Right Said Fred

Good morning and happy Sunday. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, so Neil's decided to hire a Wacker plate to put in some astro turf on our decking. So come 9.30 the bird song will be replaced by a deafening, petrol spitting monster that looks like something out of the Transformers films. Oh happy days!

Anyway I've been playing with my Art By Marlene stamps again with her Mermaymarlene prompts which are Message In A Bottle, and Singing Seahorses, and this is what I've made.

There are loads of Marlene's stamps in here, and the song that's now in your head is my gift to you (bwahahahaha)

I'm linking this with Dot's group at Ink Art Designs as she sells these fab stamps https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

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

Somewhere, Beyond The Sea

Good afternoon and happy Wednesday. I'm loving joining in with the prompts over at Art By Marlene but I'm really struggling to make a piece a day (I'm very slow and I tend to digress lol) So to catch up a little I made a 3fer. 

This is incorporating day 4 Underwater Love, day 5 Secrets of the Sea, and day 6 Making a Splash.

This is my Making a Splash background, lots of texture pastes and stencilling.

And a pocket with a secret tag for the Secrets of the Sea.

Day 7 hasn't happened yet, and 8 isn't looking to good either lol. 
I'm linking this with Dot's group at Ink Art Designs as she sells these fab stamps https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

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

Starfish In Her Eyes

Good morning, happy Monday, and here in the UK happy Bank Holiday. I am feeling rather cheated as now I've retired I don't have Bank Holidays, but never mind eh. I'm trying to join in with the prompts over on Marlene's group, and by day 3 I'm falling behing, but it's all for fun and I'm really enjoying them.

The Day 3 prompt is Starfish In Her Eyes, and I've made another huge tag to go in my tag book.

I'm linking this with Dot's group at Ink Art Designs as she sells these fab stamps https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

Have a brilliant week and thanks very much for looking x

Welcome To MerMay

Good morning and happy Friday, it's the weekend again, and this week has gone soooo fast. Stamp designer Marlene of 'Art By Marlene' fame is running a fun event over on her facebook group 'Mermaymarlene'

The prompt for day 1 is 'Mer May Me, so here I am. You can tell it's me 'cos I've got my coffee in one hand, and a spare pair of glasses in the other.

For day 2 it's Whale Hello There, and having a sister and brother-in-law in the police force this is where my mind went. I don't know if I will be joining in everyday, but these were fun to make.
I'm linking this with Dot's group at Ink Art Designs as she sells these fab stamps https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks very much for looking x

Just The Opposite

Good morning, happy Wednesday, and welcome to May. It's time for a new challenge over at Country View Crafts and this one should get you thinking, it's 'Opposites'

In case you can't tell I've gone for colour and black and white.

I started by choosing some AALL & Create stamps that I thought would look ok in colour and black and white.

I cut a couple of tags and stamped these two and left them in black and white.

And I coloured this one with Distress Inks.
I'm linking this with Dot's group at Ink Art Designs as she sells these fab stamps https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/

Please pop on over to the blog to check out the fabulous inspiration from the design team, and then join in with our challenge.

Have a wonderful May, and thanks very much for looking x

A Green Bough

Good morning and a happy Good Friday.  Here's my second Spring themed piece for the Country View Crafts Spring/Easter challenge. As we were were on holiday for most of March I made this before we went away. There was snow on the ground and it was flippin' freezing so I wanted something with colour, and the hope that Spring would eventually get here!

I started by using my lovely Dina Wakley acrylics in my favourite bright colours. 

 Then lots of stencilling and stamping again with Dina's stamps and stencils.

 Now time for a bit of paint flicking, and matting onto some black card.

 It's ages since I used my Scribbly Birds, so out they came. Nothing quite says Spring like chirping birds - or in the case of West Yorkshire, snow! I've also used some older Spelbinders and Tim Holtz dies.

 I just like how they look on my bright background. I needed black and colourful die cuts as the brights didn't show up against the background on their own, and the black was just too dull.

 I love this quote!

And there we are, all done. This was such fun to make, I really enjoyed playing with colour, though the tidying up wasn't as much fun.

Have a very happy Easter, and thanks very 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

Happy Mother's Day

Good morning and happy Friday. This is a scheduled post, but we're hopefully home now from our holidays, but probably sleeping for a fortnight! Here's my second project for the Country View Crafts Letters and/or Numbers challenge. As it's Mother's Day on Sunday I thought I'd better make a card before I went away.

 I started by brayering a background with some DecoArt Premium Acrylics.

 Then I went over some Art By Marlene stencils with a wet wipe to remove some of the paint.

 I added some more colour with texture paste through more stencils.

 Then added some stamping with Art By Marlene clear stamps.

 Time for the scary bit! I die cut the word 'Mum' into my background.

Then just popped it up on some 3D foam, and put the pieces back in. I was a gnats digit away from cutting it out upside down eek!

I'd better set the alarm clock for Sunday to make sure my Mum gets this on time lol. Have a very happy week, and thanks so much for looking x