LIM tripple meets daring kraft

This week over at Less is More, Chrissie and Mandi want us to pick any 3 of the last 29 challenges and combine them into this weeks card - oh dear - another challenge with too many options to choose from....   I have a feeling this won't be my only card this week!

My mind went immediately to the first sketch challenge (Week 8) as I really love that sketch and use it often so that's my first challenge down.  I got my first ever set of paper smooch stamps this weeks from Make the Day Special in the UK (finally hurrah!) and really wanted to play with them, so I opted for the masculine challenge (Week 7) and my final combined challenge is embossing (Week 15).  I am also combining in a 4th challenge, from this weeks Daring Cardmakers, who want us to use kraft and natural materials.

I stared with a black DL card and heat embossed the sentiment in copper direct to the card.  I added a strip of corrugated card which is wrapped with jute twine in the grooves.  The TV is stamped on smooth kraft, shaded with copics and pencils and the screen given a coat of glossy accents.  I cut this out and stuck it onto a white nestie circle and stamped the ariel onto that. 

It will be going along to the fayre with me tomorrow where we are selling all the cards that have kindly been donated for sale in aid of St Luke's Hospice - many by fellow LIMettes, so THANK YOU to all who have donated.  If you want to check out the charity challenge blog then there are still a few days to enter our beach themed challenge for which you can win a voucher for Quixotic Paperie.   ST LUKE'S CHARITY CARDS CHALLENGE BLOG

Catch you later

 Craftilicious x

Featuring Buttons.....

The Daring Cardmakers this week want us to make cards with buttons - but rather than just bunging one in a corner, we have to make them part of the feature image.  The DT have some great samples with really quirky ideas for incorporating buttons, and as I've just got a new stamp set full of button images, I wanted to play along.

I was inspired by the phrase - "one in a million",  and created a sentiment I could apply to my DH who does put up with a lot from me and this crafting lark!  I created the sentiments in word art using cena font, applying a wave and a shadow to mimic the shape of my stamped buttons.  Now I know there aren't actually a million buttons on my card, but I hope my idea gets the message across by featuring just one real button on my card.  As it's a DL card, then I am also entering it into this week's CAS-ual Friday's  'the long and short of it' challenge which is to create a DL sized card but maintaining a lot of white space.

Back tomorrow for LIM and some more entries for the Crissy Armstrong DT call which closes this weekend.

Craftilicious x