Simply Less is More - Week 5 - Pastels

It's been all quiet on the blog front from me this week as I am suffering from "crafters elbow" or tennis elbow as it is more commonly known.  It's basically from over activity, so mine is definitely craft rather than sports related I can assure you!!   Therefore I have been forced to rest it this week and haven't even opened the craft room door since Monday night which makes for a very stressful atmosphere in our house as I get more and more fed-up and bored!

I've still been managing to check some blogs out on the reader on my phone as I can use it one handed ;-)  And that meant today that I saw the new challenge from Simply Less is More, and I love it so much, and am fed-up on my own today, that I decided to throw caution to the wind and play along - one CAS card can't stress my elbow surely.......

So here's my pastel entry - you can see the others here - http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-5-colour-pastel-colours.html

As I also picked up this months craft stamper today, I whipped the butterfly stamp off the front as I felt it would look lovely in pastels.  I used Versamagic ink in Sage and Perfect Plumaria adding both colours directly to the stamp at once (cleaning any cross contamination from the pink pad with a cotton bud after I've finished).  I added a little Dew Drop Brilliance in Lightning Black to the centre.  I let it dry then cut it by hand and shaped it round a pencil.

I stamped directly onto card with circles from another of the my beloved Elzybels sets - sorry that I keep using something you can't get anymore but they are just perfect for the CAS look.  Again I used the same two colours over the different areas of the two stamps.  I then added two sentiments into the sentiment borders on the top and bottom circle, from the same stamp set again in Lightning Black, and popped the butterfly on a couple of foam pads for a little dimension on the central circle.  I'm really pleased with the overall effect.

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented on my SLisM card last week - I had 32 comments - by far the most I've ever received and this is one of the reasons I want to come back and play these challenges every week - there is such a community building up around the site that makes it really unique and enjoyable.  I try to comment on a few cards each day myself but didn't do as many as I'd like last week with my sore elbow.  I really do appreciate your comments though, every single one of them!

Thanks for stopping by and spending your precious time on my little blog...

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