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Saturday 10 March 2012

Script Challenge

 

I have two cards today for the Less is More challenge, which this week is 'Script'. The card on the left is using French Foliage and En Francais with a sentiment from Petite Pairs and is all stamped in Old Olive. I began by stamping off the En Francais stamp before stamping the image down the left hand side of the card then I took the three leaves and stamped randomly over the script and, without re-inking, I stamped them again. A lot of the white card base is covered but I think that, because none of the images are solid, the white shows through and gives the impression of still having quite a lot of white space - well I hope so anyway!
The second card is made with a sentiment stamp from Happiest Birthday Wishes (a hostess set) and, because Chrissie & Mandi have said the script must not just be a sentiment stamp, I have adapted it a little. The original stamp starts with the 'B' and ends with a '!' and just above the 'T' it says happy, so I masked off the 'happy' and inked the rest of the stamp with Soft Suede and placed in the centre at the bottom of the card. Using my stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped again at either side to make a script border. I then took another stamp from the same set and inked just the 'Wishing you a happy' part with a Soft Suede marker and positioned this above. The mushrooms are from the Everybunny set and were stamped in Soft Suede and Old Olive then coloured in using a blender pen.
I hope you all have a great weekend and I look forward to coming round and visiting you all - when I've got the housework and the shopping done that is!!

35 comments:

  1. Hola Margaret, fantastic cards i love your leaves stamps beautiful beautiful!!
    A hug from Palma

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  2. The leaves card is beautiful. I'm a sucker for leaf stamps and these are gorgeous.

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  3. I love the card with the leaves! GREAT!

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  4. Oh my these are both simply fabulous!
    You rock our challenges every week Margaret. Clever stamping!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  5. Superb cards MArgaret, specially the first
    Terrific
    Thank you
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  6. Both cards are wonderful but I especially love the Happy Birthday one.

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  7. Wow - both of these are great - Emma W

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  8. These are lovely - but I absolutely adore the leaf one.

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  9. Super cards Margaret, my favourite is the leaf one - gorgeous colour. xx

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  10. Margaret these are both super but the french foliage gets my favourite vote. Love how you've moulded it all together to create a beautiful collage. Zx

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  11. Lovely cards, I like them both.

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  12. Two beautiful cards Margaret, love them both equally and I love your colours too.
    Lynne xxx

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  13. Two wonderful cards, my favorite is the green one
    Cathi

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  14. Oh Margaret, love both your script cards. French foliage looks wonderful over En francais and so clever to repeat Birthday along the bottom of the second. Love the little mushrooms.

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  15. Love your leaf card, very stylish x

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  16. Two brilliant cards Margaret, the French foliage looks spectacular and I love the birthday banner, great way to adapt the stamp :0)
    Jenny x

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  17. These are both fabulous, I can't choose between them.

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  18. Such a lovely card, my fav so far on the LIM site too :) Viv xx

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  19. This is just lovely... all the projects I see using the French foliage are fabulous and this is no exception
    suzi b :)

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  20. Beautiful cards, the leaves card is stunning

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  21. Beautiful cards. Love them both but i do like the first one the best.

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  22. Two cards perfect for the challenge. My fave is the first one.
    Linbyx

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  23. Very beautiful cards!
    Debby

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  24. Thanks for stopping by and the nice comment.
    Two gorgeous cards, not the same, but both very expressive!

    Daen'Ys

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  25. I used french foliage and it didn't look as beautiful as this ! x

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  26. Stunning cards, especially the first one with the leaves.

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  27. Love the leaves :) Beautifully put together.

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  28. Love your script with the leaves. Lovely layout!

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  29. Both are fabulous, the one with the leaves is my favourite hugs Karen

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  30. These are gorgeous cards! I love the leaves - such fab stamps - and I like the boldness of the happy birthday card.

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  31. I really love the leaf card!!

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  32. Beautiful cards. You have used French Foliage and En Francais perfectly for this challenge. I also like your Happy Birthday card. Clever use of the sentiment to tie into the script.

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  33. So beautiful!! Both are wonderful!!

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  34. Love your leaves & script card - v effective x

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Margaret x

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