Autumn colours..........

Hi there folks!

Well my DT work has calmed down for a moment so this week I have been having fun in my craft room playing with some of my stash that so rarely comes out of the cupboards!

Both of these pieces are of course full of vibrancy as they have been created with alcohol inks.  So many of us shy away from alcohol ink due to it's unpredictability but it's actually very forgiving if you work with what you've got!

I have used my favourite Autumn colours on both of these pieces, oranges, browns, terra cotta, greens and purples.

On the first one (I have called this The Woodland Woman) I have used one of my all time favourite stamps - the face from Stampers Anonymous Classic Favourites along with the oak branches and leaves from PaperArtsy and Visible Image tree branches and sentiment from their Four Every Season set.  The face has been stamped with Staz On over the alcohol ink and some ink lifted off and the leaves and oak branches have been stamped with Alcohol Lift Off ink.  The way that the ink actually spread on the right hand side left the image of a tree in my mind so I added the Visible Image tree branches by lifting off the ink on that part - see, you have to work with what you have with alcohol ink!

The second creation is me playing with Visible Image once again - the Face It set and adding those same tree branches as on the first card too.  I embossed the face with clear embossing powder as I've used heavy weight yupo paper and was then able to have the resist of the embossing for the alcohol ink to run around.

Hope you like them, fabulous to get my alcohol inks out!

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xx

I'd like to enter my Woodland Woman in to the current Allsorts Challenge of "Trees and or Leaves":-

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/week-488-trees-andor-leaves.html

New Challenge at Penny Black and More Challenge "Autumn Splendour"

Good morning!

Well. we've landed in to October and it's time for a new challenge over at Penny Black and More.

This months theme is Autumn Splendour.

I have made this sample as my inspiration to kick off this theme using the Poetic stamp (40-544), the trees are the Stately stamp (40-520) and the sentiment is from the Happy Wishes stamp set (30-419).

My background has been created using distress oxides and all stamping has been done using Versafine Clair ink pads.

Do come over and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges:-

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE MAIN FOCAL POINT OF YOUR CREATION MUST BE A HAND STAMPED IMAGE - NO DIGI IMAGES ALLOWED IN THIS CHALLENGE.

There are prizes to be had too!!!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Leanne xxxx

Autumn Brambles.....

Hello there!

I've had a very unusual day to myself today so I decided to make a card to enter in to the Stamping Sensations "I Spy With My Little Eye, Something Beginning With B" challenge and I think I also had the Allsorts challenge this week covered too with a theme of Autumn Glory!

I love Autumn with it's beautiful colours and the hedgerow fruits that are available now often get forgotten when we all think of falling leaves but of course, blackberries often go all through October and just in to November too.

Here I have used a couple of old Sheena Douglass stamp sets and I've done an awful lot of masking to produce this piece as though you are peeping through the hedgerow on to an Autumn scene beyond.  I've coloured this using my Spectrum Aqua markers and have used a range of browns, greens purples (both on the fruits and the leaves) and that Autumn sun just gives it's last breath before the winter sets in.

I hope that I've captured the essence of Autumn and the fruits that it bears to us.

Thanks for stopping by

Leanne xxx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:-

Stamping Sensations - I spy with my little eye, something beginning with "B" - http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/09/i-spy.html
Brambles and Blackberries.

Allsorts Challenges - Autumn Glory - http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/09/week-487-autumn-glory.html

Fabric stencils and suede effect paint - what fun!

Morning!

Well, here I am, with no paper crafting in sight!

Through the summer I had the wonderful opportunity to have a play with the new Pebeo setacolor fabric paints and these were the new suede effect paints (although we have used all setacolor fabric paints on these samples too, not just suede effect).

I know a lot of people are put off of playing on fabric but if you treat it like a blank piece of paper or card stock and just use products suited to fabric, your confidence will grow, trust me, I was exactly the same at first too!!!!

Here I was given a white plain lampshade, a white plain cushion cover and a cream calico tote bag and look what I came up with!

I loved it!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Leanne xxx

Mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges - Make it Feminine....

Good morning!

Here I am with the mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges for the theme this month which is "Make it Feminine".

For this creation I have kept things very feminine with a pink theme and roses!

My sun/moon has come out rather dark in my photo but it's a beautiful shiny mirrored pink card - impossible with a camera!

I have used Penny Black sets 40-511 Crimson Blush, 30-457 .....So Loved, 30-416 Happy Thoughts and 30-095 Flower Festival.

Alcohol pens and ink pads have coloured the images and background.

Hope you can come and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges and remember NO DIGITAL IMAGES ALLOWED please.

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

There are prizes to be won!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Leanne xxx

It was Christmas in July!!!???

Morning!!

Well, back in July, as always happens, we all kick off with the sale of Christmas stamps and goodies!

Sheena Douglass was no exception and I was sent some lovely Christmas stamps to have a play with and I've posted three of them here for you.

I've used a combination of products throughout these, the first one having had sparkle pens the second  one has had distress oxides and the last one is also distress oxides.

That last one shows that these are not just for Christmas, I made this one in to a Congratulations card so suitable for a winter wedding, a Christening or even an anniversary card?

Hope you like them,

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxxx

New Theme at Penny Black and More Challenges - Make it Feminine.....

Good morning!

Here I am with a new theme over at Penny Black and More Challenges and this month it's "Make it Feminine!".

My thoughts for making it feminine here were the two fabulous female friends - looks like a girlie shopping trip to me!

I had great fun on this card using Penny Blacks stamp set 40-429 Fab Friend.  Other sets used are 30-284 Sprigs, 51-181 Love is Growing die set (which I have also used the cut out piece as a stencil too - so positive and negative used), and 30-095 Flower Festival.

I coloured in with alcohol markers and ink pads using a foam applicator.

Do come and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges for a new months challenge - there are prizes to be won!

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

Please remember that your main focal image must be a hand stamped image, no digital images are allowed for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Leanne xxxx