Owl note book

Here is a little note book that I have made using my Cinch Binding tool. It is only a small book, it is 13cm square, a perfect size to carry in your bag. The papers I used are from My minds eye. The owl has been made with circle punches, except for his beak which I just cut with a pair of scissors.
The leaves were stamped with a stamp by Hampton arts and are stamped with Versafine Spanish Moss.

Here is a closer look. Hope you like it. Have a great weekend and I will be back soon to post a couple of cards that I have made this week.

Maria.

You're one of a kind....

Hi Everyone and happy Thursday! it's nearly the weekend thank goodness and also the kids break up for half term and we all know what that means....Lie ins!!! lol and boy do I need a few. Anyway back to the card. This is a card I made using a Pure innocence stamp by MFT. The papers that I used are from Basic Grey and the collection is called Kissing Booth. They are really pretty papers and are mostly Browns and pinks. I used Pro Markers to colour the image and then paper pieced her dress with some of the design paper to match the card.

Here is a closer look at some of the details of the card. Hope you like it. Have a good day.

Maria

Distress Ink painting..

So here is the card I made with the image from my last post, as you will remember the Tilda image has been coloured in using distress ink re-inkers. The colours I used are as follows;

Skin; Old paper and Tea Dye

Hair, Tights and sleeves; Tea dye and Vintage photo

Dress; Spun sugar, Worn lipstick and Fired Brick.

Hope you like the card

Maria

I love colouring with Pro markers and copics but sometimes it's nice to use something a little different to get a different effect. Something I use for a different effect sometimes is Distress ink re-inkers. These give a lovely watercolour effect and you can make your image as subtle or as bold as you want simply by adding less or more water to your ink. Here is an image I have been colouring today. She is not finished yet, but I thought I would show you my work in progress. Plus I am still deciding what colour to do her dress and shoes. Here's a close up. Well I will be back to show you the finished image tomorrow. Why not give it a try yourself. Thanks for stopping by
Maria

Here is a simple card I made last week using a stamp from a set I got free on the front of a magazine (sorry I can't remember which one). I used some paper from my scraps draw to make a strip across my card and with the little bit I had leftover I paper pieced the jumper to match. The image has been coloured in using Pro Markers.
I then cut a white piece of card with my nestabilities Decorative circle die and stuck it to the front of the card. I then mounted the mouse image to the card using 3D foam pads.

The birthday sentiment on the bottom of the card is from My Favourite things. Hope you like it. Have a good day

Maria x

More Storage

Here is another wall of my craftroom. This is where I store some of my most used tools. The baskets and rails are from Ikea and I use them for storing some of my sprays and stains and also my heat tools and punches.I find this storage idea really handy and you can see where everything is and it is all to hand. Hope you like it.
Maria.

Finally a card!

And finally here is the card that made all the mess lol, I have made this card well in advance for my friends daughter's birthday in May. She is going to be 1. I am going to add a number and a greeting when I can decide where they are going. The banner at the top of the card spells her name, this is mounted on pop dots to make it stand away from the card as is the little girl sitting in her bed. I have paper pieced the image with several different papers. This is one of my favourite techniques.

And here is a closer look. I hope you like this card. I know it is very pink, but having 2 boys I don't get to have much pink stuff in the house! Enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Maria x