Sail away….

 I made this for my sister, who is very artistic, using a combination of stamps, and ink blending.

It’s a book fold, and I love how we can create scenes with stamps,

as I certainly don’t have artistic talent myself.

I had to match the left strip up with the main scene, instead of doing it the easy way, ie stamping a bigger piece in the first place! Sometimes these things evolve and take a different direction, which is my excuse! 😂

I fussy cut the boulders, and added pebbles.

I coloured the die cut boat background to blend with the sea and sky.

(There are a few areas that leave a bit of white)

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your visits and comments.

Lesley 

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New Horizon (6)

 A couple more paper designs using different die cuts.

I used Sailing Home for the boat and sentiment.

I love the mountains in the set. This set is so versatile and has so many useful elements.

Above is the outline mountain die cut in white, which is laid over the paper.

Below I used a friends die on one of the more subtle papers.

I thought it reflected the shape of the trees,

in my head anyway ;)

Lesley

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Give Us a Whirl Sailing Home

 Today is a variation of the Give it a Whirl die set

It can be used with any stamp sets

It even cuts teeny arrows to direct the recipe to spin the wheel.

Have a good day

Lesley

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Simply Marbelous

 Sailing Home

Using the Marbellous paper

Die cut a circle and added twine

Then a square..

The other side of Simply Marbelous DSP

I fussy cut those teeny tiny birds!

By The Dock

Overlapping the stamping on either side

I fussy cut the frog!

Lesley

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Sailing by.....

Today's card uses Sailing Home and Colourful Seasons.

The background is a designer series paper, a silver foil stitched circle sits under the scene.

Deckchair gives a restful feel, I love how the wooden part is separate from the fabric in the stamp set.

A few seagulls fly by and the greeting was stamped in Navy on Balmy Blue card and fussy cut.

Hope you have a relaxing day

Lesley

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Seashells at the Lighthouse

 Hi there, thanks for stopping by.

I'm sharing a case (or copy) of a design by Narelle Farrugia, a very talented lady indeed.

Friends are like Seashells and Sailing Home stamp sets used here.

Colours Night of Navy and Balmy Blue.

Kim Fee (another very talented lady) taught me how to tie the twine, 

making a loop through a hole one end, 

taking it around the card and tying a bow through the other hole.

She also inspired my love of embossing white on black card :)

Have a good day

See you again soon

Lesley

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Sail away

Hello there

hope all is well with you and yours

have you had a good weekend?

I did hedge and bramble hacking yesterday,

but rewarded with lunch with friends today.

Did this on holiday recently.....an SU stamp with a magazine freebie..

A simple A6  fold back card , I had to extend the stamp across the width,

die cut the lighthouse, then did some gentle watercolouring...

a bit too gentle I think... a bit wishy washy?!

and can you spot the deliberate mistake?

funny how we only notice when taking a picture! does that happen to you?

I inked the edge of the sentiment to make it stand out a little.

Certainly no masterpiece, but was fun to do, and I had limited supplies with me!

See you soon

Lesley

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 p.s. in case you can't see....I didn't colour the middle boats :)

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Sailing Home with Stampin. Up!

Hi there, how's things?!

I think we are all struggling with  life's rich tapestry,

which is one reason I like blogging, to share what I've been up to,

but also to see what fellow bloggers are up to too!

It's hard to find the time for it, but we all do our best,

and if we don't manage to visit and comment as much as we'd like,

we all know in our little crafty community, that it's ok.

Like all good friends, it's the thoughts that count :)

Meantime I'm sharing a fave set from the new catalogue "Sailing Home"

We got to see it at Onstage, and I was lucky to receive the "Birch" background stamp too.

I immediately saw how I could use both together,

but it's taken me since April to try it out!

I love all the elements in the set, so many options for individual elements or whole scenes.

The dies give a professional finish, and saves time! 

Above you can see I used gold shimmer paint to edge the card base, to save another layer.

(More on Shimmer paints soon, as I held a fun class with it!)

Under that the picture shows the Birch background,

stamped with the stamparatus using a dauber with different inks.

First I inked in crumb cake, the "mound" (as I saw it).

Using the Stamparatus I was able to daub until I was happy with the effect.

It's a really easy and foolproof way of achieving a multi coloured image.

Below you can see how I placed the lighthouse on the "mound" in the "sea"

If I don't send this one in the post, 

I might add one of the adorable metal charm embellishments available in this suite 

(Page 145 of the new Annual Catalogue.

Email me if you'd like a copy)

Have a fabulous weekend

Lesley

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OnStage Make n Takes April 2019

Hello there

hope all is well with you and yours...

I wanted to share the make n takes we were given at Onstage recently.

It's an opportunity for us to see and play with some of the new products,

and to be able to share the samples with you.

First up this Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit sample

(yours for only £20, so excited mine is due to arrive Monday!)

Sailing Home is going to be a very popular set,

love the new embellishments...anchors and steering ?! wheels,

oh and the new twine,,,

Floral Essence, a pretty set, we used the new pink vellum,

and those soft flower centres...look so real!

Free as a Bird......I've already had a lot of fun with this set

my colouring in..... not so great :)

but LOVE that lacy ribbon...and the oh so pretty papers....already used one pack!

Lastly.............. It Starts With Art,

I showed you some yesterday, 

but here's our make n take using some of the coordinating paper

Have a Super Sunday

Lesley

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