Merry Christmas to All.

Hi Everyone,
I must apologise to you all for being slack in my blog entries. I will be fixing this in the New Year.

Anyway, I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Bright and Prosperous New Year.

I thought a photo of my beautiful daughter, Alice, in front of our Christmas tree would be very fitting for you all to see.

Hope you all had a great Christmas.
Cheers, Fiona.

ATC Theme for October

Hi Girls,

The theme for this month's ATC Club swap will be: "Bears".

Cheers, Fiona.

Update on ATC club

Hi Members of ATC club,

I have received Leonie's and Annette's ATC's for last months swap. They both look fantastic. Well done, Girls. I can't wait to see the others.

Cheers, Fiona.

Blog War - Recipes, Food Stamps etc.....

Hi Everyone,

I am finally back after a short while with family commitments. Alice has once again been suffering from her migraines. Poor thing, she was really sick this time, the worst one ever.

I have decided to post some photos from a recipe swap I was involved in.

I love what the girls did with the rollagraph stamp called: Garden Times. The cute letter alphabet is also a great style for titles.

Hope you are all having a great long weekend, and enjoying time with your family.

Happy stamping!

Cheers, Fiona.

Blog War - Distress Ink - Days 3 and 4

Hi Everyone,

Here are photos of the projects for days 3 and 4 in the blog war.

The first photo is of an ATC that Karen Turner did for a swap on the yahoo group.

Karen used Distress Ink for the stamping and I love the effect that it gives.

You will notice that there are darker and lighter areas in the stamping and that is what makes Distress Inks ideal for heritage layouts.



The second photo is of an ATC that I made for an ATC swap where we had to use Distress Crackle
Paint.

I used Distress Ink in Black Soot for the
stamping. I love using this Elegant Lady stamp.

I used one of the ATC stamps for the word Angel.
I also used Bazzill Basics in Raven and Vanilla.

The colour of the Distress Crackle Paint is "Tea Dye".

Cheers, Fiona.

Blog War - Distress Ink - Day 2

Hi Everyone,

This is a very simple card but would be great for an older person. I have used 2-step stamping on this card. I love the soft muted colours that distress inks give.

Supplies used:

White Cardstock: 8" x 8"

Distress Ink: Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord

Large White Tag

Stamps: 2 -step Fragipani small and Happy Birthday Graffiti

I will hopefully catch up on the distress ink cards this afternoon and then I can start on the children's cards this week. Better late then never!

Cheers, Fiona.

Blog War - Distress Ink - Day 1

Hi Everyone,

Well, I'm back with my card creations using Distress Ink.

First of all, distress inks are acid free, non-toxic, fade resistant, water based dyes. They are designed to give an aged, weathered look to papers, photos and more! Currently, we have 24 colours to choose from.

I am quite happy with the way this card turned out.

First of all, I embossed the swirl on the top left hand corner and bottom right hand corner of the card. Then, I used a strip of cardstock and patterned paper to embellish the card. Next, I coloured in the card using Shabby Shutters distress ink and the ink blending tool to create a soft, muted appearance. The card was finished with stamping.

Supplies used:

Ivory Card: 8" x 8"

Bazzill Basics: Petunia

Scrapbooking Paper: Bella - Borders

Ice Stickles: Crystal Ice

Stamp: ATC and Greetings - Happy Birthday

Top Boss Embossing Powder: Ballet Pink

Thanks for your patience in waiting to see what I create.

Cheers, Fiona.