Less is More 118...Opposites on the Color Wheel

Thank ysou so much, Chrissie and Jen for showcasing my shaker card from last week's challenge ...I am so thrilled and honored with your recognition!!!
This week's challenge at Less is More is to use two colors opposite each other on the color wheel.  The two colors that shouted out at me were purple and yellow.  I RARELY use purple, so I thought I'd give these colors a go...

I remember seeing a card with cut out squares with rounded corners and was so taken, I asked how the artist did it...she said it was done by a Silhouette.  Ohhhhh...sigh.....I didn't have one (still don't), but just got some nesting dies from Avery Elle that are SQUARES WITH ROUNDED CORNERS!!!   I tried different patterned papers and such, but opted for super clean and simple... simply purple and yellow.  In the pic, the purple flower looks like a different colored purple...the purples are all the same....humm...maybe it's the yellow background?   The centers are punched out circles covered with glossy accents.  The yellow and purple are bazzill papers.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Father's Day "Triangle Ties"

I was cleaning my desk this morning, and had some spare die cuts from the Simon Says Stamp Full Card Triangles die...and kept seeing neckties...so I made a card for my dad...

The hardest part of this card was choosing colors and patterns for the "ties".  After die cutting a bunch of "manly" colors, I opted for simply black of different designs.  Only problem...I don't have a lot of patterned paper, so I had to search and be creative.  I had the thought after I was finished, that I COULD have stamped some patterns on black paper, but that would take more time and thought than I have today...so kept as was:)!!   Three of the 6 papers were Stampin Up patterned paper, one Papertrey, another Michael's and the last DCWV... Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Simple Berry Branch

Made a quick card with an old and a new stamp...

 The Simple Berry Branch is from DRS Design (I have always loved this branch:)!!), the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Flower Friend Stamp set.  I used some die cut leaves from a Memory Box die, Flower Trio and Leaf dies.  Colored the berries with Real Red and dotted with Glossy Accents...the red paper is Bazzill.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Triangle Filled Thanks

I used some of my triangles from die cutting the Simon Says Stamp Full Card Triangles Die for other cards, layered them, colored with Memento markers, and added a sentiment from the Flower Friend set to make this...

Just randomly put the different sized triangles from top to bottom and tried to kind of fit them with the sentiment:)...THEN colored them with the markers...thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Less is More 117...Sketch...Shaker

I made a card for Less is More's challenge 117...this week, a sketch.  Here's the sketch and my card...

I had never made a shaker card before, but thought this sketch looked perfect for this "love" die cut sentiment and then thought (why, I don't know) of a shaker card(I know...my blog should be renamed "Love and Rainbows...I just keep being drawn to both...never get tired of love !!)...

I used a tutorial from Beates John on Splitcoaststampers, found HERE   I used red and pink glitter paper from Michael's for my die cut hearts and wanting to keep my space white, but still have some added dimension/interest,  used some heart dies to "deboss" the card panel.  Here's a closeup of the hearts "shaken"...

Edited:  SO thrilled and honored that my card was Showcased this week at Less is More...thank you so much, Chrissie and Jen:)!!  You made my week:)!!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Bear Hugs

I used the Simon Says Stamp Furry Cat and Box stamp set and made a card with the cat, another card with hearts and now a card with some bears (bear hugs)...

Couldn't resist putting these cute bears into the box designed for the furry cat!  Stamped the bears with varying brown kraft and brown papers and cut out. The cat paws were PERFECT for the bear hanging his head over the box!!  I stamped the box in white and again with a My Mind's Eye patterned paper...the white for the top, the patterned on the bottom.  I slit the box where the bears would be layered and for the sentiment, I used two different sentiments, the "sending" was cut from a sentiment that said "sending love"....and stamped it above the "bear hugs".  All the stamps used were Simon Says Stamp...the paper for the card is Tim Holtz.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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