Very Funny

Here's the third of the chicken stamps which Mandi gave me. These girls really rock I reckon and they do make me smile! They're out to party that's for sure.
I decided to add the sentiment 'Honey... it's 5 o'clock somewhere.' However, I don't think they really need an excuse to have a cocktail!
I stamped them in Stazon and coloured them with Distress Inks using a limited colour palette. I decided as they were out on the razzle that I would twinkle some of their garments and accessories with Glamour Dust, but should have waited for the glue to dry before taking a picture of it.
The theme at My Time to Craft  this week is something 'Very Funny' ... these chickens amuse me I must say.
Cheers!
Penny Black - One for the Girlies

Pick A Square - Less is More

If you hop over to the Challenge at "Less is More" this week you will see that the recipe you have to follow today is to choose one of the squares from the diagram in which to place your image.
I have chosen the bottom left, as you can see. The image may overflow slightly but it must be obvious which is  the chosen square.
This card uses a technique whereby the stamp is inked and then tapped with a marker in a contrasting colour, before being stamped onto the card. I used a SU Baja Blue inkpad and a grey Docrafts marker. I did just huff on the stamp a time or two before stamping to ensure that the first colour hadn't dried out too much whilst I was adding the second colour.
I rather like the mottled effect.
I added the sentiment to which I had given the a similar treatment, positioning it with my Lego Corner and acetate. (There's a tutorial on the "Less is More" Blog for this).
With just a touch of Glamour Dust added to the blossoms the card was complete.

This card uses the same portion of the card as the first one, but  SU's Sail Away was simply stamped with Midnight Blue Stazon and sponged with SU Bashful Blue and Baja Breeze inks, having previously masked  the sails. The small sentiment from Silhouette Sentiments was added using the same method as above.
I do hope you'll join in the fun with all the other LIMettes at "Less is More" this week... which square will you pick?

Use a die-cut

A friend at my choir asked me to make a card for another friend who had been the secretary of our choir for several years before moving away from the area. Naturally she wanted to have a card with a musical theme.
I began by choosing the small manuscript stamp and then decided to use a musical font for part of the sentiment. Her name is written using Amadeus with Andalus for the printing and Passions Conflict for the script.
As the challenge at My Time to Craft this week is to use a die cut, I thought that these two dies from Marianne's Creatables fitted the bill. The butterfly has been embossed and twinkled with Glamour Dust and embellished with a few gems. The paper is Harlequin from Pink Petticoat.
Have a good day!

"Less is More" - Butterflies

Our theme this week at "Less is More" is Butterflies!
What could be simpler, you say? Each time I begin to think about what to do for a challenge that we have set ourselves, it still takes me ages to come up with an idea.
Anyway this one started from the stamp. I stamped it in various ways and then decided that I was going to stamp with black Archival ink and then emboss it with Holographic Embossing Powder. It gives a super shimmer. I filled in the gaps left in the stamping with a green Sakura glaze pen which I then glittered with Glamour Dust. Both butterflies are on the same stamp but as I wanted them in s different arrangement I cut them out.
The sentiment is one I've had for ages, and is set on the wood mount at the craziest of angles and so I need to use a stamp positioner in order to get it anywhere near straight. After stamping, I cut it out and embossed it with a Nestie  and then using sponge daubers, applied the Mellow Moss and Bashful blue for the  representation of  the grass and the sky. The few bits of greenery are from an Inkylicious stamp using Pear Pizzaz ink. I find this kind of card really satisfying to make, I hope that whomever eventually receives it also enjoys it.
Have a wonderful week... I intend to!