Today Well Lived....

Afternoon!

Blimey it's busy here, mainly the fishies have kept me occupied. We had an infection which needed dealing with, fingers crossed its almost clear. Then I have had midwife duties, great fun..not, you have to watch the females and time it just right getting them into the nursery before the babies are born, then looking after the babies etc etc etc...

Anyways, how about a card..

 

This is an impromptu project we did in class on Sunday.

Stamps used are all Claritystamps. Dogrose, Dragonfly and Today verse.

Inks used Black Archival and Adirondack Peach Bellini and Terracotta.

I thought this would be a nice one to send to one of my Preston ladies Rachael for her birthday today,hope it arrived safe!

Ok that's it for today, quick bite to eat then off to get my nails fixed

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

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A little Hougie box

Afternoon!

I was having a look through my pics to see what I have that I can show, lots of stuff that has to stay under wraps for now, but not much else..

I did find a couple of Hougie projects though, here's one..

 

This was made with instructions from Hougie book 3 and a couple of Claritystamps of course.

This was really easy to construct and can be made various sizes.

The punch I used for the black trim is an EK Success.

 

See you tomorrow for a card.

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A bit distracted...

Morning!

Yep I'm distracted because my super fantastic BIG Gelli Plate awaits me...

So that's my excuse for speed blogging today

 

This is my last sample from Barbara's June tv shows.

I stamped the Jazz Montage in Ultramarine Archival, then stamped the music score, jazz man and text from my Happy word set, done!

Have a good Monday whatever your doing.

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Gellied Wrought Iron

Happy Slipper day!

Oh yes, I am wearing my battered discoloured fluffy friends and I don't care...

I am working though, honest,lots of the artwork produced by the design team to be loaded on the website (this is one of my jobs when dodgy old body needs to stay home for a rest)

So I have just had a break for a bite to eat and thought I would slip a quick blog post in.

This is using up a waste/test piece from a Gelli session.

It sort of reminded me of brick wall in a garden and a funny looking trellis with the sky above, so I added a moon with acrylic paint.

The stamps are from the new Wrought Iron Dolls House set and Silhuette Lily, and I thought it called for the friendship sentiment.

I finished with some Stream ink blended around the edges.

Hope you like it.

Have a great day! Maybe see you tomorrow in Doncaster?

 

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Muted Toadstools

Good nearly afternoon!

Nope I haven't been lying in bed all morning, i was up early to see to all the animals and ive even done some housework, hazardous I know!

So while I sit with a coffee I thought I would blog..

Here is another of my samples for Barbara's shows last weekend.

 

I absolutely love these Toadstools, they look so good in any colour scheme.

I thought I would dust off my Promarkers for this one, I do neglect them sometimes.

I also used a couple of the Hares and Fern stamp, and oh look..it's my fave sentiment again!

I mixed Hazelnut ink and Currant together for the hills and Fern.

Hope you like it!

 

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Dancin in the moonlight...

Morning!

Apologies for absence, again..

I have been very busy getting house and garden type stuff done, just in time too I think because today looks like it might bucket down over the Wirral.

Today's card is using one of the Jazz stamps that Barbara launched on create and craft last weekend.

 

I also used my large Lamp Post, Dreams sentiment and my New York skyline mask.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by.

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Pug among the Toadstools

Evening!

I'm just back from 'up north' and I thought I would make a start on blogging my tv samples from Barbara's shows this weekend.

 

This is using the toadstool and Hare classroom set, I lurrrrve it!

Do you recognise Pug the fairy? He had to feature on this card didnt he.

I think I used Raspberry and Stonewashed inks.

Hope you like it!

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Untitled

Good morning!

As promised here is another of the cards I did for Creative Stamping 10 using the free stamps

 

More of the Canary's sandpaper used here..

I used white acrylic paint on the back of the film for the pale bits to make it stand out more.

Then decoupaged the huts.

Thanks or stopping by!

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Fun in the Sun

Mornin!

Today's card is part of a magazine piece for Creative Stamping issue 10

 

The theme was film/fibres using the free stamps that come with the magazine.

