Sunday Stamper - Week 311 - You Gotta Friend

Goodly Morning stampers and a very happy sunny Sunday to you all!   Thank you for all the great entries into last weeks' challenge, it was grand to see so many different interpretations on the theme.  This week we are moving on to look at... FRIENDSHIP.   Interpret the challenge theme in your own way: you could be making something for a friend, include the word "friend", be inspired by a friend... it is entirely up to you.  The rules:  make a little something - it can be anything you fancy.  Add in the theme AND some stamping, pop back here and leave me a comment with a link to the place you are showing your entry.  If you haven't got a blog/web-photo-hosty site, you can join in via Facebook (tag my name on your upload) or by emailing me a small res. photo of your creation.  The challenge remains open until 21:00 Saturday 14th June 2014.

So!  A few weeks ago I received a fabulous parcel through a post.  You know my old mucker BFF Ellen over in America?  Well, she has only gone and designed some great stamps for Paper Artsy!  And now she has 6 stamp sets and, yep, I got the whole lot!  Not only are they very versatile, they are also so "her"... if you know what I means.   CLICK HERE to hop over to see Ellen and the artwork she has been creating using her new rubber-babies.     Armed with the new stamps, I set about making a really cool background for my tag.   Starting with a Distress Paint marble background using Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord and Tattered Rose DP's, I had a lovely marbleage going on.  Then I used a couple of Tim's Layering Stencils and the corresponding DI's and added a bit of bubble-wrap and diamond patterns to the tag. 

The stamp sets of Ellen's I used for the backgrounds are EV05 and EV06 and for the leaves EV04. Using Archival Inks in similar colours to the painty backgrounds, I stamped out some bubblewraps and some little dotty images from EV05.  I coloured up a bit of cardstock to match the background and stamped the long criss-cross border from EV05, stamped it in Watering Can Archival and then tore it up so it has jaggerdy edges... once I had the background as I wanted it, I decided I best take a photo... and here it is:

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Errrrm... yeppo, stoopid-oopid strikes again! I forgot to get a photo of the tag before decoration... which is so annoying as it does look really great and my tendancy to over embellish everything strikes again, covering up all the lovely stamping!!!  YIKES!!!  If you look closely at the background you will be able to see the little stamped images... go on, look closely (teehee)   My embellishing... oh my embellishing... one of these days I will set meself a little challenge and make myself not use flowers, metal bits and bobs and make something totally flat... yeah, one of these days... in like a hundred years *Snort*  Anyways...  being as we are now in the Countdown to THE Birthday Week, I decided to add in my own little personal *date*... and realised (how many years have I known Ellen?) that her special numbers, i.e. 1036 Art, is actually an anagram (can you have an anagram of numbers????) of my birthday too!!! See!!!! It is kismet, or somefinks!   Oh, the sentiment is a Studio 490 stamp... nearly forgot to say!

Right, that is more than enough yakking for one day, well, on here anyways... my BFF Andrea is here for the weekend and I have paused briefly to yak to you here... and I shall now away to yak some more with her!   Thanks for looking, have a greeeeat day!  TTFN!

Hels x


PS.... GO PLATO @ Oulton Park... #BTCC :O))

Art Lady...

...oooh, I been a-playing again!  Unfortunately, this also means that I have been awake all night but at least it is "free" time to get inky and painty in the Room of Stash.  I bought a little wooden frame the other day when I was at Crafting Time - by Artemio - and being as I am sooo tidy (ahem) it was laying around on my desk awaiting transfer to the mahooosive pile of alterables that teeters in the corner of the Room of Stash.   And... also being as I am sooo tidy (see a pattern here?)  I hadn't put away the Fresco paints since my last playtime... so it would have been rude to just bung them in a box and not lurve them, wouldn't it?

Also, whilst at Crafting Time, my lovely friend Miriam bought me a set of Lynne Perella stamps that I have been lusting after for absolutely yonks... and being as I am so tidy (ok, ok, I am not tidy, I am a slattern!) I decided to ink up the little lady and see what she looked like.  Ohlalalaaa... isn't she a doll!!!   Armed with brayer (yes, addicted to brayering now, thanks Ellen!) I started off layering up colours... all in all, these are the ones I used: Vanilla, Butternut, Smoked Paprika, London Bus, Blood Orange, Squid Ink and Little Black Dress.  The cool thing about brayering is this... if you slap it on and don't like it, dry it, slap on more!  Easy!

