H is for...

Oops! I've had such a strange work shift pattern recently I hadn't actually clocked that it was Sunday! Nearly missed the craft barn dictionary deadline and only just remembered in time.

I picked a nice simple word, Haw, fruit of the hawthorn. My hubby and I once went foraging for them and turned them in to Haw ketchup, it tasted awful!!!

This page was simply made with watercolour paints and liquid pearls. I moved the dictionary when the liquid pearls were still wet and the page flicked over and printed some spots on the opposite page. I think it's my favourite part of the design!

Thanks for stopping by. I know things have been a bit quiet on here lately but hopefully I'll have a bit more time again now work has settled down!

Z is for...

Well this is probably the latest I've ever submitted a dictionary challenge entry, but still just about in time!! I didn't really have the energy for crafting this evening but once I got going I found it hard to stop!
The challenge set by the craft barn was Z, including a pearl. In keeping with my natural theme I chose Z for zinnia.

I wasn't totally sure what they looked like, so having run a quick Google search I rummaged for some paper artsy stamps that I thought looked suitably similar and then coloured them with my brightest promarkers! (If you do happen to search for zinnias ever, make sure to wear your sunglasses, the results are blindingly bright!!!)

Anyway, enough chat, here's my page

As mentioned it was necessary to include a pearl so I used liquid pearls in bisque and garnet for the centre of the flowers. I also added a fair amount of doodling to finish off.
Thanks for stopping by.
 Lou x
I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges (as well as the craft barn)
Simon Wednesday - make for the border
Penny black and more- anything goes
Stamping sensations- anything goes
Allsorts- fabulous florals

Containing myself!

This week I've combined the altenew inspiration challenge (see pic below) and the Simon Says Stamp challenge 'Try to contain yourself' challenge to share this little make with you. I purchased a set of mini mdf drawers from 'the mdf man' at a show a while back and have only just got around to having a play with them.

I painted them in Annie Sloan Chalk paints (old white and paloma) and then stamped the layered altenew rose stamp set on three of the drawers using versa colour ink pads. Quite a straight forward make but perfect for holding all the bits and bobs on my dressing table!

As well as the previously mentioned challenges, I'd also like to enter this in to the following;

Stamping sensations - anything goes

Penny black and more - anything stamping goes

Inspiration for the Altenew challenge 

Out of this cosmos!

I've had another little play with the lovely uniko cosmos stamps. I backed them with vellum and added a papermania sentiment for an anniversary card. They're coloured with inktense pencils.
I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges;
Uniko - flowers
Allsorts spots and stripes (I used spotty vellum)
Stamping sensations -anything goes
Penny black-anything goes

C is for...

Well this is a very speedy make this week as I am currently working seven day weeks and we also have guests staying- not so many crafty opportunities! 

Anyway, as it turns out I was quite pleased with this easy make. I used a bit of parchment I've had for yonks and never quite found the right use for it. 

So here we have c for... caterpillar!

I cut circles with a Woodware punch and used my craft knife to cut a window over the definition for caterpillar. For whatever reason I decided this particular caterpillar needed weekly boys so they were drawn in with a gelly roll pen. Et voilà!

Linking in at the craft barn and simons work it Wednesday challenge.

Uniko beginnings...

Uniko is a name I've heard quite a bit in blogland, but until this week (and curiously coinciding with me finding their blog site!!!) I didn't own any of their products. So now, armed with the beautiful cosmos stamp (one of my fave flowers) I was ready to join in the challenge this month - flowers. 

The stamps print super clearly,- I'll definitely be buying more of their products in future! This is quite a simple card coloured with inktense pencils. The background square was cut with lawn fawn stitched square die and it was finished with a little twine. The cosmos stamp set does come with sentiments but this card is for my sister and brother-in-law on their anniversary so I used a papermania stamp which was more suitable on this occasion.

N is for...

I rather liked the idea of doing 'nocturnal' for the N entry in my dictionary however the definition was spread over the bottom of one page and the top of another. I was saved by the word 'nocturne' which I hadn't heard before. The definition is 'a night time scene, or soft dreamy music. Perfect for what I wanted to create.

So this fortnight N is for Nocturne and this is the scene I have created.

I've used a mixture of distress inks blended over a masked circle for the moon. The stamps are from cardio and crafty individuals. I've added wink of Stella and icicle stickles for finishing touches. The bats are drawn in with fine liner as I didn't have amy suitable bat stamps!
I'd like to link this in to the craft barn dictionary challenge and Simon says stamp 'things with wings' challenge.
Thanks for reading!