Less is More let it snow

I had a real attack of random smudges with my one layer cards for Less is More this week, this is my final attempt which has a little cut off the bottom to remove some red ink.  Red?  Haven't used red for ages...   When I then got a blue smudge at the top right I could have either wept about it or covered it up.  In the end I did both and it is at least finished.  If you look closely at the ornaments, the stamp is made up of lots of tiny snowflakes, you may need to click on the pic.  They are white embossed and I drew in strings for them.  Do you think I should have extended the string to the ribbon?
My card is for:
Less is More - let it snow
Addicted to Stamps - snowflakes
Kenny K's - Christmas hues of blues
Let's Ink it Up - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - let it snow

One layer card - City Christmas

Here is my one layer card, at least here is the version that I'm happy with, there are a few rejects on the desk:).  This has a Distress Ink background, masked with Post-Its.  The city stamp is Hero Arts, the Santa is Sheena Douglass.  The sentiment is heat embossed.  Fun to do and definitely not a traditional card!
Entered for the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - not so tradtional Christmas
Ellephantastic - Christmas and/or butterfly
A Spoonful of Sugar - distressing

Winter Wonderland

I've been practising with my brayer again, I do love the stunning work that people produce and I know that I have to keep at it to get better...
These are:  Top Left-glossy card and Distress Inks, Top Right-smooth card and Distress Inks, Bottom Left- smooth card and Adirondack inks, Bottom Right-glossy cards and Adirondacks.
The finished card is glossy card and, I think, Adirondack ink.  I found the inks work the same way but of course the colours are not identical.  As I have lots of Distress Inks I'm glad they brayer well:).
The deer are a Woodware clear stamp; Santa and the pine trees are Creative Expressions stamps.  I've added some Glamour Dust on glue pen for a sparkle and shine.
Found a great simple sketch for it at Eat, Sleep, Stamp
and I'm also entering it for:
Fussy & Fancy - Let's see your Winter Wonderland
Christmas Stamping All Year - something metallic (glitter)
Bah Humbug - Elegance
 Totally Gorjuss - sparkle
Delightful Challenges - beginning to look a lot like Christmas

DT Post - Phindy's Friday Challenge #11 - 3D it!

It's Friday and it's time for another Phindy's Place Challenge. This week the theme is 3D. You can add a simple button or you can create a whole 3D project - as long as you use a Phindy's Place image with your 3D you've nailed the challenge :). The DT has really outdone itself this week - be sure to check out the amazing 3D projects they have come up with!My card is fairly simple, it's based on the Sketch and Stash Challenge. My flower top fairy is also entered for the Sugar & Spice Challenge at Totally Gorjuss. I printed and coloured 3 of the adorable Flower Top Fairy Buttercup images and decoupaged them, using Glossy Accents on her flower and hat. I used a punch to make some little flowers and added pearls to the centres. Originally I used a larger punch and made some lovely flowers, but they were just too big and clunky, so off they came! Ribbon is from stash.

Sketch and Stash always like to know about stash: the sentiment is a never used Stampendous set that I bought last year in the sale - shame on me - the stamps have never seen ink! The DP is Papermania and is new and the image is new.

The least and most - what WAS I thinking of?

I've just completed this card and I'm really not too sure about it. Mmm... here goes:). My crafting friend Val was kind enough to bring over her new Sweet Pea stamps recently and I was the first to get them inky, stamping a few sheets of images. I've been rather shying away colouring these challenging images, there are some wonderful cards around made with them. First go was in conventional green and pink and looked ok-ish. I discarded it when I found a smudge that looked like a failed tattoo on her shoulder:).

So then I thought about the Crafty Cardmaker's Challenge which is to use your least favourite and most favourite colours, which is how I ended up with orange and green LOL! Don't get me wrong, it's quite a fun combo and I think the fairy looks great as a redhead. But then I've spent most of the day trying to find DP to work with this rather unusual colourway, ended up with Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Christmas DP and some Basic Grey orange from the Green at Heart pad. A little odd, no? I'm also entering it for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge of Wings - and notice that one of their DT has a rather more polished version of the same image! Nice card Gez;). I've used this week's Card Patterns Sketch for my card's layout.

I'm fairly pleased with my first colouring attempt, these seem to need a dramatic background, so I gave it purple and went over it with light orange, which gave it a glow. Colouring is Copics and Stickles and when I'd finished I saw a tiny mark on the image so I oversprayed the whole card with gold Glimmer Mist as a kind of fake tan to disguise the blemish:). The ribbon has dots on the RS, which looked too strong so I used the wrong side. Sentiment is Hero Arts. What do you think? Hit or miss?