Hello there! Thanks for stopping by here on YOU TUBE TUESDAY ! Thought it was time to tackle a Gelli Plate video. Here’s an 3-layer trick for you to try. I did this as a photo step by step blog a while ago, too. Thought it was a good idea to capture it on You Tube, too. Here’s what I used: Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate 6 x 6 Inch Speedball Brayer 7″ x 7″ Gelli Plate Card Word Chain…
Hi there. Hope your Easter weekend has been pleasant? Ours certainly has. Here’s a little step-by-step project for you, using 1 of 2 stencils, which were designed to work together, but can be used alone, too. Treescape Snowy Treescape Enhanced with our two Sapling Trees and 3 Ducks in flight. Let’s take a look… Let’s see how the 2 sit together first. Even though I have only used the underneath, I wanted to show you how they are related. See? But how…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by on this lovely Sunday morning. I hope you are well and happy? Thought I’d send an Easter card project to you; a simple celebration Sunday. I remember great amusement when doing this card together with Dean on telly; let’s see if I can embed the You-tube of that show…. Anyway, here’s what we used: Easter Greeting Easter Banner 3 Chicks I cut and embossed an oval shape out of Theuvacard. Using a Versamark…
Hello there! It’s Easter weekend, and here’s a cute idea you might enjoy trying. I used our Easter chicks and some cracking good eggs: Happy Easter Stamp 3 chicks Blossom Egg Leaf Egg Cracked Egg The Cracked Egg mask Oh. An Espresso Adirondack and a few Promarkers, too. It’s as easy as boiling a soft egg, once you know how! Let’s take a look…. Stamp the bottom half of the cracked egg in Espresso. Use the Cracked…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are well, and able to take a day off today. I thought it would be a good day to give away some prizes and put a smile on a few faces. So, let’s start with the Trees on the Gelli Plate exercise from a while ago (see blog posted 31st March). I used an Gelli Plate brickwall remnant to create a treeline, remember? And the challenge was to make suggestions…
Hello there, Hope you are doing well? I am running late today. So looking forward to the long weekend! Hoping to spend some time in the garden. So here’s a little Gardening step-by-step card using our little Garden Claritystamp Set XL Stampstamp framer stamp and it’s mask. The Postage miniatures Stampset Theuva Card Lettuce Adirondack Meadow Adirondack Stonewashed Adirondack Cloudy Blue Adirondack Pitch Black Adirondack Black Archival Blending Tool Clarity Blending Mat Stamp the Framer using Black Archival Mask off the…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Wednesday’s Blog is something new, and here’s a new leafy stencil of ours. I noticed Jo using it at the weekend, whilst she was beavering away, demonstrating at Ally Pally, and I thought I would give it an airing today, too. It’s really really cool! Here’s what I used: Irish Blessing Claritystamp Blustery Day Claritystamp The leaf line Stencil Theuva Card Mountain Rose Adirondack Juniper Adirondack Cloudy Blue Adirondack Black Archival Clarity Brushes Here goes… Attach a…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. It’s YOU TUBE TUESDAY! Easter’s round the corner, the sun is shining, the morning chorus is wonderful at dawn, and I’m feeling truly blessed. So this week’s You Tube reflects all these aspects. There are 2 parts to this Tutorial. (16mins + 13mins) Both can stand alone, but I thought it would be cool to show you a simple little trick, how to position a smaller piece of artwork over its larger friend. The following ingredients…
Hello there! Thanks for popping in! Monday’s blog is trees and flowers, and so yesterday, before the doors opened at the Alexandra Palace Show for the second day, I thought I’d best sort something out! So here is a little something I cobbled together, using Freesia Stamp Together we can handle anything Stamp A 6 x 6 Gelli Plate Buff Titanium Acrylic Paint Brayer Steel-edged Ruler Willow Adirondack Black Archival The first thing I have to tell you is that I didn’t…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. It’s day 2 of the Ally Pally Stamp Show today, and I’m pretty sure we’ll be spinning like tops! Here’s one we prepped for the TV, but didn’t get to show off because the stencils sold out! Using my favourite stencil: The Chinese Lantern. Here are the ingredients: Word Chain Set Journaling Set White 7″ x 7″ Card Blending Tool Clarity Blending Mat Butterscotch Adirondack Caramel Adirondack Mushroom Adirondack Grunge Paste Coffee Archival Ink Pad…