Mae having a word

 Happy Friday everyone

I made another tag today with one of my old favourite stamps, Mae.  I love her name and one of my grandaughter's is called Lili-Mae sharing the same spelling.  I had a hand in the name insisting it was spelt as Mae as in West

Enough of that and here are the following products used

Watercolour tag

Versafine clair Nocturne

Elements ink Della blue and dark denim

Lavinia stencel Pebble

Lavinia stamps Fairy Foragers, Mae and Thorn Vine corner

Silver eyelet in tag and celestial threads

Green, Pink and blue Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils

Wink of stella

Taffy Ranger liquid pearls

Lavender stickles

White pastel pencil

glossy accents

Sakura gelly roll stardust pen - clear

Purple sparkle posca pen

bleached out some of the colour of the vines using water

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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Nowhere to go but up,

 Hello again, I am back with another Andy Skinner design

I made another Ivory DL card with red mat

I used watercolour card for my background using my Lavinia Dinkles, Paynes grey and Chili jam

Blue, brown, red and yellow Koh-I-Noor Mondeluez watercolour pencils 

Andy Skinner stamp Nowhere to go but up

Glossy accents

Thank you for calling

Elaine xx

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A Tag for a change

 Hi all and happy Wednesday to you all and yayyy so halfway towards to the weekend

I decided to use one of my tags made of watercolour card 

For this I used the following

Lavinia stamps - Open Dandelions,Tall dandelion, Forbidden secrets andDragon tree root corner 

Vesafine clair, morning mist and shady lane

Yellow, orange and green Kuretake Zig watercolour pens

Lots of water to spread the ink

Green foil randomly dotted over tag

Yellow sparkle posca pen splatters

 bronze eyelet

Green threads from Lavinia

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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Keep moving forward

 Happy Tuesday to you all

Today I have made something a little different to what I have been making to date.  Tried to keep it clean and simple but to no awail lol

For this one I have used the following ingredients

8x6 inch card, no front panels

Low tack sticky tape for the border

Versafine clair Nocturne, spruce and Fallen leaves

Elements Olive, mermaid and Della blue

Flourish stencil

Lavinia stamps, mini meadow mushroom, mushrooms mini, Bird collection, Wild leaf corner, Birds, Elfin cap cluster, Elfin caps, Forbidden secrets

Reds Koh I Noor Mondeluez watercolour pencils

glossy accents

Sakura black glaze pen

White gel pen

white pastel pencil

Lavinia sentiment stickers

Thank you for visiting me - nice to see you

Elaine xx

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Catch a falling star

 Hi all, Happy Monday

I have made another star themed picture using the following ingredients

8x8 inch card with black mat to be framed for one of my grandaughters

Versafine clair Nocturne

Distress inkpads - various colours using star and circle stencils

Lavinia stamps - Zemira and Believe in Magic

Lots of foiling using quickie glue pen and wow silver foil

glossy accents with Lavinia holographic glitter on top

 

 

Thank you for coming over to visit my blog

Elaine xx

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Best friends and dreams

 Hey everyone, I do hope you are well.

Two more Andy Skinners stamps - ''Best friends come in all shapes and sizes'' and '' Let your dreams take flight'' I am loving them

DL card with front panel made using inks brown mat

Coloured using Koh-I-Noor Mondeluez watercolour pencils

Thank you for coming on over to look at my cards

Elaine xx

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Star gazer

Happy Saturday

I am here with another star oriented card

For this I used 

8x8 inch card base with black mat

Low tack tape round the edges

Nocturne versafine clair

Star stencil and moon sticker stencil using Distress oxides (very lightly with not much on brush except for moon) Fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, speckled egg, lumberjack plaid

Lavinia stamps - Oracle, Star cluster, Spiral of spells, Christmas charms

Sakura gelly roll stardust clear pen for hair

Cayman and golden rod stickle applied with cocktail stick to wings

gold foil with Quickie glue pen

Thank you for visiting me today, really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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Abstract Noof

Happy Friday to you all

I wanted to use Noof today and also to dust off my Adirondack inks, One still had the wrapping on lol

