Aunty Christines Card

Hello Lovelies - how are you? I hope you are well and happy and if not sending you hugs. We are good here although my mum isn't very well - hope you're feeling better mum!! Hopefully see you soon.

I have a card to share with you today that I have made for my aunty Christine - she loves everything art deco so I used the opportunity to make another card for the CB colour challenge. Here's what I did.

So here's my make - I've used one of the ladies from the art deco ladies stamp sheet and also a singles stamp for the background behind her. I  also  used some smaller stamps from one of the rennie mackintosh inspired sets to help create the background.

I used spectrum noir pencils to colour the main image and distress inks plus a TH stencil to create the background.

I would like to enter chocolatebaroquechallenge-eleven with this card.

Thanks for looking today and I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

Hugs

Rachel xx

A chilled out day and a wedding card.

Hello Lovelies! How are you? I've had a lovely day today and enjoyed a swim in Lake Windermere - it wasn't too deep in the area I swam so I felt confident all the time - the funiest thing was putting my wetsuit on - blimey - I was worn out once I had done that!! But it was brilliant. And the swim was so refreshing - I think I will be doing that again as soon as I can!!!

So today I have the last piece to show you that I have done for the DT call over at the inkettes on facebook. I decided to use a stamp set and make a card that I cut using my hougie board.

One of my friends is getting married soonish so I wanted to be prepared and thought this was the ideal stamp set to use.

The main image was coloured with spectrum noir pencils. The bunting was coloured with distress inks and distress pens.

I don't know what the colour theme for the wedding will be - or indeed if there will be one - so I went with the purples and greens/blues. I think they look very summery!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

theartisticstampercreativeteam junes-creative-challenge-summer-is-on its way

Take care and thanks for any comments you choose to leave!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Thankyou thankyou thankyou!

Evening lovelies - well I have many things to be thankful for - not least the beautiful cards and gifts many of you have sent to me - I appreciate one and all and feel very much supported in the crafty sphere - so thankyou most sincerely! I will photograph my lovely cards from blog friends shortly but I have not had time just yet - but they are all sitting on my piano and bookshelves looking very beautiful! Thankyou!

Your support has been much appreciated today too - a day which would have been my beautiful Shaun's 48th birthday - his mum is with me and we two and my gorgeous girls went off for an evening at Gargrave near Skipton where we had tea at the anchor inn - its nothing special but Shaun always enjoyed the walk along the canal there then food - so thats what we did. I know he was with us and enjoyed it too!

Yesterday me and my girlies enjoyed our trip to the treetop trek at Brockhole - it was fabulous fun and we managed to do both the green and the blue circuit and the triple zip - excellent fun!







Big smiles all the way!!!!

Today I would like to share a 3D creation I have made using Sheena goodies plus an Eileen hull die.

I love this orchid stamp from Sheena - I've coloured it using spectrum noir pencils and fussy cut then stuck the image to stalks. I used hardboard and an eileen hull die to make the jar and covered it with black card embossed using a sheena folder, highlighted with renaissance gold gilding wax from paperartsy.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

sirstampalotchallenge june-challenge-dies-and-punches

Take care and have a wonderful evening!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

CCC: Christmas scene and Happy Birthday to me!

Hello Lovelies - How are you today? I am writing this last night if this makes sense - the reason being it is my birthday today and my two excited little scamps will no doubt have me up early to open my cards - I did tell them not until 8am - but we'll see what happens! I'm taking them tree trekking at Brockhole today - looking forward to it - unlike my birthday which I'm not too fussed about this year! And it would have been Shauns birthday tomorrow - so its going to be a tough couple of days but I will get though this and feel much better on the other side of it! Big girl knickers time xx

So at christmas card club today the theme is a christmas scene - which ordinarily would have filled me with joy - but having so little time I found this quite tough but I did manage to throw a card together for it.

I used stamps from Card -io and papermania (sentiment) and distress ink - mermaid lagoon plus  bottle adirondack and balck archival.  I have more of the same sort of style to show you in tomorro'w post!

Big hugs and have a great day!

Rachel x

A craft board and crazy rehersals schedule!

Hello Lovelies - sorry I've been M.I.A.. - the girls have a punishing rehersal schedule for a play on the 13th of this month - and I'm finding it hard to keep up. I have been getting some crafting time but not much - and blogging time is very limited! Anyway - I enjoy it all so no sympathy please!!! Lol!!!

Here's a thing I've been working on for a little while. I got this board from the MDF man at the show at the weekend.

I've made this using mostly sheena products.  I used the poppy die and stamp set from the victorian florals.  I also used 4 different sheena stencils plus the wildflower die. I also used an older sheena stamp set with the butterflies and dragonflies. I also used papersartsy fresco paints plus some pebeo paints.

I really enjoyed the layers in making this - there are holes in the bottom to put some hooks in when I get around to it!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

theartisticstampercreativeteam junes-creative-challenge-summer-is-on it way

unrulypaperarts - the great outdoors

welove2create/challenge-10-anything-creativemixed

Its going to be another busy one tomorrow - getting ready for the school fair on Saturday! Looking forward to it but I've also got a big run to do and visitors too!!! Deep breath!!!

Hope you have a great day tomorrow!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

Coffee Pot make and a piano!

Hello Lovelies - how are you? I hope you are well and happy and survived the storms last night - apparently my TV aerial is waving around - will have to get something done about that! It was very rough here - very scary!

Yesterday I also had a piano delivered - my friend Alison was giving hers away and my girls really wanted one - so now we have one - its been a big hit - I think Penny may be even more distracted now though - lol!!!!

I also went to Coffee Pot aswell this morning - Diana brought a lovely Charles Rennie mackintosh set of stamps with her from chocolate baroque. She had cards designed for the ladies to copy but I went off piste and did my own thing! here's my make:

I'm very pleased with this - its such a beautiful stamp set - just gorgeous! I used distress inks picked raspberry and peeled paint to paint the image, masked it then stamped the roses to create the background. 

She's so very pretty! 

I'm supposed to be running today - I hope the weather improves!!! Whatever you do today try to enjoy it!

Big hugs rachel xx

A grand day out!

Hello lovelies! Thanks so much for your concern about my dad - he seems to be fine - all his tests came back negative - they think it was muscular! Anyway - better safe then sorry - its just a shame my mum missed the show! Soon mum!

Me and my girlies had a lovely time at the show - we did two workshops - we made a lovely box with flowers with Pauline Wheeler and then did an MDF heart frame with Sarah McCrossan. The girls really enjoyed both workshops - as did I - I'll show you their makes later  but first a card I made using a stamp set from Indigo Blu that I bought whilst there.

I created the background on the card first using the stamps from the poppycock set and distress inks then I made the topper using the largest poppy from the set stamped in versa and heat set with black wow powders. I also used distress ink and distress marker to complete the topper. Finally I stamped an Indigo Blu sentiment.

I'd like to enter this into the indigoblublogchallenge-28-pocketful-of-posies.

So here'a my girlies and both their makes plus the decopatch they managed to do tonight - I did the gecko - I love geckos!

Penny insisted on buying this fabric - she's a funny one!

We had a great day! Its back to school today for the girls - Penny has got an adventure day on Windermere - the forecast isn't good but I suspect they'll have fun! I will hopefully be getting a piano delivered today - my friend Alison was wanting rid of hers - so hopefully we'll be getting it today. I'll let you know!!!

Hope you have a great day!

Big Hugs

Rachel x