Less is more ...

How hard can LIM be....I have spent longer thinking about this card than if I had put 4 papers and 10 embellies on it....lol
Well I promised myself this year that I was trying all the things that don't come natural to me regarding my cardmaking and also to try lots of new techniques so here I go :O
 The challenge at Less is More 104 is a sketch..it must be kept to the sketch and not switched around so here is my entry.

I found taking a picture this morning difficult as the sun was so bright and the white was coming out blue!

Be back later as we are off to the Craft shop now :)))

Hugs xxxx

Sure to need this .....

Hi lovely Bloggers, Well I am into a thousand things this week so I am trying to be very practical.. :~ I wanted to join a couple of favourite challenges so came up with this ..hopefully it will fit into both. In the Pink is Distressed..yikes!! I don't do distressed very good at all. Mo's the DP2 challenge is embossing, any type of embossing you like. So here is my attempt, I hope my distressing on my embossed dots are enough for In the Pink.
I am also entering it into Crafty Cardmakers..belated birthday

I am disgusted with my colouring..but thats another story! all I will say is it was my third attempt....then I gave up and blamed the dingy light :o really it was just me and the lack of practice, I haven't coloured a mortal thing since November. My box had nothing left in it coloured so I had to colour, I guess I had better leave the pens out and get some practice in. It doesn't help that my mind is all over the place, I have picked up my family history again (fatal) as I have boxes of info and photo's and if anything happened to me it would be years of history gathering wasted as the family wouldn't know where to start sorting it. I have info and photo's of three generations of every child born to the last three generation of grandparents and then very interesting  info back to mid 1600 so its important that i get it sorted.

On top of that I have an urge to get the water colours out again :~ Why do we get these crazy ideas all at the same time!! Saying all this my cards will always come first, all this stash has to be used....lol  I just have too many hobbies I guess.

plus a million card ideas to try yet. I just wish I had the time to do it all, and also get the ideas out of my head and onto the card, that is the hardest bit.

 Catch you later, off to get the shopping done..yuk!

What a Shocker!

Is this pink or what!!  It brings back memories of the 60's and the shocking Pink that we wore....lol Now I am showing my age aren't I

I made it last night as I was bored and yet didn't want to colour : 0 that shows how out of sorts I was with myself....lol  Its very simple, but it satisfied my need to craft without too much effort.

 I am going to enter it into In The Pink Challenge Luscious Lace, I know I hear you saying my last card was for the same challenge, but I thought my Lovely Lace Butterfly might count :) If its not enough then just delete me girls...send me packing as we say :~ I promise not to be upset...lol

Take Care and stay warm xxxxxxx

Luscious Lace

Hi Folks,  First let me say Welcome to Sue my new follower :) its great to have you aboard Sue, Thank you to all my followers I am thrilled and happy to read your comments and hear your news. xxxxxxx
I hope everyone is safe and keeping warm. We have a light snow fall at the moment but nothing drastic :) Its giving us a winter wonderland look but I don't suppose we will get snowed up as we are by the sea.. I hope Amanda doesn't get snowed in though as she is due to come and have a craft day tomorrow. Her Hubby has been home off the rigs for the past 3wks and what with me and hospital visits it feels like forever since we had a play day, It was long before Christmas :(
 Well I have made a card for the challenge over at
In The Pink.. Luscious Lace  I must admit I made 3 before I decided I had to be happy with one of them, So I have decided this is the one I am entering...lol

The paper is crafty Individuals..Shades of summer,
the stamp is called "Take time" which is a wooden stamp that I love.
Flowers are Wild orchid and Lace from stash
Don't forget to pop over and join in the challenge, you still have lots of time to use that pretty Lace that is crying to be used.
 Huge Hugs..stay warm and stay safe xxxxxxxx

Sweet Grace

Hi Everyone,
 Just a quick post as its got a little late and the curry smell is now getting to me, The chicken has been marinating for hours and my mouth is watering..(lets hope it doesn't upset my stomach/ ulcer?.lol
Anyway here is a card I made earlier and I am going to enter it into the Sugar Bowl challenge..Anything goes The Image is one of the Adorables and she is called Grace, I love her and she is lovely to colour. Hope the photo is ok as I was out this morning and missed the light. We went to the opticians and when we came out it was throwing it down with sleety rain....yuk! we got soaked to the skin.

Catch you later xx

So glad to be back :)

Happy New year Everyone,
Its so good to be back blogging, I hope the New year has started off well for you all and that it continues that way throughout 2013.
Keeping it brief, my heart investigation went very well. It was discovered I had a second by-pass graft that had failed but it appears to be making its own blood flow supply through minor vessels so with medication and good care it will hopefully improve like the first one. Also suspected I may have another Peptic ulcer so will get that sorted.Thank you so much to those that sent good wishes and said prayers, I am so very grateful.
            Now to get back to  Cardmaking   :)) I have been playing over the past couple of days and decided I would keep things simple till I got back into it...and till I could get all my craft things out again. I thought I would never find them ever again  after hiding them away at Christmas, Anyway this is what I came up with, I used to join "Less is More"challenges when they first started but I wasn't much good at them I guess so I gave them up as a bad job....lol   Well I decided to have another go, but still not sure I  have improved at all :0   I stamped the border panel with 3 different stamps from Urban Botanical print matted the panel on Black card.

Challenges entered.........
Less Is More...Black & White with a dash of colour
Simon Says Stamp...Black & White with a splash of colour