I used the following

8x8 inch card blank with black mat

Lavinia Low tack tape for edges

Lavinia stamps Noof

Lavinia stencils - circles and Replenish

Various Adirondack inks with a ruler for the stripes

Quickie glue pen and gold WOW foil

No sentiment so it can be used for any occasion

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

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Life is not just Black and White

 Hello, good morning, afternoon or evening, dependent on where you are 

 '' Life is not black and white''

For this I used

7x7 inch card base 

Black card for the matt

Lavinia stamps - Bell flower vine

Distress oxides Black soot and Hickory smoke

Clear embossing powder

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils grey and green

Water splats

Flourish stencil

Wink of stella

Thank you so much for popping in 

Elaine xx

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I'll be your umbrella

 Hello everyone

I bought this set of stamps and I had completely forgot I had them lol

The first one has been dusted off and finally used

I used the following products

DL card with brown and red mat/layering

A background I had made a couple of weeks ago and I love how this turned out using inks and paints (I need to make more like this lol)

This stamp is called I'll be your umbrella designed by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions

I used my Koh-I-Noor Mondeluez watercolour pencils

Glossy accents for the umbrella

Thank you for visiting me I really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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Catch a falling star

Happy Sunday to you all

Today I wanted to make something that resembles clean and simple in comparison to my last few posts, well almost lol

For this I used the following items

DL card in ivory with brown mat

Versafine clair Nocturne

Elements -Sahara, truffle and russet orange

Hill mask and Star stencil

Lavinia Sticker sentiment

Lavinia stamps - Aria

Golden rod and platinum stickles

Clear Sakura gelly roll stardust pen

white pastel pencil

Tried to capture the sparkle the best way I can

Thank you for visiting me again, really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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In the midst of the forest

Hey everyone.  I am back to let you know there is a new challenge over at Peace on Earth Christmas.  The following moodboard is here to give some inspiration. I just picked the trees, baubles and the colour green 

For my project I have used a few Lavinia products

Stamps - Small Pine trees and mini Brach

Circle stencil for the baubles

Element inks Pine, Olive and Mulberry

Versafine Clair Rain Forest and Pinecone

White gel pen

Glossy accents

brown sharpie

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will head on over to Peace on Earth Christmas and join in with thid fun challenge

Elaine DT

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In the meadow

Hi and happy Saturday to you all

I have put together another meadow scene, I love making these however this is the last one of these for a little while as other projects are calling me lol Thank you Amanda Branston for your inspiration as always

For this one I used the following

8x6 inch multifarious card with navy and white mat and layering

Abstract Background made using green, white, yellow and blue acrylic paints

Versafine clair Nocturne and Twilight  

Elements Dark Denim

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry colours and pearls colours

Lavinia stamps - Meadoww blossom, wild summer flowers, wild flower, Garden poppy, starburst and starburst set

Sakura black glaze pen

Black fineliner

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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Sunshiny day....

Happy Friday 

I have the bug of creating these pictures to be framed and I don't know how to stop - Help!!!!!! I am beyond help because of my moments of a further addiction I have just ordered another 10 frames lol. Where has all my money gone and the bank says NO!!!!! As if I would listen!!

All inspired by Amanda Branston DT from Lavinia stamps

For this one I used the following products

10x8 inch frame

6x8 multifarious card with black mat

Red, yellow and orange acrylic paints for the abstract background

Titanium white pan pastel for the pale light in the background

Versafine clair Nocturne and Twilight

Lavinia stamps - Lilium, bugs, wild flower, wild summer flower, star blossom, garden poppy and wild poppies

Black glaze pen and glossy accents for the lilium (can't see it all that well in the photo)

black fineliner

Kuretake Gansai Tambi pearl paints

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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More midnight blossoms

 Hi again my friends

I have made another picture for my daughter to go with the other one. I have framed it ready to go. 

Again this is inspired by Amanda Branston over at Lavinia.

I used the following products

8x10 black picture frame

6x8 inch multifarious card mat on black card

Lime green, yellow, purple and white acrylic paint

Lavinia stamps Wild summer flower, Wild flower, Nigella Damascena, Garden poppy

Versafine clair Nocturne

Pearl Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints

Sakura Black glaze pen

Sparkle yellow posca pen for splatters

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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