Merry Christmas

 Hi All, I'm slightly late, but I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas. 

All My Best Wishes for the New Year

Avril xx 

Merry Christmas

 Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and  a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Avril xx 

Fantasy Mid month at SS

It's mid way through our final challenge of the year at Stamping Sensations where our Theme is Fantasy, or you can follow the A/G option if you prefer and we have 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps  on offer.

I've used one of my SceneScapes Magic 2  backgrounds for my Star Gazing couple.  I've built up the surrounding area with Vine Branch, Silhouette Foliage Set and  Orchard Grass, all stamped in back Versafine.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely samples to inspire you, so please pop over to the main challenge page to see to see what they've been up to.  Just remember to be eligible to win a prize, you must include some real stamping on your project.

Avril xx 

It's All About Santa at TioT

 Our last challenge of the year at Try it on Tuesday is  -   It's All About Santa.

I've used and older Tim Holtz stamp, I do love this Santa with his jolly expression, he's stamped onto some white card, then masked, before using Antique linen Distress spray to soften the background and then stamping a holly stamp in a couple of corners, colouring with Distress inks and pencils.  I've used a neglected Sizzix frame die to cut the image and matted onto some Christmas paper from a pad that's lost it's cover.

The rest of the DT have some wonderful Santa inspiration for you, so please pop over to TioT, where you will also find all the challenge details.

Avril xx

Fantasy at Stamping Sensations

The new challenge this month at Stamping Sensations is Fantasy and we have

Two prizes of  Lavina Stamps

I've made a Christmas card using 

Star stamped in black and then using the aperture of a mask to make the moon which was coloured with Colour box white pigment ink and then PanPastles The Tree Branch was stamped in black and I added the mini holly.  My magical background was a Scene-Scapes Spectrum with

 extra PanPastles added for a shimmering snow.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely inspiration for you, so please visit the main challenge page

Thanks for calling in. 

Avril xx 

Snowflakes at Try it on Tuesday

 

Hello. I've got another piece of Snowflake inspiration for our current challenge at Try it on Tuesday.

This started out as a little play with some re- discovered Moon Glow Embossing Powders, I wasn't sure how the colours would turn out on the navy card, but I liked the sparkly pearl effect, so I decided to stamp the Winter cabin in black and painted the roof and surrounding snow with a little white gesso before adding some sparkle, I also coloured the cabin with pencils. I used the aperture part of a mask and use some sparkly white Pan Pastel to extend the little scene before sprinkling some Chunky white embossing enamel for the falling snow.

There's still another week left to join this challenge, so please visit the main challenge page for all the details.

Avril xx