my Crafty Corner

Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Monday, 30 April 2012

Less Is More Sketch



The Challenge at Less Is More this week is to use one of these two sketches, leaving plenty of white space.

I must say that my entry this week is totally inspired by Mandies' card, I liked the way she has used just part of the flower stamp, something I have been trying to do lately to get more use from some of my stamps.So I started by stamping part of this Floral Spray from Chocolate Baroque with Versafine Olympia Green ink and colouring it with Colour Soft pencils. The card I used is very slightly textured and doesn't colour terribly well pencils, but when I had finished I used a paper stump and some Sansodor to blend the colours which helped a lot. I trimmed it to size and inked the edge with the Versafine ink. I mounted it onto the card slightly raised on foam pads and stamped the sentiment underneath again with the same ink. I am fairly pleased with the result although I would probably add some ribbon or some sort of bling by choice.

I am also entering this for, Make It Monday; Anything Goes.
Stamps And Fun; Use a Sketch from Another Current Challenge.

Thank you for all your lovely comments.


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27 comments:

  1. Liz McGuire,30 April 2012 at 15:15

    gorgeous card - love that shade of blue,

    Liz x

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  2. mamapez530 April 2012 at 15:27

    Beautiful colouring Jean. I too would have to add a little 'something', but that's me isn't it? I'm still thinking about this one. I'm not sure I can handle all that white space!. Kate x

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  3. Maria30 April 2012 at 15:47

    This is beautiful Jean, it has a really clean & fresh look. I love the blue and pink together, and the results you get with your coloursoft pencils is great.

    Maria x

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  4. Paper Creations by Shirley30 April 2012 at 16:36

    Love this card ! I like that part of the stamp is 'off the paper', the colors are great too !

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  5. Anonymous1 May 2012 at 00:31

    I love your card - and I love the whitespace, it is a very elegant card :-)

    Monika
    basteln.co.at

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  6. Elaine1 May 2012 at 00:34

    Love this - beautifully coloured!

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  7. Paula (PEP)1 May 2012 at 02:24

    Beautifully effective & I love the softness - I too must experiment with parts of images, not something I automatically think of.
    Paula (PEP)

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  8. Viv1 May 2012 at 04:13

    Gorgeous card

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  9. Lisa Minckler1 May 2012 at 06:41

    This would have been taxing for me to make. I think I would have been too tempted to keep adding, but I LOVE this! Your choice of image and sentiment are absolutely wonderful. I love what you've done with the sketch. :)

    Thank you so much for linking up your talent and creative ideas with us at Make It Monday!
    Lisa xx

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  10. Annie1 May 2012 at 07:09

    beautiful! I love the pretty blue and the simple elegance. hugs, annie x

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  11. Chrissie1 May 2012 at 10:14

    This is really pretty Jean!
    Such delicate colours
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  12. Sally H1 May 2012 at 12:58

    very beautiful! I love the delicate colours

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  13. Jo Street1 May 2012 at 13:35

    Really pretty card!
    Jo x

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  14. Sarah's Little Snippets1 May 2012 at 13:53

    A beautiful card Jean and I love the flower image :) Sarah x

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  15. Chana Malkah1 May 2012 at 15:28

    Hi,we are neighbors at MIM! You are 69 and I am 70, so I couldn't miss this quite beautiful card! Wonderful example of CAS at it's best!
    Hugz,
    Chana, DT Coordinator
    Jackson's Digital Expressions

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  16. Sandy2 May 2012 at 00:59

    This is just lovely the blues are so pretty :)

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  17. Vicky Hayes2 May 2012 at 02:56

    It looks absolutely gorgeous as it is Jean without any additions. I love the way you stamped the flowers off the edge and raised the square on foam pads.

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  18. Suze Bain2 May 2012 at 07:16

    This is a technique I must try too. Your colouring is lovely, a beautiful card. xx

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  19. Vicky2 May 2012 at 08:46

    Hi Jean, i have just stopped by your lovely blog for the first time. Your creations are gorgeous and I am now your newest follower

    hugs Vicky x x x

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  20. Cheryl2 May 2012 at 11:22

    Beautiful! I love your clean design.


    I’m stopping by from MIM. (I’m numbers 107 & 109)

    ~Cheryl~

    **I am having a couple of give-aways on my blog. Feel free to stop by if you are interested.**

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  21. Jenny3 May 2012 at 05:54

    Wonderful card Jean, I love the pretty flowers on your square panel :0)
    Jenny x

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  22. Linda3 May 2012 at 06:46

    Lovely card, really pretty. Great colouring too.xx

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  23. Riette4 May 2012 at 13:56

    Oh wow - you've done this perfect!! I really admire this. Saw you on MIM.

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  24. Skye4 May 2012 at 16:42

    Lovely card. Very pretty image and gentle colours

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  25. Michelle5 May 2012 at 20:55

    Beautiful CAS card! I struggle with this style as I always feel it needs more but you have done a wonderful job. The way you have inked the edges really makes it pop off the page.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

    Michelle :o)

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  26. Andrea6 May 2012 at 02:19

    Very great card - so nice motiv. Thanks for joining Stampfuncreativity.
    Big hug
    Andrea-Emmi41

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  27. veronica6 May 2012 at 02:20

    well done with this Jean! I have been very bad about keeping up with LIM recently, will have to get around to actually doing the challenges again - though maybe not this week, not one of my favourite colours!

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