Romance has come early

Good afternoon Lovelies, I hope you're having a good weekend so far? The weather here is beautiful, cold but bright and sunny.

I've been busy helping my mum with her new home, she's been with us since September so I'm being very helpiful getting the place ready for her to move in! Woohoo! I'll be glad to get my space back lol, mind you I'll probably miss her, even though she does get on my nerves a bit.

Anyway I'm sharing a couple of projects I've made using the gorgeous Chocolate Baroque stamps that were featured on Hochanda, unfortunately I was away for Christmas when the samples for tv were made so was unable to contribute. Wasn't Lesley fab, her demos are great, the products and customer service is second to none too.

This stunning Rose Stem Script  stamp set is so versatile and pretty, I heat embossed using White EP and added some highlights using a wax crayon before inking with Distress inks to create a resist, simple but effective I think?

 

My card I used Distress inks again and a pink Archival Inkpad the add some subtle detail in the background, I then stamped the beautiful heart and sentiment from the Harlequin Rose set with Flitterglu which I'd applied to a piece of cut n dry foam and used as a stamp pad on my stamp, being sure to thoroughly clean my stamp after as the glue stays tacky, I then added my gilding flakes and scrubbed off with a scoochie sponge.

 

Please pop back tomorrow as I have 2 more to show, thank you for visiting, gave a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

A fab day as always

Good morning Lovelies! Well as it's early I really can't tell what the weather is about to do today? But that doesn't really matter as I will be in the classroom today on a training course, I quite enjoy them by the way!

So today I'm sharing with you my makes from the fabulous Eileen Godwin Workshop down in Rochester last Saturday.

 I love going there, Eileen is such fun, a great tutor and very inspirational apart from being an all round lovely lady, such a super group of ladies and 1 gent this time! Gorgeous cakes made by Barbara are to die for. So here they are, I hope you like them?

My first 2 cards are featuring stamps from Chocolate Baroque.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting, I love reading what you think of my creations, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

New Stencils from Sweet Poppy

Good morning Lovelies, what a wet and yucky day down here, I hope everyone is managing to stay warm and dry.

I'm sharing with you today a few projects I've made using the fab new stencils from Sweet Poppy.

They are : Cocktails, Magnolia and Squirrel.

Cocktails I used Sweet Poppy Pearlescent paste then one dry I used Alcohol Inks to add colour.

Magnolia I used Black and Pink Archival inks through the stencil, then Sweet Poppy Translucent paste and Sweet Poppy Crystallina Glitter over the wet paste.

The Squirrel I used SP Pearlescent paste, SP Micas then heated up with heat tool until bubbled, once cooled buffed up with clean dry soft cloth.

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like my samples, have a great day xx Zoe xx 

Sweet Poppy.

Zoe - January Creative Challenge for Lavinia Stamps

Good afternoon Lovelies and a very Happy New Year, I hope you all had a wonderful Xmas.

We just got home this morning from spending 3 weeks in Canada with our lovely daughter and her boyfriend, we had a fab time, lots of snow and sub zero temps, but it was lovely, crisp and dry cold unlike the damp, dull weather we've returned to, ho hum, it's good to be home though.

So today I'm sharing my creations for this months Creative Challenge for Lavinia Stamps the theme for the month is "Starry Night Skies" you could win £40 to spend on Lavinia Stamp products and you don't need a blog to enter just click on the highlighted link above for all the info.

 

My first card I've used die cuts and coloured using distress inks and stamping with Trailing Ivy and Stars, and part of Christmas blessings sentiment, very simple card.

 

My second card I started by using a heavy gesso through a distressed stars stencil, once dry I inked over using distress inks, I used another star stencil with an orange ink and stamped over using the Mini Star Group, Harmony, and part of the Christmas Blessings stamps in Black Versafine ink and then using Versamark Inkpad I stamped Trailing Ivy and Forest Spruce and a few more stars and heat embossed using a glittery gold embossing powder, the Ivy is actually a glittery teal embossing powder, its a bit more subtle in the photo, it looks better in the flesh.

Thank you for visiting, I hope you like my cards and I've inspired you to join in the challenge. 

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Mid Month reminder for Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, how are your Christmas preparations going? I'm in Canada with my lovely daughter for Christmas and loving every minute, we've had snow since we arrived Friday and it's -5c so far, I love it :D 

So I'm back to post my Mid Month project to remind you of the fabulous Creative Challenge and the amazing prize of £40 to spend on Lavinia Products - winner chosen by Randon.org widget. You will find details on how to enter and the rules etc by clicking on the link above, plus you can check out all the amazing DT projects.

Here's my project, I've created a scene using using all "New" stamps and distress inks plus a bit of sparkly embossing powder.

 

I hope you like my scene, thank you for visiting, have a Wonder day and a very Happy Christmas xx Zoe xx

Colour Challenge #29 for Chocolate Baroque by Zoe

Good Morning Lovelies, I hope you're keeping warm and looking forward to the Christmas season.

Today I'm sharing with you my sample for Chocolate Baroque colour challenge #29, great colours to work with, you will find all the info you need to join in on the site, just click on the highlighted link above.

Here is my sample;

I used distress inks to colour the image no background, I adore this stamp from the Autumn Poppy set, i felt it was the perfect stamp to go with this months colours, I hope you like it? 

You will find the Colour Swatch in which to follow below my sample, please note "I didn't make the card on the Swatch sample" 

 

Autumn Poppy

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love reading your comments, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Workshop projects

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you're enjoying your weekend, it's a bright morning down here on the South East coast, cold but lovely.

I had a great day yesterday at Eileen Godwin's Workshop down in Allhallows Rochester, it was a very productive day, great techniques and lovely friendly atmosphere.

I got home on Monday having had a lovely 10 days in Morocco, we had 6 days of rain unfortunately but still got some sunshine and warm weather, it was very relaxing. 

Having spent a year looking after our gorgeous Foster boy he moved to his new forever family 5 weeks ago, it was very emotional as I'm sure you'd understand? The grieving process takes time and I'm still crying most days, but I know in time I move on, we go to visit him today, which often helps with closure, I just hope we can stay in touch?

 We are flying out to Canada on Friday (9th) to spend a wonderful 3 weeks with our beautiful daughter which will be a wonderful end to the year.

So here are some of my creations from yesterday, I can't share them all yet as a couple are DT samples, so you'll have to wait until the 1st Jan for those ;) 

 

I used stencils from Sweet Poppy, Designs by Georgina and Stamps from Lavinia Stamps on my star card.

Thank you for the great day Eileen xx 

Have a fabulous Sunday, thank you for stopping by, Zoe xx