La Dame Aux Camelias...

Hi everyone!!

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my advent box in my last post...I was so proud of it and you were all so kind ~ I definitely have some of the very best followers and blogging buddies ever!!! I also wanted to say thank you for everyone who saw my Clarity samples on Barbara's shows over the weekend!! I think you all know my work so well by now, that some of you don't even have to hear my name, you just know them by sight and that really does mean so much to me!! :)

So, as my regular followers know that once the cards have been shown on C&C, that means I get to show them in all their glory here on the blog and I thought I'd start with my favourite of the bunch. As always, I hope you like it....

I absolutely loved working with this stamp and masking set, as I'm a huge fan of the work of Alphonse Mucha and as soon as I saw image of Sarah Bernhardt, I just knew what I wanted to create!!

The background of the card is created with Distress Inks and the Clarity Paris Skyline Mask. I then stamped the image onto a piece of card and handpainted it using Perfect Pearls which gave it the most gorgeous shimmery, soft effect to the piece. Once that was all dry and I was 110% happy, I stamped and coloured the roses around the edge and then blended the card with some Vintage Photo DI for a vintage look. Finally, I stamped the message, matted and layered it all and voilà....

So, that's the first of my samples for this month's Clarity shows...I hope you'll visit me throughout the week, to see what else I created and as always, I'm sorry for not getting round to saying hello to everyone...I'm still fighting this virus that I had and I'm still on a "so-slow" but I do intend to pop by, ASAP!! Thank you all for your patience and putting up with me!

I'll see you tomorrow with another share but until then...bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Fly Me To The Moon...

Happy Friday to everyone I know...I hope you're all looking forward to a fabulous weekend, whatever you have planned.

I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for all your lovely comments and kind words about this week's Clarity shares...I hope you've enjoyed them and that I haven't bored you too much!! lol.

Today, is the final card that I made and I think I saved the best until last....enjoy and I hope you like it!!

As you can see, Tim Holtz's Snowflake Rosette dies for Sizzix, did fall into my basket and so far, I have had more than my money's worth out of these...I think they will be on quite a few projects from now, until Christmas!!! I just LOVE them!!!

What you can't see from these photos is that I hand painted the image using Perfect Pearls and it gave it the most wonderful shimmer to the artwork.

So, thank you for your final visit of this week and I'll look forward to reading all your comments. Before I go, I just wanted to mention that if you are a Barbara Gray fan, you might be interested in the latest issue of Crafts Beautiful, which is out now!! Barbara asked two members of her DT to work alongside her for this project and I was one of those lucky people and here's a little sneaky peek of what I made ~ my card is the one on the left!!

Happy Weekend to you all!!

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Waiting...

Another weekend has flown by and I don't know about you but even though it's been a lovely day, today...there's definitely a feel of Autumn in the air. Yesterday, as I was driving along, there were leaves being blown from the trees and a very watery sunshine...if I didn't know, I would think we were in mid-September rather than August. 

Anyway, I'm not sure where August has actually gone and except for one post, I know I was M.I.A. last week but I promise, I have been making lots and lots of cards! The living room and dining room have now been taken over and resemble John Lewis' greetings card department!! I can't wait to show you what I've been up to but until I can, I'm having to sit on my little hands and tease you with the fact that...there's some lovely things coming this way soon!! So, watch this space... hehe!

But for now, here's a card I can show you and another one using those lovely Gorjuss stamps...I hope you like it!

The one thing I always tend to do with these images, is not make them cute and I love the fact that these stunning little girls can lend themselves to a bit of distressing and shabby chic!

Once again, I made one of my "famous trademark" HUGE flowers and used that stripey paper, which I think is fab!! I also added some rosettes, vintage ribbon and a Spellbinders die cut to complete the card.

The image was painted with Art and Graphic Twin pens from Kuretake.

I'll be around later to comment on all your lovely creations, after I've tidied up the crafty bombsite that used to be a family home! lol

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at what I made. See you soon and hope you all had a lovely weekend!!

Love Emma

xxx

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Good morning, lovely blogging buddies! How is everyone today?

Even though the weather wasn't great, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I had a good one, made my Dad his Father's Day card but I honestly think that the last two days might have been the calm before the storm. For the next three weeks, I will be crafting my little socks off. Starting today, I have my latest set of DT work from Clarity and then, I have a exciting project that will be arriving tomorrow. Can't wait to get started and as soon as I can, I will share it all with you!!

But in the meantime, and as some of you know, Kuretake were back at Create and Craft on Friday and didn't the lovely Steph do well? She had some fabulous demonstrations and wowed us all what you can do with these wonderful pens. Not many of the DT cards were shown due to another fast and furious show but you might have been able to spot some on the set.

But never fear, as over the next few days, I want to share all the cards that I worked on, starting with this one, which you might have seen!! 

Wasn't it a great close up of this card? I was so proud to see my little creation in such detail!!

Of course, this is using Crafters Companion's set of Beatrix Potter stamps, which I absolutely love. I've always been a fan of her work and I wanted to keep as close to her sketchy style of painting as I could. I hope you like it!!

I used the Art and Graphic Twin pens to hand paint the stamped image and they were perfect. They have such great pigment to them and give such a depth of colour.

As a finishing touch, I made this handmade flower, using a punch from Stampin' Up!, courtesy of my lovely friend Helen. Helen recently sent me the most gorgeous birthday card and I'd just like to take the opportunity to say ~ thank you, Helen!

So, this is the first of the cards that I was frantically making last week, for the live shows and below are some of the previous cards, that were on the show and that I've made using Kuretake products. Some of you might remember me featuring these on my blog, earlier this year.

I'll be back tomorrow with the next share but that's it from me for today...I'm off to start work and if you need me, I'll be the one buried under the pile of stamps, ink and papers! lol

I'll be round to look at all your lovely blogs, asap but hope you have a lovely day!

See you soon!

Love Emma

xxx

London Calling

Happy May Bank Holiday!!!!

Hope you're all enjoying the weather and having a wonderful day, whatever you have planned! Me? Well, I've been forced into a lazy day, as I woke up this morning unable to move my arm or shoulder! Don't ask me why...but it really hurts! Oh dear, I think I'm cracking up and being stubborn and someone who hates taking medication...I'm being a martyr to the pain and suffering in silence! lol

Anyway, enough about me and my aches and pains because it's time to show my Clarity samples and I really can't wait to hear what you think about them. :) As always with Barbara's shows, they are fast and furious but I was lucky that most of my cards that I made were shown before the stamps sold out. As for the three cards that didn't get an airing...I'll be showing them here during the week.

I've already seen some lovely comments from those of you who did see my cards on yesterday's live shows and I am so glad you like them and also, that you have some fun picking out mine...your comments really do make my day!

So, here's the first of the shares and what could be more appropriate for this Royal Wedding weekend than this lovely LONDON stamp set... And being a Londoner, I loved working with these and hope I did them justice!

I stamped and embossed London onto white card, then handpainted the Union Jack in the centre of the "O". Using the small stamp set, I stamped some of the iconic images onto die cut circles and attached these to the card and rosettes. The background of the card is a tube map that I ran off from London Underground.

For the second card, I actually chose to make the London Underground symbol out of paper and use the small stamps from the set across the banner. I also chose to colour the images in a more sketchy style so that it made it look like an artists drawing.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at my lil creations and I'll be back tomorrow with some more of my samples and in the words of the great Tim Holtz...enjoy the journey!!!

See you tomorrow and love to you all....

Emma

xxx

All that glitters....

Hand glittered and painted using metallic perfect pearl paints!