Red at the sunday stamper

Good morning lovely peeps - time for another day in blogland! Did you see the new blinkie on my sidebar - I spotted it on karen's bar when I popped over yesterday - I didn't know Barbara Gray had a blog but she has - press the button and find out more!!!!

Today my card features a digi of a maple leaf that I was lucky enough to win from apassionforstamps. I think it was from allsorts CB. I hadn't seen this company before but they have a lovely range of images including this one.

I coloured the image in using promarkers (not sure how much longer I'll be saying that for since I was naughty yesterday and ordered the POTW speccies from create and craft - on flexipay of course!!!) and mounted on the red card - the background black card was run through a sheena douglass embossing folder and I rubbed treasure gold all over it before mounting on more red and a black 7 inch card. Now I come to think about it - there isn't really any proper stamping on this card - sorry Hels - a bit naughty of me!!!!!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Red at the sunday stamperpinkleart red-balloons
delicious doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: CAS
mmcs:mymumscraftshop-autumn-colours autumn colours

Big Hugs all. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by! Nothing planned here today - I'm baking sticky toffee and apple pudding this afternoon though as I'm having a girls night in tonight at a friends house. We're eating and playing roulette! Should be fun!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

A new Lavinia stamp and playtime results from Tuesday

Good morning Lovelies! Hasn't it turned cold? It felt really chilly when I went for a run yesterday morning - at the start at least lol!!!!!

Today I've got a card to show you that I made using a new Lavinia stamp that I bought at the Harrogate show....this was my over budget purchase - I just couldn't resist!!!

I've used an A6 clarity card and masked the moon - brayered the land - then masked and brayered the sky using the spice big and juicy ink pad. Then I stamped the geese in black archival and the leafy fronds which are Lavinia too. I've added a sentiment then mounted onto black card that has been run through an A4 sheena embossing folder and touched up with treasure gold. Finally I added a bow.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lavinia:laviniastamps Autumn
Feeling Craftyfeelingcraftychallenge: Autumn
Heck of a challengeheckofachallenge: Autumn
polkadoodlespolkadoodle: Autumn
sweet stampin:sweetstampinchallengeblog Autumn
allsortsallsortschallenge: autumn
stamping sensations:sirstampalotchallenge all creatures great and small

I'd also like to show you the card I made on Tuesday afternoon with my mum using the sheena oriental tutorial DVD.

I've used the same embossing folder in the background but the tag was made using radiant rains in the background and versamark and black embossing powder for the silhouettes. Both me and mum have enjoyed doing these and we've got one more to finish off today!!!!

Have a great day and thanks for dropping by!

Big Hugs
Rachel xx