Helllllllooooooooooooo...World!

...The Gingersnap Creations team have a fab thing going on each month...every day there is a "Reason to Stamp"...which means that us crafters who might have a Mojo block going on get a really good excuse for getting inky and messy...today is no different and is World Hello Day.




I made a card for this reason...using a cute ickle Kitty by Penny Black which I coloured with ProMarkers (these are my FAVE things at the moment). I paired up the colouring with some DCWV cardstock, ran it thru my Victoria 'Bug folder and then sanded it to get some of the core colour through.




The little message is actually a die cut message which is also a Cuttlebug invention...I added a teensy pearl for the dot to the i (cos I lost the original card dot on the mess that is my desk LOL)

Thanks for looking...don't forget, there are a few more hours to join in with the Sunday Stamper this week...and a brand new theme will be set tomorrow...

Hels x

Pretty Pixie Painting Posies....

..Aha, try saying that when you have had a tot too much LOL...yes, today is a very exciting day over at The Artistic Stamper where we see the launch of three brand new Mabel Lucie Attwell designs...and they are all as cute as this one I have chosen to play with today :O))




The card is made up of Basic Grey Papers, some Stitchels flowers which have been layered and blinged up and of course, our little Natures Little Helper which has been coloured with ProMarkers.




I chose the colour scheme to match in with the Play Date Cafe Challenge which this week is Blues, Silver, Lilacs and White.




Thanks for looking...have a good day :O))

Hels x

Sweet and Simple

...A simple 10 minute make card today...using a sweet Paperbag Studios stamp that has been lurking in my stash for yonks and not yet used!




I painted her in with Distress Inks and stamped a Stampington grid stamp onto more cardstock using two colours and a spritz of water to make it smudgey...I stamped it again and cut out a few of the squares and popped 3D foam behind them to raise them up. The little sentiment is from an Innovative Stamp Creations sheet.




Short and sweet today...am off back to the sofa to put my feet up...my poor old back is paining me again :O( Hopefully with a bit of a rest I will be able to get inky and messy again tomorrow...am missing my craft room LOL Thanks for looking....

Hels x

Monochrome...A Question!

...There is a brand new challenge on the Gingersnap Creations blog today...and the theme is Monochromatic...I know some peeps think that this means black and white, others think that it is one colour and white or cream...what do you think?




I think it means black and white...and I made a card using some fab cardstock from Paper Temptress along with some Agapanthus stamps (can't remember the maker) and my fave Brush Butterfly by Penny Black. I stamped the images with Black Soot DI and spritzed the stamp with water to get a splotchy effect. A few brads, some pearls and some ribbon were added for embellishment too.




If you get chance, hop on over to the Gingersnaps..they have some FAB art on there and great tutorials too. Thanks for looking...have a good day!




Hels x

No Art Today....

...We went to London yesterday afternoon and visited our usual haunts...Covent Garden being one of them...I love the little stalls there and got my bartering hat on and managed to bag myself some fab booty just ripe for altering and adding to art work.




I have been after some letterpress blocks for ages...my Grandfather apparently used to have a little printing press in the shed...how fab that would have been to be able to get my inky mits on some of those things! Anyway... I bought six blocks...my initials... and the word ART...and a fab little drawer which is just telling me I have to add little pieces of art to each compartment...it is so lovely that I couldn't do too much to it...and it even has Fleet St, London debossed into the top of it. The stall had a whole array of amazing pieces but some of them were just out of my price range!







I then went and did some more haggling and got myself some old spoons...I love old cutlery and altering it to make stuff...and some little bits and bobs..including a little pen nib holder...and inside I found four little gold nibs...all of them gold plated too :O))




The little mousey and bigger mousey are just so cute...they will appear somewhere on my artwork soon I am sure. So...I was out for a few hours yesterday...overdid it a bit and now can hardly move...so no playing for me today...but I will leave you with a piccie of a few spoons I altered about a year ago...they were my first attempts so aren't as good as I would like..but now I have more spoons to play I can only improve LOL **btw, we filled our faces with the most delish Chinese buffet - another reason why I can't move LOL**




Thanks for looking...don't forget that the Sunday Stamper challenge is still open and all entries are in with a chance of winning my entry artwork.

