finished chunky cowl

good morning  all

  im nursing a pulled back and arm  went over on black ice this morning

i only went to close the gate felt silly as you do when you go over

never mind it could have been far worse..

i have been using up some of my wool stash and decided to knit a cowl in chunky wool

just finished it off so i can wear it today well worth it so warm and light

i knitted till all the wool was used ….it’s long enough to wrap round twice neck will be toasty now

if you have to go out in UK be careful on ice

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

Birthday card

Good evening to you all

wow what a day DT stuff all boxed ready for the off tomorrow

fingers crossed they can get here

snow is melting so hopefully will be fine 

the little Strawberry Kisses i painted the other day has finally got made into a card

i added some crushed glass glitter to the shoe matted onto gold mirri then onto some glitter card with a touch of ribbon

it has to go through post so wanted to keep it simple im shattered  feel as if i have done a work out!!

anyway i hope you have all had a good day

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

good afternoon sunday

hi everyone how you doing ?

a very quick post today as im digging myself out

well have been just come in to get warm and have a hot drink

then off up to mums to start again on her paths lovely job not!!!

got lots to do and time is running out...

hey ho !

i hope you are having better luck with the weather

stay safe keep warm... if im not too shattered will share a card with you all later this evening

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

New Fuchsia stamp meets E craft

a little crafting project

i  had so much fun playing with the new fusion stamp from Sheena Douglass

i first stamped onto some Irish linen with momento ink using 2 of the fuchsia flowers

then sent it through my e craft to cut the heart shapes from fundamentals 1 design card in 3 different sizes

the largest is 5”

middle size 3-1/2”

smallest  2”

once filled with wadding i decorated with ribbon and flowers makes a very pretty gift

thank you for popping by today 

hugs linda xxx

sneaky peep day 2 new fusion stamps

good morning  to you all

here is the Lilac  stamp from the new Sheena Douglass Fusion range

another fantastic stamp so versatile

i had so much fun with this card i threw everything at it…

distress ink and embossing resist on background in white and gold embossing powders

then fusion the lilac finally over embossed with more gold

i rubbed some of the acrylic paint away to reveal the embossing underneath on the fusioned painted leaves

added the punched paper strip with gold mirri card and buttons

you could say an eclectic Victorian style card   lol

hope you approve

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx 

very naughty Sneaky peep New Fusion Stamps from Sheena Douglass

hi everyone good evening to you all

im being very naughty but had such a full on day here  feel a bit jaded ..i thought i would give you an early sneaky peep

ssssssssh don’t tell !

 Sheena Douglass is bringing out some new Fusion Stamps

launch of the pick of the week will be next Friday the 10th

so not long to wait

here is one of them  Fuchsia

this was painted  a few weeks ago its on water colour card stock 8”x8”

the flowers are a purply colour but the camera decided it like the petals blue for some strange reason

i did a background with the glimmer mist  and a little  bit of  grass  effect with acrylics

then randomly stamped the leaves and flowers  painted with acrylics added a few dots of  glossy accents

to add another texture… these new stamps are just beautiful

i loved doing this one i really wanted to keep it … was good i did send it off with my other samples

but then i have got the stamps so can do as many as i like lol ….

i will be sharing more samples over the week

once i get the show times i will let you all know it’s one not to be missed

right off to hide lol have a great evening

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

bunches of love

good afternoon to you all

im sending you all bunches of love today

this little image is from the Popcorn stamp range from Crafters Companion

done in water colour paints

perfect for valentine day / mothers day well if im honest any occasion

just change the colours of the flowers

it’s still freezing here so thought i would paint him in spring colours to add

a little brightness to the cold miserable weather we are getting at the moment

im afraid even with heating on full pelt it’s darn cold here

im doing a very good impression of a Yeti sooooo many layers lol

but must be thankful still no snow as of yet…

anyway enough of my ramblings more DT stuff to tackle so  have a good day

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

My Boy

just when you thought it was safe

good evening everyone

i have just finished for the day

while im waiting for dinner to cook had to paint this little fellow

it’s going to be my eldest son’s birthday card so  very appropriate i think

another of the Strawberry Kisses range from  Crafters Companion

called My Boy

done in water colours

just got to find the backing papers to make it into a card now

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

Party Animal in water colour

im in love!!!! lol

had to paint this little image yep another strawberry kisses stamp

from Crafters Companion

done yet again in water colours onto crafters companion water colour card stock.

this one took a little longer to paint as i wanted to get some dimension into the shoe

i am very pleased with how it’s turned out

just have to wait for it to dry then can add some sparkle to the shoe

every girl need some sparkle…

hope you approve im going to have to get me some more of these little cuties

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

Strawberry kisses in water colour

good afternoon to you all

the sky is clear blue it looks lovely but wow is it cold!!!

so i thought have a play with one of my strawberry kisses stamps

this one is Birthday Kisses from Crafters Companion

ain’t she sweet !

i thought right lets see how long this will take to paint so i sat down got ready and Hello !!

done in next to no time lol ……so much for a painting session so darn easy

the kitten was hardly touched with colour just some shadows and a little pink here and there

i only used 3 colours  alizarin crimson cobalt blue and yellow ochre on the crafter companion water colour card stock

the water colour card was still wet as i took the picture so looks bumpy in places but it will flatten out once dry

it’s my sister in laws birthday soon so this will do perfectly for her card

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx