Rudolph Days - June 22

 Hello there,

It's the 25th, so time again for another 'Rudolph Days' challenge hosted by lovely Scrappy Mo.  Can you believe that we are half way through the year already! Here's this month's card:

This card was made using the beautiful stag by Lavinia and some of the oldest Tapestry stamps that I own.  I think I'd only been stamping about a year when I bought them and that was more tears ago now than I care to remember!  A simple scene using a circle stencil to create the moon.  I had intended adding a Christmas sentiment but I think it has enough on it already.

That's all from me for today and I hope that it's a happy one for you all xx

A Little Birdie Me

Hello there,

I'm here today to share the last of my Crafty Individuals bird samples and here they are:

Once again, I've used lots of layers to create dimension.  My second card is mounted on a lovely paper by CI.  I love how fresh it looks in the background.

That's all for today but I'll be back with you on the 25th with my card for this month's Rudolph Days challenge.  Take care of yourselves and stay happy xx

Sending You Sunshine

Hello there,

I'm here again today to share a couple more of my most recent samples for Crafty Individuals and here they are:

I really enjoyed building up this scene and I used the sun ray stencil in the background.  It's probably the sunshine and the sentiment that makes me feel happy every time I look at this card!

There are lots of layers on this card and I made the plant pot just out of some terracotta card and then used a crackle stamp over it.  I also added a little shading to make it look a little more realistic.   I love the colours of this card.

That's all from me for today but I'll be back with you next week to share my last two samples from this time around.  Wishing you all a happy weekend xx

More Lovely Birds

Hello there,

How did your Bank Holiday go? I'm looking forward to reading all about your stories.

I'd like to share a couple more of my most recent samples for Crafty Individuals and here they are:

I absolutely adore this stamp and although it's only a 6x6 card, I think it's one of my favourite samples this time around.  It's such a joy to colour and it layers up beautifully

This is a sample using a couple of older stamps but I do love these ducks and it's a great stamp to use on masculine cards

That's all from me for today and I hope that you all have a very happy and colourful weekend  xx

Crafty Individuals On Telly Today

Hello there,

How are your Jubilee celebrations going?  We are having a family garden party today, so I'm really looking forward to that.  After a couple of years where Covid has dictated otherwise, it's really good to be making happy family memories again.  It doesn't seem two minutes since the Silver Jubilee, so I'm not sure how we've got to this one so quickly, it's quite scary if you sit back and think about it, so I don't think I will!  

In other news, lovely Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals is back on Create and Craft today at 12pm and 3pm with some wonderful new stamps that have been designed by our own lovely Dora.  It's all about birds this time around and I have to say that I've really enjoyed making the samples again.  I've done lots of decoupage this time around, which I think worked really well with the new designs.  Jean is also releasing a new set of sentiment stamps which I've loved using and they will definitely be staying on my desk as they are so useful.   Here are the first two of my samples:

The Wren is such a beautiful stamp and will get lots of use, especially on masculine cards or even sympathy.  I wasn't sure where I was going when I first started this card.  I just kept adding more and more elements to it and I'm really happy with the end result.

How cute are these geese? I cut out and repositioned the heads on the two outside ones and I think it makes them look really comical!

I'll be sharing the rest of my samples over the next couple of weeks and I hope you like them.

I hope that you all have a wonderful Bank Holiday xx

Rudolph Days - May 22

Hello there,

It's the 25th, so time again for another 'Rudolph Days' challenge hosted by lovely Scrappy Mo.  Here's this month's card:

I love creating scenic cards, so I really enjoyed making this one.  The card mainly features stamps made by Crafty Individuals and I've used the branch from Stampscapes and the moon by Inkylicious.  I love this gorgeous hare stamp by CI, although it did originally have a large moon behind it's head.  After using it many times, I decided the I would cut it off as I can get more use from the stamp with just the lovely hare.  It was a bit tricky as it was quite close in but fortunately, I managed to cut it off without damaging the main image.  

That's all from me for today and I shall look forward to seeing you wonderful makes for this challenge xx 

It's All About The Tags Today

Hello there my friends and followers,

Well, it seems like ages since I last blogged anything but I've been busy making samples for the next CI shows at the beginning of June and I'm still really enjoying the gym three or four times a week, so I'm afraid that blogging has taken a back seat but on the plus side, I'm fitter than I've been in years! ;)  There seems to be very few of us left blogging now and to be honest, I'm not sure how much longer I'll carry on doing it myself.  It's not too bad in the winter when we are stuck in with bad weather but when the sun starts shining, there's so many other things to do and I hate to say it but it's so much easier to post on Instagram than it is spending ages putting a blog post together that only a few people may choose to read.  Anyway, I'll see how I go over the next few months, then make a decision one way or the other.  

I'm here today to share a couple of Art Journal pages with you that I made last weekend.  I made them for a challenge but got totally absorbed in what I was doing and I'm pleased with the outcome.  The challenge was to use a tag/tags on an AJ page.  Here's what I made:

Page 1

Page 2

The Double Page Spread

With the exception of the large sentiment and definition stamp, all other stamps that I've used are by Crafty Individuals.  I used Brushos on the background, stencils and also gesso through stencils to give a little texture and contrast in colour.

As I've definitely got lots of Snippets on these pages with the tags and butterflies, I'd like to add my first page to the 'Snippets Playground Challenge'

That's all from me for today and if I don't see you all before, then I'll be back on the 25th of the Rudolph Days Challenge.  

Take care of yourselves and stay happy xx