The first bird is a peacock.
Stamped and embossed in silver onto Basic Grey paper. I have then coloured areas with Tombow pens and added Stickles in Lime Green for a bit of twinkle.
After I had mounted it onto black card I felt it needed something else.....hence the diecut flourish.
I think the stamp may be Magenta but I'm not sure.
Next we have Doodle Bird snuggling up to an owl. Oh she did so love this carving. She kept kissing it and going shhhhh as if she was trying to make it go to sleep. So cute.
It was my day off today so I spent most of it upstairs and made twenty one cards. I did get a visit from Doodle this morning as she wanted to show me her new shoes and then again this evening while DS went to the docs.
A bit lost tonight as I have finished Bones. DD has given me another series to try but I'm not sure if I will like it. It's called In Plain Sight. I'll give it a go but if I don't like it I have Brokeback Mountain to fall back on.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
A very simple card today.
Background is stamped straight onto the card blank using Ancient Page-Deep Harbour.
The two step flower is stamped first in StazOn and then the solid image in the same ink as the background.
I also used the Deep Harbour to colour a piece of card for matting.
Just added three tiny gems to embellish the flower.....job done.
I made twelve of these in various colours and I love how soft the inks look on this pearlised cardstock.
Stamps are all Artemio.
I've had a fabulous peaceful day upstairs today as I decided I would cook our Sunday lunch for teatime. I managed to make twenty four cards so that was a very productive session.
The computer is driving me mad at the moment. We had a virus last week......despite having anti virus protection. It wiped out all my picture files, removed everything in my favourites lists, ate the Google toolbar and won't let me download it again and now using the Orange search tool when I click on the site I want from the lists I am getting the most revolting websites coming up instead of the ones I need. It's doing my head in.
Anyway I'm off to watch more Bones. I'm on season five and will have to wait until October for season six...blah!!!
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
Today's card has been made to use up some purple card. I'm not a big fan of purples and lilacs and the only paper I had in my stash was the spotty one so I printed a Pink Petticoat pattern for the rest of it.
The image was a free download from Twisted Papers and for the punched strip I used a Papermania edge punch.
We've had a fab couple of days out with Ruby. On Thursday we took her to Trentham for lunch and we decided to go Italian. Ruby ate enough to last her until Christmas I think and she thoroughly enjoyed herself. I tried olives for the first time in my life.....oooh I shan't be eating them again any time soon.....they were disgusting.
Yesterday we took her to Rosliston Forestry Centre. What a fabulous place. Ruby walked all the way round and had a great time despite being full of cold. She fell in love with a carved wooden owl and was cuddling it for ages we had a job to prise her away from it. I think her favourite bit was the ice cream at the end though..lol!!!
Today I am playing catch up with jobs in the house, shopping and trying to get some cards made but I don't have much time for upstairs as DD has booked me for a DVD session tonight.
Right...off to do a bit more.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Having only had these Heidi Swapp embellishments for about 18 months they are relative newcomers to the workroom. I got them from Graphicus when I went up that way for a short holiday last year.
Elements from the sheet are just layered and I have added a watch face with a Tim Holtz gear plus some peeloff corners around the compass to fill in some gaps.
Sorry the picture isn't brilliant but the light up in my room is diabolical.
DD and I have just finished painting the ceiling on the hall, stairs and landings. I did the cutting in and DD followed behind with the roller and filled in the gaps. So that's a job well done for today and I am going to spend the rest of the day upstairs playing......erm sorry working.....lol!!!
Tomorrow we are off to Trentham Gardens to take Ruby out for some air and also to pick up an extra ticket for the open air showing of Mama Mia that we are going to at the end of August. DDIL's mum is now joining DD, DDIL, her sister and myself and we are looking forward to a fun night......with dry weather hopefully.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Another 'using up' card and I have to say that I thought I would end up throwing these flowers out as they seemed to be breeding...lol!!!
I have managed to use up every last one though.....both pink and blue....yay!!!
I'm not sure who made the corner punch I have used. It was one I got from Trentham Gardens when they used to have a small craft department.
Well it's been miserably warm here today. Not ideal when you are chasing about after an eighteen month old who had a touch of the minx about her. We are having battles trying to get her to eat proper meals and she seems to be surviving on nectarines and yoghurt at the moment. She is so like her daddy was when he was little.
No crafting tonight as I have been cooking tea for tomorrow. Mr Manic is at work until six and DD has a training course so there will be nobody to watch Ruby while I cook the evening meal. Roll on Thursday and Friday when the kitchen will be closed. We are taking Ruby out for those days and will eat out.
Right....tea is simmering nicely so I am off for a cool shower and then a veg in front of the tv watching some more Bones.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
