Red Dress

Hi All

What a change in the weather,although its still bright and sunny, its decidedly chilly here,  so no garden this afternoon - just a bit of organising in the craft room and sorting out some cards to take with me on Monday when I'm off to spend a few days with DD. 

I made this card a couple of weeks ago and I don't know how many times I have tried to take photos, the red just doesn't look right!  today's looks a bit better.  I have used Kanban Jasper Steampunk stamps, for the dress and coloured with Promarkers and red glitter.  I have stitched gold thread on the back of the dress, and gold embossed the cogs.  Crafty Individual Swirl, was stamped in Fired Brick DI, which as also used on the TH words and butterflies, which are coated with Glossy Accents, and a flower made from inked  book pages. Have had the paper for ages, its all gold and sparkly and looks lovely when the light catches it.

  I am entering this card in:

  Craft  Room Challenge - Sparkle Glitter/Shine
  Rainbow Lady's -  Butterflies
  Divas by Design - Use a Stamp
  Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

That's it for now, thanks for looking.  Hope you all have a good weekend.

Avril xx

A touch of Red

Hi All,

What a beautiful week, and I'm afraid I have made the most of it - and sadly neglected crafting and blogging!

However I did manage to finish this card for LIM which is 'take 3 challenges'.  I have picked week 9 - A touch of Red/ week 58 - One layer script/week 59 - masking.  I have used the Clarity Corset, masked and over stamped using Hero Arts 'Old FrenchWriting' through a torn paper mask as I didn't want hard lines.
The sentiment is also masked  Hero Arts 'have a fabulous birthday'. The corset was coloured with Pro markers and I added black glitter to the top and hem.

Thats it for now, and thanks for looking.

Avril xx

Easter at Try it on Tuesdays

The theme at Try it on Tuesdays this week is Easter or Spring.  You can make whatever you wish as long as you follow the theme.  For this challenge we are being sponsored by the Craft Barn with a £15 prize!  and if you feel you need some inspiration, please head over to TioT and take a look at the fabulous creations by the rest of the Team.

For my DT project I have made 2 Tags (that why you can see the back of the other one).  The front was made by sponging Forest Moss, Peeled Paint Wild Honey and Tumbled Glass onto a cream tag and over stamped with that very popular bunny stamp which came free in this months Craft Stamper mag.
The rest of the stamps are Inkylicious.  On the back I lightly sponged the same inks, made a little vellum pocket (for the money) sponged Peeled Paint onto this before stamping those bunnies again.   The sentiment was made on the computer.

I am also entering this in:
   2 Sisters - Spring is in the Air
  Creative Stamp Friends- Spring

Thats it for now, thanks for looking and I'm off to enjoy the garden and the sunshine!

Avril xx

Spring is in the Air at FSC

Hi All,

After a week of lovely weather - Spring is in the Air over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!  For this fortnight we would love to see your Spring creations, and in case any of you are in need of inspiration, the rest of the Design Team have created some fabulous projects,so please pop over and take a look, but remember, we do need to see some stamping on your project.

For my DT card I have used another of my purchases from the GNP show last weekend.  This gorgeous image is 'Anenome Corner' from IndigoBlue. which I  coloured with Distress Inks, I  stamped and  cut out another 2  flowers, then decided to 'touch them all up'  with H2Os for a bit of shimmer!  The centres are sprinkled with black glitter.
The script in the background was stamped through torn paper masks.  The sentiment and butterfly are from Inkylicious.  The butterfly was also stamped onto acetate and coloured with Alcohol Inks.  The background was sponged with Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord DIs.

I am also entering this card in:
  Our Craft Lounge - Spring
  Stamping for the Weekend - Anything Goes
  Samuel Taylors - Butterflies

Thats it from me for now, apart from saying 'hello' to my new followers, I'll be round to visit later in the day. Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Avril xx

A Lady's Perogative to be Late!

Hi All,

Yes, its a Lady's prerogative to be late and this Sketchy Lady from Clarity Stamps is no exception!(Well I have to blame someone for my constant lateness in entering LIM challenges.)
The challenge this week is 'Masking' and I have masked 'the lady' and then stamped and clear embossed the background stamp from the Tim Holtz Papillon set,  (I love this set and was lucky a few weeks ago to win over at Through the Craftroom Door and this was my pick.)  I sponged Milled Lavender DI over the background and the lady is coloured with Promarkers. 
I am also entering this card in
  Papercrafting Journey - Pastels
  Crafts & Me - Spring colours
  Little Red Waggon - CAS
  Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

That's it for now, and thanks for looking.

Avril xx

Pretty Lady

Hi All,

I had a great day at Harrogate on Saturday and was lucky enough to meet up again with some lovely blogging friends.  Of course, there was some great new products and well..... just had to spend a little!!
Of course, when you get new stash, you just have to play and thats just what I have been trying to do, although, with the nice weather, the garden is also calling!

I have made a couple of cards with this new IndigoBlu stamp , isn't she pretty, she is called Ella Bella. She was stamped onto white card and I used her swirls to stamp around the edge, before sponging with Milled Lavender DI. The base card was stamped with the swirls from the Music Hall set, in Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord DI.  I coloured the seam binding with the same inks.  Image swirls were all dusted with Glamour Dust.
I am entering this card in:
  Make It Monday - Anything Goes
  Bling It On - Birthday with shades of Lilac
  That Craft Place - Anything Goes
  DYSU - Favourite Colour (Mauve)
  MAWTT - Special Lady

I would just like to say 'hello' to my new followers, thank you for following me.

Thats it for now, need to do some visiting and find out what everyone has been up to!

Avril xx

Blue Poppies!

Hi All,

I'm off to GNP show at Harrogate tomorrow with my friend Diane, soooooooo looking forward to it!
Planning what I 'need' to buy has made me  think about the stamps that have been neglected lately!
This Hero Arts Poppy stamp is one, I suppose because I think of Poppies in the Summer  - so decided that was to change.  I stamped  in Black Versamark and clear embossed onto some white card and then twice again onto some hand made paper (thats the reason for the orange speck on the large flower).  I cut the flowers out and and some extra petals which were fixed with 3D foam pads. Shaded with Promarkers and Blender pen to give some depth.

The card base is inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks.
The challenge this week at Make My Monday is Mothers Day/ Thank You Cards, and although my  card is 'Just to Say' the Thank You will be written in the card.

I am also entering this card in:
  Papercrafting Journey - Pretty Pastels
  Fairy Fun Fridays - Distress It
  Our Craft Lounge - Pretty Petals
  The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
  Partytime Tuesdays - Monochromatic
  Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

That's it for tonight, need to be up early in the morning - but will I sleep or will I be dreaming of ...........Harrogate!

Avril xx