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

An elephant walks on flower petals....

Good morning, peeps!

Have you been watching then?   There have been some wonderful shows on Create and Craft TV with wor Sheena demonstrating the fabulous Taste of India Collection and there's still more to come this afternoon at 4.00 p.m. and three shows tomorrow.

This morning, I spotted this card on the display so I though I'd just give you more of a peek at the detail.

I really love this Floral Confetti embossing folder and all of Sheena's embossing folders are so deeply etched and provide such a deep emboss that it's easy to cut out the elements, as I have here, to use as embellishments.  The green leaves are from the Jungle Leaves embossing folder and I've use the Marching Elephants as the overall background.

BTW, the coloured panel isn't mounted crookedly IRL, it's the way I've held the camera then cropped the picture!

Thanks for looking at my elephant with bling!

Hugs

A bit bigger than a card!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Well, I've been closeted in my craft room again playing with a new medium - well, new to me anyhoo.  These are the Luminarte Primary Elements which Sheena will be demonstrating on the Craft Clinic on Create and Craft TV at 11.00 a.m. on Monday.  She'll be on again at 6.00 p.m. as well and if you're looking for fabulous iridescence and wonderful, intense colour, this is the medium for you.

The project I have to show you today is a mirror from that well known Swedish department store:

Can you spot a camera in the hands of yours truly reflected in the mirror?  I put my watermark over it but I don't think I'm fooling anyone!  Anyhoo, the good news is that I said 'camera' YAY! no more taking piccies with my phone so things can only get better from here peeps!

Just to prove that I haven't given up making cards here's one that I used these wonderful pigments on:

 

This photograph doesn't do the wonderful colours justice but the fabulous background was made from cleaning up the paints left on my tile with a piece of card - waste not, want not and all that!  I just embossed the butterflies and scroll with WOW Black Glint Embossing Powder to complete the picture.

I'll see you again tomorrow with more colourful goodies and thank you for looking today.

Hugs

Sneaky peeks - part the second!

Good morning, peeps!  A really good morning it is too - the sun is shining so brightly I've had to draw the curtains to see the computer screen!

I thought I'd show you a different flower today from Sheena's new 'Little Bit Floral' series of stamps that go on sale on Create and Craft on Saturday.

The botanically minded amongst you will know that this is an iris and the stamp is just a single flower, which makes it really versatile because I've just used a mask and stamped three times to create a little group.  As with yesterday's card, I've painted the images with Twinkling H2Os to create this shimmery plant portrait.  I'm sure that some of my teamies will have been much more creative with techniques but when I see a realistic flower image, my mind automatically goes to botanical illustration techniques.  It's one of those areas of art that I would do lots of if I had the time - TIME - yeah, that would be a novelty then!  The metallic corners I'm fairly sure came from Wild Orchid Crafts and the card itself is actually white not the wavy green colour it looks here!  (that new camera is getting closer methinks!)

Anyhoo, just to prove that I can sometimes be a little more adventurous using different techniques with flower images, here is that dahlia image I showed you yesterday looking a little different:

The dahlias are embossed with WOW Black Glint Embossing Powder over a background produced with Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry.  I flicked water splashes over it and lifted the colour off using kitchen paper then sponged three colours of Twinkling H2Os over the top but I'm afraid I can't remember which colours I used for that.  There were little pots of lovely colour all over my desk!!  I've used the dahlia word in the background to the panels.

I hope you like them and will join me tuning into Create and Craft to watch Sheena on Saturday .  The show times are still showing as 9.00 a.m., 12 noon, 4.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. AND the stamps are part of a half price event!!

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

First sneaky peek of the year!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Well I'm sitting here in the warm and dry looking out at a very snowy Yorkshire and hoping that you're all managing to keep warm and dry too.  I always think that looking out on the snow is the best way to view it, being out in the cold and wet doesn't float my boat at all!

Anyhoo, I'm here to give you a little sneaky peek of wur Sheena's new stamps that I've been working with for the past week.  The first card is a really traditional one and not my usual style at all:

I really loved these lily stamps and they lend themselves perfectly to the decoupage treatment - they also look good stamped directly onto the card front like this one.

There has been much use of the Luminarte Twinkling H2Os on this batch of cards and it looks lush IRL but doesn't photograph well.  Let's hope that those clever cameramen at Create and Craft TV do their usual splendid job so you can see the cards in all their glory.

You can see Sheena on C&C TV over four days on:

Monday 21st January at 8am, 1pm and 5pm

 Tuesday 22nd January at 9am and 4pm

Wednesday 23 January at 8am, 11am, 2pm and 6pm

Thursday 24 January at 8am, 2pm and 5pm

Mind you, knowing how it's been with Sheena's stamps on previous shows, you may be well advised to get in early if you want them!

See you tomorrow for more sneaky peeks!

Hugs