Helloooo, from a very sunny Spain! it's ages since I've been on a blog hop, so I'm really hoppy - did you see what I did there :-) to be joining in with one at Rubber Dance. Here's a page for my new tag book.
I kept the backgrounds nice and simple, just 3 distress inks and a couple of stencils.
Time for the stamping now. On this one I've used
Round In Circles (in the background)
Star Lady and
Sarcastic Superpower
a bit of black acrylic and a white pen to finish off. My lovely lady has been coloured in with pencils.
For this one I used my new favourite (for today)
Night Cat
Something Fishy (on shrink plastic) and
Sarcastic Superpower - I licked it so it's mine is my new favourite saying :-)
Here we have everyone's favourite
Giraffe
a bow from Cosy Christmas
Round in Circles (background)
Artfully Stamped (post mark) and
Sarcastic Superpower
To be in the prize draw, the only thing you have to do is: leave comments! Leave some love on the team blogs, and on the Rubber Dance blog. Commenting is from today until Sunday, march 19th, 23:55 CET. We'll announce the winners on April 5th in the March Challenge Winners post, so be sure to follow our blog if you aren't already.
Anyway, take a look at the prizes:
Prize #1: One sheet of stamps of your own choice!
Prize #2: Any 3 single stamps of your own choice!
It's now time to hop over to the lovely Bibi's blog where something wonderful awaits you.
Have a very happy day, and thanks very much for looking x
Hi and welcome to May! With any luck the April showers are long behind us, and it's time for the May Flowers. The new challenge at Country View Crafts has been chosen by Christine (Craftyfield), and she has gone for 'Use a Stencil'
It's an extra special challenge this month as alongside our challenge we are also running a Blog Hop with a Sizzix Big Shot Machine & Die Bundle as the prize. To enter you must be a follower of our Challenge Blog and hop along to each of our Desing Team Members blogs and leave a comment.
We will still be running our normal monthly challenge, and those who link their Use A Stencil project will also be entered into our £20 voucher draw. The winners will be picked at random in early June. So hop on over to Christine's 1st Project - Use A Stencil.
Christine
But before you do, here's mine lol.
I started with my favourite PaperArtsy Fresco Paints in Bougainvillea, Bubble Gum, and Banana and an old credit card.
Then some Limelight Fresco, and a couple of Dylusion stencils.
More stencilling and we have this - not brilliant at all but I'm not giving up 'cos there are bits I like.
I stamped my face in the centre, it's an old Stamp Man stamp that had never seen ink. It didn't show up too well but at least I knew where to put the paint for her face. She's been coloured in Blush Fresco.
More stencilling now with PaperArtsy stencils and Portfollio pastels just used neat to give a nice chunky edge.
Then the scary stamping of the sentiment (it could all go horribly wrong at this point) with a Dylusion alphabet.
All done, and I'm quite pleased with the result.
So next on your hop is Evelyn.
Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win the fabulous Sixxix bundle.
Here's a full list in case you get lost along the way
Christine
Gabrielle
Jennie
Rachel
Sue you are here
Evelyn
Doreen
Nikki
Monika
Hazel
Brenda
Corrie
Jane
Thanks very much for looking, and enjoy your Bank Holiday Weekend x
Hi, I've been tagged by the lovely Coco to take part in this blog hop, and tell you a little about myself. How come when someone asks you to talk about yourself your mind goes blank?
I've known Coco (you can find her here at Les Folies de Coco) for quiet a while, although we've never met except in blog land. She does the most amazing scrapbook layouts and cards in fact everything she does is wonderful. If you follow this link you will find out more about her too.
So I'm sat in the big black chair, the spotlight's on and I'm ready for question 1.
What am I working on now?
Well first of all I had to tidy up this....
So that I could play with this. It's air drying clay and I'm making some flowers and leaves.
I'm very pleased with the results, not bad for a first attempt, though it will be a couple of weeks before I use them. This is so not like me, I don't plan anything in advance. If I did I wouldn't be typing this a few hours before I'm due to post it lol.
Q2 How does my work differ from others of it's genre?
Mmm to answer that I'd have to know what my genre is! I used to just make cards but now they're few and far between. I've never scrapbooked - I love other peoples but have never had the urge to make my own. I do like lots of colour, and sparkle, and I love to take a piece of plain paper (or whatever) and turn it into something else.
I also like to have a little humour in my pieces
and a bit of grunge is good
I'm not the worlds best sewer.
I like to try new things too - usually months after everyone else. I finally got around to making an ATB a couple of weeks ago.
Q3
Why do I create what I do?
Now this is a really easy one - just because I enjoy it. I don't make something if I don't enjoy it. Life's too short isn't it. That's not to say that I don't stress if my mojo goes walkabout, and I have a very large bin under my desk! I go to work to pay my bills, and in my spare time I mess about with bits of paper. If I don't have any spare time I skip the cleaning and play about with bits of paper...
I absolutely love being on the Stampotique design team. They're the best group of ladies ever, and their stamps are my favourite - and I'm not just saying that lol.
Q4 How does my creative process work?
It nearly always starts with the background. I love making backgrounds, usually involving lots of stamps and masks, and paints and inks....
I also like to have a quote somewhere in there..
One day I will finish this album :-)
So there, that's me, and if there's anything else you would like to know, please feel free to ask. So drum roll please for my nomination the lovely Jackie Payne of Scrap Bang Wallop. She's my teamie on the Stampotique design team and does the most amazing art journaling and scrapbooking with brilliant step by step instructions, and she'll be telling you all her secrets next Monday.
Thanks very much for looking and enjoy your week x
