Our Projects this week

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

A lovely sunny day here yesterday,  we got a good bit of weeding and harvesting done in the vegetable garden, there is nothing more satisfying than pulling a nettle and getting the whole root!! 😀  We picked a good lot of carrots, the last of the beans, some more Kale to freeze for smoothies and for eating and some lovely corn cobs for last nights dinner.   I think today will be watching Paul pruning back some overgrown shrubs. 

Lets look at what you have been making this week..

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:  

Here is my tag for this week, not quite autumnal but I thought it would be ok.

I used the stamps, from Tim Holtz, French Garden, I really love this set.

Coloured with the distress water colour pencils, which at the moment is my favourite colouring medium.

I am hoping to make a tag book when I have done quite a few more.

The idea for this one is one I saw on Utube , called words and pictures, she does wonderful colouring with inks and sprays.

Oh Lilian such a beautifully coloured Tag, like you I absolutely love the French Garden stamp set, I will definitely have a look at that YouTube channel for some inspiration.  

Thank you so much for such an inspirational piece, I hope you are having a lovely weekend celebrating your birthday with your family XXX

Maria 

Maria's Description:

My card this week is using the same stamps from the old stamping magazine that I used on the last card and Tim's inks. Hope you like it.

Maria I love it, it perfectly represents Autumn,  I love your blended background, the colours are stunning and beautifully blended.  I really like that Tree stamp too, you could use it for any season by just adding more foliage! 

Thank you so very much for supporting the challenge, I really do appreciate it XXX

Sue 

Sue has used a combination of techniques to create her Autumn card, starting with that lovely Gilding Flake background,  then we have the wood effect layer, which looks like a piece of decorative paper but could be stamped or embossed card.  Then to finish the card Sue has dit cut a branch and a LOT of tiny leaves all individually coloured in Autumn shades!  

The overall effect is so lovely,  it must have taken ages!  

Thank you Sue for making time to create a lovely Autumnal card.  XXX

Karen 

Karen's Description:

Another card and I have used all “old stuff”

I found the embossed piece of card - I think you might have given it to me because I haven’t got that folder!

A Phill Martin sentiment embossed in gold (rarely used until this last week) on vellum - forget to use it 

And I used my tearing rulers - never really use them but Josie reminded us how effective tearing is. 

Ooh Karen that background is lovely,  it's not one of mine,  I really love that embossing folder though😍

With a background that lovely you need very little else as it needs to be the hero of your card!   I have that Poppy die somewhere though, works well with  the Autumn theme.  

Now, those tearing rulers give such a fantastic finish to your 'torn vellum ',  I think I might 'need,' them🤣  The trouble is you start off okay, you are gaining confidence by the time you get to the centre of your tear but then it all goes wrong at that last bit,  I'll start off with a A5 piece of vellum and end up with a postage stamp 😅🤣

Thank you so much for such an inspirational card my lovely XXX 

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I hope that you all enjoy the rest of the weekend,  

Sending my love & hugs to all of you,

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Sandra

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