Rose Trees for a friend

I've coloured the trees with Alcohol pens. On the first I stamped twice and coloured. Then punched out a circle of the tree and placed over the main image.
For the second card, I punched another circle from post it notes and masked above the tree for the sun, I used Dried Marigold and Mustard Seed Distress Ink to colour.
To ground the trees I used Peeled Paint.

The Rose Tree stamp took me back to my childhood. My parents had a selection of standard rose bushes in the front garden. I remember thinking 'How do they not fall over.' I love standard roses and it seems they have gone out of fashion and you don't see many now adays.


I met a friend after Christmas, who has been crafting for many years. She told me she wasn't buying any stamps this year as she has stamps bought in the past and never used. I was telling her about the new stamps from Chocolate Baroque. Well we saw each other again a few weeks later and I wasn't surprised when she told me she had fallen in love with the stamps and bought them.

Happy crafting
Debbie

New Spring Florals Stamps

Last weekend Glenda over at Chocolate Baroque released three new sets of stamps. They are such a delight to work with.

Wisteria Lane



The Rose Tree





Fragmant Honeysuckle


I'll be posting pictures on here and over on the Design Team blog over the next few weeks. Pop over there and see what the girls have been up to so far.

Debbie

Purple Foxgloves Thankyou Card

Again I'm thinking of the Spring and the flowers and fauna it will bring.
I made a mask with a large oval nestie shape cut from copier paper and coloured around the edge of the oval with Milled Lavender.



Using the smaller Foxgloves from Honey Bee stamps I inked with Versamagic Purple Hydrangea. I stamped the flower twice to create a shadow effect. When they were dry I inked the large flower with Versafine Onyx Blackand stamped at the side of the oval and added the Thankyou sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by

Debbie

Back to work and playing

Today many people are returning to work on a cold wet wintery day but being positive it's the start of a new year and spring won't be far away. I saw bulbs popping through the soil in a neighbours garden yesterday.

Weeks ago my hubby asked me what I'd like for my Xmas present and after alot of thought and research I asked for a Grand Calibur. We went to a local shop and bought one. I recieved my large box on Xmas morning and was delighted. Half an hour after later my OH came down the stairs with an even larger box and I was shocked when he said it was for me. I carefully opened it and inside was a touch screen PC. We had been playing with them in a store months ago. I love it. I love the fact it has a large screen, no base unit and newer software.

I played yesterday with my other new toy and I love the fact I can put multiple dies and various paper through it in one go. I can emboss larger pieces of paper and card. Cut up to A4 apeture cards.

Here is my first creation.



Thanks for stopping by
Debbie

Favourites of 2011

January didn't bring any resolutions but my word was enjoy. I think this year is what I've done. I've enjoyed the simple things like walking the dog, being with family and friends and making people smile in what ever way I can.
In 2012 I intend to stay positive with whatever comes my way and continue to enjoy the small things in life.

In February I made this tag for a friend at work who was having a rough time, it's still on the wall behind her desk.




March is my birthday and I've gotten very good at dodging the camera.
I made my bestest friend a mirror as a Xmas present. Her friends 5 year old fell in love with it so I made her a fairy one for her birthday.



In April we had visitors. The school behind our house has been demolished and rebuilt. There was a pond in the quadrangle and the ducks nested there during the night. I wonder if they'll visit in 2012.




In May we met up with Amy in Manchester and went to see Calender Girls.




I made this cupcake card for my friends daughter.




In June I attended a workshop where I made cushion, loved the workshop and learned so much.



I made a tiny quilt for a friends Granddaughter. She'd bought her the Princess and the Peas book and bed but it didn't have a quilt.






July a couple of days away in Scotland and a 100 wedding invitations for a friend at work.




We had a fab family day out at Beamish. It brought back wonderful childhood memories and the weather was lovely.






In August we had holiday in Keswick and this is my favourite photo from our week .


My DS collect his A level results,



I love the serenity of this photo, I sat by the lake an hour and a half.




In September my DH started a photography course. He thinks all photos need to be printed at A3 size.He's spent hours playing happily changing the colours etc.




October started with good intention. My samples were done and sent off to Chocolate Baroque. The fragments stamps are so useful and the steampunk xmas stamps I'll use again and again.






November was patchwork with paper and fabric. I had been asked to make a quilt for a baby girls cot.








One of the very few Christmas cards I made. (Will try better next year)





December all ways is so busy with card making, buying presents, costume making and my daughters birthday. Amy and her brother having fun. This year she turned 21 and we celebrated with cupcakes.







This is a Daisy Trail page of Amy and Archie. The photo was taken during the summer when we had a few sunny days.



I wish you Health, happiness and a little wealth.

Debbie

White Christmas Challenge

This is a quick post as I'm so tired think I'll be propping my eyelids open by the time I've finished. I found a little time to play with new stamps on Sunday. My hubby was very impressed on the delivery time from Chocolate Baroque. These have been part of my wish list since they came out. I love the trees.
I also bought the new set of music tags from the website. They come in three colours and are delish.

My second card was a request from a friend at work. She and her hubby visit a little village coffee shop on a Saturday morning and she wanted to take them a special card. The brief was there business card. Pink and black and the shop is
called number 5. I printed the word number on the computer and cut out the digits on the Cricut. I kept the tree simple, just adding a few pink flat back gems.


Good luck to all who have entered the challenge.
Debbie

New challenge with rewards

How would you like the chance to win a £10 voucher to spend on Chocolate Baroque rubber stamps? Or would you prefer a £20 voucher or how about £50?
Glenda will add £1.00 to the value of the gift voucher for each person who submits an entry to the challenge. So if they only get five entries, the prize will be £5.00, but if they get 35 entries, the prize will be £35.00. The maximum prize fund of £50.00.
The winner will be drawn at random, so you have nothing to lose by having a go and a lot to gain by encouraging all your challenge-holic buddies to join in.

The theme is WHITE CHRISTMAS and how you interpret the theme and what kind of artwork you produce is entirely up to you – cards are obviously welcome but feel free to do anything from ATCs to jewellery, canvas to crochet. As a bonus, any pieces which showcase Chocolate Baroque stamps particularly well will be featured in full on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog over Christmas with a link back to your blog.

Click on the White Christmas link to the site above.

The closing date is DECEMBER 15TH 2011 and the winner will be chosen at random from the list of entries.


The photo above shows some of the samples I made last year using various stamps from Chocolate Baroque. I'm starting on my cards for christmas this week and will definately be reproducing some of the cards, crackers and gift boxes in red for this year.