More Leftovers!

As promised another quickie with leftovers. This is becoming quite a fun habit and it's so easy to create something when you have a pile of goodies that already co-ordinate because they are left from something else. Today a really quick card made from the bits and pieces remaining after I created the below journal page. The background is literally made by lightly dragging an Archival inkpad over a piece of coated cardstock.

This was a guest DT make so full deets are on the Sprinkle of Imagination blog.

See you soon!
Katy x

Guest Appearance at A Sprinkle of Imagination

My second and last guest appearance for A Sprinkle of Imagination today - I've had such fun with the Finnabair stamps in creating my makes. Today I've tried to do something rather different with them, to show that grunge isn't the only way with these beautiful images. I made a fresh journal page celebrating the British love of tea.

Find out much more over at the Sprinkle of Imagination Blog today!

See you very soon,
Katy xxx

Guest Designer - A Sprinkle of Imagination

Super delighted to be guest designer again for A Sprinkle of Imagination today. I used gorgeous Finnabair stamps, available from their shop.

Hop on over to the Sprinkle of Imagination blog for all the info on this piece, I'll be guesting again towards the end of the month - can't wait!

Katy x

Mixing It Up

I love collage-style creations and I've used this layering technique a few times on journal pages. Today I decided to go 3D and have a go at the technique with bulkier embellishments on a mini canvas. One thing I love about this technique is you can use up some really old ugly stash and you can't tell - the brads and flower I used were really hideous colours but you'd never know. Frugal makes me feel good :).

I love a good challenge as you know so am entering this for:

- Love to Create: Anything Mixed Media

- Frilly and Funkie: Something to Say (as my focal point is the wording here)

The background is layers of die cuts, ribbon, string and so on, then a layer of metal pieces and finally some more 3D elements. I covered the whole lot with white gesso before spraying with Distress Spray Stains and then (after drying) adding areas of deeper colour with Silks Acrylic Glazes. The stamped quote is from one of Finnabair's stamp sets from Prima.

It's finished off with my usual go-to Treasure Gold (White Fire) - I seem to be slightly obsessed with it....

Not too shabby for a first go and it matches my craft room decor beautifully. It's positioned right in from of my desk so I can always see those brief but inspiring words when I work.

Thanks for popping over peeps!

Katy x