Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Good Morning

Come on, sing a long now, you've got the song going round in your head now haven't you? Sorry about that!

Today's card is made using one of Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker decoupage sheets. These sheets are a joy to work with.

I couldn't decide what to do for a background, so decided to add some ink to a sheet of silk art card, using my ink dusters, to extend the image further across the card. It's quite subtle, but I have to say I'm pleased with the end result.

The sentiment came on the decoupage sheet.

I'm sorry I've not visited other blogs as often as usual this week. I've had another of those sickness bugs which has of course had an effect on my pain medication, so it's been a tricky few days. Thank goodness for my laptop! Anyway I think the bug is now on it's way out so I just need to try and get back on top of the pain control. One step forward, two back.

I hope you all have a lovely, sunny day today.

Jo x

A Time For Reflection

Good Morning

Still quite chilly here this morning but the sun is trying it's best to break out so fingers crossed for another lovely weekend.

Todays card is one I have made to give to a friend for his 50th birthday. They don't 'do' birthdays as such, but I can't let this milestone pass without acknowledgement.

I used some silk art card from C & C and applied various inks (big & juicy, distress inks) using my ink dusters from Inkylicious. I cut a circle from a post-it note for the shape of the moon and for the trees I used my new stamp set - Pilkington Woods. To get the reflection I stamped onto my non-stick craft mat and carefully lined up the images.

This was then matted onto gold mirror board and the base card is made from pearlescent cardstock from PaperMill.

Please tell me honestly what you think about this card - is it good enough to give him?

Thanks for stopping by, have a good day.

Jo x

My Time To Craft Challenge - Nautical

Good Evening

This is my entry into the My Time To Craft Challenge which is Nautical.

The images are from a stamp set by inkylicious called Sea Scapes. I stamped the images using versafine ink onto some of their silk art card. The colour of the sand, sea and sky is from Big & Juicy inkpads Waterfall, Spice and Soothing Sunset and was applied using ink dusters. I used a Sakura pen to add a few waves. The image was the matted onto some pearlescent card, which was then put onto a hammered white card blank. A few minature shells were added to complete the card.

Thanks for having a look.

Jo x

Memories

Hello again

This afternoon I decided to have a try at something I haven't done before, which puts to good use some of my fab new crafty goodies.

I used the white coated card that I'd bought a while ago from Joanna Sheen. I had some ink dusters in my craft cupboard that I hadn't been brave enough to use yet, and a set of stamps from inkylicious. So I set to with the ink dusters and a selection of ink pads. For the sand I used 'Big and Juicy' Spice, and then applied a light dusting of Black Soot Distress ink to tone it down a little. For the sea and sky I used 'Big and Juicy' waterfall, and then ran through the sky a little of the pink from 'Big and Juicy' soothing sunset. The lighthouse I stamped onto Watercolour paper using Black Soot Distress ink and then went round the edges with a damp paintbrush. The grasses were stamped using Pine Needles Distress Ink, and finally the birds and sentiment were stamped using Black Versafine. I added the lighthouse with a small amount of glue gel to add a little dimension.

When I'd finished making this, I came back into my front room to find Murphy happily reading Joanna Sheen's craft forum!!!

Be interesting to see what he creates!!!!

Jo x