A lovely set of starfish wine glass charms. Some of these went to the wedding and others will make up part of nautical themed sets.
Starfish charms
03 Aug 2023 Comments Off on Starfish charms
in Cards, Non-card projects, wine glass charms
Wine glass charms
01 Aug 2023 Comments Off on Wine glass charms
I’ve just finished making a large number of wine glass charms for a family wedding. They were given as favours to the guests. Some were very customised, and others more general, though wedding and love themed!
They were very well received.
Thinking of you
11 Jul 2023 Comments Off on Thinking of you
in Cards
One of my favourite types of card to make – thinking of you. There are so many occasions when these can be appropriate.
Thinking of you now
With much love and affection
Despite the distance
Blue Christmas
30 Dec 2018 3 Comments
No, I’m not depressed, I just like blue. So this Christmas set (my favourite for this year) was based around blue and grey, with one extra feature colour in each. I think the coral red was my favourite… Even though Christmas trees aren’t actually blue..
The trees were a free magazine Christmas tree stamp used with a variety of colours of Distress Oxide Ink which was then loosely coloured in and dragged with a paintbrush for the watercolour effect.
This card was inspired by my new curtains, which I like to think of as semi-abstract winter trees. Really pleased with them after 30 years of re-using in our bedroom the curtains designed (4 years previously to that) for our lounge in the previous house!
This is entered into The Male Room challenge: BLUE I think this design would work well for male cards of all occasions 🙂
and CAS on Friday who are still asking for Christmas cards, bless them 🙂
Also The Card Concept #105 {Christmas Tree} share a picture of your favourite Christmas card this year
Haiku
Blue, a cold colour,
Unlike my heart which is warm
Blue for happiness…
Christmas Joy
19 Nov 2018 3 Comments
I’ve been working on a few Christmas cards but this is the first I’ve finished. It’s based on the sketch at Freshly made sketches and uses my favourite sponged and sprinkled Distress Oxides Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral, washi tape and a ribbon. The stamps Joy and the pine branch were free with Christmas magazines!
Entered in Freshly made sketches #FMS363Â and CAS on Friday who want washi tape #146.
Also Addicted to Stamps’ Holiday challenge
Special birthday
19 Nov 2018 Comments Off on Special birthday
in Birthday, Cards, Ladies, teen
This is a birthday card for a special young friend on her 18th.
Having masked an area with post-it notes, I sponged on my favourite distress oxide inks Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey and added Cracked Pistachio and sprinkled on water. I stamped the Uniko script, and a few butterflies and feathers from a mix of sets in the same colours, and added Nuvo drops. Then the big sentiment from Uniko and a set free from a magazine for the numbers.
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I think this suits the challenge for a big bold sentiment from Just Add Ink #434
   
and Watercooler Wednesday’s WWC196 – Heidi’s “All About Occasions” Challenge
Haiku:
It’s a scary world
Don’t let them dictate to you
Always be yourself
Piano accordion
04 Nov 2018 4 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, Friends, Ladies Tags: music
This card was made for a special birthday for a friend who plays the piano accordion. I made it on the day of her birthday celebration, so it went straight to her and she loved it 🙂
I used glittered card and honeycomb paper I’ve had for years and not touched… Also a gold peeloff Happy Birthday: I drew the keyboard and bass button elements on my computer. The card fits nicely in an envelope and the message was written on the back of the keyboard section.
Haiku
Play your music, friend
The melody of your life
is cheerful and young…
Entered in the Just Us Girls Word week challenge – Music
Also Simply Create Too November challenge #144, “More than One Fold”
and Watercooler Wednesday WWC194Â where this week Anything Goes
Baby boy
07 Oct 2018 1 Comment
Well, I needed a baby boy card, and the Fusion inspiration picture made me think about letters…Â Not pink like the Fusion pic though, but, of course, blue!
This stamp was attached to a mag I bought the other week. I thought it was perfect for a baby boy. The carriage was too small to fit the name in, so I did a bit of masking to make it twice the size. Added the letters and the frame by hand to match: coloured with watercolour pencils.
Apologies for the terrible photography. I’ve barely had any time at all. I work in a University and this is the busiest time of year for me… Phew! Work, eat, sleep is about it…
Entered for the Fusion challenge this week.
Your sweet little face
Scrunched up, peering at the world
Welcome, little one!
Grey and yellow
16 Jul 2018 3 Comments
in Cards, CAS, Friends, Sympathy
I needed another sympathy card. In this case I decided to use Thinking of You. It’s Kraft card on which I brushed a white watercolour wash, dried, stamped a blossom branch in grey Distress Oxide (a bit too light grey I think, but I don’t really have a darker grey). Then I painted in the yellow flowers. Finished with Uniko sentiment.
This is the Colour Throwdown colours for this week so is entered into Color Throwdown Countdown #501
Also a simple watercoloured background for Just Us Girls #449 – Trend Week
and having added a Thinking of You sentiment, Just Add Ink #417…Just Add “T”
Haiku:
Sending you my love
Leaves fall too soon this summer
Colours not turning
Splash smile and Mackintosh roses
14 Jul 2018 10 Comments
in Birthday, Cards, CAS, floral
In fact this card looks SOO much better in real life – I just can’t capture in a photo the richness of the colour (or the fact that the SMILE is actually perfectly straight!)
This one was various sized heart die-cuts (all white card, and all found in my bits box!) coloured via the splash watercolour technique – distress oxide inks Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral popped separately on acetate and spritzed with water, then the die-cuts smoshed through them, with drying between each colour. The Stampendous Agapanthus was then stamped in Abandoned Coral and Nuvo Jewel drops added in yellow and orange. The sentiment is Uniko Simply Said Blocks in good old Memento black. I’m liking the blocks: may get the other stamp set in the same range.
It’s entered into:
CAS Mixup July challenge:Â Coloured die-cut, plus stamps, plus watercolour of course
  
 
CAS Watercolour July Challenge Splash Watercolour
And of course, because of the SMILE – Time Out’s Words challenge #113
This second card uses the same colours. The distress inks were sponged on this background though, and then spritzed, and the Mackintosh roses stamped in Abandoned Coral. The matting panel was coloured with the coral too, by direct ink to paper technique.
It is entered into The Library Challenge: “The Rose Garden”, as I immediately thought of the Mackintosh roses when I saw the book. It’s an old stamp though – one of the first non-rubber, and I find it rather coarse, with the lines too thick for a lot of what I want to do. But for smudgy watercolour effects it works best.
The Nuvo Jewel drops were inspired by the icepop theme at House of Cards, and some of the colours there as well. Time for an orange ice lolly after all that!
Haiku:
Let me taste sweet ice
Summer has never tasted
so good in England!
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