Victorian Florals

Good morning, peeps!

Well hasn't it been a long time since I was here?  I'm sorry about that but I'm back with some fabulous new designs from wor Sheena, who has been busy producing these wonderful Victorian Florals in the form of lovely new rubbah and dies to match.  These are going to be the main feature in a Weekender event this coming Saturday and Sunday on Create and Craft TV (Channel 674 on Sky but also on Virgin, Freeview and Freesat).

Here is my first offering using the Sweet William flowers:

This is just a small papier mache box primed with Pebeo Gesso and then painted with Luminarte Silks.  There is just the one flower head on this,which reflects it's size and the flowers are coloured with Spectrum Noir Pencils.

Here's how it looks from the front:

I added the lace to give it that real Victorian look and you can just see the little satin bow peeking out from behind the sentiment, which is also a part of the stamp set.

Create and Craft are being a bit vague at the moment about the times of the shows but I believe the first one is at 9.00 a.m. on Saturday and there are several shows over the two days ..... that's if the stock lasts, of course!

Thanks for looking today - I'd love it if you'd leave a comment and let me know what you think of my little trinket box and I'll see you tomorrow with some different flowers.

Hugs

An unusual one

Good morning, peeps!

Don't ask me where the inspiration for this combination of images came from but I think there must be some dark recesses in my brain somewhere!  Anyhoo, the stamps themselves are wonderful and they are, of course, from the lovely and talented Sheena Douglass who will be appearing on Create and Craft TV on Friday morning 19 September at 9.00 a.m.

The gargoyle, flames and sentiment are from the new series of stamps that Sheena will be launching on Friday and, as you can probably guess, they have a fantasy theme.  Also on the show will be the stamps from the A Little Bit Magical collection and it is some of those that I've incorporated here.

I do hope you're able to watch the show on Friday, there will be some wonderful artwork from my teamies and some amazing demos from the lady herself.

Thank you for looking today and I would love it if you have time to leave me a comment.

Hugs

More baubles

Good afternoon, peeps!

I expect you're all busy watching Le Tour making its progress through our wonderful Yorkshire countryside in the sunshine and not thinking of snow, frost and wintery scenes at all!  Well, let me divert your thoughts for a moment and show you another sneaky peek of wor Sheena's new Christmas stamps that will be appearing on a TV set near you on Monday 7th July at 11.00 a.m. until 1.00 p.m.  Yes peeps, a whole two hours of wor Sheena answering viewers questions and demonstrating her wonderful techniques on the Craft Clinic on C & C TV!

Yes, it's another of my wonderful crooked photographs....sorry about that!  These bauble stamps are great though because you can add whatever designs you want to them.  Here I've added the holly from the 'Christmas Bauble' plate and the poinsettias from the 'Seasons Greetings' plate. I've built a Christmas tree from the fir branches on the 'Christmas Elements' plate ... easy-peasy.  As you know, Sheena's new stamp sets are always intermixable (is that a word?...)

Anyhoo, don't forget to watch on Monday morning - I'll be there with you!

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Have you heard......about the bird?

Good morning, peeps!

I thought I'd show you a couple of the images from the other A5 stamp sheet from wor Sheena today and here he is, the UK's most colourful bird:

and he's generally in a rather colourful background!  The other images come from 'A New Leaf' and 'Always Floral'.  There's plenty of bling in evidence on this one, courtesy of the Luminarte Silks and H2Os.  The latter I sponged over Distress Inks in various shades of green to create the main background.

The kingfisher himself was coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens and I coloured him before I had the pencils.  I love colouring and both of these products are excellent but I am so enjoying the pencils - expect to see them featured in future posts!

Here's a quick peek at another kingfisher but this time he's dressed up!

I've been wanting to make a shaped gatefold card with a window like this for ages and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.  Here's the card open:

If you want to know how the card was made, please watch Sheena's shows at 11.00 am, 4.00 and 7.00 pm tomorrow, Friday 6 June on Create and Craft TV and you may just see the lady herself demoing this card!

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs

The early bird catches the worm

Good morning, peeps!

Wor Sheena is launching some new stamps on Friday 6 June on Create and Craft TV and here's a canvas I created using one of them:

I made this birdie a chaffinch (I was so pleased when my friend Fiona recognised him) and he's just one of the images on the two brand new A5 sheets of designs.  I've also used other stamps that will be featured on the show along with some wonderful Pebeo and Luminarte products.  It's a shame you can't see the iridescence in this picture.

Do tune in on Friday - there are shows at 11.00 am, 4.00 and 7.00 pm and there are sure to be wonderful demos.

See you there!

Hugs

They're coming back!

Good afternoon, peeps!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far and that the rest of it is looking promising.  I just thought I'd pop by and show you one of the cards I've made using just wor Sheena's Taste of India Embossing Folders (no stamps were used in the creation of this card!!).

There are two in evidence on this card - Henna Mango (5" x 7") and Indian Lattice (A4).  I also brought the Distress Inks, Luminarte Silks and Pebeo Gilding Wax out to play!

So, if you thought you'd missed the Taste of India Collection and were regretting it, you have a second chance to buy some goodies on Monday 12 May on Create and Craft TV at 9.00 a.m. and 3 p.m.  There'll be some great techniques demo'd by Sheena as well.

I'll see you there!

Hugs

It's getting closer ....

Good morning, peeps!

