Sunday 5 February 2012

Happy Birthday "Less is More"

This week we're celebrating the first birthday of the fab "Less is More Challenge".  This was the first challenge I ever entered and it really kickstarted my 'blogging' life and introduced me to so many great blogging friends - so thank you Chrissie and Mandi for all you hard work.

Now onto this week's challenge which is the colour "Aqua" ...

  



I was rummaging in the cupboards yesterday as my daughter wanted to do some felt sewing and I came across some turquoise wrapping paper - "that'll do nicely" thought I.  I embossed a La Blanche stamp with white EP and mounted it behind a Tim Holtz dress form aperture.  Sentiment is Hero Arts and the card is DL size.



The card on the left is taken with my camera but in real life the blue is really a turquoise colour - the photo below was taken with my phone - this shows a truer colour but not such a detailed image.












Thanks for coming to visit, hope you all have a great week - keep safe & warm!

Suze xx

27 comments:

Viv said...

Oooo u clever girl! What a great card this is - love everything about it.

Elaine said...

Great idea - makes a lovely card!

Dolly Daydreams said...

Wow what a difference in colours from the two different devices. Clever card beautifully executed love the super smart design.

Marie

Suzilou said...

Love this card, what a great design and great embossing :)

Bea said...

what a fab card - so different

Mandi said...

Fabulous card Suze
Gorgeous dress form
So glad that we got you into your blogging world Suze, you make a difference to is with your super inspiration
Thanks so much
mandi
"Less is More"

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

WOW Suze love the die cut and what a great idea to stamp the wrapping paper, makes a beautiful card

Jenni's Jems said...

Oh WOW Susan this is just gorgeous and superb love the die cut and the embossing.Mandi is so right you definitely inspire me -and this would be perfect for the art journal as you love sewing and crafting!!x

Valerie-Jael said...

Beautiful work again! Hugs, Valerie

Anonymous said...

beautiful image Suze and great colour. Dianne.

Anonymous said...

Hi Suze. What a fabulous card. Really stands out.
Regards Florence x

Chrissie said...

This is such a brilliant idea Suze. To put that stamped piece behind the mannequin looks divine!
I'm so glad that we were instrumental in getting you to share your fab cards with the blogging world.
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Meggymay said...

Fabulous card, love how you made this one.
Yvonne x

Lynne Moncrieff said...

This is incredibly effective and so dynamic.
Wishes
Lynne

Aileen said...

Love the dress form with the stamped image behind. Beautifully done. x

Victoria said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the detail of the stamping behind the die cut.

Vicky said...

Fantastic card Suze and such a clever idea - stunning! :)x

Vicky Hayes said...

This is so pretty Suze - I love the white embossing on the aqua card stock and it looks fab behind the aperture. Vicky x

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Such a fantastic idea, your LIM card looks great.

G Peplow said...

Hi Suze, This is fabulous, I love the cut out dress form and the embossing works beautifully, what a gorgeous card! xxx

Kathyk said...

Lovely card and your use of the cut out dress form is inspired

Kathyk

Rosemary said...

oh your card is just brilliant, suze... love the dressform and the stamping!! fabulous!

Brigitte said...

Wow, a great idea. I love it.

Margie said...

What a brilliant idea! I've got that die and would never have thought to use it to cut an aperture in a card! Now you've got me going.

Mynn xx said...

WOW! This is amazing! The cut out dress form with the white on aqua is sooo pretty! :)

Diane said...

Absolutely fab card, it's wonderful, love the whole design. Also love your blokes black and white card, it's excellent but shock horror....you've been buying men's cards!!!! You really shouldn't when you make them this well!!!!
Diane

Susan said...

Suze, your cards are always amazing! Love the cut out on this one...and the paper behind it is perfect!!