A look back at our makes this week..

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all having a good weekend,   we had a bit of a change in weather yesterday,   we had quite a strong breeze,  it was still very warm in sheltered areas of the garden,  the wind made it a lot more bearable, I had a lovely hour or two out there with Paul,  I managed to pot up all of the plants left over from refilling the wall baskets at the front of the house,  we used ten plants to fill the three baskets,  its lovely to look out and see pretty flowers rather than the distress of looking at the dead plants hanging there.    

What are you all up to today?  

Another great reminder,  it takes a lot of patience to recover from anything whether its a simple Uti or surgery,  anxiety and depression,  it all takes time,  one day at a time is difficult but it's very true 🥰

Let's look a your makes from this week....

Karen

Karen's Description:  

I had these pieces lying around since before cruise and had a go at finishing it this afternoon 

It’s number 25 in the A&C challenge- birthdays 

I did the inking an embossing folder technique which I was really pleased with I decided to be “brave” and use all shades of blue just to see 

Afterall it’s my journal so a record of ideas etc

Karen your experiment worked out brilliantly,  sometimes its hard to take risks, especially if we are making cards for someone for a certain date,  that's one of the major bonuses of an art journal where we want the results of both good and bad experiments,  we learn by both experiences,  occasionally getting a happy accident.  

Your Braveness triumphed my lovely,  thank you so much for sharing your page with us all XXX

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Here is my card for this week’s challenge 

Stamperia ephemera, background from the junk journal.

A few dot of outliner paste. Brown in around the edge.

Oh Lilian that tree is stunning, it looks 3D! and has so much detail. Adding the shading around the edges brings that lovely vintage warmth. As with all Stamperia products everything works together beautifully. 

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful Christmas card card with us XXX 

Maria 

Maria's Description:

Hi, here is my first Xmas card for Sunday 😊

I used this stamp from Woodware, then used TH inks in green tones to colour a background. Little bit of use of a glitter pen over the snow flakes. Layered on a piece of green card and then onto the white card.

I don't think I will use this stamp too often because it took me seven goes before I was happy with the imprint. So frustrating aargh 🙄.  

Maria your first Christmas card is amazing,  I love the stamp you have used and the colours really work, I understand your frustration though, Silhouette stamps can be a pain to get a good stamped image with.  Did you stamp the image first and then colour?  I only ask because stamping on Oxides can be a total nightmare.  

The mixed media style of the stamp is lovely,  so I hope you do use it again,  do you use Versafine Clair ink, it is a bit wetter which it makes it better to get a good image with,  I was struggling earlier this year so treated myself to a new one and it made such a difference. 

Thank you so much for making and sharing your first Christmas card of the year with us XXX 

Sonia 

Sonia's Description:

Here’s my card for tomorrow lovely 😊

I created the images and ephemera on ChatGPT

I distressed and inked edges with Milled Lavender distress oxide ink

I added some stencilling using a snowflake stencil from Temu, and added some clear gems.

Absolutely gorgeous Christmas card Sonia, the view the girl is looking out over is beautiful just like the rest of your card.

The snowflake stencil is lovely giving just enough detail without dominating the delicate background.  All of the elements you have created come together to create an amazing Christmas card my lovely.

Thank you so much for sharing it with us XXX 

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I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday, 

Love and hugs to all of you   

Sandra xxx