Hello there lovely people! I hope you had a great weekend - we certainly did - yesterday I made another big batch of soup to aid the diet then spent the afternoon at rehersals again painting trees for the scenery. Its starting to come together now and I think it might finally be ready for the opening night on the 23rd January.
Anyway - onto my first item today which is the drawing of my candy winner - thanks so much everybody for entering - I didn't take a screenshot of random.org. I assigned everybody a number in comment order apart from those people who expressed not to be added to the draw. That meant that my min was 1 and my max 27. The number that was drawn was 13 which corresponds to Brenda. Brenda - if you could reach out to me before this time next week I'll organise your candy for you! I know your off for some treatment this week so I hope you see this!
Onto todays post - me and my mum bought some primary elements in the create and craft sale and the two cards that I'm showing today resulted from a play with them.
The primary elements really are cool - the shine doesn't really come through on these pictures but its amazing. The colours in this card are from the set my mum bought - I think they were called tropical something. sorry been looking on the net for the name and failed miserably to find it. The stamps are from sheena douglass - the scrolls are early stamps from creative expressions and the Hepburn quote is from a set you can get here at Crafters Companion. The extra fluorish is from fluorish with a Bling sent by the lovely Lucy - thanks hun!
I'd like to enter this card into the current crafterscompanion-january-2014-hearts Challenge.
I chose the set called Costa Rica and I used in to make the following card:
The stamps are again by Sheena Douglass - here - I used the primary elements to create the background and then stamped in sepia onto this. Then I stamped the fish on acetate and painted on the reverse in silkies from Imagination Crafts. I've made this card for my Joanna Sheen Craft Forum card swap! I hope my swap partner likes it!
I've got a busy day ahead - I'm doing backgrounds with my ladies at coffee pot this morning - thats after a run - then its time to get my rainbows plan together for wednesday and finally I have a PTA meeting in the evening! Hoping to get back in the attic after that to start some DT work!
Hope you have a great Monday!
Big Hugs
Rachel xx
These are brilliant, especially love your underwater card.
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Linda xxx
Fabulous Cards Rachel the colours are amazing and love the Audrey Hepburn quote! Congratulations to Brenda and a big thank you to you for the chance! Susan x
ReplyDeleteI came along because I saw the beautiful fusion of inky colours on my dashboard Rachel and got quite a surprise !!
ReplyDeleteI am loving the work on this post especially the beautiful underwater scenes.
Off to mail you.
B x
Tahiti Dreams Rachel the colours for the first card, can't believe how different it looks after you put the finishing touches to it, so gorgeous and the fishes are beautiful
ReplyDeleteGood morning sweetie, these are just gorgeous, hugs Pops x x x
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Rachel, your designs and colours are wonderful and I love the beautiful quote.
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hugs Sue xx
Beautiful creations Rachel, in fact they are Stunning. The colours look so vibrant. Congratulations to Brenda on her win. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteThe richness of these colours is fab...wish I was braver with colour sometimes! Gosh you are a busy bee...hugs x trace x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creations you have done here hun love the colours hugs cheryl
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, what beautiful cards, I love your colours and how you've used them, Fabulous designs and I love the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Brenda, and thanks for the chance to win your lovely candy Rachel, have a great day, hugs Kate x
Both of these are gorgeous. Love the vibrant colors.
ReplyDeleteThese cards are both fabulous Rachel. I couldn't choose a favourite one !! I love them both. I'm not in my comfort zone with bright colour but your cards really 'zing.' My goodness you are a busy lady, I don't know how you fit everything into your day lol !! Thanks for visiting my blog so regularly, it's much appreciated. Hugs Jennifer xx
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are terrific and the backgrounds you inked are fabulous! Love the seahorse and fish!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours and details on both cards Rachel, they're fab :o) Hugs, Lisa x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Rachel, stunning colours, I especially love the water scene.
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both beautiful cards love the images and flourish and great background techniques
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Two terrific projects Rachel. Gorgeous colours in them both.
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Wow those are two beautiful cards. I love the backgrounds. Wonderful job for just learning to play :)
ReplyDeleteLove the nontraditional Valentine colors! Beautiful cards! Thanks for playing along with this month's Crafter's Companion challenge!
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