April 2018 So in Love with Lavinia Stamps.

Hi !  Well April is almost over. We had, just for a few days some beautiful weather. I planned on taking a break just for three days, then the rain came......stayed at home and did some craft work instead.  I recently discovered a company called Lavinia Stamps. they have some beautiful stamps and could not resist buying a few. Here is some of my work...' Less is More ' style.

                This stamp is from their Mystical Houses range. I used Copics to colour.      
 

 

 Another mystical house, but a larger stamp. I added a few Stickles  in pearl colours to add that little bit of a highlight.

                                                         

                                      Thanks for taking a peep, have a lovely weekend xx

12th April, 2018 A Pretty Easel Card.

Hello, more rain....we were supposed to be going away for a few days but have had to cancel due to the bad weather. Most of the flood locks are closed on the canal navigation so we would have got about 5 miles and had to return home, not much fun in that....so did lots of lovely crafting instead !

I would like to show you a pretty easel card that I have recently completed for a friend, so enjoyed making it.

   I added a pretty matching gift tag that slides between the easel.  All the roses were hand made using a Tim Holtz die. the card stock I used was from Lemon Craft. Love their card, trouble is I never seem to want to cut into it.  Now another photo of the easel card.

     

I wish I was clever enough to be able to do bigger photo's for you, hope you can still see it and enjoy taking a peep at my work. Thank you and take care, hugs xxx
                  

1st April, 2018 A Pearl Wedding Card.

Hello , I hope that you are all having a wonderful Easter Day. I would like to show you a pretty commission card that I did for a lovely lady that lives in Wales, it was for a Pearl  Wedding anniversary. I really enjoyed making it.

I had some very pretty white pearl embossed paper in my stash, knew it would come in handy at some point. I tore the edges and added white lace to give the romantic shabby chic look

I used an organza flower , little white roses and some spotty organza ribbon and of course lots of other bits and bobs to finish off the card. I decorated the inside of the card to match the front.

                      Hope you like it, have a wonderful day, thank you for taking a peep xx

12th March. Lovely Shabby Chic and lace.

Hi, After a long time making flowers using Foamiran, I reverted back to paper. I forgot how pretty they can be. These have just a touch of white paste on them to add to that Shabby Chic look.

The large fabric flower was hand made by using circles of organza material, heated with my heat gun until it crinkled up. I roughly cut out rounds, bigger and smaller, then layered together.

The lace was bought from a millinery supplier on eBay.

                             

For this card topper I used stunning Pion Design  set against a lovely die cut doily square by Tattered Lace.  I had some white seam binding ribbon which I wanted to dye in a pale green, somehow it turned out a lemon shade, but I think it matches pretty well.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my work, have a lovely day, take care, xxx

22nd February, A Little bit of ' Less is More '

Good evening, I have been doing some card making ' Less is More ' I have gathered over the years lots of lovely stamps that have not seen the light of day for many years, plus purchasing a few more from the lovely Lavinia stamp range. Here is some of my work, using beautiful white linen card stock.

The pretty toadstools are a new stamp from the Lavinia range and the owl is also a new purchase from Creative Expressions.  Both have been coloured with Copics and some Glossy Accents added for the owl's eyes and dew drops on and around the toadstools.

An old Penny Black favourite, I think it is called 'Squeeze till I Squeak ' Not too sure.  I have it in two sizes, one a smaller version in a clear stamp and the other a larger wood mounted one.

The lovely seed pods are again a new stamp released from Lavinia stamps. Both have been coloured by using Copics.

It is always good to do something that bit different. I am waiting for delivery of some Yupo paper for my next lot of work which will get use of my alcohol inks that have been languishing away in a drawer for some time.

Thank you for taking  a peep, take care, xxx

13 th February, 2018 A Little More Shabby Chic.

Hi, you have probably guessed by now that my most favourite thing to do is Shabby Chic style as I love lace and pretty flowers.  Now, this is one of the most annoying things. Us crafters that take lots of time thinking about what colours to use, embellishments, all the little details that make our own work that bit special,  I will be the first to say that I look at other peoples work for inspiration, colours, how they have used a die and so on. And what a complement that someone likes your work so much that they copy it, honestly not a problem for me, but when they do it for monetary gain, that's a bit naughty as well as dishonest. I guess we cannot stop it, but trust that their conscience takes a bit of a knocking and they don't do it again !

Here is a bit more of my work, all my own I might add, hope you like it.  A LOTV download, so very cute. Added all the other bits and bobs to make a pretty topper, moving or new house.

  I used a download for this pretty little girl, added raspberry pink ribbon and butterflies to help make it 'pop' out that bit more. A touch of white paste on the roses and some ivory dried gypsophilia , can never spell that word correctly.  Thank you for taking a peep, have a lovely day xx

1st Frbruary, 2018. Lots of Shabby Chic Style

Hello, I have been doing quite a lot of lovely lace and Shabby Chic style work. Here are a few of my projects, hope you like them
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I used part of a set of Tonic Studio dies for this work. I added a filigree bow with a super sparkly gem in the centre, plus some hand made pink Foamiran flowers and buds.

 Again a large Tonic Studio die with lovely heavy lace and hand made rolled paper roses.

I added a touch of white paste to the card as well as the roses.

Foamiran flowers again on this one with lots of really nice die cut foliage.

Thanks for taking a peep, always appreciated, xx