The voice of the sea

Hello

At last holiday time has arrived and the weather is cold and wet...perfect for crafting!

Today I'm sharing a tag for TAWI using moodboard colours and the prompts sea, fish and cup.  The tag also had to include collage which isn't something I usually go for, but managed some torn paper in the background.

Then I forgot to take any more photos until it was finished! I stencilled and stamped the net and bubbles onto the card. The fish, cup and shells were stamped on card and cut out. The fish and cup needed a bit of masking to make it look as if the fish is inside.

I enjoyed making this more than I thought I would with the odd combination of elements. 

Hope you are having a lovely day. Thank you for stopping by xx

75 years of the NHS

Hello

Today I'm giving a big shout out to all the amazing people I work alongside in the NHS.

  

Thank you for your support, hard work and dedication xxx

Make art and you will have wings to fly

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A quick one today sharing the tag made with the left over card from the previous post.

The tag is for the #tagalongwith Isa challenge on FB. This month it had to include the mood board ideas and arrows.

Dare I say it but I'm not a big fan of these warm colour palettes...looking forward to something bluer and cooler!

Thank you for stopping by. Your comments are always appreciated and I will endeavour to visit your blogs as well. xx

Bee-u-tiful day

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Finally it feels as if summer could actually be here! Today I'm sharing a card made for the craft group hosted by Isa on FB.

I had to try and follow a sketch layout, include the moodboard colours and images and have string and a double or triple layer. Quite a challenge!

I started by smooshing card through Distress Ink spritzed with water. I did enough to make at least two cards and a tag (will need that later for another project).

 I cut two small tags, smooshed with Distress Ink, before adding some stamping and stencilling.

Next I rummaged through my stash of stamps from Creative Stamping magazine to find some summery images and used watercolour pencils to colour them.

All set for a summer birthday...there are quite a few in my family and it's good to be prepared for once!

I hope the sun is smiling on you and you have a lovely day. Thanks for stopping by xxx

Dimension without layers

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Today I'm sharing a card made on the fabulous 'Dimension without Layers' workshop with Isa. Obviously I won't share the process but you can still sign up and access the recording. As usual, you get pre workshop instructions, so that if you want you can do the preparation and craft along at the same time.

It looked like this part way through...

...nearly finished...

 ...and ended up like this. 

The project is completely flat, nothing stuck on. Great for avoiding extra postage! 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - part3

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Today I'm sharing the remainder of the ATCs/cards made on the workshop with Isa. You can find the details here.

This was a really fun workshop to do. The ATCs were easily made into cards, which is great as I never have enough done in advance.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I appreciate all your comments and will visit your blogs too if I'm able to. It's always nice to see what other people are creating.

Have a great week xx

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - part2

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A quick one today sharing a few more of the ATCs/cards made on the workshop with Isa. You can find the details here.

 

 

 

It was a lot of fun. Still a few more to come.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

Happiness

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As we start to get into summer I have a few weddings coming up and I thought the Klimt inspired stencil from GiogioCraft would be perfect.

 I used glitter paste through the stencil and when it was totally dry masked it off and added more stamping and stencilling in the background.

I like to give the sense of depth even on flat cards, so I added some shading in pencil and Promarker.

The paste is very pretty when it catches the light.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely day xx

Foxy fun

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I'm back today with another couple of cards made with the background paper I showed here and a mixture of all sorts of stamps.

I'm enjoying these slightly magical, whimsical scenes so there may be more to come!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Your comments are always welcome. xx

Gone fishing

Hello and Happy New Year

I wish you good health and happiness in 2022...and of course lots of crafty inspiration.

Christmas and New Year are always a bit hectic but I have managed a few hours to have a bit of a play in the craft room.

I've been wondering what to do with this background for a while.

 

It was made ages ago by sprinkling Cosmic Shimmer pixie powders and spritzing them with a water mister, but the colours are a bit too intense for what I usually want. I decided to wet it again and lay watercolour paper on top to lift the colour...

 

...and ended up with a bunch of new papers with more subtle colours, perfect for stamping over. I stamped the moon and masked it off, leaving a bit of a halo around it.

 

Then added a little hickory smoke distress oxide ink all over, but keeping the centre lighter, followed by blueprint sketch on the lower half. I used a waterbrush to soften the edges of the moon and allowed the colours to bleed a little. 

More stamping was added to build up a scene.

Highlights were added with white gel pen and a few darker ripples in pencil. (You can read my review of a variety of white gel pens here.)

And so the crafting year is off to a start. I've signed up to join a Mixed Media Art Summit in February and I'm looking forward to joining Isa for a monthly tagalong. I have spent my Christmas present pennies on some crafting goodies, my lovely husband has given me a two year subscription to Creative Stamping magazine and I've been given a lot of watercolour books, so watch this space!

I hope your year is off to a creative start. Thank you for stopping by xx

 

 

What's good for the goose is good for the gander

Hello

I've been busy crafting away, making Christmas cards, but never getting the time to share on the blog so there's a bit of catch up to do.

Yesterday I joined Isa for a Facebook Live craftalong. You can follow the link to see the video and enter the competition. The theme was using opaque materials on dark backgrounds. There is a competition and the entry has to be a tag (not a card).

So here goes my first two attempts...

I won't explain the process as it's all in Isa's video but I will say that I have fallen in love with Dr Phil Martin's bleed proof white, which is really white even on porous card.

So which of these two do you prefer? Your thoughts and constructive comments are always welcome.

Thank you for stopping by xxx