 The original design had the lady stamped onto cream card... but she looked so plain... so I tried colouring her in.  Then she looked a smidge clown-like and as she is such an elegant creature, I didn't want to make her look daft.  What to do!!! I know, I will slap some more paint onto cardstock using the brayer.  And yes, check out that red line running down her face... that was a mistake but I liked it so it stayed!  The embellies are Kaisercraft paper flowers, Artemio buttons and Alphaparts.  This was a quicky project and only took about 40 mins... I have big ideas for this little lady though... that will have to wait til the next nightime-playtime though.

 I have news!!!  Oh yesh indeedily!  I have got a last minute telly box show booked for Tuesday 8th April.   I will be on Create & Craft from 12pm (noon) for a TWO HOUR show!!! Oh yipyah and thrice... a two hour show... just what you have all been asking for!  I will be on with some new goodies from Creative Expressions, new Sam Poole stamps and... the Melting Pot!  Hurrah!  Right, I shall away, I have prep to do today for classes this weekend and whilst I could quite happily sit here waffling to you, I know those images won't stamp themselves *although I am getting Grim in on the act, he is off this week and I am going to employ his inky stamping skills to help me :O)*   Thanks for looking... have a great day!  TTFN

Hels x

Make A Wish...

...well, the word "wish" is my "word of 2013" after all... and surprisingly, I am not getting bored of using it all the time either!  Anyways... today sees another demo sample from last weekend... this time I have pushed myself and used cardboard for a base (ahem... quite!)

Lots of lushly Fresco Paints and Grungepaste through a new Crafter's Workshop stencil... I loves this new one lots!  I used the gorgeous Lin Brown stamps, stamping with paint (application is simples, a bit of Cut & Dry, half with one colour, half with the other and pouncing it onto the stamp moving the stamp around in a circle, so it is light in the middle and dark on the edges... easy peasy!)   Anyways... the flowers were stamped onto black card, I have seen Lin do this and it gives the flowers a real "pop".  The leaves were stamped onto cream card for a bit of contrast.  The letters are from the Vintage Market Alterations strip die... love that die lots (and I haven't got it either)  A smidge of Treasure Gold around the edges and over the stencilled bits... and a finishing touch with a butterfly (Studio 490) stamped onto Clearly For Art (clear flavour)  A few bits of rusty wire to add some swizzles to the flowers and for the hanging and there you have it... done!

As I sit here, in the Room of Stash, I am seeing a brilliant blue sky, which makes me want to go and do a spot of gardening... but!  It is blowing a hooley, the trees in the Spinney and bowing down so I figure I will only get radged with the wind blowing my hair about (little known fact, getting my hair blown about by the wind makes me reallly crabby!)  So, I shall stay in the Room of Stash instead.  I have lit a Yankee Candle (today's smell is Lilac Blossoms, my all time fave) and I shall have to make sure I get covered in ink and paint... and then perhaps, later on, I will actually tidy the Room of Stash instead of picking my way over several boxes and bags of stuff that needs re-homing. Then again, I might just carry on playing!   Grim is on a long old shift today *sad face* and won't be home til 11pm so I do have plenty of time to get tidied up (even as I write that, I know I am doubting it will happen lol)   So, I shall away... to tiptoe through my own handmade bombsite to the Desk of Creativity and see what happens.... Thanks for looking, as ever, have a fabby day!  TTFN

Hels x

J'Adore.....

...ooh get me, going all Francais!  That is about my limit for speaking French though... being as I am rubbish at languages (except English of course, although that has been brought into debate of late!)  Anyways... today sees another one of my demo pieces from Sunday at Birds in the Barn. 

The base is another bit of cardboard (no surprise there eh?) and a piece of gorgeous kraft coloured card that I used for the texture more than the colour on this piece.  One side of the card is textured, the other is smooth... cool huh?  Anyways, more goodliness in the form of Fresco Paints... some Grungepaste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil and then a whole lot of layering.

The beautiful tulip stamped in black was actually stamped onto a piece of tissue and then collaged onto the base using Glue & Seal (from Ranger)... I love how cosmetic tissue just disappears under the Glue & Seal... opens up a whole range of ideas for adding collaging to a project.

