Saturday 10 September 2011

Seeing Double at "Less is More"

It's a One Layer Card week at "Less is More" and from somewhere or other Mandi and I dreamed up the subject Seeing Double. Sometimes thinking of the themes is a lot easier than actually carrying them out. I had lots of ideas for my samples this week before realising that some of them weren't actually One Layer!
This is the first card I made with my lovely, small pear stamp. The method I used is on the challenge blog.
This one uses the medium sized pear, it's really quite fun to colour the stamp before making the impression. As I mentioned on "Less is More", these stamps are absolutely flat with no texture whatever etched into them, so any interest comes from the inking.
This one, although not for the challenge at "Less is More", was my first attempt at adding dimension to the stamp, merely by inking.
I am submitting this one to Sir Stampalot's Monthly Challenge   'In the frame' as this is where I bought these fabulous pear stamps. I've made quite a mess of the wooden blocks when trying to get the darker colour around the edge of the image with my ink pads. That doesn't worry me overly however, as I'm not that fastidious.
The last one is merely a double stamping without re-inking in between, to give the impression of a shadow.
Thank you to all those people who visited and tried to leave comments for me last week when either my blog or Blogger were being unco-operative and not allowing comments from some people to be left. Thanks for trying!
Have a lovely weekend, my husband and I will be singing in a 'Prom' type concert is a nearby village tonight. They are raising money for a Macmillan Hospice, a most worthy cause. I'd better go and take another look at the music.

48 comments:

  1. Stunning as ever Chrissie
    Second to NONE!!

    x

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  2. Fab cards Chrissie. I love the bird stamped twice, would not have thought of that - thanks for the inspiration.
    Linbyx

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  3. Chrissie, You both always inspire me to break out of my comfort Zone, break out something from my stash and create something I would never have thought of myself! Just what I need after the week I have had!
    Ok... what did I do with those stamps.....

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  4. Fab cards Chrissie. I like inking the stamps but forget about the technique sometimes. Thanks for reminding me. xx Jan

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  5. These are gorgeous Chrissie, love to see all your different techniques each week. I love the single pear and the birds:) Off to aquafit, perhaps inspiration will appear as I work out!!!
    Val x

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  6. Your pear cards are great,I have never tried this inking technique so may just give it a go

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  7. just love the dimension you achieved with the inking process and the text is so clear. Both ar fab cards as always Chrissie :)
    Jenny

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  8. Nice stuff Chrissie. I'm a big fan of solid stamps, use them as often as I can.

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  9. I love both of these, Chrissie. I'm a sucker for pear stamps (I have a drawer FULL!) The colors are pear-fect ;)

    The bird card is very striking too!

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  10. Gorgeous cards Chrissie ,, I love the inking of the pears ,, fabulous technique , I think I will have to have a practice at doing that too :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  11. The pears are stunning, nice enough stamp but when you give it the shading and the texture it becomes a WOW stamp, fab stuff.
    The bird is pretty too, but the pears really do it for me
    Anne
    x

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  12. Beautiful cards, my favourite has to be the first 'pear' card, great anniversary card. Thanks for a great challenge xx

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  13. Both beautiful cards Chrissie, I particularly love the shadow stamping.
    Thank you for such a fab challenge and I really enjoyed myself this week!
    Love Sarita xx

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  14. Hi Chrissie,
    I've come from the Less is more blog to say you always make amazing cleverly designed cards and your two pears are just such a wonderful example of how ink can transform, but I don't agree with you over needing the text stamp at the same angle on both pears. By having the lines of text at slightly different angles you've created a sense of movement that would be lacking in two identical pears :-)
    I know I don't make CAS cards right now but I do love looking at your wonderful examples and the techniques you and Mandi describe every week and the fabulous CAS gallery.
    Thank you so much!
    Gini
    xx

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  15. Great cards Chrissie. I love reading about all the different techniques you use.

    hugs

    Sharon xx

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  16. Love the inspiration this week Chrissie especially the shadowed bird (great sentiment) although the inking of the pears looks fantastic too. Hope you enjoyed your evening. Carol x

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  17. Stunning cards Chrissie. My favourite is the first one.

