Sunday, July 3, 2011

Less is More 22

I've just returned from taking 10 9-year old Girl Scouts on their first campout. I have a few days at home and am determined to take part in a couple of my favorite challenges, especially having missed last week's fabulous sketch for Less is More 21. The challenge for Less is More 22 is to make a clean and simple card using shades of blue. Here is my effort.



I took a piece of white cardstock and just played around with it for a while, embossing, sponging, and stamping with the snowflakes in Hero Art's Owl Christmas set. When finished, I cut it down, matted it, and place it on a dark blue card base. I've added some diamond stickles to the center of some of the snowflakes which give a nice sparkle, but it's hard to see that in the picture.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Owl Christmas, Christmas Messages
Ink: various Memento and Color box
Paper: PTI white, enchanted evening
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15 comments:

  1. Kim SJuly 3, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I love all of the subtle shading behind the various snowflakes. It is so peaceful and given the heat here, I may just stare at it for awhile!

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  2. JennyJuly 3, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Lovely card Ann, I bet you enjoyed just seeing this design grow as you played with your stamps :)
    Jenny x

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  3. Suze BainJuly 3, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    You can see the stickles when you zoom in on the pic. Love the different snowflakes and the soft blues. xx

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  4. RosemaryJuly 3, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    beautiful christmas card!!

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  5. WishcraftJuly 3, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Lovely card. Love the stamps you've used and the sponged inks look fab :o) Lisa x

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  6. GibmissJuly 3, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Hi
    Gorgeous card......love your idea....
    hugs sylvie xx

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  7. MandiJuly 4, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    Super card Ann, really effective
    Thanks so much
    Diva LIM
    "Less is More"

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  8. Vicky HayesJuly 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    Building up layers of inked images like this is one of my favourite techniques and you've done a great job.

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  9. DanaJuly 4, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Very pretty!

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  10. G PeplowJuly 4, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    Lovely card, cool and stylish, Gay xxx

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  11. TheresaJuly 4, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Lovely card.

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  12. Faith A at Daffodil CardsJuly 5, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Oh! this is lovely, and I love the sentiment stamp too

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  13. LizaJuly 5, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    A gorgeous CAS card, I love the shades of blue.

    Liza x

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  14. LynneJuly 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Super card, love all the different shades of blue.
    Lynne xxx

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  15. MajaJuly 6, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    Gorgeous Christmas card.

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