Challenge #367 - OLC Stencils

Hey LIMettes! 

We're back with our latest challenge which happens to be the ONE LAYER challenge but we're sure you'll manage this one and have loads of fun in the process. So hunt out those stunning stencils from your stash and start creating directly on your card base with no additional layers whatsoever!

Here's the cue card for this challenge followed by a little reminder of our ONE layer card requirements / guidelines

Less is More - One Layer Card (OLC): 

One piece of card folded in half with no additional layers and minimal embellishments, where the image is stamped or printed directly onto the cardstock. Inlaid dies can be used as a technique for one layer cards, where the die-cut image or sentiment is placed back into the front of the card base and a small piece of tape can hold your inlaid die in place from behind, yet the card remains completely flat. 

No additional panels/layers (no stickers, no die cuts, no washi tape etc) 

can be added to the front of the card base

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun. We're delighted to have Shery of STAMPlorations (our generous sponsor for this month) join us again with another fantastic card showcasing her beautiful products.

Now let's see what Shery and the design team have created for you and do check out their personal blogs if you have the time as there could be a couple of bonus cards there!

Shery

Nonni
Using sponsor stencil

                                                                                                           
Sarah
Using sponsor stencil

Sharon
Using Sponsor Sentiment

Susan


Trina
Using sponsor stencil

Anita

Izzy
Using sponsor stencil

To be eligible for ShowCASe and Prize Winner choices please carefully follow all of our Clean & Simple Challenge Guidelines plus Glossary of Terms, which you'll find via our 'How To Play' tab at the top of the page. Your designs should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non-patterned space.

Our Facebook Page, for regular updates, can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page, 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.  

Our monthly ShowCASes and Winner announcements will be featured in ONE bumper post here on the blog at the start of each month so keep visiting us to see if you're one of our lucky entries! 

Enjoy the challenge and have fun!

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Challenge #366 - Monochrome

Hey LIMettes! 

We're back with our latest challenge which is a colour one and we're delighted to welcome back STAMPlorations as our generous sponsor for this month.

Shery (owner of STAMPlorations) is one of our Guest Designers for this challenge and her card was a little late as she designed something especially for the challenge!

Here's the cue card with a little dictionary definition of what this means

Definition: Monochrome - 

using only black, white, and grey or tones of one colour

We're also joined by the super talented Maaike of Cards by Maaike, a regular here at Less is More and winner of our December challenges.

To be eligible for ShowCASe and Prize Winner choices please carefully follow all of our Clean & Simple Challenge Guidelines plus Glossary of Terms, which you'll find via our 'How To Play' tab at the top of the page. Your designs should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non-patterned space.

Now let's see what fantastic inspiration our guests and the design team have created for you and do check out their personal blogs if you have the time as there could be a couple of bonus cards there!

Shery 

Maaike

Izzy


Nonni
Using sponsor die

Sarah
Using sponsor stamp

Sharon

Using sponsor stamp

Susan


Trina
Using sponsor stamp


Anita
Using sponsor stamp

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun; what's more you could be our lucky STAMPlorations prize winner this month!

Our Facebook Page, for regular updates, can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page, 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.  

Our monthly ShowCASes and Winner announcements will be featured in ONE bumper post here on the blog at the start of each month so keep visiting us to see if you're one of our lucky entries! 

Enjoy the challenge and have fun!

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Challenge #365 - 7th Birthday: CAS Dry Embossing

Hey LIMettes! 

Here we go with our second challenge of our birthday month to celebrate our 7th birthday!

Once again we've invited 4 of our most recent Design Team members back to guest design alongside the regular DT and we're delighted that Tara of Seven Hills Crafts has also agreed to be a Guest Designer as well as sponsoring this challenge.

Since stepping down from the Less is More Challenge Design Team, SarahG certainly hasn't been sitting around on her laurels ... instead she's developed a fantastic Folksy Store HERE selling her laser-cut stencils and MDF shapes as well as Greetings Cards and Home Decor items. 

Sarah is also offering a spectacular prize, for this month only, of 2 of her stencils to one lucky player AND we've another randomly selected mystery prize giveaway too. Please Note: To be eligible for either of these 2 prizes you need to play along in both challenges this month.

So let's get down to announcing our challenge, the theme of which often causes much debate in blogland as to whether this technique is acceptable in a Clean and Simple Challenge. 

