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 Often when I finish stamping a design I'm not sure about it. Then I go away and come back to it and is seems to have improved!
This was one of those. I masked off, coloured the background with sponges and Adirondak inks and then stamped the flowers and grasses in grey. I added a small amount of Stickles for accents in the flowers. But I wasn't very happy with it.

Then I came back to it and added the scroll, I liked it much more.
I'm entering it into the Less is More challenge this week.

 The challenge is...

Anything Goes!

The Recipe is just to have fun! 

Half my family have gone away this week so I have definately been having fun indulging in the extra time. (I miss them desperately you understand!)
The stamps are Inkylicious.

Turquoise flowers

I was looking for a sketch for card inspiration the other day and found this one at Stamplorations.

    Here is what I came up with:

     Using one of my favourite colours and stamps. I kept fiddling and 'improving' and finished up adding stitches with a white pen. I like the effect but it is very subtle.  I forced myself to stop at that point before I went too far. 
I hope you like it. 

Stamps are-
Inkydoodles - Print backgrounds 2 and 
Paula Pascual - Simple flowers.     

She's a star

I could do a whole blog with cards I start, inspired by challenges, and then don't finish in time to enter.
Here is one. I started it weeks ago but then couldn't decide how to finish it. Finally I thought of the star and gold thread and that just finished it off. By then the challenge was weeks old. 

I made it for my daughter who has just graduated with a First.  I couldn't be more proud.
The stamps are:
Inky Doodles - Border star stamp and individual stars.
The sentiments are printed. Then I've added coloured highlights to the stars with a gel pen. The gold star is embossed and wrapped with gold thread.

Inky fingers

I have very little artistic talent which is why I like stamping. The stamps do most of the work. 
So with challenges which go off piste my efforts usually look like something a child has done. With this challenge from Less is More I have made ...Oh something which looks like a child has done it!
The challenge was Adapt a Fingerprint.
After various messy ideas this is what I made. It's for my little neighbour who will be 8 so she'll probably appreciate it.

It seems a few people found this more challenging than usual but there are some great cards. At least I had a go and these inky finger prints are on the front not the back or inside as is usually the case! The lovely curly stamp is Hobby Art.
I also finished it in time. Below is what was to be my entry for the recycled week and then when not finished in time, the Earth Tones week. I finally had a tidy of my desk and finished it. 
The panel is handmade paper which I made a while ago, probably from old school newsletters. The ribbons are also cut from the insides or label of a new clothe.It even had writing on the other side, you can see the back here, so who knows why I kept it. It seems I'm not alone though.

I'm much more pleased with this one. The stamps here are 
Inkylicious -Script and - Grasses and 
Hobby Art - words.