A Carabelle Play Day

Good morning and happy Friday. Earlier in the week I had a play day, just for fun, except for the tidying up, and this is what I made. 

I'd watched Leonie on Hochanda using an A4 stamp, so decided that it was time to ink mine up.

Never before been inked, but I'll show you an after picture later!

I started by making a background with Deco Art Premium Acrylics, and some Carabelle (Kate Crane) stamping plates.

I put too much paint on this one but I did like it and will use parts of it.

I have lots of different brands of stamps, and they are all kept in their own storage boxes, so I decided to stick with Carabelle for my stamping. These are all going somewhere in the background.

Along with these, and many more that got chosen as I went along.

This is why I never throw the scraps away! 

I thought I had lots more photos, but THIS is what I used, and this is only my work table, you should see the other two! There's lots of stencilling with Kate's stencils, and Viva Decor and Izink texture pastes which I really like, and for the eagle eyed amongst you, yes, this is what happened to my huge stamp...

I admit it, my name's Sue, and I'm addicted to my stamping platform! Yup I looked at my stamp and there was a place where I could cut through  - I promise no butterflies were harmed, and both pieces can now go on my TH platform separately.

There's lots of texture and crackle going on that you can't really see here.

 I also got a bit carried away with the stitching!

We're still a little bit in between indoor and outdoor photographs here, but I do like it, and it fills an A4 page. I really enjoyed my play day (or 2 or 3) and it was good to finally ink some stamps.
I'm entering my page into the Stamping Sensations All Things Bright and Beautiful challenge.

Have a happy weekend, and thanks very much for looking x

A Grand Day (Weekend) Out

Good afternoon and happy Monday! I recently went on a fun weekend crafting retreat Mixed Media Mayhem with the wonderful Kate Crane and Mark Gould. It was a day with each of them, and this is what I made.

This was made with DecoArt media and some gorgeous 7 Gypsies papers. I may have enough papers to set up my own shop, but now I have some more! Mark made the stars himself, 2 for everyone on a 2 day retreat, mmm sounds like fun!

On Kate's day we made a mini album. Again all the paints and mediums are from DecoArt.

This is one of the signatures.

This is the inside.

There are spaces left for photographs

This was a great weekend, two very different tutors and projects. Mark's was finished on the day, and Kate's will be played with and added to over the coming weeks. I also met some of my blogging buddies which was fun.

Thanks to Kate, Mark, and Sharon for organising, and also DecoArt and 7 Gypsies for the materials.

Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x