Monday 14 December 2015

christmas story pearl dalley

 Christmas Story
Hi just a quick post as its getting close to Christmas. Wanted to show you my entry for this month's Clarity Challenge.


Saturday 7 November 2015

clean and simple

Hi this is my latest entry for the November Clarity challenge.
Clean and simple.

Thursday 6 August 2015

Taj Mahal


This is my entry for the Clarity challenge for August BINGO. I have used gilding flakes, die and stamps.
I attached gilding flakes to a large double sided sticky sheet after applying to white card .
Cut out the frame from this gilded sheet using the Tonic Deco trellis die set.
Attached acetate to the back of this to complete the frame.
The edges of the card base were gilded as well using double sided sticky tape.
 I then used my clarity brushes to create the inked area using distress inks.
Low tack tape was used to mask of areas to stamp the journaling effect in the corresponding colours.
Finally stamping the Taj Mahal Clarity stamp in the centre in archival black and the sentiment at the bottom in the same colours as the inking.
The frame was then added.
Matted and layered on black and the pink card and mounted onto 8x8 card blank.
Loved doing this it really was a challenge.

Thursday 23 July 2015

Owl Canvas

Hi everyone this is my latest entry in the clarity challenge, anything goes.
To do this I used,
The clarity Journalist set
Clarity owls
Clarity Stencil
White Gesso
Grunge paste
 A variety of distress inks
Paper artsy chalk paints, prawn, jade, buff, and southern skies.
Printed book pages.
Canvas board.

Firstly I painted the board all over with white Gesso and left it to dry I then attached the book pages with gesso but didn't paint them completely.
Next I painted the board with various colours of chalk paint leaving the centre.
Stamped the owl image and images from the journaling set,.
Applied grunge paste through the stencil around the edges and left to dry.
Finally coloured the owls using chalk paints  and painted watered down chalk paints onto the grunge paste leaves.
 
Hope you like it, it was a real challenge never used a canvas before but really enjoyed it and I am happy with my first attempt. 


Thursday 2 July 2015

winning entry

Hi everyone so pleased today I received a parcel from Hunkydory a prize for their issue 23 magazines sketch challenge. This is the second time I have been lucky enough to be chosen as a winner thanks Hunkydory for the lovely goodies.

Saturday 20 June 2015

Thursday 11 June 2015

Boyz, Boyz, Boyz.


Hi Can't believe where the months go, time again for the monthly Clarity challenge.I tried a few designs before I was happy, I like the black and white of this one very masculine I thought.

Method
I took a piece of Gelli card from Clarity and inked up the blending mat with black soot distress ink, spritzed with water and then put the card onto this picking up the ink.
Allowed this to dry and stamped the LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE into the corner with black archival and  embossed  with detail clear embossing powder.
I the wrapped twine around this and mounted it onto black card, mounted again onto an 8x8 card blank. 
Agin using a small piece of gelli card I stencilled the Clarity fish design using black soot distress ink. 
This was then mounted onto black card and the onto apiece of Zentangled card I had previously been working on. I like the two together.
Finally adding this to the card with sticky pads.
Hope you like it?

Thursday 28 May 2015

123 DRS Challenge

This is my entry for the DRS challenge 1,2,3
1 sentiment
2 owls
3 colours blue, grey, & browns

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Dandelion Clock

Hi I have been pondering for a while over the new Clarity challenge for May. As I don't have any stamps even vaguely related to a clock. So I decided to do my take on this and do a dandelion clock.

Items Used
Gelli plate, gelli card, acrylic paints, dandelion lady stamp, Clarity stencil, Cosmic shimmer texture paste frosty dawn, adirondack ink pad butterscotch, distress ink pads crushed olive & forest moss, the clarity letter box stamp set, 8x8 card blank, gold card and green card.
Method
I made a print using acrylic paints in green and buff titanium
I then stamped two dandelion images one onto the print using butterscotch, forest moss and crushed olive ink, and the other onto a small piece of spare gelli card using the same colours..
I cut the second one out carefully
I then stencilled the leaves with the cosmic shimmer paste onto the print.at the top and the bottom making sure I had room for the words.
Next I stamped the words using forest moss ink pad
finally i attached the second dandelion over the first with sticky pads to give dimension.
All that was needed then was to mat and layer to finish.

Sunday 10 May 2015

http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Sketch%20Challenge

Christmas card challenge DT

Hi
This is my card for the Happy little stampers Christmas card Challenge.
I used a geli plate with inks and clarity stencils for the background and a clarity stamp for the stamped image. I coloured it using spectrum noir pencils.

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/

Paper moon

Hi
I thought I would enter this card in the cuttlebug mania challenge, stamping. I have used the Kimono collection and chose the paper moon.



I used a clarity stencil for the background card with butterscotch and sailboat blue Adirondack ink pads. Brush the colour through the stencil with clarity brushes. I then embossed this using the Oriental biirdcage again from the Kimono collection. I stamped the image using black archival ink onto stamping card. Coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pencils. I then cut this out with a die along with the circle. I stamped the butterflies from the Kimono set coloured and cut them out. I also stamped the sentiment and butterflies onto the circle. I put a piece of spiders web behind the topper and mounted it all together before matting and layering onto coordinating card stock. I attached the cut out butterflies and added blue gems. Hope you like it.

Friday 8 May 2015

Hi everyone the day has stated well, had a delivery this morning of a box of goodies from Hunky Dory and to my delight I have won a prize in their last sketch challenge So happy.

Saturday 2 May 2015

Thinking of you DT


Hi my next challenge card is for the May happy little stampers sketch challenge. For this card you will need
6x6 card blank in white
piece if TheuvaCard by Clarity or similar stamping card
Clarity stencil with flowers on.
Cosmic shimmer sparkle texture paste ( frosty Dawn)
Tattered Lace mini dies. ( for sentiment and flower )
Cosmic shimmer glue.
A piece of card in your chosen colour  for matting and layering
small piece of ribbon


Attach stencil in position with low tack tape to TheuvaCard, apply texture paste through the stencil with a spatula. Leave to dry, when dry position ribbon onto card and secure at the back. Cut the  border edge using mini die. Also cut desired sentiment and flower again using mini dies. mount onto matching card leaving a small border, and then onto 6x6 card base. finally attach the sentiment and flower. Have fun trying this one.

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Hi recently entered this challenge take a look it's great.

Sunday 19 April 2015

The wee folk

Hi I have been a little busy lately therefor I am later this month with my entry for the Clarity challenge. Loved working with these stamps so much fun. I stamped the images onto small 1.5 inch squares before clear embossing them.
  I then mounted them onto black card, white embossed card and finally onto an 8x8 inch square card blank. I added a bow and sentiment to finish.

I used the Clarity wee folk stamps, the journaling set from Clarity, a clarity tree sorry not sure which one. All stamped with archival black ink. The letters are from the new Clarity set word press letter box. Hope you will have a go.

Monday 16 February 2015

hi just thought I would show you a few of my creations using many different medias. Hope you like them.

Friday 13 February 2015

February clarity challenge

Hi everyone
This is my entry for this months Clarity challenge hope you like it.

Sunday 1 February 2015

New challenge

Hi  I have just discovered the new clarity challenge this month is floral. I think I know where I am going with it just need to do some practice pieces. Looking forward to it. Will post a photo when I have finished my entry .
Hi thought you might like to see the card I made as my entry into the Clarity challenge. Things with wings. It is a box card and it took several attempts to get it right but I am pleased with the results.