February already!

February already ... how did that happen?

I took delivery of some gorgeous MDF hearts last week and couldn't wait to get cracking with them.  I've painted and crackled four of them and finished decorating two.  

I'm entering the first plaque into the Visible Image Challenge.  The theme is love.  I certainly loved making it:

The second plaque is again using Visible Image stamps and I just love the butterflies, they look great with contrasting Distress Inks.  Here it is:

I added texture with Texture Paste and micro beads but it was really hard to take a good photo of this.

I decorated the back with another butterfly and coloured the seam binding with the same distress inks to coordinate with the plaque.

This plaque will be going into my stock for a craft fair I'm doing in April.

Hope you've had a good start to the week.  Thank you for visiting and I really do appreciate your comments xx

Hello! ... Remember me?

It's so long since I last blogged that I forgot my log in details!!  Now, that is bad :(

 

Well, Christmas has been and gone and after a lovely, relaxing couple of days I managed to spend some time today playing with my new 6x6" Gelli!

 

First though, I am sharing a card that I'm entering into the Clarity Blog Challenge .  Hope it fits the bill!

 

 

This is the card I made using my Gelli plate, Adirondack and Versafine inks:

 

 

I love how the inks give a vibrant quality.

 

Hope you've had a good Christmas and that you stay safe in this howling wind xx

 



At last ... a Clarity card!

I have been looking longingly for a long time at my new 'Best of' stamps which I bought at Harrogate several weeks ago.  Finally, I have had chance to use them today:

 

This was a bit of a rush job really, as it's my mother-in-law's bithday today!!  However, we wont see her till tomorrow as she has been away ... phew!

 

I've been wanting to make a card for the Clarity Blog Challenge 2 all month (where does the time go?) and as this is the only one I've managed to make so far, so I really hope it will be OK.

 

The theme is In the Garden.  Mmmm, I suppose if you wanted you could have a vase of flowers outside on a garden table and the flowers have come from the Garden.  Fingers crossed it doesn't get booted out!!!

 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend and the sun is shining where you are xx

 

Sending You Sunshine!

Happy Easter to you ... I hope you've had a lovely day with a smattering of sunshine and a smidge of chocolate.

 

I'm ashamed to say that, despite any good intentions, I have managed to scoff a whole egg today!  However, I did go for a long walk along the prom with hubby and I've done lots of cleaning today ... so maybe it's not as bad as it sounds!!

 

Anyway, on to today's card.  This is my entry into the Clarity Stamp Challenge 1 - (I'm hoping I'm not too late!).  The theme is Anything Goes and here is my offering:

 

I had satisfyingly inky fingers after making this card and I'm pretty pleased with the result.

 

Come back tomorrow as I'll be sharing my son's birthday card - yes, he's a lovely April Fool!!

 





Blazing Poppies

I've finally had a chance to play with some new Indigo Blu stamps and H2Os today.  I created the background with the H2Os, Shimmer sprays, a mask, stamp and Distress Inks. 

 

The image and sentiment were embossed with Wow Platinum Silver embossing powder.

 

I'm entering this card into the Indigo Blu blog challenge.

 

I've had a lovely Mother's Day - I've been spoilt by my boys, hubby cooked tea and I had time to craft - perfect!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend too xx