My Canvas

This is my canvas prepared in the same way as Faith's with a pale green base coat. It measures about 7x9.5 inches.

I'm quite pleased with it for a first try but, ever critical of myself, I feel the Paisley designs could be angled better and the flowers spaced differently at the bottom. I know now I should have used acetate instead of card for the stencils so that I could see better where they were being placed.

I made the stencil using Paisley images from the computer and painted them with Brilliance ink. They were decorated them with swirls and spots using Stampin' Up marker pens, although they don't show up too well in the picture.

Seed beads were stitched all around the outline of the design between the small dots.

Thank goodness for the flexibility of beading needles but it does help to try and thread the right end no matter how miniscule the hole!!

I used a Cuttlebug die to make myself a small flower/leaf stencil and used pink and green Brilliance inks.

The flowers here are Primas with a small brad in the centre.These flowers are fabric ones from W H Smith. They have been trimmed a little at the back so that they sit flatter on the canvas and attached with Pin Flair glue.

The ribbon round the edge is from Hobbycraft.In reality the painted images are all slightly shimmery due to the inks used. I'm not sure what I am going to do with mine, probably hang it in my craft room once we have decorated as the colours are what I would want in there.

Good Luck dragon

Sallie has been in her new job now for a week and seems to be enjoying it.

To wish her well I made this card using a Dragon with Butterflies stamp from Lili of the Valley. I coloured it using Whispers brush pens and mounted it up onto a green backer.

A piece of ribbon with butterflies and circles, from Hobbycraft, was stuck onto a pale green card before the image was layered up. A peel-off greeting completes it.

Easter Hens?

The birds on these cards look a little bit too large to be Easter chicks but the colouring on the images from Personal Impressions certainly fits in with the theme of 'Citrus Colours' over on Cute Card Thursday challenge this week.

I chickened out a bit (pardon the pun) with the colours on the first one but went all out with the second, giving her lime green dungarees.

Both images have been coloured with Stampin' Up marker pens and watercolour pencils. The papers are from HOTP Citrus pad and the sentiment plaques from Making Cards magazine. The stripy ribbon is Anita's and the circles one from Hobbycraft.

Thank You

A couple of weeks back a friend asked if I would like a couple of stamps which she had duplicated. I accepted (of course) but she did not want anything in return for her kindness.

I could not let it go at that so I made this little notebook for her using a Sarah Kay stamp, coloured with polychromos and sansodor and put together with the BIA. The braid is from Hobbycraft and the organza ribbons from Ribbon Oasis.

The card is a ready embossed one from DCWV with a bit of layering and ribbon and a topper from a past issue of Making Cards magazine.