A Bit Of

Black and White!!!

Hi there.........She here........After my little 'blog break' I decided to ease myself back in gently with some of my favourite things!

Favourite stamps...........Check this out.........BARGAIN...'Milliner Misses' Get them whilst you can.....

Favourite colour scheme ........'Black and White'............

These stamps look fantastic even without colouring them in........I just added some of my 'paper mountain', my favourite corners, punched flowers and of course ribbon!

I hope you like my little card.......

Thank you for looking and I hope to tempt the old 'Mojo' back so that I can see you again soon!

She xx

Friendship Tag............

Hi there.......

She  here to show you my latest make...........

I have used a couple of Unity kits for my Tag........

My Quote came from 'The Right Words' and my gorgeous Butterfly and Key background are from the 'Key To Joy'  kit........

It's no secret that my favourite colour is Orange!!! Always makes me smile :-).......So I started with that as my base.........my favourite and most used Distress Ink colours were used for my base. I then stamped the Keys with Aged Mahogany. After making sure this was dry I ran it through my bug in one of my embossing folders.

I had half a Tag left from another make (don't ask!! I never throw anything away!!) this was already stamped and coloured so I used my gorgeous Butterfly and then glamour dusted him.....Don't like glitter, so this is great as it gives just a hint of bling!!

I just added some ribbon and Liquid Pearl blobs and squiggles!


Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon......

She xx

Milliner Misses!

Hi there!

She here.........

I have a card to show you today using one of my most favourite of stamp sets.....'Milliner Misses'....Did I tell you that I LOVE  ♥♥♥ this set???

I shared this card on my blog earlier this week.......

 All Monochromatic!! Love Black and White too!!


















I thought I'd show you a coloured in version..........

I do like to get as much as I can out of my stamps and I'm always surprised how different stamps can looked when used in a slightly different way........

Coloured in with Copics and a different shape!






I hope you like my cards......Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.......




She xx

Artistic????

Hi there......

She here..........I thought it was about time that I got painty and messy!!!!

I love making Tags!!! And I have lots of cardboard to recycle, so I thought I'd combine the two! I pulled off some of the top layer of cardboard to expose the 'corrugated' bits...I've used paint dabbers in various colours......I use 'dabbers' in the loosest terms....my dabbers don't dab so I just chuck everything onto my craft mat and generally just make a mess!! I've used cut n dry foam, a baby wipe and my finger to apply!

The stamps used are my most favourite set of all .......'Imagine It' by Donna Downey for Unity. I've used paint to stamp directly on the Tag and then Black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder for the sentiment....which is on an off cut of pearlescent cream paper which has been embossed and the paints smudged over....

All that was needed to finish was my favourite punched flowers and Black card candi.......Lots of favourites!!! I had a really good time making this...........

Thanks for looking, I'll see you soon........







She xx

Find The Joy............

Hi there.........

She here.........I really need to start getting organised for Christmas, as the original plan of making a few cards each month has, sadly fallen by the wayside!!!

So today I'd like to show you a little card made with a Unity 'Itty Bitty' ..........'Find The Joy'

This little card is about 5" square.......This stamp is really good.............it has even survived me cutting it into 3!!!

I stamped and embossed 3 images and coloured them with my Sakura pens. and then layered the images. I used some very shiny Silver card (which I have had for ages!!) and white card matts edged with a Martha Stewart punch.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon...






She xxx

Beach Babes!

Hi there....

She here...Today I have an ATC to show you made with the gorgeousness that is Rogue Redhead!

I made the background using a Unity stamp...'Open Bloom' Distress Inks and embossing powder.

I used the lovely 'Beach Babes'..........She is stamped onto separate card and coloured with Copics. She's stood on a piece of old book paper and washi tape. The sentiment is stamped onto Pearlescent card and coloured with Distress Inks.

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon....











She xx

Milliner Miss!!!

Hi there...

She here.....Today I'm going to show you a little card made with some of my very favourite stamps....I know, I seem to say that every week!! But these really are!!! Red Rubber and Ladies :-) How much better can you get???!!!

They are 'Milliner Misses'  by the wonderful Rogue Redhead.....

She is coloured in with Copics and I've cut a Nestie shape for her to sit on....

The card is quite small....about a 5" square, but I had enough room to add my tatty flowers and of course my ribbon!

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon...






She xx

How Beautiful A Day.....

Can Be When Kindness Touches It......

Hi there......She here....with apologies! This is the little card that I should have posted last week.....

I've used a set from one of my favourite stamp companies.....'Flourishes'.........The set I have used is 'Zinnia' available here....

