Circular canvas

Good morning to All. This is my first post for a while as I considered whether or not to give up my crafting. But here I am again showing a Canvas I made during one of Tracy Evans online workshops. I really enjoyed this and it did help such a lot to reignite my love of crafts.   Lots of textures to see and feel. The paint colours were my own choice and the Bird of Paradise flowers and pot just added to my finished canvas. Hope you are all well after a difficult year so far.   Take care and Stay safe.  Hugs Rita xxx                                  

Christmas Card Club challenge14: Winter Animals

Hello Everyone. Thought I was not going to make this one, as we as a family had a funeral yesterday at the Lake District and being in Scotland we had to drive down and return all on the same day. To say I was tired was an understatement. My Son-in-Law did all the driving in the worst weather conditions I've seen in a long time. However we got home safely and that's what matters most.
Our card theme was chosen by our lovely member Shaz and she would like to see Winter Animals. I used a Penny Black stamp of my favourite little skating hedgehogs enjoying some fum on the ice. It is a shaker card but photo quality was not the best. I coloured with Faber Castell pencils, added a mount and used acetate over the aperture to get a shaker card. A sentiment and a few sprigs of holly and now I have a card for Shaz's challenge.  This weather is so depressing along with all the other thing we are having to contend with at the moment too.  Stay Safe my Lovely Friends. Hugs Rita xxx

Pink Iris card

Hi Everyone. Here is one of my DL cards inspired by Tracy Evans. I fell in love with her stamps on AALL& Create. During lockdown she has been so kind to show some fantastic tutorials on her FaceBook page. I have learned so much and in particular working with mediums again.  Hope you like this simple card using a few of her stamps. Terrible weather here in Ayrshire Scotland today, but its shown to pick up in to high temperatures by mid week.  Hugs Rita xx

CCC Challenge 13 : Sentiment only

Hello Again Everyone. Here we are and another two weeks have past, so now we are on to the Lovely Christmas Card Club Challenge 13,  chosen by our lovely Christine and she would like to see  Sentiments as the focal point on our cards. I do love cards with nice sentiments and I think they catch your eye even more. My first card was 6" X 8" and I used dies to set the frame, Lovely gold card matted on to white then another layer of gold . Then used an Inkylicious stamp from years ago and embossed it with Stuart Gill Midas Touch embossing powder. finished off with a red organza bow. my second card is the same size matted and layered in white and silver. I glittered the edges of each piece with Unicorn Sparkle glitter. I fussy cut both the sentiment and the red mirri card and edged them as well. with the addition of some Holly I finished my card. Thanks to Christine for such a great challenge.  Stay Safe Everyone.  Hugs Rita xx

Christmas Card Club Challenge 12. Snowflakes

Here we are in to June now. Gosh aren't the months just flying by.  I trust everyone is keeping well, all apart from our own Elizabeth and her lovely husband Alan who have both been hospitalized with Covid-19.  Happy to say that they are now at home recuperating and hopefully feeling a little bit better.
Anyway, this fortnight it's Gwen's turn to choose our theme and she would love to see Snowflakes on our cards.  I managed two again both using embossing folders and lots of lovely glitter. I have inserted a scene from some used cards and both cards got a bow.  Beautiful weather here for over two weeks but seemingly its more rain on the way, so It will save me from watering the garden just as much. Take Care everyone and Stay Safe.  Hugs Rita xxx

Christmas Card Club. Challenge 11 is Humour

Here we are again two week have now gone and we in Scotland are still in Lockdown. Not that I'm complaining, I am not reassured enough to want to go anywhere.
Now we are in Challenge 11, and Rachel chose the theme of Humour. I had to revert to images for this one as out of the hundreds of stamps I have, yes, non with humour (Sod's Law ). My first card I though was fun and of course that's why I chose it. A white base with layers of Kraft card and brown card.  made a label and tied with some hessian. My second card is cream card layered with red card, then my sentiment edged with glitter. I do hope these are okay for your challenge Rachel.  Keep Safe Everyone. Hugs Rita xxx

