Tempting Rose Bumper Collection

Here's another card for the April Take 5 Challenge on the Oak House Studio blog where the theme is Something Blue.

Full details are on the Oak House Studio blog so please pop over there and take a look.  I've used:
Rose Bumper Collection stamps - there are 12 stamps in the set, the focal rose, borders, backgrounds and sentiments so it's really useful. 
Totally Turquoise, Tempting Teal & Paris Pink Pure Colour Inks
Midnight Pigment Ink. 
Copper Embossing Powder

Hope you like and thanks for looking.  Don't forget to keep visiting the Oak House Studio blog for more projects by the Take 5 Team!

Elaine xx
    

Rosy Rose

Here's a new Rose sample for OAK HOUSE STUDIO'S  next show on HOCHANDA TV - Friday 4th December at 3pm and 6pm.    Lynnda has done Roses before but here I have used the SPECIAL EDITION ROSE SET in which you get 11 separate stamps.

For this card I've used 8 of the 11 stamps but there are 2 further sentiments and a Square Accent stamp so the possibilities are endless.   Please don't forget to leave a comment on the OAK HOUSE STUDIO BLOG this week for your chance to win £100 of crafting goodies.

Thanks for looking!

Elaine xx

TV Special

So the reason I haven't posted much recently is that I've been busy making samples for Oak House Studio - yes, Lynnda will be back on the TV but this time it's HOCHANDA Freeview 39.

Wednesday October 21st

11am  Roses

2pm    Double Daisy

6pm   Best Bits

There are some classic designs plus lots of new stamps, new triple ink pads and Pure Colour inks. My fingers have been every colour of the rainbow - here is one of my cards:

I've used the Pure Colour inks to spray the background, painted the Rose with it and coloured the twill ribbon. The new Rosebud Border looks fab stamped with the Triple Meadow Greens and the words are from the Friends Words set.

Check out the Oak House Studio blog for more inspiration from the Design Team and don't forget to watch .... Wednesday 21st, first show at 11am.

Elaine xx

Tim's Tag - St Swithins

Don't faint....I'm here with another post.  I suddenly had a idea for Tim's July Tag - I had nothing to do his USA tag with but yesterday here in the UK  was St Swithins Day so I've gone along that theme.....and yes it did rain!  All details are on  Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015.

Whilst Tim did stars and stripes, mine is vaguely based on the design of a Union Jack so diagonals, triangles and red lines.  The Union Jack and the English Rose stamps are from Oak House Studio, coloured with Tombow markers and torn etc.  The words and 15th July are printed on the computer with the date attached to a fragment and then stripey crinkled seam binding to finish.

Thanks for visiting and if you leave a comment, then thanks once again - they are very much appreciated.

Elaine xx

Tim's Tag for April 2015

Well it's the start of a new month and time for Tim Holtz's Tag for April - click on the link if you have no idea what I am talking about!

It's a beautiful tag but another difficult one for me. When you see the amount of stash I have 'stashed' about my house, you'd think I'd have more than a tag ..... but oh no!!   And it's not a kraft tag either.  But the whole reason I do the challenge is to challenge myself - if I haven't got it, use something else.

So to start I blended Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress to create a 'vintage' tag.  For the flower I chose to use the large Rose from Oak House Studio and spritzed over that with Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass Re-inker (I have no distress markers!!).  The Rose is coloured with Pentel Brush Markers and a waterbrush and then spritzed with black ink (using a toothbrush and my finger!!).

Next problem was the wording.  I die-cut the NOW out of the spritzed card and stuck it on and the BLOOM was some glitter stickers that I coloured with a black Sharpie.  Close enough I think!!      And after all that I didn't have the heart to unbury my sewing machine so just used a pen instead to create a frame and finished with some two-tone seam binding. 

I'm not sure I enjoyed doing this one so much but it's part of the set and I've made it.   Thanks for popping by to look and many thanks for leaving a comment.

Happy Easter.

Elaine xx

Picked Raspberry Wedding

Here is my entry for this week 's Less is More Challenge (week 216) where the theme is to CASE one of the Design Team's cards.  There are 3 designs to choose from.



An interesting challenge!!  I decided to take the wedding theme from Sarah but I've chosen to case the design from Anne which you can see above.

I've used the Rose stamp from Oak House Studio - it's gold embossed and then coloured with markers.  I've stamped the Save the Date with Picked Raspberry Distress and drawn round the card with a green Stardust pen to add some shine.  Instead of twine I've added some pink satin ribbon to finish.

Hope you like and thanks for popping by.  Any comments are greatly appreciated!!

Elaine xx

Smell the Roses

Just popping in with a quick reminder of the Words, Letters & Numbers Challenge over on the Oak House Studio blog.   All the details can be found HERE - and to cater for those people that don't have a blog, entries are via the facebook group this time.

