Designs by Ryn, Mermaid and Koi

Hello bloggers!

I've been playing with my lovely stamps from  Designs by Ryn today.  I took a salted watercolour background, stencilled Ryn's Flowing Spirals over the top, then stamped the Koi and coloured him with Brushos.  The mermaid was stamped, coloured and cut out to sit on the card.  Sea bubbles are popped around the edge and finished with white enamel and Stickles.  Hope you like it!  Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great weekend. xxx

Happy Anniversary to me (and hubby)!

Hello bloggers!

It's my 22nd wedding anniversary today! I know people always say this, but where did the time go??

This is what I made for hubby, he doesn't like 'fussy' so it had to be simple. I made a gelli plate background using the distress ink method that Barbara Gray from Clarity Stamps demonstrates on her blog. So easy! My gelli has a new lease of life. :)

Thank you for visiting! Xxx

 

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Penny Black, Hero Arts and Tim Holtz...

Hello lovelies!

A vintage style tag today, using stamps from Penny Black, Hero Arts, Tim Holtz and Inkylicious... Hope you like!

Thank you for visiting, big hugs!! Xxx

 

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Designs by Ryn

Hello blog buddies!

Here's a card made with some of Ryn's fabulous stamps, I've used leaves, raindrops and a trickle in this one. You can find all these lovely stamps on Ryn's website www.designsbyryn.com and now also at www.oysterstamps.co.uk.

I loved using autumnal colours here, summer feels like it's really on its way out now! Thank you for visiting, and thank you for your lovely comments! Xxxx

 

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Delicate Penny Black

 

Hello bloggers!

I bought this lovely Penny Black stamp, Dreamy, recently and decided to have a play this morning. My craft space is still not set up properly, so it's a bit crazy trying to find everything! I wanted a soft background for this delicate stamp, I was tempted to stamp some script behind it but it really is such a fine stamp that it would have become 'lost' in the script. So I opted for a splattery Distress Ink background instead. At the end of each little frond is a dab of glitter, shame it doesn't show up in the photo very well!

Thanks for visiting! Xxx

 

 

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Another lovely workshop day!

Hello lovelies,

After almost a month without stamping (gulp!), I had a lovely day with crafty friends at another of Eileen Godwin's workshops.  This month we were using Brusho watercolour paints, great fun!

The first card was made with Rubbernecker's Poppy Field stamp...

The next card was made using mica spray, Brusho crystals and scrunched up cling film, topped with a Sweet Poppy stencil...

The final card was stamped with the Mermaid and little bubbles from Lavinia Stamps...

We really enjoyed getting good and inky, hope you've discovered the fun of Brusho paints too!

Thank you for visiting, hope you can leave me a comment. :)  Big hugs! xxxx

Lavinia Challenge time!

Hello lovelies!

It's time for September's Lavinia Challenge and this month the theme is 'Add ribbon'. Here's my DT project for the challenge...

It's a canvas which I covered with Fresco paint before stamping with lots of lovely stamps from Lavinia Stamps!

Remember the prize is a whopping £40 to spend on Lavinia products!! So dig out your Lavinia stamps and your ribbon and join in the fun, if you don't have a blog you can enter by email, details on the web page HERE!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I'd love to hear what you think of my fairy canvas! Xxx

 

 

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Creative bloggers hop.

Hello crafty peeps!

I've been nominated by the lovely Laine Webb to take part in the Creative Bloggers Hop! I have to apologise for not having the exact questions written down, we are having major work done on our house at the moment and I've lost the paper with the questions on! Anyway, here goes...

1. What am I working on now?

At the moment my craft room is packed away in boxes as the room is being knocked through into the kitchen. Our old dining room will become our bigger craft/ study room, exciting! I'm missing getting inky already, but I'm thinking about ways to use the new and very beautiful stencils from Designs By Ryn, as I'm extremely lucky to be on Ryn's design team!

2. How do I differ from others in my genre?

I'm not really sure, I don't think I have a particular style, I just make what takes my fancy at the time!

3. Why do I do what I do?

I discovered rubber stamps about 18 years ago and I've been hooked ever since! There's so much lovely crafty stuff to buy now but back then there were only ink pads and embossing powder... I think stamping is a great way to enjoy being 'arty' even if you can't draw (which I definitely can't lol). I love colours and pretty things so this hobby is THE BEST! :D

4. How do I do what I do?

Some of my favourite projects have started off on a background of Dylusions inks, I make lots of backgrounds in different colours so I have a stock ready and waiting. I usually build up layers then with stencils, stamps and finally die-cuts. But on another day I may be in a Clean and Simple mood!

Now it's time for me to nominate two other ladies whose blogs I find inspirational, they will post their answers to the questions next Monday.

Zoe Russell is a lovely lady and one of the first crafty friends I made when I joined blog land! Her work is always colourful and Zoe comes up with fabulous and individual designs, take a look at her blog HERE!

Pauline Orr also has a fab blog, she makes some great multi-media projects and it's always a pleasure to pay her blog a visit, have a look HERE.

Well, thank you for visiting today and for finding out a bit about me. :) Big hugs! Xxxx

 

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Maidenhair Fern and Poppies

Hello lovelies!

I've combined the Maidenhair Fern stencil from Designs by Ryn with the lovely poppies from Stampinback, hope you like it! :) xx

 

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Designs By Ryn - Maidenhair Fern stencil

Hello bloggers!

Here I've used the NEW and very beautiful Maidenhair Fern stencil available now from www.designsbyryn.com.

I painted the background with Brusho paint, stamped the Crafty Individual's Duck stamp, removed the paint from the ducks with bleach and then stencilled on the fern with Distress Ink. I added a little definition to the fern leaves with a Prismacolor pencil.

Thank you for visiting and for leaving me such lovely comments! Xxxx

 

 

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