Sunday Special #1111228597

Yep! Lost count so from now on random numbers will be allocated!!  What a lovely Saturday!  I had a card for a parcel to collect from the post office!!  I knew what was in it but still excited.com!! And here is part of the contents:

 I also got three white pens of various thicknesses and happened to have my pack of 5 black pens in my handbag so there was no way I wasn't going to play!!  Half an hour later in the pub.......

 The long line of 'splats' was the first mark made!  Trying to get the ink to flow in the Posca pen!!  The ink trail went right across the book and onto my leg, foot and the pub floor.  I know have really cool purple converse with white spots!"

Developing nicely!

 

And I think the front is done! This book is going on my holiday with me.  I'm going to do some backgrounds on the pages and leave some blank.  I can then get my daily craft fix filling it in with sketches and doodles!!

 Later in the afternoon we had our 5 year old grandson over for a sleep-over.  He was playing with his PlayDoh so I thought I'd introduce him to Martha Stewart Crafters' Clay so we could make something permanent!  Here he is mixing up his favourite colour, purple!

Look at the concentration!

And the moulds - mix of Karantha and Martha Stewart.  And here's what Liam made:

Pretty good for a first go!! I showed him how to gild them this morning but didn't get any photos.  He used Cerise Gleam for the little face and Silver Treasure Gold for the others.  Hoping I've created another crafter!  I only needed to show him what to do once and he got it straight away!!

And Finally...

My Father's Day Card!

For once I have something that fits with a couple of challenges!  I would like to enter this into:

 Hels' Sunday Stampers  Week 262 'Guys'

and also

The Artistic Stamper Monthly Challenge June - Makes for Men

Matches my OH's little occasional table perfectly!!

Thanks for looking!

Ta ta from me!

Happy Mothers Day.....

.....to my Mum!!  Here are the photos of the little box that I made:

 And yes,  my favourite acetate Dragonfly makes another appearance (number 3 - the first appearance was on my Mum's birthday card - I hope she's not getting fed up with my dragonfly fixation )

 I finally got round to using my new Creative Expression stamps - I've had them since before Christmas!  After giving the box a good coating of white gesso I used Cut -n-Dry foam to add Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet Distress Paints followed by a spritzing of Cosmic Shimmer Mist in Candy Pink (I've definitely gone 'girly' on this one!)  I then stamped all the images onto white tissue paper using Jet Black StazOn before tearing them out and adding them to the box using Ranger Glue 'n' Seal matte.  To finish I added a strip of Ideology Tissue Tape 'Nostalgic' to the edge of the lid (how cool - it's exactly the right width!!).  All the aforementioned products are available for purchase HERE.

 These are from the Meadow Flora set by Sam Poole - I love their delicacy.

 I stamped the sentiment using Mini Words #1 from the Artistic Stamper onto white paper and outlined using a fineliner pen before cutting out.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at this post.  Before I go I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

The Sunday Stamper -Week 248- Use Something You Have Had For Yonks and Never Used

(although I think it might just qualify for the primary theme which is 'You Make me Feel Brand New' as I've used Distress Paints and they're new!!)

Thanks for looking!

Bye bye for now from me!

xxx

Ooh P.S.  I was privileged to do a workshop with Andy Skinner yesterday at the Artistic Stamper, making a Gothic clock.  When I find where I've managed to download the photo's I'll add some pics to my Gallery!