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Tuesday 29 March 2011

Less is More week 8

The challenge this week over at Less is More is to follow a sketch which is a great way of composing a card and it is surprising how many different interpretations there can be from the same starting point.  I took a cream DL card and added a punched strip using a Martha Stewart punch - this had a darker strip of card behind to show through the design.  A cameo was cut using Quickcutz dies and this in turn was mounted onto a shape cut with a Marianne die.  The addition of a simple stamped greeting completes this clean and simple card and it was interesting to use a tall card as somehow the 'white space' seems more with these proportions.

18 comments:

  1. Just love it!
    Perfect!
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  2. A very stylish and elegant card Val...like your colour choice too.

    Anne

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  3. Very elegant card Val.. please ignore my previous comment I've been having trouble with Blogger1 :)

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  4. This is a lovely card. It shows how you can use just a small amount of stash to create an elegant card.

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  5. Lovely card. Love the punched border and the muted colours. x

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  6. A very classy card! Love it!

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  7. Yes, stylish card, excellent
    Jose

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  8. Stunning, just stunning
    Beryl x

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  9. I love the effect you have created by using the border punch along both edges. Your cameo is very elegant

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  10. Love your card Val, the punched strip is so interesting and I love the silhouette!
    Val x

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  11. love your cameo card, very elegant

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  12. Hi Val, love your card, you have combined so many bits and pieces really well and come up with a fab card. You sound as if you are enjoying the LIM look! Thanks for your comments re the BSEx and MD dies, appreciate your input on this and other post. Eileen

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  13. Lovely clean and elegant card Val. The colours really work well.

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  14. Lovely card. I love the cameo.
    Lynne xxx

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  15. Great cameo. Looks brill in the border. x

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  16. Nicely Done, Love the colours and the punches!!

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  17. Hi Val, your badge is working but you can't see it - just a thought - did you change the colour of the background - I did mine white. ikki

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  18. I think black is the original colour and you have to change it - just hoover over the colours they should change and also I remember seeing the words backgroung. E

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