Saturday, 31 October 2020
Glitter Birds on Floral Spray Tag
1) Add sewing or embroidery thread or fibres; 2) Fussy Cut and attach something; 3) Green; 4) Add glitter. As you will see, I used all four.I started by adding the top layer of a paper towel that had been used to mop up ink to a #8 manilla tag. I used matte medium to glue and seal the paper towel and then dried thoroughly and trimmed the excess. The ink was mostly green so that fulfils prompt 3. Next, I stamped the Clarity bird row onto book paper in Sepia Versafine ink and glued it to some stencil card. I fussy cut the birds ready to add to the tag (prompt 2). Using a stamp platform and Onyx Black Versafine ink, I added Tina’s original Floral Spray to the tag. Three of the fussy cut birds were then added. To fulfil prompt 1, I added some French knots to the small flowers at the bottom using Madeira metallic thread. I added some hot pink glitter to the birds to go with the French knots, fulfilling prompt 4. To finish, I added one of Leonie’s word stickers.
Friday, 30 October 2020
Birds and Flower Row Rice Paper on Canvas Board
Thursday, 29 October 2020
Clean and Simple Spotlight Birthday Card
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
WOYWW 595: Chilling Out
Morning fellow deskers and welcome to the weekly contribution to Julia's link up over at Stamping Ground for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.
My desk is set up ready for my daily contribution to #inktober2020. I still usually do a pencil underdrawing before going in with the ink. I have been enjoying half term, relaxing, watching TV and Netflix and some occasional crafting. All my samples made it in time so I will be looking out on air on Friday, Sunday and Monday to see if any get shown.I had a day off from crafting on Sunday but had a fun time Monday making this 3D piece for a Halloween challenge (see HERE for details if interested). Unfortunately Eva has not been able to visit as we went into tier 2 at the start of half term so no mixing indoors!Here are the last week's worth of Inktober contributions. I can't believe that there are only three more prompts after today. I may have to participate in the weekly challenge in 2021. It has been very relaxing starting each day with a quick sketch.
I am really looking forward to our Zoom get together for the 600th WOYWW in December. Stay safe and happy WOYWW everyone.
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Halloween Vignette Coffin Tray
Monday, 26 October 2020
Layers on Layers: Oxides, Archival inks and Gold Embossing
This is one of my most popular blog posts and looking back one of my favourite projects too. I wanted to use a layering technique on a card, using Distress Oxides for the base layer. At the time, I had also received the
fabulous Peacock and Peacock Feathers stamps designed by Linda Williams
for Claritystamp and wanted to see how the new extra fine line art
worked with embossing powders. The results were amazing and the photos
really don't do the card justice!
Sunday, 25 October 2020
Pretty Poppet Projects
I thought I'd collect all my projects using the Pergamano Poppets designed by Marina Fedotova into one place. They are so pretty and are also available printed on parchment.
Saturday, 24 October 2020
New Home Pop-Out Card
Friday, 23 October 2020
A Wreath within a Wreath: A Christmas Card
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Mandala Madness
As Clarity has recently released the Mandala designs from Tina Cox as Groovi plates, I thought it would be a good opportunity to gather all my stamp samples into one place. They are beautiful designs whether used in part or in their entirety.
They are great for masculine cards. You will find the step by step for this project HERE.They look greaton stampboard (see HERE for details).They can be used for all occasions with a change of colour scheme (see HERE).See HERE for the step by step.Wednesday, 21 October 2020
WOYWW 594: Countdown to Half Term
Back for another sharing of the desk and linking up with WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?) courtesy of our weekly host Julia at Stamping Ground. I must admit to counting down the days until half term now. I am so ready for a break from work.
My desk shows me getting ready for my daily #inktober2020 drawing as that is what I do each morning. You can see Monday and yesterday's offerings in the sketchbook that I keep especially for these sketches. I can't show you anything else at the moment as i am busy making samples for three different Clarity shows, ready for posting at the weekend. I will share the #inktober drawings that I have done since last week in case you are interested.The open evening/Saturday went well and the Saturday counts as one of our twilight training seesions for this year so that is good. It may be the weekend before I manage to visit, sample making dependent. Stay safe and Happy WOYWW everyone.