Too Much Happy

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm over at the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity with my project for our fun "Round and Round " challenge.

I started with some circus themed designer paper and fussy cut some tickets.

Then I stamped and cut out my dogs and balls from the Circus Dogs Set.

Then it was just a case of getting my dogs to balance on the balls at the same time as juggling, and holding a sign! Who's a clever boy then!

These are my lovely stamps.

Circus Dogs Set 

Too Much Happy

So it's over to you now. I'm sure you're full of ideas, so please link up and join in with our challenge. Please remember to use real stamps though, no digis allowed.

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

Pretty In Pink

Hello, I'm back again as it's also time for a new challenge at Lost Coast Designs. This time around the fun theme is Think Pink or Shades of Red, and to kick us off I've made a page for my Lost Coast journal.

I started by making my pink background with some Distress Inks.

Then I stamped my Winged Girl and Hope from the dictionary words. I used two different inks, but it turns out that they are both pretty much the same colour!

I've added glitter to her wings and the pillars.

Then stitched her into my album.

These are the stamps that I used.

Hope &

Winged Girl

Please pop across to the Portal for lots more inspiration, then join in with our fun challenge, what could be easier, just think pink!

Have a lovely week whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Unleash The Flying Monkeys

 Good morning and a very happy Thursday. Today I'm back across at the Lost Coast Designs Portal To Creativity with my second project for our Let's Fly challenge.

Nothing says flying quite like monkeys does it!

I started by making my background with Distress Oxides. I wanted a gray murky look like the black and white part of the Wizard of Oz. I've used mixed media paper so I dipped and dripped to my hearts content.

I stamped my monkeys on and off the page. Then I stamped them again, cut them out, coloured them, and layered them up.

Then added some interest by stamping in metallic paint.

These are my stamps, I've just used the tip of the hat and the boots for my 'Wicked Witch of the East'

Gnome Witch On Broom

Stone House

Cracked Grass and Sky

Flying Monkey (Carmen's Veranda)

So there we have it, the flying monkeys have been unleashed!

I hope that you're enjoying our challenge, and that you join in.

Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

 Good morning again from me! Here's another new challenge to play along with, this time it's Lost Coast Designs, and the theme is Let's Fly. Here's my first project. 

As soon as I stamped my steampunk gentleman this song started running through my head (probably because I'm very old lol) so I knew that it had to be my sentiment.

I started by making my background with some mixed media card and distress oxide inks.

Then I stamped my flying machines for placement. I wanted to just stamp the buildings but I wasn't happy where I'd stamped them. They were a little bit too low for my liking, but that can be fixed later.

I stamped my flying machines again and embossed them with bronze embossing powder. I also stamped my 'Magnificent Man' and coloured and cut him out. 

I typed up my sentiment and added it. I'm still not happy with the placement of those rooftops lol.

So I inked up another piece of card and re-stamped them. You know what this means - yep - fussy cutting - shoot me now!

Oh but I'm so much happier with it now! It's mad isn't it, it's just an album page, just for me, no one is ever going to see it (apart from you guys) but I had to put it right! I've also inked around the spires to add a bit of 'old London smog'

These are the stamps that I've used.

Steampunk Dirigible

Flying Car

Cityscape

I hope that you join in with our fun challenge! There's only 1 rule, the focus has to be on real stamping - no digis allowed!

So once again I wish you all a very Happy New Year, and thanks so much for looking xx

May Your Christmas Sparkle

Good morning and a very Merry Christmas! I hope that Santa has visited and that Rudolph has eaten his carrot!

 Today I'm over at the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity with my sparkly Christmas card for our Gnomes challenge.

I started by making my base. This is one piece of 12x12 card with the different coloured dots on either side.

And these are some of our fab new gnomes (though gnomes aren't just for Christmas!) I cut my Santa gnome twice as I wanted to layer him up.

Here he is, coming down the gnomey mushroom chimney

And all layered up and glittery.

Well would you believe it, the card fits perfectly into the envelope that I made last time lol.

For the card, I've used

Gnome Sleeping

Gnome Santa in Chimney

Mushroom House

and for the envelope

Mail Art

Christmas Lights (Carmen's Veranda)

That's me signing off for 2021, so have a very merry Christmas, and a happy and healthy new year. I'll see you all again in 2022 - PLEASE let it be a good one!

Christmas Mail Art

 Good morning and a very happy Wednesday. Today I'm over at the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity with my second Gnomes project.

This time I've decided to make an envelope for one of my gnomey Christmas cards.

I started by stamping my corner images, then I did a bit of masking (unheard of for me) and stamped my Christmas lights. All of the images have been coloured with my Prisma pencils as envelopes aren't as sturdy as card.

These are my lovely stamps, I've used

Gnome Sleeping

Gnome Santa In Chimney

Mail Art

Snowflakes Border and

Christmas Lights (Carmen's Veranda)

I hope you like it, and that you join in with our fun challenge. Please remember the golden rule - real stamps only, no digis!

Take care, and have a very happy week x

From Our Gnome To Yours

 Good morning and a very happy Monday. Our new challenge at Lost Coast Designs is 'Gnomes', so I've made a gnomey Christmas card.

This is a huge card, about 11 inches long (luckily it came with its own envelope)

I started by adding a piece of Craft Consortium to my card blank.

Then I stamped, coloured, and cut out my gnomes and houses. The sentiment has been printed from my computer onto vellum.

Then it was just a case of assembling my gnome village and adding some snow!

These are my lovely stamps. They are

Sunglasses Gnome

Three Gnomes and

Stone House

I hope you join in with our fun challenge and stamp out your gnomes!

Take care and have a very happy December x

It's A Wrap!

Good morning and a very happy Thursday - it's nearly the weekend yay!

Today I'm over at the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity, and for my second project for our 'It's A Wrap' project I made another gift bag. (In fact, I made this one first ) but this time I've stamped directly onto the bag.

 I started with a regular craft bag (these are so strong so perfect for presents) 

I began by splattering with watered down acrylic, then stamped the lovely Megans's Christmas Bird and Christmas Lights. The lights have been coloured with Posca pens, and the bird with Prisma pencils. I did get a bit carried away with the red pencil, but a Christmas Robin needs to be red right?

I'd be lost without my Misc Words, these two just finish off my bag perfectly.

These are the stamps that I used (I told you that I splattered paint)

Megan's Christmas Bird

Misc Words  and Carmen's Veranda

Christmas Lights

I hope you like it, and that you join in with our challenge this month. 

Take care and have a very happy day x