I'm back with another entry for the Colour Throwdown challenge CTD #383. This weeks colours are yellow, green, orange and white. The palate is so bright it instantly made me think of an old Penny Black stamp I have. Who doesn't love sparkly cocktails?! I stamped the cocktail glasses in black ink and embossed with... Continue Reading →
I'm back with this weeks entry into the Color Throwdown Challenge CTD 382. The colours this week are hot pink, teal, black and white. I have used the stamp set LLD Perk UP from MFT using just 2 stamps from the set; the little espresso cup was repeatedly stamped to make the background and the sentiment... Continue Reading →
A week or so ago when I blogged about my recent makes with alcohol inks I was asked by Rebeca, from rebeccaevanscreate.com, about painting with alcohol inks on tiles. I urge you to check out her blog - she paints the most stunning pictures. I had never even thought about painting on tiles but was intrigued... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I sat playing with some distress ink pads and stamps. This was the result- I decided yesterday that it was time I actually made them into something. Crafty stash used : Sizzix / Hero Arts stamp and die cut - Butterflies #3 Ranger / Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads in the... Continue Reading →
Well, yesterday was the final day of the 30 day colouring challenge held by Kathy from The Daily Marker *sob, sob* It has been a great challenge in so many ways; I have pushed myself and gained confidence in what I can do, I have used my supplies, old and new, to create cards plus I have... Continue Reading →
The colouring challenge at The Daily Marker is nearly at an end. For yesterday's entry I pulled out my Groovy Cats stamp set by Woodware and set about creating a shaker card. First, I worked out how much of a boarder I wanted and lightly drew it in pencil. From there I could work out where... Continue Reading →
For day 28 of the 30 day colouring challenge at The Daily Marker I opted for a simple watercolour card. The stamp set used is called 'By The Sea' by Woodware. I stamped and watercoloured the boats, stamped and embossed the 'Ahoy there' and painted the background in a variety of blue paints. I dried the... Continue Reading →
I'm back with another entry for The Colour Throwdown CDT 381 I have used a Woodware stamp and hand drawn clouds. I have coloured the image with Promarkers and added touches of Wink Of Stella. Click here for more info on the challenge. Here is the colour inspiration for this week. As ever, thanks for... Continue Reading →
I had so much fun playing with my alcohol inks the other day that I couldn't wait to have another chance to get messy with them again. I was asked about the colours I used to create this card so I sat and made a colour swatch of my ink. I must confess that on that... Continue Reading →
As part of the Daily Marker challenge I have been experimenting with my Watercolour paints a little. I haven't wanted to colour in stamped images but knew I wanted to play with paint so thought I'd make do with a spot of doodling. Here are my makes for the last 2 days. As ever, happy... Continue Reading →
The Artisan Duck 