DVD giveaway!!!

Hello there!
My copies of my just released DVD landed on my desk last week, so I thought it might be nice to do a little giveaway!
The lucky winner will receive this little lot.....

The first project that I show you on the DVD is a chunky canvas, in shades of green and turquoise, with red accents. So, I've included the basics for you to recreate the project as you watch! A 5x5" chunky canvas to begin with, then the three paints I use, plus the white paint for layering (well not exactly the ones I used, you'll get new ones!!)

I've included some punchinella to use as stencils..... Very hard to find large holes, tiny holes and some inbetween sized holes..... Three sponges too, and then of course there is the DVD itself!!!

What you you need to do to win? Easy peasy...just leave a comment on this post!
Important bits:
Only comments on THIS post will be entered...too complicated for me to go looking all over the place for your comment if you put it somewhere else!
You don't need to be a follower to enter, its lovely if you follow my blog, but not essential to win the prize!
The closing date for entries is four weeks from today...AUGUST 5th 2012.
On that date, I will pick a winner via an online random number generator, then inform the winner via a new post on my blog. It will be UP TO THAT WINNER to then send me their address so I can post out the prize!
Entries are very welcome from those who live outside the UK, but remember that this DVD is formatted to work in the UK. I have no idea whether it is compatible elsewhere, so no complaints if you win and then it won't work in your country!
The prize is exactly what you see in the pictures....I'm not changing or substituting! What you see is what you get!!
Good luck!!
Love Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sneaky Peek Monday..For Calico Crafts

Hello!
My turn again on the Calico Crafts Blog..... and today I've used some of the gorgeous new DecoArt colours of paint that are just in stock in the shop...love them!
Teensy peek....

Why not hop on over to see the whole thing!!!!
Love Trish xxxxx

CR84FN57- Colour Challenge!

Hi there!
You may remember pictures from last week, I was working on a colour challenge piece? Well, its done, and more importantly I like it! Which means I'll be linking up with all the other fabulous creations over at CR84FN with this one!
The colours we were given were bright pink, tan and neutral...... now bright pink is great, use it lots, but not really with tan or a neutral, so this was indeed a challenge. But thats the whole point, so I just got stuck straight in and made this tag.....

A typical Trish painty background with lots of layers, printing and stamping came first, done with the tan/neutral shades. I then coloured some texture paste with the bright pink, and added it through a stencil to give lots of texture...

I stamped my Stampotique image with brown ink onto cream cardstock, as this seemed to fit in with the theme better than my usual black and white! I stamped her again this time with bright pink ink, cut out the heart and pieced it onto the main image.....

A little pink paint around the edge of the tag to bring it all together, and its done!
Thanks for looking!
 Love Trish xxxx

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

I think I may need to lie down.......
My DVD has been released......and is available for sale via Traplet and Amazon (so far)
Cover looks like this:

(Well the front one does, not showing you the back cover because there is a very odd triangular pic of me on there...I look like a hippo.....really....)
There is a short preview clip on YouTube: HERE if you want a little peek!
I am a little bit excited.....can you tell?!!
Love Trish xxxxxx

Too Pretty For Me?

Colour colour colour........ I'm constantly playing with colour schemes, trying to keep myself away from my automatic 'go to' colours at least some of the time! So I thought I'd try pretty, delicate and a little bit pastel. Not sure.....................

Plenty of stamping....

Plenty of texture (I used texture paste that I'd coloured with paint....)

And probably one of my favourite stamps ever.... my Inkadinkado angel...

hmmmmmmmmmm...the jury is still out on whether i like this or not!
Love Trish xxxxx

Taxi for the Butterfly Ball? For The Artistic Stamper

Well, its that time for me to share my last project for The Artistic Stamper. I've LOVED being their guest designer for June, so a big thank you to Jennie and Emma for inviting me!
My final creation is a bit strange, even for me......

Yep, that is a (kind of) wheel thing going on there.......!
You'll need to hop on over to The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog to see the whole thing in all its glory!!!!
Love Trish xxx

WOYWW160!

Happy Wednesday folks!!
Its time for the weekly blog hop hosted by the fabulous Julia over at The Stamping Ground !
Why not pop on over and see what everyone has been up to on their crafty spaces this week?
My desk today is another painty one...

I've been determined to get back into the swing of some challenges, and this is the start of a colour challenge I'll hopefully be posting by the end of the week (if it gets finished as I would like...thats the thing about colour challenges, if it's outside my comfort zone I spend ages just looking to see if I like it, and if I don't it won't get posted!!)
The challenge is tan, neutral and bright pink, as you can see I haven't started on the pink yet!!

I'm thinking pink texture paste through a stencil.......... maybe.......!!!!
The grid stamp is a big favourite of mine from The Artistic Stamper......looks very odd as I only ever seem to use paint with it (which means it gets VERY messy!), and I only stamp a little at a time so its got one filthy corner with the rest clean!
Hope you're all having a good week!
Love Trish xxx

Depths of Distress....

Well, this was going to be SUCH a complicated project.... I had loads of product and shed loads of technique all planned...... My starting point was the background. And that became both starting and end point! I just didn't want to touch that background any more, the colours had come out so well! A very very simple background too, just Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks, smooshed on a craft sheet with water. Splats of plain water to 'bleach' out the colour in places, and that was it!

These three colours go together so well....

(Have to say, I always thought Distress inks weren't meant to blend and mix with each other, they are supposed to keep their own colours? I seem to have created a gorgeous purple from the pink and turquoise tones!!)

I've added a tiny Stampers Anonymous fairy figure, and just one word of text to keep it simple..

Even though the title of the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp And Show sounds a little dark and gloomy, I seem to have interpreted it in a bit of a bright and colourful way!!!!!
Love Trish xxxx

Ever had on of those days??

yep, me too...........
I have new rubber from Smeared Ink, and it suited the mood perfectly!

Very simple but very textured paint background:

With a tiny stamped alien (monster?)...just love him!

All in my fav colour combo of lime and black...
Its Friday though, very nearly the weekend!
Love Trish xxxxx

I see the sea.....

I thought I'd be a bit restrained, colourwise, for me for this one!!! A bit beachy, a bit vintage, a bit of a natural theme going on..... I made a canvas (well there's a suprise!)

Lots of painty smearing, stamping and printing going on on the canvas itself, then I added a few UTEE crystals on top to make the texture a bit more water-like. Very subtle in a pic, hopefully you can see the effect in the closeup....

The 'feet' are driftwood planks, which i seem to be using on everything just now!

Add on a few starfish.....

And some shells....

And the background is done. The gorgeous image is from Crafty Individuals, stamped in brown ink to blend in with the feel of the piece. As its brown........I thought I would enter the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge this week....which is "show a bit of brown"!!!
Now to get back to some serious colour.....my new Distress inks have just arrived!!!
Love Trish xxx