Saturday 27 August 2011

An Oriental Recipe

Week 30 over at the Less is More Challenge and this week it's a recipe ...


Take 3 Challenges
We want you to choose 3 from any of our previous 29 and combine them in your design.


I've been very good and have used a scrap which I had left over from yesterday when I was playing about with inks and my new Geisha stamp.

This is the scrap piece ...


and the finished card ...



I've incorporated:
Week 4 - 3 Squares
Week 12 - Off Centre
Week 28 - Ink
(it would also fit with a couple more weeks)

Background was made with Distress Inks and Geisha stamp is by Bravura.

Apologies for not getting round to visiting many of you last week - it was just one of those weeks!

Thanks for popping by - have a great week everyone and thanks again Chrissie & Mandi for a great challenge.

Suze xx

42 comments:

Kathyk said...

Splendid card - it WAS tricky trying decide which of the challenges to focus on!

Kathyk

Chrissie said...

It just shows that not all scraps are in fact scraps!
A super card!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Mandi said...

Fabulous inking, superb effect
Thank you for entering
Mandi Diva LIM
"Less is More"

Aileen said...

Wonderful. Knocks spots off mine! I love the way you've cropped your image and split it into the squares. I almost added pink behind mine too......spooky!! x

Valerie-Jael said...

Great scraps very well used! Another lovely card! Hugs, Valerie

Margaret said...

Wow Suze this is a stunner!
Margaret x

Anonymous said...

Super card Suze! I'm glad those 'scraps' didn't end up in the bin!! x

Pauline said...

A great mix of these challenges, a gorgeous card.

Carol said...

Superb use of scraps Suze, love it. Carol x

Jane said...

Lovely inking, great card.

Penny said...

I love your pretty background and the fab stamp - really unusual and striking!

Jenni's Jems said...

Oh Susan this is brill ,love the stamp,the colours it's so effective!and so you lol x

Sarah said...

What a lovely stamp! A gorgeous card too.

Yvonne said...

G O R G E O U S, Suze!

Von said...

I see you have used that gorgeous new stamp again to great effect Suze :)

kelly said...

That stamp is magnificent!
Kelly xx

Anne said...

Ooh what a clever idea to split this over 3 squares, love the bookmark you made with it too!
Anne
x

Gibmiss said...

Hi there
Fabulous card ....love all the colours ....Stunning....
hugs sylvie
x

Diane Louise J said...

Loving all the gorgeous colours on your card xx

Sarina said...

Fantastic inking and beautiful colours.
I is a stunning card!,
x,
Sarina

Marlena M. said...

BEAUTIFUL! I love this! ;)

Heather T said...

Beautiful colours and image.

Bonnie said...

This is amazing!

Anonymous said...

This is simply stunning. The image looks so much better split into the separate squares - I must give this a try! hugs, Gill x

laurie said...

Awesome card!

Sally H said...

Oooh, that's gorgeous! Love the colours!

Beryl K said...

Just gorgeous
Beryl x

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

I love this Geisha stamp Suze - there is something magical about it. Love the way you've separated it into three squares, and the soft background colours are fabulous.
Hugs, Sylvia xx

Anonymous said...

Fabulous card.
Florence x

Lisa A. said...

What a beautiful "scrap"...and a beautiful use of it on your card...simply lovely:)!!

Sandra said...

Great inking!
Sandra

Vicky Hayes said...

I love the inky background to your geisha image and the finished card is gorgeous! Vx

Linby said...

Fab card - love the effect you have created. Well done for using a scrap too.
Linbyx

G Peplow said...

Hi Suze, Fabulous colours and the geisha is so beautiful, love the whole card, Gay xxx

Sasha said...

Fab oriental card! I love your inking, it suits your stamped image perfectly!

Sue said...

A fabulous card Suze. I love the inking technique you've used and how you've divided the image into squares - very clever idea. Sue.x

Jenny said...

Love this Suze, the colours are so vibrant and love how you divided the image into aquares too. Fab card :)
Jenny x

hazel said...

Wonderful card and a great idea to split the image into three squares.
xxx Hazel.

Deborah Frings said...

That goes to show just how fabulous scraps can be. Your card is just stunning! Love the vibrant colour and gorgeous image! I'm running late - here's mine!

fatmonica said...

This is brilliant-love that image!

Viv said...

Such a pretty card, love the colour too :O) Viv xx

Gio said...

love it! it's gorgeous!