Latest DT Package

Hi guys, I've created a video of my latest DT package from 

BlooMar Designs,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDY55RqJdxw&t=39s

Just some of the fabulous chipboards available, check them out

https://www.bloomardesigns.com/shop/?mc_cid=b6c7b67065&mc_eid=25c4c4dc58

I will be showing some projects I've made with these products soon,

Happy Crafting!!

Three different looks of Paper And Foamiran Poinsettias

I thought I'd show you today some of the latest Poinsettias I've created, using the same Poinsettia with winter leaves die set but some out of 0.6 Foamiran and some out of  paper, well 180 GSM water colour card stock, but hey who's quibbling!!! Lol

I coloured both types with the same colour in the centre using a Versa Colour ink pad,

I heated the Foamiran ones lightly on a moderatly hot iron for a few seconds after first colouring them, this makes the centre of the flowers rise a little, I then gently shaped the petals with a ball tool

Here I layered two flower heads together, alternating the petals, then added some stamens in the middle,

The other Poinsettias like I said I made out of card stock,

these I created two ways,

On this type I coloured the flower heads as before, then slightly dampened them with a water spray bottle, when they started lifting off the mat or whatever you have underneath I placed the flower head upside down and taking a very small ball tool creased along the middle of each petal from the centre to the tip, this makes a very pronounced line, leave to dry then layer two or three layers alternating the petals as you go, add stamens in the centre to finish,

On this type of paper Poinsettia, I again coloured the centres, and again lightly sprayed the flower heads with water, when they start rising off the mat like before, I took one of the heads at a time and turned them upside down on a foam mat but this time again taking a very small ball tool I went around the edges of each petal pushing down gently, this crinkles the petal edges,

So that's three different looks from the same die,

I also cut some of the winter leaves from the die set as well, these I cut out of light weight paper, then coloured with an ink pad,

Lady E Designs - Poinsettia with winter leaves dies
Happy Crafting!!

A little Bit Of Rustic Country Home

I've another bit of Mixed media on my blog today, as you know the lovely Sarah asked me to be a GDT for her Resin Embellishment Shop, which is part of  her Crafting All Day online shop, Sarah sells through Face Book as well, I just got some awesome Resins in my box, I mean wow!!

So what to choose first, well it had to be this gorgeous Resin window, yes I have a thing for windows, don't like cleaning them though!!! lol

so anyway here is my mixed media tag ,

I have some MDF tags in my stash so I started with one of those and cut to shape a piece of paper from the Stamperia Roses and Laces collection pad, this I then distressed along the edges before fixing onto my tag,

I added some twine through the hole in the top,

I hot glued the inner sections (Shutters) of the window so it appeared open then added some Finnabair wax on the top for a little added colour, then glued some cheesecloth behind, I then hot glued this on place, around the window are some Dusty Attic Mini bricks, which I colovered with some Finnabair pumice stone effect paste then when dry went over with vintage photo distress ink and ground Espresso, this gave a lovely rustic look to the bricks,

I used a real branch of a tree which fell off last fall, I then  trimmed it down to size and shape, I glued a Bloomar chipboard fence onto the tag, which I had simply coloured with some vintage photo distress ink over the top, then I  glued the branch in front of that, at the top of the branch and around the right hand side of the tag I added some Moss,

some metal gardening tools from my stash and a paper flower I had made from a Lady E Design flower die, Flower 5 Hydrangea was placed at the front too, along with some tiny leaves from the Tiny Leaves die,

I used some more of the paper leaves and some flowers made with the same die and paper then added some foamiran ones made with the Tiny Flowers dies, again by Lady E Design,

I hope you like my rustic looking  country home tag,

The Resin Embellishment  Shop

Happy Crafting!!

The Key To My heart

I saw the fabulous MoodBoard over at Dusty Attic and just had to have a go, the colours and images are gorgeous, as you may know I love mixed Media and creating with chipboard, so I

 had this fantastic Dusty Attic Gorgeous Entangled Heart in my stash and couldn't resist using it on a wooden heart I've had in my stash a while just waiting for the right moment, 

I added a little texture to the base of my wooden heart with some  Finnabair stencil paste and a Finnabair stencil, then used some Lindy's gang Flat Magicals diluted with water over the top, when dry I added some crackle paste here and there then went over this with some vintage photo distress ink, and went over that with some waxes by Finnabair to tie in the colours,

I took the Enchanted heart which I had previously coloured with three colours of Finnabair wax and added some pieces of cut off chip board behind to raise it up, then hot glued it in place, this allows other chip boards  and embellishments to be placed under and around it,

Taking some Foliage #2 and mini Branches #2 I added some crackle paste to some, and some pumice stone effect paste to others, then gave them also a coat or two of the waxes,

A little Sisal in natural colour and a hint of lace are also in the background,

This wooden heart has a very long point to the base so I allowed the foliage to follow the shape, simply layering the depths, colours and finishes together,

To finish the heart off I added some of my paper flowers made with Lady E Dies from the Flower 5 Hydrangea collection, onto 180 GSM paper coloured with Versa colour Misty Mauve and Versa Magic Pink Petunia  when I had shaped them I hot glued them in place,

In real life it looks beautiful, and I love it!!! Lol

Dusty Attic -

Entangled heart

Mini Branches #2

Foliage #2

 Lady E Design dies - Flower 5 hydrangea

Finnabair stencil - Tapestry

Waxes - Heather hills, Indian Pink, Brushed Iron, Old Silver

Pumice Stone effect paste

Lindy's gang - Flat magicals / Frenchy's Pink Pouf

Plumeria Pink

Dusty Attic challenge

September moodboard

PS, I'm so happy as my previous Dusty Attic creation I entered into the last Moodboard was one of the winners, whoop whoop!!! 

Thanks for looking, 

Happy Crafting!!

Just be yourself

Hi guys, I thought I'd show you a card I've made using some gorgeous papers by A.B. Studios paper flowers made with Lady E Design dies and a brilliant digital stamp by Georgia Cruz Lima from

 My It Girls,

She is called Tita,

I coloured her with my Copics which are running out fast, but I thankfully managed to colour her before they did, then I fussy cut her out,

The papers are from the Enchanted Flowers collection, they are stunning, I even got my sewing machine out to sew my paper, I used to always do this!!! don't know why I stopped, lol

The papers are made out of 180 GSM  watercolour card stock using Lady E Design dies flower 5, the leaves are Leaves 6 Herbs and Tiny Leaves,

I added a little Sisal behind the flowers too,

I spaced the flowers around my card using two or three flowers together using the colours of the image,

Full view again,

Lady E Design dies

Flower 5

Leaves 6 Herbs

Tiny Leaves

Happy Crafting!!