Double Display Card

Good afternoon, peeps!

I just thought I'd give you a quick peek of a card that I shall be teaching at a forthcoming workshop at Samuel Taylor, Brighouse on Tuesday 15 July at 10.00 a.m. - just a morning class.

I love poppies, they are just about my favourite flower so I selected them for this card design, which is one I've been wanting to have a go at for some time.  I hope you like it too:

As you can see, the card has a 'jacket' that goes around it to keep it safe whilst it's in transit and this is how it looks when it's wearing it's 'jacket' !!

The stamps used for this design are from Justrite and are available here.  The papers are Kaisercraft and the sentiment on the front of the jacket is from Verses.

If you're around Brighouse next Tuesday, do come and join in the fun!

Hugs

It's no mystery - it's a wedding!

Good evening, peeps!  I'm a bit late posting this because I've been teaching a class today but I finally made it!

What we have here is one of wor Sheena's Village Mystery stamps used to make a wedding card and it's no mystery that this new collection of A6 stamp plates is extremely versatile!  In this one though I can almost hear The Carpenters singing along with 'White Lace and Promises'!

See what I mean?  This card is coloured with Copics and the image is mounted on Collall Glue Gel for a 3D effect.  The sentiment is from the same plate although there is one complete plate in the collection that is full of really original sentiments.

Sheena's shows are on Thursday 27th February at 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. so I'll see you there!

Hugs

It's all in the eyes!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Isn't it good to have a taste of Summer for a change - long may it last I say!

Here is something a little different from the projects I've been showing you recently but I'm teaching this card at workshops for Samuel Taylor.  The first one is at the Brighouse store on Saturday 8 June and the next one is at the Roseville Street, Leeds store on Tuesday 18 June.

I really love the images from Saturated Canary - the huge eyes that Krista draws into her images are just captivating!  The brief was also to produce a pop-up card and here's the result.  First the front of the card:

and on the inside....

The idea for this card came from the talented Norma but I messed with the measurements a bit to fit in the images I wanted to use and the designer papers are from Basic Grey and Echo Park.  I've also used dies from Memory Box and Marianne.

The images were coloured with Copics and the sentiment is a Stampendous image called 'Happy Swirl'.

Thank you for looking today and if you're able to book for a workshop, please just follow the link for Samuel Taylor for contact info.

Hugs

Are you getting excited yet?

Good afternoon, peeps!

Well I'm getting excited now because Sheena's shows are on tomorrow - YAY!!  I'll be watching and recording at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m.  There will be more Sheena at the end of the month as well, so you can put 31st August in your diary too.

For today, I've got two more samples using the 'A Little Bit Festive' collection stamps for you and here they are:

First up is that little fairy again, this time wearing a turquoise dress to go with the paper I pulled out of the ancient stash and this time with a different sentiment, but it's still a part of the same stamp plate as the fairy.  The ribbon is from Stampin' Up and is some of their Seam Binding Ribbon.

Here's Santa Baby - that sooo cute little boy in his sleigh tearing open another parcel.  This time he's coloured more traditionally and is surrounded by falling snow.  Both the snowflakes and the sentiment are from the same stamp plate that the little cutie is on.

Both images were, of course, coloured with Copics and Prismas and I must say that it's been great to get back to a bit of colouring with this batch of DT work.  Note to self:  Do more colouring!!  I'm working on a Saturated Canary image at the moment and I'll show you that another day.

If you'd like to see more of the work that I and my talented teamies have done with these stamps go here.

Have you yet worked out what you're going to watch now that the Olympics are over?  That's going to be a puzzler!

Thank you for looking today and I'll see you again soon.

Hugs

....and here's another

...sneaky peek, that is!  Good evening, peeps and I'm back again with more cards to show you.

The latest news is that Sheena's preview show on Monday evening will no longer take place but stay tuned or recording on Tuesday at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. for great shows featuring these new 'A Little Bit Festive' stamps and here's the first of the Loving Wishes I'm showing you this evening:

The first one has the little girl decorating her Christmas Tree in very traditional colours.  Coloured with Copics and Prismas, of course with holly ribbon and DP from my stash.  The sentiment is also part of the stamp plate.

...and now for something completely different:

This is the same image but this time stamped in Vintage Photo DI and then the colour is pulled out with a damp paint brush to look like a vintage photo!!!  Some dew drops and Victorian style DP from my stash completed the picture.  The Merry Christmas ticker tape message across the top is also part of the stamp plate and the stamp is long enough to fill the length of an A6 card which is fantastic!

I'm so looking forward to these shows on Tuesday and I hope you'll be keeping me company!

Thanks for looking again today and I'll see you again tomorrow with a final peek.

