TEXTURE - Simple beauty...

So, next up in our series of TEXTURE Tags we have a really simple but beautiful tag. For this one I used a Tag base I had created at a show as a demonstration and finished it off.

To create the Tag I started with a manilla tag and added blobs of fossilised amber, cracked pistachio and peeled paint Distress Oxide until the tag was covered. Then using the Dotties stamp I spritzed it with water and stamped it over the tag, and blotted off the water with kitchen roll.

Next using the same three colours stamp Dotties all over the tag.

Using forest moss I stamped the Chicken wire stamp twice doen the left hand side an once on the right. I then cleaned then spritzed my stamp and stamped just off of the already stamped Chicken wire to create a shadown effect. Finally I added some walnut stain Distress Oxide around the edge.

Then using Watering Can Archival ink I stamped the large Spring Flowers 2 in the bottom corner and then stamped in in Shadow Grey to create some depth.

I then stamped the sentiment in Black Archival.

To highlight the stamped image I used a white Gelly Roll Pen, I also highlighted the sentiment.

To finish off the tag I added black ribbon around the base and to the top.

Rosie Doodles Day!

So, yesterday was Little Ladys' birthday she turned the grand old age of 6! Where has that time gone?

Time and time again she has proved what a determined and fearless Little Lady she really is, I have said it so many times before but what a difference a 6 months and the right school makes! 

This week she has been on yet another swimming crash course 30 minutes swimming every morning, but she was the only one on it!!! So she didn't have any breaks whilst the other children swam - she was tired, Mike worked her so hard, he was determined to get her some badges and so he pushed her every day but in true Little Lady style she just got on with it and, yes, she got a badge and is very close to another. She never complains (well not to her swimming teacher lol!) just jumps in and gives 110%.

Then on Friday, after swimming Little Lady had her 2nd casting audition for a dancing tv show. Was she tired? absolutely but that wasn't going to stop her. She had her job to do! She walked into a room of children she had never met before. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal but this is the little girl who 6 months ago if another child spoke to her she would have broken out in tears she was that scared of any child. But not now she wandered in and showed them her stuff! Does it matter if she doesn't get a part absolutely not! I couldn't be prouder, I saw dancing her socks off giving it 110% on Friday and more importantly enjoying herself!

So, yesterday we rested? I wish, we were up with the larks and riding our new bike (our neighbours must love us!) then rode it all day, round and round (we can only go anti-clockwise!) but we did it, even started using the brakes!!!!

Anyway, back to the reason you are all here. To continue the celebration of all things Little Lady, it felt only right to share a Rosie Doodles make and this canvas has to to be one of my favourites. 

To make it I used the Naturals Backgrounds, Rosie Says and of course Rosie Doodles.

To make this one I cover the bottom right corner in Texture Paste and stamped the open honeycomb into it.

Whilst that dried I stamped 4 solid roses (to get the water coloured effect I inked up the stamp and them spritzed it using water) and 7 leaves. When they were dry I over stamped them with the detailed stamp cut them out.

I inked up the canvas using different yellow/orange and pale brown inks. I then stamped the grain effect into the top left corner using Archival Ink. Around the edge I stuck the 1 inch wonder tape from be Creative and then covered it in their Wonder Crystals too.

Onto the canvas I then stuck the Roses.

To finish of the canvas I stamped one of the sayings, cut it out leaving a white border and then mounted it and cut that out too and added it to the canvas.

June's Monthly Make creations

Wow, time is flying by! I am not complaining I just need to learn pedal a bit faster!

When it comes to the Monthly Makes I always imagine a bike race, say between London and Manchester, Sue has zipped off and is somewhere near Birmingham firing ideas out for the makes 2 or 3 months in advance and I am still trying to find where I left my bike!!!! 

Well someone has to keep me on track!

So, where were we JUNE that's right. Sue made some fabulous creations using June's Monthly Make and she is that good to us all she has even put the details on how she made them onto her blog. All you have to do is click on the link under each picture and you will be whisked away to Sue's blog and she will tell all....

And don't forget I have created a board on Pinterest just for our lovely Monthly Makes, there you will find all the creations in one place for every month - cool hey!   Monthly Make Pinterest Board.  (I am off to update it now!)

Perfectly Purple

All about the background...

In the Pink

Splash of colour

The brown and cream one!

Elegant

So if you would like to find out more about our Monthly Make then please visit our website.

Spring???

After the arctic conditions on this mornings school run I thought I would cheer myself up with a bunch of tulips.

This card can be adapted for any occasion. 

I started by cutting a piece of pink and a piece of white card 5.5 inch square. Across the bottom of the pink card stamp your sentiment, place the white card over the top of the pink one and mark on the white card there the sentiment begins. Now tear across the white card, so that when it is on the top of the pink card you can see the sentiment and there is a slight border. Next stamp the tulips all over it , distress around it and attach it to the pink card. Doodle around the three un torn edges of the white card, attach some ribbon across the center of the card and attach it to a 6 inch square Kraft card.

Onto a small piece of white card stamp the tulip 3 times, colour them in doodle around the edge and amount onto pink card. Attach this onto the base card.

Finally Add two card candis to the top corners of the white card and a clear gem on each corner around the tulips.

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