Challenge #334 - Sketch 20

Hey there LIMettes, we're back with another challenge and this week it's sketch-time for you. We hope you have some fun with this one and feel free to flip / rotate it so as long as we can see the sketch elements in a CLEAN and SIMPLE form we'll be a happy bunch!

We'd like to thank STAMPlorations for being our perfect and generous sponsor for this month and to be in with a chance of winning the sponsor prize for June, please play along with us this week.

Here goes with our sketch followed by inspiration from our fabulous Design Team. Lots of ideas here to get you started and do check out their personal blogs if you have the time as there could be a couple of bonus cards there!

Sarah G

Sarah P

Sharon

Susan


Trina

Anita

Esther


Izzy
using sponsor stencil

Nonni
using sponsor sentiment die

As always please keep your designs Clean & Simple with lots of clean white / blank space and do check our Challenge Guidelines at the top right of the blog along with our 'How to Play' page at the top.

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun.

Don't forget to check out our Facebook Page slideshows, throughout the week HERE especially on Wednesday, when we showcase our random selection of early entries to the challenge and Fridays, when we'll be revealing our ShowCASe favourites from the previous week's challenge.

There's also an Instagram page for our challenge; you can find it HERE and if you post your cards to instagram then please tag us in your post using @lessismorechallenge so that we can hop along and 'like' your creations.

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Challenge #317 - Sketch 19

Hey there LIMettes, we're back with another challenge for you and
it's the last one of our Birthday Month so we hope you'll join us!

We are delighted to welcome back as our final birthday super sponsor
and extra-special talented Guest Designer ... Bev from Uniko

Please read on for more on the challenge and what Bev and the Design Team 
have created for you but first ... Bev and her team at Uniko are also having a
 birthday celebration today as the 5th Birthday BIG REVEAL, RELEASE
 and GIVEAWAY of new stamps takes place over on her blog HERE so do 
make sure you check that out too! 


HERE's the link to the shop for all those new goodies ... from 9am GMT


So today we have a sketch for you to get your teeth into over the week 
and in our fantastic, fresh and classy colour combo! Feel free to flip/rotate
the sketch so long as we can see the elements of it within your card and
do keep it CLEAN & SIMPLE as that's what we love!

Here's what Bev and the design team have to inspire you and do check out their

personal blogs if you have the time as there could be a couple of bonus cards there too!

Bev

Jen

Sarah G

Sarah P 
(Using Uniko Stamps)

Sharon
(Using Uniko Stamps)

Susan

Anita

Esther

As always please keep your designs Clean & Simple with lots of clean white / blank

space and do check our Challenge Guidelines at the top right of the blog along with

our 'How to Play' page at the top.

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun.

Don't forget to check out our Facebook Page slideshows, throughout the week HERE especially on Wednesday, when we showcase our random selection of early entries to the challenge and Fridays, when we'll be revealing our ShowCASe favourites from the previous week's challenge.

We are hoping to announce our winners of all the birthday challenges this month

on Monday, 6th March - depending how quickly we can all agree on the 

scrumptious creations you've been tempting us with this month!

WATCH THIS SPACE!

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Week #278 - Sketch

Time for another challenge for you and if you are in the UK 

you'll hopefully be enjoying an extra long weekend so there's no

 excuse not to play along!!!

It's Sketch time, nice and easy so have some fun and remember 

to keep it Clean & Simple with lots of yummy white space!

 

Here's what the Design team have produced to inspire you
and if you'd like to pop along to our personal blogs you may
find a few bonus ones there too!

Chrissie

Sarah G

Sarah P

Sharon

Susan

Anita

Anne

As always please try to visit a few of your fellow LIMettes to
leave some friendly encouragement and we're excited to see
how you use the sketch this week and look forward to visiting you!


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Sketch Time Week 247

Week 247

It's time for a 

SKETCH

Very straightforward  once again, so let's see lots of white space and a
 really clean and simple design. You may rotate the sketch as you wish but we
should be able to see the the partial panel somewhere in the design.

Here are our samples for you!

Chrissie

Here is a pennant cut from a piece of card which had been given the Inka Gold
smooshing treatment. I put small amounts of Rose Quartz and Graphite pastes
onto a craft mat and spritzed with water. I then took prints using pieces of absorbent card.
When completely dry they were buffed to a beautiful lustre using a paper towel.
The flower is from a  die which was free with a magazine and the sentiment
from Art Impressions!

Sarah

I started out by die-cutting the smallest snowflake die from  the Uniko Studio Snowflake trio dies then adhered them to my  card base. Using MFT Die-namics fishtail flags I've die-cut a  narrow flag, with a die-cut 'happy' word die from Hero Art and a  'Christmas' sentiment from Uniko: Simply Said Christmas. It looked a bit bland for the festive season so I added mini gems  for a bit of Christmas cheer and sparkle!

Anita

 A super simple one layer card.  I stamped the Holly Bough by 
Lili of the Valley in Jet Black Archival Ink off the edge of the card and 
coloured it in with some Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.  The sentiment 
from Mixed Christmas Sentiments by Happy Little Stampers was 
stamped below in Versafine Onyx Black.  I was going to add some 
bling but I felt as the stamp was very detailed it looked best left alone.

