Tag 2

Tag 2 is my favourite so far as I found it quite simple to do. Again I adapted his as I didnt have all of his supplies but as i have found out I have a lot of it. I think this tag is easy to do a lot of them as I usually find one or two I like and do loads because I try each year to make all my own cards.
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Tims 12 tags tag 1

I couldnt wait until the 1st of December for Tims tags again. I have the dilemma of not having all the things he uses but i have a similar item and this year i decided to have a go each day so although slower than his 1 a day i have done the first two up to now , Tag 3 is underway and am just awaiting an order from the lovely Laura at Artful splodger to enable me to get cracking on tag 4 and catch up abit. So i am obviously varying his ideas to use what i have.
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December is here

For December i tried to recreate a wintery nightime effect. I used Black primer and white Dylusion paints for my background then stamped over with a snowflake stamp in snowcap white when dry.
The tree is a blonde moments stamp i have which i create a tree effect and its one of my fav christmas stamps so versatile. I used 2 distress inks crushed olive, peeled paint and a big and juicy pad with dark green.The snowman is of course Tim Holtz and his fence both were die cut. The fence using coredinations and i sanded it to give a rustic feel. My snowman i used Crackle paint and rock candy to add a shimmer but added black to his hat and an orange nose. The snowflakes are also Tims die cuts and to finish a calendar page with 25th circled.
I have really enjoyed doing this calendar challenge with Kate so thankyou Kate for challenge, and it prompted me to start a blog which although i find hard to keep up with i am hoping to keep it going.
In case i don't post again before Christmas as December is usually a hectic month all round I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a good New Year.
Thankq for looking x

Catch up with November

Well this month has flown and i have just finished November , my theme being Autumnal colours and leaves. Basic really but used Dylusions stamps which i love.
My background is using white paint through a stencil as i ran out of Gesso! But it works well for added texture.
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Happy Holidays

Well i havent blogged for a few weeks been so busy with work and life so just a quicky as i am away on holiday tomorrow for 2 whole weeks sailing around the Carribean. My first ever cruise so will be back with the calendar challenge then.
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Canvas board class at Art from the heart

Had an excellent day with Dyan Reaveley yesterday making canvas boards. I used Dylusion products to create these fab boards the first one is more muted backgrounds and the second more vibrant.

Had so much fun and loved the day.
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Octobers here

So a predictable theme of Halloween i guess.
I started off with Dylusion spray inks i used Pomegranite and Pomegranite pearl. I gessoed through a harlequin stencil and reversed it in areas. Then spray Holly through an alphabet stencil and again reversed it in areas. The border is Dylusions around the edge which is one of my favourite sets. I added splats of Holly and added the birds spiders web, spider  and bats from Dylusions bits and bats. I stamped the stampotique characters on card and painted them using the same ink sprays gave them hats and stood then on some music sheet. My Journalling blocks are mostly Blonde moments all i want for christmas and some craftwork cards paper.
This is such a busy month for me i am at Art from the heart twice this month so looking forward to meeting Kate doing a mini journal and canvas boards with Dy. Then at the end of October going on a cruise as i will be the big 40 next year my dad will be 70 and mum 60 so a big family holiday for us all.
Thankq for looking x