Thursday 7 November 2024
Glittered Poppy Heart
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Fragmented Anniversary
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Friday 25 October 2024
Snowglobe Winter Scene
I started with the snowglobe itself and I cut it in white. It did have some little birds attached to the inner edge but I decided to cut them off. I found some silver foil in my stash which has a sticky back and I liked the textured surface which I thought suited the globe, so I cut the globe again from this and very slowly and carefully applied it over the white one having first cut off the birds from this. I then die cut a circle from white card, and also an acetate circle, and cut them both to fit. I added the acetate circle to the back of the globe and then using Memento Teal Zeal Ink I stamped and heat embossed the image onto the circle of white card and heat embossed it with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder. I decided to use some Wink of Stella to highlight the snowy scene and then glued it together. The globe does have 'Merry Christmas' embossed into the surface, and I used a blue fine line pen to highlight the letters but unfortunately it didn't seem to want to dry on the surface of the foil, so I rubbed it off and luckily it did get ingrained into the surface and seemed to make the letters clearer to read.
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Bee Nice
I am entering the following challenges:
Snippets Playground Challenge - No, 491 Where we use our snippets of card and paper etc. (All the green card and some white for the little bees were snippets).
Sunday 13 October 2024
Turtley Terrific
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Oct '24 Anything Goes/Autumn Colours.
Allsorts Challenge - Week 802 Anything Goes/Magical, Myths and/or Legend.
I am also joining in with Darnell's I.D.E.A.S., a challenge she has set herself but says anyone can join in with. This is Week 1: Ink/Colour Mediums.
Sunday 6 October 2024
Autumn is here
Thank you for coming to visit my blog today and I'll see you again soon.
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Tuesday 1 October 2024
Cogs Galore
Saturday 28 September 2024
Ring Out Those Bells
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Friday 20 September 2024
Join the Party
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background.
Friday 13 September 2024
Vellum Mix
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Saturday 7 September 2024
Owl Amongst the Autumn Leaves
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - No. 476 Make Your Mark.
Saturday 31 August 2024
French Braid and Foliage
Hi everyone. Whilst browsing on the computer I saw a set of dies by Spellbinders which I thought would be great to use up all those scraps of paper that we all have..one called French Braid and the other Hexagon and there are two dies for each. I think they actually came out about a year ago and were a series of dies with a quilting theme. I found a set of these and they were much reduced from the original price, so that sealed the deal..lol. I also used a Crafters Companion 3D Poinsettia Embossing Folder and some leftover pieces of holly and a poinsettia from my last Christmas card, and some other bits of die cut foliage I found in a pot, as well as some ancient Christmas paper snippets.
I began with the background and I used the Poinsettia EF and cut it to fit a 5" x 7" card. I then die cut the French Braid Die from the snippets of Christmas paper, two different designs, holly and a green tartan, and then cut the squares down the centre of the die from gold mirri card. Finally I cut the whole thing from a snippet of white card to get the die frame, and finally cut the back plate layer from another snippet of gold card. When I had assembled that I added the die cut poinsettia and bits of foliage which I had coloured with my alcohol pens as a centrepiece, and added the 'joy' which I received from a lovely blogger tucked in a card at Christmas and which had been sitting in a pot waiting to be used. It was white so I heat embossed it with WOW Metallic Gold Rich Embossing Powder, doing a couple of layers to build it up a bit, also added a bit of gloss and sparkle with some clear Wink of Stella. Actually after I had added it I noticed the gold mirri was a much brighter colour than the embossing powder, and actually I had debated using a Metallic Brass EP which does have a slightly redder gold tint, but I won't try to change it now.
Thank you for visiting me here today and I'll see you again soon.
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Sunday 25 August 2024
Terry Toucan
I am entering the following challenges:
We Love Stamping Challenge - Aug. "24 Anything Goes/Focal Sentiment or Quote.
Allsorts Challenge - Week 795 Delightful Animals/Anything Goes.
NBUS Challenge - No. 65 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.
Saturday 17 August 2024
A Slice of Pie
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Saturday 10 August 2024
Season's Greetings with Flowers and Holly
I am entering the following challenges:
Snippets Playground Challenge - No. 486 Where we use our snippets of card and paper etc. I used snippets of white card for the two oval mats, the flowers and the leaves.
NBUS Challenge - No. 65 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - No. 166 Anything Christmas Goes.
Peace on Earth Challenge - No. 69 Anything Christmas Goes.
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - No. 57 Anything Christmas Goes.
I am also entering Darnell's I.D.E.A.S., a challenge she has set herself but has said anyone can join in. This is August Week 1: Ink/Color Mediums.
Sunday 4 August 2024
On the Riverbank
Sunday 28 July 2024
Red and Green Ginkgo
Stamping Sensations Challenge - July'24 Anything Goes/Christmas in July.
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add A Sentiment.
Sunday 21 July 2024
Eastern Moments
Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge - Anything Goes/Stripes and/or Checks.
Simply Clean & Simple Challenge - Anything Goes/Use A Heart (congratulations on your 1st Anniversary).
Allsorts Challenge - Week 790 Flowers/Anything Goes.