Autumn Flowers

My challenge today is Autumn/Fall flowers and is sponsored by The Glitter Babe....Stef gave the DT some lovely images to work with and this was the one I chose.
I printed the image onto white card and coloured using Copics and Spectrum Noir pens.  I then added distress inks round the sides with a brush to get some shading.  I mounted the cut out vase onto some gorgeous copper mirri card.... one of my free gifts from Craft UK at the Trade Show... this is so bright that whichever way I tried to get a picture reflections were visible - sorry. I added some flowers again distressed, with a couple of brad centres.... these were a gift from my friend Wendy otherwise known as Pixiehouse. The sentiment from Glitter Babe I printed out and also distressed.  I added a couple of orange jewels,,, given to me by Aarti J at the Trade Show.
I hope you like the card, looks super in real life and will be inspired to pop over to the challenge blog and enter the challenge... you could win some images from Stef. 

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I have bored you for long enough so...

A couple of Crafts UK lovely Christmas decoupage and fabulous mirri card that you can stamp and emboss on, a few more flower cards and the last one was put together by me but my new friend Jo created and moulded the flowers... she had never done any before.... good job I say.

White Space

My challenge this week is sponsored by Card Mad Fairy and the topic is 'White Space'. Now as everyone who knows me knows I don't do white so this was not easy for me at all (ok why did I choose it then you ask??? )
However the task was made easier by using my new toy..... the Woodware Crafty Edger..... I acquired this at the Trade Show last week and have fallen in love with it.... you can do borders and also go round corners as you can see above.  My thanks go to Judith and Dorothy of Woodware for giving this to me to play with.
There are lots of different designs and they are bringing out more corners as we speak.

So I cut the white mat then added the three images given to the DT by Card Mad Fairy, coloured with Copics. I simply added the with love sentiment and the job was done.
Do pop over to my challenge blog and enter the challenge... lovely digi images are up for grabs.

Crafts UK samples

Some cards made using the decoupaged flowers from Crafts UK and their backing papers, second one shows the Creme de Menthe Turkish delight I bought at House of Bruar, the last one shows my new style easel card that I invented..... the flap with the flowers lifts up and there is space for the message inside.

The final lot of samples

Stamped background in Versamark with image stamped on canvas tag and triple embossed, a Tim Holtz flower and some triple embossing, two stamped onto acetate then covered with sticky film and gold leafed and the last one done in the melting pot, coloured with Inka Gold over a Cuttlebugged embossed and distressed background card.

Another set of La Blanche

Lots of distressing going on here ( the actual one had a butterfly in the corner but I forgot to photograph that one sorry, triple embossed on an easel, painted background with the crackle type effect  with Eco Green paints and Vaseline and stamped with a pink material lining.... yummy stuff.

Yet more samples

The first one stamped and distressed, second one triple embossed, the Christmas easel card was stamped onto canvas and triple embossed and the last one incorporates a bookmark as well.

More La Blanche samples

Stamped onto acetate and covered with gold leaf, simple stamping and distressing, everyone liked this as one of their favourites, a Christmas jigsaw and my first scrapbook page using one of La Blanche papers and her swirl stamps. Even though the paper is Oriental I just thought the colours went so well with the pictures I had in mind.

Sample cards for Crafts UK

These lovely flowers and backing papers are from Crafts Uk..... these are some of my samples made for them at the Trade Craft Show in Perth over the weekend. The have lots of different types of decoupage papers too and some superb mirri card that you can emboss on. Do check them out.

Siesta Frames stand set up

Here is the Siesta Frames stand set up behind me and to the side.
The first one is blurred sorry... this shows the other stuff the company sell.
The clock in the centre of the second picture I created, crackling the clock and stamping onto it.
The bottom two, again slightly blurred sorry, show the samples I made using the fab La Blanche stamps.

Melting Pot, stampboard and acrylic creations

Here are some of the creations I came up with at the demo this weekend at the Perth Trade Craft Show...... these were for Siesta Frames using their new range of La Blanche stamps. Fabulous stamps.... do check out the web to see them.