Stamped, clear embossed and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. I've then used glossy accents over the top (which the camera doesn't like!)....

These stamps are so lovely, you really don't need to do an awful lot more with them.....So I just matted it on a couple of layers of coordinating card and found a fancy edge card blank.......

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon...

She xx

Floral Tag.........

Hi there.....

She here with a Tag to share..........

I am really sorry the set I have used 'Insightful Meadows' is out of stock......but any of the gorgeous floral stamps and a quote would work.....

I started with a cream Tag and used my Twinkling H2Os to create the background. I then used a couple of the colours on the flower stamp and stamped it randomly on the background...

The Quote matt was painted with a really pale colour and then I have just 'splashed' one of the darker colours over it....

I coloured some more card and did some stamping and then punched my flowers out...

A bit of ribbon at the bottom and twine through the top and I was done.....




Thanks for looking, I will try harder next time and use something in stock!!!!



She xxx

Happiness Is.........

New Rubber!!!

For me anyway!!

Hi there She here......I love the stamps that Phyliss Harris designs for Unity, so I thought I would use my latest one to create this weeks card.........She is 'Happiness Is'

These stamps are so wonderful that you really don't need an awful lot more on the card.....so I have deliberately left it quite clean (for me!!) and simple...

She's coloured with Copics and I've coloured the background with the palest colours of Pan Pastels.

For the background I have just embossed a piece of plain card and then just rubbed an ink pad over the top and clear embossed. All I needed was one of the little sentiments and my ribbon!





Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon..........

She xx

Relish Reading.........

Hi there...........

She here...........

This week I have been playing with my FAB Rogue Redhead stamps...........Namely 'Relish reading'

I decided to make one of my very favourite things..........A Tag!!

Here it is.......

For my background I used the large background stamp in the set........Stamped with Black VersaFine and clear embossed. I then used another favourite stamp by Donna Downey...the Swirl off 'Imagine It' stamped with VersaMak again, but I used White embossing powder.

I then used Distress Inks to colour the tag.............The Girlie is stamped onto spare card and coloured with Copics and sat on some old book text......The sentiment was stamped and embossed and mounted onto Black card....

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you soon........










She xx

For My Friend.......

Hi there

She here....I have a Tag to share with you this week.......

My Tag background is excess blue and green paint that was on my craft sheet after I'd created a background in one of my Journals....couldn't bear to waste it!!!
I have used my lovely 'Blossom Stackers' again this week.I took one of the smallest flowers in the set and stamped using VersaMark and clear embossing powder...

The gorgeous Scroll is from 'Imagine It' I have stamped it with Verasmark and then used White embossing powder over the top. With it being over the top of clear embossing it gives a blurry effect. The Quotes are from...'Create Today'  Both of these are by Donna Downey...Love her stamps!

I stamped one of the small frames from the Blossom set and one of the phrases, coloured a separate piece of card and cut it out.

The little flowers are made from another piece of card coloured and embossed in the same way....



Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.......

She xx

Hollyhocks...

Hi there...

She here to share a simple card made with my new Flourishes set 'Hollyhocks'

When you have such a beautiful stamp you don't need to fuss!


Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, I have just used toning plain card as matts....and just my trademark ribbon to finish!












I hope you all have a lovely Easter with lots of Choccy!!!!!

Thanks for looking, I'll see you soon.........

She xx

Milliner Miss??

Hi there...

She here today...........

I have been playing with my beautiful  Rogue Redhead ladies again :-) Also the lovely Lou has sent me the gorgeous Unity 'Blossom Stackers' which have been on my wishlist for ages.........

I found the time to play on Saturday and thought I'd combine them...

And here she is......

I stamped the large and small Blossoms onto some printed paper......I chose one that must have been a bargain buy, because I don't think I'd use it on it's own....it's big Paisleys and bright flowers...But I really liked the Blossoms after they had been stamped. I just stuck 2 small Blossoms onto the side of the large one. I cut the middle out then placed a circle of white card in the centre.........Onto which I stamped my beautiful lady...She is off the 'Milliner Misses' set. I coloured her with Copics and Spectrum Noir pens..

All that was needed to finish was my usual ribbon and bow, favourite corners and my sentiment.......which I, for some reason had trouble printing straight....that took me longer to do than anything else!!!

Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon......

She xxx

A Mother's Love............

Hi there...........

It seems a long time since I played with my Unity stamps.....so I decided to make a Journal page and a Tag......

I used the lovely store kit 'A Mother's Love'.........

The page started with a gem of an idea using Distress Inks.....I coloured the background with some of my 'Pinker' shades and then used a thin brush and some water to take the colour out of elements of the background stamp....love this stamp........

