Halloween at Try it on Tuesday

Beware! The Witches are about.

Halloween is the new theme at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight, so there's a spooky gathering on my card.  I couldn't resist the new Witches from Lavinia Stamps, however I did have some restrain and just bought the Coven of the Blue Moon, the mini Jinx stamps, along with the Witching hour verse.

I made my little scene using various tree and foliage stamps and the mini Castle was stamped multiple times as I don't have any of the larger ones. I re-stamped some of the witches as 3 looked a little lost and of course we had to have a dragon flying in.

The rest of the team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog where you will find all the challenge details.

It's been busy, busy catching up the last few days as we had a week away while the twins were visiting their other Granny in Ireland, just as pleased the weather has been fine to get the washing dry.

Thanks for calling in, Avril xx

 

Autumn Colours at Stamping Sensations

It's time for a new challenge  at Stamping Sensations and this month it's Anything Goes with the option of Autumn Colours

The Design Team are following the option and using the Autumn colours as our inspiration.

I've used Lavinia stamps to build up my little scene, stamping my pheasant, leaves and trees in brown Versafine ink and Inktense pencils to colour the oak leaves with distress inks for the grassy hills.

Please pop over to the main challenge page to see lots of lovely inspiration and also details of the fabulous prize on offer.  Just don't forget, there must be at least 1 stamped image on your project to qualify.

Avril xx

Autumn Magic at Try it on Tuesday

It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's Autumn Magic.

I've used a Stampingbella stamp -  Fay Loves Fall,  that I bought at a craft show earlier in the year (another purchase with the twins in mind).  I've also added the Oak Leaves from Lavinia Stamps and some  stencilling in Carved Pumpkin Distress ink.

The rest of the team have some fabulous Autumn themed inspiration for you, so please visit the challenge page for all the details.

Thanks for calling in,

Avril x

 

GD at Allsorts - Sympathy/Get Well

 

It's Saturday and time for a new challenge at Allsorts blog, where I have the pleasure of being the Guest Designer this week.  Their challenge this time around is Sympathy/Get Well.

I've used this cute little Anita Jeram  rabbit, borrowed from my crafty friend, (it's so handy when your craft buddy like the same things as you do!)  It's stamped onto white linen card and I've paper pieced his umbrella with an offcut of the navy backing layer, only problem was with so much white it was difficult to photograph.

The lovely team at Allsorts have some fabulous inspiration for you so please pop over to the home page, where you will also find all the challenge details.

A big thank you to the team at Allsorts for asking me to join them as GD.

Avril xx

Mid month Reminder for Stamping Sensations

It's time for some mid month inspirations at Stamping Sensations, where the theme this month is Anything Goes with the option of Animal Magic.

I'm showing a double page from the little fairy journal that I've made for Teddy and Lucy, which is a story about 4 little rabbits that have wandered into Fairy Land.  I've used Lavinia stamps for the animals and scenery and Distress inks for the background.
 

The rest of the Design Team have some fabulous inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog pages where you will also find all the challenge details.

Thanks for calling in,

Avril xx

Black & White + 1 at Try it on Tuesday

 It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's Black and White Plus 1colour.

I've opted for a CAS design using an old Flonzcraft stamp.  It's a computer generated sentiment, which was printed out onto card and then I positioned my stamp.  I stamped a send image of one lady in Versafine Hawthorn Rose and fussy cut just the dress and adding lots of glitter in the same shade.

The rest of the DT have been very creative and have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the challenge details. 

It's Grandma duties again, my daughter even said last week they've been with me more than they've been home - just what I was thinking!

Avril xx

Make it Colourful at TioT

It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's Make it Colourful.

I've used a Gelli print background.  I've used Lavinia's Forest Flower stamp which was coloured with Glitter gel pens and outlined the flower petals with white gel pen, stamped the grass and believe it or not, I added, Glamour Dust among the grasses, but of course it doesn't show.

The rest of the DT have some lovely colourful makes to show, so please pop over to TioT, where you will find all the challenge details.

Avril xx