Artistic????

Hi there......

She here..........I thought it was about time that I got painty and messy!!!!

I love making Tags!!! And I have lots of cardboard to recycle, so I thought I'd combine the two! I pulled off some of the top layer of cardboard to expose the 'corrugated' bits...I've used paint dabbers in various colours......I use 'dabbers' in the loosest terms....my dabbers don't dab so I just chuck everything onto my craft mat and generally just make a mess!! I've used cut n dry foam, a baby wipe and my finger to apply!

The stamps used are my most favourite set of all .......'Imagine It' by Donna Downey for Unity. I've used paint to stamp directly on the Tag and then Black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder for the sentiment....which is on an off cut of pearlescent cream paper which has been embossed and the paints smudged over....

All that was needed to finish was my favourite punched flowers and Black card candi.......Lots of favourites!!! I had a really good time making this...........

Thanks for looking, I'll see you soon........







She xx

Insightful Meadows....

Hi there....

I thought I'd have a little break from making my Christmas cards.....regular readers will know of my ongoing love affair with Donna Downey stamps and especially one of my most favourite and the first one that I bought....'Insightful Meadows'

I started with a couple of pieces of Ivory Pearlescent card, made a small square-ish card and cut a matt. I coloured the base card with some Big 'N' Juicy inkpads from my stash...sadly forgotten..but will be used more in future!! and then over-stamped the flowers and clear embossed. The sentiment was first stamped in black and then the flowers over-stamped and it was embossed and the background coloured. All that it needed then was a small matt. a couple of little butterflies and some pearls...

Thanks for looking, I'll see you again soon....

She xx

Smiles.....

Are Proof of Everyday Miracles.....

Hello again.

Today I have a little card to share that I made a while ago, using one of my very favourite stamp sets by Donna Downey.....'Insightful Meadows'  All of Donna's designs for Unity are fantastic and this is the first one I bought and still a favourite....

I coloured the base card with Distress Inks and used another favourite Donna set for the stamped background...'Imagine It'.....The main image is just stamped and clear embossed and then red spots dotted about with one of my glitter pens. I've coloured it with different Distress Inks and doodled round the edge. A bit of ribbon and a couple of gems finish it off.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.....

She xx

Really Inky!!!

that's what my fingers are.....

Hi there! I have a Tag to share with you today...it's ages since I've played with Tags and you really don't want to see the state of my fingers...Just hope it comes off in the shower later!!!

I started by colouring the base Tag, which is Gloss card. I used 'Inkabilities' inks just put onto my craft sheet, sprayed with water and then I swiped my tag around in it...It created the lovely drips!

I used my most favourite stamp set 'Imagine It' designed by Donna Downey.

I stamped the Scroll with a Red StazOn then over-stamped in Black. I then threw clear embossing powder over it all...Not everything was still wet, so it gave a nice uneven look to it. I do uneven really well....I couldn't even cut the Tag straight!!!! The sentiment was just stamped and embossed on a piece of card dipped after the main tag, so it's a bit lighter...

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon...

She xx