Pixie Peony...

Happy Sunday,

Its my Last day at the SECC craft show in glasgow today I have to stay I have had a fabulous time and meet so many lovely people!  Tomorrow I will be demoing my new Stamp Range as well as new cosmic shimmer and SW die range at McOyster Crafts in Fife form 930 till 3pm, my last day in Scotland.

I thought today I would share a different project made with the same peony stamp as I used on yesterdays card.  This time its a canvas but its really easy to do as its all made with pixie powders.

I stamped the peony and heat embossed it with detail black embossing powder.  I then mastered off the stamped image and added straw yellow pixie powder to the rest on the canvas.  I then lightly sprinted the canvas with water to activate the pixie powders.

I then overstepped the knotted woodgrain stamp over the masked image using a sepia ink pad.

Next I used candy Pink pixie powder to colour the peony adding white pearl to the mix to shed the colours by mixing with water in a palette and using a water brush to paint the flower.

Enjoy...

Language of Flowers...Honeysuckle...

Happy Sunday,

Well it is the last day my stamp release for spring 2017 and the last flower the honeysuckle!  There is, as with the rest of the collection, a large spray of honeysuckle as well as a clear set with smaller flowers and sentiments / meanings.

Here is the clear set followed by the large A6 Honeysuckle spray.  This one is great for colourists however there is enough detail for it to look great just stamped!.

I hope you have enjoyed your glimpse into the Language of flowers they should be available in retail stores and online form this week.  I will be demoing these on Hochanda at the end of may beginning of April.

Enjoy...

The Language of Flowers - Backgrounds

Happy Saturday,

I promised a view of the background today so I thought I should do that The last flower in this release is the Honeysuckle which I will share with you tomorrow!



















This first card is simply the background stamped in lilac archival ink with lilc]ac ribbon and one of the matching circle sentiments cut to match.

The three backgrounds which you may have seen throughout this weeks cards start with this one which is the Horticultural Definition A6 rubber stamps.  I designed this to have three of the hand drawn flowers on the 'page' along with dictionary definitions for Horticulture, Flower etc.  I wanted this to look like a page form an old encyclopaedia or book on plants and horticulture and hopefully i have achieved it?!?

Next is the Knotted Woodgrain a really useful stamp again in A6 rubber, here simply stamped in sepia archival ink and again balanced with one of the circle sentiments.

Finally there is the horticultural script this is a script stamp with a difference as I have used a text about the language of flowers however I have hand distressed this so it makes the perfect distressed background.

Here it is used on one of the cards from earlier in the week for the daisy it gives a distressed look without the hassle of distressing it!


Enjoy...

The language of Flowers...Tea Rose...

Happy Friday,

No collection of flowers would be complete without a traditional english rose or Tea rose, there are different meanings for this which allowed me to have this standard rose in addition to the vintage rose I shared on Monday.


















To me at least this is the Classic Red rose meaning of true Love. There are lots of histrorical meanings for the Red rose from Lust to Love but I fell it really is everlasting and true romance!

 I coloured this using Graphmaster alcohol pens in 10, 15, 11 and orange 22 cover the top to give the shine!

Here is the clear set that contains more detail and again the examining for the flower and a card made using it!






















Finally again the standard Rose in A6 rubber jungle stamp, perfect for colouring!

Enjoy...

The Language of Flowers...Lilly...

Happy Thursday,

Today's flower and meanings is the Lily, this image was drawn form a vase of Lilies I had on my mantelpiece I loved the intricate lines of the flowers in the vase and so decided to draw them, this was the first drawing I made for this collection.

This card is a little different with the black and white stamped image overlaid with panels stamped to match and coloured a little different but I love it.













The next card is a little more normal and uses some of the flourishes form the matching Lilly set.  I coloured the image using watercolour pencils pulling the colours out using a water brush.  I followed this side colouring the border strip which is stamped form the clear set in the same manner and using colour cloud in soft cerise and lemon meringue on the background ( made using another of the backgrounds I will share on Saturday)

here is the lily clear set followed by the A6 rubber stamp of the single spray.

Enjoy...

The Language of flowers...Michaelmas Daisy...

Happy Wednesday,

It wouldn't be one of my collections without a daisy but as the theme of this collection was the Language of Flowers and I wanted a hand drawn encyclopaedic look I went for the more traditional and detail Michaelmas daisy for this set.

I again hand drew the main daisy image then translated this into a clear set as well as using this image on a couple of the backgrounds ( which I will share on saturday) as well as the circle sentiments shown in this card.

for this card I simply stamped the flower in detail true white embossing powder onto kraft card.  I then coloured the image using Aqua lagoon pixie powder mixed with water to make the paint.  I just coloured the petals leaving the white and kraft card to fill the rest of the design.

There is, as before a clear set to match which is shown here.  In this set are the sentiments and maeanings of the day along with some different drawings of the daisy from the top as well as the side.  I have also included mirror image corners which stamps beautifully onto white in black making a detailed card that its easy too make. as shown here.

Finally the main daisy image again as an A6 rubber stamps cut and ready mounted.

Enjoy...

Language of Flowers...Peony...

Happy Tuesday,

Thank you all for the kind and encouraging words about the first release form my Spring 2017 collection the language of flowers.  Today is the second flower from the collection the Peony.  Again there is a single flower along with a  complimentary clear stamp set wit the flower meanings, frames smaller flowers and poems.


Ive chosen a simple cadd too highlight the handdrawn peony image clouded here in Violet shades of Graphmaster alcohol pens and complimented by mats and layers and thin satin ribbon.

The sentiment on this card comes form the clear stamp set that matches on each set I have drawn a dictionary definition of each flower which I just love as it gives the opportunity to make a piece that looks like an old natural history drawing.


Peonies Have many different meanings in different countries and cultures form Wealth and Nobility to the traditional British meaning of Longevity and Happy marriage as well as purity and grace.

Here is the clear set with the definition, peony meanings and the opulent frame made of peonies!

Finally the single A6 sized Peony.  These stamps are all taken from hand sketched flowers I drew for the shows on Hochanda I will be sharing the original drawings to show how the process anion designing stamps starts!


Enjoy...

The Language of Flowers...

Happy Monday,

Today is the first day of the launch of my new for 2017 range the language of flowers.  This range is designed around d the victorian language ion flowers where different flowers and colours have different meanings.  I thought I would start today with the Vintage Rose I hand drew 6 flowers which I then converted into an A6 rubber stamp of the flower alone and an A5 clear stamp set with a selection of frames and flowers that match along with the appropriate sentiments that match the meanings of the flowers and the different colours.


This card shows the new stand alone vintage rose with the new Knotted wood A6 background and the definition of Vintage form the clear stamps set.





The next card shows the vintage rose corners that come form the clear set along with one of the sentiments / sayings form this set.

 This card uses the corners stamped and coloured with Graphmaster alcohol markers and cut with the Noble Double pierced background rectangles

Another Flower and clear set tomorrow.



Enjoy...