Today I am mostly going to be Nursemaid.... poor old Alfie has to go to the *whispers* V E T this morning... he is having his annual boosters and MOT and also... tis tick-removal-day.  The thing has not grown since I soaked it with Frontline... but it is hanging on in there.  I am, at the moment, trying to "act normal".... because for sure, he knows when he is going in his box.  Said box is still in garage and said AlfieCat is now skulking about in the bedroom... how does he know!!!   And... poor old Grim has had to go to the *whispers* D E N T I S T today... broken tooth :O((  I have told him that when you get to  a certain age, these things happen *not a lot of help am I?*   So, I shall be donning my nursey hat today and dispensing lots of sympathy... only for today though... cos tomorrow... it's my birthday!    And on that exciting bombshell, I shall away to squeal out loud in excitement!!  Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x

For The Love Of...

... all things stashly!  I spent a lovely day on Sunday at Birds in the Barn, Essex, demo-ing with an array of gorgeously stashly goodies and I actually remembered to take my camera so I got some pics of all the pieces I made.  Today I am showing one of the pieces... all of them were "hangings"  for some reason, I am into hanging stuff at the moment.

A nice piece of mountboard for the base, painted with Little Black Dress Fresco Paint and then smudged with Pewter Treasure Gold.  The next bit up is a piece of old cardboard box, torn, painted with more Fresco colours (this time, Concrete, Rusty Rose and Claret) and my very fave That Special Touch mask, the Foxgloves, with Grungepaste that was coloured with Little Black Dress paint.

Next I set about making some embellies with the gloriously fab stamps from Lin Brown.... I loves that tulip stamp very muchly and I stamped it three times, using paint, onto black cardstock.  After cutting out the stamp, I layered them up to make a 3d feature for the base of the piece and then used the paints to stamp the flowers onto cream cardstock, cutting these out and then layering them together.  I liberally smidged Treasure Gold onto the grungepaste stencilled bit, around the edges of the cardboard and onto some ickle buttons that were coloured with Little Black Dress paint for the flower centres.

And there you have it... I shall be back tomorrow with another of my hanging creations.... today I have a *job* to do.  Well, the Room of Stash is a weensy bit untidy (ok, it is a pit!) and I needs to get it organised and cleaned up.  And... my AlfieCat has been invaded!   He has managed to get himself a little sucker... a tick!  I mean, hello?  I never knew that a cat could get a tick just from having a mooch about in the Spinney but it seems this little sucker has decided to get Alf to be a host!  I phoned the V E T (whispered that) and have been advised to put Frontline all over the it, then put the rest onto the back of his neck (Alf's, not the tick's) and he has an appointment tomorrow for his booster injections so the V E T will remove said tick then for me.  I know lots of peeps have said that you can get the tick off yourself but I ain't taking any chances with my boy.... so I shall leave it to the professionals.  In the meantime, I am trying to keep Alf under house-arrest so he doesn't go and knock the tick whilst he is out in the garden... easier said that done though, he has perfected the sneaking-through-teensy-gaps-in-the-door to a fine art!  Oh and he is sulking too... he is giving me the Eye of the Muckergee every so often... I don't think he is impressed with the man-handling he had to endure last night during the Frontline application.  Bless!  Right, I shall away... have a good day folks.... TTFN

Hels x

Peeeowngggg...

....is the sound of my speedily flying fingers flickering over the keypad.... namely because I am in a hurry (nowt new there then!) and I wanted to pop a quicky post on today!   Anyways... like I said, speedy post so here goes! 

This is a piccie of one of my demo pages from my Fine & Fresco Book Class that I taught at Birds in the Barn yesterday (which is reeeeally weird saying that because actually it was today but I am all a-scheduling so it is still today and not tomorrow... huh?  Lost?  Yep, me too lol)   So... a veritable feast of Fresco Paints, Grungepaste, Paper Artsy stamps (the ones on this sample are the delectably gorgeous Lin Brown stamps) and Treasure Gold and a splending time was had by all... so thank you to the lovely ladies who joined us and thank you, as ever, to Janet, for hosting the class.   I am back there again today (which is actually tomorrow because it is still yesterday....ahem!!) ... today I am teaching "The Curio Shelf" which is another veritable feast... this time using all things Distressy and Studio 490-y... I shall be like a little piggy-wig-wig in mud as I loves playing with Art Parts!

