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Monday 16 January 2012

Less is More ~ Week 50 ~ Birds

It's been a while since I joined in with a challenge over at the 'Less is More' blog.  Partly because I'm not very good at the LIM principle although I do love it, and partly through lack of play time.  However, when I saw that their new challenge involves birds I felt I had to have another try, especially as I've finally caved in and bought some Distress Inks!

Here is the card I made:


I masked off a panel and used Peeled Paint and Tattered Rose Distress inks and then stamped a flower border and some wee birds from the Kanban 'Peacock' set of stamps using Adirondack Pitch Black dye based ink.  The sentiment came from the same set of stamps.  I'm not totally happy with the positioning of the panel.  I think it's a little too far to the left, but on the whole I'm pleased with the overall look of the card, and my stamping went well, just for a change!

Enjoy the rest of Monday evening and thank you for looking.

Love,
Beth. xxx

16 lovely comments:

Feebsy said...

Your cards a real stunner. I love the colours and silhouette, they're very classy.

Feebsy
xx

Elaine said...

Lovely card - subtle colouring and great stamping.

Meggymay said...

A beautiful elegany card, love the stamped panel.
Yvonne

Margaret said...

Beautiful card Beth
Margaret x

Scrapcat 1 said...

well if your not happy with the card you can always send it to me and I will love it! seriously though I think it's fabulous and looks really expensive.

Mandi said...

I donlt actually have any distress inks Beth, chrissie does and uses them to perfection
They do certainly seem the best job for this kind of shading
Brilliant card

Many thanks
mandi
"Less is More"

Evelyn said...

Beth, the card is fantastic - the panel is perfect where it is!

Kind regards,
Evelyn

Chrissie said...

This is lovely Beth, I always find vertical panels more tricky than horizontal ones.
Super job!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Donna Huisinga said...

Lovely card. I'm going to look around here for a bird stamp!

Sarn said...

Perfect! Absolutely lovely xxx

froebelsternchen said...

wonderful design!

xxx Susi

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Viv said...

AAaaaaaah - another distress ink convert then!!!
They're great for this type of card as you've found out! Lovely stamps and I really like the colours together. x

Sally said...

A fab CAS card Beth. I love the bird stamp & your coloured panel is perfect.
Sally x

Pauline said...

Gorgeous, what a fab design!

Debby said...

Great!
Debby

Donna Huisinga said...

Your card is just great. Saw it over on the challenge. Great way of adding color.

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