Sweet Poppy Stencils

Hi there Lovelies, hope you’re enjoying this beautiful warm sunny weather, it’s about time!

I’m sharing with you today some samples I’ve made using this gorgeous Flamingo.

I’ve used a Gelli print background and translucent paste which I left to dry and then hot foiled through a laminator, the stamped sentiment is also from the “Seasons” set by Sweet Poppy.

Another Gelli print background, I stamped subtly using another stamp from the Seasons set and this time I used “Expand it” through the stencil, it’s a unique product, once applied you heat it with heat tool and it bubbles and bobbles, it’s cool, unfortunately it lost the pretty filigree pattern but I thought it looked fab still, once I’d got the effect I wanted I then brushed it with Sweet Poppy Mica powders, mounted onto a canvas that I’d previously coloured and added Gilding wax.

Here’s a large MDF circle which I Gessoed and painted with Sweet Poppy shimmer paints applied very randomly with a blending tool, I inked through the Stencils and with the flamingo I used translucent paste and micro beads.

White pigment ink through stencil then I used the gorgeous pastel pearlescent pastes.

Gelli print background, white pearlescent paste then Sweet Poppy glitters while wet.

Lucy will be on Hochanda later this month, be sure to tune in.
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Thank you for visiting, have a wonderful day, don’t forget your sunscreen xx Zoe xx 

Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge - May “Bright and Beautiful” by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, well what a better day than yesterday! Wow it felt like November yesterday, blowing a gale, rain and rather cold, sun shining, birds are singing, happy happy!

So today I’m sharing my 2 projects made for this months Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge the theme this month is Bright and Beautiful, you don’t need a blog to enter and there is an amazing prize, chosen by Random.org of £40 in vouchers to spend on Lavinia Stamps products. To enter use this Link it gives you all the info you need to enter.

So here are my samples, links for the products are listed below the photos.

Greyboard Heart 
Star Blossom

See a fairy make a wish

Distress inks

A5 Envelope

Fairy Lodgings

Stars 1 miniture

Falling ivy

Stones

Both the heart and envelope I’ve used a white pen to highlight areas and I’ve used a Gilding wax around the edges of the heart.

Thank you for visiting, I hope I’ve inspired you to join in, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Eclipse card

Good morning Lovelies, looks like it’s going to be a lovely day today down here in East Kent.

Today I’m sharing with you my first attempt at an Eclipse card. I don’t get a lot of time to make cards for myself these days, with being on 3 popular Design Teams who all feature on Hochanda regularly, plus I’m a foster carer and currently have two little ones, girl aged 2 and her baby brother nearly 9 months, so free time is a premium at the moment so I’m quite pleased how it turned out.

It’s my Mums birthday next month and she loves cerise pink.

I used my my Scan n Cut to cut 5 Mums to create the depth, 2 in white linen card and 3 in the pink, I used Pennyblack Stamps and Coloursoft pencils to create my image and sentiment.

I hope you like it? And hopefully my mum lol!

Have a great day xx Zoe xx 

Mid Month Reminder

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you’re enjoying the sunshine, it’s about time spring started huh? 

Anyway I’m posting a sample I’ve made as a “Mid Month Reminder” for Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge. This months theme is Flowers and Foliage, you still have time to enter, you can find all the info here.

I used a Grey/Whiteboard heart from my stash and Distress Oxides to colour it, I stamped the gorgeous Large Poppy using Versafine Black and heat embossed with a clear sparkle embossing powder, I used sparkle brush pens to colour the Poppy.

Links for products used are below the photo.

Large Poppy
Distress Oxides

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like my heart, please leave a comment, I love to hear what you think.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge - April - Flowers and Foliage

Good Morning Lovelies, oh boy I’m so late posting this blog post.

Here are my samples for this months Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge, the theme this month is Flowers and Foliage, you don’t need a blog to enter, all the information you need is here! There is a fabulous £40 voucher to spend on yummy Lavinia Stamps products if you win.

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Thank you so much for visiting, have a great day xx zoe xx 

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - March, Mushrooms and Toadstools by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies. Wow it’s cold, I hope you’re all keeping warm and safe?

I’m late with my post!! Here is my sample for this months Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge the theme for March is Mushrooms and Toadstools. Click on the link to find out how to enter, it’s simple and you don’t need a blog, and the winner chosen by Random.org will win a fantastic prize of £40 in vouchers to spend on lovely Lavinia goodies.

I used Distress Oxides which I blended and using Tracey’s technique of using fingertips to dab water on, which controls a where you want the texture, I used a sparkle embossing powder which doesn’t show so well in the photo at the top, using Claire ink in green, on the Whimsical Whisps  it really sparkles in the flesh. I used Claire inks in various colours for my stamping, the inks are beautiful, juicy and a fab selection of colours, they are on the website and really worth investing in.

I hope you like my creation, thank you for visiting.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge- Feb by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, well that’s the end of January, I’m never sorry to see it go along with February lol! These long dark evenings and mornings will be soon shortening, yay! 

Today is the launch of Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge for February and the theme this month is - “Enchanted Woodland”.

 For details on how to enter click on this “link”. You don’t need a blog to enter, all the info you require to enter is there.

The winner is picked by Random.org and the prize is a whopping £40 voucher to spend on Lavinia goodies! 

Here are my samples, I’ve used the gorgeous Scenescapes for my creations this time, they are so unique, beautiful quality and when time is a bit of an issue they are fantastic and require very little work to create something sensational.

I used the wonderful Claire inkpads also available on the website, they are second to none.

Thank you for taking the time to visit and leave a comment, it means so much. Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx