Singin' in the rain!!!!

Hi ya, I know I disappeared for two weeks, lets just say all was well and then Aunt Tensy (we are her only family) was rushed into hospital, the next day my mum was rushed into a different hospital so we ended up spending Easter weekend going to both hospitals each day.  On Tuesday mum came out which was great but Aunt Tensy is still in there with dementia (she is 98 and I love her to bits).  I haven't been able to see her since then as I got a nasty sickness bug (yuck) and then a cold virus :-(. Still got the cold but the fever has gone so really hoping the hospital will let me in tomorrow.

So now I have got you up to date with my boring stuff it's mega time for some creating and of course I have another card for you (still trying to keep with my 2 a month).  I have a lot of other stuff to show but this one I did for the Frilly and Funkie square challenge (I always do square cards lol).
I have done a step by step and you can find the product list at the end of the post.
I would like to enter the following challenges -
Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog - Hip to be Square
Artistic Stamper Challenge Blog - All Things Distress
Sisters of Craft Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday Challenge Blog - Add a Quote
Anything But Cute Challenge Blog - This beautiful mood board regarding celebrating our Earth.

I'm inspired by the colour and for me when I think of celebrating the Earth I am always inspired not just by the ground but by the wonderful skies through all the seasons.

My card :-)

Step By Step

I cut a piece of watercolour card and added crackle paste through the clouds stencil and texture paste through the dot fade

Next I used Distress stains with plenty of water in several layers - first broken china and tumbled glass

This was the first layer dry

Next blueprint sketch and salty ocean with water

This was then dried

Next blueprint sketch and mermaid lagoon.

This is it dried.

Now initially I was going to add some sun details but didn't like it so I started to cover it up.

First with the blueprint sketch and picket fence

Then the rest of the other colours added a little bit of water all along.

Then I added more white and sprayed loads of water everywhere to blend.

I wanted some stones so I used more watercolour paper and first Distress spray pumice stone and water

Then distress stain hickory smoke

and finally some brushed pewter stain.

This is it dried.

Next I stamped the brick with watering can

I added stamped rain droplets with mermaid lagoon

I cut the stone with the confetti alteration border die and with black card the umbrella man.  Next I did water droplets with the glass effect gel.

Some stamping with the santa boot stamp free with the craft stamper magazine and music from some old Debbie Moore stamps.

I added some black around the clouds and layered on a card blank I made.  Not shown is how I splattered mermaid lagoon paint and added the song title by stamping onto white cardstock.

Right I better be off, Wednesday tomorrow so definitely hoping to join WOYWW.  Thank you so much for visiting.

Happy Art :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx


Product List
Distress Stains - broken china, picket fence, tumbled glass, salty ocean, brushed pewter, hickory smoke, blueprint sketch, mermaid lagoon.
Distress Paint and Inkpad - mermaid lagoon
Distress Spray - pumice stone
Ranger - watercolour paper and texture paste
Sizzix Mr Holtz Alterations - umbrella man, confetti dies
Stencil - Tim Holtz (dot fade), That Special Touch (clouds)
Stamps - Tim Holtz (ultimate grunge), Indigo Blu (rain droplets), Debbie Moore (music), Stampendous (tiny alphabet), Craft Stamper Magazine (free stamp)
Inkpads - Archival jet black and watering can
Viva transparent glass effect gel
Decoart Media Crackle Paste
Stabilo All black pencil

Be Unique Be Beautiful

Good evening,  I know it's been awhile, been busy making but now blogging, so bad of me.  I did have something different tonight but I noticed that the post I made for when I was a guest designer over at  Stamps and Stencils Challenge Blog hadn't been posted and I didn't notice.  I had scheduled it but saved as draft instead of publishing it.  So I am now in the middle of editing it for today lol.  I decided to make some cards (a new year resolution of making 2 a month lol), in my usual style of being bright.  The full written step by step you can see over there and some pictures, the rest of the step by step pics are on here plus a full product list.  There new challenge for March is Spring is in the Air but the cards below where for the previous challenge Splatter, Spritz, Smoosh :-)
I would like to enter the following challenges :-
Love to Create Challenge Blog - Anything Goes Mixed Media
Sparkles Monthly Challenge  - Make It Girly
Craft Your Passion Challenge - Always Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create Challenge - Anything Goes - Optional Bird
Suzie's Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes - Optional Friendship

Right I shall be off, I will be back tomorrow with my WOYWW post which I haven't done for ages and then Thursday/Friday the post which was going to be for today lol.

Happy Art :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx


Product List
Spray Inks/Paints - Dyn A Flow Inks (added to a spray bottle - bright orange, magenta, turquoise, chartreuse), Liquitex spray paint (carbon black)
Paint - Dylusions (squeezed orange, bubblegum pink, fresh lime, vibrant turquoise), Liquitex Heavy Body (titanium white, quinacridone magenta, pyrolle orange, vivid lime green, cobalt teal, mars black), Dina Wakley (blackberry violet), Americana Neon Decoart (pink, green)
Ink - Bombay Ink Dr PH Martin (tangerine, magenta, turquoise), Izink (bamboo)
Stencils - That Craft Workshop (mini retrobursts, mini tiny circles), Dina Wakley (organic shapes, graphic shapes), Mathamatical stencil, Dylusions (Flossie), Mask made from die cutting Alterations stacked stars
Stamps - Paperartsy (EEV02, EEV01, EDY06), Indigo Blu (Itsy Bitsy Background)
Archival Jet Black
Posca White and Black pen
Sharpie white pen