I'm A Rainbow Sprinkle

There's a new challenge up at Time Out where we are challenged to be UNIQUE. Our challenge is sponsored by Catherine Pooler - winner gets a goodie bag of Catherine Pooler products! Awesome!

Our wonderful Guest Designer Elizabeth Stewart of Paper Sweetness. Elizabeth's work is absolutely awesome. Her designs are so inspiring. Please treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will surely be delighted!

When I thought about the word "unique" and card design, my mind immediately went to Tim Holtz's Bird Crazy images. I just love them, and it has been a while since I inked them up. I stenciled a small background area with Dylusions Small Bubble Stencil and Distress Oxide Ink. I painted my bird with Zigs and gave him some glasses. The sentiment is from Dylusions Laugh Til You Leak  

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Elizabeth and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize Catherine Pooler Designs. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

The Male Room Challenge #105

Inkspirational Challenge #181

Love You

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS: ATCAS #153: Code Word GRID.

Our Guest Designer is Eliz Stewart. Elizabeth's work is full of creativity, inspiration and fun. Be sure to treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

The code word immediately put me in mind of Simon Says Stamp Cling Stamp Lattice Grid. I embossed a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# card stock with white embossing powder. I then blended 3 shades of Distress Oxide Ink over the embossing. I cut the embossed panel, adhered it to the card base along with a 1/8" strip of dark gray card stock. I die cut the word "love" from a snippet of watercolored card stock with Papertrey Ink Wonderful Words Love Die and stamped "you" from Simon Says Stamp's You Matter.  

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I can't wait to see what you come up with to share in the gallery. Happy crafting!

I'm also playing at:

Addicted To Stamps And More #328 - Holiday

Watercooler Wednesdays #208 - All About Occasions

Always Fun Challenge #97 - Love - Valentines

Wishing You Peace & Comfort

The month-long 8th birthday celebration continues at Less Is More!

We welcome our wonderful sponsor for this challenge:

CAS-ual Fridays is offering Less Is More participants a 15% discount with the code FEBLESSISMORE for the duration of this challenge. 

Challenge #389 - OLC Focus On The Sentiment

Our Guest Designers are:

Chrissie Stokes

Sarah Platt

Sarah Grey

Please treat yourself to a stroll through of our Guest Designer blogs and leave them a little love. Prepare to have your socks knocked off!! 

To create my card, I created a color wash with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors on Bristol paper, and stamped the sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays Peace & Comfort on top of it with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Please head on over to the Less Is More Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designers have created. We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us to share your creations and a chance to win.

To be eligible for showCASe 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.

Our Facebook page for regular updates can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page HERE and if you add your cards to Instagram do tag us in your post using @lessismorechallenge so that we can hop along and 'like' your creations.

Specs Appeal

There's a new challenge up at Time Out

with a theme of RETRO, with an optional twist of One Layer. Our challenge is sponsored by Sarah Grey of Funky Fossil Folksy - winner gets 3 stencils of their choice from the store.

Our wonderful Guest Designer Esther. Esther's work is absolutely awesome. please treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some incredible inspiration.

I used Paper Smooched Glasses Dies to create this punny valentine. My husband and I both wear glasses so I thought it was perfect for him for Valentine's Day.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Esther and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize from Sarah's incredible shop. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

The Male Room #104 - Love Your Men

Use Your Stuff #34 - Hearts Pink/Red

Papercraft Challenges #30 - Something New

The Paper Smooches glasses dies are new to me. I finally broke them out of their package!

Watercooler Wednesdays #208 - All About Occasions

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #303

Always Fun Challenge #97  Love - Valentines

Warm Holiday Greetings

The February Christmas challenge is up and running at Happy Little Stampers. The theme Anything Goes Christmas with an optional twist of STARS. For my card, I used Memory Box Cottage Globe wood mount stamp. I peeled it from the wood block and used my MISTI to get the image evenly inked. I applied Star Dust Stickles to every star in the sky. My sky full of stars looks very sparkly IRL, but I couldn't capture that in the picture. I was going to add some color to the house, trees and foreground, but I decided that I loved it just the way it was.

I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas. I really love the simplicity of this card.

Please head over to Happy Little Stampers February Christmas Challenge and see what the Design Team has created to isnpire you. Christmas cards made throughout the year = less stress when Christmas rolls around in December. Be good to yourself and play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Merry Little Christmas February - Anything Goes

Thanks

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS: ATCAS #152: BIRDS.

Sandie Munro of London Days is Guest Designer for this challenge. Sandie is a wonderful person and she is the QUEEN of CAS. I love Sandie and her awesome artistry. Visit her blog for some major inspiration!!

The code word immediately put me in mind of STAMPlorations For The Birds stamps and die. I simply die cut the birds from a snippit of Distress Oxide watercolored paper and added the sentiment.

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I can't wait to see what you come up with to share in the gallery. Happy crafting!

Thanks and Hope

Less Is More Challenge is turning eight! I can't believe it has been 8 years since Less Is More started up. Back then, I was just beginning to develop my cardmaking craft. I was all about layers, ribbon and embellishments. I made myself try the CAS style as a result of Less Is More's entry to the blog world, and over time, I learned to embrace and to love it. Today, it is largely my style of cardmaking. Happy Birthday Less Is More!

Our sponsor for this birthday month is Uniko.

Click HERE to visit the UNIKO store.

Bev, Uniko owner, is one of our wonderful Guest Designers. It's Uniko's 7th birthday month, so there's a whole lot of birthday going on! Check out Bev's blog for a ton of inspiration, and leave her some love and birthday wishes.

Also designing with us for this challenge are Chrissie Stokes, Co-Founder of Less Is More; Sarah Platt, long time LIM Designer and Challenge Administrator; and Sarah Gray, Designer Extraordinaire and owner of Funky Fossil Designs. 

My first card is created with Uniko's Originally Organic and Paradise Hummingbird Stamps and Dies. The floral image is stamped with Versafine Magestic Blue Ink, clear embossed, colored with Copics and die cut. When I was happy with the placement of the die cut, I adhered it to the card base and added the image. 

For my second card, I used three shades of yellow Distress Oxide ink and acetate to create the yellow background and added a die cut butterfly using SU Night Of Navy CS and Flutter Zen 1 Layering Dies - CUTplorations from STAMPlorations. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog for challenge details. Check out the gorgeous work of the Design Team, be inspired and play with us for a chance to win. Happy crafting!