A Tiny Christmas Card!

 

The last week or so have been very challenging. In spite of studying Psychology for five years, dealing with a close relative with mental health issue is not easy. I lost my mojo and I found it extremely hard to concentrate on any crafting. However, I have managed to make the card above! It is tiny, and measures 2 3/4 inches square.  stamped "Annie" and "Edward", 2 new Lavinia Stamps I got two days ago. (As ell as other stamps!) The star is also from LS. The wee cards are some new ones from LS. They are some of the new Scene Scapes cards from their new release. They have gorgeous backgrounds all ready printed, to stamp on. I love them! There are also some bigger sizes, as well as a new, absolutely adorable Scene Scapes pad of double sided paper. I know, I cold have taken photo's of all of those! Well, it's Friday (Fried-day!) and my brain is a bit fried today! Once I had stamped on the card, I backed it onto a piece of white SU cardstock. It reminds me of the old black and white photographs from years ago! Whoops! Showing my age here, lol! For those interested, I will be 68 in 13 days! Yippee, cake, champers and dancing for me! "Romeo-Valentino" was born the day before my birthday, so we share the celebrating! Ok, I recently bought a Postage Collage set of stencils and die from Waffle Flower. I have admired others cards made with these, (thank you Andrea!) and finally decided to get them. I think mine is the Snowman stencil. I've never used these type of things before, and I am really hoping I know what I am doing!

I have shed a lot of my recent stress, and even though my mojo still isn't quite back to normal, I am getting there. I have now sent all my Christmas cards, and just have a few left to hand deliver. I thank you for your patience while I navigate my way back to sanity! Thank you also to Andrea, who gave me some lovely positive feed back😊. Ok, that's me for today. Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

Feeling the Stress.

This is me being my authentic self...I have pretty much lost my Mojo. I have no interest in Christmas, or making Christmas cards. It stresses me a lot. I have sent 3 cards.  I have had a huge amount of stress, not only about Christmas and making cards, but also from someone who is experiencing mental health issues. They have dumped it all on me about two weeks ago. It was heavy stuff and I struggled to deal with it. The stress eventually put me in hospital. I don't want to know about their issues anymore and have done my best to back away.  I will let the person know I support them, but I won't listen to their issues for longer than five minutes. (We keep in touch via the telephone.) I have my own  health issues I need to focus on. I hope I have  made enough Christmas cards, because I'm not making anymore this year. I just find Christmas so stressful this year. I love Christmas but this year I'm struggling. A lot. If I don't send someone a card, am I being selfish?? And NOT sending someone card also gives me stress. What to do?? Does anyone else struggle with Christmas like this? I'd love to know! No cards to share today. Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

Hand painted Stars.

I made another card with the LS Robins on. Same design as the other one I made in a previous post. Below are some wooden stars I stamped on, then coloured with either water colour pencils and/or Posca pens.

Below is a close up of two of the wooden stars. Sadly you cannot see the glitter and sparkly bits on it. These were a lot of fun to create, and quick and easy.

I'm not in a very creative mood lately. My mojo has slipped and I find it hard to focus. I've also had a lot of stress concerning their mental health issues. It got too much for me, and I ended up in hospital for a short time. I'm fine now and am doing my best to back away from he situation. Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

Lost Mojo, Anyone Seen It?!

 

I used all Stampin' Up! products to create the baby card above. The blue card is called Starry Night, (I think?) and the white card is Whisper White. The strip on the side is from some SU DSP. I recently became friends with a lady who was selling off a HUGE range of brand new Stampin' Up! products.  I purchased lots of packs the cardstock in various colours. Instead of paying NZ$24.25 for a pack, I only paid NZ$7.50 a pack. So it was a good deal! I also purchased a stamp and die set as well as ink pads. As time goes by I will share more. So a big THANK YOU Alix!!

I made these small- 3 1/4 square, and 4inch cards by cutting up some of the Lavinia Stamps Scene-Scapes background cards I have and backing them on to white cardstock. I will (eventually) stamp on them and make the into cards. As they are right now, they remind me of the old photographs with white edges around them! Lavinia Stamps hav just released a set of these, plus some ne stickers and also some new Acrylic boards that you use for your unmounted stamps. Yes, I have an order coming with these new products in!

I haven't done much creating lately. I find Christmas very stressful. I have sent my overseas Christmas cards, but they are not my usual standard of card. They are not what I wanted to create. But with ongoing health issues (nothing that has put me in hospital, thankfully) that kept me off my feet and in bed  for awhile, I felt so stressed and just couldn't do what I wanted to do. There's nothing wrong with the cards I made and sent, they're just not what I planned to send. Ok, I think that's all for this post! Thanks for dropping in today! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self and shine bright each and every day!

Two Friends Chatting!

I worked on this card for two days. The background is done with Acrylic paint, and swirled around to create an oval shape. I used 3 colours, dark blue, light blue, and white. We're having some horrible rainy days with high humidity, which is why the paint took so long to dry. To help dry the paint I did use my heat tool as well. It was just kind of a waiting game. Once the paint was totally dry, I stamped (Versafine Clair Nocturne ink) the Robins, and foliage. The snowflakes were stamped in white and I used white embossing powder on them, and  have used red and white Posca pens to colour the Robins and the foliage. I needed each image to be dry before colouring the next image. Yes, it took lot's of time to create this, and I love how it has turned out! It was definitely worth the time it took! The card measures 6 by 4 1/4 inches. I love how this turned out, and will be creating some more cards like it! I used all Lavinia products. This is the first time I have created a card using an Acrylic paint background. It was so much fun seeing it all slowly come together. The jury is out on whether or not I add a touch of sparkle using some glitter. I don't want to over cook it, as it already has a lot going on. Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

LS Starlight Whispers Christmas Cards!

 

I managed to make 2 Christmas cards, using a couple of the new Lavinia Stamps from the Starlight Whispers range. Although I've had the new stamps for two weeks, this is the first time I have used them. I love these cute Robins! As well as the larger ones, there are the two smaller ones as well, as you can see on the card below. There some sparkly glitter on these cards, and some white Posca splatters.

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

 

I'm Still Here!!

Apologies for not posting for awhile.  I've been (and still am) in a lot of upper body muscle pain (24/7)which turns out is a side effect to one of my medications I take :-( This is the third medication I've tried (in a row), that has given me this pain. It's stopping me from doing any artwork, (or anything else) which is another 'pain'! I take half a tablet every second day, but my body is so sensitive to all kinds of drugs, as well as food.  I have new stamps! I've had them for awhile, but can't concentrate to actually make anything. I have the latest range (Starlight Whispers) of Lavinia Stamps here, just sitting on my desk waiting for me to pick them up and get creative! I have some ideas for cards, once the pain has gone, I need to get a few cards done in the next week as they are going to Australia and USA. They need to be sent before the postal cut off date. IF  I don't get them made and sent....yeah well I don't want to think about that! Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and sine bright each and ever day!