Less is More

Over at Less is More this week the challenge is Monochrome, so either black and white or shades of one colour, and here is my effort

I have chosen shades of brown, and although the card I have used as a mat looks black it is dark brown, I thought I had some brown pearls but couldn't find them, so used cream coloured ones, hope thats okay.
Less is More  monochrome
I am going away for a few days and have a pile of ironing to do, so must get cracking, but will try and leave comments on other cards later in the week.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, love Irene xx
                                             

UP ON THE ROOF

This card is for a very good friend of ours, who will be 60 on monday, he works as a roofer,  hope he likes it.

Barry and his wife Denise are our son's in laws, and we have been good friends ever since we, met, we are all travelling to Liverpool on Sun to see John Bishop at the echo arena, i'm sure we will all have a good time.
 I am entering my card in the following challenges
audsentiments challenge  card for a male
here come the boys  # 3 fathersday/hubby/partner

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, Irene




                                                                                                                                 

PICK A SQUARE

The recipe this week at   Less is More is pick a square

with a choise of five. I have chosen bottom left.

    

 

      

The swirl and sentiment stamp are both from papermania, stamped using victorian velvet distress ink, I have then added a silk flower and tiny white pearls, which don't show up very well.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, Irene xx

Finally

Well I have finally got round to using some of the items that I won in the do-crafts feb draw, and her is the card I made

The stamps are  Papermania called Birdsong, coloured with promarkers, which I also won as blog candy (I know, aren't I lucky), the papers are prima botanical, these go really well with the stamped image, sorry I don't know what the embossing folder is as the card was a gift from a friend, and I have added pearls to the centres of the flowers. I am entering this card in the following challenges

ilove promarkers   challenge67  Pearls
A spoonful of sugar  challenge 153 Things with wings

 Fingers crossed that this posts okay, and thank you for taking the time to visit my blog,and for leaving a comment, if you are able, Irene xx                                                                                  

I CAN'T BELIEVE

that our eldest is 39 tomorrow, where does the time go, here is the card I have made for her.

Tilda is coloured with promarkers, flowers are from wildorchid, and the papers are prima botanical again (just love these papers)   the corsage pins, ribbon and lace, are all new  and from country baskets.
I am entering this card in the following challenges

just magnolia      a sketch  
dream valley challenge   dig out the old to use with the new
Divas by design challenge        one for the girls
A spoonfull of sugar           anything goes   

Well I have a craft room that is a need of a good tidy, so may be gone a while, see you later Irene xx                                  

LESS IS MORE

Having a nice quite Sunday, much better than last week, eldest daughter was rushed into hospital, it's a long story so won't bore you with it, and she's much better now. Anyway, onto my card, which is for Less is More challenge this weeks theme is butterflies

The wording is a stamp from craftyindividuals which I have had for a while, and never used, and the butterflies are from a MCS cd. I printed the butterflies straight onto the card, and decoupaged the larger ones, and added stickles crystal glitter to the wings, then stamped the words, think I should have rotated the bottom butterflies a bit more, may have another go later. Anyway going to spend a bit of time colouring in images for later, so bye for now, Irene xx

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, and for all the lovely comments

                                                                               

THE DREADED MALE CARD

This card is for my youngest daughters partner, apparently he has bought a BBQ for his birthday, so let's hope the sun is shining on our next trip to Birmingham, and he can make us a meal with his new toy, apparently it is large enough to cook for the whole street
I am entering this card in the following challenge

Here come the boys A SKETCH

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, and welcome to my new followers, I will be popping over to your blogs ASAP, Irene xx