Hugs

Santa Baby

Good morning, peeps!  I hope you're starting out on a fabby weekend and I thought I'd pop in again and show you a further sneaky peek at Sheena's new 'A Little Bit Festive' range.  I love this little chap - he's mega cute!

There he is in his Santa hat ripping open his prezzie without even taking the ribbon off - typical don't you think!  It reminds me of a few Christmas mornings I can tell ya!

You will have already guessed that he's coloured with Copics and Prismas, this time with a little help from Tea Green Promarker, which I find indispensable when using the Copic BG70, BG72, BG75 combination.  I cut out the image with a Labels 23 Nestie and mounted it on Stampin' Up Baja Breeze card.  The Ho, ho, ho banner was created from a stamp that is part of the same stamp plate.

I'm sorry that I can't remember who made the lovely DP that has a little touch of sparkle but it was in the box left over from last year.  The pine branches were cut with a Memory Box die, which I think was part of last year's releases but I can't find it on a site to be able to give you a link.  Anyhoo, it's a very useful die to have for the festive season.

I still have some more peeks to show you before the launch on C & C on Monday at 9.00 p.m. followed by further shows on Tuesday at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. so don't forget to tune in to see the lovely Sheena demonstrating these new stamps and other products.

Thank you for looking today and I'll see you soon!

Hugs

Sunny Christmas

Good afternoon, peeps from a lovely warm and sunny Yorkshire!

It seems strange to be posting a piccie of a Christmas card on such a lovely sunny day but that's what I've been working on for a week now (Christmas cards that is!!)and it's time to show you a little sneaky peek at one of Sheena's new designs that will be launched on Create and Craft TV next Monday 13th August at 9.00 p.m. and Tuesday 14th August at 8.00 a.m. and 10 a.m.

I absolutely love this image and all the ruffles on her dress give me lots of opportunity to practise my colouring, which doesn't seem to get practised enough these days.  She's coloured with Copics and Prismas, as usual and the DP is Magnolia - I think from last Christmas. I also like the way her wand is just tucked into the little basket at the back of her bike just ready to work her magic!

The ribbon is from my stash and the delicate snowflake border is a Memory Box Die - Frosty Border.

I'll be back again tomorrow to show you another of the wonderful designs in this new release but I can assure you that they're all wonderful!

Thanks for looking at this one today and enjoy the sunshine while we have it!

Hugs

Did you see them?

Good morning, peeps!  I hope you are all well and enjoying a little sunshine on this Bank Holiday morning.  Did you see the River Pageant yesterday?  Our brave Queen looked absolutely perished, I hope she had her thermals on!

The other programme on the TV yesterday was the Stamping with Clarity Show and these are the cards I managed to make this month:

This was made from the Beach Huts Kit but I also included the Street from the Harbour Kit that featured on a past show.

I love making backgrounds and this one was created with Twinkling H2Os.  Barbara and Dean said it reminded them of Tales of the Unexpected opening sequence and it really does but I hadn't thought of that when I made the card.  If you remember that old TV programme don't admit to it, it was years and years ago!

This photograph didn't come out too well because of the light from my lamps reflecting on the mica surface but, after colouring the fish and coral with Copics, I sprayed Glimmer Mist over the surface and then decoupaged two more fish on top of that.  The idea was to make it look as though there were fish in the sea in the background and then the decoupaged ones were supposed to be in the foreground.  It worked IRL but it didn't show properly in the photograph.

This card was from the Classroom kit for June and since we have Wimbledon later this month, I chose to use the tennis player and tennis balls.  If you saw the show, you'll know that Barbara and Dean only just survived talking about the Sport and Balls Kit without totally corpsing!

Finally, there was my lady diver card and I chose to use this image with the Union Flag Set, which is so easy to use.  My clever teamie, Linda created the swimmers' costumes from this flag image but I chose to paper piece the cozzie here.

Thanks for looking at this latest batch of goodies in my DT work - I do hope you enjoyed them and enjoy the rest of this Bank Holiday break.

Hugs

A final taster

Good evening, peeps!

Well I thought I'd just pop in and give you another glimpse of the lovelies you can buy for yourselves tomorrow if you can't resist, which I'm sure you can't!  Yes, it's another of the cards I've made for the lovely Sheena's shows tomorrow and I thought we'd have a look at the Provence plate again.

This card reminded me of a touring holiday we had in Switzerland, Italy and France a few years ago.  We went in September/October and the sunflowers were in full bloom.....oh, happy days!!

Like me, I'm sure you can't wait to see the shows!

Hugs

This may be the last one....

Good afternoon, peeps - or is it evening?  Anyhoo, I know I'm being a bit late today with showing you another sneaky peek at another of the lovely Sheena's new stamp designs:

The images on this card are from the 50s plate.  They're coloured with my beloved Copics, mounted over some Craft Creations DP and finished off with some poppies from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Why might it be the last one?  Well the stamps are being launched on Saturday so it's not long at all now until you'll see all the cards from the whole DT on the telly and I may not get to post another one tomorrow.

