A Cold Wind Was Blowing....

I've had a play today with all things Dylusional. Lot's of spraying, stamping, and stencilling, and this is what I made.

One day  I will be brave enough to do this straight into my journal, but today is not the day!

Have a fun and crafty weekend, and thanks very much for looking x

Be Unique

Well I'm really enjoying my week off work (apart from going to the gym at stupid o'clock). Today I've been catching up with the PaperArtsy blog, and this week they are asking us to use resist techniques, so here's what I came up with.

There's also been some recycling going on here too. This was a project from a couple of years ago - it's been thrown into a box and generally forgotten since then.

So I painted over with gesso and white chalk paint.

Then I added blue, yellow, and pink Fresco's, and stamped and embossed images from Darcy, Lin Brown and JoFY. Then I painted over again with black gesso.

Once dry I wiped off the gesso, and luckily there was something left underneath. I added some Portfolio pastel on the bare bits, and some words.

I also added a tiny bit of silver Treasure Gold to bring out the old texture.

I'm also entering this into this months Craft Stamper MITI challenge Spring Flowers, That's Crafty All Things Bright and Beautiful, and Love to Create Anything Goes.
Thanks very much for looking x

Looks Like Rain Dear...

Well there's no surprises there then! Yup it's raining again, which is quite in keeping with my piece for today's Stampotique challenge.
Kathi has chosen the theme 'Crack Me Up', and she wants us to make a humourus piece, and use crackling. 
Here's my cracking piece :-)

I know we've all heard this a thousand times but it still makes me laugh.

The background has been painted, then clouds stencilled and crackled.
There's also the Cracks stamp and Raindrops.

Here are the slightly damp Reindeer and they are stood on the Stones and Grass Cube.

Here's my guys Under The Parapluie.

The sentiment has been stamped with the Typewriter Alpha.
This was great fun Kathi, so thanks so much for the challenge.
I'm also entering this into the Craft Barn challenge which is April Showers.

I hope you join in with our challenge at Stampotique, and thanks very much for looking x

Don't Mind Her...

Well April is certainly living up to it's name today as we seem to be having rather persistent 'showers' I've been having a play today, and after having a brilliant weekend at Mixology (yep more pictures to come I'm afraid) I've dug deep into my Tando box and come up with this.

All the paints used are from the DecoArt Media range, and the stamps are from Lost Coast.
This couple look so grim, but they always make me laugh, and I thought that the Beetlejuice quote fitted them perfectly.

I'm entering my lovely couple into the Tando colour theme challenge, and
The Lost Coast Designs  'anything goes' challenge.
This was a lot of fun to make, so thanks very much for looking xx

Drip Drip Drop...

Hi, this week Arwen has chosen our challenge at Stampotique, and she has chosen nature. So no animals or humans allowed. Mmm this really is a challenge, and here's what I've come up with.

I had a strip of leftover background from a previous project that I cut into 3 ATC sized pieces.
These have been stamped with Circled Circle and Carol's Flower (large)

This one has been stamped with 
Raindrops
Dandelion Duo and
Grass

Mushroom Group

and Spidergrass

It was really hard not to use any humans or animals, so thanks very much for the challenge Arwen.
I hope that you can join in too.
Thanks for looking and have a fun weekend x

Let's Party!

Hi, it's my turn to show you my second piece for the Country View Crafts Spring challenge.

The background has been made with a mini brayer and PaperArtsy Fresco paints.
I've then stamped some Stampotique stamps in the same colours.

The guys have been stamped and coloured with pencils.

The sentiment has been printed on the computer. I think Robin Williams was spot on when he said this.
So put a spring in your step (I know, I'm sorry) and join in with our challenge.
Hope you like mine, and thanks very much for looking x

Live, Laugh, Love

Hi, it's been a day of sport on the TV today, so I took the opportunity to slope off, and have a play in my craft room.

The background has been sprayed, stamped, and stencilled in pink, yellow and green.
The flowers in the corner have been stencilled with Portfolio pastels. I love the way this goes into peaks when you use it thickly.

All the stamps are by Indigo Blu, I've used the crackle stamp from the Alice in Wonderland plate in the corners.

I inked another piece of card to stamp the flowers and leaves.

Words added to the corner, and all done.
I'm linking this to a few challenges 
Indigo Blu, yellow, pink, and green,
Craft Stamper TIMI Spring Flowers,
That's Crafty All things bright and beautiful,
and 
The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - dimension

This was fun and I now have a card made for when I need one rather than having to make one the day before :-)
Thanks very much for looking and have a good week x

Spring Has Sprung - Well Almost

Good morning and welcome to April, where is this year going!
There's a new challenge over at Country View Crafts, and Monika has chosen Spring.

I was recently lucky enough to attend a PaperArtsy training day, and this is a mash up of a couple of projects that we made there. I had a fabulous time, and learned loads, not least that Leandra can make a tiny sized blob of paint go on for miles! 

The box frame has been painted in Bubble Gum and Coral Fresco paints and then stamped with the fabulous Emma Godfrey stamps.

The box also has 2 sheets of glass, one on the front, and one in the middle.
The front one was stamped with the wonderful Frosting Glaze which I have never seen before, but I LOVE it, and words from the same stamp plate.

I mixed some Frosting Glaze with a little Bougainvillea fresco and dabbed through a Lin Brown stencil on the second glass panel.

The technique for the back panel was taught to us by Kim Dellow using tiny amounts of Fresco's and a paint splodger and it was one of my favourites of the day.
The stamps used are by Emma Godfrey and a hot picks set.
I had a brilliant time, learned loads, and got to meet lots of lovely people.

I'm also entering this into the That's Crafty challenge All Things Bright and Beautiful, and the 
Craft Stamper MITI challenge Spring Flowers.


I hope you join in with our challenge this month, and thanks very much for looking x