Saturday, 6 January 2018

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Sorry for the unfocused photo, I try to get this replaced with a better one but please bear with this in the meantime! Clicking it larger might help a bit! :)
Hi friends!
We have the first challenge of 2018 for you at Less Is More and we also have some news: from now on you'll always have 2 weeks to play along, we are changing our challenges to run fortnightly! I hope you'll like this little change. We are still continuing with the monthly sponsors and with our familiar challenge rota so no worries, not too much is different! :) We actually have a new sponsor in January, Skull and Cross Buns. Exciting! 


Now let's get into the details of our first challenge in January: 



 I know one person who just loves loves loves purples, my good friend Sandie , and this is my message to her:

Sandie , I challenge you to enter this challenge at least twice times during the next fortnight! How about creating 3 cards for us?!? Do I hear "challenge excepted"?!? :) 

Our guest designer this time is the talented Wei. I really love the cute purse superhero card she created for us!

I've made a quick CAS card for this challenge using an oldie but goodie PTI stamp and sentiment stamp by Concord and 9th. My coloring is made with ZIGs and an old wink of stella pen filled with water -this gives such a lovely sparkle! I'm out of marker proof black ink so until I do some crafty shopping, no Copic coloring here! I guess this could be a good time to work on my water coloring skills! I forgot to stamp on Bristol paper (it's way better with ZIGs than normal watercolor paper) so this coloring job is very flat, not much dimension here... But oh well! At least it sparkles a lot! :)

That's all from me this time. Do visit my DT buddies for lots of more inspiration, I'm sure they have some extra cards in their blogs! 

I'd like to join:
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: All that Glitters


Here's another photo take on the card, this time in natural light... The sparkle shows better in the first photo though! :) 








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18 comments:

  1. Michelle W6 January 2018 at 11:31

    Beautiful sparkly card Nonni and perfect for our challenge at CAS-ual Fridays. Thanks for playing along.

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  2. sandie6 January 2018 at 12:07

    Oh no, now you have made me panic!!!! I can’t think of anything purple! I will take up the challenge but please don’t shoot me if I don’t make it!! Your card is a stunner, wonderfully CAS and gorgeous colours!!!

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  3. Sharon Traynor Designs6 January 2018 at 14:08

    What a fabulous card Nonni! It's full of clean line and an amazing design too. I really don't think your water colouring needs any work whatsoever as it is superb here! Love the sparkle that you added too. I really can't get any of my WoS pens to sparkle like that. Such a stunning card xx

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  4. Lynn6 January 2018 at 14:35

    Love, love, love those fabulous hearts Nonni!

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  5. Sarah G6 January 2018 at 16:17

    This is such an elegant and CAS card, Nonni - I love those stamps and you have made them look fabulous in this colour scheme :)

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  6. Liz7 January 2018 at 00:01

    Gorgeous CAS card, Nonni. Super design and I love the added sparkle. xx

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  7. Loll7 January 2018 at 08:30

    Beautiful card Nonni! Love the design with the split image. Great colouring with the zigs. And wonderful way to stretch the use of your wink of stella pen! xx

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  8. Sazzle Dazzle7 January 2018 at 12:07

    Stunning, shimmery and so so classy Nonni. I love how you've coloured the image so perfectly and your challenge to Sandie really made me giggle. I think there's quite a few folks out there who love purple so let's see if they've a few designs up their sleeves for this challenge! Happy New Year and have a great week x

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  9. Anita in France7 January 2018 at 14:00

    Oh my, the shimmer and shine on this lovely design is gorgeous, Nonni ... it's pretty and graphic at the same time! Thought of Sandie too as soon as I saw the LIM theme ... and chuckled at your dare for her ... such fun! Hugs, Anita :)

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  10. Trina P.7 January 2018 at 21:21

    Gorgeous, Nonni. Love your beautiful shimmery watercolouring. I’ve always wanted to try that. And no Copic colouring? That would be torture. 😂 Great design too. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a wonderful week. xx

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  11. Pia S7 January 2018 at 21:43

    A stylish and beautiful design, I love the stamp you've used and it's so pretty with the sparkle too.

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  12. Celeste Goff13 January 2018 at 01:22

    I absolutely love this gorgeous and feminine card!

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  13. Susan13 January 2018 at 07:43

    Such a beautiful card. Love this design. Happy New Year!

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  14. Rosemary14 January 2018 at 17:36

    so very pretty!

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  15. Izzy Scrap15 January 2018 at 11:16

    Such a gorgeous card Nonni ! Love these whimsical flowers and your fabulous design, a perfect CAS combination ! What a great idea to watercolour with an old brush of Wink of Stella, it gives such a beautiful shimmer ! Thanks for the great trick ! Have a fabulous week ! Hugs xx

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  16. Michelle Lupton17 January 2018 at 08:04

    Love the sparkle! Thanks for playing along with us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge :)

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  17. Neets B18 January 2018 at 00:35

    This is such a gorgeous stamp, I remember seeing a lot of this stamp a while ago. Gorgeous colours, and I must remember about the zig/wink combo, completely forgot about that one! xx

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  18. Cathy18 January 2018 at 08:18

    Such a pretty card, love how the sentiment separates the flowers, Cathy x

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