Playing with some of my new craft Goodies

Hi there everyone

as i said yesterday taking it easy again

why not it’s a holiday weekend

so what arrived in my post yesterday

LOTV Christmas stamps

my new Die’sire (Grace Frame)  from Crafters Companion 

Bridal White satin ribbon from the Ribbon Shop

here is what i came up with

stamped onto Neenah coloured with my Spectrum Noirs

a very simple looking card  but so easy to to do when you have lots of card to make

here are the Spectrum Noirs colour i have used

GB1- GB3- GB6- GB8- GB11 EB4- EB8  for the bear

EB1- EB2 CR11- DR5- DR7 for robin

GG1- GG2- GG3 -blender pen for shadow on snow

its raining but who cares

off to enjoy the rest of my break have a great day everyone

thanks for popping by

hugs linda xxx

Friday is here

So are you ready for the

August bank Holiday Weekend over here in UK

ha ha weather as per normal is going to be pretty bad so we are told nothing new there then

so  my second card for Sara from Crafters Companion TV show

over in Germany

using the Poppy and Daisy Stamp  from Sheena Douglass

and the sets of 6 pens the  Reds

a very quick card  stamped onto Neenah and just a touch of the Grey Greens on stems and daisy

you could coloured the poppies in with different colours from the spectrum noir pen sets

there are more other  poppies out there than just the reds

  matted onto red  holographic card then black card stock from my stash

i also coloured the pearls and ribbon with my pens to match

im having a steady day here today was very tired last night 

slept like a log so i really needed to recharge my battery

i hope you all have a lovely weekend what ever you have planned

thank you so much for popping by

hugs linda xxx

good morning everyone

  set myself a challenge for this card

Sara from Crafters Companion is doing a TV show

over in Germany early in September show casing the Spectrum Noir Pens

she asked some of the DT if we could make some cards using

just the pens in the 6 packs and a selection of stamps  how can you say no…. Sara is a sweetie…

i choose to use the Sheena Douglass

Natures Accomplishment  stamp and the

pale hue with brown grey set of pens

had no idea how it was going to turn out

once i had found all the colours i had to work with

i decided to go with an early evening feel  with the sun light coming from the left im really pleased with how it turned out 

it’s surprising you can make some fab cards just using limited colours i must try to do more

but as you know i love my colour lol ….

i stamped on to Neenah matted and layered onto a pre printed paper i had from my stash core-dination and a touch of gingham ribbon

my grand daughter Sophia is over for the day so its back to children's TV and games till later

have a great day everyone

thank you for popping over

hugs linda xxx

The Next Best Thing in water colours paints

Good Morning Everyone

i just love this image from Just Inklined CD

in-fact that is just where i need to live 

 the cottage of my dreams

mind you it would have to be big enough to store all my craft stuff lol

i printed off the digi image with sentiment  in Scrap book Artist

onto

 Crafters Companion Water Colour Card

if your printer will take this type of card do try water colours

i do have to heat set my card stock after printing so that the ink doesn’t run if im going to use water colours

i  painted  it with a little travelling box set of Windsor and Newton water colour paints  i have missed doing water colouring  must do more i do enjoy watching a picture come to life...

matted onto a complimentary piece of Core-dination card

onto a A4 folded Card Blank finished off with a tiny gingham bow

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

The Next Big Thing

i have to say

i wish i had got this CD  from Just Inklined way before now

crammed full of Digi  Images

and lots more in-fact far too much for me to mention

i will be using this CD a lot .....there is a digi for every single occasion you could think of

so here is a card using just 1 of the  Digital images on there

isn’t this a super image

i wanted  a very simple card layout

took it into Scrap Book Artist as i wanted to add the sentiment

coloured in with my Spectrum Noir Pens onto Neenah card

matted and layered onto Core-dination card stock

from Crafters Companion

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

so blooming cross

hi there everyone 

im spitting feathers here

spent most of the day yesterday doing samples that i was going to drop off at the

Great British Craft Festival

only to find that  with over crowding  and air con breaking …they had decided to not sell on the day ticket

for today

people were being turned away even with tickets

my word i would have been so angry if they had done that to me

so there i sat last night kicking a cushion  very disappointed i had to cancel my travel arrangements

we were supposed to be going for a day out my son his wife grand daughter and myself

now bare in mind my son does not do or get crafting at all he thinks im totally bonkers playing with card

and even he was disappointed

so big thumbs down

to 

Great British Craft Festival

piss up in a brewery more like

mind you i bet they couldn’t get that right either………..

sorry i don’t normally rant about these sort of things but when you have spent weeks organising  and making plans

looking forward to a day out 

i would have been sat in traffic jams and no ticket

i would have exploded ….

hugs linda xxx