Christmas Card Request

A couple of weeks ago I had a request for a Christmas card, for a Wife. But the request was could I include music, musical instruments and a cruise ship on it. I put my thinking cap on, and this is what I've come up with. I used some pale blue Centrua card and the Darice embossing folder from Crafter's Companion, then inked around the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink. Then using the Chocolate Baroque Music Fanfare stamps and some pale blue card, I stamped out 2 hearts and then three cello's, then cut them out. I don't have a cruise ship stamp, but have got the three ships from Clarity Stamps so I've used those as a focal point. The die cuts are Marianne and the sentiment made on the PC. I've used Silver mirri card to mount everything onto. The person who ordered this has not seen it yet, I hope he like's it.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - F Is For

A new challenge for us today on the CD Sunday blog, and this week it's Caz's turn to pick the theme, it's F is For. So put your thinking caps on and lets see what you can come up with this week. I've gone for Fishing, which is hubby's favourite past time. Although he has become more of a fine weather fisherman in recent years, when he was younger he went whatever the weather was. I've used Debbi Moore's Scene Cards For Men, which was a recent purchase from the NEC. I mounted the scene/back image straight onto the card (A5 green base card), and then decoupaged the layers. The sentiment was also from the CD, I curled the edges very slightly on this to make it look a bit weathered. I hope you can pop over to the Blog and take a look at the cards that the DT have made for your inspiration this week, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs to see what you've come up with for the letter F.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Trying to blog from my iPad

This is a little experiment to see if I can blog from my iPad. So just a few words and that's it for today. Fingers crossed it works.

Sue

 

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Playing With The Gelli Plate

First I'd like to say a big welcome to the new followers that have joined this week. Earlier this week I mentioned that I had a play with my Gelli Plate prior to the workshop I attended on Sunday. Here are two of the results from that play. The first was copying Tracey from Lavinia Stamps and the demo that I watched at the NEC the other week. She was making scenes by brayering Adirondack Inks onto the Gelli Plate, then stamping onto this before taking a print from the plate. I loved the look of these so set out to repeat it myself, although not very successfully. Although the background colours came out OK, I felt that the ink from the stamps has beaded a bit. This was the best out of a small bunch that didn't end in the bin.

Feeling slightly disappointed I had a play at just putting the Adirondack inks on with the brayer (as well as the first time I'd used a Gelli Plate, it was also my first time with a brayer). I have to say I love the backgrounds made this way and they do tend to look like they have been printed onto the card. Then I stamped onto the background in the traditional way, and using torn paper to make my hills. I think it gives a far better result, so will probably stick to this way in future, although I'm sure some more playing will be on the cards.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

November Journal Workshop

I've been so busy lately, but on Sunday I found some me time. I set off early with Hubby and our Daughter (who were going to Bluewater Shopping Centre) to Kent and another day in the company of like minded crafters. Last month I attended both of the workshops that Eileen ran, this time it was just the Journal Workshop. I had a wonderful day, unfortunately most of the other ladies that were to attend had gone down with Flu, so it was just Eileen, Hellen, Sheila and myself. We still had a great day though and a lot of inking was done. Eileen had created a wonderful page in her journal to inspire us, using a wonderful stencil from Stencil Girl, unfortunately the stencil was a large almost A4 size, and my journal is only 8x8, Hellen created a wonderful page using some of the other A4 stencils that Eileen had brought using the same sort of technique. I had a play with some of the many stencils that Eileen has and with a few stamps this was my first page of the day.

Next I used just a stencil around the edge of the page, and then filled the empty area in the middle using some of the many Lavinia stamps that Eileen had brought for us to play with

In the afternoon Eileen and I got out our Gelli plates and had a play, the first time that I had used one was the day before when I opened mine and used it with some Adirondack ink pads (I'll show you what I did with it later in the week). We tried both paint and ink pads and brayer, I personally did not like the paint but maybe I need to play some more. I do like the effect you get with the ink pads though and I managed to make the little scene below, which I have now stuck into my journal. I also managed to do my first reflection, with a little bit of tuition from Eileen, who also showed me how to get the cracked ice effect on the reflection as well. I added the branches in the corners to give the scene some depth.

