Happy St George's Day ...

... and Happy 21st First Date Anniversary to my wonderful hubby! 

Soppy, I know but we celebrate this day and here's the card I made for my hubby:

I used a Clarity stamp and stencils, distress ink and embossing powder.

This is my first box card, made for my Mother in Law's birthday.  The Anna Marie stamps are fab and the found Distress Inks to match the lovely Pink Petticoat papers:

And now for something totally different!  I'm now making name plaques for doors:

This one was for a Portsmouth fan:

And finally, two dance cards:

Hope you are all well and you had a lovely Easter break.  For me, I could do with another week off ... there's so much to do!! #goodtimes

Hugs xx

One stencil, two stamps and three inks!

Hello, just stopping by with a last-minute card I was asked to make today.

I headed straight for my Clarity stash and Distress Inks.

I couldn't wait to use my new Sunshine stencil and the Letterbox Sentiments.  This is what I made:

I scored two lines across an A6 piece of silk art card and masked off first the top then the bottom to ink the background and then stencil over the top.

Thinking about it now, I could have made it easier for myself.  I could have just masked off the middle section and inked the top and bottom in one go!!  Oh well, I'll do that next time!!

It's been lovely and sunny and quiet here today, such a nice change from the rain and wind.  Hubby and I had a lovely walk along Cleveleys prom, along with half the population of the Fylde (it seemed)!!

Hope you have a good crafty week and thank you for stopping by xx

It's half term ... yayy!!

It's finally here and ... I ... have ... plans ... to ... craft ... and indulge in wonderful relaxation at Ribby Hall's Aqua Thermal Journey and partake in a workshop.  It's gonna be a great week :)

Here are some recent makes.  First up, is my Valentine's card to my hubby:

The last two cards are orders.  I used a cute teddy from Digistampboutique for this one:

... and a new Clarity stamp for this card:

I am planning on lots of craftiness this week, so I'll be back soon to share my makes with you.

Have a fab weekend xx

Happy New Year!

I know it was a few days ago but this is me!! 

Happy New Year to my lovely followers, I hope you enjoyed the festive season and that 2014 is a happy, healthy and prosperous one for you xx

Today, I'm sharing with you a cute little plaque I made for my friend.  She recently had a beautiful new Aga fitted in her kitchen and I had just the stamp to make her a little gift:

I stamped the image with Adironack Espresso and coloured it with Promarkers and Distress Inks.

The sentiment is perfect too: 

I have also completed my first commissioned card of the year.  I finally had the chance to use my beautiful Anna Marie Blooming Figurine stamp, which I bought in Harrogate back in October.  It was worth the wait though!  I also used my new Heartfelt Creations Sunkissed Fleur stamps and die.  Of course, it was a no-brainer to use my fabulous Clarity stamps to personalise the card.

Here it is:

I used Worn Lipstick DI and London Fog Memento for the stamping and distressing and finished the card off by mounting it on dark silver paper and adding gems.

It's back to work for me tomorrow, I cant believe that TWO weeks have gone already!  I'm in the relaxation zone now and need another week :(  Never mind, it'll soon be half term!

Thank you for visiting, hope you have a good week 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

 



Workshop cards

Today, I went to a workshop hosted by the lovely Maria Simms.  We managed to make three (yes, THREE!) cards at the workshop and prepared the fourth to complete at home.

I decided to make the fourth one straight away because, knowing me, the bits and pieces will still be sitting in a pile next month!

We used Sketchy Lady by Clarity as the main stamp for all the cards ... it's amazing what you can do with just one stamp!

Here are the cards:

 

 

Making a moonscape with Versamark and Mica powders ...

 

 

... stamping and embossing with gold embossing powder.

 

Creating a resist background paper and coordinating inky card to use for paper piecing.

 

Lots of masking in this one!

 

Clean, simple and beautiful!  Stamping, colouring with Promarkers and adding glitter.

 



 

I've had this stamp for about a year now and this is the first time I've used it!! *hangs head in shame*

I'm so glad it's had it's first outing now as it is such a beautiful and versatile stamp.

 

Hope you've had a lovely weekend 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!!

 





Workshop Cards

Morning folks. Just a quick post to share cards I made at Maria Simms' fabulous Clarity Stampers NW workshop last weekend.

We used the Diamond Horse and Carriage Kit.

 

This card involved a bit of brayering, inking over cloud masks and overstamping.

 

 

This card was Rae's design.  She showed us a fabby new background technique using folded baby wipes (I cant tell you what I thought they looked like when folded up!!!).  I love this colour combo too.

 

 

The final card involved lots of silver embossing (sorry it doesn't show up on the photo), a gorgeous lattice background and lush silky crush ribbon.

 

Enjoy your weekend xx

 





Silver Wedding Anniversary

A quick post to share a card I made last week:

I used the gorgeous heart wreath stamp from Stamps by Chloe and my fabby new letterbox stamps from Clarity Stamp.

I embossed the heart and the tiles with silver embossing powder, added some lush organza ribbon, candi and gems.

 

I had a fab time yesterday at the NEC ... I'm suffering now though with aching neck and legs!  Never mind, it was definately worth it.

 

Have a lovely week xx