    Hope your concert went well.

    Kat x

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  18. once again you have provided some stunning examples for the challenge!! i really love the card with the bird image... gorgeous!

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  19. Love the water colored look of these pears (stamped and spritz maybe...hmm I need to see if I guessed the correctly! :)

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  20. Love these cards, but the second ones texture on the image is beautiful!

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  21. Fabulous cards Chrissie. I want all of those stamps. Your shading on the pears really give a life like impression.

    Hope your concert went well. A most worthy cause indeed. Sue.x

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  22. Beautiful cards as always Chrissie, I love your pear cards. You certainly are a pro at that inking work :0) I love the birds too, beautiful! xx

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  23. WOW your cards are so striking again, every week I am stunned, love them all. Thanks for being a great hostess on Less is More, Hazelxo

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  24. These are so pretty Chrissie, just can't choose which I like best. I heard putting clear nail varnish on new wooden stamps( on wood part) keeps the stamps clean......not that I can be bothered though lol !Good luck with the singing too :O) Viv xx

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  25. Stunning as always Chrissie, thanks for your comments, I can see now that a sentiment would probably been a better option. Maybe next time
    Beryl x

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  26. Aha, I can comment again :o) Love all your cards. Love the techniques you've used on the pears and the bird card is so elegant. Lisa x

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  27. I like your pear cards, all very pretty. x

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  28. Chrissie I am just amazed by your wonderful ink techniques week after week. Very inspiring.

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  29. Beautiful cards! I just love the pears!

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  30. Gorgeous - Those pears are breathtaking!!

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  31. These are gorgeous, Chrissie. Thanks for another great challenge! :) Ann

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  32. Brilliant cards, and great techniques, as always, Chrissie:)

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  33. Stunning cards as ever!and a big thank you for stopping by and being so kind.x

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  34. Didn't think I would want a pear stamp...might have changed my mind now. Lovely card!!

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  35. I love the pear image and I love the effective ways you've inked it. The double bird is gorgeous too - fabulous samples as always Chrissie. Hope the concert went well! Vx

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  36. Loving your bird card very much, the sentiment is amazing. Your pear card is just awesome and i know i wouldn't be able to do something like that.

    Great challenge week my hardest so far but it is fantastic to visit others blogs and learn from them and of course from your comment. Thanks for all your comments :-)

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  37. Hi Chrissie, thank you for your comment yes they are stuck on l just couldn't managed to line the image up on the card stock although l did try this! l enjoyed the challenge and will do better next time.......hopefully!!:) Sandra H

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  38. Fab cards as awlays , love the bird one more as you know I dont do fruit lol.
    Nicky

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  39. Absolutely love those pears!!!! Fantastic stamping.

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  40. O, what a beautiful card! I love it! Liebe Grüße Ulrike

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  41. Beautiful cards! I'm a recent participant to the LIM challenge blog. I appreciate the techniques you share and all the inspiration. You're very talented. I've become addicted to LIM! lol

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  42. Gorgeous cards Chrissie as only you can make them.

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  43. A gorgeous card Chrissie. Guess what i managed to get on to your blog via Internet Explorer but it's still crashing on me in Firefox!!!

    Anne

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  44. Beautiful cards Chrissie - love the inking on the pears and the shadow-stamping of the bird image. Thanks for another super challenge too!
    Hugs, Sylvia xxx

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  45. Love these cards especially the pears-that stamp's gorgeous!

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  46. Wonderful cards, Chrissie. I love your framed pear. Thanks for sharing it with us at sir stampalot this month and Good luck!

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  47. All of those pear cards are gorgeous, each one prettier than the next!

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Thanks,
Chrissie