Showing posts with label Claritystamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claritystamp. Show all posts

Monday, 1 February 2016

Love is in the air....

Good Morning!

There's a new challenge over at Fantasy Stampers challenge blog.

The theme is Love is in the air, here's my design team inspiration...

I struggled with this theme a bit, because I don't have anyone to send a valentines card to, so I mainly ignore it and pretend I think it's a waste of time and just a ploy to get us to spend money....I'm such a ray of sunshine!

But actually it doesn't have to be about valentines day does it, there's the love of life, love of good and true friends, family,the dog, chocolate!

I also love Mica powder on black card, and my Arty Heart and Leafy Swirl Claritystamps.

You have almost 2 weeks to join in the challenge, so pop over and see what the other design team members made to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Peace and LOVE!

 

 

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Workshop Wednesday #1

Afternoon!

As there was no Groovi Tuesday this week, we need a Workshop Wednesday instead, usually it will just be a little peek at a project I've done in a workshop, past or present, but as today is the first one we'll have a step by step...

Grab your Lapwing stamps ready and a piece of Clarity stencil card.

Using Cobalt archival ink, stamp the lapwings in place, take note of where the big fella is at the bottom, cover the birds with masks. Put a border of low tac tape around all four sides and put a moon mask in place.

Prepare your Brayer with Clover adirondack ink

Brayer the sky, then the bottom area too, leave a nice band of white through the middle though.

Using the Tangle stencil and clarity brushes, add a little texture to the bottom area only, just sweep gently in one direction from the bottom of the stencil upwards.

Remove the moon mask and replace with the aperture part instead, gently add a little weathered wood ink along one side of the moon.

Remove all masks and masking tape.

Use a marker or pencil to add shade to the birds, note, I used an alcohol marker even though I stamped with archival, I was very very careful not to touch the stamped line art with the marker or it could make it bleed and ruin my pen.

Terrible shadow on this pic, sorry!

The finished one is a bit better, but I'll never be a photographer.

Hope you like it, the class did once they got over the fear of the Brayer, funnily enough Barbara mentions fear of the Brayer on her blog today, Dave's strategy made me laugh!

Thanks for stopping by, hopefully see you Friday for another piece of bodged artwork from heartbreak corner.

 

Friday, 22 January 2016

Finish it Friday #11

Morning!

I'm a bit behind myself today, but I definitely wanted to make time to drag a few unloved, half finished and abandoned bits out of my box...

So I started with these bits, a spritzy mop up piece, a couple of pieces that had been part painted and stamped/stencilled.

I got excited though and started stamping the tags before I took photo.

I used Archival ink to stamp the Shepherds Purse, Butterfly and Make a Wish, all from Claritystamp.

So, nice and quick, I blended Faded Jeans distress ink around the spritzy piece, stencilled with the netting stencil from Clarity

Coloured the tags with pencil and added some string.

Done!

So what have you used up this week?

Have a great weekend, mine's a bit busy, Catterick tomorrow then Shrewsbury Sunday and race straight to Manchester to see a band!

 

Monday, 18 January 2016

Groovi and stampin, together!

Good Morning, hope you had a good weekend.

I thought id start the new week by showing you a few cards that combine Claritystamps and Groovi.

 
The Owls were stamped in Black Archival ink first, then the Groovi work was done.

The chicken was done the traditional parch way, stamp the chicken on copy paper then trace it onto parchment, then re-trace it with number 2 stylus on the foam mat.

Oops, I sneaked a Christmas card into the mix, my bad!
The Goose was done the traditional way too.

And another one with the Owls, I love them.

So what you waiting for, go stamp your mark on your Groovi, put it on Facebook so we can all see what you made.

Have a good one!

 

 

Friday, 11 December 2015

Clean and simple Christmas

Good Morning and happy Friday!

It's the halfway point in the clean and simple Christmas challenge over at Fantasy Stampers, here's my card...

I used my large leafy swirl from Clarity, and a really old bauble stamp.

I used Cornflower archival ink for nice detailed stamping.

I have made a batch of these because they are so quick to make.

There's some lovely ideas from the other dt ladies, so pop over to Fantasy Stampers and have a look.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day. X

 

Monday, 26 October 2015

Animal Antics

Evening!

Just wanted to let you know about the new challenge theme over at Fantasy Stampers challenge blog, it's called Animal Antics, now that gives plenty of scope doesn't it, here's my DT card...

I used Claritystamp line sentiments, stag, and little trees from the Christmas jumper set. For a change from black, I stamped using a custom inkpad made with a piece of Cut n Dry felt and a couple of the cool Pure Colour Chemistry inks from Oak House Studio.

