Thursday 18 August 2011

Project of the Month Blog Hop - Pearls and Lace

Its that time again and this Month's theme for the Blog Hop is Pearls and Lace and our host is Debbie and that's where the blog hop begins.

You should have landed on my blog from Mina We will hold this every third Thursday of the month , we aim to give you a little inspiration and hopefully a few Oooo's and Awe's along the way.The Dream Team is made up with some of the most talented ladies so be sure to give them all a visit.

The image I used on this months project is Spit Happens  and it can be purchased from Mo’s Digital Pencil

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I decided on a round easel card with lots of lace and dotted with pearls and loads of layered circles, image was coloured with copic markers and designer papers are from DCWV.

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Next up is Lori and I can guarantee she’ll have something amazing to show.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way to be in for a chance of winning a spot prize

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Wednesday 17 August 2011

Some Free Holiday Designs

Boo!

I thought I would get you all ready for the coming hollidays and give you some free sheets.

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Just click on the images and this will bring them to full size on your screen then save it to your computer. The sheets will print to the size intended once saved to your computer, double click on the file then from the top menu on your computer click, file then print this will then print out the Image


Spooky backgrounds for your Halloween cards





Spooky witches and owls for halloween.


Halloween Bats


don't have nightmares.


Clarity Stamp Husky Dog

I simply love these dogs, something quite mystic about them. As I did a clean and simple card yesterday I thought I would keep the same theme but I think this one is quite striking.

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I used the new Flex Markers by Letraset  keeping the colour tones cool I used the watermelon shade on the background and also brought this to the front of the card too by matching the ribbon. I cut the shapes with the quickutz cookie die and the Husky is actually behind the die-cut card and not layered up. you can see it when it is full size.

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Tuesday 16 August 2011

Heart Wrapped in Gold

I’m hoping that I got this right. I know the lady of the house goes for a clean and simple card when it comes to giving card so I’m betting on her liking the CAS style.

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I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the leaves onto the base card, it is a Sizzix embossing folder from the fall set, I scored the bottom part of the card using my ScorPal.

The heart is an unmounted stamp from Impression Obsession. inked in green then gold thread wrapped around and a pearl added to the center and the scalloped heart was done with a spellbinder heart die. A pretty satin ribbon tied into a bow finished the card.

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Monday 15 August 2011

Proms in the Park

What a wonderful wonderful time we have had, it’s fabulous to leave the hustle and bustle of everyday life and spend some time with good company, good food and good entertainment and that is just what we did this weekend.

We booked up for Castle Howards Proms in the Park, we have been before and it must be around 10 years ago and it is as good now as what is was on our first experience.

This was our bed for the night

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And this was just after we got settled for the evening.

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Here is a little taster in a video, actually it is in two parts, the first is everyone arriving and the second is a sample of the entertainment.

Proms in the Park, Castle Howard August 13th 2011 Jak heath

Getting swept away in the moment

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Fabulous sight

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Even the wildlife came to listen

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Starting to get dark

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and in the moonlight

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and the Castle

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Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

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Saturday 13 August 2011

Solemn Sailor

A sailor went to sea sea sea to see what he could see see see………

Are you all singing along?

Solemn Sailor by Mo’s Digital Pencil is sure to get you all singing along.

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Isn’t he a sweetie? Coloured with Flex Markers and Promarkers, backing papers are by Hot off the Press (HOTP) some pearls and a pretty saitin ribbon.

If you haven’t yet tried the Flex markers by letraset you are missing out they are fabulous to work with and blend like a dream.

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Friday 12 August 2011

Love Ya!

Everyone say awe! I remember my Mam knitting me a cardigan this colour, in fact I remember her knitting me twin sets, little cardigan and matching skirt.


Love Ya by Mo’s digital Pencil


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I used designer background papers and matching polka dot ribbon from Papertrey Ink, coloured the image with Copic Sketch Marker I used an edge paper punch by EK Success and finished the card with some matching buttons.


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Tomorrow is Proms in the park for me so can you all please do a sunshine dance tonight and pray that the rain holds off for me. I have bought some new wellingtons just in case.


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Thursday 11 August 2011

Blog Candy–Promarker Tutorial

I’m not sure if this will do as blog candy but I have 2 to give away, as you all know I have a Promarker class coming up and I decided to make a tutorial Video lesson on a disk for the class to take home with them, a little reminder if you like simply because I have been to things in the past then by the time I get home I can’t remember how it was done. So I’m giving away 2 disks. You have until August 20th midnight GMT to get your names added to the Inlinkz.


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