Less Is More - OLC - Music

Good morning LIMettes!

I know...I'm late this morning, and not a Stampin Up! card either! That's because I have nothing musical in my SU! collection so I'm trying to think up something clever! And I'm late because I have Keiran this weekend and we had a snuggly lie in this morning :)

So this week it's the One Layer week, and the theme is

MUSIC

I have used a stamp I was given to make a couple of cards with last year and I haven't used it since!

The stamp is Illuminata by Inkadinkado and I stamped it in Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The sentiment is by Personal Impressions.

I seem to have been making an awful lot of Thank You cards lately...I really don't know why!

Anyway, I'm taking Keiran to a pancake party at church now so have a lovely Saturday all! :)

A Crossword Birthday

Good evening all!

I hope you're well? I have had a very busy couple of days making some commission cards for tomorrow, and getting ready for a special charity lunch where I will have my cards on sale...I'm hoping for a good day! :)

So here is one of my cards for now...

The requirements were newspapers and crosswords...ard to make into a female card! Hope the flowers do the trick. The images are from Google and the flowers are from Wild Orchid. I distressed the edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink. The background paper was some freebie from my stash, as is the lace.

Challenges

I Spy Sketches - #40

My Mum's Craft Shop - Sentiments
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie - Distress Your Cards

Right...off to pack the car ready for tomorrow! :)
Night!
Lizy x

A Classical 70th Birthday!

Good evening!

I'm here with another 'man card', another commission.

This was so simple yet It took me ages to come up with lol! Google images for the music, Distress Inks, baker's twine and Die-Namics dies.

Challenges
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - #176
Creative Stamp Friends - Cards For Men
My Time To Craft - Just Sepia

Time for bed, night!
Lizy x

A special 95th Birthday

Good evening!

First of all...a warm welcome to my newest follower, Traci...she sure does love her Cricut!

Well, I am hoping this is the first of many cards this week...I need a productive week as I have a lot of markets/stalls coming up!

I have made this one for one of our very dear customers at my bookie shop.

The papers are Soft Nostalgia by Hot Off The Press. The flower was made with the same papers using Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, the leaves are Sizzix from Stampin' Up! and the ribbon is from my stash. I used nesties for the computer generated sentiment and the matt, and I used Antique Linen and Barn Door Distress Inks.

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch #260

A Gem Of A Challenge - For The Girls

Card Crafter's Circle - Vintage

Digital Tuesdays - Say It With Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges - Go Pink

Just Us Girls - Use Numbers on Your Card

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad - Floral

Totally Gorjuss - Punch and Die

Thanks for popping by, goodnight!

Lizy x

Distressed Beethoven!

Good morning!

I had another commission birthday card to make today, this time for a Brother's 70th Birthday. The request was for classical music or golf!

So I went with the classical music, especially as the lady in question kindly gave me this Inkadinkado 'Illuminata' wooden stamp, saying she doesn't really make cards so doesn't need the stamp!

Isn't it a fab stamp?!

I stamped the image using Vintage photo Distress Ink, and all the distressing is using the same ink. The 'dp' is just a Google image (I Googled 'Beethoven Music Script'). The sentiment and age were done on my pc, and distressed, and I finished with baker's twine. I also distressed the inside of the card and added the bit of music script I didn't use on the front.

Challenges

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File - Tumbling

Anything Goes - Anything Goes!

Crafty Emma's - No Girls Allowed!

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Stamp Something

My Mum's Craft Shop - Stamp It!

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Ta for looking...see you soon! :)

Lizy x

Commission Birthday #3

Good evening!

After making 2 commission cards for a customer last week, he rang me to ask for another one, so here it is...

Papers - First Edition, Love Letters

Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart

Sentiment - Computer printed

Inks - Tim Holz, Tattered Rose

Die cut - Nestabilities

Ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Challenges

Mojo Monday - #232

A Gem of a Challenge - Perfect Pastels

Thanks for looking :)

Lizy x

Commission Birthday #2

Hello again!

As promised, here is the 2nd of the 'rushed' birthday cards I made yesterday.

The papers are, again, First Edition Sweet Owl, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Prima flower, and pearls, ribbon and gems from my stash. The edges were distress using Tattered Rose DI again.

Challenges

Mojo Monday - #231

Birthday Sundaes - Birthday Cards with Birthday Sentiments

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Pink & Girly

Crafty Purple Frog - Pink & Girly

Thanks for popping by! 

Lizy x

Commission Birthday #1

Good afternoon!

I had a phone call on Friday afternoon from one of my favourite and most regular customers to ask for a couple of 'rushed' birthday cards for hi Niece and Granddaughter. Here is one of them...

I have used First Edition - Sweet Owl paper pack, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Prima flowers and lace, organza ribbon and pearls from my stash. Oh and I distressed the edges with Tattered Rose TH Distress Inks. The circles were cut using Nestabilities.

Challenges

Card Patterns - #155

Birthday Sundaes - Card with Birthday Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/Special Girl

Flutterby Wednesdays - Springtime

The Pixie Cottage - Things with Wings

Right! Time for lunch! May be back later with the other one...

Lizy x

More Neutral for Less Is More

Hello again!

This is the other card I made this evening, for the Neutrals challenge over at Less Is More

Jen re-ignited my desire to have a proper go at distressing when we were at Leigh yesterday, so I had a go today! I have used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and Tattered Rose Distress Inks, the Stampin' Up! Posy Punch stamp, and Indinkado swirl and that's about it! I haven't added a sentiment as I couldn't decide what to put!

Hope you like it...gonna try some more this week if I get time! :)

Lizy x

Swinging Girl

Good afternoon!

We're still having a fabulously creative time at Jen's so it's time to post some of the cards I have made!

Here is the first one, made as a 2nd entry into the Less Is More - Aperture challenge. 

This is a Stampin' Up! stamp from the Forever Young set. I have stamped it with Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I then used the tiniest circle Nestie to cut the little swinging girl out. I then carefully measured where to stamp the image inside. I then added the cut out piece with lots of silicone glue to lift it up. I finished with a very wide piece of organza ribbon, folded in half, and attached on the inside of the card, and 3 cream pearls.

I am very happy with how this turned out...my only disappointment is that I didn't realise I had ink on my finger and it smudged inside the card :(

Right...off to create some more!

Lizy x

Seeing Double!

Good afternoon LIMettes!

Yes......afternoon! I know I am usually much quicker with my entry, but this week Jen and I went to the GNPE at Harrogate, and had to leave just after 8am to get there in time for opening to get our free Flexmarker! I was hoping to quickly get my entry in but Jen turned up sooner than I thought LOL! However, it did give me time to think about what I would do for this Seeing Double challenge!

I decided to use a new Marrianne die cut, and a new technique for today's card! Both of which I got from the show today!

Oh and I used my new Stormy Sky Distress Ink and my new LoTV sentiment, all from the show too! I spent a fortune, as always, but it was guilt free as it was all money I have made from selling my cards! So.......a self funding hobby! :D

I hope you like it! I suspect I will have alot more new things up my sleeve in the future! :D

Lizy x