Nice Day Turned Horrible!!!

Had a fantastic day at the shop today.....a tad warm for me perhaps but boy was it busy. Hubby picked me up from Debs and had to give me the bad news that our darling Smudge had been attacked by two dogs while he was out for a walk and had to be rushed off to the vets. He has staples in his poor little bottom and is looking very sorry for himself at the moment. He's getting lots of cuddles and kisses......and absolutely loving it. I don't know how on earth we will get his antibiotics down him when he starts them tomorrow as he can sniff out a tablet at fifty paces and it's a devil of a job to get him to take them once he realises what it is.

I've had to do a quick card design for my class tomorrow as I realised that the lady who is coming has already done one of the techniques we are covering. We are going to be using brayers so I have just done a simple Versamark Resist technique for the background and brayered with Adirondack inks. It looks a bit black in the picture but the colours are actually blues and greens.
Stamps are Elusive Images.
Getting a bit excited as we are expecting delivery of the Dreamkutz this week. I've been wanting one since I got my Bind It All so I am one happy bunny.
Well that's all my news for today so I shall get off and do a bit more stamping before bed time. I just hope I can sleep with this heat.....it seems hotter than ever today.
Night night
Sheila-x-

Normal Service Will Soon Be Resumed!!!

Sorry for the lack of posts since Wednesday. I have been very busy with work both my own and at the shop and I am trying in between all this to sort my son out ready for moving at the end of the month. I am trying to kit him and his GF out with as much stuff as I can for the kitchen so lots of cupboard sorting going on.
You might be pretty glad that I am not around much as this warm weather has turned me into a right grumpy old bat and all I want to do is sleep.
Sorry to all you sun lovers but...........roll on winter!!!
Hope to be back tomorrow.
Bye for now.
Sheila-x-
Ooooops nearly forgot to say a huge thanks to everyone who e mailed me to let me know where I could get the Scor-Pal in the UK. You guys are fab.

Tanda Teaser-Initial Reaction!!!

Well I don't know where the last week has gone I'm sure but it has come round to my turn to set the Tanda Teaser Challenge .
Many thanks to Wendy and to the ladies who entered for last week.
This weeks challenge is called 'Initial Reaction' and is all about using letters on your cards.
Visit the TandaStamps blog for more information and details on how to join in.

For my card I have used the TandaStamps Beyond Wonderland Alphabet having left the plate whole to use for backgrounds rather than cutting it into single letters.I have stamped this using Versafine in Majestic Blue and embossed with clear powder.
I then used Adirondack inks in Lettuce and Denim which I applied using a baby wipe and while this was still wet I spritzed with Moonglow Glitz Spritz in Desert Moon Cactus Gold which I sealed with hairspray once dry.
I have used two sizes of my own initial handcut from chipboard.
The larger one was coloured using Encore Gold Metallic Ink and then triple embossed adding a sprinkle of Cobalt Blue and Gold embossing powders to give a marbled effect.
The smaller one was coloured using Majestic Blue Versafine and then triple embossed adding a sprinkling of gold embossing powder.
I then layered onto a cream pearl card and added fibres and flowers for embellishments.

Come along and join in. The challenge is open to anyone whether or not you are a stamper.
Have fun
Sheila-x-

Grungy, Inky Celtic!!!

Felt the need to give the cupcakes a rest today......nice as they are a grungy girl like me can have a bit too much of the glitz and glitter. So right at the other end of the scale I decided to do something with inks and paints and to get out my TandaStamps Celtic Set 2 which were still brand new.
I started off with the smaller blue and green background and used a piece of mountboard. I cut the edges to look vaguely like an old sort of document shape and then added StazOn midnight blue to give a dark background for the US Art Quest Jewelz watercolours Spring Green and True Blue which I squooshed around with paintbrush before adding just a little touch of Brilliant Gold. I then smacked it about a bit with the steak hammer to distress it.......lol!!!
Once dry I overstamped it using the TandaStamps Beyond Wonderland alphabet plate which I have left as a complete plate for doing backgrounds with rather than cutting it into single letters and I also stamped a small piece of another image from the Celtic set.
The larger background has been coloured with the same paints in assorted coppers and bronzes with a touch of blue and green. While it was still wet I added a sprinkling of embossing powders in Moonglow.......Fiddlehead Fern Green Blue and Midnight Sapphire Obsidian along with plain gold which I then heated.
Celtic image was stamped and embossed in gold, painted with the blue and green paints and then finished with a coat of tea dye varnish.
Once everything was dry I wrapped the smaller piece with some fibres before mounting the Celtic image and layered everything together onto a navy blue card.
Hope you like it.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Funny Kind Of Day!!!

It's been a funny kind of day today. The sky has been a very odd colour and threatening rain but we never got any. I was expecting thunder as I had one of those heads you get........not a headache as such but a heavy feeling that feels like it's going to turn into one.

I've not really settled to much and have just been finishing off some odd things and then making samples for the shop with the cupcake stamps. The inspiration for the black, pink and lime card came from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts although I have changed it a bit to make it into a card that will stand rather than how it was shown as that was more like an invitation type design.

Now I have to sort out the cards which will be going down to the local shop tomorrow as it is stocking up day.

That's about it really except I would just like to thank Andrea for leaving me the message regarding the Scor-Pal board. I think I will just order it from the US when funds allow......could be an early Christmas pressie from DH...lol!!!

Bye for now

Sheila-x-