I 'borrowed' some of Quaver birdy's sandpaper for these cards, poor little guy had to put up with newspaper in the bottom of his cage instead.

Come back soon or another in the set.

Have a good one.

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Very little ink for a friend...

Good Morning!

After a couple of wet windy days the sun seems to be back here, hope it's nice for you too.

Today's card is a real quickie, Its for a friends birthday and I had hoped to do something really nice but time didn't permit sadly.

The paper is Tim Holtz resist pad and a couple of random oddments. The Penny Farthing is a Memory Box.

I punched some little flowers from book pages, scrumpled them up and used a Screw Top brad to secure them.

The only bit of ink is around the edges of the paper!

Thanks for stopping by.

 

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Arty Heart Fob Watch

Yes I know it's been over a week, im hanging my head in shame...

But I'm here now, so here is a card!

This is one that I demo'd on Create and Craft a while ago with my lovely Claritystamps.

I stamped the medium fob,but not the winder. Covered it with a mask and stamped the Arty Heart, covered the heart and stamped the winder. Stamped the sentiment and covered, stamped all over with mixed text, then added all the shading, and you can probably work out the rest.

I think this will look nice in feminine colours too.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment, I love to hear from you.

 

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Mega quick...

Morning, only just!

As the title suggests, it's a mega quick post because I haven't had time for days, so here goes..

 

This is using the new Clarity Foxgloves, a couple of the Hares from next months classroom set, and my Happy word set-which I love!

I used Evergreen Bough Distress ink.

Right back to my mountain of jobs, including finishing prep for Sunday, hope you can watch and maybe treat yourself! I'm on Create and Craft at 9am.

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Did you win?

Morning!

I promised to pick a commenter at random didn't I...

So the winner is...

Craftychris

Email me our address Chris so I can send you something nice and crafty.

Sorry for those of you who didn't win but keep commenting because there is always next time.

Have a good one!

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Pastel Splodged

Good Morning!

I'm trying to decide what to do today, Amber wants Southport, Steve wants Bowling...

I may delay decision for another hour in the hope my dodgy body will be a little more enthusiastic for the day!

So while I sit propped up in bed with my coffee (lovingly made by Steve,without grumbling) I thought I would blog.

 

This is an 8x8 card using a couple of Splodge masks and some of my fave Distress pads, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar and Mulled Lavender.

I'm sure you will also recognise one of my fave Claritystamp text stamps...

Hope you like it!

I wonder if I'm pushing my luck asking for another coffee....

Have a great day whatever your doing.

Last chance to be in with a chance of winning a little 'commenters' candy today by the way, so go on let me know you were here.

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New Life

Its not good morning,afternoon or evening- its middle of the night!!

So I might as well blog while I'm laying here...

This is another of my Clarity samples from last weekend.

I had a couple of Basic Gelli backgrounds to use up, and this seemed to fit what I wanted to achieve, a modern 'new baby' card.

The tangle I used is called Cadent.

My letterbox kit came in handy to work with the new 'happy' word set.

Hope you like it!

Your comments are appreciated.. I will be picking a random commenter for a giveaway on Sunday.

 

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Last minute Less is More...

Blimey I've left this late again!

This weeks challenge over at Less is More is using a colour wheel...

I went with Violet and Yellow Green

I mixed my inks on my Splodge Away and stamped my Clarity Leafy Swirl twice,then the little Hummingbird and sentiment in Black Archival.

Oh and speaking of challenges, don't forget about this months Clarity challenge over on the blog, the theme is to make your sentiment the focal of your card.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Put your Brolly up Lily...

Good Morning

I thought Summer had arrived but it seems to have vanished again...

So this card works well for today, only problem is that it's too windy for a brolly.

I used the new Clarity Character set again, with the Happy words, and also one of the Clever corners for the frame.

The Blue ink is Stonewashed and my White pen made an appearance again too.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, commenters candy is getting verrrry close!

 

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Gellied Silhouettes...

Yep late again!

I've been sat waiting for gas engineer, so much for appointments...

