November 11th

Over the last couple of days I have been thinking about 'Less is More' cards,

 mainly with regard to postage rates!!

Anyway, as today is Remembrance Day I thought I would make a 

'Lest we forget' card.

I bought this poppies die whilst at the Harrogate Papercrafting Exhibition and have been wanting to use it ever since - but my Big Shot is only just out of storage!

I found the die a little difficult to use - taking the image out without breaking the stems was a little tricky - next time I will be more careful, choosing appropriate paper/cardstock.

This is my card:

Basically I adhered the die-cut to a black pre-folded card blank and added ribbon threaded through punched slits, secured with a tiny brad.

I printed the sentiment using my computer and cut it into an oval.

 I matted it onto red card and attached it with dimensionals.

I am a little disappointed that the photo has made the ribbon seem a totally different red

 - in reality it tones well!

I am submitting this card to

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #5,  Anything Goes

My next card also with a minimalist approach is a Birthday card.

I recently was a winner in Pattie's Creations Design Challenge 'Orange and Black'

 and won two of Pattie G's digi's. 

One that I chose was of Black eyed Susan's which I thought was appropriate!

I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it to shape with an oval die.

I added micro beads to the 'black eyes' to give some texture.

I stamped the sentiment (from Fiskars Make a Wish quotes), matted it on green card and used adhesive foam tabs to give it some dimension.

Finally I added a button with thread tied through it as an embellishment.

I am submitting this to

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge 79 - Birthday

My next card is a Christmas card -

 and this really is 'Less is More' - just one layer of card.

I have been thinking of ways of making a Christmas tree design using the letters of Christmas.

Here I used my Fiskars stamping press with an arrangement of letters and a base stamp 

and an additional S stamp.

I used Versamark and then red embossing powder

 to form the letters and the 'Warm wishes' block.

I used a green Promarker to define the tree. 

This should not cost a lot to post!!

I am submitting this to Challenges and Sweets #20 - CAS

Finally I move on to a Thank you card...again one layer of card...

Here I worked directly onto the pre-folded card blank.

Firstly I masked the rectangular area and sprayed with a variety of misters.

After this had dried I overprinted with the stamp and Versafine

 (stamp from Stampin Up Best Blossoms).

After removing the masks I stamped the 'thanks so much' stamp

 (stamp from Stampin Up 8 Great Greetings).

I am submitting this to

'Less is More' Week 145 OLC Thanks

Hope you like my cards!

Happy Crafting!