Good Morning and a very happy WOYWW! Wasn't last week terrific!! I tried to get around as many desks as possible but time ran out and I can only apologise to those I didn't get to.
Time waits for no man etc. so here we are, another week on and my desk still hasn't shown much sign of improvement!
I found a chipboard book I'd bought in a sale about 3 years ago for 30p lurking in the back of a cupboard so thought I should start to do something with it. I've only got as far as covering it with some Graphic 45 papers so far. I have used some of the paper to cut out the pictures to decorate parts of it. The stamps on the desk are the Art Houses from Creative Studios. Not sure if they are going in the book yet but wanted to colour them in!!
What I have been working on though, is my next DT project for Creative Studios using the Wise Owl set of stamps. I just can't stop using them!
I'm posting the full step by step on the Creative Studios blog this morning so I won't do it on here as well (hope you don't mind!) The background is Alcohol Inks and the owl is coloured in with Copics to give you some idea. Hope you like it and it is a nice quick card to make.
Sam will be demoing the Wise Owl and Enchanted Tree stamp sets on Create and Craft this Saturday (8th) and you might just recognise a few of the samples!!
Now for today's travel photo!
These are the giant waterlillies that grow in the Amazon. They really are quite spectacular and I just wish that the photo did them justice.
Please don't forget the blog candy...I really would like to draw out a winner! It's easy to enter, just sign up as a follower and when I reach 300 I'll draw a winner for the Paper Artsy stamps and Tim Holtz mini mask.
That's all for today, I'll try and get to as many of you as possible over the next couple of days. As always, many thanks for visiting and leaving all your lovely comments.
Have a happy and crafty day!
Sorry I haven't been around for a couple of days but my aunt celebrated her 75th and the family de-camped to Cambridge to celebrate. We all met up for lunch at The Orchard in Grantchester then spent a merry afternoon on a punt going up and down the River Cam.
That was yesterday. The day before I got into a bit of a panic as I hadn't got a suitable card made ready for her! Now you would think that I would have a stash to choose from (which I have) but I wanted something that was personal to her. Anyway, I came up with the card here.
This is so different from my usual style that I really had to stop myself from getting out the Distress Inks!
The reason for the Flower Fairy is that when my aunt's mother was a child she sat as a model for Cicely Mary Barker as she was a neighbour. My aunt has had a love of all things Flower Fairy since she found out about the connection to her mother.
I stamped the image with Momento Ink as it was coloured in with Copic pens. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed colouring!! The lace is from Creative Expressions and the flowers were stamped and cut out from the same paper as I used for the matting and layering.
And now for a confession.....At the last minute I decided to stamp Zinnia (the name of the fairy) and caught the bottom edge of the stamp...aaargh!!! I certainly didn't want to start again so I drew a line over the caught edge and added a few xxx's. You know and I know but to my aunt it's part of the design!!!
We had a fab day yesterday and the weather was glorious so to finish with, here is a travel photo from nearer to home than I usually feature!
A view of the River Cam taken from the punt.
The auction on Friday was great fun. I didn't find anything I was looking for but still bought some stuff! I love pottery and glassware so bought some Studio pottery and some gorgeous vases. There were also 2 enormous seaside prints (framed) that I got for £12 for the two. Well, I couldn't leave them there at that price!!! Now I've just got to find a wall for them!!!
Anyway, that's all for today. Don't forget the blog candy draw and hopefully I'll be back tomorrow but we have a visitor staying for a couple of days but I'll do my best.
Hope you all have a great Bank Holiday and lots of craft fun.
