Good day sunshine

Hello
I hope the week has been kind to you. Both April and the #craftingwithgiogio challenge have come to an end. For the penultimate theme 'faux' I made some metallic backgrounds for use at a later date.

The final theme was 'sunshine' which was a great opportunity to get out a lovely stamp set with sunny sayings.

I'm still debating whether to add a little gold foiling to the suns.

It's been a good week all things considered. Friends and family are safe and sound. I have received gifts of gin, flowers and a very special Very Hungry Caterpillar.

 
The sun is out and the swifts returned on the 30th April, always a highlight for me. My little treat to myself arrived just in time to have a play this weekend. Many blessings for me to count.

Thank you for stopping by. Stay safe and well and have a lovely weekend xxx

Happy 4th July

Hello
Happy 4th July to all my American friends in the UK and all of my followers in the U.S.

A good day to celebrate the things which unite us across the globe.

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving to American friends celebrating today.

The card template was cut with a Silhouette Studio design. The leaves were coloured with ProMarkers and stamped with gold paint. The the middle layer was sprayed with Color Bloom in golden walnut and fire needles. The sentiment was computer generated and cut out and the background coloured and stamped in Distress Ink. All that was left was to assemble the pieces.

It's always good to take the time to reflect and be thankful for what we have. xxx

Materials used:

Silhouette Studio digital die cut

white card

patterned paper

small texture stamp free with magazine

Color Bloom sprays

Distress Ink

Viva Decor Maya Gold

V is for Voyage

Getting ahead of myself I thought I'd tackle the newest letter for The Craft Barn dictionary challenge...V. I was thinking along the lines of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire.

Having finished the page I then went to put the definition on, and too late, decided I'm not sure it goes! What do you think?

Materials used:

IndigoBlu: grand tour III

Kaisercraft: chevron

Brusho: gamboge, orange, dark brown

Distress Ink: fired brick, walnut stain

Fresco Finish paint: snowflake, old gold, blood orange, china

DecoArt dazzling metallics: glorious gold

Archival Ink: jet black

white paint pen

R is for Rose

Next letter up in The Craft Barn's dictionary challenge is R.  The background was made by scraping on paint with a card and then stenciling layers over the top. I used crackle paste through a stencil for the rose and painted it when dry.  The colours and the roses remind me of my grandmother and a scarf she had.  xxx

Materials used:

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint: snowflake, blue oyster, mermaid, bora bora, 

china, limelight, hyde park, sherbert, orchid, bougainvillea

Tando stencil: leaves

The Crafters Workshop stencil: cherry blossoms

Clarity stencil: double rose, trellis

DecoArt crackle paste

L is for letter

Just in the nick of time, my entry for The Craft Barn dictionary challenge.  This fortnight the letter is L.  A very quick one done this morning before getting ready to go out for a Mother's Day outing.  Very far from perfect but I didn't want to miss a letter out so early on in the year. 

 

 Materials used:

Stampendous: timeless memoirs

Stampers Anonymous: classics3, art from the heart, solar system

PaperArtsy: EDY10

Impression Obsession: C-A-C flourishes, 

script stencil

 PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint: inky pool, mermaid, London bus, snowflake, chalk, buff, chocolate pudding

DecoArt: glorious gold

Stabilo All pencil: black, blue

gold gel pen

B is for binoculars

As birdwatching has been such a big part of my life I had to pick binoculars for The Craft Barn dictionary challenge - letter B.

Materials used:

Impression Obsession: solar system

Katzelkraft: KTZ118

PaperArtsy: EDY09, EDY10, EDY11

Papermania Urban Stamp: looking glasses

Stampers Anonymous: handwritten thoughts

Taylored Expressions: discover your wings

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish: snowflake, cheesecake, 

guacamole, hey pesto, chocolate pudding 

DecoArt: glorious gold

Archival Ink: jet black, coffee

and some other stuff...

Home Bird

Happy New Year and happy new crafting!  With the start of 2015 I decided it's time to try something new.  Inspired by Kate Crane I had a go at a whimsical journal page.  Having had a lot of fun I think it's something I might try again!

 Thank you for taking a peek.  Hope you have a great 2015 xxx

Materials used:

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics gold paint

Hero Arts Birds and Branches clear stamp

The Crafters Workshop flying geese stencil

Assorted background stamps and stencils

White gel pen

Faber-Castell gelatos

Leaving it to the last minute!

In the summer I bought three Artemio small cube candle holders with every intention of decorating them for the table for Christmas.

Well tonight is the night my family are coming for a big meal together and with 3 hours to go I decided now was the time to sort out the table decorations!  A quick base of Fresco Finish Mermaid...stamp some snowflakes in DecoArt Glorious Gold (the snowflakes are actually flower centres)...

...some London Bus on the edges...a few gems and some Star Dust Stickles...a bit of ribbon...red felt on the base...on the table and the glue isn't even dry yet!

They will go beautifully with the coasters made at The Craft Barn with Helen Chilton earlier in the year.

Off to sort the veggies now... 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Creative New Year xxx