22nd August, 2019. A Steam Punk Style card.

Hi, I was looking on Pinterest at all the mixed media work which I do love to dabble with, not very successful I must admit. I saw some Steam Punk stuff....wooooow!   love this , so had to give it a try. I already had a load of metallic pastes and gilding wax, all that was needed was some steam punk style embossing folders. Love Tim Holtz products, he does some great stuff, one ordered, delivered and here is my first Steam Punk style work.

I already had the stamp from forever ago which I though she went pretty well . The cogs border die again had forever and hardly used. I used black card stock, embossed part with a Tim Holtz one and then got to work with my metallic pastes and gilding wax...so loved doing it !

I used at least three different shades to get the result I wanted. I also added a touch of gold on the die cut foliage.

The flowers were made from some left over Tim Holtz card stock, grunged up and a touch of gold and brown on the petals.

Hope you like it.....have a lovely weekend xx

13th August, 2019, A Shabby Chic , Mixed Media Card.

Good evening, Hope that you are all having a lovely Summer break. We are just starting to get the chill in the mornings, that's if you are an early riser.  I have been feeling sorry for myself as I had a fall, not so much the fall but feeling pretty silly as I was not able to get up !  However the sprain came out during the evening..., and it hurt , so meds, cold bandage and will be back to normal within a few days.  Besides I won a fashion shopping voucher and I have got to spend it !

I have not done a proper mixed media style card for ages and thought here goes...so hope you like it.

The cardstock used is from Madja Design, Gesso'd,  stamped on with script stamps, paste stencilled  besides lace and a large hand made flower using different organza material from my stash.  The lady is from my stash and I think it is Pion Design, another one of my favourite companies.

A closer peep at the ' flower ' I cut circles and used my heat gun to melt the fabric, layered and glued and a pretty gem in the centre.

I have done the inside of the card to complement the front.

Thank you for taking a peep at my work, enjoy the evening, bye xx

23rd July, 2019, A Lillte Bit Different Today.

Hello, Good Morning.  I have been playing quite a lot with Foamiran and saw a lovely video from Heartfelt Creations using stamp pads on Foamiran. Never crossed my mind that they could be made that way. So, using my Heartfelt Creations combo's , a Stazon ink pad and a pink Gelato just to colour the middles, this was the result.....soooo pleased. Hope you like the card topper !  A bit of a different shape.

   
           I'll do a closer peep at the flowers so you can see how good the Stazon worked.
                                               

                                                           

Heartfelt Creations used a thicker type of Foamiran and a heat gun....tried it and was a failure my Foamiran went too thick and could not be manipulated, so went back to my trusted method of using an iron.

So pretty aren't they ?  I can see a few more being made in this way. another expense as I only have two colours of the Stazon !

Have a lovely day, take care, Hugs.

12th July 2019 A Lili of the Valley Card Topper

Hello  and Good Morning from a lovely sunny UK. I have a pretty  LOTV card topper to show you. It was a digital download. I used my favourite Copics to colour this image.

The flowers were made using white Foamiran which were coloured on the petal edges with a pink Gelato . I used a green Gelato for the stamens,

A closer peep at the flowers.

The bow was made using a Doohickey die, Bridal Bow , one of the first bow dies that I bought.

Hope you like this one, have a lovely day xx

27th June 2019 A Lovely Polkadoodle Mermaid.

Hi, good morning. At las the sun has decided to shine up here in South Yorkshire. Days and days of rain and so cold. Jumpers and cardigans on in June !  Even had to light my fire in the evenings to keep out the chill.  Hopefully we will now be getting our share of the lovely weather.

Today I would like to show you a card topper that I made using a Polkadoodles digi image. I was so tempted to buy some more stamps and resisted as I have far too many, so went for the CD Rom instead. This one that I used was already coloured but you can download and colour yourself.  Bit of a problem for me as for some reason the inks in my printer do not respond well to which ever colouring medium I use.  So here it is.....pretty isn't she ?

The flowers were my new stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations. I added a few micro beads to the centres of some of the flowers. which  I bought from my local pound store. They are sets of micro beads in little tiny phials, meant for nail art, loads of different colours and you can use the little phials for altered art projects.

 I stamped with Stazon Teal Blue then coloured the flower petals with Versa Magic Chalk ink  Turquoise Gem before die cutting and shaping.

 I matched up with some smaller flowers.  The seahorse was die cut and heavily embossed with three different powders and given a few AB crystals down his spine.

Thanks for taking a peep, enjoy your day, hugs xx

20th June, 2019 Lovely Sophia,

Hi ! I could not resist buying the lovely Sophia stamp, another one by the talented Tracy Easson. she was stamped and coloured using my favourite, Copics.  I do wish there was a fairly local place where I could be given lessons on using  distress inks.,  Tried many times and failed.  So here is the pretty Sophia.

The flowers are made from Foamiran. I added some white pen dots to her hair. The stamped flowers were not part of this stamp set but from another Tracy Easson one.

The flowers were white Foamiran which are coloured by using Pan Pastels and a wet wipe, just touching both back and front of some of the die cut petals.

Isn't she adorable ?

The feathers were die cut and embossed in a heavy embossing powder, tied together with a bit of rustic twine.

Have a lovely evening, thank you for taking a peep at my work xxx

11th June, 2019 Tahlia again.

Hi, Just had to colour Tahlia in again. This time with bright coloured hair, using Copics again. The card stock used if again from Anna Marie, same pattern but in a different colourway, lovely lilac theme.

I am really liking the turquoise hair, something so very different from what I normally do.

The little white dots are from using a Posca pen, the only pen so far that I have found to do a proper good white dot.

I added a few AB crystals to her hair...well a girl has to sparkle !

  The inside done to match the front.

Thank you for looking at my work, have a lovely evening xx