Happy 4th Birthday Less is More!

I was really thrilled when Chrissie asked me to guest again over at Less is More today to celebrate their 4th Birthday.   I can hardly believe this challenge site has been running for 4 years.  I found it on week 2 and have played along as often as I can ever since and really found my CAS style through their challenges so I have a lot to thank them for!

The challenge today is a colour theme of pink and grey and I decide to give it a birthday twist in honour of the challenge with a host of pink balloons!

I stamped the balloons using one shape from the Whole Lotta Happy stamp from Wplus9 using Blush, Piggy Bank and Lollipop pigment inks by Mama Elephant.   I die cut the birthday from grey card using the birthday script die from Mama Elephant and stamped wishes from the Whole Lotta Happy stamp underneath using grey versafine.   I drew the balloon strings by hand using the pumice stone distress marker.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESS IS MORE!

Prize Challenge Tag

We're launching the first of our monthly challenges over at Make the Day Special Stamp Store today so if you're a fan of US stamp brands and want to get your hands on £15 to spend in store then check out the blog for details of how to join in http://makethedayspecialcards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/monthly-prize-challenges-start-today.html

As we're starting easy with "anything goes" I decide to do something a little different and make a tag rather than a card....

To make the die cut happy all pink and jolly I went mad with washi tape and selected all the ones I had with pink in them (it seems I have quite a few!!!) and stuck them down in a random order with some overlapping and simply die cut the word using one of the happy trio dies from Wplus9.   I think this is a super quick and easy way to add a lot of interest to a simple project.

The rest of stamping is done with the companion stamp set - whole lotta happy - I added words (some over the washi) in black and pink and then added some of the stars in the same colours to draw the eye to the top of the tag.  I'm not normally a pink girl but I do like the new inks from Avery Elle and was drawn to the raspberry one - probably because I love raspberries but I guess I shouldn't try eating the ink lol!

You've got 3 whole weeks to play in the challenge and the only rule is that your project must feature one product we sell so I do hope you'll join us......     http://makethedayspecialcards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/monthly-prize-challenges-start-today.html