Guest Post for PaperArtsy

Been so excited waiting for today when my project is featured on the PaperArtsy blog  - very hard not to spill the beans when I met a number of fellow PaperArtsy followers at Stevenage at couple of weeks ago.   Can't believe Penny Nuttall also used a mini rolling pin this week - must be something in the air. Thank you everyone for the opportunity xx

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Dragonsdream TIO - the letter P & Cogs

I've gone for two "Ps" - Pointing finger and little Person.  I've had this stamp set a while and this seemed the ideal opportunity to use it.  I've used several distress inks on the background to create a landscape for the little person. I thought the pointing finger looks like it's knocking over the cogs that's why he has his hands up, so I also added the word Ouch to the bottom of the tag.

Peeled Paint technique

Liesbeth Fidder reminded us of a the resist technique  using Vaseline. I had in my head that I wanted the oriental ladies peeping through undergrowth so used Tango and Haystack as my base coat and Green Olive on top. I was going to stencil in more leaves but I had a disaster with the first bit so abandoned that idea. I managed to cover it the smudges bit with a few strategically placed flowers.  Must remember to use this technique again as I really like the more random effect.

House inspired by Linda Cain

Linda showed us a wonderful 2 storey bird house this week at PaperArtsy, see here for details. I followed some similar techniques to Linda but chose to stamp and cut out my flowers as I never seem to have much luck stamping directly onto a project.

I've also had to use dreamweaver paste coloured with some Inky Pool FP instead of GP as my last little bit had dried up too much L - it's a good job I'm off to Stamperama tomorrow and can stock up J

TIO #171 - the letter H and brown

This is the current challenge at Dragons Dream Tag It On, have a peep here.

This was perfect for a new Graphic 45 stamp set I've had sitting on my desk with the wording "Hello Friend".  I've used a couple of different layers for the background, the top one crackled with PaperArtsy crackle glaze.  On top of that I've added a layered flower, sentiment and stamped butterfly with wire antennae.

Kraft and Black cards (well nearly)

I love the contrast of the black stamping on kraft card - see Joanne Wardle's here.  Afraid I struggle with the C&S style - the urge to add more layers and more colours is unbelievable.  In the end I stuck to the black and kraft card plus a hint of white and a darker brown on the words to make them stand out more.

A fab way to produce some quick but striking cards - thank you Joanne for the inspiration.

"Doll" Inspired by Penny Nuttall

I love seeing Penny's new ideas as her projects are always such fun, these dolls really make you look at your stamps in a different way, have a peep here.

I've put together a page in my journal using spare background I'd already prepared using left over paint.  Her body is an up side down castle. The arms and legs are little scrolls, I liked these as to me they looked as if they had hands and feet. I've a limited range of stamps with faces, most too small, so I've taken one of the stamps from the oriental plate and extended her hair. I've then finished the picture off with liquid pearls, a few gems and some flowers that were on my desk.

I really enjoyed piecing together this project - thank you for looking x

sorry the picture is sideways - I've edited it 3 times and resaved but it stills comes through sideways - aarrgghhh!