Thursday, 29 January 2009

Second card an Image (ISC) on alcohol ink background, layered onto dictionary page, then onto Adirondack sponged resist.
Colorbox Fluid chalks. The stamp around the edges is one of my all time favourite stamps - a Stampendous cube with four different marble type backgrounds.
Adirondack inks on glossy card. Love these words - they're from Stamp Camp


Monday, 26 January 2009


I absolutely love the colours on the first one. It's one of those quickly made Alcohol ink backgrounds with Gold mixative running through it and is incredibly striking. I could probably never get that same colour blend again! Image from Innovative Stamp Creations.
The second one's from Paperbag Studios and the greeting's from Simple Expressions, which may soon be available again. I used a lot of the Ranger Inkssentials pen on this one, but it's hard to see without a close up, which Blogger won't allow at the moment! I'm working on it.
The third one's from Artistic Outpost. I shamelessly borrowed Jo Capper Sandon's idea of using book pages (or newspaper) for the flower - thanks for a fab project in Craft Stamper, Jo.
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
One day, we went to visit Little Moreton Hall, a moated Tudor Manor in Cheshire. It was the only grey and drizzly day in December, which stopped us spending too much time in the maze garden, but it was fascinating. There was a display of a Christmas feast, with people in Medieval dress explaining everything to us, along with a sample of the meagre comparison a servant or farming family would have eaten, then a guy was playing Medieval musical instruments in the Great Hall, with everyone singing Christmas carols, which was excellent. In the Chapel there was a Storyteller, who enthralled us for half an hour or so - she was brilliant! Well worth a visit and I'd love to go again when the Gallery is open and we can have a good look around the gardens.
Chris (Rubbaluvva) sent me this gorgeous book as a surprise and I LOVE it! Thanks, Chris.
Stamp Club project - Do you believe in Faeries?
0 very much appreciated comments at Wednesday, January 21, 2009This was a great project devised by Jo Pritchard, a very talented lady. I decided to go with Black and White, since it was a biggish project, thinking I'd have chance to finish it while there. It still needs some tweaking and the photos are dreadful because it was dark and gloomy by the time I'd finished. Just the way I felt, too.
Stamps are mainly from About Art Accents but there are a couple from Stamp Camp, Lavinia Stamps, Artistic Outpost and a few from Crafty Indviduals.
Labels: Projects, Stamp Club
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Didn't realise this month's was the recycling issue as I haven't yet had my copy, but here's a sneak preview of what I did. I also did an alternative (black and white) version, which wasn't used, so will upload a couple of pics of that later.
Oops, where's this month going to? I've been doing loads of stamping, but just haven't got around to posting any, yet. Hope to do some later this week.
We had a fab Stamp Club last weekend, where Jo showed us how to make a fab flappy, stand up cardy thing - very difficult to describe, but I'll finish mine off this week and will upload.
Labels: Craft Stamper
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