Some Bunny To Love

Good morning and happy Tuesday! I'm really pleased to be sharing my second project for the Country View Crafts 'Love' challenge. This time it's an anniversary card for my Mum and Dad, using my favourite hares.

I started by making an inky background with my Distress Oxides in pinks and purples.

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Much dipping and drying later and we had this.

I made some more home made stencils from hearts dies to make a bokeh background.

Then added some grungy background stamping.

And some lovely gold splatters with DecoArt paint.

These stamp are called Bonny Wee Christmas, but a hare isn't just for Christmas...

The hares were stamped and coloured with Distress Ink and cut out. I also cut and inked a couple of hearts.

Then added them to the background together with a Memory Box die sentiment. I also stamped the hares again for placement and to put the little details in.

To finish I added a few more hearts and popped the hares up on some 3d foam. I think these make a lovely couple for an anniversary card.

There's still another 10 days left of our challenge, so please join in. 

I'm linking this to the Stamping Sensations challenge which is Favourite Stamps - these hares definitely fall into that catagory!

Have a lovely week, and thanks very much for looking x

Reach For The Stars

Good morning and happy Saturday. Today I'm over at Ink Art Designs and I'm sharing the rest of my 'Little Book of Secrets' that I made at a recent Tracy Easson class. I'm not saying how the book was made as it's a class that Tracy is still teaching. I will say that it was great fun and I can't wait to take another of her classes.

I know that you've seen the front cover already but I really like the covers lol.

I just love Matilda Bottoms, she's so cute!

And Morty is such a handsome chap, always with his head up to the sky.

This is page 3. I really enjoyed working with the fabrics, not something that I had ever done before.

This is the middle where we added some paper pages.

And the other side with some fabric clouds added. This is the very sweet Betsy Bottoms.

Lots of words on this page.

And I've added a Tim Holtz die cut to this one.

The lovely Matilda started the book so it seemed only fair that she should end it too.

And finally the back cover with a fabric badge that I made - I never thought that I would say that!

I hope that you've enjoyed your little tour of my book, and that you will also join me at the Ink Art Designs facebook group, and play along with our challenge over there. Just click on the link to be transported  https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

I'm entering my book into this months Mini Album Makers challenge. It's the first time that I've made a fabric album but it won't be the last. I enjoyed it so much and you end up with something to keep.

I'm also entering into this months Craft Stamper TIMI anything goes challenge. 

Have a very happy day, and thanks so much for looking x

Not March but April Hares

Good morning and happy Monday, welcome to April! We have a new challenge over at Country View Crafts which is Spring and/or Easter, and this time I've gone for an Easter card.

This is a bit of a white cat in a snowstorm picture lol. It's a Clarity stencil that I've gone through with Distress Inks and blending brushes. I've not used these brushes in years but I love the soft effect they give.

The hares are from a Tracy Easson Wonky Tonk set that I got for Christmas. I've inked it within a couple of months so that's a result for me.

I water coloured them very simply with Distress Ink and then stamped the sentiment. I tried masking it for the corners, but ended up just cutting it up. Much simpler lol.

I think the hares look lovely with the stencil, and as it's 7x7 it's perfect for an 8x8 card. I hope that you will join in with our challenge, and that I'll see you over at the Country View Crafts blog. 

Have a fabulous April, and thanks very much for looking x