Mothers Day cards

here are the two cards I have made this year, I am using  a card design by Helen Chilton in the  February issue of Craft Stamper, page 68, I was blown away by this card and thought the design was stunning and so clever, I'm afraid mine is not so neat and precise as Helen's (I wonder how many she had to make or whether it was a first time, job done), but I have done my best and I'm sure the two mums will appreciate them, well actually my mum saves mine to give back to me, (not sure that's a compliment LOL).
I used some of my Basic Grey paper pads, that I used to buy obsessively, but never used as they are too nice, but are now hidden away in a cupboard and forgotten about, so I have finally managed to comply with this year's Use it Up.

 

 

Anyway Happy Mothers Day to you all, hope you get spoilt, I'm hoping for the twilight Breaking Dawn DVD, big hints have been dropped . . LOL, as its my birthday the day before am also hoping for some cash for craft stash, I have my little wish list ready.

Sketch Book

I have found that I have a new interest in learning to use all the different art media that I have come across through my blog hopping, I am seeing if I can learn to draw, just to a basic level would be great; and have found myself pulled to all the different media's out there.  My new purchase is Inktense pencils and blocks, that I have seen some of the great mixed media artists out there use, though they have not been used on this project, in fact sitting in packet next to me, play time when I've finished this post.  This is a blank canvas book I picked up in WHS to start practising my drawing in, note not showing those attempts yet, (they are a bit cringeworthy LOL).  Anyway couldn't work in a blank faced book so got to work with some Paperartsy Fresco paints, a balzer template and some texture paste, and then added some stampotique stamps and lots of pen work in gold, black and white, quite proud of my underworld effect.

 

the beginning of the process

and midway

hope you like, off to play with my new purchases.

Stampotique Designers Challenge

It's the first time I've managed this challenge this year, love Stampotique so excited to see new stamps soon, this challenge is for black, pink and purple, check it out here, I had an idea in my head, and I think at one point I got it on the page, but I just couldnt stop and kept going, oops!! So here is a new entry in my Twilight Journal. . .

Introducing . . .

 . . .  my new friend, you will see him poking his head into some of the pictures . . . 

Last weekend I decided to have a Kate Crane inspiration day, so I prepped my work surface chose some colours and some paper, popped Kate's DVD on, and away I went, I had great fun if slightly messy (buts that what's supposed to happen isn't it) and created various journal backgrounds, a colour wheel (hope you are proud of me Kate) and a masterboard.

The masterboard got chopped up into tags and that was as far as I got at the weekend, then it didn't get returned to for a couple of days as had a humdinger of a cold, when I got back to it decided I needed to add stampotique figures to it, so did some stamping and some pro marker colouring, sort of worked out what I wanted to do on Friday evening and then was gonna get started on Saturday, but I got sidetracked, I blame Kaz, she had been playing with the new Tim stamps, now there is only one of them I really wanted and off course that was featured in Kaz's play, so before you could say boo, I'm on the phone to Pickleberry to reserve them and outa of the door to get them, well Kaz you have a lot to answer for because of course I didn't just get the one set of stamps, there were other tempatations put in my way, like a set of the new Dylussions and a mask of two.  Anyway one happy bunny set off home if slightly (cough cough) poorer.  So here are the tags that I have finished, bright and pink, not my usual colour scheme.

So did you spot my new friend, yup its Billy the skull, there is a new kids magazine series building a skeleton and luckily the skull was in part one for 99p, well it would have been rude not to, so I bought him and am hoping to distress him so much he wont be recognizable, poor Billy !!!  LOL

Oh and finally here is a pic of the rose my boys bought me for valentines, its looking a bit worse for wear but I am loving the colour tones in it, now I want to keep this forever, do I press it now or when its dried out?

Happy Valentines

Not a big celebrator of valentines, a card does me fine, oh ok, when we were first married I told my husband not to waste money buying me flowers, as they were a rip off at valentines day, well he has stuck to this faithfully, (sob sob), but my lovely boys bought me a single red rose, awwww my heart melted. Hubby bought me a pack of Cream egg splats, which everyone has their eyes on, should I share do you think!!

Anyway here is the card I made for my husband,