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Hello Friends,  Today, I have teamed up with Whimsical Digi Art to bring you this beautiful Remembrance Sunday journal Tag. For the background, I blended Lost Light, Hickory Smoke, and Black Soot. I dried the tag then sprayed them with Decayed and Empty Tomb and heat dried the tag again. I heat embossed a poppy in copper and stamped some script text in black. I wanted something at the bottom right, so I heat embossed some barbed wire in silver, so that it would not detract from the image. This image of the boots came in black and white, I coloured them in brown using alcohol markers and used red for the poppies. Finally I stamped a Lest We Forget sentiment, and distressed it with Hickory Smoke, to make it pop out. Whimsical Digi Art has some stunning designs, in both black and white images or pre-coloured. Why not check out some of her designs on Instagram? Why not head over to the website and have a look for yourself. https://www.whimsicaldigiart.ca/ For 25% off use the code PRET...

Hi Friends,  I hope you are well today. Over at  Paper Funday,   it is challenge Day, and today's challenge is "Anything Goes" but there is an Optional Twist of " Use Yellow, Orange, Green".  I would like to say thank you to o ur wonderful Sponsors, who are  All Dressed Up   a nd  Colour of Love . I will be using an image from All Dressed Up called Busy Shopping How cute is this image? It pairs up nicely with an old stamp set that I have in my stash.   When I saw this image I had a lash of inspiration, I wanted a French theme.  I mean which girl would not love to be shopping in Paris. I decoupaged the lady, who I think looks very much like an Emily, and the shopping bags, hat boxes and dog to give it some dimension.  Doesn't Emily look better with some added dimension to her? I stamped some script and roses in a platinum colour, and over stamped them with a Parisian postage stamp As this was not going to be a card, but a page...

Hi Friends,   Happy October.  We are getting close to Halloween now :) I'm so excited  We have a new challenge over at A Place to Start  . The theme is Anything Goes, and our fantastic sponsor is Conie Fong. How cute is this Little Pumpkin carrying Gonk? I blended the background using Twisted Citron Distress oxide and Tumbled glass Distress ink,  I married the gonk up with a little mushroom  house stamp that I had in my stash (I don't know the name of it, sorry) I shaded underneath the gonk and house with an alcohol marker, slightly darker than the ink, to give it some depth. I stamped and coloured a pumpkin, and placed it off the tag.  and cut off the remaining pumpkin.  I love a tag which has an overlapping piece. Supplies Used: Distress Ink and Oxides by Tim Holtz and Ranger Tumbled Glass Twisted Citron Image Conie Fong  Halloween Doodles by Tim Holtz Mushroom house - Unknown sorry. Alcohol Marker Spectrum Noir  - AG1, AG3, AG5...

This is my first post as DT for Cardz for Galz , I have been so anxious about which project I will go with.  The Theme for this challenge is LEAVES. So I decided to go with the Life's a Great Adventure sentiment and a beautiful topper of a cheetah, which is sitting in a large pile of leaves.  I love how this page has come together. I started making this journal page by using a collage technique.  I used cheetah paper, some gold paper, vintage music paper, and two strips of gold washi tape. I stencilled some dots using walnut stain, which represents the cheetah spots. I then stamped some leaves in black ink over the sentiment and over the cheetah  I used a safari type stamp on the top right corner and over the washi tape. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my make, and don't forget to join in the Leave theme challenge over at  Cardz 4 galz Let's connect on Instagram Join me on Pinterest

Hi Friends,  I am so thrilled to announce that I am now part of the Design Team for Inspiration Station . In case you didn't know, Inspiration Station is a fantastic blog, where you create a papercraft project that is based on the inspiration picture of the month.     You can then post your project to the blog to be entered to win a prize.   This month's inspiration picture is:  I know - so cute right?  Those of you who know me know how much I adore pumpkins, and Halloween. So here is my take of the beautiful pumpkin picture. Supplies Used: Stamps Little Pumpkin by Santoro London Hello Autumn and the gem swag are from my stash (I don't know who they are by sorry) Dies Pumpkin Duo by Tim Holtz and Sizzix Distress Ink & Oxides by Tim Holtz and Ranger Vintage Photo Chipped Sapphire Wilted Violet Seedless Preserves Spiced Marmalade Squeezed Lemon  Twisted Citron Midas by Spectrum noir - Bronze Embossing ink by Ranger Embossing Powder  B...

Hi Friends,  I hope you have had a good weekend.  We have had a pretty lazy weekend, doing some last-minute shopping for our holiday :) Inspired by my holiday I dug out this gorjuss girl. I am trying to cut down on the amount of craft supplies that I am buying.  So, I am trying to use the stamps I have in my stash.  I have had this stamp for about 3 years, but I have never used it. I think she makes a beautiful addition to one of my art journal page, Supplies Used:  Distress Ink and Oxide by  @Timholtz  and  @ranger_ink Seedless preserves Chipped Sapphire Peacock Feathers Stamps timholtz - Visual Artistry @santorolondon  - Fly away with me Alcohol Markers by  @spectrumnoir IG2, IG7, IG10, CG1, CG2, PP4, PP5 & PP6 I will be entering:- Let's connect on Instagram Join me on Pinterest

Page 2 of my art journal. I am so pleased at how this background turned out. Products I used: Distress ink by  tim_holtz  and  ranger_ink Scattered straw Crushed olive Salvaged patina Uncharted Mariner Iced spruce Black soot Walnut stain Pumice stone Carved pumpkin Distress Oxide  by  tim_holtz  and  ranger_ink Abandoned coral Spiced marmalade Squeezed lemonade Twisted citron Stamps Faded Type -  stampersanonymous Life & laughter -  clearlybesotted Stencils -  therangeuk Texture paste  -  ranger_ink dalerrowney1783  Liquid acrylic pearlescent paint in waterfall green Dies from my stash I have entered into: Hobbyvision Nightshift stamping Let's connect on Instagram Join me on Pinterest