Less is More Week 6 Take Two....

I really wasn't happy with my first card for LIM challenge this week.  This off the edge thing really had me thinking - I've been laying in bed, running all my stamps through me head and trying to think of something else to do that hasn't been done by someone else already.

I was toying with the idea of colouring, but none of the stamps I had seemed to work off the edge, so here I am again with more black ink......

 

It is on kraft though so at least its not another black and white number!  I did play with putting the sentiment in red, but the balance just didn't sit right with me.  I'll try to think in colour for the next challenge I promise...

This is from the new Waltzing Mouse set called Back in the Saddle.  I stamped on scrap with momento black ink to get a pale image and stamped it off the edge of the card.  I then stamped the same image again without stamping on scrap for the middle image, and then for the third image I used versafine to get a darker black.  I was trying to get the effect of the horse galloping across the card. I think with the sentiment it would make a great invite for a stag party or boys birthday.  

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I'm happier with this card than my first - I do like how the LIM challenges are making me think more about different styles of card I wouldn't normally think of making (the symmetry quirk I have would never had allowed me to go off the edge of the card for example)  I really appreciate the tips from Mandi and Chrissie too - totally agree that the first card for this challenge didn't need the extra squiggle by the sentiment - so this time I resisted the urge to "add" anything too much at all :-)

However if this hadn't been a "one layer" challenge I may have been tempted to add a row of gemstone stars under the sentiment as below - what do you think?

STILL no winner came forward for my blog candy, so I will draw it again later, so followers please check back later to see if you won - let's hope it's 3rd draw lucky ;-)

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Simply Less is More Week 6 - "Off The Edge"

It's my favourite challenge again today :-)  I found myself torn this morning as I was going out with a friend shopping for the day for her birthday, and while I've been looking forward to the day out, I checked out the blog before setting off and instantly wanted to play along...  It's been weird not spending my Saturday crafting for the first time in 5 weeks.

So, as soon as I got home and we'd eaten, it was straight upstairs to play.  However, this weeks challenge is a honker!  Normally, I look at the challenge title and know instantly what stamp to use and what I'm going to do - NOT this week - I don't think I've ever done a card with the stamp going off the edge before.  It took a lot of thought, and 3 cards went in the bin (including a very wonky orange number that should never be discussed in public....)

I finally ended up with a flourish border stamp, which I stamped just over the edge to the right, and the top and bottom of the stamp fall off their edges too.  This is a clear rubber stamp set and I think it was a Basic Grey one but there is no branding on it and I've had it a while so can't remember for sure.  The little flourish by the sentiment is also from the same set.  The sentiment is from my ever trusted Elzybels sets.  All stamped in momento tuxedo black.  I was toying with embossing as I thought the shiny contrast down the side would be lovely, but I think the detail in the stamp is too fine to emboss.  I really should try using some colour in these challenges as I often seem to go to B&W - so with that and the fact that I found this soooo challenging - I may well be back with a second (or third) attempt this week...

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