A Little Bit Magical

Good evening, peeps and what a lovely evening it is here in Yorkshire - I do hope you're enjoying a spot of the same.

So, what's magical you ask?  Well, it's wor Sheena's latest set of stamps and they truly are, I have to tell you!  They really do inspire and you can see them all on Sheena's shows on Create and Craft TV on Thursday 22 August - I don't know what the times are but I promise to keep you posted on that.  In the meantime, here is one of the cards I've made so far ready for the show:

This lovely lady is called Honesty and there is a lovely stamp of the flowers once they've gone to seed (we used to call them 'Moon Pennies' - do you remember that?).  Hopefully you can see an echo of the outline of this stamp over the Luminarte H20 background.  The rose corners all also on the same A5 sheet and, this time, I've stamped them onto heat resistant acetate with detail gold EP and painted the roses and leaves from the back with Luminarte Primary Elements.  The rose corners with their thorns made me think of the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty where the thorns grew up around the castle to protect her and that was the inspiration for this card.  Yes, I know it's sad and I should get out more but that's what it's like in Diane's World - I'm sure you understand really! Lol!!.

Anyhoo, I hopes you like it and I'll see you again tomorrow with another sneaky peek and thanks for looking at this one.

Hugs

The sun'll come out tomorrow!!

So sang Annie in that well known musical and isn't it wonderful to be able to say that with confidence?  YAY!! Summer is truly here and I'm looking forward to tomorrow not just to see the sun but also because wor Sheena is on the telly!

Yes peeps, she'll be here with lots of inspiring demonstrations and you'll be able to see all the wonderful samples that the new Inkoids have been creating as well as us older hands, of course!  The shows are on at 1.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m.  on Create and Craft TV.  I know that's slightly different from my last post but I've taken the times from the latest schedule posted on the C & C website.

Here is another sample I made using the Fantasy Fusion paints I'm now addicted to and this time applying them to a really cheap glass vase, again from that well known Swedish department store:

I painted the roses with colours from the Neutrals set of paints but dipped into the Cool set for the green leaves.  The photograph doesn't really do it justice (but then my photos never do!), it's so much better IRL.

Thank you for looking today and I do hope you enjoy the shows tomorrow, I know I will!

Hugs

It's a Fantasy

Good evening, peeps!

Wot's with the title of this post then?  Is it this weather?  the stuff we've all been fantasising about through the long, cold Winter.  No, it's the paints I've been using for the latest projects for wor Sheena's TV programmes next Tuesday 16 July at 1.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. if the times aren't rescheduled.  The paints are by Pebeo and they're called Fantasy Prisme and Moon and I can tell you that I'm really in luurrve with these paints!  I just want to go on using them.  Here is one of the projects:

All you need is one of those cheap square mirrors from that well known Swedish Department store and a set of these paints to totally transform it.  I can tell you that the paints do all the work, all you have to do is drop them into the lines that you've traced over the stamp image - it couldn't be easier.  I've no doubt that wor Sheena will be demonstrating exactly how it works on Tuesday so don't forget to set the record button if you're outside enjoying the sunshine and I'll see you there!

Thank you for looking and I'll be back soon with another sneaky peek!

Hugs

 16 July at 

Blue Christmas

Good evening, peeps!

It's time to reveal another of the wonderful Christmas stamps that wor Sheena will be showing and demonstrating on IDEAL WORLD (not C & C as I said in my last post!) at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday.

This should make you feel a lot cooler:

Yes, peeps, only the wishes are warm on this card but I do like shades of blue and mauve for Christmas don't you?

I've used the dies a fair bit on this one - Spellbinders to cut the the aperture in the card and dies from Marianne and Cheery Lyn for the pine tree and the holly.  The image was painted with watercolours.

I can't wait t see what Sheena does with all of the fabulous images and I'll defo be poised with a cup of coffee on Wednesday.  Hope to see you there!

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

If it was nae fer ma wellies.....

Good morning, peeps!

The way the Yorkshire weather is looking today, I could well be needing a pair of these!  But these are special Christmas wellies from wor Sheena who has already been busy drawing a whole new series of Christmas stamps that you'll see on her shows on Create and Craft TV on Wednesday at 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.

Here's my first sample:

I used the paper piecing technique for this one and just added some shading to the paper with coloured pencils.

I hope you like it and thank you for looking today.

Hugs

Daisies in Distress

Good afternoon, peeps!  What a gorgeous day it is and if there are any daisies in your garden, the sun will certainly make their faces turn to the sky!

Here are some daisies that I put on a card for wor Sheena's shows on Create and Craft TV tomorrow at 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.

I created a classic, water splattered Distress Ink Background and then stamped the daisies and their leaves on top.  I then removed the colour from within the images using plain water on my brush and then blotting it off with kitchen paper (faux bleaching technique).  The next stage was to colour the images with Distress Markers and I also used some white wax pencil on the flowers.  The background paper is printed from Sheena's Paint Fusion CD, which has a wonderful collection of all sorts of goodies to use on your cards and in your mixed media work.  The die cuts are from a Cheery Lyn die (I think - I take them from the packets and store them on magnetic sheets so they can become somewhat anonymous!)

I hope you enjoy the shows tomorrow - they are defo going to be worth missing a little sunshine for!!

Thanks for looking today.

Hugs

Look into the Fuschia

Good evening, peeps!  I had meant to write this post much earlier today and then 'things' took over, as they have a habit of doing.  Anyhoo, here I am at last to show you a sneaky peek of the sort of thing you may see on Sheena's shows on Create and Craft TV on Saturday 8 June at 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.  Here is one of the samples I made using Sheena's Paint Fusion Fuschia image and there are lots more from my talented Design Teamies:

The background and images were painted with the wonderful Pebeo Acrylics (can you tell I'm totally sold on these?) on Centura Pearl card (the matt side) and the Matt Gel was used to dilute the paints to create the misty background.  The text and the corners are from the Aging Beautifully stamp set.

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneaky peek but thank you for looking today.

Hugs