Sunday 17 April 2011

LIM 11, Acetate, OH Yeah!

Well hello, I hope all is well with you?


Chrissie and Mandi over at the Less is More Challenge have decided it's time we got our acetate out and had a bit of a play, I certainly had to think about this one, I'm notoriously messy and acetate and I, well I tried to keep it clean, honest!

I haven't stamped at all this time, just cut out some little birds and the motif from a sheet of  acetate that was printed and glittered. Tiny bling for eyes. It certainly took longer to think about than execute:0)

We had some brilliant news and are in a good place right now.  My son's got the job that he interviewed for back in January, phew! it's been a long wait but he's finally heard that it's his, so smiles all around today. Good to get some happy news.
We are having some workmen in the house for a couple of weeks so I might find it a bit difficult to get online quite so often, so if I'm not around quite as much please bear with me I will be here as much as I can. 
Have a great day my crafty friends

Paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, Bird Song ( bought at the Ally Pally show, and I found it very hard to cut into it, I only had the one!)
Glittered Acetate sheet from Kanban.
 Edited to add, Monika I'm sorry I've tried to reply to your comment but it keeps telling me I'm spam, LOL and I can't leave a comment for you I'm sorry, :0)

55 comments:

Rosemary said...

great card!!

Karen Aicken said...

What a great idea, to use cut out images on your acetate card. Which is beautiful!! TFS
Cheers, Karen
alteredscrapbookingdotcom

Colleen said...

Beautiful job! I'm still thinking about this challenge . . .

Congrats to your son on the new job!

Mandi said...

Beautiful card mac, your acetate doesn't look messy at all!
Thank you for joining us again
Have a good week, hope the work goes to plan and congrats to your Son
mandi
Less is More

Chrissie said...

I love the look of this one, those birds are the cutest!
Great news about your son, many congrats to him!
Seems like it was a good day all round!
Enjoy your week.
Chrissie
"Less is more"

Jan said...

Wonderful card, great news xx Jan

Jan said...

Phone rang so not sure if I left a comment lol!! Senior moment!! It's such a stunning card I had to leave one. Well done xx Jan

Monique said...

Great card, I do like the all acetate ones.

Linby said...

Great card - very stylish.
Linbyx

Gibmiss said...

HI MUSTAVCOFFEE
GORGEOUS CARD ...LOVE IT ...I`M STRUGGLING...HELP!!!!!!Congrats to your son on his job Fab news
hugs
sylvie
xxxx

Shirley said...

Beautiful card, lovely little birdies. Well done to your son, that really is great news!

Kathyk said...

FAB project - looks great. Congratulations to your son on his new job and good luck with the workmen!

Kathyk

Dolly Daydreams said...

Glad you have good news good luck to your son. Beautiful card very effective.

Marie

joanne wardle said...

great card. I love that you used both the inside and the outside of the acetate card.I know what you mean about keeping acetate clean, mine was covered in fingerprints and bits of fluff by the time I finished. I had to wipe it clean before I photographed it.

Anonymous said...

This is fabulous - why didn't I think of it?!! Congrats to your son! x

Viv said...

Not easy this week is it lol. You made a great card though well done, love it. Great news about your son too :O) Viv xx

Esther said...

This is beautiful... this LIM theme is on my list to have a go at - and yes I too get messy with acetate !! Great news about your son's job..congrats to him...oh and I'm not superwoman - I just don't do any housework !! xx

Rita said...

What a stunning card, absolutely Beautiful. Hugs Rita xxx

Anonymous said...

First:Congrats to your son on the new job!

and your card is beautiful -
I have to realize if I would like to work with acetat I need gloves - but I can't use a scissor with gloves - ;)

Monika
basteln.co.at

Jenny said...

Fab card, love those little birdies...no wonder you didn't want to cut into the paper!
Jenny :)

Sarn said...

Terrific card for this week's DIFFICULT challenge MC.

