Ladybug Challenge with some Dylusions Stamps and a Stencil.

Hello.. it's me back again with a Tag .. now there's a change !
This Tag, made with distress Inks (Spiced Marmalade and Dusty Concord) is my DT Sample for this months Ladybug Challenge on the Ladybug Crafts Blog.

Halloween and / or Favourite Embellishment is the theme. Some people are not too keen on Halloween so Sam is offering the choice.

You could win a £15 voucher to spend on the Lady Bug Crafts web site! Go on join in!

Sam, who owns Ladybug Crafts where I purchased my Dylusions Stencil from, has a wide selection of crafting items at good prices and great customer service! This stencil is called Dotted Flowers.
Pop over and have a look here, Lady Bug Crafts .

Thanks for looking today.
See you soon.
Eileen x 

Please look at the post below this one for my Twinchies Challenge samples.

Woodware Bubble Butterflies on my Twinchies!

Woodware Clear Stamps

Hi ho ... these little Butterfly beauties are my DT samples for the 'Show Us Your Twinchie Challenge'

Stamped with Versamark Ink and Heat Embossed with EP

Pop over and join in .. the theme for challenge # 7 is 'Anything Goes'.
A Twinchie is a 2 inch x 2 inch 'Work of Art'.

Is there a super prize?  NOPE! but you do get a stunning, fantastic, enormous 'Winners Badge' (it's HUGE if you don't resize it!) to display on your sidebar if you win! 

Bling it up with Bedazzles and Gems

Go on have a go, its fun.
See you very soon ... in an hour in fact!
It's all go, go, go today.
Thanks for looking. 
Eileen xxx

PanPastels and Lavinia Stamps

PanPastels colours are Magenta and Diarylide Yellow

Morning all,
We had a lovely time down in Dungerness yesterday. Super weather and just the right place for hubby to take some 'Arty' type pictures ... he did well and got some good shots see Daisy's Diary.
Today I will be crafting. I get lots of ideas sort of drifting around in my head when I'm snoozing on a long car journey ! ... Do you?

Versafine Black ink and a white gel pen.

My DT sample today was made using my gorgeous PanPastels and a very pretty new Lavinia Stamp called Fairy Flower Lanterns.
Please pop over and enter our PanPastel Challenge. The theme this week is 'All about the sentiment / quote'. Yep ... just 'plonk' on a word (or two) and your done!

You can use any medium you like and we would love to see some of your work. There is a prize of a super trial pack of PanPastels from our Sponsor if you win.
My Sentiments is also one of the new stamps from Lavinia ..a grungy look Believe.

Thanks for popping by today. Keep a look out this week, I have lots of blogging going on!
I'm having the time of my life with my crafting at the moment. Very busy but loads of fun!

Your comments are a real boost and your interest in my work is greatly appreciated ... A big thank you.

Eileen xx

SplodgeAway Masks and Modelling Paste

Glossy Modelling Paste and a Memory Box Snowflake  Die

PanPastels, Light Modelling Paste, Matt finish and Dylusions stamps

SplodgeAway Masks

Distress Inks and Dylusions stamps

Cool or wot!

Hi di hi all and a warm welcome to my new followers.... thank you for joining my blog .. Short on words tonight cos I'm tired. No time to rabbit!
Please don't forget to go over and see Sarn's Blog ...because it's Rudolph Day

How do you like these new Christmas Masks? You can find them here SplodgeAway on line shop along with the famous SplodgeAway Mat!

Not sure if they have been uploaded yet so you may have to ring them ... Also they are on Create and Craft TV tonight at 8pm I'll be watching ... if I'm still awake!
Back soon .... I'm almost blogging worn out!
Eileen xxx

Lavinia Stamps and Distress Inks Tag.

Lavinia Stamps Roses

Colours of Distress used.

Versamark Ink and White EP !

Back tomorrow... on a roll 'ere!
Eileen xxx

Lavinia Stamps and the Black Magic Technique.

Hello... quick post today.
I had such a great time at Ally Pally yesterday. Thank you for your company, Karen, Sheila and Melissa.  We all spent far too much!
Tracey and Kevin ( Lavinia Stamps) it was good to see you both and have a catch up chat. x 

I've made some more samples using my new Lavinia Stamps and this card is one of them using the Fairy Flower Lanterns. Such a pretty stamp. 

You need a 'solid Image' for the black magic technique so this stamp was ideal. 

I stamped the image onto black card stock with White Pigment Ink, dried the image with a heat gun, coloured the Lanterns in with Colour Soft colouring pencils and then added 'interest' with a white gel pen. Easy or wot!
Thanks for popping over to my blog today ... and many thanks, once again for taking the trouble to leave such lovely kind comments ... you are all STARS!!

See you tomorrow with a Distress Ink Tag and another 2012 Lavinia Stamp.
Eileen xx

PanPastels Challenge .... Good Luck!

