Paper Hugs

This week's challenge at Less is More is to use pastel shades in a CAS style. I have always loved pastel colours so this week I'm very happy - here is my card, and a few more that I just had to make!  This was the first card I made for this challenge, but had to leave the sentiment off - lack of planning on my part!  Inside, I stamped my latest favourite:  'Sending hugs and happy thoughts' from an Altenew stamp set - Beautiful Day.  The pastel pink butterflies are cut from paper from the Cocoa Vanilla collection - 'Free Spirit'. This card is now my favourite and is the one I selected to submit for the challenge.  It also has room for a sentiment!  The pastel blue butterflies were cut from a watercolour card I had coloured with Distress Inks.  The glitter mat and one butterfly are the only accents. This card is much smaller at 4" x 4" and holds fewer butterflies, but I am often finding I need little note cards like this to send t...

Penny Black is the sponsor for this week's challenge at Less is More , which is to use a Rubber Stamp! I initially started my large collection of stamps with rubber stamps and they adorn the wall in my craft room, tidily arranged in little cubby holes - all 60 of them!  But now, it is the thing to buy the clear stamps, which are great, but they are usually stored away in boxes or filing folders, so are not quite so available for inspiration.  So with no reluctance at all, I chose a rubber stamp - it was a Penny Black hedgehog (I notice there have been a few used already in the challenge) - I actually completed mine this Sunday morning, but it is Fathers' Day here today, and our closest family members were here for lunch - so I waited till they left late afternoon to complete my blog post.  The image has been heat embossed in black, and coloured with distress markers.  The sentiment is by Amy Tangerine.