Wednesday 9 May 2012

All Quiet on the Blogging Front

Did you miss me?  I bet you thought you'd gone deaf not hearing from me for so long!  It's been a topsy turvy couple of weeks as I've been helping out with lots of different things leaving me very little energy and time at the end of the day to indulge in some crafting.  Hopefully things will be settling back to a degree of normality now...

I have heaps of new goodies to share with you now that the new Summer Mini Catalogue has launched.... oh so many beautiful stamp sets, scented embossing powder (yes, really!), baker's twine in the in-colours, framelits wafer thin dies, edging dies and embossing folders...... as well as a fantastic offer if you fancy joining Stampin' Up! yourself.  Far too much for one blog post so I hope you will pop back soon to learn more!

To business: it's mellow yellow week at Less is More... gosh it's a hard colour to use as the predominant colour of a card!  But it's so cheerful too that it was good fun to work with.  There are some fantastic submissions this week (as always!) so do pop over and have a look for some incredible inspiration.  Not only that but it's a birthday celebration at CAS-ual Fridays too with oodles of stunning entries to nosey at!

Here is my card:


The stamp is one of the gorgeous new sets called 'Apothecary Art', which coordinates perfectly with the Framelits wafer thin nesting dies.  I stamped in Soft Suede, before colouring in the flowers with So Saffron, a touch of Daffodil Delight and More Mustard.  The greeting was added in More Mustard using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  All that was left to do was add the gorgeous little Embosslits butterflies: I made one layer from More Mustard card and another from paper vellum, adhering pearls down the centres.


Supplies
Stamps: Apothecary Art
Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, markers in So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and More Mustard
Card: Whisper White, So Saffron
Other: Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Framelits, paper vellum, pearls, stamp-a-ma-jig

We had a very busy weekend as we'd lined up lots of things we wanted to achieve. One of those was climbing Ingleborough Fell as you can see it from our house... and I have a thing about climbing hills I can see from our windows.  It was absolutely glorious weather, we made good time and visibility was superb from the top.  It really was a fantastic walk!  We're umming and ahing now about walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks this year.

Hope you had a good May Day weekend too!

Thanks for stopping by,

30 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Victoria, I'm always scared of yellow, but this stunning combo of mustard, daffodil, and saffron look great!
    Kelly xx

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  2. Those yellow blossoms are just beautiful. Love the yellow card base, too. So pretty. Ann Y.

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  3. This is really pretty Victoria.
    Those new stamps look fab!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  4. This is so lovely Victoria and I love the way you've done the butterflies. We can see the sea from our house but my husband would love it if we lived at the bottom of a hill! xx

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  5. Hi Victoria, that is such a beautiful card. Love the stamp and what you created out of it, just great. Best thanks also for your visit on my blog and your lovely comment.
    Hugs Claudia

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  6. Gorgeous card Victoria, I love how you have done the sentiment and those butterflies are so pretty xx

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  7. Beautiful....every bit of it.....and yellow is actually one of my favourites, so this is right up my street....love it!
    Thanks so much for the lovely comment you left for me....made me smile. :D
    And you really should do the Three Peaks.....I've done it twice, and you won't regret it....just make sure your walkin' boots are well trodden in....haaaaa!

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  8. This is gorgeous Victoria,we often used to go walking around Ingleborough, long walk but so worth it :) Viv xx

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  9. Life does get in the way of stamping and blogging doesn't it? I guess it's a good thing or we would be really obsessed! I love this card. It's just perfect with the yellow flowers on the yellow card base!

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  10. So pretty and I love the little butterflies. Your walks sound fun. Hope you get good weather. x

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  11. I did miss you, but what a gorgeous card to come back to blog land with. So elegant and gorgeously coloured too. I love it!

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  12. Gorgeous card Victoria - love the shades of yellow that you've used - so spring like and so not like our weather at the moment! Beautiful, may have to get those stamps when I can lol Kx

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  13. This is lovely Victoria, so pretty! These dies and stamps are both on my list of wants from the new mini :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  14. This is so lovely! Your coloring is beautiful and the little butterflies are so sweetly placed! Thanks for playing with us at Cas-ual Fridays!

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  15. So glad to see you back, VIctoria, and with such a gorgeously elegant card! Beautiful stamps in that set. I had to go look it up in the catalog and my daughter has agreed to call my distributor and order it for me for Mother's Day. :-) I knew I raised her right!

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  16. I adore this card! I really love yellow & that was the perfect color to show off the stamped sentiment. Sounds like you had a great time climbing. We should all be more active!

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  17. Hey Victoria - did I miss you? Of course I miss you but since I am always behind - well what can I say except your card is so very pretty and I love seeing your pretty smile!
    Sandy

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  18. Absolutely fabulous ! Simple and clean as I like. Bravo !

    Hugs from France
    Catherine.

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  19. Stunning card Victoria - very elegant - Jacqueline xx

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  20. Welcome back Victoria! This is a lovely card - I really like the So Saffron card base and that wonderful stamp makes a really gorgeous focal point. I grew up on a little hill farm in Somerset and I know that hill walking can certainly keep you fit! Vicky x

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  21. Beautiful coloured card base, the white frame is so eye-catching and love how you've shaded the flowers :0)
    The LiM gallery looks fabulous doesn't it...all those little squares of sunshine !
    Jenny x

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  22. I missed you so glad you are back and with a stunning and beautiful card this one is gorgeous Victoria well done Hugs Elaine

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  23. Brilliant card Victoria - I have my eyes set on these stamps...........!

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  24. Beautiful card - love how you've used yellow for the base card and the pretty butterflies :)x

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  25. What a beautiful card, Victoria! I love that image!!

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  26. It's a lovely soft yellow, Victoria, and a really great birthday card! Glad you got some time to get back into art and to hike that beckoning hill!

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  27. If you hadn't been leaving comments on my posts Victoria I would have been really worried at your lack of posts. This card is stunning I love the die cut shape and gorgeous stamp. Welcome back.
    Pauline
    x

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  28. Really gorgeous Victoria
    Sunning card
    Thank you very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  29. Is is wrong of me to say this is my favorite card in the gallery? *grin* Tis' true.
    So pleased you joined in on the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays this week:)

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