This is another card that I made for the workshop I am planning, using silhouette stamps and stencilling. I used a Tim Holtz stencil and Darkroom Door stamps. The sentiment is from a Rubbernecker pick and mix stamp I picked up some time at Ally Pally and the butterfly is a freebie clear stamp from Indigo Blu from Craft Stamper magazine. All the inks are Distress Inks.
On the crochet front, the Twiddle Muff I mentioned in my last post is nearly complete and ready to be sown up when I can get to the fabric shop to buy something nice and tactile for the lining. In the meantime I have started a new crochet blanket. I am planning to take this slowly over the coming months and have made a start on the first of 16 large hexagonal motifs that I plan to complete between other projects. My brain is just about able to cope with this level of challenge again after weeks of feeling like I have been in the twilight zone of being poorly and sorry for myself.
Our daffodils in our woodland have finally started to come out. Everyone else's round here are much further ahead. The first bunch we have picked has been gracing our living room this week and has cheered things no end.
I hope you are in fine fettle and have escaped the beastly germs that seem to be lurking this year.
Elaine
Hi there my friend. I'm in the middle of setting up a new tablet which has given me the opportunity for a bit of blog hopping so I was so happy tof see you had posted. This is a beautiful card and as I said on your last post I really wish you weren'the so far away :-(. I'm sure your ladies are going to go home well pleased with their projects!
ReplyDeleteI can fully appreciate how your feeling after being poorly not that I have been but there have been/are a few changes going on around home which my brain finds difficult to keep track of, lol! I'll get there eventually ;-)
Hugs
Lesleye38@aol.com Xx
Firstly, I do hope you get back to your normal self as soon as possible. Your daffodils are a super colour & really lovely paired with the Persian Tile motif. As for your workshop sample - all the hues of the Distress Inks look super & I can imagine this design in other colour ways too - all greens, all blues, all browns......... the layering is lovely with the way that the butterfly & the sentiment are the focal features.
ReplyDeleteHope you will soon feel a lot better Elaine. Love your card and Persian Tile Motif. Your Daffodils are very pretty and cheering. Hope you can enjoy Easter and feel well soon.
ReplyDeleteSuexxx
Happy Easter Elaine! Happy Springtime too : )
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you have been so ill! I too have been home recuperating for ages. I hope that you are near the end of your illness and that you begin to grow stronger with the springtime sunshine : )
Your new class sounds wonderful. I wish I could take it! I am glad your daffodils were ready just in time for Easter. Mine finished last week.
Your card here is truly beautiful. Gorgeous layers of color and perfect sentiment.
Hugs,
Terri
Gorgeous design Elaine. I've been away for a few weeks so way behind in everything. I hope you heal up, a chest infection can be very tiring. Take good care, Hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Elaine, thank you for the lovely comment that you've just left on my blog. This card of yours is a stunner and I love your style of stamping. I think we already follow each other on Pinterest and so I've now become a follower of your blog too. Take care of yourself and Happy Crafting :)x
ReplyDeleteHi Elaine, sorry to hear you have not been well. Love the soft shaded layers in your card x
ReplyDeleteYour card is enchanting, Elaine. Love the soft colors!
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better now!
Happy Spring!
Gaby xo