Speedy Recovery

A lovely man, who I have known all my life is not too well at the moment. He is no relation, but I was bought up
knowing him as "Uncle". He has had to have a heart valve replaced is is very poorly at the moment. I wanted to send him something so he will know that me and my family are thinking of him and wishing him the very best.
This is what I came up with..

I am not sure if this quite qualifies as a simple card, as I have snuck in a bit of decoupage on the flowers....but as the theme for the Less Is More challenge this week is pastels I am hoping this will count.

WOYWW and Less Is More

Good Morning Campers!

Very quick post today as I have a huge pile of nasty looking A1 technical drawings to wade through today (proper work!)
This is my desk

I am trying (again) to organize my unmounted stamps into something where I can actually see what I have, and ideally be able to find the one I want to use....a lot to ask it seems!

Here is my entry for the Less Is More Challenge this week.....it is a slight cheat (sorry Chrissie/Mandi), in that I did the designing of this for my Son to assemble it as it was for his sisters birthday this week and he wanted to do it himself...hope that still counts?

Pop across to their challenge blog and join in the fun...also pop to Julia's blog to see lots of other workdesks and generally have a nose around....it's fun!

WOYWW and Less Is More

Hi all....very quick post today as I have heaps to get done.

Here is a shot of my desk a few minutes ago.....I am in the middle of making my entry to the Less Is More Challenge this week, the theme being Spring.

I also have to start on my design team entry for the weekend on Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog.....I think it is a tricky one this week...can't say any more, and as I haven't started it yet I can't give you a tease peek. I also have to get my daughter's birthday card done for Friday, she will be 19. I also have to start on my second unit for my Papercraft Course (details on the right). busy...busy. I was hoping to get to the Make it Show at the end of the week, but I can't see that happening now, but I guess that will give me more time to finish her card, which isn't going well at all at the moment. I keep coming back to it but it just isn't happening at the moment!

Visit Julia's blog to see more interesting desks than this!
Keep well....

Less is more challenge #2

Well here we are week two of the Less is More challenge blog. Congratulations to Chrissie and Mandi for the success of their new venture.
Week 2 :- the theme is a one layer card using a tree or flower. Sounds simple enough I thought to myself.....so why did I feel so nervous as my stamp hovered over the card??
I decided to use the sponging technique Chrissie demonstrated. I have never tried this before. I found it really hard to get a nice even result...although in the end I decided that I quite liked the mottled effect I ended up with....don't know if that is right really...but hey there you go! The sentiment was generated on computer, and the stamp is an old Rubbadubbado stamp that has been lying in my drawer for forever..so it is about time it was used for something. Hope you like!

Less is more challenge

I have just found the time to make something to enter into the new and very first challenge on Less Is More. As it is partly my friend Chrissie's venture I think I should enter.
I have to admit I find the whole less is more concept very hard to do. I really admire the cards that Chrissie makes, they always look so elegant, but when I try to adopt the principle it always seems as though there is something missing somehow! In and effort to "acquire" the knack I am going to enter each challenge (time permitting) and stick very rigidly to the theme.....so her is my first entry:-

The challenge rules are "Clean and simple----black white and pink". Well I think it is clean and simple....where's the pink I hear you shout??? Well the tulip is coloured in with a pink promarker...honestly, it just doesn't show up very well in the photo.