Beware the Grumpies!!

Sorry my postings have been a bit sparse of late, For those that don't know I suffer with depression.
Now i'm not gonna go into the whole thing but suffice to say just lately it's been getting on top of me, but I plod along, and am slowly trying to sort things, So please bare with me
And to keep you  from linching me coz there is no art here, head on over to the Snazzy's DT blog where i've shared my second pan pastels project.
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Put A Flower On It!

 I inadvertently made my piece for this weeks Pan Pastel challenge.
That's not to say I wasn't going to join in but it just so happened I was happily playing away trying out some of my new stencils and the many new colours of PP's I got from Snazzy's @ Ally Pally and created this page.

Fits in perfectly with the flower theme, all it needs is a nice summery pic and maybe some embellishing, but I guess i'll have to wait for that as it hasn't stopped raining for days here now.
Thanks for stopping by. Till next time..
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

One For The Boys!

Over on the Pan Pastel Challenge this week their theme is 'One For The Boys'

I created this card just before I descended on London town, with a view to blog it while I was away and this seemed like the perfect opportunity as I used pan pastels to make the background.

 I used a Stampotique dude, and some MME Funday stamps just in black and white to contrast with the background, which was a crafter's workshop stencil.
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It's my second project of the month over on the Snazzy's DT blog today.
This is a peek..

Head over and let me know what you think of it, I always appreciate your comments xx
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Bright Journal Play.

So the theme this week over on the Pan Pastel Challenge this week is 'Bright Colours' so I decided to have a little play in my journal seeing as it is nearly April and I had not done a single page this month.

The page has a pan pastel base, a layer of gesso, more pastels, then a bit of stamping, 

A freehand drawing {all be it not a great one but i'm still learning} coloured with Inktense pencils and Neo2 wax pastels.

A bit more stamping and some stencilling completed the page.
Hope it's bright enough.
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Happy Mother's Day Mummy

This is the card I made that I couldn't share until today

And it just so happens that I can still enter it for this weeks Pan Pastel Challenge as although it was made for last weeks, and then I realised I couldn't blog it or my mummy would see, this week the PP theme is to 'Add a Flower', and i've plenty on this card so it fits perfectly. 

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I just want to send all my love to my mummy today and to wish all my blogging chums who are mummy's a very happy day too xx

Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Playing with Pastels

Pan pastels that is... 

This week the theme over on the PP Challenge Blog is Girly/ Mother's Day and that was just the inspiration I needed to whip up this little creation.

Pan pastels are so highly pigmented and vivid in there colour and work wonderfully over a versamark stamped image, creating a beautifully blended finish.
This is my card for my partners Mum.. I can't share my Mums one as she reads my blog. lol
I'll have to share that one after Mother's Day.
I'm also entering this card in the Simon Says challenge as they also have a mothers day/special girl theme
Thanks for visiting x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Whooooo You Looking At...

Today i'm sharing my entry for this weeks Pan Pastel Challenge
they have the prompt to 'use a stamped image'

I stamped one of the very cool owls from octopode and coloured him with pan pastels, I then stamped one of the new Tim Holtz scroll banners and mounted my owl on top. For the base I used up an old tag that had some inky spill waste on, I then stencilled over the top with more pan pastels and finished off with a mini alpha saying and a bit of sari ribbon.
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On a different note I have just listed a whole bunch of 'CUTE' stamps for sale on ebay, sugar nellie, magnolia etc  to help raise some funds now i'm unemployed so if you like cute or you know someone who does please share the link.. i'll love ya forever xx
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

xX Happy Day of Love Xx

Just a quick post from me as I'll be spending a loved up day with my sweetie pie
But wanted to share the little gift I made him

 This is also my entry for this weeks Pan Pastel Challenge as they have a 'Love & Romance' theme

 I diecut a heart from card and coated it with phthalo green pan pastel, I then added a strip of dictionary paper and coated that too. I gave some grungboard wings a permanent red pp coat. Stamped a loving phrase and attached a couple of eyelets and copper wire.

Then I used some of the very cool crafty notions rusting powder from paper artsy {I am now an official member of the RustyArtyTarts} on a wood frame I have had for a while, left it over night to work it's magic, and in the morning I put a bit more text paper on the inside of the frame, gave it a smidge of rusty hinge ink all over and attached a little hook for my heart to hang from.
I just hope he likes it.. It's all very well being a crafter but sometimes trying to think up new and fun things for your other halves isn't always easy.
Right i'm off, catch ya again soon and I wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day x
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥

Journal Play

I was sat being very unproductive so I got out my journal and just started to play.

The first thing I grabbed was my spiced marmalade distress stain, I covered the whole page, I then pulled out some cosmic shimmer drawing inks and started splatting them about, then out came the water spritzer, more drawing inks,

some pan pastels and stencils, distress ink and tools...When I was happy with the background I gave it a quick spray of hairspray {my cheap fixative} and finished it off with one of Lily's cool octopode stamps {I love this ickle kitty critter}, Then I remembered a cool 'play' quote, so I stamped that out with a set of mini alpha's, added it to the page and hay presto.
I'm entering this in the Simon Says stamp and Show challenge as they have an 'anything goes' theme this week.
Right I best crack on, gotta finish my valentines card for tomorrow!
Stay Inky

♥ HUGZ ♥