Somethings cooking .........

Hello there and welcome, it's lovely to see you:0)
The challenge over at Less is More this week is a recipe

Take 3 Challenges

We want you to choose 3 from any of our previous 29 and combine them in your design.

My card is using challenges

• week 1 Pink Black and white.
• week 2 One layer , flower or tree.
• week 4 Three squares.

I chose the first three because I didn't take part in the challenges until week 7 so I missed them, if I was really clever I'd have incorporated all the weeks that I missed but sadly I'm not that clever LOL
The Divas Chrissie and Mandi have made some fabulous samples, check them out, if you have a minute!

I made a mask with my embossing board using Eclipse tape ( best thing since sliced bread, oh yeah!) and Graham's embossing board, I scored the 3 squares with a small embossing tool. This made the edges tear until I removed the squares making all the edges softer when I inked them. Cool!
The Chrysanthemum flower is from a really old stamp set from when Lakeland were selling crafty goodies! Oriental vases and swallows, I'm sure you've seen the set before. I stamped the whole image onto eclipse again and cut out the flower. Now using the tape upside down on top of the stamp I masked the rest of the image and just inked the flower. I've always loved that flower:0) I wonder what it would look like turned facing up?..........have to try that one :0) I can see you now turning your head to get a view, I only know that because that's what I did too LOL



The sentiment is from a set by HOTP.
My favourite is the one without......... I think !

All brayered out?

Hi lovely crafty people, Thank you for dropping by.
I've been playing with a brayer again, over at the Craft Barn Blog the Wishing Well is all about brayering. 
Netty said...
I'm rubbish with the brayer. Can't keep blaming the brayer and would love some help please. 


So I had another play






I used a nestie cut out from card which is thicker than paper for the template because I wanted a soft edge to the finished circle. Torn paper for the horizon, the big and Juicy ink pads are wonderful for brayering, the colours are all there for you! I heard a rumour that Ranger have stopped making them, that makes me sad:{  Copics to colour.
Over at the Craft Barn the team have made more lovely examples, do check it out:0)  I hope that you'll give the brayer a try it may be your next best friend LOL Gay x
















Crafty Secrets Bathing Beauties stampsAdirondack, Sandal ink pad  .Big and Juicy Happy Birthday ink pad
Speedball brayerSpellbinders Nestabilities Circles lrg Copics to colour
 

Doh!! moment!!!!

Okay! I know Ive lost the plot but  why didn't anyone tell me it was Thursday yesterday? Here I am grovelling and apologizing all over the place and I had at least 24hrs before I had to do that LOL Well here I am again no apology but this is my second submission to the LIM challenge but this one really does MOVE! In a circular fashion,!!














Today I've used the babies from the Stampin up set Baby firsts and a teddy stamp from Stamps by Judith.
I hope you like it even if it's a bit late LOL Gay x

P.s apologies for the hand written sentiment, I really couldn't find what I wanted  to say in a stamp, Gay

Get your brayers out??

Hi , hello and happy to see you, I've been playing with my brayer! Not everyone can say that, actually I'm not sure many would want to  LOL!!

The Craft Barn Wishing well this week was a request from

Netty and she said...
I'm rubbish with the brayer. Can't keep blaming the brayer and would love some help please?




 I used the new Fresco paints from Paper Artsy, fabulous new acrylic chalk finish and beautiful surface to stamp on and lovely glistening sparkle from the metallic glaze. Over at the Craft Barn Blog  there are detailed photographs of how I got this result using my brayer. The stamp is by Crafty individuals called Life is a Beach, one of my favourites:0)
TTFN x



I used, 
Stamps by Crafty Individuals,
Fresco Chalk Acrylic paints