Hels x

Cornish Temptress!

...I know, I know, I am really rubbish at thinking up original titles for my posts...but, this one actually makes sense (to me at least LOL)...bear with me....




The Gingersnap Creations are being sponsored this month by Paper Temptress...and it just so happens that I was sent some gorgeous cardstock to play with...I mean it folks, it is really lush thick and colourful...so I decided to make a card...and I used last month's "stamp of the month" by Cornish Heritage Farms ...so here is my...Cornish Temptress....now you can see what I was meaning with the title LOL




I used some of the fab cardstock to make the mats for The Pine's stamp, which was stamped with Pine Needles Distress Ink....and then I blended more DI's over the background and splatted it with water to make a blotchy snowy effect.




The little sentiment is also a CHF stamp and I added a couple of Prima poinsettia's before smothering a lot of Picket Fence Distress Stickles all over the place to get a snowy and frosty look.

Thanks for looking..have a great day!

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 78 - Oh Christmas Tree

Morning Stampers :O))

Thank you for joining in with the challenge last week...lots of heavenly fun houses were made :O)) The new theme for the challenge this week is Christmas Trees...to join in, all you need to do is make something, incorporate the theme and some stamping...and then leave a comment here for me along with a link to your Blog so I can come and visit you.




I have made a Christmas hanging piece for my entry using Maya Road chipboard for the base, the sentiment frame and snowflakes...and used those lovely Studio 490 stamps by Wendy Vecchi. I used some Grungepaper to make a poinsettia embellishment, adding beads to the centre for a bit of bling...and used Grungeboard for the Christmas Tree...adding some pearls which I had coloured gold with a Krylon pen.




The background was achieved by painting the base with Traditional Tan paint, adding Rock Candy Cracklepaint randomly over this...allowing it to dry...adding Rock Candy Stickles over the cracks...and then finally using Glimmer Mists to colourise it. I added some Gold wax into the crackles just to add some sparkle.




Thanks for looking...I can't wait to see all your creations...and...this piece will be given away to one blogger who joins in with the challenge .. which will be open until 23:00 Saturday 21st November.

Hels x

Play...Tag?

...I love a good challenge and over on the Play Date Cafe blog this week the challenge is a colour one...yum...the colours to use are: blue/green, chocolate brown, tan and cream...real warm homely colours I think :O))




I made a tag for my entry...using Distress Inks to make a background colour and then stamping some Studio 490 stamps into some more DI's that I splodged onto the craft sheet and spritzed with water...I love this method... simply because the DI's react with water...so when you stamp the background it is a lovely bleachy look.




I also used more Studio 490 stamps for the main part and sentiment...and used Grungepaper to make some adornments for the head...which also had some Film Strip attached to make some specs...I know I have said this a thousand times but...Wendy Vecchi has the most amazing range of stamps...very versatile...and she continually comes up with brilliant ideas on her Blog...which I then snaffle and use myself...total copycat I know...but I cannot resist!




You know I said yesterday that the weather was going to be bad???? Well, during the night I thought the house was going to fly away...and I would end up in Oz just like Dorothy...it has calmed a bit now but definitely another day indoors for me! Thanks for looking...oh and don't forget to pop in tomorrow...for a brand new Sunday Stamper challenge :O))

Hels x

Another Award :O))

Ooooh, I got another award...tis a grand week for them :O)) This time it was from Helen...so thank you hun x




And...you have to tell 5 facts about yourself before passing it on to 5 more people;

Inky Fact 1 - I have brown eyes

Inky Fact 2 - My favourite season is Spring

Inky Fact 3 - I am a closet head banger...I loooove rock music

Inky Fact 4 - I used to ride motorbikes

Inky Fact 5 - I can waggle my ears and cross one eye at the same time **very attractive**

I am passing this award on to:

Lynn

Sandy

Laura

Shazza

Minxy

Thanks!!