Mid Month Inspiration at Stamping Sensations.

It's Mid Month Inspiration time over at Stamping Sensations for our current challenge where the optional theme is Feminine.

For my make  I stamped the lady image onto white linen card, then stamped again onto an inky mop up scrap and fussy cut just the dress, which was added after colouring the original.  I've used an old favourite wooden stamp from Hero Arts for the sentiment and the flowers were fussy cut from a Crafty Individuals stamp CI599 and coloured with Intense pencils.  To make it extra Feminine, I added some small sequins to her dress.  Matted and layered up onto an 8" x 8" card base.

Please pop over to the main challenge page to see the gorgeous array of sample from the DT and also you'll find details of the prize from Grafton Crafts.

Avril xx

Keep it Simple at TioT

 The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Keep it Simple.  

When I bought these Andy Skinner stamps I knew I wanted to use this pair to make pictures for the twins bedroom.  

I stamped onto watercolor paper and colored the image using Intense pencils and then both pictures were then given a watery background wash.  They look lovely framed sis by side.

The rest of the DT have some lovely samples to show, so please pop over to the main challenge page for all the details.

The craft room's been neglected this last week, we've been making the most of this gorgeous weather getting the garden ready for summer and lovely days out with the twins.  I keep wondering how long it will last.

Thanks for calling in. Avril xx 

Friends and Chocolate

It's time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations and this month the theme is Feminine, or you can always go with the Anything Goes option if you wish.

I've used a very old IndigoBlu stamp Elsie, stamped in black onto white card and masked before adding my inky smooshed background and then a little stencilling for some interest.  After removing the masking fluid, she was coloured with distress inks.  The sentiment is DarkRoom Door.

The rest of the D.T have some wonderful Feminine samples to show so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find details of our prize from John Next Door Stamp and dies from Grafton Crafts.  Just remember you must included some actual stamping on your entry to be eligible to win.

Thanks for calling in, 

Avril xx

 

Deep in the Forrest at Try it on Tuesday

 

Deep in the Forest is the new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, so anything you'd expect to see in the forest.

I've used Lavinia's Scenescapes papers that I won recently at We Love Stamping, this is the first time I've used these papers to create a background and I must say I loved the colours.  I've used various Lavinia stamps to create the scene stamping in black and adding some white highlights with a gel pen.

I do hope that fox isn't looking at the pheasant and thinking he looks tasty - but as it's a magical scene I'm sure they are forest friends.

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

Thanks for calling in, 

Avril xx

Mid month at Stamping Sensations

It's time for some mid month inspiration at Stamping Sensations where the option this time around is Birds, Animals, Flowers and Nature, and we have some fabulous prizes from Lavinia Stamps.

I've used Lavinia stamps Moss flowers, Woodland Fern leaves and two of the smaller stamps from the Flower Collection .   I began by shading around a circle mask and then stamping and masking off two of the Moss flowers to build up my little arrangement and then with the masks still in place stamped the fern leaves and the two flower elements. After removing the masks I coloured the flowers with Intense pencils.

The rest of the team have some fabulous samples to show, so please pop over to the main challenge page for all the details.

Thanks for calling in and I hope you have a lovely Easter weekend. Avril xx 

Oh So Sweet

 Oh so sweet is our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight - a challenge with lots of options.

After seeing lots of fabulous cards  made with this set of Andy Skinner stamps, which were released last year and thinking- no I don't need any more stamps - yet. I gave in at Christmas but this is the first card I've made.  She's stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with watercolour paints.  I've used a mop up inky background for the base and stamped a different sentiment to the one included with the image.

The rest of the team have some lovely inspiration for you, so please pop over to TioT's and hopefully you might be tempted to join in the challenge.

Well, my week of catching up didn't go exactly as planned and I didn't manage all the blog visiting I'd intended but as usual Life Happens!

Anyhow, thanks for calling and we'll see what this week has in store.

Avril xx 

SS Nature /Flowers/Birds/Animals-( Lavinia)

It's the first Sunday of the new month and time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations where the theme is Nature/Flowers/Birds/Animals or you can always go with Anything Goes, but remember your project must feature a stamped element on the front to be eligible to win one of the two fabulous prized of Lavinia stamps.

For my card I've used a Geli print background and some 'naughty artistic licence' to stamp Lavinia's Mae, but as I didn't want the beautiful fairy on my card, I masked the top flower and then stamped the flower heads plus a couple of extras onto white card, which were coloured and fussy cut.  After arranging them, I drew in 'extra' stalks and stamped the Orchard Grass.

The rest of the DT have followed the Nature theme, so please pop over to Stamping Sensations to see all the lovely creations, and you'll also find details of the fabulous prizes.

We've had a lot going on here which has left me with no crafting time, but I've got a week off while the twins are on holiday, so after a relaxing couple of days away, I hope to do some crafting and a good catch up at the latter end of the week.

Thanks for calling in, Avril xx