True Friend

Hello to you all,wow the rain has actually stopped......My card share today uses the inkylicious stamp Wild Flora. To make my background I sprayed some diluted Picked Raspberry Distress Paint onto some card along with some Precious Purple from Oak House studios. I have also done the same for the matted piece of card. I love the different effects you get with spray inks. I hope you like it.

I have some fab news to share on Sun. I am so excited.xxx

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4 Crafty Girls "Anything Goes"

The Crafters Cafe "Use Flowers"

Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes"

Fantastic Tuesday "Anything Goes"

Party Time Tuesdays "Anything Goes"

Wall Tag 23

Hello to you all, well we had a half reasonable day today, I spent most of it in the garden,my second favorite place after my craft room.......I am sharing wall tag 23 today I have used Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade distress inks again.....I have also used various stencils to layer up the background....The paintbrush stamp is "Artist Elements from Stampendous I have decoupaged this as well as colouring with distress inks....I hope you like it.xxx

Wild Flora

Hello to you all, Wow I am sure I could have filled a swimming pool with all the rain we have had here this week. I am actually surprised we have not had any floods........

My card share today uses the "Wild Flora" stamp from Inkylicious that I have clear embossed with black Versafine ink ....I have used Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade distress inks for the background then squirted some water through a stencil for the faded leaves.... I have also used Black Soot around the edges.xxx

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Pan Pastel "Florals"

Crafty Catz "Embossing"

Jelly Park Challenge "Bold and Bright"

Sister Act "Anything Goes"

ALBC "Flower Power"

Paper Pretties "Flowers"

 

 

Stylised Flowers

Hello to you all I hope you are enjoying a nice long weekend here in the UK.....I have an Indigo Blu stamp that I have used on my share today along with an embossing folder and distress inks....Indigo Blu are looking for Monochrome projects this month.xxx

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Indigo Blu "Monochromatic"

Brown Sugar "Anything Goes"

Sister Act "Anything Goes"

A Creative Romance "Girly Creations"

4 Crafty Girls "Anything Goes"

Paper Creators Crafts "Flowers and Bows"

Totally Gorjuss "Buttons and Bows"

Chocolate Baroque The Blue Lady

Hello to you all, I am sharing another Flapper Girl from the May new releases at Chocolate Baroque. I have made this into a tag..I first painted  the tag with black acrylic paint left it to dry then clear embossed the stamps from the Eastern Grasses sheet,I then painted over the top of this with the blue acrylic and whilst it was still wet wiped over a damp tissue so removing some of the paint and images to reveal the black paint underneath.....I saw this technique on a Tim Holtz web page some time back....

The flapper was stamped onto white card and coloured with distress inks then fussy cut. This was stuck to the tag along with the die-cut lamp.Last of all I dry brushed some white acrylic around the edge of the tag followed by Black Soot distress ink.

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The Crafters Cafe "Girly"
Divas by Design "Anything Goes"
Crafting Musketeers "Anything but Square"
Natalie and Amy "Rubber Stamping"
4 Crafty Girls "Anything Goes"
Milk Coffee "Anything but a Card"

Beautiful Life

Hello to you all,I have been having a play with some Pan Pastels today, my share uses the Easternl Grasses stamps from Chocolate Baroque and I have made another moonscape.. I first made my backing with the panpastel Red, Yellow,  Black and White then stamped my images  and sentiment with Black Versafine ink.xxx

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Pan Pastel "Florals"

Sweet Stamps "Anything Goes"

Crafting from the Heart "Anything Goes"

Make my Monday "Nature"

Simon Says Monday Challenge "Botanical"

The Artistic Stamper "In the Garden"

Country View Challenges "Natures Glories"

Wall tag 22

Hello to you all,I am sharing Tag 22 today and I have been playing with some burlap.....I first stuck the burlap to the cardboard tag then painted it with Gesso and dabbed through a couple of stencils with some brown and blue acrylic paint.It has been edged with Vintage Photo distress ink... Finished off with a die-cut heart and the bird and cage some buttons and words.xxx

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Sunday Stamper "Use Brown and Blue"

Challenges 4 Everybody "Anything Goes"

Pile it On "Shabby Chic"

Crafting at the Weekend "Anything Goes"

A Flower Vase

I have had another great day in the garden and it is looking very prim and proper now. I have a card to share today and I have used one of the pre coloured images from LOTV for this. I do like using these when in a hurry they have some gorgeous images.... I have used some Nit wit backing papers and burlap to try to make this a bit Shabby Chic.xxx

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My Sheri Crafts "Flowers"

Paper Creators Crafts "Flowers and Bows"

Sister Act "Anything Goes"

Always Something Creative "Birthday"

Bearly Mine "Flowers"

Creatalicious "Buttons and Bows"

The Artistic Stamper "In the Garden"

Country View Challenges "Natures Glories"

