Designs by Ryn and Tim!

Hello lovely peeps!

I've enjoyed making this tag with my beautiful stamps from Ryn (www.designsbyryn.com) and various bits from Tim Holtz.   I used Ryn's new Reed leaf set and her Candra moth.  The background was made using distress ink and a dictionary stamp, then I swiped the edges with antiqued bronze distress paint.  The clock was distressed in the same way.

I'm entering this tag in the Make it Monday challenge.

Thanks for visiting, big happy hugs to you all! :D xxxx

Rhedd and Rosie challenge time again!

Hello bloggers!

It's time for another Rhedd and Rosie challenge, and this time we'd like you to create something with 'Birds and Blooms' on it!   Here's my DT make for the challenge.....  You can enter by clicking HERE

I've used Tim Holtz's bird cage and tattered florals dies.  The flourish stamp is from Indigoblu.

Here's the prize for this challenge....  I'd love to win this pad myself lol!!

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Tim Holtz all over!

Hello blog friends!

I've had fun with my Tim Holtz stash today!  I made the background with distress inks and bronze distress stain over the top, gives it an aged and muted sheen, lovely!  I used the Classics set of stamps for this tag, I love Tim's juicy pear and the dragonfly stamp is beautiful.  I stamped the dragonfly onto acetate and then put stickles under the wings to add a bit of sparkle.  I hope you like it!

I'm entering this in the Make it Monday challenge. 

Thank you so much for popping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit!  Big hugs if you left me a comment, I really enjoy reading them and appreciate every one! xxxxx

Looking out from an underwater cave!

Hello everyone!

I've had another play in my art journal... an underwater theme this time, all with beautiful stamps from Designs by Ryn!  I'll list them at the end of this post for you.  The background is made with dylusions inks.

The edges of the cave are actually black, but unfortunately they look a sort of brown colour because of the light when I took the photo.
Here's a list of the stamps I used from Designs by Ryn:

Butterfly fish
Rising bubbles
Seaweed set
Kelp
Seahorse
School of fish

I'm entering this page in the Make it Monday challenge.
Thanks for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed looking at my pictures!  big hugs to you all xxxxx

Lavinia time again!

Hello lovely peeps!

It's Lavinia Challenge time again... and this month we'd like you to make something with 'hot, bright colours!'

Here's my DT make using Cherry blossom, bamboo and birds in flight stamps from www.laviniastamps.com
Don't forget the amazing prize is £40 to spend in the Lavinia online shop.... go for it!!
To enter your project click HERE.

Thanks for visiting.... have a nice day! :) xxx

Stormy skies....

Hello bloggers!

Whilst cosy indoors yesterday, out of the storm, I made this card which I think gives the impression of stormy skies and swirling wind!  I've used Fiddlehead set, trickling water and raindrops from Designs by Ryn.  I've also used Tim Holtz's umbrella man.  The background is a swirl of lots of blue-toned distress inks.

I'm entering this in the Make it Monday challenge!

Hello and thank you to my new followers, and thank you all for your lovely comments recently, I really do appreciate them! :) xxxxxxx

Ooooh, I'm lovin' this deer die!

Hello lovelies!!

I'm having so much fun playing with my Tim Holtz Christmas stuff at the moment!  I've made another tag using Tim Holtz Reindeer Flight die, Memory box Precious stars and Visible Image's Xmas words background.  I made the background by swooshing the tag through a mixture of Frayed Burlap and Antiqued Bronze distress stains.  Then I stamped the xmas words in gathered twigs distress ink.  The antiqued bronze gives a lovely muted shimmer to the background.  Not sure you can see it on the photo, but I went round the edges of the reindeer with gold wax, messy stuff but it does look good!  I hope you like it, I sure had fun making it! :) xx

I've entered this tag in Visible Image's October challenge.

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Christmas Tim Holtz style!

Hello crafty peeps!

I was sent an email from YouTube which included a video from Jann Gray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJMy10Aaxk&feature=em-subs_digest).  In the film Jann gives a tutorial on how to make this fab Christmas card!  I love the crackle paint in the debossed flourish, mmmm, think I'll be making a few of these to send out this year! :)

Wonder why I'm humming 'the holly and the ivy' to myself now lol!!  I always get excited about Christmas in October, then by the time it arrives I'm fed up with it all!
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My first Art Journal page!

Hello lovely bloggers!

Yesterday I made my first 'solo' journal page!  I went on a course run by Dyan Reavely some time ago and was shown how to use the dylusions inks and how to go about creating a page, but I haven't ever got up the confidence to tackle a page by myself.... until yesterday!   I saw a beautiful canvas made by Debbie Freeman, (you can see it on her blog by clicking HERE) and she used a lovely stamp by Donna Downey.  I loved Debbie's canvas so much that I was inspired to order the stamps and decided to be brave and do a journal page with them.  I also used the lovely 'Compound Leaf', Abstract leaf and Raindrop set from Designs by Ryn, Visible Image's great sentiment stamp and Tim Holtz's umbrella man!  Phew!

I do hope you like my first attempt at art journalling,  hubby says it's good because the end product is neatly away in a book and not stuck all over the study walls like my tags!!!  Heathen.....

Thank you for visiting, hope you enjoyed your stay! :) xxxx

Watercolouring is so relaxing.....

Hello again peeps!

I spent a happy hour (or two!) last night watercolouring this card....

I used Neocolor II crayons to colour the flowers, which are from a Stampin' Up set called Fifth Avenue Florals.  The background is my favourite watercolour and salt technique.  I nearly cut the top off this card, but I really liked how the paint had 'bloomed' at the top, so I kept it on!  I hope you like it....

Thanks again to all my visitors and new followers, hugs for you lovely people who leave me comments too! xxxxxx