Post TKD Meal

OK, so today my habit of naming my posts after the title or sentiment on the layout of card I've made is a bit dodgy..... ah well, I'll stick to it, I'm not one to back down from a questionable title!

Today's layout is a 12x12, inspired by the gorgeous floral paper which is so lovely it makes me smile to see it. I'm not usually a very floral person, but the colours on this page are smashing!

Faces covered up beacuse there's someone on there who doesn't belong to me!!!

I've got a stock of little word and phrase strips now, and they're fab to layer up at the side of a photo. For this one I went in descending size order for some reason- looks nice I guess!!!

These are interesting thickers- half wood effect, they remind me of laminate flooring! I do like the different colours in the pack though, it makes it much more versatile.

The backgroun of the page is splattered with pale pink paint- just a bit of something extra, and it brings the pink in from the flowers.

I do love an artistic splatter...

Thanks for looking!

Top tips video- using watercolour pencils and stamped images.

Hello! I have a little video to share with you today.

I spent a bit of time colouring some stamped images and thought I'd show you how I use my watercolour pencils to make really brightly coloured pieces.

Hope you enjoy watching it, if you do please give me a thumbs up and let me know what you think!

Thanks for looking :)

Christmas cards.....yes I know I said I wouldn't but....

.....there is a good reason for them. The Tae Kwon Do club that Craig (the OH), and the squiddledoos go to have commissioned some from me. These are the samples that they chose from.

Lili of the Valley

 Mo Manning

Teddy Bea

Sugar Nellie

No idea!

Teddy Bo- this is my favourite- the dobok (suit) is in their club colours and it came out so well. I'm waiting for the list of hair and belt colours and then I can personalise them.

Ooh, and if anyone out there can point me toward any more martial arts stamps, I'd be really grateful, I've got quite a collection, but I could always use more!

Stash tidying.....

So I've been guilty of the push it back and pile it up style of desk tidying- as anyone who has seen my WOYWW blog posts will know. So I've got a few days off work, so I've tidied up! Here's my lovely clean desk now....

Unfortunately this was achieved by depositing this big pile of crud on the dining table directly behind my desk.

However, that was on Thursday, so I have been gradually working my way through the teetering pile before it fell over and trapped a child or cat, and it's pretty much all sorted now. It's amazing what I've found that I'd totally forgotten about. Loads of half started cards and coloured images, and sheets of inked backgrounds I can't for the life of me remember doing......

Ah well, memory loss aside, it has meant I've been able to make a couple of really quick cutie cards for some birthdays coming up this month. Here's one.

LOTV image, watercoloured with pencils, Martha Stewart punch, LOTV sentiment.

I'm entering it into the Lili's Little Fairies challenge- Anything goes

Beach huts

I'm motoring on with my Fat Pages for a swap I'm part of- this one is for the By the sea theme.

The background is made by dipping the card into Distress Inks that have been splodged and spritzed. Then the image (Michael Powell), is watercoloured with pencils. Spot of glitter on the water too.

Then I got a bit carried away with the seaside theme. More beach huts.

Thanks for looking!

Bye bye......

My boss left work last week. I'd made this card for everyone to sign for her a few weeks ago, but obviously couldn't blog it before she was given it, just in case!

This was a difficult one to design! It didn't feel right to do a cutesy or a floral card, but I still wanted something bright and cheerful. I went for some fabulous Kay&Co papers, and turned to my trusty Paperartsy Squiggly ink houses. Inspired by another Squiggly ink stamp I drew a measuring tape around the hill. The houses are coloured with watercolour pencils, then swooshed with water to activate the colours and make them super bright. The signpost is cut out of paper scraps and edged in black marker.

Ooh and check out the cool cloud- a recent Unity stamp acquisition.