Wednesday 30 March 2011

Less is More Week 8

It's recipe or sketch time at Less is More - Chrissie and Mandy have given us a sketch to play with this time around. It's a DL card, tall and slim (for our friends in North America - it's roughly equivalent to taking two thirds of a letter size sheet and folding in half; the sort of size you'd get for a business letter or bank statement!).

I used the same Technique Tuesday set I used on Friday as it was still out on my desk. The original plan was just to use the flower in the place where there's a circle on the sketch but it looked just a tad out of scale so I ended up creating a little group and breaking over the boundaries of the card. No colouring though and this flower is a really easy shape to cut out so it was still a fast card to put together.

The embossed area at the bottom has just a hint of colour - I brayered Bundled Sage ink onto my folder before running it through the Big Shot.

Stamps:
Petite Posies (Technique Tuesday)

Paper:
Cryogen white

Ink:
Adirondack by Ranger (Espresso)
Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Bundled Sage)

Other:
Embossin folder by Provocraft (Victoria)
Copic marker (to colour the brown strip and the pearls)
Pearls


I always find this shape card looks much better in real life than it does in photos - maybe it's the proof that not everything long and lean is photogenic?!

Thanks for stopping by!

30 comments:

  1. Very classy!love it... one day I'm going to do classy!........one day!

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  2. Absolutely stunning, I love just the hint of sage green. The flowers look great just 'over the edge'. Love Sheila (Cyprus)

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  3. Joanne, this is an outstanding card! That Victoria EF is my favourite one! You are the Queen of Elegant, I\m off to CASE this one!

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  4. very classy and elegant - a stunning card

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  5. A gorgeous card, love the embossing folder you've used and the beautiful flowers. Have a great week, Annette x

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  6. Stunning embossing and flowers. Very elegant and classy:-)

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  7. Fab card, I love it xx Jan

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  8. This is lovely Joanne, those are superb flowers and your inked embossing folder has given a fabulous effect!
    Great to see you again!
    See you next time
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  9. This is lovely - great design and lovely colours, Jo x

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  10. What a gorgeous and elegant card!

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  11. Hi Joanne

    Wow I just love your card elegant and classy.

    Tina
    X

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  12. Lovely embossing, another great card.

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  13. I love that brayering technique really effective

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  14. Very stylish and elegant - love it x

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  15. Such a classy card - love it.

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  16. Stunningly classy card definitely one to case :)
    Val x

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  17. SO elegant, Joanne! I love the embossed piece at the bottom!

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  18. Hi Joanne
    your card is stunning, those flowers look great as does the embossing
    ~love the hint of colour
    Great to see you
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  19. very classy :) love it. Reminds me to add a brayer to my shopping list

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  20. Beautiful card Joanne, really lovely...x

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  21. This is a fab card. Love how you've stamped one flower and 'popped' up two. Great effect. x

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  22. wow - I really love the embossing effect with the brayered ink - might have to finally ink up my brayer and try this out. The whole card is just beautiful!

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  23. This is a stunning card !!

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  24. This is just beautiful. love the flowers. Very elegant. x

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  25. This is perfect to me. I love the way the flowers overlap the edge, the hint of colour on the embossed part and the dark brown for depth. Love it to bits.

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  26. Oooo Joanne this is pure class! xxx

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  27. This is so stylish and smart, Joanne and I love the zingy orange flowers on the card below btw

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  28. Wow how elegant and chic your almost all white card !

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