Whatever you're doing tomorrow, enjoy it and don't miss Sheena's shows over the weekend.

Hugs

Bonne sante from Provence

Good morning peeps and a lovely fine and sunny one it is too!

Don't be deceived, I'm not on holiday but the sneeky peek I 'ave pour vous aujourd'hui (oops, sorry! it's becoming an 'abit but I'll slap myself and get back to normal!) is from the other stamp plate that Sheena is presenting on Saturday on C & C TV, which has Provence as its theme:

I can just imagine sitting under the shade of vines heavy with grapes and drinking the odd glass of the juice!  Hey ho!  Never mind - I'll just get back to my work, not that you can really call crafting work - so many cards, so little time!

The shows are on at 11.00 a.m., 4.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. so don't forget to tune in or set to record - they'll be a real treat!

See you all again tomorrow!

Hugs

Bonjour mes amis!

Or in other words, good morning, peeps! ..... and what's the reason for this O Level French I'm sure you're asking yourself?  Well it's to give you a little sneeky peek of the treat that's awaiting you at the weekend when Sheena appears on Create and Craft TV to launch the latest wonderful stamp plates that she's created.
Here's just one morsel to delight your palettes and I'm sure I'll be tempting you with a few more delicacies as the week progresses:

This only shows a couple of the images and one of the sentiments and there are two inspiring A5 plates with loadsa individual stamps on them - you know how generous Sheena always is with the images!

Anyhoo, I'll be back with more to show you soon.  The tree, by the way, is a Memory Box die called 'Orchard Tree Frame' and the DP is Melissa Frances.

Hugs

 

A Monochrome Fairy

Good morning, peeps!  It's that day again - the day for another Polka Doodles Challenge and this week, the challenge is to produce a monochrome card.  I'm actually trespassing into the group I'm not normally in to catch up because I wasn't able to make a card last week for the group of which I'm usually a part.  That means you'll be seeing another one of my cards again next week to get back into my normal sequence.  Anyhoo, here's my Monochrome Fairy:

I do believe that this is the first time I've ever created a monochrome card and I found colouring the image really interesting and challenging.  It's one of the gorgeous fairies from the Sugar Plum Daisy CD and they're all lovely - it was really hard to choose but this little cutie seated on the toadstool won the day because it fitted with my red/pink theme.  The lovely ticket sentiment is from the same CD, which is packed full of goodies including loads of wonderful papers.

The ivy sprays are cut with a Marianne Designs Creatable die - I've used this one a lot - so useful.  The edges of the ticket sentiment and the Go Kreate central panel are distressed with Barn Door DI.

Copics used:  E000, E00, E21, R20, R11 for the skin and the rest of the image was coloured with R000, R11, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R30, R59 oh and a little black Promarker on the ladybird!

I do hope you can join us for this challenge, I can assure you it's great fun colouring an image in tones of one colour!  Thank you for looking at my efforts for this week.

Hugs

Tilda's in the Strawberry Patch

Good morning, peeps!  Have you dried out yet? - what dreadful weather we had yesterday and I know some people are really suffering so, if you're one of them, I hope the water is going away.

Well, over at Polka Doodles we're having a Red and White Challenge to mark St George's Day next Monday so I printed some wonderful red and white paper from the fabulous Sugar Plum Daisy CD (doesn't it remind you of strawberry flowers?) and then created this little scene for Tilda to play in:

I'm not sure those red and white toadstools would be growing  so close to the strawberries but, hey! it works in card-land!  The whole thing was, of course, coloured with Copics and Prisma Pencils and I must say it was great to get back to some colouring.

I added the 'strawberry leaves'using a Marianne Designs die - one of my faves and made up the strawberry flowers using an EK Success Small Retro Flower Punch.  It seems you have to be somewhat eagle eyed to spot one of these but they are around if you search and it's one of the most useful punches in my collection - I just cut a small notch out of the end of each petal to change the shape slightly.  Go here on this blog to see a little tutorial on how to make these flowers with colour added.

I also added another Marianne Designs die, this time LR051, shaped as a vine and a little spray of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to add a little depth to the scene.  Some ribbon from my stash was the finishing touch.

Whilst we're on ared and white theme, if there are any of you lovely peeps that knit, please take a peek at this post from the very talented Dawny P about the poor Fish and Chip Babies in Africa and see if you can help.  I've knitted this little contribution in red and there's another blue one on my needles as I type.  They knit up in a flash and are so easy to make - I'll be adding more to the collection as the weeks pass.

Thanks again for looking today and I do hope you'll join in the challenge with us to celebrate the slaying of the dragon!!

Hugs