Glimmer of Light

Good morning, and Happy Tuesday. It's my turn to share a visible Image project with you, and I've been feeling very bold!  I've made a journal page, straight into the book without a safety net. 

This is the best photograph I can get as we're slightly lacking in the old daylight department.

This is lots of Distress Ink blended in patches, with some stencilling in the same colours.  I liked it, but boy was it bright, so I toned it down a bit with some gesso through a stencil. The edging stamp is from the Music on World Off plate.

Time for some fun now in building up the background. I've used Ranger Archival inks to stamp my quotes from Imagine, Dream, Inspire, and there's also circles from Universal.

I've been wanting to use the Glimmer of Light plate for a while now, but I've been in Halloween (thankfully gone) or Christmas (OMG it's getting close) mode for weeks, but today was playday!

Don't you just love this moth! He's just stamped onto the background and coloured in places with Stabilo pencils. I stamped the light bulb into the previously stamped circle, then stamped the circle again and embossed in white.

And this is the quote, stamped and embossed with black fine EP. I've just highlighted bits and bobs with stencils and Portfolio pastels. This was such fun to make once I'd got over the terrors of stamping in my shiny new journal.

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Typography, Fonts and Quotes for PaperArtsy

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday. I can't believe how dark it is today, and we may wake up to snow tomorrow - it's only early November for goodness sake! Neil bless him is outside hoovering the garden - in the dark. Every day he puts on his ghost buster machine and hoovers all the fallen leaves up. You can guess what has happened by the following morning....  I think it's some sort of illness - what's wrong with a few (hundred) fallen leaves :-)
Anyhow I was lucky enough to win the PaperArtsy draw a week ago and I've been having a play with my prize - well it would be rude not to wouldn't it. I chose some Seth Apter stamps and 3 gorgeous stencils.

This is the Seth Apter ring binder. It's a lovely thick kraft card, but there's not much left showing of it now. There's just about every Fresco paint that I own on there. 

The current challenge at PaperArtsy is typography, fonts and quotes so I'm entering my binder.

Have a fun week, and thanks very much for looking xx

Day of the Dead

Hello and happy Monday. For various reasons this is a little bit late, but better late than never,  Feliz dia de los meurtos!

This is a hanging, but after 127 photographs of it swinging in and out of focus and the ever so nice shot of the broken plant pot I gave up with that idea and laid it on the floor instead!

This is a paper mache box that's been mega crackled with DecoArt paints. I've had these stamps since time began, and other than they are from USA, I've no idea who they are by.

The whole village has turned out for the celebrations for the happy couple. Together for all eternity... aaaargghhh!

I'm entering this into the Lost Coast Designs  Day of the Dead challenge, 
That's Crafty Friday 13th part 2 challenge, and
Dream In Darkness anything weird. 

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

Birthday Fishes

Good morning and happy weekend! Even though I retired earlier this year I still love the weekend. As always Rubber Dance have a colour challenge, and this is what I have made.

This is the colour board. There's also the additional theme of birthdays as Bibi is having rather a special one next month.

My card has been made with Distress Inks and stamps from the Something Fishy and Textured Flowers plates. I should apologise for the fishy birthday joke, but I'm not going to lol.
Have a fun weekend, and thanks very much for looking x

Happy Birthday

Hello and happy Thursday. Yesterday was my son's girlfriend's graduation, and today is her birthday. Really two cards in two days - it's a good job I like her! This is what I made.

I hope she likes it!

Have a great day, and thanks very much for looking x

Crazy Congratulations

Good morning and happy Wednesday. We've woken up to beautiful sunshine and a thick frost today! It seems we've skipped Autumn and gone straight into Winter. Today my son's girlfriend graduates for the second time. Last year she got her degree, and this year she finished her teaching qualification. This is the card that I made.

It's all made with Tim Holtz stamps and dies.

We have crazy birds

and cats

and dogs

more birds

and also the mini versions.

I'm sure she'll have a brilliant day, she's worked so hard she certainly deserves to, and I'll even get to see Chris in a suit!

Have a great day whatever you are doing, and thanks very much for looking x

Lights, Camera, Action

Good morning and welcome to November! Where is this year going! This month the lovely Rachel has chosen 'stars' as her theme at Country View Crafts. This is what I've made.

I started by covering my MDF star with some Graphic 45 paper. I say that as if it didn't hurt me to cut into it! Then I gave it a coat of DecoArt white gesso, and finally a coat of very watered down  Prussian Blue Hue.

Next I stamped my Hollywood couple. This is a clear stamp that I've had for years. I don't know who it's by, but I love it!
I edged around the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink, then used the Andy Skinner Old Film to stencil through with an old black archival ink pad. This isn't a juicy as it was so is perfect for delicate stencilling.
It was finished off with a Tim Holtz sticker and a piece of bead chain.

I'm entering my Hollywood couple into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'anything goes' challenge.

This was one of those rare pieces that came together just as I had it in my head, and although it's not my usual style (I can't remember the last time I actually used a piece of DP) I really like it.
So please join in with our challenge, and reach for the stars!
Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking xx

No Regrets

Good morning and Happy Sunday. It's my turn today to share a Visible Image 'out of the garage' creation. 

 I made this right at the start of our 'Grand Design' and it was in the mini heat wave in September. It was sooo hot in our garage - not so much now lol.

Look at all that sunshine! Although I made it a while ago this has very much been a work in progress. The background is Distress paint, and the stamping is from the Revolution set.
The lovely girl is on the relaunched No Space For Dreams plate which now contains the most amazing dream catcher stamp!
Listen to your inner voice has been stenciled, and one of my favourite sentiment plates 'No regrets' is back and will be dispatched from tomorrow!

By take 2 it's Winter, so no daylight for photographs. I think I have SAD syndrome already! I've just got some new Seth Apter dies, so decided to highlight the No Regrets. I forgot to mention my go to Edgy stamp, which can now be found on De-Stressed Backgrounds. I think it's safe to say that I use it on everything!

So take 3 - the final cut, a couple more die cuts, and I'm happy! So listen to your inner voice, and have no regrets! My inner voice just says 'eat the chocolate' or 'buy the stamp' - it's a very easily pleased inner voice.

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Have a great weekend, and thanks very much for looking xx