Oh La La.......

Wow after all the rain we had yesterday, the sun has come out again and we have a gorgeous blue sky to wake up to....we're sure being spoilt at the moment.

Thought I'd share with you this ATC I made using one of my fave stamps .....Corsets from Crafty Individuals, lots of scrummy little corsets as well as an umbrella and hat, just great for collage cards. I'm quite getting into making atcs at the moment not sure if its because they're quicker or the fact that they look small and cute when finished. The backround was created by painting the new Fresco crackle glaze over the top of one layer and then painting over the top with another coat of paint and then waiting for the crackles to appear.....I soooooo love the effect. I wanted to paint a set of drawers using this technique but never had the courage to do it,when I say drawers I mean for my bedroom, so I thought I'd start small and work my way up to something bigger....lol.The body form stamp is by Cherry Pie, the seam binding is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the corner die is from Spellbinders new Parisian accents.

Challenges
Simon says stamp and show....your fave stamp.
Sweet Stampin'.....Oh La La.
Theme Thursday......texture/Layers.
Paper Sundaes......vintage or shabby chic.
 Craft room......anything goes.This is there first challenge so pop over.
Top Tip Tuesday......ribbon.

Sneak peek..........

Evening peeps, had a busy day today going to see a University in Stafford, my son is thinking of doing a Postgraduate degree in 3D Game modeling which is his real passion, he might as well study for another year and get some more experience in his chossen field as its tough out there in the job market at the moment. It seems a nice uni. and there are a lot of facilities for computing. I did manage to make a card this afternoon when we got back which I'll show you on Friday as there are some new designs from Sylvia at Wee Stamps ......they are sooooo sweet, see sneak peek pic.
Thought I'd post an atc that I made on Sunday, I know its another Paris one and yes there is another of my Utee Eiffel Towers on it but I'm so lovin' them. The background printed on canvas is from Victorian Vignettes, the swirl paper is from the Craft Works as is the tag, I crimped the paper for texture and then added smidges of pink and purple foil.The flower started life as white which I painted with twinkling H20s and then embossed with Aurora embossing powder.
The background of the tag was made using Fresco paints from Paperarsty and crackle glaze....think I've sussed it now as the crackles look fab, I then overstamped the background with a diamond stamp from The Artistic Stamper with Victorian Velvet......hasn't shown up that well but its quite pale. I the used gold dabber for aroun the eddes before mounting.

Challenges

Creative Beli.......use an old tool (crimper).

Papertake.....pale pastel shades.

Creatalicious.....flourishes.

Rainbow lady....with a flourish.

Thanks for taking a peek

hugs

Bonsoir......

Evening peeps long time no blog, Mr Blogger  decides to take a break ahhhhh! not only that my telly broke for 2 days, I can live without my telly but no blogging........ catastrophe!, mind you instead of mking cards for the two evening whilst the telly was broke my son hijacked my craft room. For a few years now hes been collecting buildings to make up for his train collection so he decided to start painting them, guess who got roped into showing him what to do....we did have fun painting various colours on walls and sides of houses and my baby wipes came in a treat..... I think I may have found a new hobby.
For this evening post I thought I'd show you the ATC I did last Sunday with one of my utee Eiffel Towers on.....I so love these, the backrounds were a freebie from Victorian Vignettes I printed the image onto canvas rather than card which gives it a great painted effect finish.The background paper is from Graphic 45.I added a gold rub on swirl to the background and German Scrap for the border.The post mark stamp is from Crafty Individuals,

Challenges

Our Creative Corner......Neutral colours with gold.

CES.....holidays.

Stamp Something.......anything goes.

Rainbow lady.....add some texture.

Crafty Creations.......anything goes.

MTTC....scallops (border).

Have a great evening

Eurovision has just started now I never watch this

 but I am intrigued with all the hype for Jedward

so I may just watch a little longer before putting Ethan to bed....

yes you guessed it my Grandson is having a sleepover which means an early morning

start for me tomorrow.

Valentines for hubby..........

Here is the ACT that I made for my hubby today.....ahh I' feelin' the lurrrrrrrrrve, I used a piece of card spritzed with tea rose and gold perfect pearls, I then stamped on the rose and script stamp from Elusive Images with chocolate ink......I love these rose stamps. I added colour to the leaves with Bundled Sage distress ink, and added some gold embossng powder to parts of the rose, and then added gold to the edges to finish.

Challenges

Pink Elephant.....Valentine.

CupCake.......I Love You and add a heart.

Crafts 4 Eternity......pink and chocolate.

Paper Sundaes......use some of the following,flowers,lace,distressing and Pink.

The Crafty Pad.....Hearts.

Totally Gorjuss.....Love.

Ink on My fingers.....Love.

One Stop Craft.....love is in the air.

Secret Crafter.......stamped flower.

Have a lovely evening,

 hubby brought me a strawberry trifle and a heart shaped biscuit.....ahhh I'm filling up.

well actually I am full up now after eating those....lol

oh well I'll start the diet again tomorrow

hugs