Inky Bauble Branch!!!

Tonights card is just a very simple resist technique.
The image by Papermania has been stamped onto gloss card with Versamark ink and dried before brayering with ink from a Big and Juicy pad.
Once matted I have added tiny spots of Stardust Stickles.

Had a lovely class this morning, the ladies gave me a beautiful plant as a leaving gift and I had other visitors coming in to say goodbye.
Deb.....I am so sorry I missed you. Thank you so much for the lovely card.......I can assure you that the ferrets will be well cared for......lol!!!

I thought Deb and I were going to be camping at the shop tonight. We got into the car to come home, Deb started the engine and something went with an almighty bang. Deb phoned the AA and I phoned DD to ask her to come up and wait with us to see if the AA man could fix whatever was wrong. Luckily he could and had finished five minutes after arriving.......it was a clip on the clutch which had come off and thankfully not the actual clutch gone and we were soon on our way home.

Off to watch a couple more episodes of SVU with DD before turning in so I'll say goodnight.

Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-

More From The Vintage Stash!!!

Isn't this bird image beautiful?

I love that it is printed onto acetate and I have fixed it to the front panel of this Joy Fold card with Glossy Accents and then highlighted the berries with the same.

Paper is gcd Studios.
Now I am a bit puzzled by this paper collection Joyful Peace by gcd studios as it is identical to the Silent Night collection by Papermania. How can two companies have the same papers available. I only discovered this when I was looking for paper with a particular shade of red so I got out both collections to compare the colours. Low and behold not only were the colours identical but the patterns were too. Very odd indeedy.

Had a slight trauma today over the icing for the small traditional cake for the top of the cake stand for the wedding. I phoned a cake decorating shop to check if they had ivory ready to roll icing and yes they did but by the time we had travelled up there to buy some they had sold out which made the half hour we sat in a traffic jam more annoying than it would normally have been. I ended up buying white icing and a dye thingy to colour it. I am not over confident about it as I have never decorated this sort of cake before...never mind coloured icing. Wish me luck.

The evening has been better as DD and I had a very simple tea in front of the tv watching Law and Order SVU.
Now she has gone to pick Mr Manic up from work and I am off upstairs to pack a bag for work tomorrow and then I am going to have a long soak in the bath.

Bye for now and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-

I've Been An Inky Minx!!!

Can you believe.......two posts in one day?

I got a couple of hours to myself so had a dibble with some inky stuff and a dabble with some digi scrapping.

For the card I got out my most favourite Christmas stamp ever......the one I call Gerts Poinsettia after the friend who sold it to me and then wanted it back......lol!!!

Inked up piece of gloss card with a Mountain Lake Adirondack pad and then spritzed it with water to smoosh the ink out a bit.

Dried it and then overstamped it with a music stamp by Artemio using the same ink pad and spritzed it again.

More overstamping with a cone and foliage image also Artemio in Starlit Silver Brilliance which gave a very subtle effect.

Poinsettia was stamped onto vellum and the top layer was painted with Artists Pearlising Medium on the front of the image and then embossed from the back with a stylus......a technique known as Raising and Indenting.

Used Nestabilities to cut the mats. Cuttlebug Fairy Alphabet for the word.

Glittered lace was from Hobbycraft.

Hope you like it.

Thought Miss Doodle looked like a snow angel in this pic so used a wintery looking kit in DSA for this page.

So sorry for John going out of X Factor tonight. He wasn't one of my favourites but he wasn't the worst contestant.

Rightio........got some sugarpaste with my name on it now so I'll get off and sort it out.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Another Vintage One!!!

I know I shouldn't say this but.........I love this card.
Again I have used the K & Co elements but with a little diecutting and some stamping.
The background paper is Basic Grey.......my last piece....sob!!!
Then I have used Nestabilities for the shaped mat inking the cream layer with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo before stamping with a music image by Artemio in Memories Soft Gold.
The poinsettia is raised on foam pads and the Dec 25th acetate image is adhered with Glossy Accents.

I've had a good tidy upstairs this morning and done a couple of other jobs that needed doing. This afternoon I just have to finish a project for my very last class at Monks Den on Friday. Talk about going out with a bang........it's for eleven people.....lol!!!

Was a bit underwhelmed with X Factor last night......although Matt was amazing.........he could sing the phone book and I would vote for him.........and Cher was fabulous too.
Didn't go a whole bundle on the Wastrel doing Jungle Book.....how naff was that. Belle Amie just don't hack it for me as a group and does the world really and truly need another boyband......mmmm... I could live without it.

Anyway.......Mr Manic has cooked the most wonderful roast lunch and I am off to attack mine. I skipped brekkie this morning so am rather hungry.

Thanks for comimg to visit today.
Sheila-x-

Vintage Christmas!!!

Needed a bit of time away from the wedding stuff this morning so I pulled out a box of K & Co Christmas embellishments which I want to get used up this year.
The background paper is from a luscious My Minds Eye stack that I bought last year and all the other embellishments are K & Co except for the snowflake which is diecuts and a punch edged with ink and twinkled with Frosted Lace Stickles.

Now I have to pin up my hair and don my apron for some serious business in the kitchen before I can go back up and see if I can finish the cupcake boxes. After X Factor tonight I will be back to the sugarpaste hearts......150 down........150 to go......yay!!!

Thanks for visiting.
Sheila-x-