Thank You Card - Less is More Week 13

This week's theme over at Less Is More is Thank You or Congratulations and this is my entry...

The image and sentiment are a digi from Pink Petticoat, with a faux-stitched border added on the PC before printing the whole thing as a 12cm square card. I've coloured with chalks and added a couple of buttons and a bit of ribbon, very simple really.

Lesley x

Less is more week 12...'off-centre'...2nd entry

I enjoyed myself so much with my digital designing when making my first card for this week's challenge that I had a go with some other shapes filled with colourful polka dots.

This one is my favourite - I think I even like it better than the bunting, maybe because the tail of the kite links up to the sentiment?

Then some balloons  - this was going to be a cluster of balloons but I kept the 3 separate while working on them and quite liked that effect too so not really an off-centre card this time (although the  balloons are 'floating' at the top of the card).

And finally (for now - I have SO many ideas running through my head now, lol!) - how cute are these scottie dogs?

Again with all 3 cards the polka dots and sentiments are printed directly to my card blanks, then the outlines and details drawn in by hand with a very fine marker.

Off to play some more now....

Lesley

Less is more week 12...'off-centre'

I can't believe I've had such a lazy day today, have been itching to craft but really really should be tidying everything away instead of making more mess...

Then it hit me, I could create my Less Is More entry on the laptop and print direct to my card - no mess!!

This is a very basic example of clipping in Photoshop Elements. I created a new image the same size as my card front, then used the polygon shape tool to create a triangle which I copied 5 times in separate layers and moved to the right positions on my card. The digital polka dot papers, bought from Pickleberry Pop, were each reduced in size  from 30cm square to 3cm square to scale the pattern right down, and then pasted into the selected triangle shape on each layer.

I then just added the text in the bottom right corner, the font is called Mawn's Handwriting - I really wish my handwriting was like that!

After printing directly to my card blank I got out the fineline marker pen and drew on the black lines, and that's it, a finished very simple card. Hope you like it!

Less is more....acetate

I haven't given myself long before the deadline (again!) so I'll keep this one short.

This is my take on a Less Is More card using acetate

I've kept it really simple, with the acetate attached to the card blank by turning the card with the fold facing the wrong way, scoring a small border on the acetate, then sandwiching the acetate between the 2 layers of card blank, sealing on all 3 sides with double-sided tape.  That way there are no edges to hide, and the acetate becomes the front of the card.  This pic might make it a little clearer (if you'll pardon the pun!)...

The card blank is 5" square and pearlised, though it doesn't really show up in the pictures, I think its from The Works.  Then I've simply added a die-cut (from Papermania?) and tied a ribbon around the acetate front. I might add a sentiment before using the card, but don't think it needs one.

Less is more week 6

Just a quickie today as I'm in full crafting mode and don't want to waste any precious time!

This is my entry for this week's Less Is More challenge - a one layer card, off the edge.

I've used a digital stamp from Digistamp Boutique. Have had my eye on these and this was the perfect excuse to buy them.  My printer has been a little temperamental though so there were quite a few false starts with the printing directly to card base technique.

I've coloured the image with chalks, and couldn't resist picking up the edges of the scalloped card blank with the pink chalk too, sorry Chrissie and Mandi!  I also added a little touch of crystal Stickles to the centres of the roses.