He looks great!!! Love the shading you got when colouring him in, and the depth with the 3D!

I'm on a roll, here's a double page I put together this weekend:

I love your style, Toni. Here's the link to a blog I follow that I reckon you would like .. http://kraftitup.blogspot.com/ sorry, if you're anything like me you have enough blogs to follow as it is LOL

Here's another card I made today. Have the house to myself for the afternoon and it's a bit dreary outside so I'm doing crafty stuff. Really liked how this one came out.

Hey I love it!!! What's your background paper? It's really fun!

I love finding new blogs (and that one's a real treasure!!!) ... do you know 'the happy scrappy place' or 'the paintbrush goes spottie'? They're both Australian, and the girls do some fantastic stuff!!!

thanks The background is My Mind's Eye paper. I have just discovered the 6x6 stacks as opposed to using 12x12 scrapbook paper.

Off to google those sites now - what's a couple more to add to the list?

haha!

The 6*6 pads are great for cards

From Saturday's crop.

Wow! What a fantastic set of layouts, Sue! They're great!

and aside from that, I can't believe how big those two little'uns have grown!!! I still think of little Hermione as a wee baby!!!

I get to see them at the end of next week, that will be fun.

Beautiful layouts and beautiful little ones! What a great combination

Lovely, Sue!!

Here's my sketch challenge card for this week. Same old bear lol I must branch out a bit.

I like your bear! Nice card, too

He's a bear with attitude, why not use and abuse him while you can, eh? Love your card, and that flourish!

I love that, he is so cute.

You covered up his feet ! I love them! But hey, great boots too!

A page:

That looks great, Toni! That background paper is perfect

Changed to the rabbit from the bear this week. I think I should have done a bit more to the panel he is on but anyway - it'll be right.

I'm really getting into spraying my backgrounds and using masks! They really allow you to personalise any background perfectly.

Love your card, and your little rabbit! His ears are ginormous!!! What's the paper collection? I really love all those cheery colours!

Thanks! The paper was Lime Twist.

WHen you spray the backgrounds do you make up the spray yourself or is it a bought product? Would be fun to cut out and make your own masks.

I use a mix of purpose-bought spray inks (glimmer mist, but I find the colour not intense enough), or the Adirondack color washes which are great, and some sprays which I have made up myself. For that I dilute regular india ink in water and add some perfect pearls if I want it to shimmer. I have also used the kids liquid water paints, diluted in water or some acrylic paint again diluted to a good consistency in water. This is the cheapest option and gives great coverage and colour, particularly for the primaries.

I have cut out lots of masks myself! The internet is a great resource for simple models and shapes (try: coloring+whatever). I cut them in bristol cardstock (very common school supply and dirt cheap! They don't last long, but they last long enough to use several times. The big advantage of making your own masks is that you can adjust the size to fit your project.

I do have some plastic masks which I bought, and I use them mainly for background, as a change from stamps.

Thanks for the heads up on the paper range. I have the stars and hot air balloon papers from Lime Twist, but hadn't seen the bingo numbers or that cool stripey paper, nor the kites.

Have fun getting your hands inky!!!

Here's a page I made tonight. The red motif in the background (right hand side) is sprayed with Glimmer mist using a shop-bought mask. I then flipped it over and used the 'negative' side for the little detail on the top left of the photo.



In this page the leafy fronds are a mask I made myself, and in this one the various blue and golden rectangles are primitive masks which I also made myself. It doesn't take much to get a great result.

Very nice.

Sorry I haven't posted in here for a while Christmas cards/crafts are well in hand. Mum also got herself a Hoagie Board, to help make impressive cards, which she is very pleased with.
My sister is celebrating her birthday next month, so here's a extra special card


(the "other side" with the insert is Here )

A very special card indeed, Jane! It looks great, really stylish!

For my soon-to-be-two year old Kitty-mad niece:

Here is the major project that we did on my parchment course, the photo doesn't do it justice, it is quite nice really. It is in three layers if you count the gates as one layer. The peacock is irridescent.

Stunning, Sue! How long did that take??