Dragonfly Grunge

Good evening,

I have some exciting news!  I have more TV shows on Hochanda on Tuesday 29th October at 08.00am and 2.00pm.  I am excited to be featuring the brand new stamps by the brand new AALL & Create designer Janet Klein.  Janet's designs are quirky and cute and I am looking forward to demoing with them.
I also have some new characters by Olga Helwein, which are just fabulous, they are very me!!   I have got stencils too this time! Yay!!  Stencils are my favourite!  It was the stencils which attracted me to AALL & Create in the first place, I just love them.
I am a happy bunny!

The card tonight is one of the ones I made for the ODS show with Tracy. I love this card!  I don't often say that about my own work, but every now and then I do one which I really love.

It is easy!  I found an old brusho background in my stash.
I stamped #55 Layered Grunge by Tracy in black and added some white highlights.  I loved it at this point and didn't really want to cover it...
On separate card, I stamped and embossed the fabulous dragonfly from #230 On Dragonfly Wings also by Tracy.  I cut it out and added it to the centre of the card.  It didn't really stand  out enough, so I put a piece of handmade paper under it.
Then I just stamped embossed and cut out the Dragonfly word and added that.
I did a few white splatters et Voila!

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope you can join me on Tuesday
Janet xxx

Sunflower Hills and Houses

Hello folks,

It has been an exciting time for the team at AALL & Create recently, there was a One Day Special featuring the new release stamps by Tracy Evans.  They sold out in 12 mins!!!  Amazing but not surprising, they are lovely designs.  Luckily more stock was available on extended delivery. 

My first sample from the show features the lovely quirky fairy houses by Tracy.  These are a bit of a change from her usual style but equally lovely.  Clever lady!

I had the idea of using the top of the sunflower stencil as hills quite a long time ago and I have been waiting for the right stamps to come along, then Yay!!  Tracy's houses came along - perfect!

The first thing to say is that this is NOT a quick card!! 
I started with an A4 piece of card and blended various colours of distress oxides through the Sunflower Power stencil #77 by Olga
With the stencil still in place I also added blue around the edges then used my favourite stencil in the world ever (so far...) Lotza Dotz #39 by Abs to add more interest round the edges.
This is the long bit - I doodled round the whole lot with a fine black pen, it took ages and I had only intended to highlight certain areas, but got a bit carried away and did the lot!!!  I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it!
Once finished, I stamped the houses #261 Magical House and #263 Heart and Home on separate pieces of card, coloured them and cut them out and added them to the sunflower hills.  I stamped the little fairy, the heart flowers and the words in place.
As a finishing touch, I added texture paste through the little squares on the Lotza Dotz stencil and inked round the edge of the card.

Thank you so much for visiting!
Janet xxx

Quirky and Floral

Good evening everyone,

Have you visited the AALL & Create Fanatics group on fb yet??  It is the most amazing place to go to see some awesome and inspirational projects.  There is huge variety because the projects are posted by the stamp DT the Guest DT, the Hochanda DT and most importantly everyone else!! 
It is part of what AALL & Create is all about to provide inspiration and ideas for those of us who have bought their products.
Have a look, if you haven't already...

I have two clean and simple cards here today, both of which I demoed on Hochanda on Saturday

 My first card features stamps #69 Quirky Birds, #133 Makers Marks and #134 Dot Matrix, all by Louise Nelson.
It is very easy!  Just stamp, colour and add a bit of shading!

 The second card features stamps # 199 #200 and #210 Background Mash up all by Tracy Evans.

I cut an aperture out of some copy paper and placed it over the card, so I could brush some ink into a rectangle.
Keep the mask in place and stamp the daisy in the same colour ink, then the fabulous Background Mash up in grey

Stamp the two main flowers in place on the card and on to a separate piece of card.
Colour and cut out the heads of the flowers on the spare card, then place over the stamped image.
Add the greeting and a few gems..

Thank you very much for visiting.
Have a lovely evening
 Janet xxx

I Saw a Tree

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend!  It is very rainy here today.  It is always interesting to see the cats' behaviour as the weather changes.  During the summer, when it is light and sunny, they spend all their time outside and only pop in for meals (although as they are getting older, they do tend to come in overnight too!) During the autumn and winter, they are mostly indoors all the time.  Today, I am surrounded by cats!!

I was back on Hochanda on Saturday, I had two shows demoing with lovely AALL & Create stamps.  I really enjoy doing the shows and for some reason, I don't feel nervous at all.  The presenters are lovely, they are friendly and put you at ease, and it is nice to know they are there guiding you through the show.

The first demo I did featured the large A4 stamp#142 Edison Game and the A6 set #46, both by Olga #30 by Bipasha BK #118 by Louise Nelson and #79 by Tracy Evans.

I have seen the large stamp many times, but it was only when I had the other set, which has the raven in it, that I saw the tree in the image.

Apologies for the rubbish photo, I forgot to scan it before I left it with Abs..
This was all just stamped and coloured.  The raven, the feather and the light bulb are all stamped on separate card, coloured and cut out, then layered over the top of the project.

Thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you enjoy your day
Janet xxx