Hello there.

Thanks for dropping in.

I am actually on my way to New York today, just for a week, to see Grace, my lovely girl. But I didn’t want to abandon the blog for a week, so had a very busy few days, and prepared some nice things for the week ahead.

Why don’t you let it go? I hear you say, Just for a week!

But you see, it’s a challenge I set myself almost a year ago, 

to blog daily. One Day at a time.

And it wouldn’t be a daily blog if I didn’t blog daily!

Between you and me, it is also the one time of every day when I actually get to be creative and make a piece of artwork! If I didn’t do this blog, I would just get caught up entirely in the business of the business. Which is NOT why I got into this arty game.

The blog makes me stop and simply put my arty hat on for an hour or two. 
SO here is a nice little offering I prepared, using a couple of the stamps from yesterday’s TV show:

The leaf and flower Set No. 3

and its matching little stencil

Oh! And the Let Heaven & Nature Sing words. Love them!!

Make a little paper mask around the stencil by cutting a hole in a sheet of copy paper.
Dust through the aperture onto our Clarity white Gelliplate Card, 
with a stencil brush and Chipped Sapphire.

Stamp the matching flower through the stencil with a permanent ink pad – NOT Chipped Sapphire, because it will bleed with water. Use Cobalt Archival.

Use a decent paintbrush to drop water onto the little flowers.
let the water soak in and bloat with paper towel, kitchen roll.

Stamp the small silhouette leaf in the set  using Cobalt Archival.

Add the leaf skeleton over the top.

Add some second, third and fourth generation ink leaves.
Archival ink is great for this. You can just keep planting the same stamp and it will get more and more faded.

Now add the lovely words in Archival too.

Let’s get in close and take a good look….

Frame the edges with the chisel end of a Promarker Blue Pen. 
I like China Blue.

Mount on Gelli Card.

Or. We could add a little extra colour. A little accent….

Fuchsia pink Promarker in the centre of each flower 
and a bright pink paper backdrop.

That’s better.

I hope you like these leafy flower sets. 
There are four of them in total. 
All have matching mini Stencils, too.  

Stencil No. 1

Stamp set No. 1

Stencil No. 2

Stamp set No. 2

Stencil No. 3

Stamp set No. 3

Stencil No. 4

Stamp set No. 4

Lots of possibilities. Lots of scope. Masses.
I love putting little landscapes through the leaves. 
Looks really cool.

But I must dash.
Only here for 5 days.
Brought a suitcase full of Prawn Cracker flavoured crisps,
Heinz Baked beans and Cadbury’s Chocolate.
Kids.
Got to make the most of it .
Photos on Friday!!!!

lots of love,