New release from Crafty Sentiments: Sweet Prayer

Hello there - hope you are feeling good! Already my second post of the day - and this time its another new image from the mini release at  Crafty sentiments - there's 6 new images in all - and they're all very sweet. Today I've got Sweet Prayer to share with you - she's gorgeous. Check out what my teamies have made too here.

The wording on the LHS come from a set of stamps by Dylusions. The papers are I think K and Co.. The flowers are WOC. The image was coloured with promarkers. The image has been cut with a spellbinder die and wild honey DI used around the edges.

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

CBNcraftybloggersnetwork: Bright and Breezy

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you have a wonderful Monday! Back later with my next post!

Hugs

Rachel xx

SALS 41: DT post

Morning all! Well I'm scheduling this post - currently have sore feet and match sticks keeping my eyes open!!!! This is what I looked like at the start of the Moonlight Walk on Saturday Night - you can imagine how bad I looked at the end! Lol! We set off at 10pm and walked 25km - it took 4 hours and 10 minutes - I was so glad I wasn't driving! Needless to say I'm tired now!




Onto todays post - SALS are starting a new sketch challenge - its number 41 and the challenge sketch looks like this:

The challenge is sponsore by My Grafico and Eureka Stamps. I've used an image from Eureka stamps and my card looks like this:

The papers are from K and Co I think and the charm came from my stash - I think it was from the Ribbon girl. See what my teamies did and link up to the challenge over here.

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

LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Splish splash splosh

This is my first of three postings today so please bear with me - thanks for visiting and I hope to see you again soon! Hugs Rachel xx

DT Post for Craft - a - scene: week 2: forest animals

Afternoon all - just a quick post this afternoon - got one to show you from craft-a scene - the June challenge is for scenes showing realistic forest animals - mine is a bird - again - this time I've used a pheasant stamp from claritystamps.

I'm really pleased with this scene - the sky was done very quickly with pan pastel and the botton using a brayer and I think it was shabby shutters DI. Then I've overstamped clumps of grass - sheena douglass stamps - and the trees - I borrowed them from my mum and I can't recall the name - will alter my post once I get chance to find the name.  The pheasant is from clarity and I did cheat and add him afterwards. He's coloured with promarkers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
LCTLTladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog: Colour wheel opposites - green and orange (close to opposite!)
Cupcakecupcakecraftchallenges: Summer scene
Ladybug Craftsladybugcrafts: Masculine
ssssimonsaysstampschallenge: Masculine

Thats all for today - deep intake of breath as I have 3 posts tomorrow - not ideal but thats the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you choose to leave!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

New Release from Crafty Sentiments: Nurse Primrose

Good morning all! I'm scheduling this post for Sunday Morning - I'm hoping to still be in the land of nod when it goes live as I'll have got back around 4am after doing the moonlight walk!!!! Hopefully!!!!!

Well - its time for a mini release at Crafty sentiments - there's 6 new images in all - and they're all very sweet. Today I've got Nurse Primrose to share with you - she's got a very large and scary looking needle but other than that the image is very sweet. Check out what my teamies have made too here.

The card blank is from cupcake crafting - can't remember their new name. The image is coloured with promarkers and tumbled glass DI has been used once the image has been cut out. The paper is from prima  and the large gem from Chloes. The ribbon is from the Pretty Little Ribbon shop and the sentiment is from a kanban kit from QVC donkeys years ago.

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

Stampin for the weekendstampinfortheweekend: Cute
Crafty Friendscraftyfriendschallengeblog: Bingo: Gems, ribbon and blue
A creative romance:acreativeromance Anything goes

Hope you have a fabulous Sunday - back later with another challenge - don't forget my mini giveaway post here - if you fancy a new stamp!

Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you choose to leave!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Dream time

Good morning lovelies - another bright and fine day in the Fisher household and today is my husband Shaun's birthday - he's fabulous and I just adore him!!!!

Well then I've gor a tag and an ATC to show you today - they're a bit of a matching pair but the ATC has already winged its way to Kezzy - hope you like it! Here they are:

The tag was made in response to the Sunday stamper where the theme this week is Dream - With the tag and the ATC the same method was used. I used rub resists from Tim Holtz to get the main pictures over the background then added spun sugar and antique linen DI and spritzed and flicked with water. Then I used a mask from Imagination Crafts and Shabby Shutters DI. Then I went around the edges with the peeled paint then spritzed some mica spray onto the craft emblies pieces and cut the words from some cuttlebug alphabet dies. For the tag I then stamped sam poole's 6 petal flower 3 times  on paper from Do crafts and cut them out to make the flower. Finally I tied the crushed ribbon bow on the tag and added some spellbinder die leaves.

I'd like to enter this tag into the following challenges:
Sunday Stamper:pinkleart Dreams
Pan Pastelpanpasteluk: Tag it
SSSSsimonsaysstampandshow: scrolls, script,  Shabby Shutters DI.

Hope you have a great Saturday - We're off to a local Gala today and I'm doing the Moonlight walk tonight for St. Johns Hospice - we start at 10pm and walk 25km! Hope its a nice night!

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Birthday update and good news!!!!

Hello all! Hope you are well and happy - I'm having a wonderful birthday - thanks to all who sent cards and presents and well wishes - I'm very lucky indeed. Here's most of the crafty goodies I got:

I've already been having a play - but more of that on a future day. Here are some of the handmade cards I received from some of you lovely bloggers. (Lyndsay, Aunty Sue, Jo, mum and my sister Jacqui)

And here's the one that the lovely Redanne made me that was hard to photograph flat.

Aren't I lucky?
And now for my special news - I heard from Linda Simpson the other day that I had made it on to the design team for Imaginations Crafts. I'm so excited - the challenge blog is already live - imagination-craftschallenges - and the first challenge will be on the 1st July. So looking forward to being part of such an amazing team!!! So thanks Linda for having me on board and looking forward to working with the rest of you wonderful ladies!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Commission card and a giveaway

Hello there! How are you doing? I'm writing this on Thursday night to schedule it for the morning - its my birthday tomorrow and I'm very excited - there seems to have been lots of cards coming through the door so I will probably be opening them when this post goes live.

Firstly I want to show you a card I made for a friend for a commission - this is the second one I got asked to do on Saturday at the charity event. I rather like it - what do you think?

The image is from saturated canary - I think she may be called Blanche - but I could be wrong! My brief wwas for glamour - and I think this lady is very glamorous! She's been coloured with promarkers and added to a diecut of my favourite spellbinder oval. This has been added to red paper and then to the card blank which is a large one of the cupcake crafting cards. I've added flowers, pins and a pearl fluorish and also the recipients name! Oh and the sequins too!

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

Saturated Canary:saturatedcanarychallenge Show us your lovely
craftsandmechallenges: Something old - the sequins must be about 10 years old - I just never seem to use them!
audsentimentschallengeblog: Anything goes
Whimsywhimsyinspires: Shaped cards

AI:artisticinspirationschallenges Shaped cards
fussyandfancychallenge: Bling it on

Now then onto the small giveaway - I have three stamps pictured here:

If you chose to write a comment on this post just let know which stamp you would like - I will keep this open until Monday morning at 10am BST then I will draw a winner for each stamp and let the winners know on my Tuesday post. Okay dokey? Does that sound okay!

Big Hugs and thanks for your friendship! I really appreciate your feedback and this is just a small way to say thankyou!

Hugs

Rachel xx