Sneaky peep

Good morning Lovelies!

I'm very excited to tell you that the fabulous Sheena Douglass has some more shows on Create and Craft tv, Friday at 11 am, 4pm and 7pm with some amazing new stamp plates, you will adore them!

Here's my first sample, I had this Chipboard frame and just knew these stamps would be great for it!

I've used the fabulous Kingfisher which I heat embossed with black EP after first using Gesso to prep my frame, then I used Silks Acrylics as my background, I used the branch from the "New Leaf" stamp set released previously, all painted with Silks Acrylics.

I hope you will tune in? Thank you for visiting, have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

Zoe - Challenge #6 - June - "Add some beads or gems"

Good morning Lovelies! I'm hoping June is going to bring some sunshine :) I can't believe we are in the 6th month! Where did the first 6 months go?

So here we are onto our 6th challenge with Lavinia Stamps and as you can see by the title that it's "Add beads or Gems" please be mindful that the rules state, you must use Lavinia Stamps for your entry!

There is a fabulous prize of £40 voucher to spend on Lavinia products here!

So onto my samples for this months challenge, I hope you like them!

My first card I started by masking the edges with lo-tack tape and painted using Luminarts Silks Acrylics, in 3 colours very roughly, I didn't want them to blend, these are gorgeous colours with a beautiful shimmer, they are classed as a glaze as they are translucent, but are very versatile, I used the Zentangle flowers and added a sentiment and some Dew Drop beads.

I used masks to create my background scene with distress inks, stamping with a selection of stamps (from Lavinia of course), I coloured the blossoms in with distress markers then added a blob of "dries clear" adhesive and added clear micro beads, you can see in the closer up photo below better.

 

Thank you for spending the time to visit, I hope you feel inspired to join in? If not why not pop along to my teamies blog too? Have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

Few bits I've made over the last few days.

Good Evening Lovelies! I hope you've all enjoyed your Bank Holiday Weekend? Shame about the weather!

I thought I'd share a few of my makes from the last few days, well those that I can for now lol ;) sorry it is photo heavy!

My friend's Triplets had their 1st Birthdays on Saturday, can't believe how fast that year has gone!

A tag I made for a challenge, using Lavinia Stamps and a Memory box Stencil.

Sheena Douglass Butterfly over stamped and embossed in black EP, Memory Box Stencil for background.

A lovely friend of mine has just adopted a gorgeous baby girl Gracie, I made this card for her and the one below for their birth daughter Sophie, couldn't leave her out, she is 4, bless her.

A tag I made for a challenge. Using Tim Holtz stamps which I used the "Faux Batik" technique for the background.

Another tag for a challenge.

Thank you for spending time visiting, I hope I haven't bore you with all my photos? Have a great evening, Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

A few makes from this week!

Good afternoon Lovelies! Well the good weather didn't last too long did it?

Along with some of my makes from this week I just wanted to give you a little heads up! Sheena Douglass is appearing on Create and Craft tv on Friday at 1pm and 6pm, featuring a real mix: Butterflies, Mystery Village, Oriental, Under the Sea and maybe more, tune in to watch some fab demos.

So here's a bit of what I've been up to, can't show all as some are for DT's ;)

My first I used the "Faux Batik" technique on my background, all Tim Holtz products used on this card.

It was my Mums Birthday yesterday as well as her Silver Wedding Anninversary, here's the cards I made for them, her favourite colour is cerise!

 

This is a card for a lovely friend, I masked the edges and Brayered on Silks Acrylics, the stamps are Woodware called "Teasels" I used some Rangers enamel to add the dots.

It's our 21st wedding Anniversary tomorrow (Thursday 22nd) and I made something a little funky for Hubs, not sure he will like it? But I do lol! I used a white wax crayon to create a resist, which is a fabulously easy but effective technique I learned at Eileen Godwins workshop, the dots are Ranger enamel.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like my cards xx Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

Zoe - 33rd Challenge - "Nothing Floral/No Flowers"

Good morning Lovelies! I hope you've all been enjoying the glorious sunshine? Well I've scheduled this post and it's warm and sunny whilst I do it! Lol good old British weather can change in a flash!

So another fortnight passed and we are onto our 33rd Challenge, at Rhedd and Rosie the theme is "Nothing Floral/No Flowers" our fab Sandie is sponsoring this challenge, she will also be choosing the winner this time, she is offering a fab prize to the winner! Check out the bottom of the post to see what it is!

So here's my entry! Only my third attempt lol! Every one I made when I looked had something a bit floralish! Lol! So I plumbed for this cute little fella!

I sprayed "Goosebumps" onto my card, once dried, I stamped a text background stamp from TH using Pewter Distress paint, once dry I went about inking with Distress inks, I gave it a good buff with a dry soft cloth before stamping to bring the shine up on the "Goosebumps", I used the cup rings from TH, the feathers and splats from Visible Image, the "Feather Bird" is from "Lost Coast Designs" I love him, poor little shabby waif lol! I used 3 yards of seam binding, spritzed with water, then used Distress Stains to colour it, screwed it all up and dried it to add to the shabby effect!

Here's the fab prize!

I hope you like my design? Thank you for taking the time to visit, why not hop along to my fellow R&R teamies? Have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

12 Tags of 2014 - May

Good evening! What a gorgeous day it's been today, oh I love sunshine and warmth. I got my domestic engineering, ironing and washing done early, so I was able to have an hour in the garden with a cuppa, before going to do shopping and the dreaded Dentist :( I don't like going, but all ok for another 6 months thank goodness!

Well I'm sticking to my promise to myself that I would do each tag of Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014, I've struggled with this one as I had very little of the items, but managed to improvise. So here's my version of Tim's May tag! For info click on the link above!

Thank you for visiting, xx Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy

A few makes from this week

Good evening Lovelies, well it's been a beautiful day here today, bright sunshine, still a tad nippy but I'm happy for sunshine!

Today I'm sharing a few of my makes from the this week.

Lavinia Stamps

I used stencil by Memory box for the background, the foliage from Penny Black coloured with Coloursoft pencils, the bird is a freebie from Craft Stamper mag.

Distress ink in Barn Door, Tim Holtz stamps, bit of white gel pen and few Ranger Enamel dots in black and white.

Memory Box stencil, Sweet Poppy Stencils with Black Diamond Sparkle Medium.

Thank you for spending the time to visit my blog, have a fab evening, Zoe xx

 

Posted with Blogsy