Blissful!!

Hi all,

Are you having problems with Blogger again? I am unable to leave comments on some of my blogs I follow, but some are ok! I just hope this will post without any problems.

This stamp is 'Blissful', one of my favourite Little Claire Stamps, she is so sweet.

I have coloured her with Distress Inks. Her dress is Faded Jeans, her bag is Dusty Concord and her hair is Antique Linen. On her face I have used Antique Linen, with a touch of Tattered Rose on her cheek and on her dress.

Sorry the photo is a bit rubbish, but I could not get the lighting right. Even the Stickles is not very visible.

I have another posting ready to go but the photo again is a bit pale. I will see what it looks like tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and for the lovely comments. Also thank you to the lovely people for the good wishes for my op next week.

Luv,

Carol S.xx

Little Claire's May Club Stamp.

Hi Everyone,

What an exciting day I have had!!

This morning I went online to check my emails and there was one from Sheena Douglass's husband. Yes the Gopher himself!!Lol!

He asked me if Sheena could show photos of my Fusioned table (last posting) on her Create and Craft show this afternoon.

I took a little time to reply, about 2 seconds of thinking!!! Of course I said she could.

I watched the program and she was on with Leonie. Her husband had said she was quite excited about my table! She said on the program, that it was exactly what she had wanted people to do with the stamps. She also made sure that my name was read out, which was nice.

My husband watched it when he came home and was really chuffed to hear my name read out and to see our table on the TV!!

Right back to the title of this posting. This is the new set of Little Claire's Club stamps for May, Product Code is Bikeset

These are a great set of stamps and very useful. I love stamps that can be used for both ladies and men. This set is perfect. This card is more for a lady with the flowers.

This card below is more for a man, with booze and bread!!!

I love the little dog. He could be standing guard for his owner. I nearly put the dog on the saddle, with his front legs on the handlebars and with the bread stick in his mouth!!Lol!

After using only Acrylic paints on my table, I had to return to my Distress inks for these cards!

I glazed the bottle and the bike with Glossy Accents to add bit of dimension. Just a little touch of Stickles!

I used to love making these pinwheels with paper when I was a child. Not that many years ago!!
Well I just have to put together my last card for Little Claire's samples. These are for Steve's next show on C & C later this month. Will get them in the post tomorrow.
Thank you for visiting my blog and have a good weekend.

Luv,

Carol S.xx

My Sister's '0' Birthday

Hi Everyone,

A nice, warm day again. I wish it would rain just a bit, as I am trying to dig my garden and it's getting harder every day!! My knees don't like it!!Lol!

Well Sis, the news is out as to which '0' birthday it is!!Lol! As I was given the choice of either poppies or owls for the card, I decided to send a surprise! I just could not come up with a card design using them both!!

I had to use the Little Claire owls as they are so cute and my sister just loves owls.

The blue background is Faded Jeans Distress Ink, with Smooch Spritz Pearl shimmer sprayed on top. Can't see it in this photo. Also the 'moon' and the punched flowers are sprayed but again not visible.

The surprise was, I had painted the Poppies that my sister had admired. I had painted them for my charity sale, and actually sold them!

The flower heads were Sheena's Fusion stamps. I drew the bud and seed head.

I used my fave Distress Inks, Aged Mahogany and Fired Brick for the flowers. Painted onto a heavy weight Watercolour board.

It is so much nicer to give someone a gift that you have taken the time to make or paint. I know that my sister will get pleasure from my work and I also get pleasure knowing that.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comments. I love to read them all. Oh! Happy 70th Birthday Pat!!

Luv,

Carol S. xx