Distress Ink background and Silhouettes

Today I am posting to a new challenge friends Vikkis' and I have found.... Stamp Ink Paper; Challenge #28 - Anything but Christmas.  I've been experimenting with Distress Inks for backgrounds and these bright firey ones are my first attempts.... I'm really pleased how they turned out.  Now I'm going to have to grow my solid scenery stash of stamps.  I created the grassy bits with the very edge of the tree stamp on the first one.  Thanks for taking a peek

Happy Birthday

I have used the sketch at Fusion Card Challenge-Season's Greetings. I chose to have a spell from Christmas cards and am adding to my depleted stock of Birthday cards.  I used an oval die to create the frame on this Distress Inked background and the stamped and coloured my bird and added a few die cut branches and gems.  Thanks for taking a peek, and Happy New Year

Happy Birthday.

Aren't I one happy card maker today.... first cards for the new year.

I've been trying out those brush stroke washes I'm seeing about lots - I'll get the hang of it.

These two I've made for ColourQ cCc#322 -with the theme Black, Coastal Cabana and Gold.

Thanks for taking a peek, and Happy New Year

What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday - week 343

Oh wow it's been quite a while since my last WOYWW post, just been busy and not at my desk.

So here's a pic of my desk this afternoon...yep I've not been there today either... but... I have been out at my friend Vikki's for a session today - a well needed escape from the house and some me time.

I made a few cards, and have been experimenting with some Distress Ink backgrounds for silhouette images. 

And here's a few others I created for some blog challenges that I still need to post.

As this is the last Wednesday for 2015, I'd like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year and may 2016 be a healthy, safe and prosperous one for you and your families... and hope to see you on WOYWW, sharing you desks, mess and creative projects.  Cheers

Merry Christmas

In  my stash of Christmas cards I have a few 'special' people whom I take some time to create their card... this is one of those and my first shaker card for a very long time.  I created the background with Distress Inks sprayed with Perfect Pearls.  Then used my dies to make the framed window for my glittery bits. And used an ornament die cut where I paper pieced the coloured sections back in and for the sentiment die cut I added a gold star to highlight the star on top  of the tree. I am posting to Just Us Girls #322 - Word Prompt - Merry, also to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge for December - theme - A Star and finally to Simon Says Monday challenge - a Christmas theme.  Thanks for taking a  peek

 

Challenge: Holly Jolly Stamping

Friday Smiles

Week 148 at Annie's Friday Smiles post.

Hi I've been absent from blogging for a few weeks, but I'm back to share some happiness with Annie.

So this week firstly we're all smiling as we had 3+ hours of rain on Wednesday evening - our area is officially now in drought and living with level 2 water restrictions -so the good soaking was a wonderful relief.

Next hubby and I have been busy trying to sort our stuff downstairs and now that my kitchen cupboards are complete we were able to bring up 4 boxes of my gear.... now that might seems ok but our son has a kitchen full of stuff so I've spent today trying to sort 2 kitchens into 1. It doesn't look much different now  - messy, but the keeping stuff fits in the cupboards.... a garage sale is on the books.

 Now of course I have to include some happy snaps of the grandkids...

here's Mia (5 weeks) - all smiles

 and Nanna and Pa with the girls in their Christmas outfits lining up to have Christmas photos at the local shopping center.

Now here's my chuckle... this is a zucchini from our new vege garden - yes it's round..... the laugh is that hubby bought home seedlings and they've done really well but to our amazement the fruit is round and we thought we had a malfunction - he was certainly baffled. Well another visit to the store proved that yes he had picked up a punnet of a new variety.

Thanks for stopping by and if you've some happy thoughts to share please do over at Annies blog.