Hazel is our host this week at the Sunday Postcard Art challenge and she has us reaching for a bit of Springtime! While it is not far off in the Northern Hemisphere, it has remained somewhat elusive in the Northeast corner of the United States. My postcard reflects this.
A bit of color from another project provides the background, while the embossed and oversized bloom from Unity Stamp Co. provides the focus. Washi tape serves as the supporting element, along with the computer-generated sentiment.
There is plenty of time this week for you to get crafty and create a postcard for this challenge. Details can be found here.
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I am privileged to have been invited to be the Guest Designer this week at the (Simply) Less is More (LIM) challenge blog. The theme this week is polka dots. So put on your "clean and simple" cap and take a few minutes to create a card.
I used white textured cardstock to create a panel for my card blank and punched five circles along the left side. I taped a scrap piece of polka dot patterned paper on the back to show through the holes. I stamped my sentiment on white cardstock, matted it with black cardstock, then adhered it to the panel. Next, I stamped my flower pot image onto white cardstock and cut it out. I stamped the flower pot again onto another scrap of the polka dot paper and cut out just the pot. I used a Sharpie to color the front rim of the pot black then adhered it to the white image. I used a gray Sharpie to give a bit of contrast to the inside rim at the back of the pot. To create a bit of dimension, I glued the pot flat against the space to the right of the sentiment, then added a pop dot behind the bloom. The panel was then matted with black cardstock and adhered to my card blank.
I hope you will find some time this week to play along with the Less is More polka dot challenge. We all need cards and this is a perfect recipe challenge for making one! You can find the details here.
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The (Simply) Less is More challenge this week is "What's Outside Your Window?" It can be interpreted literally or figuratively. I took the window literally, but what's outside figuratively. I have come to realize that friendship really matters and should not be taken lightly. A friend has been diagnosed with cancer and will, most likely, not be here next Spring. Our dinners out and weekends away will soon be diminished to just three of us rather than the four of us...and my heart hurts. My card today is dedicated to that friendship.
I used a Sizzix die to create my window, ripped a scrap of green paper to create a bit of grass to ground my Stampotique image called Little Friends. The sentiment was created and printed using my computer. Clean and simple, yes, but not without much thought and love.
There is still time this week to play along with this challenge and to create a card to brighten someone's day. Details here.
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Moira is our host this week at the Sunday Postcard Art challenge. She has put a bit of a twist on this challenge and given us lines from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to include in our postcard: To sleep, perchance to dream--." This was fun for me because I made it personal and finished the quote in my own words!
I hope you can find some time this week to get crafty and make a postcard for Moira's challenge. You can find the details here.
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The challenge this week at the (Simply) Less is More site is to create a one-layer card that uses a sentiment as the focal point. I couldn't get enough of this one, so have created a second card.
This challenge entry was created using re-inkers and alcohol, a technique I love but have left on the sideline for a bit. The sentiment stamp is from Stampendous.
I thoroughly enjoy working with these Less is More challenges. There is still a little time for you to enter your own one-layer card where your sentiment is the focal point. Details here.
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The challenge this week at the (Simply) Less is More site is to create a one-layer card that uses a sentiment as the focal point.
I learned a new technique this afternoon and decided to try it for this challenge. I used a piece of sponge to soak up some paint I had squeezed onto my craft mat, then dabbed it lightly onto only a portion of the raised side of an embossing folder. I placed my card blank on top of the paint and gently rubbed my fingers around the back of the card to pick up the paint. It produces a soft imprint which I quite like. I used a stamp to create the focal text image. Simple text that speaks volumes!
I hope you can find some time this week to get crafty and this challenge is a fun one. You can find the details here.
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Audrey is our host this week at the Sunday Postcard Art challenge and she has asked us to use a photograph in the creation of our postcards. I have always been proud of the men in my family who have served in the military. I am happy to have several photographs of my husband from his days as a sentry dog handler in the U.S. Air Force. For my postcard today, I have chosen a photo of Russ and his dog Dawn.
There is plenty of time for you to create a postcard for Audrey's challenge this week. You can find the details here.
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This has been such a busy week that I didn't think I would have time to create a card for the (Simply) Less is More citrus challenge, but here I am at the 11th hour!
A bird stencil, Dylusion's sprays (Fresh Lime and Squeezed Orange), a pencil and a new stamp (the sentiment) came together here:
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My friend Carol is hosting this week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge and she has chosen "Mad as a March Hare" as her theme! This one nearly had me stumped, but I turned to Pinterest and found a March Hare (thanks, Mrs. Bertimus), though not quite "mad!" I used a scrap of patterned paper (cut to 4x6") for my background and added a couple of stamps for interest. A bit of humor and done!
Thanks for stopping by today and for taking a moment to leave a comment. There is still time for you to join me in this fun challenge. Details here.
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It's been a challenging week for me physically, but am finally on the mend today! Just under the "wire," I am entering this card in the (Simply) Less is More recipe challenge which asks for the use of wire. I tried for hours to wrap wire around the stamped image of a paint brush and finally had to admit defeat. Such a cool idea, too. In the end, I chose to use wire cutters and remove a hook from a formed piece of wire and use it as the center for this great Unity Stamp Company oversize blossom. The sentiment is from the same set.
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