Wall Tag 21

Hello,what lovely weather we are having here in the UK, I have been doing quite a bit of gardening and am really feeling the effects now...(Aching all Over). I have made another tag using The Chocolate Baroque Rose Stem Script stamp and Ryn's Rainbow Drop stamp..The background has been painted with Acrylic paints and the images coloured with Distress inks,I have also used a couple of stencils on the background and edged with Black Soot distress ink.xxx

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A Little Bit Crafty "Flower Power"

Bearly Mine "Flowers"

Country View Challenges "Natures Glories"

 

 

Chocolate Baroque "Lady in Red"

Hello to you all, I am sharing another Flapper Girl from the May new releases.You get so much on this sheet. I have stamped and coloured my lady and then fussy cut around her.My backing has been made by stamping one of the rose stamps from the sheet all over some white card using red Archival ink. The red panel was made by inking the stamp up with Black Versafine and clear embossing,

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Just Inspirational "Anything Goes"

Through the Craft room Door "Anything Goes"

Artistic Inspirations "No Designer Papers"

Crafting from the Heart "Anything Goes"

Incy Wincy "Birthdays"

Guest Designer for Country View Challenges

Hello to you all....I was picked as a one of the top three for  Country View Challenge blog for March and was asked if I would like to be a guest designer for the May challenge, well I jumped at the chance...The theme is

 "Natures Glories" 

For my card, I have first stamped the image and clear embossed using black Versafine ink ,I then masked off the moon and using Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean and Black Soot distress inks sponged the background.

This was then matted onto some white and green card after stamping on the birds.

I stamped the sentiment onto a tag made from the same green card and then decorated with some Burlap ribbon.I hope you like it.xxx

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613 Avenue "Anything Goes"

Dream Valley "Anything Goes"

Penny Black and More "Anything Goes"
Artistic Stamper "In the Garden"

Chocolate Baroque "Green Elegance"

Hello.I am back sharing another Flapper Girl from the May release from Chocolate Baroque. I have stamped the image onto white card with Black Versafine and coloured her with distress inks.For the backing I have cut a square of green card and cut an oval aperture then using a stencil run it through the Big shot,placed the image behind and framed her.The urn is also on the stamp sheet and I have stamped and clear embossed this before distressing it.

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Crafting at the Weekend "Anything Goes"
613 Avenue "Anything Goes"
Dream Valley "Anything Goes"
Penny Black and More "Anything Goes"
Loves Rubber Stamps "Anything Goes"

Wall Tag 20

Hello to you all,I have tag 20 to share today. It is very pink!!!!!I started by spraying a white tag with diluted Pickled Raspberry distress paint then edged it with some Black Soot distress ink,stamped various images in the background and then stamped the Indigo Blu image using Black Versafine. I finished off with a die-cut heart, flowers and some glitter. I hope you like it.xxx

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Sunday Stamper "Use some Pink"

Amusing Challenges "Distress"

Challenges 4 Everybody "Anything Goes"

Dream Valley "Anything Goes"

Stamping Sensations "Anything Goes"

Little Claire's Challenge 45

Hello we have a new challenge  over at  Little Claire, this  month we would like to see 

Spots and Stripes

For my card share I have used a stamp from the Cherish Hugs and Dream set. I first stamped and clear embossed  with black Versafine then coloured in with distress inks.I masked off the sun and inked up the sky with Faded Jeans distress ink. The sun was coloured  by using the hole from punching the circle and colouring in with Pan Pastel. I hope you like it.xxx

Lots of lovely goodies! up for grabs this month

 

Wooden Charms 50 p/pack

DCWV Mat Stack 36 Sheets Double Sided paper

Santoro Butterfly stamp set

LC Silhouette Picnic stamp

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Creative Knockouts "Ribbons and Bows"
Delightful Challenges "Petal Power"
Paper Crafting Journey "Spots and Stripes"
Sister Act "Anything Goes"

 

 

Little Claire May Club Realease

Hello to you all,I am sharing a sample made with one of the Little Claire May Club release stamps.
This image has just been stamped with Versafine and I inked the backing with faded jeans distress ink. The backing paper is from a Penny Black pad.xxx

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That Craft Place "Anything Goes"

Crafty Sentiments "Anything Goes"

Loves Rubber Stamps "Anything Goes"

Through the Craftroom Door "Anything Goes"

Crafting from the Heart "Anything Goes"

An Art Journal

Helo to you all,well I have fially got around to starting the Art Journal that I covered recently. I really enjoyed doing this. I have used Acrylic paints and various stencils. The flowers were drawn free hand. I am sure with practise I should get better at this. I hope you like it.xxx

An Envelope Card ????

Hello to you all, I am not sure what I am sharing today,it started off an envelope card but I have filled it with tags and postcards...So I don't know what to call it......I have used mainly Crafty Individual stamps... My envelope has been through an embossing folder and then I rubbed in some gilding wax...The flower is the made with the Tim Holtz movers and shapers die,a much better size for cards.

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Challenges 4 Everybody "Anything Goes"

Catered Crop "Button Up"

Card Mania "Embossing"
Crafting from the Heart "Anything Goes"