Trick Or Treat?

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "orange/black". The challenge goes from October 8th - 19th.

My background is embossed with the SSS Cute Ghosts EF on black card stock. I die cut the rick rack with an unnamed die set from my stash, and added the stamped and die cut circle from a long ago retired set from Waltzingmouse Stamps called Midnight Feast.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed (pun intended)! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe Challege #182

First colomn - Halloween, Orange, Embossing

Make THe Cards Challenge - Halloween

Little Red Wagon #674 - Spooky Halloween

Fab'n'Funky #558 - Embossing Wet or Dry

Double D - Octoberfest

This is Halloween - October

Two Old Bats - October Anything Halloween

The Season Of Color

 

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "Leaves".

My background is embossed with the SSS Fall Foliage EF, colored with various Distress Oxide Inks and mounted on brown card stock. I stamped my sentiment from Paper Smooches Fall Sampler stamp set on cream colored card stock with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and die cut it with Pinkfresh Studio Braided Circles. I die cut some leaves with Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies and tucked them around the sentiment circle, and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed (pun intended)! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls #651 - Fall Leaves

Daring Cardmakers - Changing Seasons

Fab 'n' Funky #557 - Autumn Colors

Double D Challenges - Things That Fall

Four Seasons Challenge - September Anything Goes Fall Challenge

Puppy Hugs

 Time Out #210 begins today, It's an Inspired By Words challenge where the inspiration words are "happiness is a warm puppy." The challenge runs from Thursday, March 24th to Wednesday, April 6th. We are generously sponsored by Newon's Nook.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive $25.00 in Newton'a Nook store credit. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future Time Out challenge.

We welcome AsaJ of scrapat helt enkelt and winner of Time Out Challenge #206 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Asa is a super talented paper crafter with a CAS style and mad coloring skills. Her blog is so inspiring. Go take a look and leave her some love!

 For my card I used a stamp set that has been in my stash forever - Friends Furever by MFT. I colored the main image with Copics and fussy cut it out. I had a heat embossed background panel in my snippets box that I made with CASual Fridays Heart To Heart background stamp that I die cut with a SSS dome die. I popped the background up with fun foam and adhered it to a kraft card case. I popped up the image with foam tape, added an embossed sentiment and my card was complete.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Asa and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #604 - All Occasions

Fab'n'Funky #547 - Hand Colored Images

Little Red Wagon #646 - Emboss Everything

In Low Or High Tide

 Time Out #209 begins today, It's an Inspired By Words challenge where we are challenged to be CUTE. The challenge runs from Thursday, March 10th to Wednesday, March 23rd. We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive $25.00 in Lawn Fawn store credit. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future Time Out challenge.

We welcome Sue Symens of Sentimentally Sue and winner of Time Out Challenge #205 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Sue is a super talented paper crafter whose style is often CAS and loves to use graphic design in her in her art. Her blog is so inspiring. Go take a look!

 For my card I used the adorable Octopus and a sentiment from Catherine Pooler's Ocean Chums. I colored her with Copics and popped her up on a background panel stenciled with the Waves stencil from Simon Says Stamps and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink. That panel is die cut with a Nordic Frames Die from The Greetery. I added some clear drops, stamped and clear embossed the sentiment and my card was complete. 

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Nancy and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirtional #260 - Curve

NBUS Challenge #36

My NBUS ia Ocean Chums by Catherine Pooler

Fab 'n' Funky #546 - Dies and Stencils

Let's Celebrate

 

It's time for a new, and the final LIM challenge of 2020. I am surely looking forward with hope about many things, to a new year.  Here at Less Is More, we finish up with the dreaded or beloved One Layer Card. Way back when this challenge first started, I was terrified of one layer challenges. I have grown to be a lover.

 

We are generously sponsored by CASual Fridays Stamps.

Our Guest Designer is Chrissie Stokes of Simply One Of A Kind. Chrissie is the founder of our challenge, and truly the Queen of CAS design. Please visit Chrissie's blog and leave her some love. Her work is truly inspiring!

I created a card that I just loved for this challenge, but when my alarm went off on the day the card was due, I became aware that I missed the part about the one layer card requirement. I had to punt at the last minute (really) with a different card. I must say that this card was made in record time BEFORE I went to work (5:30 AM) in a very short period of time, and I am incredibly proud and amazed that I pulled it off!!!  Card made, photographed and posted before jumping in the shower at 6:15!! Whew!

I used Winnie & Walter's Party On (circa 2017 - no longer available) for the string that holds the lanterns. I then used the small lantern stamp from The Party (circa 2015 - no longer available) to add the festive lanterns to the string and for the sentiment. I used my Prismacolor Pencils for the first time to color the lanterns and hearts on the string. I would say that it is pretty festive. Love the lanterns!

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for show CASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #534 - Clean & Simple

Fab 'n' Funky #503 - Hand Stamped or Die Cut Sentiment

Retro Rubber #148 - They Said It's Your Birthday!

Safe Travels

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! With Time Out Challenge #170, we challenge you to be ADVENTUROUS.

We are generously sponsored by Funky Fossil Designs.

Our amazing Guest Designer is Conil whose crafty skills are bountiful and wonderful. Take a stroll though her blog. You will be so glad you did.

To create my card, I used Funky Fossils Designs Compass Stencil with a variety of Distress Oxide Inks, and gold splatters with Heidi Swapp gold ink spray. I added a sentiment from Paper Smooches to complete my card.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

The Mail Room #142 - Travel

Fab'n'Funky Challenges #493 - Circles