Working With Inks

Hi Everyone

Hope you have had a great weekend. I went on a nice long walk around my local park with my daughter, grandson and some new friends yesterday. The weather is so lovely in Liverpool at the moment it is like spring. We are so lucky where we are because we seem to be sheltered from all the bad weather..

Of course I also got lots of crafting in. My mentor and friend Linda Simpson from PI and Linda's crafty piece of heaven has really encouraged me to try new techniques and I am loving using inks and stencils on canvas and other medium to make altered art projects. Here is my weekend make for you.

I used memento and Tim Holtz ink on the background. I stenciled with CWS stencils using ink and Modge Podge sparkly glue. I then finished with a mannequin , some flowers and a bit of bling. I am so happy with the results

Don't forget you can also check out my work on the Personal Impressions Blog

If you like what  you see please share and comment I love hearing from you 

I am going to share this in the following Challenges:

Leinzlove Tear Bears Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Take care xxx

Playing with Notebooks

Hi Everyone,

Tonight I am using my iPad to blog so am hoping it will be successful..

I finally had the drawers delivered to finish off my craft area today so by tomorrow it should be complete..

I am made up to be able to say I have had a lovely crafting day making some gifts to sell at a charity event my Soroptimist club is holding in February . They are notebooks and matching cards. I have used a variety of different papers to give different looks. The vintage papers are of course freebies from Debbie Moores inspiration magazine, also Graphic 45 and Recollections Fabulous Girl paper pad. I have posted them all over Facebook and Instagram as usual so you may have already seen them if you follow me. Hope you like them as much as I do.

Notebook gifts

Hi Everyone, 

Tonight I am using my iPad to blog so am hoping it will be successful..

I finally had the drawers delivered to finish off my craft area today so by tomorrow it should be complete..

I am made up to be able to say I have had a lovely crafting day making some gifts to sell at a charity event my Soroptimist club is holding in February . They are notebooks and matching cards. I have used a variety of different papers to give different looks. The vintage papers are of course freebies from Debbie Moores inspiration magazine, also Graphic 45 and Recollections Fabulous Girl paper pad. I have posted them all over Facebook and Instagram as usual so you may have already seen them if you follow me. Hope you like them as much as I do.

Take care

Gill xx

Happy New Year

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe I haven't posted since December and now we are half way through January. A bit late but Happy New Year to you all.

I was really busy over Christmas and the beginning of the month making samples for the fabulous Personal Impressions to take to the trade show in Frankfurt in February. I can't show you these yet but I will as soon as I can. Pop over to their blog though and you will see some of my samples there.

Today I am going to share a 70th Birthday card I made a while ago but I love it and it is in 'my style' using a Dr Digi image.

All the papers were freebies from magazines as well as a printed happy birthday mat from a cd I bought from Ebay. 

I am sure I have told you about my love for freebies and bargains to make my cards. You just can't beat it.

Anyway I need some tips on how to mange my time to blog regularly. I work full time as an Admin Manager so am on the computer all day, I have two grandsons who I like to spend as much time as possible with and I craft craft craft. Can you see why I neglect my blog or am I making excuses. Maybe scheduling is the way to go.

Take care

Gill xxxxxx