I shall away... as promised, a speedy postingtons... don't forget that the giveaway is still open, scroll down to Thursdays post to see the deets of the prize and how to be in with a chance of winning some stashly goodies!   Thanks for looking... have a wonderful sunshiny day!  TTFN

Hels x

Back From The Brink...

Happy Star Wars Day peeps!!!!     So...did you miss me?  Did ya?  Well, I have been on my death bed this past few days!  Oh yesh, the deadly ManFlu has infected me and I have, truly, been at death's door!  Well, maybe a slight smidge of an exaggerations there but... ahem... it was a bad old do!  I haven't had a cold for a yonk and a half, I put it down to the vast quantities of garlic that I consume you know... this is now clinically proven as last week I had... NO garlic at all!  There ya go, garlic-less food = Manflu suffering!  Anyways... I started to feel a bit brighter yesterday so set about playing with my new Fresco Paints and a set of the gorgeous stamps from Lin Brown for Paper Artsy.

I love the handcarved look of these stamps and now needs them all!  I haven't tried handcarving me own stamps and now I want to have a go.. I have seen the gorgeous effects that Ellen (CONGRATS to Ellen too.. she is now a Certified Ranger Educator) has achieved with her own handcarved stamps and I thinks I am being left behind.... so I needs to get some lino and a carvy tool thingy (I am a bit scared knowing how dangerous I am with 'owt sharp!)

The base for this little hanging in one of the papiermache boards from Paper Artsy and once I had bobbed some bookpage onto it and then applied some Grunge Paste using a spikey tool applicator thingy I have, making groves in the paste.  Once this had dried, I popped some Liquid Leaf and Treasure Gold Wax onto the textured bit and then set about making some floral bits.  The flowers and leaves were stamped using the Fresco Paints onto black card, I cut them out and then coloured the backs of the petals with the same paints so they tone in nicely.   The addition of a button to the middles and tied with thin jute to match in with the hangy bit finished the piece off.

Apologies for not being about that much this week... I am hoping that now I am feeling more human again, I will be able to get back to normal blogging!   I am off to Sheffield today to The Craft Den for a canvas class... and it would be just plain rude not to bring some fish n chips home with me wouldn't it?   Thanks for looking, have a brill day!  TTFN

Hels x

J'Adore... La Grunge Paste...

...okay, okay, so French sure ain't my strong point... actually, don't tell anyone will you but... when I took my French O Level, I got... ahem... *whispers* a U grade!!!!  I know!!!  C'est terribles.  Mainly because the French teacher was a bit of an old bat and being as I was a whole 15 years old and thought I knew it all... well, the rest, as they say, is l'histoire (enough of the Francais now right....)  Anyways... why I am speaking French is beyond me, I truly think I am losing the plot... but the thing is, whenever I see the Adore Adage Ticket, I always speak it in a French accent.  Ok, so the accent sounds a smidge like the Gendarme from 'Allo 'Allo but what else can you expect from a French flunkie? 

And the second part of the title... Grunge Paste... WOW! Have  you tried this yet?  Oh deary me, I see a brand new addiction forming right now.  Paper Artsy have worked their magic again and brought out this new texture paste that is, for want of a better word... LUSH.  It is creamy and chalky and dries perfectly and quickly.  I picked up a pot when I was at Ally Pally a few weekends ago and last night was the first chance I had to have a play.  I mixed a spatula of it with Blood Orange Fresco Paint and spread it onto my papier mache board thru a Crafters' Workshop Stencil.  And then gave it a wee zap with a heat tool... mmm, loooove the effect.

Next I got all excitable and remembered that Leandra said you could mix it with Puff Paint... so I did that and bopped some of that onto the papier mache base with a different CW stencil... and dried with a heat tool... wow, puffywuffy indeedily!   The base of the papier mache hanging jobby had been prepped with a mix of Nougat and Chocolate Pud Fresco Paint, I added smidges of torn book pages and then once the stencilling was dried, I added a slap of Rock Candy Cracklepaint so I had a lovely background.

