Pear No.2

I had another go at using my new pear rubber stamp. After several more attempts and a flat surface, I managed what I thought was a better print. I have made it (well two versions of the pear..to make it 3D) into a copy of yesterday’s card. This is the result, though I am not sure that it is much better. I think I need some more practice.

I then decided to do a challenge , set by Daring Cardmakers, to make a card incorporating a teabag. This was my effort… 

 

and I finished off with another stamp, this time of flowers (Hero Arts), in my favourite colour – purple

I will start writing soon!

 

First attempts

Well. I still haven’t been writing. No, I am still in the clutches of crafting and art. I have been trying out my new Corel Painter software. I haven’t checked out the tutorials yet, but I will. With the help of publisher, (I suppose it should be photoshop) I have painted and put together the following:-

                        

 

I also managed a couple of cards. I actually got out some watercolours to paint the stamped images. First time I have ever painted with them ( well…coloured in).

 

 

 

I should be writing!

Well I should. I promised myself that I would get started on my novel again, and I will. But at the moment I am really enjoying experimenting with different techniques for my cards. I love working with paper, and cutting out shapes, or punching out shapes, and it is probably not a surprise if I tell you I love doing flowery type designs. Lately I have been using materials other than just paper, such as felt, and have dug out my rubber stamps and experimented with fibre-tips, crayons, water-soluble crayons, pastels etc. I am also going to try painting with water colours too. How can I stop all this and sit down and write? Of course, sometimes it is the other way around, and I just have to write…sometimes sitting in bed at 3am, writing a poem. There just aren’t enough hours in the day, or days in the week, or weeks in the year!!

These are the most recent cards I’ve made, using stamps…

             

…and a couple of Easter cards. The chick looks a bit miserable, despite the ‘Happy Easter’text!

               

         

              

A pressie…

It was my birthday on Friday and my OH asked what I would like. Having been trialing Corel Painter X for a few days, that was an easy question to answer. I had already done my homework and bought a full , brand new copy, complete with registration, for about a third of the normal price. My wonderful other half said he would pay for it as part of my pressie, so I am over the moon. Not that I will stop using my lovely Artrage, as I still love working with it, but painter does offer a lot more…and so it should, for the price. Had I had to pay the full price, I doubt I would have bought it. So I will be posting my new works of art, with no excuses for poor work, other than my lack of talent, lol! This is the first…

Well. gotta start somewhere There are lots of free tutorials that come with the programme, so I am going to start them tomorrow. Looks like lots of fun.

Freebies winner is…

Cheryl from   http://www.lennydavinci.blogspot.com/.

Thank you to those who took part. Cheryl, I will be in touch

A challenge

Well, I was perusing  Cheryl’s blog, when she happened to mention a challenge set by Daring Cardmakers. Of course, being nosey, I went to have a peep and this is what I found. The challenge at the time was for a card on the theme of I am woman, with something feminine about it, but with no Tilda’s, Sugar Nellies or Bellas. Since I have no idea what any of those are…no chance of getting that bit wrong, so I thought I’d have a go. Having looked at everyone elses’ wonderful contributions, I can see that my style is very different, but…it’s me!

Meanwhile I have been busy with other cards, especially one that was to someone whose birthday I forgot!

                       

Freebies

I don’t know whether everyone has gone to sleep, or just don’t like my giveaways, but the response has been minimal. There is no catch. Just leave me a comment on here or one of my other blogs, and include the message that you’d like to win a freebie. That’s all! Here are the two prizes the winner can choose from:-

                        

For details of the contents of the craft package, click here. Good luck!

Keeping it in the family

It was Mother’s Day last Sunday  (in the UK). I hope all you Mums out there had some lovely cards and maybe some pampering too. I got one very special card which I wanted to display as I think it is so good. It was from my granddaughter, G who made it completely by herself! When I tell you that she is five years old…

Good isn’t it? Recognise the style? Like grandma, like granddaughter lol. I have to admit that she gets lots of encouragement from myself and her Mum, (my daughter being very artist too), so it’s bound to rub off! Thank you G for the lovely card. I shall treasure it!

More felt!

I intend spending March writing, and so I am trying to get the card making out of my system before I start, but I have a feeling it’s not working. I have been thinking about my novel plot, and doing some research…but I just HAD to get creative again!

 

 

     

              

With Easter on the horizon.

First…don’t forget to check out my freebies draw which takes place on Friday 7th.

Good luck!

Easter is just around the corner, so I thought I had better start thinking about card designs. Accordingly I set about it, and produced this card, which is an Easter Bouquet in felt, with orange and yellow daffodils. 

 Continuing with the Easter theme and colours, I made a couple of tags, a card topper, and a bookmark, all decorated with daffodils and tulips.

The card stock is yellow, a sort of blotchy yellow, but it doesn’t photo very well. It’s actually quite pretty, imho