Feathers Newsprint card

Hello friends/playmates just popping by to show you another card I made for 'Less is More' again. The  recipe is 'NEWSPRINT' this week.     Here's what I came up with this time, feathers and blue for a change.      ps. Been busy doing lots of the dreaded  HW, also sorting kitchen cupboards/books/babysitting. More babysitting on Friday too.        Tomorrow we are going swimming and having a nice  sauna/jacuzzi/relax at a lovely hotel for the day.  It was a birthday  treat from my DIL's parents back  in August.      This is the  first time we have been able to go lol.  So lovely of them  too wasn't it ;)        

      Kraft card Impression Obsession feather dies Mama Elephant sentiment stamp Momento Tuxedo Black ink TH Distress ink Salty Ocean Doodlebug twine Sequins from stash Newspaper    

Butterfly newsprint card

Good afternoon friends/play mates I hope all is well with you today. I have another 'Less is More' card to share with you again. The recipe this week is.......    

NEWSPRINT
 

"There can be a lot or a little, but as ever, the card

 MUST be Clean and Simple. Please remember

 that we like to see areas of white space,

 few layers and minimal embellishments."


So happy to be showcased over at 'LIM' last
week too, thank you so much !!!!

I just had to go with a butterfly theme. A bit

of distressing in TH Antique Linen and a 

touch of Faded Jeans around the top one.

I was happy to find the words 'antennae'

twice on the newsprint I cut my butterfly

 from ;)

A big welcome to my latest follower too,

 welcome aboard !

ps.Enjoy your weekend everyone whatever

you have planned. We were babysitting again

yesterday but just having a relaxing day today.

 We bought a new internet  radio and after lots 

of 'faffing' & help from our son I have
managed  to get it connected  to our wifi...,
 happy days !

You didn't see me dancing around the room 

to the  big band music now did you lol ?

White Linen card Newsprint Clearly Besotted butterfly die Clearly Besotted sentiment TH Distress inks Clear gems from stash        

Some woodwork for a change !

Hi everyone, here are a few things made by my  lovely talented husband. Hope you enjoy looking  at them all.       I intended to add just a few but after a request by my dear friend Jackie.........here  are  quite a few ;)         Wood Basket to go with our woodburner. (he just couldn't find one in the shops he liked,  so he designed his own).    

 You can see how strong it is and how much it holds.

Here it is without the wood.

Egg holder (my request)  

The shelves are loose for ease of use.   Silver Birch Candle holders ( my request) He made the shelf below them to go with the  fire surround and our beams which he also made himself.

Tall matches holder ( top 4 rings come off)

Yew wood match holder

Yew vase

Another vase, hollow inside but hard to see here.

Two vases inside each other, marked for further painting (excuse the dust)

Some painted vases

Apples, they all come apart.

Vase 

Plate 

Plate 

Oops forgive the dust, found it in his workroom!   Same plate as above  

Tall Yew vase

Tall  vase

 2 vases .....earlier work

Dish

Gavel

  Selection of items

Various painted mushrooms

Please excuse all the bottles, it was Xmas I believe.
  Latest bench for our garden

Wet from rain here but waterproof after so many coats of stain.
Two more benches and a table

Twisty walking sticks

This is all, hope you enjoyed looking :)

In My Garden card

Hi again, just popping in with another card for the 'Less is More' challenge. It's another digi one, just couldn't resist another quick one.       The theme is 'Little creatures' this week, I made this small scene with a beady owl looking at a  family of worms. I don't think he wants to eat  them...............just curious I think ;)       Enjoy your Sunday friends !         ps. I was going to add the photo's of my OH's log basket he made. I have pics of the egg holder ( request by me)   garden benches and table too  so will do a separate post !        Infact there are so many things he has made  now I think I may do a new folder on Pinterest  with them too :)      

    White Linen card Digi images added in my CAP programme      

Little Creatures card

Good afternoon friends, I hope all is well with you  today. It's quite warm here ....19c so not bad for  October  I think !     As it's Saturday once again I have another  'Less is More' card to share with you.       The theme this week is........   

"Little Creatures

We don't mind how little they are... cute,
 cuddly or creepy we'd just like to see
something small!"

I decided to make a digi card this time as I have

just bought a few digikits which are ideal for this

 subject. One was called  'Funny little creatures',

.............happy days I must be psychic ;) 

I spend ages fiddling about with tiny images

and making a little scene. I hope you 

like my little card, I think stamping would 

have been quicker lol.

