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Saturday, 10 September 2011

Less is More Week 32 - One Layer - Seeing Double

Wow it's Saturday again and time for all the Limettes to get creative for this week's challenge at
Less is More! I'm always surprised at how early some of them appear!!!


now we're on to the second week of the month, which is a....
                      ONE LAYER CARDentitledSEEING DOUBLE 
                           So on your entry this week, we'd like to see TWO of something.


 I loved Mandi and Chrissie's cards, such great techniques and thought this would be a fairly easy theme but guess what, my reject box is full:)
Finally I decided on a mix of digi images and ink.
I'm not sure who drew the stamps but it was someone called Celia!! My first card I printed out the cats and the sentiment (TLC) using Craft Artist, as it's easy to position everything. I masked off a square and also the cats and used a chalk ink to colour the centre. I shadow stamped the corner using grey ink with a strange little stamp that has various sizes of toadstools on it. Not sure where I got it from but I think it was a 50p bin at Ally Pally! I embossed a frame around the square and added a glitter collar to the cats.


My second card was generated on Craft Artist. I downloaded a drawing of a chaise longue  and arranged the cats to sit on it. Again I added glitter for the collars. I showed it to my OH and he thought it was an old boot!!





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36 comments:

  1. Jacki Daniels10 September 2011 at 22:33

    Lol had to be a man that said that gave me a chuckle though bless him beautiful cards can't decide which is my fav as I like bits from both of them Like the way you have embossed the frame in the first one and the cats tail is hanging over it and the simplicity of the second one both very beautiful and both very different
    Jacki xx

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  2. Anita10 September 2011 at 23:12

    Beautiful cards!!!

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  3. Chrissie10 September 2011 at 23:40

    Clever stuff Valerie, I love the colours you've added to the first one.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  4. Carol10 September 2011 at 23:56

    Two great cards Valerie, love the first one though. Carol x

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  5. Jenny10 September 2011 at 23:58

    I love the first card so much, the colours and composition are perfect :)
    Jenny x

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  6. Rosemary11 September 2011 at 00:04

    both cards are just fabby, val!! everything about them is perfection...

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  7. Em11 September 2011 at 04:47

    Lovely cats and cards~~
    I like to add cat on my cards recently. They are so adorable!

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  8. Aquarius11 September 2011 at 07:35

    Two lovely cards for this challenge - great cats. Had to smile at the 'old boot' comment from your OH.

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  9. Stamps and Paper11 September 2011 at 08:23

    Two beautiful cards and so cleverly done...

    Anne

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  10. Mandi11 September 2011 at 08:31

    Oh gosh Valerie I saw it as a boot too, how bizarre! Only for a moment!! It's fabulous. love those cats. The masked square looks FAB too
    Thank you, have a good week
    Mandi
    "Less is More"

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  11. Jacki Daniels11 September 2011 at 10:57

    Valerie thanks for comment if you ever need any help with MCS just shout honestly if I can use it anyone can I find craft artist soooooo hard to use I have the card version and gave up as it was so technical but I find MCS is the easiest one out of all of them and now they have the new cutting tools it's even better I helped some one else who was struggling with it and now she uses most of the time to so if you want to let me know
    Jacki xx

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  12. Anonymous11 September 2011 at 10:59

    Love the colours in the first card, but they are both stunning!

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  13. Sue11 September 2011 at 15:09

    Super cards Val. Sue.x

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  14. Meggymay11 September 2011 at 15:09

    Love both of your cards, the chaise looks nothing like a boot to me. Yvonne x,

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  15. Deborah Frings11 September 2011 at 15:14

    Both these cards are just super - I love the one with the cats on the chaise!!

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  16. Ang C11 September 2011 at 16:28

    Beautiful cards

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  17. Maureen11 September 2011 at 16:41

    Lovely card, well done. You can view my card here .
    Maureen..........x

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  18. Sally11 September 2011 at 16:46

    Two beautiful designs but my fave has to be the first one. I love cats on cards & these two are lovely.
    Sally x

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  19. Shirley11 September 2011 at 17:36

    Both cards are so elegant, fun, and lovely at the same time!!

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  20. Beryl K11 September 2011 at 18:51

    Fabulous cards,
    Beryl x

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  21. Anonymous11 September 2011 at 20:50

    Wow what a stunning and stylish cards!

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  22. Suze Bain11 September 2011 at 21:21

    Both super cards Valerie, those cats are fabulous. xx

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  23. Fiona11 September 2011 at 22:15

    Both cards are fantastic. xxx

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  24. Fiona11 September 2011 at 23:51

    I love cats and the colours in your first card are perfect for them.

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  25. Gibmiss12 September 2011 at 01:32

    Hi
    Fabulous cards ....love them both ...the cat stamps are gorgeous....
    hugs sylvie
    xxx

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  26. Vicky Hayes12 September 2011 at 12:27

    These are amazing Val - love the image and how you've used it so differently for each card. Think you might need to book hubby an appointment at the opticians! Vx

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  27. Sasha12 September 2011 at 16:33

    Two beautiful challenge cards, Val. Love your gorgeous cats, and your clever technique with the chaise longue!:)

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  28. Aileen12 September 2011 at 20:06

    Your hubby gave me a chuckle, just the kind of thing mine would say! Love the cats and really like the first one with the tail hanging over. x

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  29. Sandy13 September 2011 at 15:40

    Two fab cards, great images. My favourite would have to be the first one.
    Sandy

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  30. G Peplow13 September 2011 at 16:59

    Hi Valerie, These are totally fab, you clever lady, I love the chaise longue and the cats sit so well on it, brill and I love your tag above too,it's fabulous, Gay xxx

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  31. massofhair13 September 2011 at 17:10

    Well i adore both cards and am intrigued where you found that wonderful chaise longue in Craft Artist Professional. Have just downloaded this digitally and am about to install it on my laptop.

    I also have MCS but don't use it very much as i really prefer to rubber stamp and get a bit messy...:-)

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  32. GinaA13 September 2011 at 21:25

    The way you have positioned the cats on the 'boot' is fabulous, they are both stunning cards.

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  33. Lynne14 September 2011 at 00:00

    They are both fabulous, love the first one. Had to smile at your OH comment.
    Lynne xxx

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  34. Viv14 September 2011 at 12:28

    Two fab cards again Valerie, just love those cats!!! and I saw the chaise longue straight away....men eh lol :O) Viv xx

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  35. Sarah14 September 2011 at 16:10

    These cats look just dandy and I love the green background the best - both great cards and a lovely design.

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  36. fatmonica17 September 2011 at 01:56

    I love these!Those cats are gorgeous!

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