Saturday 31 January 2015

Lucky Dip at Less is More

The challenge at Less is More this week is entitled Little Ones
There are a few ways of interpreting this theme and it will be interesting to see what appears in our gallery.
Here is a Welcome to the world card for a little one. The tiny shoes are from a Joy Craft die, the tag and the welcome word are from Paper Smooches.
Here's a variation using a Papertrey Ink Giraffe stamp and die.

Here are a couple of pictures of a card I made with lots of little hearts streaming from an envelope.
The envelope was made from Spellbinders Labels die... I thought it made a great envelope.
Here's how I made it!

I think it's great to exploit the resources we already have and make them do more than originally intended.
More die cutting here, but just as the manufacturers intended this time. Shoes - Joy Craft, baby - Simon Say Stamp, Congratulations - Tattered Lace.
As always, I add double sided tape to the reverse of the card before cutting fiddly shapes... it makes adhering them so much easier.

28 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous collection, love that giraffe!

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  2. All are awesome and a clever idea to use the die as a mini envelop, Thanks for sharing!!!

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  3. These are just super sweet. Loving the baby boy and girl versions and the fun valentines card.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  4. Stunning cards Chrissie and wow what a sophisticated and stylish valentine card. Someone is getting LOTS of love there. Great use of little ones... You should definitely pop this in at pixies snippet challenge! Xx

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  6. Thanks for the video tutorial - such a good idea to extend the use of a die, going to look through my collection now to see if there's any potential. Love all the tiny hearts bursting out of the envelope, someone's going to feel very loved.

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  7. Such a clever way to make a mini envelope! Love all your cards - so well designed as always.
    Thanks again for having me play along :-D
    Tara
    x

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  8. Gorgeous cards & a really clever idea.

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  9. What a clever idea for the envelope. I shall go and look at all of my nesties now. And I love the tiny hearts bursting out.

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  10. Fabulous cards Chrissie. Particularly like the Valentine ones, all those tiny hearts flying from the envelope!Great idea for getting extra mileage from a die!
    Chris
    x

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  11. Love the soft pinks and blues of the new baby cards and your stylish valentine! Another clever use of a die - you are great at adapting them to get different uses. I hope you have a great weekend :)

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  12. Gorgeous cards Chrissie and great idea using your SB labels die for the envelope. Not sure if it's just me but although I have the YouTube volume and my computer volume up to max I can hardly hear your commentary which is a shame.....!

    Karen x

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  13. A great selection of cards and I love the little envelope - great tut.
    Linbyx

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  14. All such beautiful cards. You are so creative, that little envelope is brilliant! Thank you for sharing that. My volume controls are up to max on your videos but you are still very faint....is anyone else experiencing this?

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  15. While I love the little baby cards, I was blown away by the little hearts streaming from the envelope. So wonderful! I love the embossed piece down the side, too. It's gorgeous.

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  16. Gorgeous collection, dear Chrissie. Baby shoes are so nice and a great idea for welcoming the new baby. :-) The envelope with small hearts is super done. Like the shape of envelope. :-)
    Sonja

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  17. Hi Chrissie
    Fabulous cards... Thanks for the tip on making the envelope... Great idea...
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  18. I thought your Valentine's card was beautiful when I saw it on LIM, but these babycards are so sweet! Enjoy the weekend, Gerrina

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  19. Oh Chrissie, these are all so sweet! Gosh, you get me every time! The little envie with the hearts cascading out is just genius!! Thank you for the inspirational tutorial!! Hugs, Darnell

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  20. What a great mix of cards Chrissie! I love the pink and blue baby ones, but the envelope and tiny hearts is so clever!

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  21. Beautiful cards all, Chrissie! Love your baby cards and thanks for the tip on getting more miles out of our dies - brilliant!

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  22. Hi Chrissie, Loving the way you made the envelope from a ticket die and the tiny hearts revealed on the inside :)
    Jenny x

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  23. Another gallery of gorgeousness here! I love the baby cards but I'm very drawn to the tiny envelope bursting with hearts! Just beautiful! Vicky x

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  24. Three very cute baby cards Chrissie and I love the Valentine's card...so effective. Thanks for the tutorial too. Carol x

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  25. Oooh Chrissie what a glorious selection of cards. I think you know my favourite this week lol...yes the pink baby one ;) Viv xx

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  26. Hi Chrissie your cards are stunning. i love this little tutorial and the heart card.
    I will be back for another visit.
    Gail xx

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Thank you so much for popping by, I appreciate your comments!
Thanks,
Chrissie