Look what arrived in the mail ....
March 26, 2008
A package came yesterday in the mail and it was a new stamp set (and a free one too that I earned during a recent promotion - gotta love freebies!) After much perusing, I chose Artfully Asian and after having a play with it last night am very pleased with my choice. It wasn't a set that caught my eye on my first few looks through the catalogue but I have seen some lovely cards made with it so went back for another look.
Here is what I made last night. Did 2 versions of the same card but they look quite different - one in the soft Bashful Blue and one featuring the vivid Real Red.
To make this card I stamped the blossom image in Basic Black then used my aquapainter and ink pad to colour it in. (An aquapainter is like a little brush and it has a reservoir you fill with water. You squeeze it to let a little of the water down into the brush part, then dip it in colour - for example some ink on the lid of your ink pad or a Watercolour Crayon. If you have too much water on your brush, you just brush it onto a scrap of paper to remove some.) I used Bashful Blue for the flowers and Black for the leaves (although I only used a little colour so they have come out grey.)
I matted the white card with the blossom image onto black card and trimmed it so only a little of the black showed to make a frame. I used an A5 piece of Bashful Blue card for the main part of the card. I stamped the leaf image in the top right and bottom left using Bashful Blue ink. Then I had my first go at sponging around the edges of the card. (Just got a piece of sponge, pressed it into the ink and blobbed it around the edges until I was happy with the result. Hmm there is probably a better term to use than blobbed but am a bit tired today so that will have to do!) I stamped the Thank You in black ink then attached a piece of organza ribbon (from my stash - got it from a craft store somewhere.) Glued on the white/black blossom stamped piece of card and voila. I am going to like this set I think.
Here is the same card but this time using Real Red in place of the blue. And another ribbon from my giant ribbon basket!
And while I was unloading the camera I found the only two photos that I managed to snap while we were in Seymour over Easter. A nice shot of the kids with their Maddy and Poppy perhaps, or of them opening their Easter Eggs, or playing in the pergola. Nope ...... All I took were two photos of the delicious fish we had for tea! (I have a bit of a strange habit of taking photos of food at family events. I have a great collection somewhere of tables all laid out with food, not exactly sure what I think I am going to do with all these snaps. Will have to make a giant food album one day?!)
Dad went to Tassie recently with some mates on a fishing trip and caught about 14 fish - I think mostly rainbow trout - so mum and dad's freezer is well stocked. We had one for dinner and it was delicious ..... Here it is before we set into it.
Thanks Dad - yum!
And that might be about it for me until next week. I think I am banned from my craft supplies until then or I'll never get my list of jobs crossed off my to do list! We have some relatives arriving tomorrow (hmm - so I'll be off tidying up a bit!) then we all fly up to Rockhampton on Friday to visit John's dad for his 70th birthday. Back Sunday.
Have a lovely week and weekend til I check in next!
Cheers, Sue