Mid month reminder at Penny Black and More Challenges for "Anything goes".......

Good morning!!

We find ourselves half way through April so here is my mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges.

This months theme is "Anything goes" so on this sample I have used the lovely little hedges from Penny Blacks 30-059 Best Day Ever stamp set.

I seem to have gone down a Christmas themed route for this months samples but hey, it all helps when Christmas time arrives!!!!

Coloured with Koi brush pens on a distress oxide background with a few little snowflakes from my own stash.

There still plenty of time to enter this months theme so pop on over to our challenge page where you'll always receive a warm welcome and positive vibes:-

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A HAND STAMPING CHALLENGE SO THE MAIN FOCAL IMAGE OF YOUR CREATION MUST BE A HAND STAMPED IMAGE AND NOT A DIE CUT.  DIGITAL IMAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THIS CHALLENGE.

There are prizes to be had too!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxxx

New theme at Penny Black and More Challenges "Anything goes"......

Good morning folks!

Here we are on the first Sunday of April so it's a new theme over at Penny Black and More Challenges and this months new theme is......

Anything goes!.

This sample is done entirely with Penny Blacks 30-261 Natures Friends stamp set.

The trees were stamped using my brushos with a little help from some pastel pencils, gesso and posca pens and on three of those trees I've added some white embossing powder.

I hope you'll come over and join us at Penny Black and More:-

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A HAND STAMPING CHALLENGE SO THE MAIN FOCAL IMAGE OF YOUR CREATION MUST BE A HAND STAMPED IMAGE, NOT A DIE CUT - NO DIGITAL IMAGES ARE ALLOWED IN THIS CHALLENGE.

Thanks for stopping by

Leanne xxxx

Mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges ..... Spring Flowers

Morning!

It's mid month reminder time for Penny Black and More Challenges so here I am with my inspiration for you.

Here I've used Penny Black's 30-095 Flower Festival  and that fabulous inky background is an alcohol background - it's so shiny as I've popped some gold ink in there too (so hard to pick up on a photo!).

Glossy accents and mica powder make the flowers so shiny too.

The sentiment is one from my own stash.

I wasn't sure to be honest what the flowers actually are or indeed which way up they were supposed to go but I thought, does it matter?!!!!  So I joined them a bit like holly hocks and was pleased with that!

With a black pen I've just spotlighted the one on the right hand side.

Please do come over and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges - there are prizes to be won!

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A HAND STAMPING CHALLENGE SO YOUR MAIN FOCAL IMAGE MUST BE THAT OF A HAND STAMPED IMAGE AND NOT A DIE CUT/CUTS.  NO DIGITAL IMAGES ARE ALLOWED ON THIS CHALLENGE.

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxxx

New theme at Penny Black and More.... Spring Flowers

Good morning!

First Sunday of March so that only means one thing...... it's a new theme over at Penny Black and More Challenges!

This months new theme is "Spring Flowers" so I've gone for something a bit different this month and a mixed media piece using a birch wood heart.  Over the past few months I've added another feather to my bow and taken up the art of pyrography.  It is so relaxing to do and I've so enjoyed it and I think it's really important to keep on learning and expanding in your knowledge and not get stuck in your usual comfort zone.

So, this heart was burnt just before Christmas and given to a friend of mine that lives in the Netherlands (as it was her that actually introduced me to pyrography in the first place!).

After stamping the Penny Black stamp 40-612 Tulip Bouquet with versafine ink I then burnt in the design with my pyrography iron and shaded the areas too.  I've coloured this one with my Derwent Inktense pencils and watercoloured them out - Inktense pencils are permanent once dry - this is important for when you come to paint a coat of varnish over at the end as you don't want the colours to reactivate and bleed.

The little hearts are just me having fun and drawing with the iron!

The friends sentiment is from Penny Black's Happy Wishes set 30-419. I stamped that and then burnt the image in just the same as with the flowers.

Finished with a coat of hard floor varnish.  

I do hope that you can come over and join us this month at Penny Black and More:-

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A HAND STAMPING CHALLENGE, NO DIGITAL IMAGES CAN BE USED AND THE MAIN FOCAL IMAGE MUST BE HAND STAMPED (NOT A DIE CUT).

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxx

Mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges for "Animals, birds and butterflies"..........

Morning!!

Half way through February already so it's time to give you my reminder about this months challenge over at Penny Black and More Challenges for our theme this month of "Animals, birds and butterflies".

My sample today was great fun and I stepped it up a bit for a more modern and on trend approach.

I've used the gorgeous Penny Black stamp 40-606 All Fours and felt it needed little more than a fabulous inky background on which to mount the cut out image. My background is spray inks, a stencil from my stash and some circles from old bottle lids.  The sentiment comes within the same stamp set.

What a fab stamp set for both an older person or a very young trendy one too!!!!

Don't forget to come over and join us :-

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR MAIN FOCAL IMAGE MUST BE A HAND STAMPED IMAGE, NO DIGITAL IMAGES ARE ALLOWED AND DIE CUTS MUST NOT BE YOUR MAIN FOCAL IMAGE.

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne 

xxxx

A play with Lavinia stamps....

Hi there,

A quick post today showing you what I've been up to between DT work.

I love my Pink Ink DT work and my Penny Black makes but I also love to have my own play with my other stash when I get the chance.

Here I have used Lavinia stamps with a sprayed background both normal ink sprays and lustres.  Finished with posca pens and pastel pencils.

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxx

A touch of vintage......

Hi again, twice in one day - you don't see many of those!!!

I'm sharing a make that I've created for this weeks Allsorts Challenge theme of "A touch of vintage".

I chose to follow my love of vintage florals.

Here I have had lots of fun with my Pearlywinks ink sprays.  Not only did I spray the background with vintage teal, vintage brown and blue spritz but I painted everything on here with them too. I even sprayed the lace to match!  I love the vintage feel that blues and greens give you when mixed with browns.

I have used the Rose Bloom stamp set by Stacey Barras for Crafters Companion.

With some string, seed beads and sequins, a handmade with love wooden button and hessian ribbon I was done!

I shall pop this in to this weeks Allsorts Challenge of a touch of vintage:-

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/week-557-touch-vintage.html

Thanks for dropping by to see two posts today!

Leanne xxxx