Journal page prompt - use something new.

Hello lovelies - how are you? I hope you are well and happy. I'm okay - had a good swim - yesterday then went to see my mum and dad. Took dad to the hospital later on and dropped them both off - my mum said everything was fine though so thats good. I went to drama group yesterday evening too and actually read a part - it was fun!

Today I think I'm off to the gym - I'll do my weights circuit then a body balance class I think. Then I have to go and get my eyes tested! I'm hoping we get a bit of the better weather that you lucky people down south seem to be having then I may be able to go out in the garden for what's left of the day!

Today I have a journal page to share with you - the prompt was to use something new - so I've used a new to me 12x12 stencil from crafters workshop, pan pastels, distress inks, jofy stamps, distress markers and some round the edge stamps from dylusions. Here's my make:

I started by using the stencil and grungepaste then, once that had dried I used pan pastels to colour the main background. Next I did the staming and coloured the images with distress markers.

Then I used some other stencils (joggles and imagination crafts) and distress inks to change the background and finally reapplied the main stencil and added some black distress ink.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

mixedmediaworld--use-bright-colours

panpasteluk: anything goes with pan pastel.

I hope you have a great Thursday and please enjoy whatever you're doing.

Big huggles

Rachel xx

watch the birdie....

Hello lovelies! How are you? I hope you are all well and good. I am off to the pool today for a wee change - my run yesterday was hard work but I feel pleased at having reached 15 miles in total so far for the week - only one more run before the weekend!

I would also like to welcome my two new followers - its a long time since some new people started following and I really do appreciate it - so sorry that I'm unable to thankyou by adding your names - I can't figure out quite how to do that! But thankyou!

Today I have my effort in using kraft card to share with you. I always fancied colouring in pencil on Kraft so that was the main thrust of my make - although I have also used kraft card as the main background too. The stamp I have coloured is from Sheena douglass - I was keeping this stamp for shaun's birthday this year - but I have used it instead to make a card for a cardswap I am involved with. He would have loved this image.

I stamped the image in momento onto Kraft card then coloured the image in with spectrum noir pencils. I cut the image with a spellbinders die then coloured the outer part using distress marker. The background was a piece of Kraft card that I embossed with a crafters companion folder then swiped with sepia archival. finally I added distress inks (mermaid lagoon and ripe persimmon) to the background.

The other diecuts are from memory box. The sentiment is from Chocolate baroque.

I'm pretty pleased with this - hope you like it too!

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

countryviewchallenges-april-challenge - use kraft.

littleclairesdesignse-monthly-challenge-56-use kraft

unrulypaperarts-reader-art-quest

theartisticstampercreativeteam aprils-creative-challenge-flora-fauna.html

I was asked by sue of sue's crafty corner to show my make from coffee pot yesterday - here it is!

I love these colours - not sure whether I prefer this one or the other one!!

Hope you have a good wednesday.

Big hugs

Rachel xx

Lilly's card and coffee pot

Hello Lovelies - how are you today? I hope you are fine and well and if not sending healing hugs. I had a good day yesterday - the girls went back to school and I went for a run before coffee pot - I was very slow but its a few more miles in those legs. Then at coffee pot I made a brown/orange version of the card I'm showing today - all the ladies loved it!

Here's my make which I gave to my friend Heidi's daughter Lilly for her birthday last Sunday.

The image is from chocolate baroque of course - I think you've all seen this one around blogland at the moment - its a beauty - I love it!!!! I've used an embossalicious folder on pearlescent card from crafters companion. The image has been coloured with spectrum noir pencils. I cut the image using a spellbinders die and inked around with dusty concorde distress ink.

I'd like to enter this into the current incy wincy challenge which is all about embossing

incywincydesigns - embossing-wet-or-dry

Big huggles to you and hope you have a wonderful day!

