... but I just love how Roc Nicholas' images lend themselves so beautifully to paper piecing!! And her new ponytail is no exception!
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Showing posts with label daisy daisy. Show all posts
Friday, 24 October 2014
Friday, 17 October 2014
brusho in my journal
I have been playing ...
... with my latest toys - the brusho inks that everyone is using! Who knew that this stock item in every primary school art cupboard could be so much fun!!
Whenever I use something new I start with my favourite colours - just lovin' that turquoise!! Because it's an ink powder, splashing spots of water on the page and dabbing it off (one of my favourite techniques of the moment) doesn't work once the ink is dry, but I managed to catch it before it dried and got a lovely effect. I'm happier splashing water on my pages than bleach!
I think Nina looks right at home on this double spread journal page, and Daniel's circles give lots of choice for a sun!
Stampotique stamps used
Friday, 5 September 2014
each life needs it's own quiet place
...and mine is definitely amongst my paints, papers and rubber stamps!
This tag started off with a sponge ink base that I didn't like so I tore it off, and decided I quite liked the effect. I'm going to add it as a page in one of my small A6 journals. It nearly looked like this
... but in the end, decided to include Gucio. Sometimes it's so hard to know!
This tag started off with a sponge ink base that I didn't like so I tore it off, and decided I quite liked the effect. I'm going to add it as a page in one of my small A6 journals. It nearly looked like this
... but in the end, decided to include Gucio. Sometimes it's so hard to know!
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Friday, 8 August 2014
black and white journal page
Last week Kay's Stampotique challenge was to use black and white with a pop of colour, which is one of my favourite challenges. I use this in reverse a lot but only use it this way round when challenged, don't know why!!
The little scrap of blue was a piece I made for another project that didn't work out, but I liked it so kept it. Really must do use this theme again, I really enjoyed the challenge!!
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Friday, 21 March 2014
Happiness is ...
Yesterday was International Happiness Day so I decided to theme this week's projects around happiness. Stamping and playing with paint AlwAys makes me happy!!
After mistakenly using 'stamp n bond' I finally found my detail white embossing powder to lift the dark background. I've not heat embossed anything for years!! The heart has glossy accents on to add shine to the card. There's another happiness themed project over on the Stampotique Designers' blog today. Thanks for coming by, that makes me happy too!!!
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Happy happy
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
WOYWW
Have just returned from a wonderful holiday on the Isle of Wight and for the last couple of weeks my 'workdesk' has been my lap, a field, a camping table... and I've been very tidy and kept everything organised and in it's place - cos you have too in a tent lol!
The bag to the right contains my wools and crochet hooks - crochet is very portable (I crocheted some of those flowers whilst standing in a fish and chip shop queue on Cowes night!) so easy to take away on holiday.
My little craft bag is pretty portable too, with pencils, pens, paints and blank ATCs to hand. What you can't see is the small suitcase filled with other bits n bobs, and the jute bag that contained the little craft bag lol!
I decided to catch up on my ATCs whilst I was away. These were made using Dyan Reaveley's Altered Originals Spray inks (collection 1). I sprayed the card, allowed it to dry, then used a watery brush to merge the colours. The flowers are Daisy Daisy (Stampotiqu) from The Stamp Attic, coloured with a white gel pen.
I also had a bit of a play with my new Stabilo Woody pencils (a watercolour, pencil and wax crayon all in one). I picked these up in an art shop in London, but you can see them here, they are YuMMY! [think you're gonna love these Sue!!]
I scribbled with the blue and brown pencils, used a wet brush over them, then a walnut ink spray. I've wanted a white spray for AgEs and finally tracked one down at The Cubby Hole, Crewe. It's a Memories Mist in Whipped Cream and I used it with a Tim mask over my coloured card. A bit of stamping, a touch of collage and the ATCs were done!
Happy WOYWW! Looking forward to having a sneak at your workdesk, and if you're wondering where all this started, head over to the lovely Julia's Stamping Ground for the info :)
Thursday, 8 July 2010
play date cafe challenge #37: Julie's french fancy
Julie LoVeS anything french, but especially when it's related to the Provence region, so when she saw this photo she had to use it for this week's challenge at the Play Date Cafe.
You will notice that there are no colour 'buttons' this week. That's because we'd like you to choose from the range of colours that are in this wonderfully colour-rich photograph. I chose to start with yellow, then layered it with orange and terracotta before adding my highlights in blue.
These quails from Stampotique (and available at The Stamp Attic) always make me smile. They are definitely off somewhere with a particular purpose in mind!
The 'day out' ticket is one I recently purchased at The Cubby Hole; it's by Crafty Individuals.
I was intending to share a felted piece with you for this challenge, but my sinuses have been playing up and for some reason, it's easier to journal when I'm feeling a couple of degrees under. I feel much better now after having a good play with my paints and stencils, alongside some other journaling friends :) I'm sure the felt flower will get finished at some point lol.
Don't forget to head over to the Play DateCafe to check out this cool prize from Jelly Bean Designs, and to see what my fellow design team members have put together using the photo for inspiration. We had record numbers playing along this week so I'd just like to say a HuGe thankyou to everyone who joined in.
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