Stencil card

Helloooo :). Today I thought I'd share a stencil card that I made last year for one of the classes that I took at The Glitter Pot last year.

This is made using Imagination Crafts Sparkle Gel along with a couple of their stencils namely Wild Flowers and Apple Blossom.

I also embellished with some stamping using a Hobby Art stamp set called Just For You. The background was achieved with Distress inkpads.

 I also coloured the Sparkle Gel using a combination of Copics and mica powders.

In due course I will be offering to make this card as an all day class from my home. If anyone is interested please email me.

Toodles for now.................

In The Garden

Hi everyone :)  I am such a bad blogger as it's been a little while again hasn't it!!

Today I have a Penny Black card to share with you as I am a guest designer this month for Penny Black and More!!

Very appropriately the Penny Black girl is actually called Garden Assistant so this seemed to be the perfect choice for Penny Black and More's August Challenge which is called 'In The Garden'!!

I created my own background setting for the girl by applying distress inks to a white panel, then stamped trees (Hobby Art/Open Tree) using a light inkpad and coloured them with Copics to give them a 'springtime' feel.

The die-cut trees (Memory Box/Grand Oak Tree) were coloured using the same Copic colours as for the background trees.

And of course Copics were used again to colour the girl, dog and flowers.

Don't forget to hop on over to Penny Black and More to see all the other wonderful creations that the DT have made and to find out how to enter the challenge.

I'll be back again soon!!!..................

CAS Penny Black Girls

Helloooooooooooooooooo!!!!  As promised here I am back again to show you some of the many card samples that I've been busy creating whilst I was sooooooooooooo quiet here in 'blogland'.

Today I thought I'd share with you three cards that I created using some of the latest girl stamps from Penny Black.  These cards are my attempt at keeping them 'clean and simple' - VERY hard for me, I might add!!!

So here goes-

First up is Fashion Leader which was stamped, coloured with Copics, cut out and mounted onto the front of a card that I had stamped with the Hobby Art Open Tree and traced around the Memory Box Cityscape Nightline die-cut. I'd like to enter this card into the Penny Black and More CAS Challenge and also the current Allsorts Challenge - Here Comes The Girls.

 Here's a closer look at the colouring for you. I then sketched in the ground using a fine black marker.

Next, is Garden Assistant which again was stamped, coloured and cut out. The background was kept simple just by stamping the Hobby Art tree several times in black ink.

And lastly we have Fluffy Passenger with the same background as the previous card.

These are a totally different style for me and it was soooooooooooooo hard not to go adding more to them!!!

Anyway I hope you like them!!  All products used on these are available from The Glitter Pot.

And lastly a HUGE thank you to all of you who stopped by my table at the weekend.  It was lovely to see you all :)

I'll be back again in a few days to share some more cards with you :)

Dream Time

Ok................................so as some of you told me off for mentioning the 'C' word in my last post I thought I'd share this card with you today using one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps called Poppy Wood, which is very far removed from anything remotely Christmassy - lol!!!

Main materials are as follows -
Hobby Art CS023D Anna's Collection/Just For You
Magnolia 12x12 paper Pink Magic Bubbles
Memory Box die - Madera Corner
Magnolia die - Doily Flower
Martha Stewart punches - Doily Lace edging punch
                                         Monarch Butterfly
                                         Hydrangea

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copics used:
Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair - E50, Y21, E55, E35
Flowers - Y02, R81, R85
Clothes - RV0000, R81, R83, R85, R89
Background - W1, W3, W5, G40, G82, BG90, RV0000, RV000, R81, R83

I'd like to enter this into the Sir Stampalot's Punches challenge.

In The Pink!

Oh my goodness!!!  The weeks are just flying by and we are nearly at the end of June which of course means that this coming weekend is The Craft Barn's Extravaganza!!!  I have been busy beavering away in preparation for this which is why I've been so quiet!!  I've managed to get a few sample cards done but still have some more to do.  I just LOVE this event as there is always such a lovely buzz around the place.  For those of you who are able to make it, please do come and say 'hello' - I shall be in the Day Centre which is the little room, around the back of the Community Centre.  I'll be demonstrating with some of the Gorjuss Girl stamps and Copic markers.

Talking of Gorjuss Girl stamps, today I have a Gorjuss Girl card to share with you featuring Daisy.

Other products used:
Hobby Art CS023D Anna's Collection/Just For You
Black Memento inkpad
White pigment inkpad and White Detail embossing powder
Magnolia 12x12 Bumble Bee paper
Memory Box - Madera Corner
Magnolia die - Doily Flowers
Nestabilities - Grand Labels One and Labels Seventeen
Martha Stewart punches - Monarch Butterfly and Hydrangea

All available from The Glitter Pot.

Copic Colours
Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair - E50, E53, E35, E57
Flowers - Y02, YR23, B000
Clothes - RV0000, R81, R83, R85, C1, C3, W1, W3, W5
Background - W1, W3, W5, BG90, BG93, RV0000, RV000, R81, 0 blender

I am soooooooooo in love with my Grand Calibur at the moment!!  It cuts all the Memory Box dies so cleanly without the need for any shims whatsoever. (I can't stop using it or buying Memory Box dies - LOL!!!)  Talking of dies as I used quite a few on this card I'd like to enter this into the current Allsorts challenge which is Any Die Will Do.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see some of you soon!!

Delightful Daisy

Helloooooooooooooo!!  Did you all have a good Jubliee Weekend?

First of all I must say thank you to all of you who came and stopped by my table last weekend - it was soooooooooooo lovely to see you all :)  Thankfully I had managed to finish all my cards and here is one of them -

For this card I used the Gorjuss Girl clear stamp set called Daisy which was coloured using Copics. The background paper is Magnolia (Pink Magic Bubbles) which I stamped and embossed using a white pigment inkpad and white detail  embossing powder using different stamps from the Hobby Art Just For You clear stamp set. 

Here's a closer look at Daisy for you.

The markers I used are as follows -

Skin E000, E00 E02, R20                                         

Hair C1, C7, C9

Flowers – Y21, YG23

Clothes – BG90, BG93, BG96, C1, C7, C9, Y21, W1, W3

Background – W1, W3, W5, BG90, G40, G82

Other products used and are available from The Glitter Pot are -

Nestabilities  - Labels Ten

Magnolia Die – DH004Leaf and Swirl

Martha Stewart – Deep Edger Punch/Floral Vine and Monarch Butterfly

Ribbon and self-adhesive pearls and crystals

Stardust and Tiara glitter glue

On Wednesday I popped out to The Craft Barn to pick up my products to use for their Extravaganza Weekend and you'll never guess what stamps I am using .............................................................................................................  GORJUSS GIRLS!!!!!  LOL!!!  They are different images to what I was using at The Glitter Pot though :)  

It looks as if there will be lots of Gorjuss Girl cards appearing here for a little while ;)