Valentine's Card

Hi Everyone, another week over already and I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day. 

Today I would like to show you the card I made my Husband.

I used the lovely Memory Box Die, Heart of Hearts and Marianne Design French Cats.  So cute!

A simple card to make but very versatile.  Hope you like it.

Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.  Kx

Not the Martini Girl Again?!

Hi Everyone and I hope you are all safe and well on this very wet and windy day.

Ok so I know I have made several cards with this image but isn't that a good thing?  How many of us have bought stamps (and paid a lot for them) and only ever used them once or even (I confess) not used them at all (yet)!

I had to share this one with you as it was for my niece's 21st birthday and she was so pleased with it (and her present of a Mercedes 4x4 experience) that I wanted to post it.

Photography not great as the colours work much nicer together in real life than they do here but I am sure you get the idea.  Here is a close up of the Martini girl.

I promise I will not impose her on you again (well for at least a year) as I cannot think of any more occasions I can use her for the moment!

Thank you so much for popping by and leaving a comment, it really makes my day. Kx

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - February

Hi Everyone and my New Year's Resolution to blog more just went out the window.  So February resolution then ...

Congratulations to last month's winner and this month's theme is Lilac or Blue or both!  Wonderful colours.  Remember the prize is a huge £40 worth of stamps, just pop over to Lavinia and join in.  Now that we accept e-mail entries it's so easy.  As an added bonus, for the month of February there will be a SPOT PRIZE.  All you have to do is leave a comment under the Feb Challenge post.  There will be a draw at the end of the month and the winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend on the Lavinia Stamps web shop - HOW FAB IS THAT!

Here are my samples for the month:

This is a MDF shape which I painted with Lilac Chalk acrylic then stamped over with Fairy Words in Distress Ink Salty Ocean and added a few Miniature Hearts with DI Faded Jeans.  I then stamped the lovely Flower Fairy on with Metallic Purple and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

My second sample:

 

 

I blended Distress Inks Faded Jeans and Shaded Lilac for the background of this one after first putting my circle mask down for the moon.  I then stamped with salty ocean with Dandilions2, vine and field grass.  After that I layered with lilac and blue card and added some tulle and a jewel which I mounted on card.

 

Hope you like my samples and thank you so much for looking.

 

Have a great weekend.  Kx

Lavinia Stamps Challenge #1 Add some glitter

Hi Everyone and a very Happy New Year to you all.

Welcome to all my new followers and sorry I have not been around much but have not had a very good December.  Like a lot of people, I have been unwell for most of it!  Never mind, it is a new year so onwards and upwards.

A New Year and a New Month so welcome to the Lavinia Stamps Challenge and this month the challenge is Add Some Glitter.  Let's face it we all love a bit of glitter so this challenge should not be difficult!  The prize is a whopping £40 worth of Lavinia Stamps, just think of all the lovely stamps you could get for that. 

As an added bonus, we are now accepting E-MAIL ENTRIES so for everyone who wants to enter but does not have a blog to showcase their work, you can now enter and share your work with us for a chance of winning the fantastic prize.  So what are you waiting for?

Here is my sample for the Challenge:

 

It is hard to see the glitter I know but there really is some!  I hope you can see the glitter on the next two.

 



For my calendar I have used the fabulous Sea-Scapes which are fantastic ready made backgrounds of excellent quality just waiting for you to add the stamps.  For the first section I have used Water Mist and used the gorgeous stamp "Moon Fairy".  I painted the moon and the wings with Stargazers Nova White and a little Quasar blue for the wings.  I then added Glamour Dust to the wings and some Stickles to the stars of the background.

 

For the second scene I used Summer Haze and the stamps "Fairy Couple" and the words "Fairy dust is like love".

 

A long post today to make up for my absence so hope you like what I have made.

 

I hope you will all join in the Challenge - remember it is a fantastic prize.  Look forward to seeing what you have made.

 

Have a great 2014.  Kx

Lavinia Stamps December Challenge - Anything Goes

Hi Everyone

December already, where did November go?

Another month and another challenge from Lavinia Stamps.  This month I have two samples for the new Challenge - Anything Goes.  Hope you like them.  Remember there is a wonderful prize each month of £40 worth of Lavinia Stamps, £40! So come along and join in the fun, what have you got to lose?

 

 

For the first one I chose a "pop art" theme.  Using distress inks, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn to some squares and used the same colours on a rectangular piece of card. Using Zen Tall mushrooms I stamped one image on each of the four squares then Zen plant on the rectangular one.  Using a white Posca pen I added the dots for definition.  A little bit of layering and lo and behold one card.

 

For the second one I used the beautiful stamp "Christmas Night".  After masking off the circule for the moon I stamped on top of distress inks, Black Soot, Faded Jeans and Broken china which I layered and added to a card I had put some black card on.  On top of that I added a Snowflake die (twice!), a little bit of glitter and all done.

 

Hope you like them. Kx

Acrylics and a card for a Man!

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all having a good weekend and keeping warm. 

I went to a workshop with Eileen last month and made this card:

 

I gave it to a colleague for his birthday and he seemed really pleased with it - I did add a birthday greeting but forgot to take a picture!  As one of my other colleagues (very astutely) pointed out, this was a very different technique for me and one out of my comfort zone but I enjoyed making it and was very pleased with the result.

 

Hope you like it too.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Kx

Lavinia Challenge - Bright Hot Colours

Hi Everyone

November already, another month and another Challenge over at Lavinia.  This month it is Bright Hot Colours.  Such a great challenge for the dark evenings.  Here is my sample:

 

 

I have used the fantastic new stamps "Zentangles", these are Zen Flowers 1, 2 & 3 and the set Zen small flower pack.  I stamped the large flowers onto card which I had coloured using Distress Inks, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries and Ripe Persimmon.  I then covered with versamark and heat embossed with clear powder.  I stamped the Zen small flowers onto "copic" friendly thick card and coloured with my copics and highlighted with a white posca pen.  I cut out the small flowers and stuck to the card with sticky fixers.  The addition of a coloured gemstone finished the Bright Hot colours of my card which I mounted onto black card and then stuck to the card.

 

So now the nights are darker, get your crafty stash out of the cupboard and join in the new Challenge.  Remember you could win the fantastic prize of £40 to spend on Lavinia Stamps so you could get some of the new Zentangle stamps too as they are just gorgeous.  Pop on over and have a look. Thanks for looking and good luck! Kx