Wednesday 25 May 2011

Ready Steady......

O.K before I say the "g" word, I must quickly explain my absence....it's all my husbands fault! I have to share my husband with another female in the spring and summer, and if I want to spend time with him, I also have to spend time with her....well when I say female.... I do mean his boat (all boats are "she's" apparently). When the weather is as lovely as it has been I have to say it's not a hardship and I always have some crafting stuff with me so quite frankly sitting on a peaceful riverbank, with a glass of wine, beautiful sunsets and the man I love, is wonderful.....the only trouble is NO INTERNET! So whilst spending every free moment escaping normality has it's positive points, it also has it's disadvantages!
I am massively behind with blogging and my jaw dropped when I realised I had missed 6!! Less is More challenges..... I decided I had to have a go.....at them all....but I am still very pressed for time (payback for escaping so much, is massive backlog in house and repaying work swaps! plus still helping daughter buy wreck of house - so frustrating and time consuming).









Anyway with time ticking I decided to race myself..."how quick could I do this??" to keep it simpler I decided to narrow the challenges to using buttons on them all, this was supposed to make it easy....not sure it worked out that way......oh well...........



GO!


WEEK 11.... Acetate...yes I did groan.


Not sure the coloured wallet I cut up counts as acetate? could be plastic?


So have I fallen at the first hurdle? and the eagle-eyed will spot the lack of buttons but honestly the little snaps were with the buttons and they looked so much better than buttons...even if I did have to resort to hammering them on as they kept popping apart






Quick greeting generated on the PC...done!


....stop the clock - 12 minutes (would be so much quicker if my computer and printer were upstairs with my craft room ...but hey I am keeping fit at same time!)




couple of minutes to tidy bits away (hope you're impressed ...tidying is not my strong point).



WEEK 12 ...... Off Centre.......mmmmm!!!



20p bag of buttons from charity shop, scraps of ribbon.....20 minutes..not too bad...faffed with the greeting!!




Quick tidy again...and we're off..
WEEK 13 ..... Thank you or Congratulations









recycled flower..1 button and handdrawn elements
woo hoo!!!! 5 minutes!!! oh well 6 if you count the fact the button fell of and had to be restuck on.



not much to tidy ...




WEEK 14...... White on White....love this one... could have made loads, but will stick with buttons and as it's 17yr old niece's birthday saturday will go for a modern style to send to her.






17 minutes...could have been much quicker if I could have found matching, two holed, white buttons quicker....surprising how many looked white but weren't.



...buttons everywhere but will need some more next design...shove them to one side..




WEEK 15......Embossing.....Knew I saved my Easter egg box for something. .....the aperture was perfect for centering over the message(created in 'word'), then dry embossed round the edge (with knitting needle) to create a panel.





Ok 24 minutes.... card approx 10 minutes ...running round house like "Challenge Anneka" looking for missing button tin 14 minutes!!! (yes I have 3 button tins, 1 button box and 1 tub full and I still couldn't quite find something I really liked....and in the end all the fancy ceramics and shapes were put to one side and a couple of simple little blush coloured ones just seemed right to me...too plain?? what do you think??)



right... time now galloping away...will tidy away later...work in bombsite..


WEEK 16 .....Butterflies....so dear to my heart, so wow, how to do justice to this one on a budget...and with buttons!







OH DEAR 1 hour... now completely rushed and design completely different from the starting one!!!


Still not sure about this one being CAS. I drew round a large fridge magnet on the back of an invite (fabulous quality card), with a glue pen, sprinkled on glitter, then cut out (fabulous quality card nightmare to cut out!!!!!!!!!!)


Well approx 2 and 1/2 hours later and approx 1 1/2 hour later than I expected and I am finally blogging and blogger is being it's usual cantankerous self, so if this appears with giant gaps I am sorry, but thank you for stopping by and getting this far.



I must post this then go and pack for another weekend on the water, I am at work all day tomorrow and we'll leave as soon as I get home. I am hoping to get a chance to hop around some blogs later, I must see what you've all been up to!!!


9 comments:

Kathyk said...

Welcome back and sterling work catching up!! All fab btw

Kathyk

Aileen said...

Oh this is so funny. I'm out of breath just reading about you rushing round the house. Still very impressed though. You've made a fab set of cards to be proud off. x

Jenny said...

Oh Diane ...welcome back I've missed your posts and been worried where you had got to actually :)
This is as funny as ever but you've nailed every challenge on the head, perfect set of cards.
Have a lovely weekend and please be back soon.
Jenny x

Mandi said...

O M GOSH Diane these are all FAB
How you managed so much in so little time!!
Thank you so much
10 out of 10 i think do you this week!
An no detention for missing so many weeks :)
Diva LIM mandi
Less is More

Suze Bain said...

This gave me a good giggle. My goodness, you need to sit down and put your feet up after that. I couldn't make one card in this time, never mind 6! A great achievement and they're all fab! xx

massofhair said...

OMGoodness Diane, such fantastic work and in such a small space of time. Have missed your posts and am glad you are having fun with your threesome lol.

Every card is a stunner and i like your button theme. Have loads of fun and see you back here very soon. Take care:-)

Dolly Daydreams said...

Well done you ! How you managed to do them all and so quickly to I will never know. You didn't compromise on beauty either they are all lovely.

Marie

Susan said...

LOL! Diane, I'm exhausted just moving along with you while you get your cards done! LOL!! All are fab cards...you sure do make beautiful cards...and very quick about it too!! My card is HERE

Laura said...

Hahhaha! Diane you're fantabulous! :) How on earth do you keep it up like that? LOVE all of them but my faves are 1st one :) and butterfly one...oh and off center one :)

You have such an enchanting way of blogging I swear:) You make me smile every time! I hardly waited to see you back here...missed ya!

And the boat trips sound sooooo romantic!!! I would give up all my crafting to go away with my hubby like that... heck I'd even give up my Copics (my ultimate proof of love) for that :). So enjoy every moment you have together ...we'll all be here when you come back :)

Lots of hugs,
Laura

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