All Hearts Tree Scene

The nested square embedders make great masks as well as providing a crisp finishing touch to a card.

Twinkle Candle Chandelier

I decided to add stamping to a gel print to create the background to this card.  Holographic embossing powder and glitter card also seemed to be the order of the day.

All Hearts Come Home for Christmas

The third part of Linda Williams' Christmas Compendium release includes this lovely stamp set and verse.  I decided to add some variety by having the line art in white and colouring with watercolour pens.

WOYWW 750: What A Milestone

 Congratulations on the 750th edition of WOYWW thanks to Julia (and Jan) at Stamping Ground.  I am here today to join in and share my desk.

These are just some of the Clarity stamps that I bought from the estate sale where I got the project folder shown last week.  All older stamps mostly discontinued now. 

I went for my Covid jab and a hair cut yesterday - not at the same time obviously.  I had tested myself on Friday as I was kept up all night with a nasty cough.  Saw the Doctor Friday morning and am taking cough medicine four times a day as a result - to return in two weeks if no better.

In school on Saturday morning as it is our annual open morning for prospective parents.  Only a week and a half to go to the holidays!  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

#inktober2023: The First Half

 I am using the prompts for #inktober2023 for my #dailydrawing2023 challenge.  Here is a round up of the first half of the month.

I went with the Dodge Ram badge.

Used for opening letters.

Happy Birthday Stencil Background

I finally got round to using the Clarity Club stencil from June this year and used part of it to create this birthday card.

Die cut a frame ina piece of Clarity stencil card using the second largest nested square heart doodle aperture frame-its die.

Mask off inside the frame using low tack tape.

Lay the June 2023 Clarity club stencil (#109) into the centre with the leaves showing only. Draw round the leaves and into the apertures with a black Posca pen.

Colour in the leaves using black Pitt artist pen.

Replace the stencil and blend French Ultramarine Archival ink into the centre of the masked off frame.

Add the mini script stencil and blend Seafarer Archival ink through it in places.

Replace with the mini dot wave stencil and add further French Ultramarine ink through it in several places.

Replace with one of the small Mandala stencils and add Pink Peony archival ink in the same manner. Remove the masking.

Add Happy Birthday into the corner in Black Soot Distress Archival ink using the KISS Bijou ribbon sentiment.

Die cut the topper using the 6” nested squares die and a mat from Indian Summer companion paper using the corresponding picot die.

To finish, mat up the topper and add it to the front of a 7” x 7” white card blank.

Another Retirement Card

The final retirement card for the end of the last academic year.