Have a good weekend everyone, my week

 has been a busy one yet again. I hope for an

 easier one  next week.


 Babysitting and another few trips out planned so
maybe not !

ps. My lovely talented OH has been busy making

garden benches, a table to match and also a log

basket.

 He has been looking for a particular type

 of log basket for ages (a shallow wide one). No joy 

so he decided to design and make his own.

We want it to sit beside our trusty woodburner

'Woody' ;)

 The one he made  looks  very strong , unlike some

 we have seen  and we both  realy like  it ! I will 

show you pics of all  the things in  another post !
See previous post if you missed seeing my
 Tee shirts too ;)

Oops sorry rambling again lol............here is my card.

White linen card Digi images and wording added in CAP2 programme Glamour dust TH distress ink on edges 3d pads          

Tee shirts

Not a card today but some tee shirts I designed for  my OH.      If you read my earlier post about them you  will remember how  he tried to find some with  nice colours/design and no writing on.      He tried and failed so I decided to design my own  for him. He really didn't like any with writing on, esp.  advertizing a product or place or American wording.  
"Why do they all have American wording on "  he kept repeating. Hmm do ones in America have British place names/images on I am wondering?       Oh and he also requested that they didn't have  an outline ( rectangular) so I used a mask and went  for a  watercolour type look.        He picked three designs, but I loved another one  so added that later as a surprise. He liked mine best too yeaaaaah! It's the last  blue one if you were wondering ;)


Anyway I designed them ,had the printed off and here they are. He was very pleased I am glad to say. I am designing one with bright butterflies on now lol, a request by  my OH...oh my what have I started !       Forgive all the creases, I just took photo's as soon  as I got them out of the packets I'm afraid !!  

Wild flower meadow on pale gold

Birds and sky on Lilac

Birds and fields on Pistachio

 Beach scene and fish on pale blue

Two Robins card

Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you. Saturday has come round at lightning speed yet again.       It's 'One layer' card time again over at 'Less is More' and we have to have 2 of something on our cards.       I came up with this Christmas card, these cute Robins  make me smile....hope they make you smile too !   Have a good week everyone whatever you have  planned ;)       ps.Sorry for my late commenting this week.We have  had such a busy week again, so many  trips out  for one thing or another.        We had to take my elderly neighbour to the Dr's  (after insisting). Then a visit to the hospital for blood  tests and a scan to check for DVT.        That took most of the day of course, but all  was well in the end I am glad  to say. Babysitting yesterday again, housework gone to pot. So much  to catch up on now grrr !        I will post the tee shirt pics very soon...I promise !       Right here is my card.......oooh it's thundering and lightning here  now, very dramatic too!        

      White Linen card Robins digi image ( just says skiss??) Computerized sentiment and dotted edge Promarkers Glamour dust

Autumn leaves card

Hi friends, it's looking and feeling a lot like Autumn now here. Brrr the heating had to go on last night and  for a while this morning too.     I am posting another 'Less is More' card once again. It's a colour theme and.....      

"For our Colour challenge this month we have chosen 

Autumn's Bounty

Sounds kinda poetic doesn't it...

so we'd love to see autumnal shades in your cards."

This is what I came up with, not my usual colours,

but I am quite liking these for a change.Pop on over

and look at all the other cards over at 'LIM' too. There

 are some real beauties, so lovely to see all the autumn

 colours and leaves too.

ps. So busy yesterday with family birthday celebrations,

our son's 40th this time! The third one this year in our

 family. As usual they all came to us so I am still
 recovering!

The parties have become more frenetic lately, serving/
moving food around two crazy running toddlers and a
 crawling baby arghhh!

Phew that's the last party until Xmas, so I hope for a

bit of relaxation and card making now ;)

I will show you the teeshirts I designed for hubby in

 another post as it will be very photo heavy as you 

can imagine. He was very pleased with them I am

 glad to say! Enjoy your week everyone ;)

Challenges
Less is More   Autumn's Bounty
Great Impressions   Autumnal Elegance
Brown Sugar challenge  #114 Autumn/Fall
Quirky Crafts  The Quirky Falling leaves

 

White linen card

Lawn Fawn stitched leaves die

Die-namics stitched die

TH Distress inks (on leaves and edge of card)

Clearly Besotted sentiment

Momento Pear tart ink

Sew Easy thread

Sequins from stash