Anne

A Christmas take on the sketch here, I have stamped a Winnie & Walter
 tree branch a couple of times and added a sentiment in Pear Pizazz.  
I inked a Stampin Up bird punched from kraft card and made 
it into a robin.  Job done.

We hope you enjoy the sketch this week and can't wait
to see what you come up with. Have fun !


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ShowcCASe Week 238

Week 238 ShowCASe

You may remember that we had a sketch for our challenge last week and what a lot of wonderful interpretations of it there were.

Here's a reminder

Choosing our showcase entries was a real pleasure  and here they are!

Christine

Love the torn edges of the main panel and the beautiful leaves.

Magic Flying Boots 

(sorry, we don't know your name!)

We couldn't resist these little beauties...guaranteed to bring a smile!

Kath

Kath used this delicate DP and matched it beautifully with the sentiment in this terrific CAS card!

DO take the ShowCASe badge from the page at the top ladies and we hope you will display the, on your blogs with pride.

There's just a little time left to enter this week's mist/spray challenge, but we hope to see you tomorrow for another new colour challenge!

Week 238 Sketch

Morning Limettes it's time for our latest challenge and we have

a sketch for you this week and let's hope you have some fun with it.

By all means flip or rotate the sketch so long as we can identify it and 

as always we are looking for clean and simple with lots of  'white' space

Here's what we've come up with and we'd love you to pop over to our

personal blogs where there's more inspiration.

Anne


My one layer card uses Clarity stamps, I've extended the slope line outside the stamp with a Pigma pen.  Coloured with Copics.

Chrissie

I found this piece of Designer paper skulling around in my paper drawer and so have no idea where I managed to print it from! It made me think of these dies, which a very kind American buddy sent to me, as the company (Creative Time Dies) don't ship to the UK. The border is cut with a Cuttlebug die and the sentiment from Memory Box (love) and Spellbinders (part of JUST FOR 'YOU').

Sarah

Using the Uniko Classic Number set I've stamped haphazardly in the 3 colours 

before adding the red diagonal panel with a heat-embossed sentiment by Clearly Besotted: 

Sweet Little Sentiments and the 'BOYS' is made up from the Uniko: Garlands Galore Set.

I've added a mini strip of black cardstock between the number panel and the red 

just for added detail and I couldn't resist the sprinkles; I was going to stick with 

3 on the left but if I hold my hand up the othersare covering a little mis-hap 

with embossing powder! Grrr!

Anita

I cut a white panel of cardstock at an angle before embossing with a Stripe embossing folder by Darice.  I adhered this to the card base and also adhered a thin strip of grey cardstock along the top edge.  I stamped the Petite Petals by Stampin' Up and punched them out with the co-ordinating punch before adhering them along the grey strip with glue dots.  The sentiment, from A Little Sentimental by Clearly Besotted, was embossed in white onto some grey cardstock before cutting down and popping up on 3D foam.

We hope you have a good week and find some crafty time to join in and 

if possible please stop by a few of your fellow entrants to leave some 

encouraging and friendly comments.

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Week 230 - Sketch

Happy Saturday Limettes

We have a long awaited sketch for you this week!

The essence of all our challenges is simplicity ... so please remember that 

all important 'white space' and keep your design Clean and Simple!

Here are our examples for you this week... although as ever there will be
additional inspiration on the personal blogs of the DT...so do pay them a visit.

Anne

My card is nearly white on white.  I've used a Cuttlebug script embossing folder 
and added a Memory Box butterfly and a Mama Elephant sentiment. 
 The base layer of the butterfly is cut from white glittery paper.

Chrissie

This is an image from the internet over-stamped with an Artemio manuscript stamp 

and then coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment was computer generated in

Passions Conflict and Andalus fonts and the flourish is a die cut from MFT.

The apertures were cut with Simon Says Stamp stitched, rectangular dies.

Sarah

I've turned the sketch on it's head with the smaller panel at the top

and also used landscape rectangles rather than portrait. The images are from

Paper Smooches: Briny Blue coloured using Stabilo Markers and water, 

then twinkled with Winks of Stella and Glossy Accents.

Rectangles die-cut using MFT Die-Namics pierced rectangle dies

and the 'birthday wishes' sentiment from Clearly Besotted

Anita

I die cut a curved rectangle from the top panel which was popped up 

on 3D foam strips after adhering some hot pink cardstock to the card base

 to show through the aperture.  I die cut the flower from white cardstock 

using 'Small Posh Outline' die from Poppy Stamps, adhered this 

over the aperture and accented with some clear Wink of Stella.  

I then used the Paper Smooches 'Thanks' word die to cut the sentiment 

from the same hot pink cardstock.

We hope you enjoy the sketch and we look forward to seeing
what you make of it this week. Please take some time to visit your fellow
entrants and leave some kind feedback ... Everyone loves a comment or two!

Happy Crafting!


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