Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Anything Goes!

Seems an age since I did a canvas...which is very odd as they're my usual 'what to make? a canvas!' medium of choice!
So...a canvas it is....but an out of my comfort zone colour combo...yes, still struggling with orange! Last time, Leandra suggested I team it with turquoise, so I have!

Nice chunky box canvas, which means the sides are a good size to play with too!
The feet are painted wooden beads, and the image is Stampotique. Just love her!

Loads and loads of painted layers, it's a difficult decision when to stop!!

I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge....a bit late but there's still time!! Have a look HERE to get all of the details, and to see some fabulous art! Last time I looked there were over 200 entries, so maybe make a cup of tea before you start!!
Love Trish xx

WOYWW141

Happy Day-After-Valentines-Day to you all!!!!
Its that time again, the marathon Wednesday blog hop that is Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday!
Today will be interesting to see where I end up in the list...I wonder how many other Mums out there took the chance of a half term lie in, so are posting much later than normal!!!
My desk today....

Another painty mess going on! its actually the start of a colour challenge piece, hopefully will get done by the weekend and then posted, if anyone wants to pop back to see!
Something struck me, looking at the photo. So many of my 'essential-can't-create-without-them' items are in the pic its silly! There's paint, heat gun, glue gun, brayers (only three out today though!), spatulas for scraping paint onto surfaces, sponges, sanding paper, stamps, black VersaMagic ink, medium..........all of which I reckon I use every single time I create! And lets not forget...Choccy Biscuits!!!! Much needed for when I need to take a step back to look at something and decide what to do next. A HobNob always helps!!!!
Why not hop over to Julias place to see all the other creative spaces!
love Trish x

A Little Extra- for Calico Crafts

Just a sneaky peek of an additional DT project I've done for Calico Crafts !!
No particular theme, just something I was playing around with!

To see the whole thing, why not pop over to the Calico Crafts Blog and take a look!
love Trish xxxxx

Crafty Individuals challenge....Spring!

And boy WAS it a challenge.....pastel colours? me? girly flowers?
That is exactly what a challenge is all about though, and in the end I had a blast making my 'thing'.....
I say 'thing' because I'm not sure what to call this! Maybe stick to the literal, so.....introducing 'Flowers on Springs'!!!

The hearts from plate CI-342 were stamped multiple times onto painted cardstock and acetate, then cut out and assembled as flowers.

  I covered a base with text paper, then painted a background using the same colours. Both flowers and base were sprayed and splatted with silver Krylon. I then made some coils from wire to hold the flowers up, which is when I discovered that coils as long as these won't hold up anything as heavy as stamped cardstock...........!! Plan B, paint some bamboo skewers silver and use them as support inside the coils! Plenty of hot glue to adhere the coils to the base, and then add some butterflies (CI-333) to hide the glue!

Its actually quite sturdy, despite the coils looking like they're going to bend at any minute!
Why not pop over to the Crafty Individuals Blog to see what everyone else made of the theme?
Love Trish xx

Love is In The Air.....For Calico Crafts

Here is a sneaky peek of my latest Design Team project for Calico Crafts!

This is a 'lying down' shot... it's an assemblage that stands up really! To check out what it looks like in its entireity, and to see all the step by step photos on how I made it, why not hop over to the CALICO CRAFTS BLOG !!!!
Have a fabulous Monday....
Love Trish xxx

Bubbles!!!

I made this tag for a challenge, then got sick and missed the deadline to post it! Still, thought I'd show you as I rather like it!

The tag was painted (surprise surprise!) in shades of blue and purple, then over stamped/printed to give some interest. The bubble circles are simple punched out text paper pieces. They weren't going to have black splats on them, but my fineliner decided to throw up all over one of them! And the weird thing is, once there was one splat, I wanted another and I had a devil of a job trying to get the pen to replicate the mess! Will definitely stick to splat stamps in future rather than the real thing!

The text is done using my trusty Dymo. One day I may share about my Dymo obsession...... I have rather a lot of vintage models, including the holy grail of vintage dymos, a 1630 with a script wheel! (Overshare already...now you all think I'm strange!!!!)

This text was done with a new model though, love the font!!
Love Trish xxxxxxx

WOYWW140!!

Its Wednesday.......so its the marathon blog hop that is Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday!
Pop on over to Julias place to get all the info on how to join in, and to start your many many hours of nosy-ness, looking at other peoples workdesks! Its a wonderful way to spend the day!
My desk today is back to the messy side...... this is the aftermath of an inking session!

 This all came about as a bit of a reaction to all the excited squealing going on in blogland just now, squealing at all of the new products coming out of the winter CHA show. Now, don't get me wrong, I love new stash as much as the next person, and some stuff looks very interesting indeed (!!), but I just thought it might actually be a plan to use more stuff I ALREADY have before planning any more spending!
So.....with that in mind I decided to start with inks. Inks that haven't been out of their drawer for months. My intention was just to play with the colours, and to see where that led....hence all the streaks of colour you can see on the paper I use under all my work! The result.....? Oh my are those inks colourful! Fabulous! So, what made those streaks? The squares I used for this......

Very Very simple.Smooth cardstock swiped with the ink pads, then overstamped with a background design. Punched out squares, then stuck to a white card blank. See what I mean about the colour?! Will DEFINITELY be using these lots from now on!
Last weeks felt necklace didn't get any further......working on a ribbon flower one instead now......BUT I do have a nice beady pic to show you!

 Lots of nearly finished Shambhala bracelets. (That spelling is intentional....law suits are being bandied about all over the place if you use the 'other' spelling......as the word I used is a Buddhist word meaning 'pure land', no way can it be copyrighted!) They all need the ends trimmed and glued, that will get done in one big job lot! Bright and cheerful!


Thanks for looking....
Love Trish xxxxxx

CR84FN47- Colour challenge time!

Another colour challenge over at The CR84FN blog.........and more pastel tones for me to get to grips with!
I made a mini canvas......

Pink, pale blue and red were the given colours to use.....I've added black and white as neutrals.
Paint as my background, stamped and printed to give texture. Little chap is a Cats Life Press image, stamped onto card and cut out before adding to the canvas!

 I really enjoyed this, love that little face!!!!!
Love Trish xx

Simple Neon Valentine....

Simple for me anyway, and frankly I'm not sure.....too much clear space!
Anyway, this links in to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge
The challenge this week is to look at the card shown on the blog, and use it as inspiration. I've taken the format of one colour above and below a dividing line, and also used the colours on the original card.

Paint background, stamped harlequins and stars then a cut out stamped heart.
Easy peasy!

 Penny Black Stamps used: 2690H love Medley, 3881H Sparkle, 1987M Harlequin Background....and I also cut the 'love' word from the classic 'dance like no one is watching' stamp!
Love Trish x

Rustic Valentine.... For Calico Crafts

Bit late posting this today......been ever so slightly poorly in the night so only just surfacing now :(
Anyway......why not hop over to The Calico Crafts Blog  to have a little look at a valentines card i've created.... Here's a little peek, more info and all the details on how to make it are over on the Calico Crafts blog post!!!

Love Trish xx