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31 August, 2021

HM Autumn Toasty



Such a fun thing to do.

Image: HouseMouse/Stampendous

Wavy diecuts:  unbranded

Leaf diecuts: Couture Creations

Sentiment: Pixel Scrapper

PPapers: Authentique

Also: Coloured Pencils, D.Inks, black pen, white pen


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30 August, 2021

iSpy #34

 iSpy #34   Lysha's Photographic challenge

Prompts this week are:  ornate, spicy, roll, muted, own choice.

Hi there, it's been a strange week, with weird weather, lockdown etc. 

Ornate:  It was my birthday this past week, and we are in the middle of a level 4 lockdown, so it was just me and Ian.  To lend a festive atmosphere, we had a celebratory morning tea and I got dressed up and wore my pearls and an ornate tiara. 


Spicy:  Pretty lantern peppers in our garden.


Roll:  During lockdown I have been trying new recipes.  This is a Sweet Chilli, Ham & Cream Cheese roll.  It didn't roll very well because the ham was cut a bit thick.  Next time I will use thinner ham.  A delicious lunch though.


Muted:   succulents are generally muted in colour as is this one (a soft gray blue), but I decided to mute it even more by converting it to black & white.



Own choice:  This week in our road we have lambs, YAY!  This mama had a cute little lamb from this magnificent papa.  They are self-shearing sheep (that's why his wool is coming off in patches), but I don't know what breed they are.

well, that's all folks!

Check out other's interpretations of the prompts, here:  acameraandacookbook.com/ispy-34


29 August, 2021

Old Lady Moments


 This is a new stamp that I have been playing with.  I stamped it on white card, then made the background with Distress Inks, white acrylic paint, misters, Perfect Pearls (gold, mink and pearl), smooshed, sploshed, spritzed, misted & splattered.  Then I stamped onto patterned paper for the ladies and paper pieced.  I dotted some black pen to 'ground' them.  Lots of texture, and see the sparkle on the close up.  
Old ladies have fun too!  This is for a friend that I laugh and cry and play with, and we are separated during covid lockdown.  And yep, much as I hate to own it, we are old ladies on the outside and girls on the inside!


Stamp: unknown

Sentiment: Pixel Scrapper

Also:  D.Inks, Copics, white acrylic paint, Perfect Pearls (pearl gold, mink),  Sheer Shimmer


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28 August, 2021

Wrong Man


This stamp arrived in the mail on Thursday, what a great image to play with.   I stamped Mr Wrong on white card and also stamped on scrap paper for a mask.  With the mask on his face, I smooshed, spritzed, misted, sprayed and splattered. What fun.


Stamp:  Stampers Anonymous

Sentiment: Stampers anonymous (snarky cats)

Also: D.Inks, Perfect Pearls gold, white acrylic paint, Glossy Accents


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27 August, 2021

Sympathy Birds


 

Smooshing, spritzing and splattering are the background I made for this card.  I like the simple look even though it isn't a simple card.  I like the imagery of birds for this sympathy card.


Diecut clouds: unbranded

Diecut birds: Spellbinders

Embossed sentiment: 

Also: D.Inks, misters, Decoart spray


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asyoulikeit favourite-wild-animal-why  Birds, because I wish I could fly.  I often used to dream I could fly and it was such a disappointment to wake up and find I couldn't.  Remember the song "I believe I can fly"?  that's me!

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24 August, 2021

Unicorn


 Scribbles challenges is FANTASY isn't that fantastic?  Check it out here: scribblesdesignschallenge

I cut the frame so it was wonky and I think it looks a bit more dynamic like that.


Image: Scribbles #276 Unicorn 2

Frame dies:

EF: Cuttlebug

Also: Copics, Perfect Pearls splatter, gems, Opal Dust


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HM Bathtub Fun

 


CAS card with a bit of sparkle.  She is so relaxed, I think she's gone to sleep!

The image is stamped, masked, and then stencilled.  Kindyglitz added to bubbles, just for fun.



