Favourite Stamp of the Moment at Stamping Sensations

 Good morning, it's time to tell you about the latest challenge at Stamping Sensations  with is 

Favourite Stamp of the Moment.   We have  Crafting.co.uk as out sponsor and they are offering one lucky winner this fabulous prize of clock making kit and rice papers.

I'm sure we all have a must have 'favourite' and mine is the rose from Dearly Departed, I'm not sure I'll used the other stamps in this set, but I love this rose.

I stamped the rose on an inky background using various green DIs and used a water brush to draw the ink in to colour the leaves.  The flowers were stamped on water colour card with black and fussy cut before adding to the image.  I used Kitsch flamingo and water colour paint to colour.

The rest of the DT have some fabulous inspiration, so please stop by the main post to check them out and you'll also find all the challenge details.

I a going to enter this at Chocolate Baroque where the challenge is Any Celebration.

Have a great day whatever you're doing.

Avril xx

Use Book Pages at Try it on Tuesday

 

It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday (how time flies) and this fortnight it's for you to Use Book Pages. 

As I've got quite a few birthdays coming up, I've put my time to good use and made another birthday card using one of the backgrounds I created with the TH Vines and Roses a couple of weeks ago (here).I've coloured some Wildflower stems with Distress inks to match the background  and layered them over some torn book paper.

The rest of the Design Team have come up with some ingenious ways to use bookpaper, so please pop over to the main blog for some great inspiration.

Thanks for calling in,

Avril xx

Mid Month Celebrations at Stamping Sensations

Two posts in two days!  what's happening - It's mid month inspiration at Stamping Sensations where the challenge is Any Celebration

I'm slowly catching up,  and as I've got a few birthdays coming up in the next month, this is a good theme for me.  I've used Movie Strip Collage from Chocolate Baroque, I stamped it on an inky mono print background and again on watercolour card, and fussy cut the flower head after colouring.. I've also added a couple of inky splats to extend the image.

Don't forget, we have Craft Stash as our sponsor this month and one lucky winner could win this great bundle.

The Design Team have some fabulous makes to inspire you, so please pop over to the main blog for all the challenge details.

I'm on Grandma duties today, so I'll catch up with you later.

Avril xx

 

Summer Blooms at Try it on Tuesday

We've a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this time it's Spring Blooms a nice easy one for you, as I'm sure we all love flowers.

I've eventually got round to using my new Brushstrokes dies, which were coloured using Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry inks.  The background was linen card coloured with Antique Linen and some second generation stamping using Frayed Burlap.

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

Thanks for calling in, have a great day,

Avril xx

Keep it Simple at Try it on Tuesday

The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Keep it Simple,  how simple,  is up to you.  

I've gone very simple with a little stamping and some soft water colouring.  I first saw these images on Eileen Godwin's FB page and the stamp company Colorado Craft Company was named. I don't normally do cute, but since becoming a Grandma, well, the soft side is making an appearance from time to time in crafting.

I've used white Linen card and Versafine ink and a little water colour paint - how simple is that.

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

Thanks for calling in, have a great day.

Avril xx

Any Celebration at Stamping Sensations

Hello, it's time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations which is Any Celebration.  We have Craft Stash as our Sponsor this month and they are offering one lucky winner this fabulous prize.

I've made a Birthday card, but I must admit after being so busy and hardly in the craft room over the last 6 weeks, I struggled for motivation - so I watched one of Tim Holtz videos from earlier in the year where he used Distress Crayons to colour an image and because the crayons are wax resistant, you can then use spray inks over the top.  I stamped one of the floral sprays from Lady Rose, coloured with crayons and then used Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap Distress sprays.  There's also some subtle sheen, which doesn't show in the photo, from smudging over a little Tarnished brass crayon.  Some background stamping and paper lace trim to finish, along with a stamped Birthday  sentiment.

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

Have a good day and I'll catch up with you soon.

Avril xx

Just Playing

Hello, I feel as if it's been ages since I last posted and I've been itching to get back in the craft room, but when I did - well the motivation just seemed to disappear, I think I really wanted just to use something new,  but couldn't decide what!  So I took my inspiration from Stacy Hutchinson and cased this card which I saw a while ago.

I bought the Vines and Roses stamp a couple of months ago and this is the first time using.  I coloured the stamp with Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress markers spritzing before stamping onto an Antique Linen inked background.  I die cut an oval frame and stamped AALL&Create Heartfelt onto Antique Linen sprayed card to fit behind, and then arranged my flowers that were coloured with Vic Velvet and Aged Mahogany.  The stamped sentiment was raised using 3D foam.

Thank you for all your well wishes for Laura, fortunately her symptoms weren't too bad, but I must admit it took me a good few days to recover after having the babies here for 10 days, so enjoyable but very tiring.  A good reason for hubby and I to have a few days away next week.

Avril xx