These boots were made for walking

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With activities somewhat restricted at present everyone is looking for ways to keep sane. Fortunately enoying the great outdoors is still allowed, no mass rambles of course, but there are lots of places to explore where you can keep your social distance.

This is a card made using the stamps from the latest Creative Stamping issue 82.

Thank you for stopping by. Wishing you all the very best in these strange times xxx

Imagination has no age

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Just a very quick one today as I am determined to get a bit of crafting done before the day is out. Here's my first card using the lovely Alice in Giogioland stencils. Alice is cut out and raised on foam pads but the Cheshire Cat is stencilled flat.

As life seems to have become very serious, I'm trying to hang on to a bit of fun and wonder where I can.

Thank you for stopping by. Take care xx

Beautiful blooms

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A quick one from me today using the recent Simply Cards and Papercraft, issue 200, Altenew stamps and dies. This is perfect for this time of year. I die cut, then watercoloured the flowers and leaves with Distress Oxides. The central panel is the mop-ups from left over ink.

The photos don't show it well, but a little glitter glue on the edges lifts the flowers with a bit of sparkle.

This has been doing the rounds on social media this week and pretty much sums up where I'm at...made me smile...

“Where are we going Pooh” said Piglet

“We are going to get emergency supplies because of the Coronavirus” said Pooh

“Are we going to the chemist to get Antibacterial hand gel, toilet paper and Paracetamol and the supermarket to buy lots of food?” Said Piglet

“No, we are going to Hobbycraft to stock up on Cricut supplies and paper and ribbons in the hope we get quarantined, so that we can enjoy a fortnight of staying in” said Pooh

“Oh what a wise bear you are, I’m so glad you’re my friend” said Piglet

Thank you for stopping by. Take care xxx

London twilight

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Today I'm sharing the second of my attempts at a landscape on the Gelli plate. I have a friend who works in an office tower in London who is wonderful for sending me pictures of clouds. Over the last few months I have many photos of the same scene in different weather conditions. (I think I'm just missing snow.)

I think I managed to get a bit more abstract with this one and mostly resisted the temptation to fiddle.

The very tiny points of light were added direct to the paper with a pin, but the rest was pulled from the plate.

I'm sure this view will feature again.

Hope you are having a lovely day. Happy crafting xx

Monoprinting landscapes

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And now for something completely different! I was fortunate to get an 8x10" gel plate for my birthday and have been inspired to have a go at landscapes. Especially landscapes with lots of clouds which are a particular interest.

I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish acrylic paint as it dries quickly, but also added a few drops of the retarder at times if it was drying a little too quickly.

My first go was inspired by a trip to Robin Hood's Bay, N. Yorkshire on a blustery October day when the tide was out. I love the dull bleakness of the coast in winter.

 

In my head monoprinting is going to help me loosen up my art. In reality I still tinkered around with sponges and cut up credit cards for a few finer details. It's a work in progress!

If any of you have tips for monoprinting landscapes I'd really welcome them. I'm mostly making it up as I go along with a bit of YouTube searching.

Thank you for stopping by xx

Haring around

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I was given the fabulous lino cut hares by Hobby Art for my birthday. I must confess I couldn't resist playing with them before the actual date. I experimented quite a bit before getting the pieces below, and it involved a lot of masking. The backgrounds are gel prints created using ink.

The images were then stamped on top in Archival ink and some white gel pen added for highlights.

The more I look the more I see scope for some improvements in composition. I'll just have to have another go sometime.

Thank you for taking a look. I really do welcome your comments.

Have a lovely day xx

Elephant Encounters

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A quick post showing another elephant card I made with Giogiocraft's gel printing book and stencils. I love how it looks like layers but everything within, and including, the red rectangle is in fact flat.

Huge birthday wishes to my husband xxx