life.  It's been great fun and I've 'met' some fabulous new people and made lots of new, very talented  blogging friends.  I'm really glad that you're all along for the journey. 
So, here's to the next 100 posts!

I really should be busy at my workdesk, lots of Design Team samples to do.  But, I'm slowly disappearing under Christmas stuff and I'm covered in glitter again, so I thought I'd  take a sneaky break and quickly share with you this weeks Less is More challenge entry.

It's Week 78 and we have a lovely SKETCH to follow .....

This is a really pretty, simple sketch.  A horizontal band across the upper part of the card and a sentiment.  This is my take on it ......

(Sorry about the photo quality, the lighting is rubbish this morning).
I embossed some lines directly into my card blank first leaving a nice space for my main design.  I used a piece of pretty inked card from my stash to stamp onto.  Not sure if you can see the effect clearly in the picture, but it's kind of a mother of pearl look.
I used one of the SU stamps from the Vintage Vogue set (one of my favourites) to add a little bit of detail to the edges, and the butterfly is last months free stamp with Craft Stamper Magazine, designed by Indigo Blu.
I added a fancy punched border underneath the embossed lines, along with another strip of the background card, and a tiny SU sentiment from the Petite Pairs set.  This is a lovely sentiment set, you get lovely little sayings for the front of your card along with a matching one that can go in the inside .......

I've spritzed the inside of my card through a mask, with the same Distress inks that were used for the piece of background card (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Peeled Paint).  Added the little floral stamp to tie in with the design on the front, and used another sentiment stamp.  See what I mean about there being matching pairs.  There's a lovely mix of stamps, that will cover loads of occasions, so it's a great value for money set.

Speaking of Craft Stamper, this months free stamp is designed by none other than LIM's very own Chrissie.  It's a gorgeous little floral spray, so cute. Grab yourself a copy of this months magazine, you won't be disappointed.  I can't wait to start playing with mine, but I have to finish all my samples first.

And on that note, I think I'd better be off.  Hope you like the card.  Thank you so much for popping by.  I'll be back later in the week  with some sneaky peeks of what's keeping me so busy.

Bye for now.  Have a lovely day.

Linda

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PS  Forgot to mention ......  I'm going to be doing posts on the Indigo Blu Blog, hopefully starting sometime this week, if I have a spare minute.  Check it out here for inspiration and fabulous creations, details of events etc.,  and to see what the rest of the Design Team are getting up to.  It's a great read.

Second time today

Hello there,

Back again.  Just a short post this afternnoon as I really must get some serious packing done.  I'm starting in the kitchen today and it's going to be a BIG job. Lots of cupboards to empty, and clean, then there's the oven, but we won't go there just yet!   So I thought I'd have my crafty fix before going in there.
Here's my Less Is More challenge entry.  It's Week 65 and it's Sketches. LIM Blog Challenge  Pop over and see what all the LIMettes have come up with this week.  We had two to choose from ...


          
                                                                    
Nice simple sketches, lots of white space on the finished card. Love it!

What's a sketch?  It's a crafty term used to describe a card/scrapbook layout.  It gives inspiration/ideas on how to build up your design.  There's loads out there to choose from or, take the time and design your own.  Always keep a record of them then you can go back and use them time and time again.
Here's my LIM entry ....

I decided to go for a girly look this week, and used one of my favourite 'Tilda' stamps from Magnolia.  I think she is soooo cute.  She's been coloured using Copic pens and the white freckles added with a gel pen.  The background was done with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a hand cut cloud stencil. You can just about see it in the photograph.

I like the way it looks like she's looking through a window at you, just stood 'thinking of you'.  The sentiment and the card she's layered onto are both from SU,  Perfect Plum cardstock, and the stamps are Curly Cute.
Hope you like her, I think she's sweet.

Well,  that's going to have to be it from me for this week.  Unless I can squeeeeeze another crafty session in, you never know.   Anyway I'll say have a lovely weekend everyone and I'll try and keep you posted on events next week.
Thanks for looking.
Bye for now

Linda

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