Today is the day!

Hello everyone today has finally arrived. It has taken a long time to get here, but today I am proud to announce I have designed my first set of Stencils which are now on sale. I also have a treat in store, some gorgeous makes by some very talented people who I'm sure you all know.

First we have Mike  and some ways you can play with him

 Now let's see what the very talented Bryan Evans has used him.

Next is Boho Jane 

 And here's the amazing Sam Butler and how she used her.

Next is Skellen 

Here's what both Sam and Bryan created first is Sam

And Bryan

Now we have Julie

And lastly Patterns 

Little clue there who will sharing her fabulous makes for us.

There you all 5

They can be purchased from my Etsy shop and soon at Country View Crafts and Handmade at Helen's 

Take care all 

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New Challenge at Country View Crafts

Hello everyone I do hope you are all well as we go into September, one of my favourite months. I just love the colours of Autumn with the the beautiful rich tones of red gold and brown. Today sees the start of a new challenge at Country View Crafts whose theme is Metal. When our lovely Miriam chose Metal I was full of images of rusty things. You know I love my Rust, but then I got to thinking that maybe something different would be more of a challenge.  

I'll show you what I did in a minute but first, don't forget if you win you will receive £20 to spend in the shop. Also my teamies have made some fabulous inspiration which is all too good to miss.

I decided to use embossing powder through a Stencil onto a metal card. I wanted to see how it would come out firstly, but secondly I knew the light would  give the card lots of lights and shadows. It would also look very different in natural light which you can see at the end of the post.

Initially the image couldn't be seen very well so I used Distress Crayons around the negative space. I really liked the affect of the waxy crayon on the metal.

In fact I liked it so much I took into the the face and scarf.

There were no contrasts, which for me currently doesn't work, so I added some detail around the eyes and a hint around the chin

which brought balance.

Look from a different angle 

And lastly all the tones are warmer on this last image as it was taken in sun.

I was quite happy with my experiment and look forward to using different mediums on the card to see what effects I can get

I hope I have inspired you to play along and enter this month's Challenge.

Oh by the way tomorrow's the day tic toc 

Take Care

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Garden Journal

Hello everyone today I'm over at Rubber Dance with a journal cover I made, here's a peep but all the details are over on the blog.

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Take care 

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Two for one

Hello friends and followers a very big welcome. If this is your first time here please click the follow button to ensure you do not miss out on news and freebies. 

Today I'm sharing two different faces, one in my journal which I took to Marta Łapkowska's workshop. The background is entirely inspired by her class, however the face is not. 

So here is 

In the Garden

Materials 

13@rts- chalk Ink sprays, Stencils 

Ranger- Distress inks

Paper Artsy - Fresco Acrylic Paint

And here is 

Butterfly in my Hair

This was inspired by the 1st challenge of ITAC 17 here's the link if you don't know what this is all about.

I went for a face which I drew with a black pencil, I added blue some printed letters and some washy tape also some stencilling.

Materials

13@rts Chalk ink Spray -  Stencils designed by Marta Łapkowska

Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers

Ranger Wooden alphabet Stamp designed by Tim Holtz.

Take care everyone 

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Today a Tag

Morning everyone today I'm over at Rubber Dance with some inspiration to get your creativity flowing.

You can read how I created this over on the blog 

See you all soon

Take care

Hugsxxx

Feathers

Morning everyone I'm over on Country View Crafts blog today with a card full of feathers. Hope you can pop over and have a look at all the inspiration this month. 

Here's what I did ( the colours are different because of poor light)

Distress Oxides smooched over the page

Feathers from Rubber Dance (Textured feathers) in blues and green archival ink

I mounted it onto a white card and added my sentiment 

A simple card but effective!

Take care 

Hugs