craft spot

I have finally managed to comandeer the big desk under the stairs for my new craft home. HOORAY! Poor hubby relegated to the computer station in the lounge. Well he didn't really need all that space to junk up with rubbish and I was desperate to spread my wings after 9 years working off the fold down leaf of a tiny little bureau.!!!!!!!!

Sympathy Card

Unfortunately I have had to make a sympathy card for the family of a lovely lady who worked for me as a volunteer in the charity shop that I manage. She was much loved by all staff and volunteers and we are all very sad that she has passed away.

 

 

 I really wanted to keep it simple without too much fuss. 

 The stamp is a Penny Black collage image. I have stamped in lagoon blue versafine and coloured with water colour pencils, then mounted onto a piece of embossed card I had run through the Grand Calibur machine.

I quickly inked over the top of the embossed card with a distress ink pad and mounted onto a piece of blue bazzil card.  A simple piece of ribbon and a bow to finish off. I didn't have a message stamp so left it blank but shall write my own message inside. 

 

This is for you Josie RIP x

Oops been a while since my last blog. The thought was there but unfortunately time ran away with me again!!! I have just been too busy crafting!

However I have lots to post so here goes

 

Starting with Lizzies book. She has decided to do Flower Fantasy for her new circle book. I had decided to be different for a change and went with pastels.  I have used the wishing well stamp from the flower soft range along with a papermania flourish and used soft purples and Pinks. The border is a Martha Stewart around the page punch.(French Scrolls)  This was the first double page spread I made last year and I have now just completed the second set - which prompted me to post lol!!

For these two pages I went with vibrant pinks and purples and I have just realised that they are similar  colours  the last set oops too late to worry lol!

I recently went to the Make It craft show at Farnborough and purchased some of the Dylusions spray inks....................................... omg I am totally smitten!!!!!! I sprayed the background with  funky fuschia, calypso teal and after midnight which is a dark purple. I inked up through my dot mask with distress ink then stamped using my new Tattered Blossoms Heartfelt flower stamps, which Julie had given me as a birthday

 pressie.! The blooms I stamped onto card which I had inked with the dylusion sprays and cut out. The little girl is a crafty individuals image with a felt cut picture frame which I then embossed to change the colour. and also I wanted a hard shiny finish. Then I just added some embellishments to finish.