Monthly Archives: June 2023

Challenge #486 – Anything Goes Less is More

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at LIM. For the next fortnight, we have a super easy theme Anything Goes, now you can’t get easier than that! Not forgetting of course to keep it clean and simple.

For my card, I used a couple of memory box dies called Under the Sea. I love this set as the fishes are cut and embossed giving lovely texture and just a little colour brings them to life. I used Distress oxides on the fish and coral and a touch of glossy accents to bring the coral to life. Clear Nuovo drops have been discreetly added to the background, so discreetly that you can hardly see them (which was what I was aiming for )

We do hope you will join us at LIM as my team mates once again have amazing cards to delight and inspire.

On another note, summer has finally arrived in Greece and I’m off to my summer house for a few days to dip my toes in the Med, last summer I had a badly broken wrist and only managed to swim on a couple of occasions so am determined to make the most of it this year.

I’m linking up to Happy little stampers

Make my Monday who are asking us to create something for their theme On the Water

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Take care

Marie

Sparkles!

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I’m happy to announce that as of today I’m officially a member of the design team for Sparkles Monthly Challenges. It’s a monthly challenge with an amazing design team and I’m super excited to be part of it.

Our challenge this month is #165 No Stamping Allowed and you have a whole month to come up with something wonderful.

For the base, I used the Cross Stitch cover plate and Dainty Blooms cover die both by Altenew. I then cut out the Dainty Blooms cover die for a second time using yellow card and paper pieced two of the blooms. The lovely little birdie is from Concord&9Th Eclectic Garden Set and the sentiment is courtesy of Mr Holtz.

I do hope you will join us over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges as the design team has some amazing cards to inspire and delight but don’t forget no stamping allowed !

I’m also linking up to

Double D challenges as they are asking us to use lemons or yellow as our focus

Create a smile Using their mood board

Take care

Marie

Wedding Card

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Tis the season here in Greece for summer weddings and last week a dear friend’s son was married. I was asked to make a pre-wedding buffet for his friends. My other passion besides card making is cooking so if you don’t find me in the kitchen making a mess you’ll find me in my craft room making an even bigger one. The wedding was amazing unfortunately the heavens opened just as the bride arrived at the church but being the classy lady she is took her time and gracefully ascended the steps. The rest of us ran for cover !

Today I’m sharing a wedding card that is very similar to the card I made for the happy couple. I used the Spellbinders 3d Four Petal floral embossing folder which I had seen over at the fabulous Michele from I Card Everyone’s blog a couple of months ago and just had to buy it, it really is a great base for so many projects so thank you Michele for the inspiration.

The blooms are from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set and the little birdie is also from Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Stampers Anonymous. The centre panels are also from Spellbinders which I’ve had since I started crafting.

I’m linking up to the following

Can you handle the pressure who are asking us to use an embossing folder with the additional twist of it being for a wedding.

Craft rocket To use dies on our cards (2nd entry)

Tic Tac To I chose the central line Wreath/Leaves Free Die-Cuts

Once again the weather has decided we aren’t having a summer here this year in Greece we’ve had torrential rain and storms all evening so it’s a great opportunity to make some cards and plenty of mess in the craft room.

Take care

Marie

Less is More #485 Black and Light Purple.

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Welcome back to another fun challenge at Less is More. For the next fortnight, we are asking you to use black and light purple on your Clean and simple creation.

I had several goes, as usual, trying to get the correct colour, every time I thought I had it just right and went outside to take a photo it looked insipid so this is the nearest I got to being satisfied.

I used the Spellbinders sealed ginkgo die for the main element and watercolored the leaves using a mixture of shaded lilac and wilted violet distress oxides. The oval frames are also courtesy of Spellbinders as is the wax seal. I added a little black strip to the side as I felt there just wasn’t enough and there you have it.

We would love to see your creations at Less is More the Design Team has amazing cards to inspire and delight so come along and join in the fun.

Also linking up to

Challenge #104 – Use dies Craft Rocket

NBUS Challenge #51 My Gingko Die is having it’s first outing as is the wax seal

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend.

Marie

Colorful Options Peach

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Hello lovely crafters. I’m back today with some happy news. A little while back I was a winner at Colorful Options for this card for their pastels challenge. I was so excited to win as there were so many amazing entries. As a result of my win, I was invited to be their guest designer for June for their Peach Challenge.

Now peach isn’t exactly a go-to colour for me and I thought I would struggle but to be honest I even surprised myself at how quickly my card came together so much so that I made two!

The bear is from the Colorize series by Tim Holtz for Sizzix I used shades of Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide to ink up the pieces and background and added a couple of splashes of water. The bow tie is from another Tim Holtz set as I felt my bear was looking a little underdressed for the occasion.

For my second card, I used the Stylish Ovals Hello You Floral dies from spellbinders to cut the flowers and oval frame which I layered up to give dimension. I watercoloured the flowers using a combination of Saltwater Taffy and Carved pumpkin Distress Oxides. The florals were attached to an Altenew cover die Starburst Florals. I really enjoyed making this card watercolouring is not something I do very often but I found it rather therapeutic and I will definitely be doing a lot more in the future.

Do pop over to Colorful Options as the design team has created some amazing cards to inspire and delight and there are so many ways you can go using their mood board.

Take care

Marie