Penny Black stamps

Good evening Lovelies and wow what a beautiful day it's been, cold but beautiful sunshine. Today is my beautiful daughter Ashley's 31st birthday, boy that time has past quickly, it doesn't seem that long that I was holding her in my arms as a baby and sending her off for her first day at school! I miss her so much, she lives in Canada with her lovely Boyfriend.

So today I've been playing with some new Penny Black stamps (well new to me)

The first card I actually made yesterday, I started by stamping onto watercolour card and painted in the flowers with drawing gum and flicked some over the card, I wet the card and painted with Aquatints, then once dry I removed all the gum and painted with Aquatints and a bit of flicking here and there.

My second card I used the same technique except I used Black Brusho's spritzed with gold mica in water, I painted the flowers with Aquatints, it's a shame the gold shimmer doesn't show in the photo, it is quite subtle.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like my cards today, have a great evening xx Zoe xx

 

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Zoe - challenge #3 March - "Add Gems"

Good morning Lovelies, can't quite believe it's March already, but roll on spring!

This months theme for Lavinia Stamps Challenge is "Add Gems" there is a very generous prize of £40 to be spent in the online store, in order to be eligible for this prize there are a few rules, please check the blog

Here are my samples,

 

 

I hope you like my samples and they have given you some inspiration to join in? Many thanks for visiting today xx Zoe xx

 

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Jofy

Good evening Lovelies! Well what a beautiful day it was earlier.

I haven't entered any blog challenge's for a while now and I noticed the Countryview Crafts challenge when I visited a fellow crafty friend on Facebook Doreen's blog this morning, I visit Doreen's blog regularly, I love her style, a very talented lady.

So here's what I made for the Anything Goes challenge.

I adore Jofy stamps and masks, here I've combined 2 of the new sets, just love the honeycomb and buzzers! I started by Spritzing Goosebumps onto my tag, once dried I inked with squeezed lemonade DI, I used a Penny Black mask with scattered straw DI.

Thank you for visiting today, have a good evening xx Zoe xx

 

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Playtime

Good afternoon Lovelies. What a yucky day, cold, windy, dull and drizzly. Yay! Finally baby is better, I've had some new crafty stash, I say "some" quite a lot really! Lol been treating myself :D so I've managed a nice bit of playtime yesterday and today, a couple of things aren't dry or finished yet, I'll blog those tomorrow hopefully?

My first card was inspired by a fab tutorial by a very talented lady Jill Foster who's on the Penny Black blog

I adore Penny Black products, this technique was Watercolouring with a stencil, I'm happy with how it turned out considering it was my first attempt, I can see myself using this technique many times, I was quite excited as the lady herself commented on my photo I'd posted on their fb page :D

Jofy, Jofy, Jofy.

Some lovely new stamps from Visible Image. I'm always so impressed with VI, the quality and innovative designs of their stamps are fab and the service is amazing.

I've combined Oak House Studio Stamps with Visible Image and Crafters Companion stamps on my final tag.

Thank you for taking the time to visit today, I hope you like my designs, have a great weekend xx Zoe xx

 

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Eileen is making me spend money again!!!

Good afternoon Lovelies! Mixed day weather wise today, bit dull and had rain earlier, still I can't go anywhere as baby has been poorly with a Chest Infection, bless him, he's on the mend though! Thank you so much for all your well wishes for him, in previous posts xx

So, I say Eileen Godwins making me spend money - "AGAIN" lol this time it's these gorgeous stamps by a lovely lady Sarn she calls them Sarntangle stamps and they are fab, very different and quite whimsical, they are limited, take a look here

Here's my first make with Sarns stamps, I think they are so cute, I used Goosebumps in the background and acrylic paint through a script stencil randomly the bees are Jofy and the leaves are die cuts.

Penny Black stamp used for this one with Goosebumps background.

Circle stamps by Oak a House Studio and a die cut to create this tag, it's for my Daughters gift, her birthday is next week.

And here's my Daughters birthday card, I used Jofy Stamps.

 

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Fab new Sweet Poppy stencil

Good morning Lovelies, and what a beauty it is today, sunny, bright and clear, shame I can't go out :( Baby is still poorly, he now has a chest infection bless him, such a brave little soldier, he's such a happy baby and still manages to smile even though he's not well.

Anyway I've managed a little crafting while he's been sleeping and here's the results:

I made this 7x7 canvas using of course Sweet Poppy Stencils, even the edges and background, I used Adirondack inks and the gorgeous Rocking Horse which is now available here I used a blue Sparkle medium, this beautiful creature was designed by the very talented Emma Cronin you can find her on Facebook,

My tag I used Oak House Studio circles and heart to create the background and Finnabair stamps for the detail on the circles, sentiment and Butterfly.

Thank you for spending the time to visit today, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

 

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Sweet Poppy stencils and Oak house Studio stamps

Good Evening Lovelies, I hope your enjoying your weekend so far? It's been a pleasant day weather wise here, unfortunately the baby has been quite poorly this week with a nasty cough and cold with conjunctivitis thrown in for good measure, poor little chap, it's horrid seeing babies poorly, although he's still managed to smile between sleeps, I can't believe he's 4 months old already, the time flies.

Anyway I've managed a little play today, I've made a canvas with brushos and Sweet Poppy.

And a tag which was inspired by the very talented Eileen Godwin Using Oak House Studio stamps.

Thank you for visiting today, have a great rest of the weekend xx Zoe xx

 

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