Once all that was dried, I lightly misted the piece with Black Marble Dylusions and then got all excitable with some Treasure Golds, adding smidges of bling and metallic sparkle to patches of the board background.   Remember the rose I made in yesterdays tut?  Well, here it is, along with some cool metal embellies from Prima and Idea-ology.  The ickle butterfly is one of the new JoFY stamps... stamped onto Clearly for Art that had book page stuck to it, painted lightly and then I went back in with a fineliner to add the details of the butterfly back in again.  Heated to make the CFA mouldable and then a couple of antenna made from rusty wire.  Et voila!  Une artistique creationies.... *ahem...*

Right, I shall away... I have that "to-do" list to still tackle... and... nay and thrice, I have a poorly peeper!  My right eye is bugging me big styleee... I think I have somehow managed to irritate it under my contacts as it will not stop weeping and it is stinging worse than a 100 buzzybee's... so I am bespectacled and every so slightly crabby, I hate wearing specs, I always end up covering them with paint, ink not to mention... sitting on them... plus, I can't see right the way around and if I look down I have to drop my head down to see properly... not at all good!  Hopefully this irritation will be gone by later because we out for dinner tonight and being as I am as blind as a bat, I won't be able to put on make up properly, I will end up looking like Jackie Stallone.... *teehee* And on that delightful image, I shall bid you a goodly afternoon.... .*wanders off laughing to self*  TTFN

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 253 - Paint Box

Gooooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you all!  Many thanks for the fabby square themed entries last week... and hello to some more first-time entrants too... I truly appreciate all your entries... makes me smile biggly!   On with the theme for this week *absolute classic song by Pink Floyd btw* which is... PAINT.  To join in is simples: make a little something, it can be anything you fancy.  Add in the theme and some stamping, pop back here and leave a link to the place you are showing your entry and I can pop by to visit you.  If you don't have a blog/web-hosty thingy, you can also join in via email (my addy is in the sideybar) or via Facebook, simply tag me onto your photo post and I will be able to come see you.   The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 20th April 2013.

I have made a tag for my entry this week and the paints I used?  Distress Paints!  My new addiction!  And I have yet to get my painty paws on the metallics, I cannot wait to play with those!   Anyways, I used the scraped paint method, applying first Antique Linen, then Victorian Velvet, then Seedless Preserves and then a smidge of Black Soot... and then all tied together with a small scrapings of more Antique Linen.   The stamps in the background are from the new JOFY collection for Paper Artsy, I decided not to emphasise the flower heads and leaves as I wanted them to stay in the background but they do look totes amazebobs if you stamp again onto some cream card or book page (or even patterned papers) and layer the circles over the top of the base image for that extra "pop".   I added my word of the year, die cut letters and painted with Black Soot Distress Paint... and a little Lace Border - this time using Black Soot Stain to colour it, I wanted this to be less prominant that the letters.

The flower is another of my Tattered Florals roses... this time cut from cream card, stencilled first with one of the gorgeous new Finnabair stencils in Seedless Preserves DP and then one of the new Studio 490 Stencils for Art (Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend) using Victorian Velvet DP and then a smidge of Black Soot around the edges of the petals to make them stand out a bit more.  The addition of a few torn strips of Washi Tape tie the background to the embellishments and of course, no tag would be complete without my fave butterfly stamp, this time coloured with Victorian Velvet and Seedless Preserves Stains.

I shall away now, I am scheduling this post as I am up bright and early for my trip up to Londinium for the Big Stamping & Scrapbooking Show at Ally Pally.  I will be demo-ing on the Creative Expressions stand, so if you going to the show, please do pop by to say hi... I will be doing all things Distress Painty and Art Party... a fun day ahead methinks!   Thanks for looking, have a great day!  TTFN

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 248 - You Make Me Feel Brand New

Gooooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Mothering Sunday to all you Mummy's in the UK.  First of all, many mahoosive thanks for all your fabby pretty entries to last weeks challenge - and it is fab to see some new peeps joining in too!  This week the theme is based on the fact that it is around this time of year that all the brand new stashly goodies from CHA and recent releases are beginning to arrive in our Rooms of Stash.  So, without further ado, the theme for this week is "USE SOME NEW STASH".  If you haven't got any of the new stuff just arriving, don't worry because the secondary theme is "USE SOMETHING YOU HAVE HAD FOR YONKS & NEVER USED"  - bit of a mouthful eh?  But it still means that even though it has been in your stash for yonks, if it is un-used, it is new!   To join in with the challenge is simples: make a little something, it can be anything you fancy.  Add in the theme AND some stamping and then pop back here, leave a comment for me and a linky to the place you are showing your entry so I can hop over and visit you.  If you haven't got a blog/web-hosty thing, you can also join in via emailing me (addy in the sidebar) or on Facebook.  The theme will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 16th March 2013.

