Saturday, January 14, 2012

Less Is More ,,,, :-)

Hi all :-) I have just made this card for this week’s Less is More Challenge where Mandi and Chrissie are asking us to keep it simple with One Layer and to use Birds too ,,,, well after gettin me legs slapped last week I thought I had better stick to the rules this time ;-)

I have had this lovely Simon Says Stamp Why Do Birds Fall In Love Exclusives set for a while and never inked it so it was about time it had an outing !!



I masked off the central square of the card with post it notes and sprayed with Slate Glimmer Mist and left it to dry, looks lovely and shimmery IRL. I then inked the stamps with Versafine ink, added a tiny drop of star dust stickles to the heart and did some faux stitching around the image to add more definition.

It was really simple and was very quick to do ,, and even if I do say so meself I think this is OK and I think I have ticked the right boxes this week Smile Lots of white space and not an embellie in sight !! :-)

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend and hope to pop around to see ya’ll later :-)

Challenges :

Less Is More ,,, One Layer and Birds

Bloggers ,,,, Wings and Things

I Brake For ,,,,,, CAS

City Crafter ,,,, Back to Black ,,, use a silhouette

Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Monochrome in Blue


40 comments:

Suzilou said...

Really great card, love the glimmer mist and great stamps :)

Lorraine said...

hi hun this is so beautiful i just love birds especially ones in love lol xx

Cathy said...

Gorgeous Lols, I love those birds and what a fab sentiment.
Hugs
Cathy xx

Margaret said...

Fabulous card
Margaret x

cheryl said...

oh this is brilliant hun love those birds and the sentiment,hugs cherylxxxxxx

Vicky said...

Just so gorgeous Lols...

have a lovely weekend...hugs Vicky xx

downrightcrafty said...

Hi Lols, wow what a gorgeous elegant and different card, just lovely
Hugs Kate xx

Suze Bain said...

Fabulous stamps and I love the faux stitching - a beautiful card. xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

WOW this is stunning, love that stamp its so pretty, Love Hazelxo

Dana said...

Wonderful card!

Viv said...

Fab card!

Loli said...

Hola Lorraine, simply and beautiful card, gorgeous job.
Happy new year from Palma

Margreet said...

Gorgeous card with those lovely birds and that saying!!
xxx Margreet

Sue said...

Hi hun
a fabulous LIM card, not even looked at their challenge 2day! great design, sue,x

mags said...

Super card. Love the coloured square and the great image and sentiment.
Mags
x

Crafting Queen said...

Really lovely card. :)

Victoria said...

Lovely shade of blue, sweet birds, fab sentiment and stitched border!

Mandi said...

I could sense your excitement at the white space Lols
Your card is FAB, super layout

Many thanks
Mandi
"Less is More"

Chrissie said...

All boxes ticked Lols... great card!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

TAM said...

Simply lovely and as you say "all boxed ticked"

Delphine said...

Gorgeous, Lorraine! I love your birds, so cute! Beautiful colours and the layout is just perfect! Hugs Delphine xx

catherine said...

You have done a fabulous job with this card and love the image you have used
x catherine

Yvette said...

Beautiful! Love the layout and your choice of stamps!

Stamp with Angela said...

Gorgeous card. Great colors and a wonderful image. The faux stitching really adds to it too.

Kathyk said...

Fabulous - I love the border round your frame too

Kathyk

Whisper said...

Absolutely stunning, Luv Sam x

Ros said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS!! I adore this ... many thanks for playing along at CCCB

June Houck said...

Your card is precious, Lorraine! Cute birds and a sweet sentiment :)

GinaA said...

Super card, love the stitched frame and the sentiment. Fab stamping and colour.

Unknown said...

Your card looks beautiful.. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB!

America said...

Creative and lovely romantic card!!!

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful CAS design, love the added stitching! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

Vicky Hayes said...

Just gorgeous Lorraine! I love the way the birds are overlapping the main square. Vicky x

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Awesome! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

AmethystCat said...

how cute! love the color combo and the sentiment is awesome!

cnelson said...

So sweet and lovely! Thanks for playing along at CCCB!

Aileen said...

Beautiful card, just perfect. x

Ida said...

Lovely card. What a sweet image/sentiment.

Carol said...

Such a beautiful card...love the blue surrounding the birds!

Mistys Mum said...

Hi
This a beautiful card. The sttching around the outer edge just completes the image.