All that remains now is to say thank you to Eileen, Hellen and Sheila for your great company and a fantastic day. Also to say thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene Week 3 - Tree's, Tree's, Tree's

Here I am, back with my second post today, this time with my Craft A Scene hat on. We are still asking for your scenes with tree's. So far we've had some beautiful entries, but there is still time for you to join in. For my scene this week I've used stamps from Inkylicious (the tree's and grass) and Lavinia (the stag). I used centura pearl card, but the reverse side and distress inks in colours, peeled paint, forest moss and mustard seed. I put the colour onto the card using a blending tool, then stamped with Versafine, black onyx for the tree's and stag and forest moss for the grass. I then used the edge of the blending tool to just add a bit of shading under the tree's. Finally I went around the outside of the card with forest moss, before mounting onto a 6x6 green card base. Please do pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the lovely cards my fellow teamies have made for your inspiration.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Simply Square

I'm here today with my first post of the day, this one for CD Sunday. This week the theme is Simply Square and was chosen by Jenny. I've used The Christmas Box by La Pashe and Artylicious Seasons Greetings for my card this week, and a 7x7 blue card base. I've also used Gold mirri card for my matting, the backing paper was from the Artylicious CD and the topper from La Pashe. I have decoupaged this card, but there is not a lot of it so the card is still fairly flat for posting. I'm off out today so this is being scheduled. You may remember that last month I attended a weekend of workshops with the wonderful Eileen Godwin, well I'm going back to do another day of journaling with Eileen today. Needless to say I'm really looking forward to it. I hope that you'll pop over to the blog and see the wonderful cards that the DT have made for you're inspiration.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Pennant Parade

As I write this up, it's late Saturday afternoon and I can't believe how cold it seems today. I had got to like the mild weather we've been having lately. I have scheduled this to post Sunday morning when I hope I'll be enjoying a cup of tea in bed, before visitors arrive for the day. This week's theme over on the CD Sunday blog is Pennant Parade, and was chosen for us by Sue B. I decided to do a Christmas card for my DT card this week (another one made ready for sending out). I've used Crafters Companion's The Snowman and The Snowdog CD. I started with an A5 blue card base and used silver mirri card  for my matting. I printed off a backing paper and one of the toppers along with the pennants and the dog ( I took these into MCS so that I did not waste ink printing off what I would not use), the topper was mounted using foam pads. I used some silver thread that I have in my stash and hung the pennants onto this, and cut out the dog and popped him onto the corner. Please do pop over to the blog and take a look at the lovely cards the DT have made for your inspiration this week.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Bright Hot Colours

I've been quite busy the last couple of weeks, but I've found time to make a card for the Lavinia Challenge this month which is Bright Hot Colours. So I got out the Yellow, Orange and Red distress ink pads and made a background, then set about making my scene. I've tried to keep it in line with the time of year that it is and give it an Autumnal feel with leaves of the red shades (we still have quite a lot of leaves on our trees here at the moment). Yesterday I spent the day at the NEC, and watched Tracey make an amazing scene using ink pads and the Gelli Plate. I have the Gelli Plate and the ink pads so I just need to get them out and start using them now. I bought loads of goodies and spent lots of money, watched lots of demos and am feeling very inspired at the moment. I just need to find space to put all the new things away, so that I have the space to use them.

As well as entering this into the Lavinia challenge I am also going to enter this into the following challenges -
Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes
Sister Act Challenge - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Autumn Colours
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue 

Craft A Scene - Tree's, Tree's, Tree's

I'm a little late with this post, as we had unexpected visitors this afternoon. It was a lovely surprise though and great to catch up with old friends. This month the theme over on the Craft A Scene blog is Tree's, Tree's, Tree's. A nice easy one for you this month, so come on and get creating your scenes, all we want to see in them is Tree's. For my card I've used a 6x6 Crafters Workshop stencil, which I've ink through with distress inks. Before removing the stencil I coloured the bark of the tree with a distress marker, making the tree's look like silver birches. Then using stamps from Sheena Douglas I coloured the scraps of paper left over from the tree's with the distress inks, and stamped the leaves. I then cut these out, went around the edges with more distress ink, and then popped onto the card using glue gel. I went around the edge of the card, which is cream with spiced marmalade distress ink and added a sentiment, also from Sheena Douglas.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Stripey

Sunday again, how it's come around quickly. This week the new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is Stripey, and is chosen for you by Jocelyn. My card base for this card is 7x7 and a beige colour. I have used gold mirri card for the matting and backing papers from Sue Smith's Stripe and Co. For the topper I've used The Christmas Box by La Pashe, which has a little decoupage on it too. As always the DT have been hard at work making cards for your inspiration for you, so don't forget to pop along to the blog and check them out.

I'm glad to say that after my little tumble last week my knee is a lot better, although it does twinge if I move a bit quick or awkwardly. Thank you to you all for your good wishes. I shall be back later on today with my posting for the new challenge on the Craft A Scene blog.

Sue