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Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Add Some Text at TioT




It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this time it's Add Some Text.  

I used a mop up background for my flowers and coloured them with Inktense pencils. I used Spiced marmalade DI through a stencil before randomly rolling an old script stamp with second generation ink over the background.

The rest of the DT have been very creative with adding Text to their projects, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find all the challenge details.

Avril xx 

 

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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Mid Month I Spy

 


Can you believe we're halfway through January!  and halfway through our first challenge of 2026 at Stamping Sensations.  Our theme this month is I Spy Something beginning with 'B'

My 'B' is Blue although you might have guessed that - but it's also for beginning as this is the first page in my NEW journal.  It's a mop up background, and I've used TH Floral Outlines, stamped with Chipped Sapphire and then spritzed with water before stamping.
I thought this quote from Visible Image  'Take the Moment'  was quite apt - it's stamped on Vellum with Twilight Versafine Clair and heat set with clear EP.

The rest of the DT have some great 'B' inspiration for you, so please visit the main challenge page, where you will also fin all the challenge details.  Don't forget, there's also a fabulous Visible Image stamp and stencil prize, but to be eligible to win you must include some real stamping on your entry.

I am entering this at Inkspirational - Shades of Blue
Crafty Calendar - Something New - New Journal
Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Thanks for calling in, Avril x




Take the Moment stamp

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Saturday, 10 January 2026

Art Journal

 


It's a good while since I did any journaling,  lately I've just concentrated on DT work, but a New Year and I'm trying to start off with 'good intentions' - so I've made a start in a new journal I bought just before Christmas.

I'm following Erika's theme at Art Journal Journey which is What's Up?

I've used the quote from the stamp set as my inspiration of Dreams Taking Flight and added lots of different coloured balloons for the many dreams we have in life.   A very  CAS page with simple colouring done with Inktense pencils and a water brush.

I've got quite a few stamps which I don't use, but are perfect for journaling, so let's hope I can keep up the 'good intention'.

Avril xx

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Tuesday, 6 January 2026

It's Cold Outside




It's our first challenge of 2026 over at Try it on Tuesday and this time - very apt for us living in the UK -  It's Cold Outside.

I've made a Wintery card that will no doubt come in handy next Christmas.  I've used my favourite Tim Holtz Snowman a a Nellie Snellen stamp called Nesting box with birds. along with some small fir trees that came free with a magazine a long time ago.

The rest of the Design Team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page, where you will find all the challenge detail.

We had a few inches of snowfall on Saturday morning before we left home for the twins 5th birthday party in Durham,   Durham had no snow and we had more falling late afternoon when we got home, so  Sunday morning the phone call came - can we play in your snow.  I should have taken a couple of photos, they had so much fun and apart from a demolished snowman I have 'snow Angels' all over the garden.

Can you believe the twins are 5 today!  Time really does fly.

I am entering this at Allsorts - Winter Animals
                                 Four Seasons Challenge - Winter

Avril xx 



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Sunday, 4 January 2026

I Spy Something Beginning with B



Happy New Year!

It's our first challenge of 2026 at Stamping Sensations and we're playing  I Spy - Something beginning with B  or you can always follow the Anything Goes option if you prefer, and there's a stamp and stencil prize from Visible Image for one lucky random winner.

For my card I chose Bloom and Blue and used one of my favourite stamps from Visible Image called Total Chaos.  I stamped it onto white linen card and used a stitched rectangle die to cut the panel, offsetting the flower.  I also stamped the flower head again and coloured it with pencils and then used some old  Sparkling H2O paints, which gave it a lovely pearlised finish.  The panel didn't quite stand out as I had expected, so I cut a border, which was coloured in the same way as the flower head.

The rest of the DT have some great 'B' inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find all the challenge details.

Avril x 







 

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Friday, 26 December 2025

Merry Christmas

 Hi All, I'm slightly late, but I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas. 

All My Best Wishes for the New Year

Avril xx 

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Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Merry Christmas


 Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and  a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Avril xx 
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