Vintage Cushion and Mini Model

Hi Everyone. Hope you are all ok as things can be very difficult for us all during this time in our lives.  Last week was my precious daughter Annie's birthday, and most off you who know her will also know how much she adores vintage.
Well this is what I made, an 18" X 18" cushion. All of it was made from very old lace, doileys, anti-macassers ( chair backs ) and embroidery pieces from the early days. most of it was hand sewn apart from the calico cushion itself that I made to hold all these bits and pieces from years long gone. The Mini model was also designed and created by me and sometimes I felt totally out of my depth, fingers took their toll with all the hand sewing. I had to make the little coat-hanger too. Hope you like it as much as Annie did. The card was made before I started sewing, so at least I never had to think about it.  Stay Safe my Friends.  Hugs Rita xxx

Christmas Club Challenge.10. Door/Window

Hello Again my lovely Friends and fellow crafters.   Once again time has gone like the clappers and 2 weeks since our last Challenge.
Well, Margaret would love to see a Door or a Window and I'm afraid I don't have either, so for me it will be Anything Goes and again I found a very old wooden stamp that all those years ago I loved and it has been in a box to go to our Local Hospice craft group.   Both cards are using the same stamp. one is embossed and the other has been stamped and coloured. My box is getting quite full already and it's only May.  Stay Calm and Carry on Crafting.  Hugs Rita xxxx

CCC Challenge 9. Baubles

Hello again, the weeks are flying in, even although we are in Lockdown.. Our Christmas Card Club challenge has been chosen by Kate , and she would love to see Baubles on our cards. the stamp I have chosen for both my cards is an old wood based stamp that I'm sure some of you will recognize. The first card is an 8 X 8 white card matted with gold card. I stamped the image with Versamark and used Wow twinkling lights gold embossing powder, (sorry the picture is not showing it up ). I added a gold bow to compliment the card. My second card I used the same stamp again using Clair nocturne ink. Matted with red mirri card . Hope you are all well and Staying Safe. Our next challenge we will be into May, unbelievable really.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Orange Teasel card

Hello Again.  Yes I'm back again with a card this time. Using the same technique as before and using the Teasel stamp again. The background was made using 3 colours of Distress Oxides , and after adding a good spray of water I smooshed the card in the paints a couple of times. I then mounted it on to a piece of black card and added my teasel piece. I gave it just a quick light brush of the glitter brushes from Craft Artist using gold. The sentiments came along with the Teasel stamp set. Really enjoying mt crafting again and trying new things.  Please Stay Safe my friends.. Hugs Rita xx

My Canvas from Tracy Evan's Workshop

Hello Everyone. Isn't this a beautiful spell of weather at the moment. It certainly helps us All during this Pandemic.
Well, I found time to enjoy an Online workshop held by the talented Tracy Evans. And I loved every bit of it. I learned so many new ideas and had a great time. The Workshops are held over two mornings from 10-12 and we all had fun, meeting new friends and some old ones too.  If you get a chance and would like to join the next one, it is on the 25th and 26th of April and we are making a notebook at this class. I found it ideal for me during some days that were not as good as others. I'm absolutely fine now and have been doing lots of other things as well. Most of you know there is not many things that I have not tried ( I call myself a Dabbler of Crafts ). So Head over to Facebook and find Tracy Evans.  Enough of my ramblings for today then. Off to do some sewing now.  Stay Safe and continue Crafting..  Hugs Rita xx

CCC Challenge 8. Critters

Well where did that 2 weeks go. It's a month now since I have been out. It's like being in a Bubble, where I feel safe from the world outside during this awful crisis. Hope you and yours are all well and Staying Safe.
This Challenge was chosen by the lovely Maureen and she would like to see Critters on our cards. I have managed 3 cards for this challenge. The first one is 8 X 8 and it was a decoupage kit from years ago. the other 2 are 6 X 6 and again are decoupage from Sno-Gnomes.  I really enjoyed making them too.  Please Stay Safe and enjoy your Crafting.  Hugs Rita xxx