Out of the blue 6

 Hi everyone

This is my first card today possibly last one lol 

For this card I used one of my favourite stamps from Sweet Poppy 

I used the following ingredients

5x7 inch card base with blue/purple mat/layering

Oval Gelli plate background using Elements ink Blue Lagoon, Della Blue and water splatters for the background 

Sweet Poppy stamp - Poppy and Occasions

Versafine Clair Morning Mist

Various blue/purple watercolour pencils

Black glitter pen for flower centre

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

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Life is Simple.....1

 Hi all 

Christmas and Boxing day has passed and time to kick back, relax and craft, craft, craft lol

That is what I am doing

For this card I used the following

7x7 inch card, black and grey mat/layering

Sweet Poppy Stencils - Honeybee Hive, Kingfisher Bird 2 and Songbird

Sweet Poppy stamps - sentiment from Kingfisher set

Distress Ink - scattered straw, lost shadow and black soot

Versafine Morning mist

Wink of Stella

Glossy Accents

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

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Meadow Life 5

I decided to use my Lavinia Stamps for this project

I used

A5 card base with brown/layering

Lavinia stamps Field grass Bumblehums, Wild Poppies, Group poppies and Garden poppies

Watercolour pencils, white acrylic paint, glossy accents

Various brown tones Versafine Clair

various Distress Oxide inks 

Thank you visiting me 

Elaine xx

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You are the best 5

 Hi again

Another card for today, I am on a roll lol

For this one I used

5x7 inch card base with black and grey mat/layering

Sweet Poppy stencil Kingfisher Bird 2 and Harmony

Sweet Poppy stamps sentiment Occasions

Versafine Clair Morning mist

Distress Oxide Black soot, Iced spruce

Thank you for visiting me yet again

I may be back later who knows

Elaine xx

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Two Herons

 Hello everyone

I have put two cards together this morning and may make more later on

For these I used the following

5x7inch card bases using blues, grey and pink mat layering

Sweet Poppy stencils - Heron and Honeybee Hive

Sweet Poppy Stamp - Occasion

Distress Oxides - Scattered Straw, lost Shadow, Tattered Rose and Salty Ocean

Versafine clair Twilight

Voila Two cards that could be used for new baby, as this could look like a stork, or simply congrats for anything

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

Was supposed to be ''Just to say''

 Oh no lost my ''Just to say'' from my Kingfisher set - my punishment for spending money lol. Been through all the bins, hoover etc etc, called the kids to see if stuck to their slippers. They thought I was mad which is quite observant of them lol.

Anyway here is another card made using DL cream card with yellow and brown mat/layering

various watercolour pencils

Versafine Clair Morning mist

Sentiment Sweet Poppy Occasion stamps and Calla Lily

glossy accents and Wink of Stella

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

Have a fabulous day

 Hi all - Happy Boxing day to you all

I need to start using some of my card up so I have found out some cream linen card just to work with texture to see how it comes out

I made a card base - A4 folded in half to make A5, black and orange mat/layering

I used Sweet Poppy stencils - Absolutely Abstract and Kingfisher Bird 2

The colours were left on my blending brushes so used them saved me getting all my inks out lol

Black soot oxide for the kingfisher

erasure to remove ink in random areas

Versafine Clair for Sweet Poppy sentiment from Kingfisher set

Black sharpie for edge of front panel

Thank you for coming on over

Elaine xx

Love for the Peony

 Hi again time for my third post today, maybe the last but who knows

For this one I used

5x7 inch card base with black and purple mat/layering

Versafine clair Morning mist

Sweet Poppy stamps Peony and sentiment from Occasions

Polychromo pencils to colour

Wink of Stella and Glossy accents

Thank you for visiting me yet again

Elaine xx

Clematis Thank you

 Hi again

I have put together another two cards.  I am crafting as much as I can before the mayhem starts tomorrow night, plus I am using my new stash from Sweet Poppy which arrived this morning.

For this one I used 

DL Ivory card with brown and kraft card mat/layering

Versafine clair Morning mist

Distress ink pad Tea dye and old paper

Sweet Poppy stencil Clematis 

Occasion stamp set stamped twice to achieve the shadow effect

Glossy accents, brown sharpie and Wink of Stella

Thank you for visiting 

Elaine xx

Poppy

 Hello again, 

Two more sleeps to go 'til the festive fun begins

I am here with another non festive card, in fact a birthday card

I had another delivery from Sweet Poppy Stamps and just had to utilise one lol

I used the following

5x7 inch card base with teal and grey mat/layering

Versafine clair Morning mist

Archival Inks - Paradise teal and Shadow Grey

Greys and white watercolour pencils

Aqua liquid pearls and Cayman stickles

Sweet Poppy Stamps Occasions and Poppy 

Circle mask and stencil

Glossy accents and Wink of Stella

Grey sharpie

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

Lotus flowers

 Happy Sunday 

Two more sleeps til all hell breaks loose in my house with three of my Grandchildren staying Christmas eve

I am busy making non festive cards at the moment.  I have enough of them for next year though I am sure more will appear lol.

I used the following ingredients

8x8 inch cardbase with black backing

Distress inks - Lost Shadow. Black soot and spiced marmalade

Versafine clair Morning mist

Thank you for visiting

Elaine xx

I am loving these stencils

 Hello and hope you are all well

I am loving these Sweet Poppy Stencils as you can probably tell by my recent posts

For this I used a 6x6inch card base

Harmony and Songbird stencils

Sentiment from Sweet Poppy Kingfisher stamp set

Adirondack inks - Lettuce, Denim, Oregano and Cloudy blue

Distress Ink Black Soot

Versafine Nocturne

Black sharpie

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

Just to say.....

 Good day all

Another project to share with you with the beautiful Sweet Poppy Stencil Duo Birds

I used a DL card with black and red mat/layering

The front panel is one of the many backgrounds I have made in the past - so long ago I cannot remember how I put it together. I am sure many crafters who have unused backgrounds lol

Sweet Poppy Stencil - Duo Birds

Sweet Poppy stamp sentiment from Kingfisher

Distress Inks - Lost shadow, black soot, fired brick, scattered straw and forest moss

Glossy accents

 

Thank you for visiting me again

Elaine xx

King - Fisher

Hey me again

I am back with another card using Sweet Poppy Stencil stamp  Kingfisher

I used

5x7 inch cardbase

teal and black mat/layering

Versafine Clair Morning mist

 Sweet Poppy Stamp Kingfisher

Lots and lots of Faber Castell Polychromos and Prisma Pencils

Black sharpie and white gel pen

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

Birds together

Hi again to you all

Another non-festive card, winding down a little from all the hype of Christmas

I have made another simple card though not without it's mistakes ie ink smudge on sentiment.  You can't see it as I cut it out and stamped onto the grey mat.

Anyway here are the ingredients I used

DL Ivory card with grey mat and ivory front panel

Sweet Poppy Stencil Duo Birds 

Sweet Poppy stamp from Kingfisher set

Distress inks - lost shadow, black soot, pumice stone and forest moss

Versafine Clair Morning mist

Oval die for aperture (sentiment)

5 diamante on front

Thank you for visiting me today

Elaine xx

Non Festive this time

 Hi all

Well here is my first non festive card in quite a while.  I really enjoyed making this one, made a change.

I used 5x7 inch cardbase

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Distress Oxides - picked raspberry and Crackling Campfire

Sweet Poppy Stencils - Harmony and Songbird

Sweet Poppy stamp - from Kingfisher set

Black sharpie

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

More Festive cards

 Hi all

I have not posted for a while due to being so busy with Christmas and making heaps of cards - festive cards

Here they are