Morning all,
In a rush today because I'm off to the 'Smoke' and Ally Pally to buy loads of crafty stuff !
Along with two friends, Karen and Sheila, I will be zooming up to London on the high speed train. Only takes 30 minutes... a cough and a spit and we're there! Looking forward to meeting another friend Melissa, so we can help her spend all her money!
I need some new PanPastel sponges so going to look for those and maybe treat myself to some more Pans as well.

Please pop over and enter our PanPastel Challenge. The theme this week is Good Luck.
You can use any medium you like and we would love to see some of your work. There is a prize of a super trial pack of PanPastels from our Sponsor if you win.

This card was a doodle to make. A 2 inch strip of white linen card coloured with three shades of my Green PanPastels and sprayed with a cheap hairspray to set the chalk... the Shamrock image ( yeah, sorry not a four leaf clover, artistic licence!) was stamped using various colours of Versafine inks.
Stick the completed strip to a White Linen card blank, go mad with some glossy accents to 'bling' it up a bit ..... Bish, bash, bosh !  Tidy!

Right, I'm off.... see you soon.
Thanks for popping over today.
Eileen ( looking forward to watching the F1 racing tonight !) x

Lavinia Stamps # Sample Cards 1

PanPastels and Poppy Pods.

Morning all ... just a few sample cards to show you that I've made for Tracey at Lavinia Stamps.
You all know that I'm a huge fan of this stamp company, so I was delighted to be asked to make them for her. I'll be 'creating' a few more cards and maybe a tag or two, at the Allhallows Crop on Saturday and plan to deliver them all to Tracey on Sunday when I see her and Kevin at Ally Pally.

Adirondack Inks and Nigela-Damascena.

Adirondack Inks and Dandelions.

PanPastels. Not sure if the Butterflies are still available.

PanPastels and Maple Leaf.

PanPastels and Fairy Castle 2

Thank you for looking at my blog today. Have a great weekend... AP and F1 for me ... bliss!
Back soon with some more.....!
Eileen x

Distress Inks Tag and Ryn's Kelp Stamp

Hi de hi crafty mates.
Half way through another week ... time sure does fly when you're retired, like me and can spend hours in your craft room !
I received some smashing stamps this week from Ryn who owns  Designs By Ryn
Just look at that Kelp. I've been waiting a lifetime to say that !

A beautiful stamp that I will use time and time again.
The Distress Ink colours used to create the background for my Tag are, Shaded Lilac, Shabby Shutters and Spiced Marmalade.
After a bit of 'dabbin' here and there with some water, I dried the tag with my heat gun and stamped the Kelp image using Versamark ink and heat embossed the result with the most gorgeous mauve EP.

Only had this colour EP for seven years without finding a use for it!

 My Tag looked okay, but needed something to make it 'pop' so I inked the Kelp up again, but this time with Versafine Onyx Black and plonked it over the top.
I like it, how about you? 

Got to dash now as I have more of Ryn's super stamps to play with.
I'm a member of Ryn's DT team ... there are thousands of us... well.... just me and Shirley!!
You MUST go over and see what Shirley has been doing with a Faerie Stamp! Fabulous or WOT!
Thanks for popping by today.. also a massive thank you for the truly lovely comments and emails.
Back soon with some Lavinia Stamp  cards ... Busy, busy, busy!
Eileen xx

Indigo Blu Stamps, Distress Markers and Inks, Plus a SplodgeAway Mat

Hi-ho crafters,  I've had a right messy time making this card for today's theme on the  SplodgeAway Blog which is 'Watercolour'. Great fun as well!

Using a SplodgeAway Mat  (more about this super bit of kit in a moment) I applied Scattered Straw, Tea Dye, Wild Honey and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks onto some very smooth white card stock.

Indigo Blu Butterfly.

The Splodge Away Mat helped me to distributed the colours evenly without any lines.... how does it work? Read on...
 

Normally I would press or swipe the Blending Tool into and across my distress ink pad .
This, on occasion, would result in uneven coverage where the ink was not evenly distributed onto the ink pads surface. Especially when the pad was ‘getting on a bit’!

With a Splodge Away Mat you apply the inks directly from the ink pad onto the mat itself, then use the blending tool to ‘buff’ the ink into a wide but evenly spread area on it’s special surface.
 

The materials used for the Mat stops any uneven ‘lump of colour and therefore as you go across your project with the Blending Tool it allows a quicker, easier, much smoother application of even colour. It has become one of my 'essential' tools. 

Tim Holtz Honeycomb Background Stamp

Back to today’s card.

After blending all the colours I sprinkled some water onto the distress inks surface to get a 'splattered ' look and then dried it with a heat gun.

The Indigo Blu Butterfly Stamp was coloured directly onto the stamp with various Distress Markers and lightly sprayed with water before stamping to give me the 'Watercolour' effect I needed.

A few dabs here and there with some white acrylic paint, utilising a small bottle top and a plastic credit card to make some lines and circles.You just sort of plonk 'em about a bit!

Mat and layer on to a White card blank, add a Rub on Sentiment .. Job done!

Thanks for looking today …. I'm hoping to get some SplodgeAway Masks soon … more inky fun … can't wait! 
Please see the post below this one for my PanPastel challenge Card.

Eileen x