New Cards!

This photo above, is of the moon last night. It was just a finger nail clipping of a moon, and I thought it looked interesting! You can even partially see some of the craters. 

Last Christmas I was given a card just like this one, from Robyn, my stamping friend in Australia. When I saw it, I cracked up laughing, as I thought it was so funny! I think I was having one of those MM's - Mad Moments! The witches hat is from Lavinia Stamps, and the legs are from Stampin' Up! The legs on my card are from a stamp from Temu. I had advertised to buy the SU "Bewitched" stamp set, but had no luck. So I found this set on Temu. I prefer the SU set, but haven't found anyone selling it. It was lot's of fun to make, and think I will make more throughout the year!

The card above uses two Visible Image stencils - the heart and the flower, and one of their stamp sets. As yo can see, there is some clear glitter gel pen on the hearts. I think I used Distress Oxide inks to colour with, and added some water drops to the finished card.

The following three photos are of "Wookie", one of my neighbours cats. She visits me almost every day, and I feed her. Her owners know and are fine with this. "Wookie" lives with two other cats, and two small dogs which she is not fond of at all. So she comes to me because she knows I don't have dogs, and knows she will get fed here. She is quite happy to come inside -Romeo is fine with that and mostly ignores her! I took these photo's of her last night. I was hanging out of a dining room window, looking down on her, and used my zoom lens. Just below the window is a small narrow ledge, which she eventually jumped up on! She's such a sweetheart, and loves pat and tummy rub! 

So I was back in hospital again last week, but thankfully was only there overnight and was back home by 9 am the next day. I made the card with the stenciled heart when I came home, it helped me to relax. Note to self - take your own pillow next time you go to hospital! Their pillows are not comfortable at all, and I end up with a sore back/neck when I use theirs!! Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

Home Is Where The Heart Is.

Here is another card I made yesterday, using some of the new LS stamps. I do like the Snail House stamp! I stamped and then masked the Snail House, then stamped the mushroom's so they appeared to be behind the Snail House. I then used one of the Forest Moss stamps under the Snail House. There's a set of two stamps, I used the smaller of the two stamps. I stamped the flowers around the Snail House. In hind sight it would have been a lot easier if I had stamped the flowers while I had the Snail House masked! Hind sight is wonderful, if only it was foresight! Anyway, that's what I did. I then used Mondeluz water colour pencils to colour the Mushrooms and the Snail House. I coloured the Forest Moss with my Clean Colour Real Brush markers.  I added some white Posca pen dots to the mushrooms, and the Forest Moss, as well as the Snail House. I outlined the entire image with a pale grey CCRB marker. The background I used a stencil brush to add some LS Blue Atoll ink pad, and some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink pad. Lastly, (I think!) i stamped the words, which is another new stamp from Lavinia Stamps. Oh, and I carefully splattered on some water drops just to add some texture. Although I had fun creating this card, I was very tired, having just come out of hospital again. I had suddenly become very unwell the night before and needed medical help, and ended up in the local hospital for around eight or nine hours. I was discharged later that day and when I came home I just wanted to create and take my mind off my health issues. I'd had the total of two hours sleep the night before, so I was pretty tired. I find creating cards or whatever, is very absorbing and relaxing. And this is the card I made!

Feeling much better this morning, after getting a full nights sleep! 

Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to a always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and everyday!   

Update four hours later! I forgot to mention, I added a little red enamel heart sticker to the center of the Snail House after I had coloured the Snail House! Have a great day!

Lavinia Stamps "All Things Magical."

I made the card above using some of my new Lavinia Stamps. Their new range was released January 26th, and I was very lucky to receive my order (yes, I bought the entire Bundle!) February 2nd, seven days from ordering to  the stamps sitting on my desk! That is quick, coming all the wat from the UK to New Zealand! I coloured the card using Distress Oxide inks, Posca pens and Mondeluz water colour pencils. Below is a shot of the stamps I got, a bit fuzzy as I took it off the internet. The stamps are very detailed, as usual, and are simply beautiful. 

To see some samples go to Lavinia Stamps online, and look for "Inspiration". There you will find cards and videos the DT's have made with these gorgeous stamps.

Above is one of the sets of Sticker Stencils which is part of the Bundle. They are self adhesive and are reusable over and over. The ones above measure 5 1/2 inches by 4 inches. The smaller ones in the photo below measure 4 1/4 inches by 3 inches. 

Below was a free set of stamps that were added to the Bundle. The tops and cork stamps fit in the necks of the bottle Sticker Stencils. And there is a little "trick" of how to make it look like to cork is 'inside' the bottle neck! I'll show you when I have made a card with the Bottle Stencils!

Ok, thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine right each and every day!