Make a Mark for Try it on Tuesday

Hello, well I'm back from holiday and just in time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday.  The theme for this fortnight is Make a Mark - abstract pagers, grids, circles, chevrons just to name a few, but I'm sure you will have lots of ideas of your own.

I've used one of my Oxide ink and photo paper backgrounds made with Picked Raspberry.  I've used a stencil with Seedless Preserve and Cracked Pistachio - (although that's not showing too well in the photo) before adding a stamped border, computer words and my 'Best Friends'.

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

The washing and ironing is done, the family have visited, so hopefully a free day to do some blog visiting and play with some new goodies that I didn't get time to open/ink before I went off.

Have a great day,

Avril xx

Cellebrate! TioT is 10 years Old!

You're Invited to Celebrate 

Try it on Tuesday's 10th Birthday

Yes, it's Birthday time at Try it on Tuesday where we're Celebrating 10 years of Blog Challenges and we're all in Party Mode, so what better time to make a fun Birthday card.

I've used one of the Crazy Cats and I must admit he does look a little bewildered to be Celebrating 10 years at TioT!

I made good use of a mop up background and added stencilled stars and circles and of course he had to have balloons and a sparkly bow tie along with his top hat.

I hope you will join us this fortnight and join in the fun and  help yourself to the 'TioT Party badge.   All the details along with the rest of the Design Teams makes can be found on our main blog.

This is a schedule post, as wer'e away on holiday, but hopefully I'll still be able to catch up with you.

Avril xx

Organic and Shabby

Hello, I'm sharing a card I made recently using the Organic die as a background.  I took my inspirations from this tag,   I used Kraft card as I loved the shabby effect after sanding and it was painted with PaperArtsy Concrete.  The flower was cut with watercolour paper and coloured with Abandoned Coral DI and I distressed the edges of the base layer with Abandoned Coral, although it does look quite pale in the photo,  I haven't added a sentiment, yet.

A short post as I desperately need to do some catching up with commenting - DT and my own!

Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend.

Avril xx

Things With Wings

The new challenge at Try it on Tuesdays this fortnight is Things with Wings.   I've been very predictable and chosen Butterflies as I wanted to use this butterfly that I'd inked up a couple of weeks ago.

I've used it  with a frame I'd made from the postage die with a hand cut aperture, this had been given a coat of Rock Candy Crackle.  The insert of the frame is a piece of co-ordinations, embossed with the 3D Botanical EF, sanded and distressed with Antique Linen oxide ink.  The sentiment is from an old Lost Coast stamp.

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

I am entering this at
  Make My Monday - Wings

Thanks for calling in,
Avril xx

I have Attitude!

A late entry for Art Journal Journey where this month Wendy has chosen the theme of Having Fun
Well I had fun making this page, a bit different for me, but as I said earlier, I'd felt in a bit of a crafting rut, so there were a few things that just fell off the shelf into my basket last month.
A computer generated sentiment cut apart which I think suits the pose!

Thanks for calling in, I'm off to make a start preparing lunch as DD is back from holiday and they're coming over.
Have a great Sunday.
Avril xx

The Joys of Wine!

Hello, I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend and enjoyed all that glorious sunshine, I know I certainly made the most of it, which is just as well as we've got quite a chilly breeze and cloudy skies today.

I'm sharing a couple of cards I made last week for DD, she had asked for 'more girly' than what I had in the box, so with some 'wine words' this old Flonzcraft image fit the bill.
I'd recently bought this Stampinbella on Ebay, so more 'wine words' - and some sparkly bits (one to cover a smudge - more practice required for making clean cards)

And finally, with the words that came with the image, this one was taken before I checked the uploaded image - note to self not to take a photo of white on white!

Something different, but I did enjoy using the wine words and can think of some of my older neglected stamps that would go well.

Thanks for calling in,
Avril xx

Brilliant Gent

Just a short post, but I wanted to join in at Tag Tuesday where the theme this fortnight is Industrial.  It's my Son's birthday soon, so this tag will have a money envelope attached to the back, much better than just putting money in a card or plain envelope.

I've been playing with  Oxide inks on glossy photo paper again for the background.  The cogs which had already been embossed, were in the bits box, left over from another project, so with some stamped images, a quick tag.

Have a lovely Easter Weekend, and for once I think we all might be enjoying some sunshine, fingers crossed.
Avril xx