Hope the workmen don't make too much mess and I hope your son does well in his new job. Congrats to him.

Have a great weekend (what's left of it!)

Hugs, Sandra

Sue said...

A beautiful card. I struggled to keep my acetate clean too. I think I polished it a dozen times to get rid of my mucky mitts. Glad to read about your son's job, really nice to have good news. Sue.x

Crafting Belle said...

Wow I love it, I wasn't brave enough to use a acetate for the whole card, good on you xxx

Anonymous said...

Wow what a stunning card! Love the whole idea, just gorgeous

Donna said...

You have obviously used acetate a fair bit before! I wouldn't have dared try a whole card made from it!! Your card is gorgeous x

Carole Campanile said...

Beautiful. I love how you set the birds up against the flourish. Looks fabulous.

TFS
Carole

Viv said...

Wonderful card - like the detail on the inside and outside - super card for what I thought was a really hard challenge!

Elaine Stark said...

This is brilliant, I love the fact that it is all acetate. Elaine

Unknown said...

A very simple but lovely card!
Lizy x

lisa said...

It's a great card, i love the images you've chosen.
Great news about the job, your Son must be thrilled.
Good Luck with the workmen!!
Hugs Lisax

Mina said...

wwwoooohhhooooo what fantastic news about your son, thats wonderful, it took them long enough but alls well that ends well...your card is amazing, I love acetate and always forget how stunning it looks until I see it used like this
Mina xxx

massofhair said...

Such fantastic news for your Son, so pleased to hear some good news:-)

As usual your card is stunning, outstanding and truly wonderful. I love how you have kept your card so very CAS. One of my favourites from this weeks entries and thanks for your lovely comment, much appreciated:-)

Anonymous said...

The little birds are the perfect choice for the acetate. I love the whole design.

ThinkInk Creative said...

Super charming!!!!! This card made me smile.

cheers,
Malyn at ThinkInkCreative

Lynne K said...

Wow! Totally acetate! It's fabulous!
Lynne x

Kathleen said...

Fabulous card.

Kath x

Unknown said...

How cool is this.. I love it. I have never worked with acetate before. I am going to have to give it a try..

Hugs, Linda

Susie Sugar said...

I love your beautiful modern funky card great use of acetate , those Birds are just divine
Hugs Susie Sugar xx

Kim Dellow said...

That is so effective - it looks fantastic! Love your acetate card. Kim

Anonymous said...

Such a fantastic and effective idea, Acetate at its best !!!

Hugs June

Susan said...

WOW! Love this!!! Very creative!

Zue said...

This is just gorgeous; it has quite taken my breath away!
Sue xx

Emily Leiphart said...

This is truly stunning, MC! I love it!! I wish I had more inks that would work on acetate. I love the effect of those images together. Great work!! Congratulations to your son. What fabulous news. Hooray!

Chris said...

FAB Card...Chrissieann x

Lynne said...

Oooh this is gorgeous. Love the flourish. Great news about your son`s job. Not easy to get nowadays.Congratulations to him.
Lynne xxx

Suze Bain said...

Wow, this is really lovely. I initially thought the white motif was stamped (I really would have been impressed! Lol). Hope you're not in too much of an upheaval with your builders. x

Michelle said...

fabulous card. xx

Aileen said...

Very impressed. Lovely elegant card.x

Vicky Hayes said...

This is lovely - really like those birds!

Deborah Frings said...

Love this card - very simple, very elegant. Those birds are so cute.

And many congratulations to your son - I do hope you have all celebrated in style!

nicky said...

Love your card and the birds are lovely
Nicky

Flowergirl said...

Such a beautiful card, stunning!
Wendy x

Carol said...

If this isn't the most stinkin' cute card I have ever seen! Just adorable....you absolutely nailed this challenge! And, congrats to your son!

Sarah said...

Love your card and design - the birds are fab and the white is great.

Thanks for sharing

Sarah at 164

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Another stunner, just fab