Merry Christmas everyone .....

Christmas Greetings to all my blogging pals.

Wishing you a wonderful, safe and happy Christmas.

I would like to say a huge 

thank you for all the brilliant

support you have given my work this year.

Your comments are appreciated and valued.

May 2013 give you good health and good fortune.

    My husband took this picture in November 

 when he spent a few days in the beautiful  Highlands of Scotland.

I think it has a peaceful, serene atmosphere about it.

Take good care of each other.

Carry on crafting and many thanks once again.

Eileen xx   

Distress Inks and Designs by Ryn Stamps

Yo hoo blogger visitors

All of the Tags posted today were made using distress inks 

and the most beautiful stamps from Designs by Ryn

Celtic Doves Set. on this Tag.

A Marianne Creatables Poinsettia flower

and  The Celtic Star Set.

 The Kelp Stamp and A Quickutz Fish!

Finally, the MOST famous Water Droplets Stamp
and a Cuttlebug Koi Carp Embossing Folder.
I love being part of Ryn's DT along with two very talented ladies
Shirley  and Miranda.Their blogs are fabulous !
Thanks for looking today
I'll be back soon.
Eileen xx  

PanPastels and a Sheena Douglass Stamp.

Yo ho all you bloggers.

Soon be Christmas, can't wait!

The last PanPastel Challenge for this year, starts today.

The theme is 'Christmas Time'

This lovely Cottage Stamp from the Sheena Douglass

range, along with my PanPastels was all I needed

to produce my DT sample. 

Come on, join in.

You could win a super trial pack of the pans from

Your Creativity Store, our sponsor.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking today.

Take care and 'Carry on Crafting'

Eileen xx 

Twinchies Challenge

 The new 'Show Us Your Twinchies' Challenge

starts today. Pop over and join in

A Twinchie is a 2" x 2" Square 'work of art'

 They are such fun to make.
Our theme this month is 'Let it Snow'.

Off to my crop in a short while, so got to dash as I need to pack!
See you soon. have a great weekend.
Eileen xx  

SplodgeAway Mat, Distress Inks and a Personal Impressions stamp

This Tag was so quick to make.

Distress inks, a blending tool and a SplodgeAway Mat.

It's my DT sample for the SplodgeAway Blog.

I'm finding that blending distress inks is so much quicker
 and easier when I use a SplodgeAway Mat.
After blending Lemonade, Mustard Seed
Pale Lilac and Seedless Preserves together.

 I splashed some water over the tag and dried it with a heat gun.

 The edges were inked with a little Vintage Photo and

the leaves are painted with Distress Stains.

I also added some 'dots' with a white Uni Posca pen.

The stamp is from Personal Impressions and is called 'P890M'.
My smaller, sentiment stamp comes from the Hero Arts range.

I really enjoyed making the Tag.

  I 'plonked' Sepia Glossy Accents onto the berries as a final touch!

Thanks for looking today and for all the lovely comments.
Keep warm, stay safe and carry on crafting!

Eileen x 

  

 

PanPastles and a Sheena Douglass Stamp

Yo ho bloggers

this card is a sample I've made using some gorgeous stamps from Sheena Douglass.

Our challenge on the PanPastel Challenge Blog  

this week is, Song Title / Carol.

It didn't say it had to be about Christmas

so my take is 'Tulips from Amsterdam'! Roll on the Spring!

Bright Yellow Green and a Dart Tint of Bright Yellow Green

for the background, plus a quick spray 

of cheap hairspray to seal the colour.

The Tulips were stamped, cut out and coloured with primary 

PanPastel colours and heat embossed with clear EP. 

I stamped the image onto the card 

 then layered the cut out image, over the top.

A few white dots with a white Uni Posca pen,

  some blobs of liquid Pearls... job done!  

Please join in our challenge if you can.

It's fun and you could win a brilliant PanPastels trial pack

from our sponsor,Your Creativity Store

BTW. you don't need to use PanPastels on your entry

you can use any medium you like!

Thanks so much for the super comments 

you leave for me x

Take care and have a good week.

Eileen xx

Distress Inks Workshop

I held a Distress Inks workshop today at my local village hall

with a group of very talented ladies.

It was the most fantastic day !

Thank you all so much for your support and terrific company. 

Here's to the next time!    

xx

Oh how I love this crafty life!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Eileen xx

Distress Inks and Adirondack Embossing Powders.

Morning, just a couple of tags to show you today.

