Hi all. Here this evening with a super quick Christmas card, the glue on the sequins isn't even dry yet! I added a few layers of sparkle to the snowflakes and to his hat trim; clear gloss to his nose. Snowman (from Creative Depot) popped up on foam pads. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Layout inspired by the sketch at MFT Wednesday Sketch #644, though I've maybe gone too far off piste with this one!
My Time to Craft #507 - monochrome
Addicted to CAS #237 - monochrome
Well that was definitely a day for TV, it would have been fantastic to be in London! I love all the pomp and ceremony of the Royal celebrations and was so pleased to see it all go off so well. I'm sure they were all glad of a sit down and a cup of tea (or something stronger!) after it was all over.
I used the time while I was watching it to make a wee Christmas card, first of the year so I'm well behind schedule! I stencilled my background, added some silver metallic splats, snowflake die cut (covered in gloss and glitter), and then a few little stars to finish. Bear from Creative Depot popped up on foam pads.
Addicted to Stamps #445 - dies/stencils
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - no patterned paper
Cards 4 Guys #321 - get messy - inks and splats
Word Art Wednesday #593/594 - anything goes
And here's a wee pic of Molly in our local woods, I think we hit it just at the right time for the peak of the bluebells display they were absolutely fabulous!
Hi all! I've been struggling with my mojo (yes, again!) so I was pleased to see the challenge over at Just Us Girls was to CASE a designer. I used these pretty daisies from Penny Black that don't see ink often enough. Coloured with polychromos and then masked off the flowers and added some metallic ink splats. The sentiment was a total faff ... it's actually orange card stock but didn't look right and even double mounting and then adding another black layer, still looked 'meh'. Then I remembered my buddy Cheryl painting dies with her metallic paints so I gave it a go and now have a gold sentiment!!
Hi all! I've a couple of cards to share this evening. I've never really enjoyed making special request cards, and as I get older I seem to enjoy it less! Anyway, here they are.
This one uses some of my new Penny Black stamps, various dies, and a stencilled background. I did have it all planned out, then my spacing kinda went awry when I was sticking it down and ended up running out of room! Grrrrrr. That 'N' on her name really annoys me, I hadn't even realised it was so wonky until it was well stuck and then there was no shifting it
For this one, I was told the wee boy liked tractors or anything with wheels. I don't have any tractor stamps, so a bicycle it was! This is an oldie from Lili of the Valley. It was a struggle as well, I always find it so difficult to colour this one!
And finally (this is a long post tonight!), here's a photo of our lovely dandelions! I don't know if it was our mild winter or constant wet weather but they have been amazing this Spring! Every road verge and field round us are absolutely covered in them!!
Hi all! I've been eyeing these pretty stamps from penny Black (the 'Cherished' collection) for a while and finally caved and bought them... and I'm so glad I did! My little die cut panel (from I think Simply Graphic) wasn't quite long enough for what I wanted, so I sliced it and added an extra strip from a 2nd panel at the bottom... I think I got away with it. Couldn't get a decent photo though, my pink base isn't just as zingy in real life as it looks here!
Hi all! Oh brrrrr, where did Spring go?!!! Such a cold wet and windy evening, I hope Joe Biden has brought his big coat as he's going to be foundered when he arrives!
Anyway, here's a wee quickie using an old Wags and whiskers stamp and my new stencil from Creative Depot... Coloured with polychromos and clear gloss added to the balloon and his nose.
Hi all! Such a beautiful bright sunny Spring day today! A good day to get busy! Both the spade and lawnmower made it out today so the garden's nice and tidy. Poor Molly didn't escape either... dog showered, towels washed and bedding all lovely and clean too! Definitely ready for a sit down this evening! And as per usual, it was spent last minute making...
