Sunday 29 September 2013

Diva Red September

 Had a great day yesterday with Moira and Janet out in the wilds at Gissing - at least this time I found the village hall first time (it's one of the 'best-kept secret' type, carefully hidden off road without a sign, so you can go past it even if you're looking for it). It was great to be joined by Eileen Godwin, so nice to meet the face behind the blog - and thanks Eileen for letting me plunder your Treasure Gold!
 This screen card was what we spent most of the morning on -as you can see, mine was mainly black and gold. The embossed black panels were rubbed with Treasure Gold white fire wax, then topped with die cut poinsettias and swirls - both Marianne dies- poinsettias had more Treasure Gold and rhinestone centres, and I think the greeting was Hobby Art. Having got the camera out to shoot the card, I couldn't resist taking one of a very concentrating Moira - but she looked up just as the flash went off!
Janet's two cards both used Clarity stamps (no surprise there). For the first one we brayered the card before stamping the tree in versamark and embossing in white, with bits of gilding in the leaves. I used Adirondack latte and Stampin Up coastal cabana inks, and the same inks were used to stamp the tree on the textured base card - the stripe was an offcut from the brayed card., and the mat was white centura pearl card. We all ended up with different colour schemes, from Eileen's very springlike greens to Moira's lovely grey/salmon combo with a brass tree
The last card used bleach on and around  the image, with sakura sparkle pen on the flower.
 There was another card, which I am still fiddling with.................
When Eileen's husband and dogs came to collect her, Holly decided to supervise, and nipped smartly onto Janet's chair - much more comfortable than the floor!




5 comments:

  1. That certainly was a productive day and sounds as if you had fun too. Thanks for sharing all the pictures of the lovely card and of course the cute dog,

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  2. Good to have you along, Veronica. I hope you are sitting down - the poinsettia stamp is not Clarity, but Magenta! Thought I'd better see if I could use other stamps! I like all the pics of the day xx

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    1. should have realised when it was wood mounted!

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  3. Looks like you had an amazing time.
    Paula (PEP)

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  4. Looks like a fun time was had Veronica and three lovely projects. I think I love the middle one best but only because the colours are so pretty. They are all beautiful.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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