Tuesday 6 June 2017

A Neapolitan bear

Hi there,
NZ has just had it's Queen's Birthday weekend so I got a bit of card-making done (yay) and for the first time in ages I was able to come-up-with, and execute, something for the current Less is More challenge before the cut off time.

The challenge is  Neapolitan (so chocolate, strawberry & vanilla, or, in colours - brown, pink & cream). Such a fun challenge - we used to sometimes have tubs of Neapolitan ice cream when I was a kid.

I even managed to base mine on a craft card blank. Craft card is something I have had no great success with in the past - but it works ok with this card.
The little bear is from a Craft Stamper magazine and I coloured her/him with copics. I picked up a border punch in the Queen's Birthday sales and threaded a thin strip of pink card though it. The sentiment is one a from a small Hero Arts set from long ago -  and that was it really ... normally I suspect I overthink these things, but it all fell into place for this little brown bear.

I liked the oval cameo so much that I made another card for my daughter - she's about to start her first varsity exams & we've sent her a small fun parcel (hopefully she's too busy studying to read this blog for a couple of days). 

She's keen on cats. The card base is navy but it's hard to tell in the photo. Anyway he was fun to colour and put together and will hopefully make her smile.

Anyway the cat is just for fun and I will enter the Neapolitan bear into the current Less is More challenge.
Cheers, Dianne


Sunday 4 June 2017

Birthday card

We've had a long weekend here with very wintry weather, but that hasn't stopped us getting out and about, and also it's given me time to make cards.

The Muse challenge this week was to pick one of Ardyth's cards and use it as your muse ... took me a long time to narrow down the choice because there were so many great cards to choose from.

Finally I chose this card from a Muse challenge back in January.  I loved the clean lines and sharpness of the circle and dots. And the bold, red flower and green leaves contrasting with the black and white.


I had so many ideas for how I was going to interpret it, but the end result landed quite far from where I started.


I masked a circle, stamped musical notes and added perfect pearls. Then I popped it on a scalloped circle and coloured a couple of honeysuckle flowers from an old Chocolate Baroque set. I used foam tape to lift the top flower slightly. The sentiment is from another old Chocolate Baroque set.

When I look at both cards together I can see where mine got its looks from 😊

It's the end of our weekend now - Monday evening - and I hope to finish another couple of cards I have started. I may even manage 2 blog posts in one week rather than my once every couple of weeks efforts of late.
So I'll load this up to the Muse challenge & go & cook dinner.
Cheers, Dianne