Bee your own kind of beeautiful ...

Hello there! Well I am showing a piece over at Countryview challenges today - I wanted to log the details here of how I made my card.

I started with the newly arrived stamp set from kay-carley and using archival ink stamped onto watercolour card.

Next I played with brushos adding colour and spritzing with water....

I then used distress pens to sharpen up the image a little ....

Then I cut down the piece to size for my card - the remainder will be used at a later date!

I then stamped, coloured and cut out the bees from the stamp set and added them to the card - I also added more swirly foliage and the sentiment too...

Such a great stamp set - you will be seeing lots of this one I know!!!!

I would like to enter this into stamping sensations challenge-anything-with-flowers

Hope you can join us at Countryview challenges where the theme is 'Things with Wings!'. 

Big hugs

Rachel x

colour, texture, shape ...

Hello there! Its time for a new challenge at stamps and stencils and Ruth has come up with a fabulous mood board for your inspiration ... here's what Ruth says....

 Colour, Texture, Shape - This month it's almost anything goes as I have a picture inspiration board for you.

Maybe it's the colour palette ranging from cream and peach through to gold, warm browns and soft greens that inspires you...or you want to use different colours and use fabric, lace or metal in your project as texture? As for shape, what about flowers, leaves and architecture or the design elements that are gothic, steampunk or romantic? Whether your inspired by one or all of the pictures, please share your mixed media creations with us, the only restriction - you must use a stamp or stencil somewhere in your project. Can't wait to see what you're inspired to create!

Well it certainly inspired me - I have had a part altered assemblage clock in my possession for a few years now and I decided to use that to make my piece for this challenge ....

I started by gessoing the clock outer and inner.

I also gessoed a wooden bird and piece of card.

Next I did some stencilling - to the clock and also the card and bird and then started spraying too...

I stamped some Tim Holtz butterflies and fussy cut them....

And then I assembled .....using 3d matt gel I added flowers from 13Arts, lace, the bird and background and the butterflies!!!! It was fun! I hope you like it!!!

You can check out the wonderful work of my teamies here

I would like to enter this into stamping sensations challenge-anything-with-flowers

Hugs rachel xx

choclate baroque summer

Hello there - I didn't have chance to make anything yesterday - apart from stuff that I can't show just now - so I thought I would share my summer samples with you today from the chocolate baroque seasons show. I know one of them is missing because my photo wasn't good, and one you have already seen - but I wanted to log them here.

This one was a distress oxides background and then was stencilled with the sun and leaves. The image was coloured with pencils which was then fussy cut and added to the card.

This one was already showed to you - distress pens and brushos on a stepper box card!

I hope you have a great Wednesday - I am running my final Rainbows session - all the current rainbows are too old now and I have decided to stop running the unit. After 6 years I feel I have done a good job and its time to move on!!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

stay curious

Hello there! How are you? I hope you are good. My leg is still sore - I went for a sports massage yesterday - oh boy that was painful. The lady doing the massage said she thought it was just a pulled muscle but that I should see a doctor if the pain continues for much longer. She's also advised use of calf shields - a type of sports compression socks....so thats the next step!

I got chance on Sunday to have a play with some visible image stamps...here's what I made!

I've been using the distress oxides again! I do love the effect you can create with them. Beautiful things - can't wait for the new colours to come out!!!!

I was glad to have my Shadow stamps!!! hee hee - its just like her .... here she is for real...

she is a funny wee soul and quite cheeky! She went into my neighbours house yesterday - I had to go and chase her out of the bedroom!!!

Have a great Tuesday!

Hugs

Rachel x

Chocolate baroque autumn

Hi there all! Well thanks very much for your kind words on yesterdays samples. I have a few more to share with you today - thought I would share the autumn ones next!

This one was simply coloured with pencils and then I added brushos in the background. On the actual card I stamped part of the image in versa and set in white powder then rubbed distress ink over to create a resist. I added the words lastly from the stencil also on the show.

This one was again stamped  and coloured in pencils before masking and stamping the rain from a different CB set. I then used iced spruce to colour the background. Onto the card I used spiced marmalade and  then ripe persimmon distress inks through one of the stencils from the show.

I hope you have enjoyed my autumn samples - I have summer and winter to share on another day - but something different tomorrow!

Enjoy Monday!

Hugs

Rachel x

Chocolate baroque - spring

Hello there! How are you? I do hope you are fine and well. We are good and had a great day in our village yesterday - a ploughmans lunch at the Institute followed by a Garden Party at St Mary's. It really was fabulous - Penny spent the entire garden party playing on one of those wire buzzer games - I managed to win the highest number of peas moved by a straw from one bowl to another. And guess what I got for my efforts? An out of date bottle of alcohol free wine! You have to laugh!!!!

My leg is continuing to improve but sadly I am still not running yet. I am off for a sports massage on Monday to see if that will help any! Fingers crossed. To be perfectly honest I am enjoying relaxing a little. My mum says it long overdue but busy has really been my way of coping with the loss of Shaun. I guess we're all different!

So today I have some of the samples I made for the last Chocolate baroque shows - these are some of the samples I made using the spring stamp....

I used a former tv stamp (primrose) to make the border having masked the main stamp off first....

In this one I used the butterfly stencil in the background. 

This one was a mixed media canvas - I really enjoyed making this one. The word Spring was from one of the stencils on the show too! I would like to enter these into this months challenge at stamping sensations where the theme is anything-with-flowers.

I hope you have a great day!

Big hugs

Rachel x

Busy buzzing around!

Hello there! Its that time of the month again when we start a new challenge - must be the first then? Scary but true!! Our lovely Jane has chosen the theme of things with wings. Check out what my lovely teamies did  here. I decided I wanted to use my favourite bee die from Tim Holtz and this is what I did!

I started by adding gesso to a kraft card and allowing it to dry.

whilst drying I die cut two paper bees and two acetate bees and embossed them. Then I coloured then and cut the wings from the plastic bee and added them to the paper bees ....I cut the paper bees wings off! Sounds a bit savage doesn't it?

Next I went back to the background and added distress inks through different stencils....

Finally I added the bees and the sentiment!

I h0pe you like my card and can find time to join us in this theme - you might win £20 to spend in Countryview Crafts!

Big hugs

Rachel x