Yes, wor Sheena will be on the telly tomorrow morning at 8.00 a.m. and the whole of the Taste of India Collection will be revealed in all of its fabulousness!  Only one more sleep to go but, in the meantime, here are some more of the stamp designs on this card:

This time the mango shape that was on yesterday's card with the elephant has grown a bit and it's coupled with the Indian Arches image that was stamped on to the base card with Luminarte Silks Ice.  It's a really useful white paint that acts as a resist to the Distress Inks that are splodged over the card on top of the Silks.  It's all finished off with heat embossed Mangoes and flowers painted with H2Os and that's it .....simples!

On the morrow, peeps - see you then!  Thanks again for looking.

Hugs

They never forget.....

....well, that's what they say about elephants, don't they?

Good morning, peeps!  I thought I'd show you one today - elephant, that is and it's another one of the lovely stamps from wor Sheena's Taste of India Collection launching with a 4 Day Deal on Monday on C & C TV.

For this card, my inspiration was the look of sari silk and the coloured powder that's thrown at Holi, the ancient Hindu religious festival that's also known as the Festival of Colours and which takes place in the Spring.

The elephant and the small paisley shaped designs (known as 'mango' in India) are coloured here with Spectrum Noir pens.  As for the background, that consists of Sanskrit text (downloaded from t'Interweb) covered with modelling paste and Pebeo Studio Acrylic Paint plus, of course the fabulous gilding wax - always hard to leave out!  The main background part of the card is made by stamping the Mandala design with Versamark and heat embossing with brass EP then panting over with Luminarte Silk Paint to give a wonderful sheen that doesn't show in this photograph.

Anyhoo, you may just see the lovely lady herself demonstrating this technique on one of her shows.  Just as a reminder, this is when she's on:

Monday 14 April 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.

Tuesday 15 April 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.

Wednesday 16 April 8.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.

Thanks for looking today and I'll see you again tomorrow.

Hugs

Blue like the Sky.....

......yes, like the sky is in sunny Yorkshire today!

Good morning, peeps!  More of wor Sheena's Taste of India collection but today's card is very different from yesterday's - no big, stripey pussy cats prowling around on this one, it's all flowery!

This one started off with one of the background papers designed by we Inkoids (not this particular Inkoid, I might add!).  I then added the wonderful Henna Corner stamp and painted the design with some Luminarte Silks (I'm still in love with these things!).  I've decoupaged the flower at the centre of the design and coloured the pearly centres with one of my Spectrum Noir pens - I think it was CT3.  The sentiment is from that tiger plate shown on yesterday's card.

I'm getting quite excited to see the shows on Create and Craft TV now, starting at 8.00 a.m. on Monday (yes, I know I should get out more).  At the moment it looks like the programme schedule is:

Monday 14 April 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.

Tuesday 15 April 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.

Wednesday 16 April 8.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.

There are also some repeats in the middle of the night if  you've missed a show and you want to set the record button.  Watch the programme schedules though, you know how things can change with C & C TV!

I'll be back again tomorrow and thank you for looking today.

Hugs

Another fishy tale

Good afternoon, peeps!

Well, there's only one more sleep to go before we can all watch wor Sheena on Create and Craft TV.  Yes, peeps, tomorrow at 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. you'll be able to watch some wonderful demos using these new Under the Sea collection stamps.

Here's another couple of samples that are hopefully travelling along with Sheena as I type heading for the TV studios in readiness for the shows:

These must be two differing species of angel fish or at least painted with differing Luminarte Silks!  The coral and seaweed were stamped with the same paints - I prefer to place a little paint on my craft mat and pick it up on a small piece of Cut 'n' Dry foam to apply to the stamp.  I find I get a more even coverage that way but the paint can be applied with a flat brush, it just depends which you prefer.  This time the bubbles are dewdrops glued down with a little Glossy Accents.  You'll notice that some shells have made another appearance too - I think I must be a creature of habit but......

........here's something completely different......

There are no shells on this one just shoals of little fish embossed in gold pearl - sadly, it just tends to look yellow from some angles!

See you tomorrow, peeps!

Hugs

Under the Sea

Good morning, peeps!

If you always wondered what goes on under the sea, I'm about to give you a little peek!

Wor Sheena has been busy drawing again and you should just see the exciting stamps she's come up with this time!  Gorgeous detailed fishy images with silhouette images to match so there's no end  to the interesting techniques you can come up with using this little lot.  Just watch wor Sheena for some action packed demos on Create and Craft TV on Friday 13 December at 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.  There's a repeat of one of the shows at 11.00 p.m. if you're busy working on Friday.

Anyhoo, here's a peek of the first card for today:

You probably recognise the shells from the last stamp release but they go so well with this new one that I couldn't resist!  You can also probably see the lustre of the Luminarte Silks on the fish and the shells - they are 'proper lush' (to quote a well known TV chef!) and I can't leave them alone at the moment!

Similar techniques but different fish on this one - you'll see that the background card has some of the silhouette images embossed with white pearl embossing powder on it.  These images are great for that as well as using as the foundation image and then over-stamping with the matching line art image.

Wait until you see what my teamies have come up with using these stamps.  Go here for links to all their blog pages.

Hugs

Will you be watching?

Good morning, peeps!

Wor Sheena is on Create and Craft TV again this morning in less that an hour's time (10.00 a.m.) with another showing of her fabulous Coastline themed stamps (and of course the wonderful Luminarte Silks).  These paints are truly amazing and I have to 'fess up and admit that some more sets found their way into my basket yesterday......I really must work out how that happens.....?

Anyhoo, here's another of the samples I made for these shows, just to whet your appetite:

On this card I included the large dragonfly from the Flying Colours plate and I used the Water Ripples Embossing Folder to create the background.  Of course, I just had to use the Silver Gilding Wax for added bling!

and here's another sample to showcase the other stamp plate:

I hope you enjoy the show and I'll see you on the sofa!  Thank you for looking.

Hugs