I then coloured it with Cosmic Shimmer paints.....

I made this last Sunday...Mother's Day so I wanted to include the sentiment on the page.....I stamped the large flower three times, painted with Cosmic Shimmer...I cut the flowers into varying sizes and stuck the sentiment round them...........

Have to say I'm not 100% sure about this....but it is staying as it is in my Journal!!!!












The Tag has turned out exactly how I wanted it to.........

I painted a very thin wash of Cosmic Shimmer on the base of the Tag, sprayed it with water, heat dried and then added little 'splatters'..........

The background is stamped in Purple and clear embossed..

For the flowers I did a similar background, only using black for the stamping and then punching the flowers out.....

The sentiment is from a past Unity store kit....stamped with Versamark and then White embossing powder over the top...



I hope you like the couple of ideas to try and get the most of your stamps....






Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon........




She xx

More Mother's Day!!!

Hi there...

I needed to make a card for one of my friends at work for Mother's Day.....

Here is what I came up with....

I turned to my Flourish stamps again.....
This time I have used 'Orchids' available here

Love these stamps :-)

Coloured with ProMarkers. I embossed the white card with one of my cuttlebug embossing folders and just added punched flowers. The matt has also been embossed and sanded back.

The papers are from my never ending Brenda Pinnock pad!!!!

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you soon....

She xxx

Happy Mother's Day......

Part TWO!!!.........

Hi there....
Today I can show you the matching card to the Tag I showed yesterday....Using the gorgeous 'Zinnia' stamps by Flourishes.

I created the background with the single flower head stamp colouring it with my ProMarkers.

The main image is just stamped onto Ivory Pearlescent card and coloured with ProMarkers.

I just added ribbon and a couple of gems blobs.










Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.

Don't forget to check out our new look website HERE  We have lots of lovely new things in the pipeline :-)

She xxx

Happy Mother's Day.............

Hi there....

It's Mother's Day here in the UK on the 10th March, so I thought I'd better get organised!!!!!

I have the Tag which I made to show you today, I'll show you the card next time...

I have used 'Zinnia' by one of my favourite stamp companies Flourishes.....They are wonderful, always give a really good impression and always look good.

For my background I have used the flower head stamp and clear embossed, coloured with my ProMarkers. I have then coloured the background with my Distress Inks and 'water splattered'! Love doing these backgrounds as they never look the same no matter how many times you do them.....

The main image is stamped onto white and coloured with ProMarkers and then matted onto black.

The sentiment is off the 'Spring Bouquet' set.

I have just added some punched flowers and a stick on gem.





Thanks for looking and I'll see you next time with the matching card.

She xxx

Oh and do check out the new look website........HERE  It looks really good.....

Friend To Friend.........

Hi there.......

Today, running true to form I have a 'Belated' Birthday card to show you..

 I have used one of my favourite stamp set from Flourishes...'Gerbera Daisies' available very soon here

I decided on a change to my 'normal' colouring and found my Cosmic Shimmers............I thought I still had the paints, but after searching high and low I can only find my powders....Love the effect though. I just mixed them in my palette with a little water.

Aren't they lush??  I thought I'd stick to quite a clean, simple card, as I didn't want to distract from the image....
I stamped onto Acrylic paper.....It is textured and lovely to work with...

For the background...I should really have taken a photo of the background paper...next time!!! I used another piece of the card and sprayed with the Cosmic Shimmers and then stamped the smaller stamp in the set all over...

A piece of ribbon and a sentiment off another set of Flourishes and I was done.........

I was enjoying myself with my paints so much that I got my long neglected water colours out and coloured another image in all ready to make into another card.............


I hope this has inspired you to get your paints out, I know I have neglected them since using my ProMarkers.














Thanks for looking...I'll catch up with you soon...

She xxx

Something a Bit Different...........

For me, anyway!!!
Hi there......I am not doing so well getting prepared with my Christmas cards...........I did want to try and make at least one a week for the next few months..and have failed miserably!!

Whilst I was thinking about it I spotted my lovely Avery Elle Bauble stamps, which will be available here very soon...
It's only a small card, but I am pleased with how it has turned out.....We like to send a mixture of cards, so this size is always handy!!

After trying Red ink and then trying clear ink with Red embossing powder I thought I'd try stamping with my trusty Black Versafine ink and clear embossing onto Red card.......

The front is slightly larger than the base card....which is cream behind that red!!! I like the effect this gives....

The fab sentiment is by Paper Smooches...










Thanks for looking, I'll see you again soon.

She xxx