Wicked Wishes!

This Witchy Poo stamp from Krafting Kimmie (from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie)is so much fun! I made this card for the Passion for Promarkers Challenge. The theme this week is to use a colour combo - green, black, purple and orange. I got the Mini Monsters Cartridge going on the Cricut again to cut the haunted house and the greeting..

Detail of the haunted house, you can cut shutters and roof pieces, but I wanted mine to be a silhouette so just cut the whole house in black and the lighted windows in bright orange.  Then I spooked it up with some white chalk ink.

The circles were cut from patterned paper (from a Sizzix patterned paper pad), and some sparkly purple card.

Manchester

52 Walks with my Camera - Week 41

A walk round the city of Manchester, and a ride on The Wheel of Manchester, which gave us a better view of the city and surrounding area.

New and old side by side.

We sat outside in the sun enjoying a coffee in the Shambles Square.

The history of these Tudor buildings and their survival through the Manchester Blitz of WW II and the IRA bombing of 1996 is here.

The words on the plaque on this post box read: "This post box remained standing almost undamaged on June 15th 1996 when this area was devastated by a bomb.

The box was removed during the rebuilding of the city centre and was returned to its original site on November 22nd 1999" 

And a picture of me - rather windswept!

Log - 52 Walks with My Camera in 2010 so far:1. Bexleyheath, 2. Woodbridge River Front, 3. Hall Place Greenhouses, 4. Chislehurst, 5. Bluewater, 6. Theatre Land,7. Leeds, 8. Orford, 9. Snape, 10. Chatham,11. Nottingham, 12. Twickenham, 13. Woodbridge. 14. Red House. 15. Debden House. 16. RAF Bentwaters. 17 Friston and Saxmundham. 18. Ufford. 19. Wickham Market. 20. Greenwich Royal Park. 21. Felixstowe. 22. Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square Gardens. 23. Garden. 24. St James' Park. 25. Hall Place Gardens. 26. Moot Hall - Aldeburgh. 27. Shere. 28. Beer. 29. Lyme Regis. 30. Seaton. 31. Butley Priory. 32. Tewin. 33. Southwold Quay. 34. Framlingham Town. 35. Chillisford. 36. Erith Yacht Club. 37. Nottingham - Jubilee Campus. 38. Salford. 29. Bury St. Edmunds. 40 Spire House. 41. Manchester.

Spooky Card

This week's challenge over on Kraftin' Kimmie's blog is to make a spooky card.  So I made this one with the 'Batty Princess' stamp from Elane at Quixotic Paperie. First time I have had a play with this stamp and I loved working with her. Coloured her with the Promarkers in shades of pale blue, the lacy frills on her dress sparkle but you can't see this from the photo.  I cut a circle from left over paper from the Beloved IOD, by Creative Imaginations. I inked this heavily with grey chalk ink.

The tree, iron railings and web were cut on the Cricut using the Mini Monsters Cartridge. I inked these in white chalk ink, and added frosted stickles. The whole 6X6" card was also inked round the edges in white. I also used a white gel pen for highlights. I cut Batty out and mounted her on 3D foam pads so she hovers over the whole scene.

The wording inside was also cut with Mini Monsters on the Cricut from the same papers and inked.

Thanks for looking and happy halloween!

A Little Light Summer Reading

Following on from yesterday's layout of Hannah, here is her sister Lucy, during the same week's holiday.
I am still enjoying working with kits from the Cardinal Colours Retreat. I was not able to take this class, but was pleased to have the kit to bring away (thanks Jill x). The page was designed by SJ and I worked from a photo of her finished layout (see below).

I made a few changes along the way. I added antennae to my butterflies with stranded cotton with little knots tied in the ends and I inked them before sticking them down, not just the edges but all over to tone down the whiteness. I added smaller gems to the centres of my butterflies. I dressed my buttons with thread - can't cope with nude buttons!

Here is the kit before I started chopping it up! It has papers from Echo Park 'A Walk in the Park' Line - Flutter and Playful Stripes. There is also a sheet of alphabet stickers and element card paper. The kit has four green buttons, striped cord, printed butterflies and large gems.

 This is SJ's super original class layout.

Thanks SJ and Jill. x

Peachy Poppet

I started work on this layout about two months ago, and last night got around to completing it. The photo is of one of the triplets, Hannah. Taken in the garden of the cottage at St. Mawes back in the Summer. Such a lovely, cheeky face she has. The colours of her dress were a perfect match for these Scenic Route (unfortunately no longer trading) papers I have had for some time now, the came from Linz at Crafty Pastimes (Linz still has some SR papers in stock for just 30p a sheet).

I have been playing with the idea of using diamonds as a background pattern since seeing a layout, probably by the talented Gabrielle, but I can't exactly remember where or when! I cut these diamonds in various sizes using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge on the Cricut. They were inked and layered, then I set to work with needle, thread and buttons. The title was cut on the Cricut and stitched in place. I made the spiral flowers following a demo from my lovely friend Anita. he leaves are punched and inked. Some perfect pearls was used to add some swirls and more dimension.

Close up of the diamonds....

.... and the flowers.

Thanks for looking. Tomorrow I will post a layout of Hannah's sister, Lucy.

More Christmas Blog Candy for October

The Blog Candy on offer for October is another big bag of Christmas stash over on Scrapology.

Why not pop over and take a look?

Spire House - Whaley Bridge

52 Walks with my Camera 2010 - Week 40

While in Manchester we chose to stay in a Bend and Breakfast at Whaley Bridge in the Peak District. Spire House is a converted church. We took a walk around the grounds to photograph this unusual B &B.

Hilary and David were great hosts and welcomed us to the former Christ Church. Built in 1903, the church was converted into residential accommodation in 1997. They have retained many of the original features.

We hope to make this a regular place to stay over the next four years.

Log - 52 Walks with My Camera in 2010 so far:1. Bexleyheath, 2. Woodbridge River Front, 3. Hall Place Greenhouses, 4. Chislehurst, 5. Bluewater, 6. Theatre Land,7. Leeds, 8. Orford, 9. Snape, 10. Chatham,11. Nottingham, 12. Twickenham, 13. Woodbridge. 14. Red House. 15. Debden House. 16. RAF Bentwaters. 17 Friston and Saxmundham. 18. Ufford. 19. Wickham Market. 20. Greenwich Royal Park. 21. Felixstowe. 22. Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square Gardens. 23. Garden. 24. St James' Park. 25. Hall Place Gardens. 26. Moot Hall - Aldeburgh. 27. Shere. 28. Beer. 29. Lyme Regis. 30. Seaton. 31. Butley Priory. 32. Tewin. 33. Southwold Quay. 34. Framlingham Town. 35. Chillisford. 36. Erith Yacht Club. 37. Nottingham - Jubilee Campus. 38. Salford. 29. Bury St. Edmunds. 40 Spire House.