Rudolph Day - February 2022

Well it's time for the second Rudolph Day of the year. Rummaging through my drawer of unfinished bits I found some pre-printed stamped toppers from SSS that had come in some of their kits. This was the first one I found and as my watercolour paints were still on my desk from a painting workshop I decided to use them to colour it.

I then simply mounted it onto a red card blank and added some red twine. 

 

 

The second one is also watercoloured but is not my favourite! And the paint looks very blotchy in the photo but not IRL.

A Bit Later Than Intended

I fully intended to post again last week after my valentine card but time seemed to run away from me. Anyway better late than never, so here are my latest paintings.

This one was following a tutorial by Rebecca de Mendonca with a view of Dartmoor.

 

The second was also a tutorial from Rebecca . Both were done using Unison soft pastels.

 

The third one is watercolour done on a Zoom workshop with Alison C Board.

Hope you like them! I need to get them mounted and framed now but they all have to be made specially as I still haven't managed to paint anything standard size!

A Valentine!

I suddenly realised that it was Valentines's Day next Monday so yesterday I made  a quick card after I had cleared away all the mess from my pastel painting. I will show you those later in the week.

As you can see it was a very quick card. I die cut a red heart with an old SU die set and the added the Penny Black train. I've had this die for ages waiting for an occasion to use it.

I'm finding card making a bit difficult since I had my cataracts done. I'm constantly having to take my reading glasses on and off, not a problem I had before, in fact I'm thinking of asking the optician for varifocals when I next have my eyes tested, just for card making!

 

Challenges entered: 

Pixies Snippets Play ground - red and black snippets.

NBUS Challenge - Penny Black die

Cardz for Guyz - 

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies

I'm Back!

Well it's been quite a while since I posted anything! First of all we went on a cruise over Christmas, which was great even with Covid measures in place. Then after we got back had paperwork to do, dental visits, and setting up a new computer plus reformating the old one for Roy. Then I had to help son with his tax return, Today I have managed to make a card for two challenges - hooray!

It is fairly simple though. I heat embossed the Woodware stamp in gold then mounted it on gold mirri card. 

Challenges:

 Rudolph Day

  52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Christmas Cheque Holder

The challenge at Make My Monday this week is for a gift card holder. Well this is close, it's a cheque holder!

It's always difficult to know what a teenage boy wants and cash seems to be appreciated! I used a very old  sheet of card that has been in my stash since I first started making cards, maybe from QVC! The stamp set is one of my favourite Christmas sets, and I can't remember the make. Old age is creeping up!

Great Tit

I recently did an online Workshop with Matthew Palmer to paint a Great Tit. As it was only a small picture I decided to make it into a card. 

I matted it onto grey card twice to give it a good frame.No sentiment as I will add that when I send it to someone.I would like to share this at HLS watercolour challenge. It’s the first time I have joined in since leaving the DT team! 

Rudolph Day -November 2021

Well this is the last Rudolph Day for this year. How did that happen? Let's hope that next year may be more normal!

I saw the die I have used on the Paper Rose website months ago but for some reason they no longer ship to England. I did contact them but got no reply. So I bought it from Simon Says  Stamp in the USA! Of course having wanted it for so long, once I got it I didn't know what to with it! Eventually I came up with these two cards.

I made the bottom one first but thought it was lacking something but I don't know what. I used some old designer paper on the second card and put a gold mat under the die.

I'm also sharing at:

 Pixies Playground - snippets were used!

The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Anything Goes

NBUS challenge

Ruby!

This is the latest pastel painting done in another workshop with Unison Pastels and Emma Colbert. When I started I thought I might be biting off more than I could chew, but was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as difficult as I had thought it would be. 

The reference photo was a picture of Emma's mother's dog - Ruby - which I think is a Maltese Terrier.

This one is now on the wall in my craft room. Actually I think it looks a bit like Di's Dudley!

Lilies

There's not been much card making going on here recently as I have been doing some art workshops and I have so much stuff out there's little room left. So I thought I'd show you some of the pictures I've done - well only the ones that are fit to be seen!

This one was a workshop arranged by Unison Pastels and led by Cathy Pearce. It was only my second time using soft pastels which I love, even though they can be incredibly messy.

In fact I thought I was going to have to buy a new bedroom carpet when I did this one!. The bright orange pastel crumbled and unbeknown to me a tiny bit had got onto my sandals underneath the sole of my foot. Later when I went to shower I walked across a pale green carpet in bare feet - leaving bright orange footprints.Fortunately I managed to get it off with soapy water as I don't think Roy would have been impressed. He did like the picture though and it is now framed and hanging on our bedroom wall.

October Rudolph Day

Only one more Rudolph Day this year after this one! Where has the year gone! This month there is an extra prize for paper piecing as a tribute to Kath of Plain and Simple who sadly died earlier this year.

No paper piecing from me though as I had made my cards in advance.

 

I used a stamp set and matching dies from Simon Says Stamp that I bought last year! They have been patiently sitting on my desk ever since.

So I made four - two of each design for the grandchildren and grand nieces.

 

I'm also sharing over at the NBUS challenge as well.