That Hat

I was asked by the Woodware ladies at the NEC Trade Show yesterday if I would wear this fabulous flower hat.... my outfit matched.. purple of course. I attracted a lot of attention from lots of people including women... Pete from Sissix told me I looked great lol, as well as Tim and Mario....
It was made from a sheet of 12 x 12 paper cut out by hand from a template... what a lot of work.
I looked 'a tit' as my husband would say but hey ho never mind it caused some laughs along the way. Dyan wanted a black and white polka dot one lol.

Falling Leaves

My challenge this week is 'Falling Leaves'... there are so many around on the ground up here in the sunny (today) Highlands and they look so pretty... I love Autumn/Fall... my favourite time of year. So here is my easel card... the base card being a very shiny black/blue.... you can just see it on the photo... super card from who knows where?
The main image was a white square card run through the Grand Calibur using the new A4 autumn leaves mask... super.... then coloured using the new seasonal Distress Inks from Tim - gorgeous they are too.  I stamped the split tree from Clarity stamps and embossed using the new Frantage embossing powders from Woodware, they are delicious, and also stamped some leaves on the ground and embossed the same way.  The decoupaged leaves were cut using Tim's Tattered leaves die then  coloured with the same Distress Inks and overstamped with the split tree again.  The fall stamp is from Stampscapes.  The glittery stickers I found in my local pound shop - I thought they fit the bill very well. Mmm I am happy with the way this one turned out.... in real life very glitters and sparkly.....
I hope you will pop over to my challenge blog and enter this week... I have a lovely cd up for grabs.  Have fun and enjoy autumn too.


I am also entering this into Hel's challenge this week... the topic being 'This wheel's on fire' one of my favourite songs by  Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity .....orange and blue being the colours on the wheel.

WOYWW

Well at last I managed to get an entry into WOYWW..... if you don't understand just click on the link to Julia's blog and see what the fuss is all about. So two pictures for you today... the top one showing my wonderful new Tim Holtz spinners.... yes two of them... after getting one this week I just had to have another.... it meant reorganising my desk but managed it eventually. On the actual desk you can see my new masks also from Tim and the usual conglomeration of distress inks, sander,  a little pot of super new Frantage embossing powder lurks in the right hand corner and a few glittery orange stickers I found in a local pound shop.  The lower picture shows a work in progress.... background card embossed and coloured with Tim's new seasonal inks woo  I love them, tags from 7 Gypsies overstamped and embossed and a little Tim birdcage and bird..... who could this be for I ask myself....
I hope you like your glimpse into my craft room.... have fun and enjoy the day..... sunny but cold up here.... lovely.

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.