Made with Distress Inks, Adirondack Embossing Powders

and a Tim Holtz Embossing Folder

(Tag 2, down a bit, went all 'wonky') !

I've highlighted the words on Tag 1 with a White Uni Posca Pen.

I did the same again on Tag 2, but with a Black Fine Line Pen.

 The Deer and 25 numbers are cut from a Tim Holtz Alterations Christmas Die

Sam from Home Cooked Cards Blog invited me to be a guest designer for her 

12 Days of Xmas Tags Techniques

I was thrilled to be asked. Thanks Sam x  

 Pop over and join in! Good fun 

Thanks for looking today

Eileen      

   

A Tiny Lavinia Stamp for the SplodgeAway Challenge.

 

Hello Bloggers 

I hope today finds you all well and happy.

This card is my DT sample for the new

 Challenge starting on the SplodgeAway Blog today!

 The theme is 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'

Bung in an entry because you could WIN some Fabulous 

SplodgeAway GOODIES!

The background was created using Distress inks, 

a blending tool and a SplodgeAway Mat.

The Tiny Foliage Stamp and the Stars are from Lavinia Stamps.
  The foliage stamp is approximately 1/2 inch in size.
 I just stamped around in a circle using different colours of Distress inks

and a Nestabilities Circle die as a guide

I nicked the idea from Melissa See her super blog here.
Thanks for popping by today
Your comments are fabulous, thank you.x
A huge warm welcome to my new followers.

Please look at the post below this one
for my DT PanPastel challenge
Sample x
 I'll be back soon!
Eileen

PanPastels, Dylusions Stamp and a Creative Stamping Stamp.

Yo ho bloggers

here we are again with this weeks 

PanPastel Challenge 

Our theme is 'Gift Time'.

You can enter using any medium you like.

You could win a Trial Pack of  

the fabulous Pans from Your Creativity Store  

our sponsor.

 Violet,Violet Tint and Bright Yellow Green Pans blended together,

have been used for all the colouring on this card.

White dots added as highlights 

with a Uni Posca Pen. 

The Words are from a set of Dylusions Stamps. 

              The main 'Gifts' image is a stamp called LL487F 

     from Creative Stamping 2005.

It's so kind of you, stopping by to look today.

Thank you for taking such an interest in my blog

Eileen x

   

Penny Black Stamps, Distress Inks and a Quickutz Pin!

 

 Hello, me again, please pop over 

and enter the Lady Bug Crafts Challenge

This months theme is Christmas or Winter. 

There is a voucher for the winner of £15 to spend at

LadyBug Crafts.   

Have a look at all the crafty goodies! 

My DT sample Tag was made using 
Distress inks and Distress Stains

along with a couple of Penny Black stamps

 'Pine and Star' and 'Good friends'  

 

 I've added a Quickutz Pin that I've had for a number of years.

This Pin was given to me at a

  Quickutz Workshop I attended in Surrey.

Happy memories!

Thanks for looking at my blog today.

Happy crafting 

Eileen x   

Quickutz Twinchies

 

Morning all just a quick

post to remind you to pop over to

  Show Us Your Twinchies

 and enter the super new challenge that starts

today!

 

A Twinchie is 2"x2"

square work of Art

we would love to see your

Twinchies.  

All the samples here were made using

Quickutz Dies.

You will see more, as I have dozens!

They make terrific little toppers!

Thanks for looking and come back soon

for another post later.

Eileen 

 

The SplodgeAway Mat, a Brayer and some Lavinia Stamps.

Hi ho my little bloggers
 This card is also posted on the SplodgeAway Blog

Our theme this week is Brayer Inspirations.

If you pop over and have a look 

you will see other super Brayering Samples

from my fellow SplodgeAway 

Design team members.

The SplodgeAway Mat is so useful for Brayer work.

Visit my Pages on my Top Tabs

  Look under 'Tut> stamps from Lavinia Stamps
using the Mat.

 Beautiful stamps from Lavinia Stamps
Adirondack Inks for the background.

Versafine Inks to stamp with.

White Uni Posca Pen

Job done! 

 Come back and see me soon 

Thank you for all your support and encouragement

I love the comments you leave me

They make my day!

X

Eileen   

My first PanPastel Workshop ...November 2012.

  PanPastel Workshop

24th November 2012.

Thank you ladies for a super day

A very happy day with

smashing results!

 

Superb work 

from all my ladies.

A great day

I loved every minute

Thank you all so much 

Eileen xxx