Last weekend I had a ton of fun playing with the brand new Eclectica stamps from Paper Artsy, namely the Lin Brown designs whilst I was demo-ing at Birds in the Barn. BTW... To see more of Lin's awesome art, CLICK HERE.   Anyways, these stamps are gorgeous and right up my street being as there are flowers (obviously lol) and I had a fine time playing with Fresco Paints and other lush stuff to make my tag.   I started by popping an old book page onto the tag and then used the scraped paint technique to apply Nougat, Dusty Rose and Claret paints onto the tag. A smidge of black gesso over the top to bring the text that was still showing back to the top of the design and voila, ready to stamp.

The main floral stamps were stamped in Jet Black Archival, stamping slightly off the edge of the tag.   These had a zap with a heat tool to dry the ink and then I slapped (being the literal word) a load of Rock Candy Cracklepaint over the tag to add some more interest to it.   Whilst this was crackling, I added paint to the flower stamp using Cut & Dry Foam, with Nougat in the centre and blending the darker colours to the outer edges.  I did the same with the leaves - this time using Guacamole and Toad Hall paint and once dried, smidging over with a bit of Forest Moss DI to blend them in.  I cut the flowers out and edged with more black Gesso that was applied using Cut & Dry foam just to make the flowers pop and look finished.  The centres are some Artemio metal flowers that I coloured with Treasure Gold (Rose Quartz) and a little resin bloom that was also coloured with Treasure Gold (Onyxite with a dab of White Fire to highlight the petals)  The sentiment was stamped onto card that I had painted... I just wanted the word "bloom" so only inked that... and then popped it behind an Artemio bookplate.  Finishing touches were some rouched gingham ribbon and some more Artemio metal goodies.

And there you have it, a rather simple tag using new goodies... I hope I have got your creative cogs whirring and can't wait to see what gorgeous creations you all make.  Have a fabby Sunday and I hope all you Mummy's in the UK are being spoilt rotten... thanks for looking and have a great week... TTFN

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 247 - Oh You Pretty Things

Gooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you all.  Big thanks for all the fabby entries for last weeks challenge.  This week the theme is... SOMETHING PRETTY.  To join in is simples: make a little something, it can be anything you fancy.  Add in the theme and some stamping and then pop back here with a link to the place you are showing your entry.  If you haven't got a blog or web-hosty thingy, you can join in via email or on Facebook.  The theme will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 9th March 2013.

Hurrah and thrice, I have my entry to show you!  I spent a lovely day yesterday demo-ing with Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints and some gorgeous new JOFY and Lin Brown stamps.  This piece was my first demo using the JOFY stamps... I loves them, I neeeeeds them all too :O))   The base is a canvas board that has a frame with it.  I started by using the scraped paint technique to put Guacamole, Mermaid, Hey Pesto and Ocean colour paints onto the canvas and then added a smidge of black over the top to finish the design.

Next I used a Studio 490 Stencil for Art and applied Dreamweaver Embossing Paste to the bottom part of the canvas, making little scoopy bits on the texture paste to add some detail.  When this was dry, I added smidges of Treasure Gold to the stencilled bits and then added some stamped images ... I stamped them onto cosmetic tissue (plain old Kleenex works a treat) and used Ranger's Glue & Seal to stick them on.  Once this was dry I slapped a load of Rock Candy Cracklepaint over the top.  Once the crackles were set, I added some spritzing in the form of Black Marble Dylusions spray so this sat in the crackly bits... and smidged more Treasure Gold over the top.  The die cut word was painted black and I used Glossy Accents to highlight it and added some extra pops of colour by colouring book page with the same colour paints, stamping the images and then cutting them out and laying them over the tissue images.  Finishing touches were some little butterflies I cut out and added pearls to for their bodies.

Apologies again for the late posting of the pics... hope it was worth the wait :O)   I am off to unpack all my class stash now and then get my act together for my demo day on Wednesday at Inspirations in Preston.  Busy week for me :O))   Thanks for looking... have a great day!  TTFN

Hels x