Rachel x

A soggy run and tims tag april

Hello Lovelies! How are you? I hope you are well and happy! We've had another busy day yesterday- my race was extremely wet but I managed! I wasn't last but I was in the last bundle - nevermind! At least I did it!!!! We also visited my mum and dad and then went to the pictures for a friend of Lucy's birthday - we saw Home - not really my sort of film but the girls enjoyed it!

Today I would like to share with you my Tims Tag for April - I did enjoy this one - so very pretty. I followed all of Tims instructions here.

I had to do faux stitching around the edge - I'm not up to sewing lol!!!!

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

timholtz 12-tags-of-2015-april

countryviewchallenges-april-challenge

I am going for a run with my friend Emma this morning - then doing coffee pot - looking forward to that!

Hugs and thanks for visiting!

Rachel x

Vintage at Christmas card club

Hello Lovelies! Well its my choice over at Christmas Card Club this fortnight and I chose Vintage - I have so many suitable things to use but I chose 2 crafty individual stamps and a Tim Holtz. Here are my makes:

this is a CI stamp in both green archival and sepia archival. The backing is some packaging from some sheena christmas embossing folders.

This is a Tim stamp and I used a Tim stencil too.

Another CI stamp used with a card pack from Little Claire.

I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge add some texture

craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.-extra-for-april-2015

When this is published I'll be running around trying to get organised for the race. Hope it goes okay!!!

Big hugs to you - and I hope you have a great Sunday!

Rachel x

Off the edge at Indigo Blu

Hello Lovelies! I hope you are well and happy? Have you had a good day? I have had a good one - I went for a swim rather than running today - then had a few minutes in the jacuzzi and then a sauna - bliss - I hope that means my legs will be race ready for sunday - I'm doing a 10K in Lancaster - it will be a slow one as I'm not race fit as yet but its a start!

Today I would like to share a card with you I have made for the Indigo Blu challenge where the theme this month is Off the edge.

First I created the background using mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio and mowed lawn distress stains, I added the stains to my craft mat then ran card through. I applied splats of water and blotted the excess water off before drying the background. Then I stamped some of the limor circles in the corresponding distress inks. Next I stamped the dreamer image and coloured with spectrum noir pencils the masked it and used distress inks to create the background.

I put the card together and stamped the discover your passion sentiment on the background. 

I'd like to enter this into indigoblublogchallenge-26-off-edge.

Hope you have a good Friday evening - I've got a date with my distress ink spray tool which I finally unearthed today!!!! Big huggles!

Rachel xx

Altered mirror for AVJ

Hello lovelies!How are you? Hope you've had the sunshine we had! Its been glorious! A very warm run this morning was hard work but its another one in the bank. I may do another tomorrow but if its too warm I'll swim! Lets just wait and see.

I spent two hours in my attic the afternoon - it was a tidying day - maybe I will need tomorrow afternoon too before my attic is back in a workable state - things have gotten pretty bad up there but I'm determined to whip it into some sort of shape! Lol!!! The tidying was started all because I can't find my distress ink air splatter tool - still not found it so no Tims tag tonight - but more tidying! Hopefully it will appear soon!!!!

This evening I would like to share with you whats been keeping me busy since Tuesday - I've been altering a mirror using Tim Holtz stamps, distress markers, white tissue paper and glue and seal.
Here's the result:

The images were stamped in versafine onto tissue paper then coloured - I used the following distress markers: 

Chipped sapphire

Mermaid Lagoon

Gathered twigs

Squeezed Lemonade

Ripe Persimmon

Salty Ocean

Once coloured I cut each flower out and decoupatched them onto the frame which I had first painted with tea dye distress crackle paint.

I'm pretty pleased with the result and it adds a little femininity to my bedroom.

I would like to enter this into this months challenge at A vintage Journey through-looking-glass.

I should also like to enter this into pinkleart sunday-stamper-week-352-true-blue. 

I hope you like it - and thanks for any comments you have - I'm off to have a look at what you've been up to.

Big Hugs

Rachel x