My shining star

My shining star

Sunday, 28 May 2023

Clean and simple at Christmas card Club

 Hello there! Well time is moving swiftly towards the end of May - the weather is glorious and it hardly seems possible its Christmas Card Club again - but here we are! This fortnight the emphasis is on clean and simple and both myself and my mum have only made one card - me because of time and mum because of the difficulty she is still facing with getting around - but she has managed everything herself this time and we are both thrilled with her progress!

My card is made using a stamp from HobbyArt.


I simply stamped this and coloured in fine liner pens plus clean colour pens - very clean and simple I think.

Mum has made her card using stamps from Lavinia and also Phill Martin and I also spy a Lavinia stencil in the background.


I hope you have a smashing day - enjoy the weather!
Big hugs
Rachel x


Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Farmers come from good stock

 Hello there! Well its my turn over at Countryview Challenges today - the theme this month is vehicles - living where I do I couldn't not go for a tractor really could I?


I used a tractor image from Jane Gill at Woodware and created a scene around it using torn paper and distress inks. I over painted with clean colour pens and added the sheep images from hobby art. Finally I added the sentiment.
I do hope you can join the challenge.
Big hugs
Rachel x


Sunday, 14 May 2023

Bells at Christmas card club

 Hello there,

Well it was a bit touch and go getting this done this week - but I have managed to get two cards made - yipee! Here they are - I used a main stamp and a background image from Chocolate Baroque and a stencil from Tim Holtz.


The background stamping and stencilling was done in distress oxide (salty ocean and peeled paint) and the bells were coloured using clean colour pens.

Mum went for 'anything goes' this fortnight and put together a card using pre made topper from hunkydory.

Mum is doing okay but still cannot weight bear. I am hoping that by the next outing of the CCC there will be some progress!

Big hugs

Rachel xx




Monday, 1 May 2023

Choo Choo!

 Hello there! 

Happy May Day! Well its time for a new challenge and this time the theme is vehicles. For my first make I have gone for a train image from Aall and create.


I have coloured the image using clean colour pens and created the background using an aall and create stencil and two colours of distress oxide ... salty ocean and shaded lilac.

You can find the main challenge including much more inspiration and the linky here.
Hope you can join us!
Hugs
Rachel x