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

Friends Are Like Flowers

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It's been a bit of a hectic day in the world of Emma, which is why I'm a bit late posting this. I've actually worked all day long but at the end of it...I don't seem to have anything to show!! My mojo seemed to disappear into a cup of coffee first thing this morning and since then, I haven't been able to find it... lol But tomorrow is another day and hopefully, with a sprinkle of fairy dust...my mojo will return! My Mum has also been unwell again today and I've had to step in to look after her...Florence Nightingale had to make a comeback!

But in between all of this, I did manage to make this card over the weekend and I hope you like it...

The flower image is from a set of stamps called Hippy Chick by Kaisercraft and I am so in love with their products at the moment. Their products are absolutely gorgeous and fabulous quality...if you haven't tried them out, you must!!

I used Kuretake's Kurecolor pens to colour in the image, which is stamped on Craftwork Cards, textured digital cardstock and can be bought here. Now, I love my Promarkers, couldn't do without them and you all know that I use them a lot in my work but what I love about these particular pens from Kuretake, is that like the wonderful Promarkers they are twin tipped but unlike Promarkers, with these you have one tip that is so fine and wonderful for detail work. They also blend really well and have a great range of colours. And of course, you can use them in conjunction with Promarker pens...

I matted the image on co-ordinating papers and then die cut some black butterflies, using Tim's Mini Butterfly Movers & Shapers die. Then to add some colour to the these, I used Kuretake's Chalk Writer pens which are perfect for using on black card as they still show the true colour of the pen and look fabulous. As a final touch, I doodled a series of dots to give the look of the butterfly flight patterns and stamped a message using a stamp from Creative Expressions.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful evening and hopefully, I'll get around to visiting all your blogs tonight to comment on your wonderful creations!!

See you soon and as always, thank you for all the lovely comments on last weeks Clarity posts. You've made me laugh and smile and it's all of my blogging buddies comments that make me realise that all the hard work is worth it!! Thank you, everyone!!

Love Emma

xxx

La Isla Bonita

Well, today hasn't been the most productive of days...it started well but then the plumber arrived to fix the tap...and from that point on, I haven't known whether to laugh or cry!! It could've been such a simple job but as always, you're completely reliant on the workman and it's turned out to be a nightmare!! Oh well, tomorrow's another day and until then, I shall try to keep smiling!!

In the meantime, the good news is, I've managed to find my mojo that just lately, seems to be escaping me on a regular basis and I did make this card to share with you all...

On this card, I used a combination of Kuretake colouring mediums, including the Zig Art and Graphic Twin pens, their wonderful new Wink of Stella range, which if you look closely at some of these photos, you can just see the beautiful shimmer that they give and were the perfect pen for all the detail on the dress and fan. And last but not least, I've also been trying out their Kurecolor pens. If you love your alcohol pens, Copics or Promarkers and you haven't tried this range from Kuretake...then it is a must because these pens are fabulous and they are already becoming my new favourite crafting item and shh, might even replace my beloved Promarkers!! The main reason that I love them so much is because together with a broad tip on the one end, you also have a very fine tip which is brilliant for detail work!

The stamp is from Kanban and as soon as I saw it, it reminded me Madonna, in her La Isla Bonita video. Oh, how I've always wanted to wear a dress like that!! All the papers that I've used to make the roses and also on the background, are from Craftwork Cards and as a finishing touch I added ribbon and some die cut flourishes.

I hope you like today's share and that you all have a fabulous Wednesday!!

See you soon...

Love Emma

xxx