Image: House Mouse/Stampendous

Stencil: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Also: DInks, Copics, WoS, sequins


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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We have more fabulous inspiration to share with you as
 a reminder to join our current 
'ANYTHING GOES' with the option of Water Play (water color, water images, etc.)


Hosted by our Talented Teamie Misti
Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 
 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.
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23 August, 2021

Blue blues


 I embossed white card, then made the background.  It also have silvery sparkle misted over.  

EF:

Embossed Sentiment: Hero Arts

Corner Punch

Also: D.Inks, silver pearls, Sparkle mist


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22 August, 2021

iSpy #33

 iSpy #33  Lysha's weekly challenge.

The prompts this week are: Stuck, House quarterly, ink, Starts with 'C', own choice.


Stuck:  Yes I have lots of chooky stuff and this pincushion is my fave.  The pins stuck in don't hurt at all!



House Quarterly:  Luckily my daffodils came out this week, and are such a welcome sign of spring, so I had to include them of course.


Ink:  One of my hobbies is cardmaking and I love to get inky and messy.  I made inked backgrounds and also use the inks as water colours as I'm doing here.  You can see some inky backgrounds, plus the stencilled clouds on the card in the foreground.

Starts with 'C':  curly bits on some wall art.



Your choice:  I am so glad to see these tui cherry trees blossoming as it means I can stop feeding sugar water to tui and waxeyes.  From now on they will have lots of nectar to sip because after this they will have a continuity of  nectar from kowhai trees , then flaxes etc etc until next autumn. 


That's all for this week.  Check out Lysha's challenge here:  acameraandacookbook ispy-2021

21 August, 2021

The Blues Tree


Says it all.    

Image masked, colour sponged. 

Image: Tiddley Inks

Senti: unknown

DistressInks


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20 August, 2021

Birthday Cake

 


Who doesn't like birthday cake?  I used a digi image, but it looked a bit flat, so I loosely doodled around the cake and candles and am much happier with it.

PPaper: Pixel Scrapper

Cake & sentiment: Pixel Scrapper

Also:  Copics, Kindyglitz, black pen


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19 August, 2021

Best Day Ellie

 


I love these new stamps I just got in the mail and they are so cute, you will probably see them often.  I love this one, so sublime, just floating away using the parasol for lift!

I used the die as an embossing folder,  sponged with DistressInks, then splattered with white acrylic paint.


Cloud die (used as an embossing folder): unbranded

Elephant stamp: unbranded

Sentiment Unbranded

Also: D.Inks, Copics, white acrylic paint


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17 August, 2021

HM Water Fun

 


This is a new stamp from HouseMouse.  Matted onto patterned paper, then silver paper.  I cut the sentiment, stacked it, then covered it with Glossy Accents.



Image: HouseMouse/Stampendous

Edge Die: Spellbinders

Word die: unbranded

Also: Copics, Glossy Accents, white pen, sequins


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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

 # 347 ANYTHING GOES  OR Water Play (water color, water images)

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Misti

Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 
 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.
http://www.house-mouse.com/images/banner120_02.jpg


We are Sponsored by

Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR
The winner will be given a fabulous set of Mini Clear Stamps!
Assortment may vary.
 
Stampendous is now the official rubber stamp licensee of House-Mouse Designs®.  Visit the store at www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

Join in the fun, here:  housemouse-challenge

16 August, 2021

Gerbera gap-fold

 


At Incy Wincy the challenge is to use a tutorial and link it, and/or animal.   Check it out and join us here:



And our sponsor is Beccy's Place, with a wide range of images plus freebies.  Have a look here:  beccysplace   

Image: Beccy's Place - Gerbera set 
Embossed sentiment stamp:  unbranded
Also:  Colour Fusion, white pen, WoS
I coloured the watercolour paper with Colour Fusion powders on wet WC paper, then when dry printed the image.  I fussy cut around the flowers and highlighted with white pen and used gold metallic pen in the centres.  The flowers bridge the gap between the two parts of the card (see the tutorial).  It's easier than it looks.

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