Sunrise.

Tibs asked me to create a sunrise card for Georgia, so I used the happy accident background I made and posted earlier on in the month. I think it looks very sunriseish!

Bye bye Iga!

Well, my Deputy leaves to go to Oxford uni this week, so here is the card I made for her. I hope she has a great time and I will miss her!

Framed!

Very tired & need to get up early tomorrow, so I will elaborate on the "how's" soon, but this is this weeks TMTA submission! x

4 x 4 Friday

This is my first time entering 4x4 Friday's challenge. Anything goes, as long as you stick to the theme & the 4" x 4" size rule. I really enjoyed working at this size, and I can see some of these pieces ending up on greetings cards! I have some old clock pieces I have been itching to use, so the Time challenge was ideal. I have also been having so much fun with Handmade papers that I used them as the main part of the piece. Should go down werll with Wednesday Stampers too!
Script stamp Graphicus, wathes CD's & free with Simply Stamping Magazine

Handmade mark 2

Well, I was going to try and sneak in a last minute entry over at Gothic Arches, but alas, I just didn't quite make it in time. This is my first arch attempt too! The background is mulberry paper splashed with alcohol inks, sprinkled with embossing powder and then stamped with a stamp set I got from a Pound store! The moon stamp is non sequitur, embossed in white on matt silver paper. I am submitting to Wednesday Stamper too, as I have used the mulberry paper. I'm quite happy with this first arch, but I'm especially pleased with how the moon turned out!

OK, I'm going to let you into a little secret. DON'T CLEAN YOUR BRAYER!! Well, not forever, but I get most of my backgrounds like this...
I use my brayer & Kaleidocolor ink pads a lot, and whenever I do, before I clean my brayer, I roll it over a piece of scrap card. Then I lightly pull a baby wipe down the length of the brayera couple of times, and roll it over another piece of scrap card. This results in some really beautiful effects, as shown here. Lovely background papers, for free! Try it and see. E-mail or post a comment if you have any questions. x

Man Oh Man!

This week's challenge on Think Monday Think ATC is Men. Strictly speaking, this is a boy, but I really like these Paper Artsy stamps, so this is my submission! You can't really see it on the scan, but the hat and coins are raised, decoupage style. The background is left over from cleaning my brayer....more to follow on that soon! Anyhoo, hope you like it! x

Handmade..

This weeks Wednesday Stamper challenge is to use Mulberry or Handmade paper, and was set by me! I am guilty of buying these beautiful papers and then not using them, and I admit to finding it a challenge! The handmade paper is torn and brushed with gold drawing ink. The stamps are Graphicus, the Three Kings inked with Kaleidocolor using a brayer. I embossed around the image with an embossing pen and gold powder. I am also pleased to have started my Christmas cards as I have calculated that it will take me a full working week to make them all!

Golden

Here is a Golden Anniversary card requested by our friend Suze. The stamps are from Katy's corner and, of course, Non Sequitur. She wanted something a bit different, but still with a traditional twist. So I kept the colours traditional, but went with a slightly oriental theme.