A Bit Of A Do!!!

Despite a pretty shaky start to the new year with my health problems I have to say that this is turning into one heck of a smashing year. We've had the birth of Ruby and last night DS phoned to let me know that he and DDIL have set the date for their wedding. I am so happy I could burst (hooey......that would be messy....lol!!!).
They don't want a big fussy affair so it will just be family at the actual ceremony and then a 'do' for friends and relations later in the day.
The date is November 5th and I am excited already.

Spending this morning in the kitchen baking and then this afternoon I shall be upstairs and will hopefully be back later with something I have made.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Even Brighter Colours!!!

WOW........bit of a bright one tonight.
More of my inky backgrounds. These are all pigment inks on gloss card again spritzed with Isopropyl to help them set and then buffed with tissue to remove any ink that hasn't dried. This leaves some amazing patterns sometimes.
The flowers are stamps by a company called Imaginations which I have had for years. I don't think the company is around any more but if anyone knows differently please let me know as I used to have a list as long as my arm of their stamps that I wanted.
The sun is a Sizzix die and once again the sentiment is a Penny Black stamp.........although I did miss a huge chunk out of it and had to go over it with a pen.....lol!!!

Don't know where I got my energy from this morning but I spent most of the morning mucking out Manic Towers. The windows are twinkly, the utility room is looking pretty tidy and I have cleared the rubbish from under the kitchen sink in preparation for the plumber who is coming to fit my new sink and tap in the morning.
When we did the kitchen thirteen years ago we had what I call a plastic sink which probably has some posh name.......I don't recall.....and I have hated it for twelve years and three hundred and sixty four days......give or take the odd Leap Year.
Tomorrow we are going back to good old stainless steel......yay!!!

I've had a nice soak in the bath and started to watch a film with hubby and DD. It's The Wolfman and it's pretty dire so I am off upstairs to get my stuff ready for work tomorrow.

Toodle-oo for now.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-

Bright Colours....For A Change!!!

Today I have been using some of the inky backgrounds I made earlier in the week.
I have quite a collection of one inch pigment ink cubes that I very rarely use so they have been swooshed onto gloss card and spritzed with Isopropyl alcohol, rubbed down and sanded and I have some really nice pieces ready for stamping on.
The flower stamp is Magenta and the sentiment stamp Penny Black.

I have also been playing with some ideas for the festive season as we will have a Christmas in July all day workshop next month and my tidy desk that was......well it ain't any more.......lol!!!

Went into town this morning to see if I could get some sandals as my feet have been so hot. Well that was the plan but two tops and two pairs of leggings fell into my arms as well. Wish I had won the lottery last night as Evans have some really gorgeous stuff in at the moment.

Hubby is watching Robin Hood......again. I have seen it so many times I think I know the script so I am passing on it tonight and having a browse round t'internet for a while then I'll see what IPlay has to offer.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Wine Label!!!

Another card done with the Wine Label stamp set from Creative Expressions.
Background papers are from the Paris Nights collection by g.c.d Studios. Fabulous double sided papers.
So just very simple for this one. Images are stamped onto cream card and dusted over with black chalk.
The middle panel is not quite that white.......it's just the way the light is hitting it.

Had a fabulous hour last night sloshing ink and noxious liquids about to create some gorgeous backgrounds to stamp on. It was just what I needed.

Came home from work today with rather a lot of new goodies. Tim Holtz dies and embossing folders. I finally have the bird cage and the butterfly......yay!!! Need to have a day to myself to have a play with those.

So looking forward to next Friday as a certain little girl called Ruby Doodle is coming to spend the day with grandma and aunty DD. We are hoping to take her out to Bridgemere if it's a nice day.
Then Sunday we are off to the air show at RAF Cosford. We've not been for a few years so I am looking forward to that too.
But before I get to those two pleasurable events I am afraid that I am going to be working hard on some designs for a Christmas in July workshop plus some projects for our full day workshop at the end of June.......busy, busy, busy.

Right I am off for a browse and then I want to try and finish my book. I am reading Caroline's Sister by Sheila O'Flanagan at the minute and thoroughly enjoying it.....as I do all of her books.

Nighty night.
Sheila-x-

Drunken Chalks!!!

How gorgeous is this stamp?
This is from another set by Creative Expressions as is the sentiment.
I have used the Drunken Chalks technique to create the background and then stamped the images in Stazon.
The dragonflies are glittered although that doesn't show too well in the picture.

Despite being quite busy in the shop today I managed to get a couple of cards made and cut up the stuff for the class on Thursday. I was quite chuffed with myself.
Amazed myself even more when I got home........I cleared my desks totally and now have acres of bare space to muck up again......lol!!!
All the stuff I use most of the time is neatly stacked in trays on my desk and what's the betting that I won't be able to find anything when I go up tomorrow.....lol!!!

Thanks for dropping by
Sheila-x-