Then I have to dust and polish and other yakky things, but I thought I would blog quickly.

This is another of my Clarity samples from the weekend..

The background was created on my Gelli Plate,incase you hadn't guessed.

And I used the character silhouette stamps, I added a white edge to make them pop, then finished with one of the sentiments from the Happy word set Gold embossed.

Hope you like it.

Thanks or stopping by and leaving me a comment!

 

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Flamingo and Ducky!

Afternoon!

Hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend, and Clarity weekend of course..

Here is one of my samples from today

I used one of the Flamingos and Tom's special Ducky....Tom always loads one duck onto the racks for us to take to the retail shows, he said someone always buys it, and why not-he's a cool little Duck, You know you want him.

I used Aged Hahogany Distress pad.

Right, back to my laundry mountain,or I will still be changing bedding at midnight!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, I can feel a 'commenters' random candy coming!

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Meadow Dance frame

Afternoon!

I just realised its about 4 days since I blogged, again!

So I thought I would own tools for 5 minutes and blog one of my demos that I did on telly on Tuesday with Deano...

This is an example of how it's good to revisit a stamp sometimes, because It had never occurred to me that the main stamp could be used to make a frame, doh...

Dean was funny, when I was nearly at the end of the demo I thought we were really short on time, so I was going to leave the bright purple sun, but Dean was trying to discreetly draw my attention to it because he thought I'd forgotten it, bless him!

Hope you like the card.

Don't forget about Barbara's shows on Saturday and Sunday, also, there is a new challenge over on the Claritystamp Challenge blog, please support the design team.

Have a good one!

 

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Cranberry Butterfly

Good Morning

Another really quick post today, I'm running around trying to get finished off ready for tv on Tuesday.

Here is one of the projects we did in class last weekend

Just Incase you don't recognise the stamp, it the Butterfly Montage from Claritystamp.

We did a resist background and used spray inks, then used just part of the stamp for the focal piece.

Thanks for looking!

Have a great Sunday.

 

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Shell corner

Good Morning!

A very very quick post today as I have a million things to do..

I have last minute stuff to do for my Clarity class tomorrow, and I am in the middle of prepping my demos for TV on Tuesday!

As it stands at the moment shows are 11am and 6pm, but that could change..

Toads card then, this is using the Shell corner, stamped in Red Pepper and shaded with a water brush.

Have a good one!

Thanks for stopping by.

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Marble and Shells

Good morning!

And a big Hello to my new followers, I'm glad you found me!

I'm busy this week working on Samples for Barbara's tv shows for May and prep for my class on Saturday, what are you up to?

I had a dig around to see what I have that it's ok to show you...not a lot, because most of what's here is to be kept under wraps for now.

I did find this though..

Does the background look a bit like Brightly coloured Marble?

I used a couple of Mica colours and Gilding on Adhesive sheet.

I coloured the Clarity Shell Cluster with Distress Markers, Barbara is now stocking them on the Claritystamp website, so if your a New Design Club member you can get your discount on them!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

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Hazelnut Floribunde.

Morning!

Well its cloudy on the Wirral this morning but the sun is trying to break through, here's wishing for a nice day for everybody!

Today's card is a quickie using the Clarity Floribunde stamp

These colours were used in a LIM challenge a while ago but I didn't have time to load this one.

I just masked the area, stamped, inked, then added a couple of score lines.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Clarity Shell Shopper

Good nearly afternoon to you!

Yes I'm late, nope I didn't sleep late..

I've been busy prepping for Sunday's Clarity workshop, this one is a little different because we are bringing back into play some of the stamps we have collected over the months and taking another look at them.

I won't show you the class cards,they are a secret until the class sees them..

But here is another sample from Barbara's tv shows from this month.

This is the bag I decorated using a piece of cotton printed using my Gelli Plate.

Stamps used are the Shell Corner and matching sentiment

A bit of Angelina Fibre going on too..with a touch of Gilding mixed in.

I used the paints that Barbara uses on her Gelli.

Hope you like it!

Oh by the way, I'm hoping to confirm tv dates very soon, will let you know...

 

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