DragonsDream Tag It On #44 - Heart and Soul

Goodness me, where on earth do I start with this one? Frankie, I am indulging you this week, seeing as you are, quite rightly still all loved up with your handfasting ceremony - romance is not a strong subject of mine!
Heart and Soul was a big hit written in the 1930's by Hoagy Carmichael. The words, written by Frank Loesser are all about falling in love, kissing and staring dreamily into each others eyes etc.

The tag, in shades of lilac and pink is based on the music score for this song. The lovers in the boat are staring dreamily into each other's eyes and the lips signify the kissing. My True Love and Love is the Thread that Binds Us completes the scene and completely exhausts my stock of romantic stamps.

Enough! Can we have a tag of derring-do next week?

Pink and Tangerine

This is my entry for Crafty Ann's Challenge blog #17 - Embossing. My colour palette was inspired by the orange ribbon with pink spots.

This is a big card 8 x 8 as I wanted to try my version of a poppy and I knew they would not turn out small and dainty! The pink card was embossed in the Bug and the raised areas coloured with Pearlescent Orange Brilliance Ink. The left over card was punched and made into two poppies and the third made out of plain pink card coloured on the edges. The stamped image (Elusive Images) was black embossed and coloured with pencils.

To complete the card I punched three corners with a MS punch and added black ribbon with the orange and pink ribbon over the top. I mounted this onto a black base card. Black foliage was also added using a L-em punch.

I do hope you like this card and I look forward to your comments, which are always appreciated.

The Children spied a herd of Reindeer ....

I thought I would indulge myself in a bit of scissor therapy this week for Bah! Humbug! #23 challenge - A Child's Christmas.

I stamped and cut out all the elements on this card and arranged them into a picture. Naturally, of course, lashings of GlitterGlass, Stickles and a gem were used.

I particularly like the stupid looking reindeer (Crafters Companion), they look rather embarrassed at being caught!

Thanks for stopping by and all comments are gratefully received.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge#108 - Alcohol Inks

The pretty Christmas angel stamp and sentiment are by Crafty Individuals and for a change I thought I would do shades of pink. Bah! Humbug! you have started something!

I used raspberry, salmon and shell pink alcohol inks with a touch of silver mixative and stamped the image with black Brilliance ink. It was mounted on an embossed rectangle of silver foliage card. The snowflake and star were die cut out of the same. The base card is pearlescent orchid pink.

Thanks for dropping by and looking. Please leave a comment as they are all appreciated. I am having a bit of a job getting back to making things after Stamp Addicts Retreat last weekend I think it is called creative burnout!

DragonsDream Tag It On #43 - Scene in the Garden

I dedicate this tag to Frankie and Fred and wish them every happiness in their life together.

The bench scene and rose arbour is a stamp from Create and Craft. It is stamped onto glossy card and waterbrushed with various Distress Inks. I then made an outer arbour of ivy and trailing vines. The acetate wrought iron gate and creeper are from a Joanna Sheen CD.

The two white doves represent the happy couple.
I hope you like my tag and know that this fantasy garden isn't a patch on Frankie and Fred's own garden.

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment - all are appreciated.

Bah! Humbug!#22 - Anything Goes

I have been practicing 'reflection' stamping as demo-ed by Barbara Grey of Clarity Stamps. This one is pretty glitzy as I embossed all over the image with Stardust embossing powder (oh how I love this stuff). It is in shades of blue and uses a Stampin USA grove of pine trees. The inks are Stampin Up Not Quite Navy and Bordering Blue.

I mounted the lake scene onto silver holographic card and matched it up with a wide border. The sentiment (Elusive Images) is embossed in white. I added some holographic die cut snowflakes to complete the scene.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment if you would like to.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #107 - Take a Fantasy Trip with Me

I have loved dragons ever since I watched Ivor the Engine as a child and fell in love with Idris the Dragon who lived in Ivor the Engine's fire box.

My fantasy dragon (for there are real ones) is made from glimmer misted card stock using Frosty Night and Golden Fish Cosmic Shimmer mist. The icicles are Lavinia Stamps and Stickled with Stardust. The fantasy castle is by Stampin USA and the dragon is an Elusive Images stamp.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you like my ATC. Please feel free to leave a comment as they are all appreciated.