Valentine

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A bonus post today to celebrate Valentine's Day with a couple of cute elephants using Giogiocraft stencils.

It's always good to take time to let the people dear to us know how special they are. Wishing you an especially love-ly day xxx

Lanterns

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Today I'm sharing a card using the lovely Giogiocraft 'lights in the dark' lanterns and chandelier stencil to celebrate Chinese New Year. I had a lot fun with this and some straight up colouring in with Derwent Inktense pencils.

I added a little sparkly gold gel pen for highlights.

2021 is the year of the Ox and I think we could all do with a little strength and determination to realise our goals and see our way through to better times.

Wishing you all a great year ahead xxx

Happy Bear Day

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Hope you have all been having a good week. I've been having a play with the lovely bear from Pink Ink designs, colouring in with inktense pencils and adding a bit of stamping and stencilling.

 

 

 Life is better with bears!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely week xx

Always time for tea

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Today I'm sharing a card using several Giogiocraft stencils and Distress Oxide ink. 

I started with the macarons then masked them off to put the cup behind them. One I had stencilled the main shapes I spattered them with water to let the ink react and lift, leaving a bit of texture and added interest.

I added some grey Promarkers to give a bit of shadow and depth and masked off the images before adding some colourful spatter.

Mmm anyone else feeling a bit peckish?

Hope you have a good day. Thanks for stopping by xx

Just my type

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A quick post today to share a card made with a Giogiocraft stencil and Derwent inktense pencils. I traced around the typewriter stencil and then built up the colours inside.

I shaved a little off the end of the pencils and diluted with water to get the ink for the splatters and finsihed it off with a text stamp from StampersAnonymous.

I enjoyed using the stencil this way so I might have an experiment with others to see if I can get the same effect. Watch this space!

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely day xx

Maneki-necko

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I've been having a little play with some of the lovely stencils in my Giogiocraft advent calendar. First up is the little maneki-necko, beckoning cat, in the hope that 2021 brings us better fortune.

Difficult to get a decent photograph at this time of the year when there is so little daylight.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope the week brings you happiness and good fortune xxx

Start the year with a splash

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Happy New Year! 

I have started the year off with a cheerful, fun card, using a Giogiocraft stencil, Cosmic Shimmer pixie powders and Inktense pencils.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I hope that 2021 brings you many blessings and an abundance of creative inspiration xxx