Floral Forest: Mineral Powders over Gel Medium

I wanted to try out some of my recent Pentart purchases with some new stamps and stencils from Claritystamp.  For a change, I also decided to work on black card.

A Clean and Simple 21st Birthday Card with a Perfect Repeat Frame

I took the decision not to add 21 to the front of this card even though it was for a young man's special birthday.  I felt that the layout would be unbalanced if I did so.  Instead I stamped a message inside the card.  I used the Tim Holtz stamp platform to create the frame around the outside to get a perfectly even placement.

One Layer Birthday Card

This is the last card that I made for the stamps launched last weekend as a one day special on Hochanda.  It looks multi layered, but in fact is only one layer thanks to the use of the masks which come with Tina's Summer Layering Stamps (both circles and squares) from Claritystamp.

Up Above the Streets and Houses: A Rainbow Canvas

I made this canvas board as a sample for Claritystamp using some of Leonie's stencils, but it fits the March mini mission prompt over on Mission Inspiration: Up Above the Streets and Houses, Rainbow Flying High.

WOYWW 513: Short and Speedy

Short and Speedy: the last week and my blog post today.  I spent yesterday morning finishing samples ready for the launch of some new stamps and stencils on Sunday afternoon (2pm-4pm on Hochanda if you are interested).

I can show you how I started my last sample as I used an older stamp set with the new ones, so can't get into trouble for this shot lol.  If you want to see how it turned out, you will have to wait until Sunday when I will share the step by step.

Eva and I managed a crafty session together last Thursday.  She was busy getting into the groove with parchment.  Exam season is starting now, so it is unlikely that we will manage another get together any time soon.
Please visit The Stamping Ground, where you will find out more about WOYWW and the annual crop which takes place this year in Shrewsbury on 1st June.  In 7 weeks this blog link up will be celebrating its 10th birthday! Thank you Julia and all my desking friends.

Thanks a Bunch Tag: Turning One Stamp Into Two!

This tag was made for the launch of Tina's Layering Stamps over the weekend.  I decided to remove one of the rectangle panels from its frame to create the background.  It was easy to do and gives me more flexibility with the stamp.

Layers of Heat Embossed Texture on a Birthday Card

I made this sample for the introduction of Leonie's Circus stencils last Friday on Hochanda.  It was the first time that I had used the Clarity Kraft card blanks to work with and I was impressed with the quality and the way that they stood up to multiple heat embossing.