no paintbrush

Hello Lovelies - a quick post for me - I'm trying to get this done before coffee pot. I'm in charge this week - I'll show you what we make tomorrow. Today I want to share a journal page with you that I made last night - the theme was no brushes allowed - well I got very painty hands and had lots of fun!

I've used acrylic paints, sprays and treasure gold. The layering stencil I used to make the clocks was done using grunge paste through a TH stencil. You can't see the clocks too well but they are there!

This one shows them better but still not very well. Oh well - it was great therapy!

Off to coffee pot now!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

I'd like to enter this into countryviewchallenges: drips and drops

Jessica's card

Hello Lovelies! How are you? I'm okay and have had a good Saturday with my girlies following on from a lovely friday - I went along to the Hobbycraft and stitches show at EventCity in Manchester and met up with the wonderful Redanne. We had a good natter and did some shopping!! It was lovely to see you Anne and I look forward to coming to see you soon! Back to today - we went for a natter with the drama group ladies down at our village hall then after lunch went to see my lovely mum and dad.

I have a card to share with you today that I made for a little girls 8th birthday yesterday. Its very CAS - I love this LOTV image:

I've coloured it with spectrum noir pencils.

I hope you have had a good Saturday and I thank you for visiting.

Big Hugs

Rachel x

colour challenge at chocolate baroque

Evening all - how are you? I do hope you have had a good day. Mine was okay - been to see the solicitor - such a nice lady! And I went to see another very nice lady for a coffee this afternoon and had a good blether. So all in all a good day with only one or two minor wobbles - thats progress for you!!!

Thanks for your kind comments on yesterdays card - I have another challenge card for you today - this time the chocolatebaroquechallenge-7 - this is the colour palette:



And this is my card:

I love this stamp - she's such a seventies girl to me - I had to go for the blobby background to go with it!! That was made using the double bubble stencil from Clarity - the stamp is, of course, chocolate baroque. I also used another chocolate baroque stamp around the edge.

I painted the main image using distress inks - peeled paint, rusty hinge, wild honey and then adirondack expresso.

I would like to enter this into the chocolatebaroquechallenge-7. 

Thats all for today - off to visit some blogs - big hugs Rachel xx

Red at Indigo Blu

Evening lovelies. How are you? I trust you had a good day. Mine's not been too bad - a few wobbles but overall pretty good. Been to a yoga class - that was nice and relaxing - I think I will go again!

Tonight I would like to share a card I have made for the challenge over at Indigo Blu - its a splash of red - mine's very red!

I have used the Elizabeth Bennett stamp plus the sentiment stamp from Indigo Blu. The background is made using a TH layering stencil. I have used fired brick distress ink throughout plus a little barn door here and there and a red spectrum noir pen too.

I adore this stamp - so very beautiful!

I would like to enter this into the indigoblublogchallenge-24-touch-of-red

Hope the rest of your evening is good and thanks for your visit.

Hugs

Rachel xx

Coffee pot card

Evening all! I hope you are well. Thanks for your kind comments on my journal cover - I look forward to continuing with it. Thanks for your kind words about my new Header too - he was such a gorgeous man - it only seems right that he's with me on my blogging journey.

So here's a quick card that I made at coffee pot yesterday. The lovely Diana was in charge and she brought with her a fabulous set of stamps including the one that I used from Penny Black.

ooer - my picture is obviously suggesting that too much of a good thing is not wonderful - its not that way up in my folder so why its coming that way up I don;t know - please forgive me!!!! I stamped in black archival and coloured in distress ink (spun sugar, peeled paint and shabby shutters).

I would like to enter this into the Penny Black and More Challenge february-challenge-anything goes but a digi.

Thats all for now - back again tomorrow!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

Journalling starts here

Hello lovelies - how are you today? Hasn't it been cold - I went for a run this morning - it was absolutely freezing but thankfully not icy - I hope I have no ice for my run in the morning too. It doesn't seem to be getting any easier but I will get there! I hope.

I went to coffee pot after that - Diana was in charge today and I made a couple of floral cards - one of which I'll try to show tomorrow. The other one went off to a poor lady of coffee pot who is in hospital with a dislocated hip - she only had it replaced three weeks ago and is definitely suffering.

I want to show you today a journal cover - I just got myself a journal and look forward to filling it up as the year goes on. I've joined a journalling group on facebook and we get a prompt to follow every week - this week its all about lettering.

Lots of messy play here - I've used black gesso, distress paints, an imagination crafts stencil, dylusions stamps, double bubble clarity stencil, distress ink and grungepaste plus a white pen and a black alcohol marker.

I'm happy with it. 

I'd like to enter this into the anything goes challenge at stamping sensations. 

Hope you have had a good day! Hugs Rachel x

Hello lovelies - well two days in a row - this has become unusual for me - but since its the first of the month there will be a new challenge starting over at the Imagination Crafts Challenge blog where the theme is always Anything goes. Take a look here to see what my teamies have done for your inspiration and link up your make. If you used Imagination crafts goodies you will go into a draw to win £40 woth of goodies from Imagination Crafts. Here's my piece - it was the birthday card I made for my nephew Tate.

I made the background using the alphabet stencil and sailboat blue adirondack ink applied with stencil brushes. I also used skateboard-boy stencil and gunmetal sparkle medium. Such a useful stencil - I love it. I can see many of the boys in the family getting a card using this stencil this year!

We had a great day yesterday - me and the girls went off to the gym - they went to fit kids and I went in the gym itself. Then we all went into the pool before heading off to Pizza Hut. When we got back I got some time in the garden whilst the girls played then we watched a film before bedtime. Its so hard without Shaun but we are all trying to carry on and do as much as possible to enjoy life. We're off to visit my mum and dad today. Hope they are well!

Big hugs to you and thanks for visiting.

Rachel xx