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…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Saturday’s Blog a New Technique. To who? To you? To me? So just a quickie, an old favourite, a demo using the corset and Angelina Fibres. So many of you have seen this technique. But there will be loads of readers who have never even heard of Angelina Fibres, or Fusible Fibres, let alone know what to do with them! Ingredients: Corset + Feminine leg Claritystamps Black Archival Pink Angelina Fibres Wisteria Angelina Fibres Iron Riser…
Hello there! Friday’s blog is a private peek, but I also want to show you some simple close up shading with the new Wheelie Stencils. So first of all, let me ask you: Do you believe in miracles? Here’s one! You may recall at Christmas, we had a long discussion about our Poinsettias. All lovely and red and bushy throughout Christmas, and then, within a week of New Years, stalks. Leafless sticks. Here’s a pic of mine; there were still…
Hello there! It’s Thursday, Blue Blog Day. So here’s a little project recapping masks and introducing our Wheelie clever Stencils. I used: A5 Theuva Card Letter box Kit Letter box kit Masks London Mask (also included in the 5-part Skylines Mask Set) Wheelie Stencil Men & Boys Black Archival Ink Pad Black Adirondack Denim Adirondack Stonewashed Adirondack Speedball Brayer Blending tool Blending Foam Sponges refill pack A3 Clarity Blending Mat Letter box Kit first. Stamp the 3-part boxes into place, and…