The other members of the Fantasy Stampers design team have created some lovely projects if you would like to pop over and look, and you have until week on Friday to enter the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Saturday, 29 August 2015

I've joined the Fantasy Stampers DT.

 

Hello bloggy friends, happy Saturday to you!

I've been looking forward to telling you that I've been invited to join some lovely crafty ladies on the design team at Fantasy Stampers challenge blog, it's been a long time since I've done any challenge blog stuff for various reasons, i have missed it so I'm happy to jump back in.

The theme for the new challenge is

The colour Purple

I gently brushed Milled Lavender distress ink through my brick stencil, then stamped Shepherds Purse in Dusty Concorde ink and washed over it with a very wet small paintbrush to give a washy look. Then I splattered a little more Dusty Concorde across the card and added a sentiment.

There are some lovely inspiration cards by the other dt members over on the Fantasy Stampers blog, why not pop over and have a look.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Friday, 21 August 2015

Finish it Friday #7

Good Morning!

Well it will hopefully be morning when this goes live, I'm scheduling because I'll be in the middle of a field with no Internet, but it's good to take yourself off once in a while isn't it, and I'll be with good friends and my wellies!

So, what unloved scraps have I thrown together for this week then.....

I had a dig in the abandoned Gelli print pile and found this one that I could match up with a part done butterfly montage topper that had an Anglina film butterfly on, the butterfly was very battered and old so I pulled it back off and added a plain one, just stamped in Lettuce ink to match, I decided to leave it uncoloured to stand out against all that yellowy green. So I just trimmed everything up, edged with a black inkpad, layered onto black card and added some torn parchment paper and sticky gems.

Hope you like it!

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges....

Fab and Funky Things with wings

Crafting with an attitude Anything goes

Have a lovely weekend!

 

 

Friday, 14 August 2015

Finish it Friday #6

Good Morning and happy nearly weekend!

Another Finish it Friday project then, here we go....

This one is combining two abandoned pieces, the background was done by brayering various colours of Paperartsy chalk paint and then stamped in paint with my Journalling stamp set. I was trying some colours together that I wouldn't normally combine, I quite like this one so I'm. It sure why I put it in the unloved box.

 

The central piece has been in my scraps forever, since I was demoing Angelina film/fibres at all the shows around the country, it just needed finishing so I coloured the corset with Promarker, and added Glossy Accents.

 

What have you got cluttering up your desk then? You gonna go and use it up?

Have a great weekend whatever you're up to!

 

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Easy Happy Birthday

Good afternoon!

I should have blogged on Friday with another Finish it Friday project, the project was done but I ran out of time to blog.

This Friday seems ages away so I thought id sneak in a quick blog post with a very quick birthday card.

This is also a finish it project, I had some swatches from when new embossing folders arrived ages and ages ago, and I had a handful of the little Clarity cat already stamped and cut into tiles, very handy in a hurry!

So you'll come back on Friday?

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by.

 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Groovi die cuts

Good Morning!

Well it's still Groovi week over on the Clarity website, so here is one more project....

 

Slightly different this time, I diecut some parchment using a Tim Holtz cutter and used the Sprig and Circle Groovi plates to decorate the butterfly, easy!

Hope you like it.

Very quick blog today, truth is it's actually nearly midnight when I'm writing this ready for morning lol.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Monday, 3 August 2015

Some Groovi birthday cards

Afternoon!

I promised id show you some of the lovely birthday cards that friends had made for me with their Groovi stash.....

 

Made by Sue Dezelsky

Using

Peonie, Netting plates, plate mate for the lettering, border plate for the frames.

 

 

 

Made by Alison Thorne

Using

Border plate, butterfly wreath.

 

 

 

Made by Dawn Sirdefield

Using

Butterfly Wreath, Plate Mate for the lettering

 

 

Made by Linda Page

Using

Silk ribbon Bouquet stamp, border plates, bunting border

 

How lovely are they!

Don't forget there is a whole week of Groovi goodness over on the Clarity website, new designs, a free Groovi plate....so if you haven't taken the plunge yet, now is a good time to pop over and get your starter kit!

 

Sunday, 2 August 2015

Groovi week!

Afternoon!

Hope your weekend has been enjoyable so far, mine has been fantastic, and just to make it even better....Barbara is having a Groovi week promotion over on the Clarity website, so I thought id show a reminder of a handful of my Groovi projects.

 

 

 

 

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you some of the beautiful Groovi birthday cards I've been given, I just need to take piccies.

Go on then, go see the stunning ChrIstmas Tree Groovi plate that's FREE when you spend £40 on Groovi goodies, have a look for the new Lace border plates too-stunning!!

Thanks for stopping by.