Hello there,
An very quick and unexpected post from me today but I've just finished a card, so I thought that I'd share it with you:
I made the background using the cling film technique on Brushos. The poppies are by Chocolate Baroque and I've water coloured them with Distress and Adirondack inks. I'm really happy with the colours and how the card truned out and I hope that you like it too.
Take care, stay safe and I hope to be back with you all again soon xx
Hello there,
How are you all doing in these troubled and worrying times? I'm starting to feel like this virus is going to go on forever. Just when it seemed like were were getting back to some sort of normality, we're suddenly heading back to square one again. It's like real life 'Snakes and Ladders!' Once again, my crafting is keeping me sane, along with a few wonderful crafty friends who make me smile every day, thank you lovely ladies, you know who you are x
I'd like to share another card with you using another one of the stamps that I designed recently for Crafty Individuals using some of their older stamps:
Hello there on this Sunday morning,
That's another week gone and aren't they rolling by so quickly!
As I mentioned in my last post, I've recently designed four new stamps for Crafty Individuals. The shows were on Hochanda on Friday and they seemed to go really well. If you missed them, then you can always watch them on catch up for the next month or so. It's not my origional artwork but Jean has always admired the scenes that I make and asked if I would like to use some of their older stamps to create some new scenes. It's always a lot of fun building up a scene but I feel that these new stamps are perfect for people who are just starting out stamping or if you need to make cards in bulk. They would be great for anyone who likes to make lots of cards for charity. The hard work has already been done for you, so you just need to colour your own background and hey presto, it's done. Here are a couple of samples that I made with one of the stamps:
People are often drawn to refections but they're not always the easiest of things to recreate. This stamp is so easy to use. You simply stamp, heat emboss to set it and then colour the background exactly as you wish, it couldn't be easier.
The new stamps will be added to the Crafty Individuals web site over the next week or so and they are usually on at a special price for a short time, so a good time to snap them up. I've really enjoyed making up these scenes and I hope that you like them too. My teamies at Crafty Individuals have created some amazing samples with them and many have been posted on the Crafty Individuals FB group page, so if you're on FB, why not pop along and take a look.
That's all from me for today, so thank you for your visit and I wish you all a very happy and colourful week ahead xx
Hello there,
I can't belive how quickly the week are rolling by. Christmas will be upon us before we know it but for now, I want to enjoy the beauty that Autumn brings. The card that I'd like to share with you today features a lone Beech tree. My crafting friend Lynne (https://creativelynks.blogspot.com) can see this tree from her house and it was made into a stamp by Inkylicious a few years ago. She has shared some spectacular photographs recently of some amazing sunsets where the sky looks like it's on fire. Stunning oranges and red and this tree has been in the background, so I thought I'd have a go at trying to re-create something similar. When I mentioned this in passing, Lynne suggested that it might be fun of all of us to have a go at taking one of the sunset photos and recreating it in which ever way we chose to do so. So here goes...... this is my card followed by the photo that I used to inspire me:
This really is a stunning photo and my card comes nowhere near capturing its beauty, so I decided that the sentiment that I've used here is just perfect on this occasion. I started by water colouring using Distress and Adirondack Inks. Once this was dry, I then used some pastels to deepen the colour in the sky. This was a little bit messy but it gave me the effect that I was looking for. I finished by setting it with some hair spray. First time that I've done this but it worked really well.
If you would like to see what my friends have made, inspired by their choice of Lynne's sunset photographs, then you can visit them at:
https://creativelynks.blogspot.com
http://sal-utations.blogspot.com/
https://vivsvisuals.blogspot.com/
https://latenightstamping.blogspot.com/
Now onto other news and very exciting it is too! Tomorrow (Friday 9th October,) lovely Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals will be on Hochanda at 10am and 2pm showing her latest new stamps and papers and the bit that I'm really excited about is that I've designed four of the new stamps. Now I have to point out that I'm no artist, so it's not my original artwork. Jean asked if I would like to create some scenes using some of their earlier stamps and I said yes. There's quite a lot of work involved, especially for Jean but I'm very pleased to say that we are both thrilled with the finished stamps and I hope that you will be too. Here's a sneaky peek at one of the samples that I've made using one of the new stamps and Jean's new papers:
I'll be able to share more samples with you all after the shows have aired. I do hope that you'll be able to either watch the shows live or on catch up, which you can do for about a month after.
That's all from me for today and I hope that it's a happy one for you all. Until next time x
I'd like to add my first card into the following challenges:
Try It On Tuesday - Autumn Colours
The Library Challenge - What To Look For In Autumn
Hello there,
I'd like to share with you a page that I made at the weekend for my art journal. I had intended to make two with them being for Halloween, a left and right that worked together but sadly, that didn't happen. I ended up with a right but didn't like the one for the left, so that's now a project for another day! Here’s the one that I ended up with:
All of the stamps that I've used are by Crafty Individuals and the stencil in the background is by Visible Image.
That's all from me for today, short and sweet but I'll be back with you all again on Thursday xx
I'd like to enter this page into the following challenges:
Country View Challenges - Halloween (Make A Scene)
Moving Along With The Times - Animal/s and.or Bird/s
Hello there,
I'm here today to share a card that I made recently for our Son's birthday:
I started by creating my background with Brushos and then I stamped and heat embossed the head in the center of my card. I then masked it off before adding the clocks which I embossed in copper. The door was stamped and fussy cut out . Once all of the main elements were in place, I then added more stamps into the background for added interest. Finally, I used my white Posca pen to add a little more detail to the clocks and added a couple of white die cuts to the center of each. I also blended a little grey ink around the edges so that the eye would be drawn into the frame. I was really happy with this one as the colours all seemed to work together really well and I had great fun putting all of the elements in place. I'm pleased to say that he loved it too. The stamps that I've used on this card are all by Visible Image.
Whatever you're doing today, I hope that it brings you joy. Until next time, take care and stay safe xx
Hello my crafty friends,
It was only a couple of days ago that we were basking in the sunshine but over the last couple of days, autumn has well and truly arrived! There's a definite chill in the air and the garden is a little on the damp side. On the plus side, the leaves are changing colour on the trees and for me, the palette that autumn paints is the prettiest of all. With all of this in mind, I decided that I would create an autumnal page for my art journal and this is the result:
I started by sponging some distress inks in yellow and orange to create my background. Unfortunately, the orange doesn't show too well in this photo. The stamps that I've used with the excetion of the sentiment are all by Chocolate Baroque from their 'Autumn Poppy' set. The sentiment is by Inkylicious. This was a labour of love as I stamped and cut out masks for each of the mushrooms. I did this as I wanted to push some into the background to create some depth. Once this was all done, I then set about adding some colour. I used various inks and brush pens to do this. Finally, I finished by sponging some colour around the edges and using a white Posca pen to add some highlights here and there. I haven't had these stamps very long but now felt like the perfect time to use them.
Take care of yourselves, keep safe and keep warm xx
I'd like to add this card into the following challenges:
CCEE Stampers - Mushroom Month
Moving Along With The Times - Create a Scene
The Library Challenge - What To Look For In Autumn
