Lily Pad resist challenge!

Just a quick post with another card for the Lily Pad blog resist challenge, thats another card of my christmas card list!!!!

This card was very quick to make using the Hero Arts holiday trees stamp and white embossing powder, I then used Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass and Broken China distress inks on the sky.  The trees have Shabby Shutters distressed into them and then I watercoloured on some forest moss for depth.  The snow is just made from torn strips of dry embossed paper.

Christmas is coming!!!!!!

I have decided to try and get lots of my Christmas cards done early this year so as not to panic in December.  The Hero Arts challenge this month includes window cards, so here we are two window Christmas cards!! 

These Christmas trees are one of my favourite stamps from last years release and I used them a lot, I am sure I will be doing the same this year.  I have stamped and then coloured with distress inks and then added Liquid Pearls for the snow effect.  The little snowman is coloured with copics.

To use up the pretty window piece that I cut from the last card, I have made this mini card.  Well that's two more cards off my list only 60 odd to go lol!!

Be sure to drop by my blog on Sunday as I am part of Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop, lots of yummy prizes to be won!



Supplies:- Hero Arts stamps.Sprinkle your holiday CL467. Happy Holiday Trees CG230. Small Snowman E5245.  PP's by Crate Paper. Distress inks.

Tuesday Trigger.

The Tuesday Trigger challenge over at the Moxie Fab World blog is a new one for me,  I have been following the blog for a few months but this is the first time I have had a go at one of their challenges.
I love the inspirational photograph, the colours and the beautiful white flowers in the vase along with the blue flower on the cushion all inspired me to make this mini card,

I have stamped the white card  with the Basicgrey/ Hero Arts sweet threads flower using versamark ink and then brushing with perfect pearls for a shimmer. I then stamped the flower again onto another piece of card using Pool Adirondack ink and, using the same ink and a paint brush coloured in the flower.

Here is a close up of the background.

I am looking forward to the weekend now, my first week back at school has been really busy.  We had 87 new 7 year olds starting school this week and its always a hard week!

September Challenge!!

Its the 7th of September and so time for a new challenge over at the Tiffany Doodles Blog.  This months challenge is to add stitching to your card.  I often add stitching but this wavy pattern is a new one for me, I usually like straight lines but decided to try something new for a change.  I quite like the result.

This week the weather has been really Autumnal,  dull with a definite chill to the air, also the leaves are starting to turn and fall, hence the theme of my card is Autumn.  I love this Fall sentiment by Tiffany and worked my card round it.  The leaves are printed onto water colour paper and coloured with distress inks.

I hope you have time to join in the challenge this month and don't forget Tiffany is having a huge blog hop this weekend with prizes to the value of $220, it will be well worth a look!!

Another Autumn card.

Just a quick post as I am back to work tomorrow and have lots of things to do.  I have had six fabulous weeks off and its going to be really hard getting up tomorrow morning!

After making this card  I had the piece left that I cut from the window and it looked so good I decided to make another Autumn card, this time just pop dotting the green onto the orange.  I then distressed the edges and added the buttons, such a quick card and I really like the effect.

Autumn Trees!!

After seeing this card and also this one made by Lin I decided to buy the digital tree image by Hero Arts as I had an idea for a card for this months challenge!

I wanted to have the tree in summer with a window showing the same tree in Autumn,  with the digital image download HA also supplied some papers and the falling leaves one created the perfect background, I just recoloured it green for the summer tree.

To match the pattern perfectly I cut both pieces together with my spellbinders die and then coloured with copic markers.  I then cut the window and pop dotted the images together adding a ribbon and buttons.

Play Date Cafe # 97

 Its been a while since I played over at the Play Date Cafe, but after seeing the inspiration photograph this card immediately came into my head.  The Black and white flowers on the cupcakes look really classy and I just wanted to replicate this a little.

This was also a really easy card to make, I love these flower stamps from Hero Arts as they are so versatile.

Lots to do this weekend before I start back to work on monday, hope you have a great weekend.

A new month and a new challenge!!

September is here and in the UK the children go back to school next week , that means I am back to work too.  I have had a fabulous summer and this week things have changed alot at home.  My daughter Francesca moved out on Tuesday, she is going back to Uni to do her teacher training and I am missing her already!!  Tristan has started as an apprentice joiner so he is also back to college one day a week.

A new month means a new challenge at Hero Arts,  I have made this card with Autumn in mind, its been a lovely day here but the evenings are beginning to get a chill in the air and some of the leaves are changing colour.  I am really short of Autumnal stamps so had to make do with the ones I have got.  This card is also a window card so fits two of the challenge requirement's.

I am looking forward to another sunny day tomorrow and hubby is taking me out for a pub lunch, Lovely!!

Emboss Resist!

The Lily Pad Blog has a new challenge using one of my favourite techniques "Emboss Resist" so I had to have a play!  I made up a few of these circles in different colours but this Autumnal one was so pretty I had to use it first.  As you can see I have used up lots of scraps of text paper in the background and some Hero Arts stamps on the main image.  CG107 Old Letter and CL383 Antique Engravings. 

Hope you are having a fun weekend.

Back To School

This Fridays new release over at Tiffany Doodles is this fabulous "Back to School" digi, perfect timing for all the children going back to school after the summer holidays.  Although my card is for my DD Francesca, she is of to live in Taunton next week ( that's about a 3 hour drive from us) where she is doing her PGCE.  For my American friends it stands for Post Graduate Certificate of Education, in other words a teacher training programme.  I am really going to miss her as I have got used to her being back at home, we are moving her in on Tuesday so there will be lots of tears I'm sure!

I really enjoyed paper piecing this little school house!

Its a holiday weekend here in England and we have a big party to go to on Sunday,  My Godson Lee is 30 and all his friends have been arranging a mini music festival in a field near us.  Tristan's band as well as 5 other bands are playing so it should be fun, lets hope the weather holds!

Before I go while surfing the net my son found this amazing site, how about those fabulous wood block stamps, so intricate and so much work involved in making them.