Something Sandy......

...Ah, what a shame I don't mean that I am writing this from my sunlounger on a sandy beach in the Bahama's...but..what it does mean is that today the Gingersnap Creations Blog see a brand new challenge! And...guess what? It is....Sandpaper. (am not going thru the whole is it Sandpaper, Sand Paper or Sand paper thing again like yesterday...that would be tooooo boring....)




I made a card for my entry...I used some fab DCWV cardstock, running it through the Cuttlebug with a Holly folder and the Swiss Dots folder...rubbed the embossed bits with sandpaper so the white core showed...and then blended Distress Inks over the whiteness using Antique Linen to make them toned down. The little tree which I made into a bauble is another of those gorgeous stamps by Hearts In Touch...I stamped with Peeled Paint, embossed with Shabby Shutters Distress Powders and then added loads of dollops of Picket Fence Distress Stickles. The bit of ribbon and then the punched flowers were added to make it look more like a bauble...please tell me you knew instantly that I had made a bauble (LOL)...I added some little DewDropz for the tree and stamped my favest sentiment in the whole widest world (another Hearts In Touch stamp) straight onto the cardstock...blended the edges with Antique Linen to pull it all together and voila, finished!




Thanks for looking...and if you feel like a challenge today, please hop on over to the Gingersnaps... they have some beuatiful samples on display as well as this one of mine ROFL And...I almost forgot to mention....Hearts In Touch are generously offering the Christmas stamp sheet as Blog Candy for one lucky entrant! Cool huh?


I am dashing off to the blog of the man who is driving me insane at the same time as making me say oooh and aaaah everyday at his fabulous tags...I need to see what today's looks like!

Hels x

Tilda Goes All Creamy :O)

Hello Again,

I am really keeping up to date with my Blogging which is good 'cos that means that I think that this Sunday coming will see the return of the Sunday Stamper...I think I am over the worst of that nasty bug that has had me laid up for so long and I reckon I will be up to setting a new challenge. I just wanted to mention that I really appreciate all the comments and emails I have received regarding the Sunday Stamper and hope to see all you regulars back again after the enforced absence - and of course, new peeps if you want to join in too :O))

Anyways, on to today's offering;



I made a card - yes another Tilda card - but this time kept it simple and stuck to cream and black as a colour scheme...which wasn't hard cos I have the most divine DCWV cardstock to play with!



I coloured Tilda using ProMarkers - just Greys and Skin Tones and then popped her onto a scalloped oval Nestie, cut out some of the cardstock...ouch, I know, it is sooo nice...almost too nice to cut....and then added a couple of ribbony bits and a ribbon slider and then made a floral embellishment using a combination of paper flowers and a beautiful little beady butterfly that I can't remember where I picked up but it is sooooo lovely :O)) I wish I could say I made the butterfly but my metal and beady skills ain't up to much LOL




Thanks for looking and have a great day - whoops again, forgot to mention that the sentiment is by Penny Black :O))

Hels x