I can Hear Music at Try it on Tuesday

Two posts in two days - very unusual - but it's time to tell you about the new challenge theme at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's I Can Hear Music, which could be your favourite song or just inspired by music.

When I was thinking about this challenge I heard  Dancing in the Moonlight on the radio and as I'd just had a crafty afternoon with my friend and stamped her  Lavinia mice, well they just had to dance in the moonlight.

The rest of the Design Team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog for all the details.

 I'm back on Grandma duties  today - that sounds as if I've had the weekend off - no! but I'm not complaining - especially as I now have this special photo to show - how the photographer managed to get them to sit still - wish I knew!  At 15 months they're walking all over and faster than me!

Thanks for calling in, have a great day.

Avril xx

Mid Month Inspiration Time at Stamping Sensations

 Happy Easter and I hope you've been enjoying the Easter break and having some good weather.

As it's the middle of the month it's time for our mid challenge inspiration at Stamping Sensations where the theme this month is I Love...

I don't get  much time for crafting these days, but I did have a little spend recently and bought a couple of stamps from Lavinia, and I'm loving this little 'Bella' fairy.  I also (I don't know why it has taken me so long) bought a Gelli plate which I love.  This background was done with Distress inks, I also stamped my foliage onto the Gelli plate with Versafine  Clare.  My fairy was stamped onto the print.

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

Have a lovely day,

Avril x

Spring Colours at Try it on Tuesday

 

The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Spring Colours.

For my card I've used Lavinia flower stamps in various spring mauves and pinks and the lovely Pipin and Wild Hares set to complete the little scene.

We'd love to see your projects and if you need any inspiration the Design Team have some great inspiration for you.

I am going to enter this at Allsorts -Any 'real' animal.

Thanks for calling in, life's a bit busy at the moment, I'm doing extra Grandma duties as DD is covering holiday and sickness, I love every minute of being with the twins but it sure is exhausting!

Avril xx

I Love.......at Stamping Sensations

I Love......... is the new challenge at Stamping Sensations, so really it's whatever you love as long as we can see stamping as a focal point on your project.  There are some fabulous prizes to be won from Penny Black, so please visit the main blog to see all the challenge details

I Love ....... well it's no secret that I love floral stamps and  this one from Tim Holtz Dearly Departed set is one of my favourites.

I've stamped my image on a linen base, masked the flower and stamped the script through a mask with a circle cut out and then lightly inked over the script and added a few inky splatters.

The rest of the Design Team are showcasing their 'Loves' to please pop over the the main blog to see.

Thanks for calling in,

Avril xx
 

Say it with Flowers at Try it on Tuesday

Say it with Flowers is our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight, so it's a  first inking for this AALL&Create stamp that I bought  a while ago.  I really must try to find more time for crafting!

Stamped onto white linen card and watercoloured,  some stencilling in the background with Bundled Sage and add a sentiment.  Simple, but the white linen card adds a nice texture.

The rest of the Design Team have some great makes to inspire you, so please pop over to the main blog where you will find all the details.

Thanks for calling in, have a great day.

Avril xx

 

Mid Month at Stamping Sensations.

 Spring is in the Air is the theme for this months challenge at Stamping Sensations and the Design Team have some great mid month inspirations for you over on the main blog.

I've used an old Elusive Images stamp of Snowdrops,  and for me, as soon as I see the first snowdrop poking through the soil that signifies Spring is on it's way.

I've used an inky background of Twisted Citron and Speckled Egg., stamped the image in Black Versafine, then bleached out the colour on the snowdrop heads, before colouring with Picket Fence Distress crayon.  The image looked a little lost, so I used an acrylic block and drew a black line.

I added the Just a Note from the same set of stamps as this is now a pretty cover on an otherwise plain notebook.

Do check out the inspiration from the rest of the team, you won't be disappointed 

Thanks for calling in, especially as I'm such bad blogger at present, but 3 days Grandma duties doesn't leave much 'free' time.

Have a great day, I'm on 'extra' duties as Laura is on a Training Day, hope to catch up over the weekend.

Avril xx

Black and White + 1 at TioT

Black and White PLUS 1 is our new challenge this fortnight at Try it on Tuesday/

I've used my new Lavinia fairy Bella along with the English Bluebell.  I added colour around the moon mask before adding shading to the moon.  I used the same blue ink to stencil lightly over the  background for some added interest. The sentiment was a magazine freebie.

The Design Team have some great inspiration for you, so please visit the main blog where you will also find all the challenge details.

Thanks for calling in,

Have a great day, Avril xx