Here's our guidelines for Dry Embossing:

Embossing folders, designed to give texture to your project, can be used for our CAS challenges, ideally covering only a small portion of your card around the focal point. Where an embossing folder is used to create texture over the entire card front this must be a very subtle / barely there pattern so as not to distract from your focal point.

To be eligible for ShowCASe and Prize Winner choices please carefully follow all of our Clean & Simple Challenge Guidelines plus Glossary of Terms, which you'll find via our 'How To Play' tab at the top of the page. Your designs should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non-patterned space.  

Now let's see what fantastic inspiration the design team and our guests have created for you and do check out their personal blogs if you have the time as there could be a couple of bonus cards there!

Guest Designers:

Tara

Chrissie 

Esther

Jen 

Sarah G 

Hi, I’m Sarah and I love card making, mixed media and basically playing with all types of inks, stamps, stencils, pastes and paints.  Card making challenges got me in to blogging and I have made lots of wonderful friends in blogland.  I have been on several design teams including Less is More and still take part on a regular basis – I am so pleased to be playing along with Sarah and the wonderful DT for this birthday month!  Since leaving LIM, I have started making and selling a range of laser cut stencil designs in my Folksy shop– I am regularly adding to the range and also sell mdf shapes/embellishments.  I hope you can pop over to take a look.  I post regularly on my  blog and it would be great to see you there

Current LIM Designers:

Anita

Izzy

Nonni

A detailed photo of the subtle embossed background, behind the embossed die cuts can be found on her blog

Sarah

Sharon

Susan

Trina 

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun and our generous sponsor for this month is Seven Hills Crafts

Our Facebook Page, for regular updates, can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page, 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.  

Our monthly ShowCASes and Winner announcements will be featured in ONE bumper post here on the blog at the start of each month so keep visiting us to see if you're one of our lucky entries! 

Enjoy the challenge and have fun!

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Challenge #364 - 7th Birthday: Music

Hey LIMettes! 

We are celebrating today so this is gonna be a bumper post! ... AND you might want to grab a chair, get comfy and sip on your favourite tipple! The Less is More Challenge is having a birthday this month; 

What an achievement hey and still so many of you, from our early days, continue to play along with us each challenge. It makes us flush with pride and we are so privileged to have your continued support. We hope you'll enjoy this one and celebrate with us too!

We've invited 4 of our most recent Design Team members back as our guest designers, this month, as well as our sponsors! Yes we have 2 sponsors for February; one for each challenge. 

Ex Design Team member SarahG is also offering a spectacular prize this month so read on for more details about that AND we've another mystery prize giveaway too. PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible for either of these 2 prizes you need to play along in both challenges this month 

To be eligible for ShowCASe and Prize Winner choices please follow our Clean & Simple Guidelines carefully, which you'll find with our complete Challenge Guidelines and Glossary of Terms via the 'How To Play' tab at the top of the page. Your designs should feature lots of clean / white / blank space 

So let's get down to introducing the first of our birthday challenges and here's the cue card

Our awesome sponsor for this challenge is Uniko and we're delighted to have the super talented and owner of Uniko Guest Designing with us. Please welcome Bev and if you've never visited the Uniko blog HERE and HERE you are missing out on lots of fun!

Let's see what our design team and guest designers 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! We all love a visit and I'm sure they'd all appreciate it too.

Guest Designers: 

Bev - Uniko

SarahG

Hi, I’m Sarah and I love card making, mixed media and basically playing with all types of inks, stamps, stencils, pastes and paints.  Card making challenges got me in to blogging and I have made lots of wonderful friends in blogland.  I have been on several design teams including Less is More and still take part on a regular basis – I am so pleased to be playing along with Sarah and the wonderful DT for this birthday month!  Since leaving LIM, I have started making and selling a range of laser cut stencil designs in my Folksy shop– I am regularly adding to the range and also sell mdf shapes/embellishments.  I hope you can pop over to take a look.  I post regularly on my  blog and it would be great to see you there

Chrissie

Esther

Jen

Current LIM Designers:

Trina


Anita

Izzy

Nonni



Sharon

Sarah

Susan

We hope you'll feel inspired to play along with us and have some fun and our generous sponsor for this challenge is Uniko.

Our Facebook Page, for regular updates, can be found HERE as well as our Instagram page, 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.  

Our monthly ShowCASes and Winner announcements will be featured in ONE bumper post here on the blog at the start of each month so keep visiting us to see if you're one of our lucky entries!  

Enjoy the challenge and have fun!

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