Less is More - Masculine

Well I honestly didn't think I'd manage to do a post this week for the Less is More Challenge as I've been pretty busy most evenings but I've taken a couple of days off work and having been to the NEC yesterday and bought more craft stash I had to have a quick "play". The image I've used is from Lily of the Valley and is perfect for my family - both husband and son are ardent rugby supporters (albeit from the sidelines as neither of them play anymore) and also my daughter who does play the tag version of the game although she would much prefer to play the contact version.

Anyway I know its not perfect coz as I said it was a quick play but hey ho couldn't let the side down.

Right I really must go and either do some housework or gardening but the lure of the new craft stash is very tempting.

Less is More - Off the Edge

This weeks challenge over at that totally addictive blog Less is More is to produce a one layer card with the image stamped "off the edge" and with no embossed lines allowed. Looking at other entries this has had quite a few people thinking long and hard and as ever they have produced some stunning and inventive cards. It is quite amazing how many different "takes" there can be on the same theme. Anyway after thinking long and hard myself and with a few false starts I've come up with this offering which I hope is acceptable. The main image and little mushrooms are from Lavinia and the sentiment from Papermania. Not sure where the other stamp has come from.

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave, they are very much appreciated.

Less is More - Pastels

At long last some sunshine although its still been very cold, hoping we get a few more days like today but will not be holding my breath.

Not having a good week so far as our poorly chinchilla passed away yesterday, we knew he wasn't fully recovered but he did seem to be on the road to recovery so it came as a shock - worst thing was breaking the news to my son who is in his first year at Uni in London and having a bit of a tough time - Muffin was his pet and he was obviously very upset - it was awful not being there to comfort him.

Anyway, today has been a bit better work hectic but no more than usual, came home and managed to finish off all the ironing (a rare occurance in this household) and then actually had a chance to do a little bit of crafting and do something for this week's Less is More challenge which is a colour challenge to use pastels. The standard of the entries for this week (and there are a lot of them already) is as high as ever and there is an awful lot of inspiration to be had by looking through them. I wasn't sure what I was going to do at first but browsing through the blogs I follow I spotted a post from Pink Petticoat about retiring images and remembered I had this one so thought I'd see what I could produce with it. Not entirely happy with this but I was determined to do something for the challenge and don't know if I'll get chance again this week - if I do I'll do a second entry. Let me know what you think, your comments are truely appeciated - I only started a blog as a means to "follow" others and gain inspiration but the Less is More challenges have really been addictive.

Busy Weekend

Well its been a busy weekend (as usual) trying to fit everything in before work again on Monday morning.

Went to a friends on Saturday for a Stampin Up Workshop with the lovely Emma and came away having spent far too much but having had a really good time. Emma gave us a really nice project to get our teeth into and we had a great time crafting and catching up with each other.

Anyway I was determined today to sort something out for the Less is More Challenge Blog as I had missed the deadline last week - shame because if I had managed it entries would have tipped over the 200 mark which is incredible when you think how long this Blog has been in existence. Well done Chrissie and Mandy.

Coming back to this week's challenge it is a recipie to use three squares. Now I've racked my brains to come up with something "outside the box" as others have done before me but couldn't manage this (too much brain power needed) so instead have settled for a standard layout.

First off I played with some alcohol inks to make a background and then used the flower stamp that was free with Craft Stamper some time ago added a few pearls and a sentiment.

The second card uses an image from Little Claires, stamped in versamark and then embossed in gold a simple sentiment and thats it.

Not sure if I'm really happy with either of them but perhaps I'll be back later in the week with something else.

A quick thank you to everyone who has left kind comments on my blog - I'm still very new to posting stuff and it does give me a boost when someone leaves a comment.

I missed the deadline

Wow what a week its been, after a lovely day on Saturday I've hardly had time for any crafting - really don't know where time has gone to as I haven't done anything special. Anyway I did get a bit of time last night and settled down to do something for the "Less is More" challenge again. unfortuntely I wasn't entirely happy as didn't line the sentiment up properly (more haste less speed) but having said that I was going to post it anyway. However fate must have been against me as I didn't get on to the computer until well after the deadline - never mind these things happen as they say.

Crafty Saturday

Yeah, half way through the week already and counting down till Saturday. OH and daughter are off to a rugby match and son is in Venice on a field trip so guess whose got the day to herself - yippee. I've invited friends over and we're going to have a crafty day with a bit of lunch thrown in and lots of chatting tea and cake - yummmm

Busy, Busy, Busy

Don't get enough time for crafting at the moment - by the time I get home from work feel soooo tired and then once I've sorted out food for the family and fed our poorly chinchilla there isn't much time left. I did however manage to produce something for the Less is More challenge (see previous blog) and while sifting through my stamps came across a set by Dimension Fourth and made these in the two different colour ways.

Think I quite like these and might make a second submission to the Less is More challenge with them.