I've used the Large Rose stamp and water coloured with Aquash and a water brush.  Once this was dry I masked off the rose and then stamped with the Take Time to Smell the Rosess sentiment.  I did the Spring Green one first and clear embossed that to make it stand out more and then filled in the rest of the card with the same stamp inked with Golden Yellow.

The challenge finishes next Sunday so you have plenty of time to enter - just use one Oak House Studio product!!

August Challenge - Alphabetica

Behind with my blogging again but I have been making things - it's just that I can't publish them just yet!   So today sees the launch of the August challenge over on the Oak House Studio blog with the theme of Alphabetica - anything WORD, LETTER or NUMBER related.




Today I thought I'd show you a couple of my cards using the Large Rose stamp.   The first image is very clean and simple with lots of white space.

I stamped the Rose, masked it off and then stamped over with the English Garden Text stamp.



I then decided I didn't really like it, so cut it down and created a Mothers Day card instead.  Still quite simple but much better I think!!

My final sample today is an MDF frame sprayed with Totally Turquoise, Peacock Green and Denim Blue Ink in a Bottle and then gold embossed with the English Garden Text.

 

I've used the Linen stamp for the background and  the Without Change set of stamps.

 

Full details of the challenge are on the blog and all Oak House Studio products can be found HERE  The English Garden Text stamp is a lovely script font, is great for backgrounds and I have it on good authority it is likely to be "Stamp of the Week" shortly but is already in the shop at half price.

Thanks for looking and why not enter the challenge - there's a prize to be won!!

 

Proud England

At last I've found some time to play so here is my postcard for The Craft Barn's Quotes and Lyrics Challenge where the words are PROUD and/or VINTAGE.

Lots of quotes and lyrics to choose from but I decided to go for the first song that popped into my head - Proud by Heather Small. I know the words are what have you done today to make you feel proud, but I've just gone for feeling proud about England ......and no, I don't mean football, it's more the English heritage, English rose etc.

The background is a swooshy mix of  Festive Berries and Barn Door  Distress Inks overstamped in Fired Brick with the Castle Icon stamps from Hero Arts.   The Union Jack and Rose stamps are both from Oak House Studio. The Union Jack is inked with Barn Door and the Rose is gold embossed and coloured with markers. It's just finished with Tim Holtz's Lion Rampant.

I've still got the last fortnight's postcard to catch up on but hopefully I'll get it done along with some Journal52 Challenge pages too.   Thanks for popping by and leaving comments - they are always much appreciated.

A Rose for June

I've just come across the latest Papermill Challenge  which is to create something that makes you think of JUNE - there's still time to enter if you are very quick so click HERE for all the details.

The climbing rose on the front of my house always flowers in early June so I thought I'd do a card with a rose.   I've used stamps from Oak House Studio - the English Summer Text for the background, the Rose and the 'Take Time' sentiment.  The rose is watercoloured and then it's all mounted on Ocean Blue card from Papermill Direct - has to be my favourite!!

Hope you like my card and thanks for looking. Papermill runs regular challenges so it's worth keeping an eye on their blog for a chance to win some of their wonderful card!!

Yellow Rose

Here's a simple card for the Less is More Challenge week 161 where the colours are GREEN & YELLOW.

I've used Oak House Studio's Large Rose stamp inked with Pearlescent Ivy Brilliance and coloured with Tombow markers and watercolours.  I cut a mask and overstamped the rose with the English Garden Text stamp inked with Thyme Brilliance and it's just finished with the word Rose inked with Sunflower Yellow Brilliance.

Apologies for the state of the photo but it's gone dark and overcast again.  Yesterday was sunny and I thought Spring had begun but I was wrong!!  Thanks for looking - I'm off to look at all the other sunny bright creations!!

Shabby Chic Wedding

Still having a go at some wedding card samples - these are based on a shabby chic type feel but romantic with the roses too.

The base for all of these was a piece of watercolour paper sprayed with the new colours of Ink in a Bottle from Oak House Studio - French Wine and French Mint - torn and used on various types of cream card.   I've added some gold embossed Cross Stitch (from the Stitch in Time stamp set) too.

I've used all 3 sizes of Oak House Studio's Rose stamps and watercoloured with the Inks in a Bottle - the large Rose makes a nice focal on the wedding invitation and the Rose Bud is just the right size for a place card.   If you don't fancy all the painting and cutting out, then you can just emboss it onto a rectangle of card and use that as shown on the Order of Service.   I've added the gold embossed  Wedding Words stamp set and inked some satin seam binding to match.

All the stamps, inks and embossing powders are from Oak House Studio.

Rosy Rosebud

Here's my next ATC for The Craft Barn's Alpha Dictionary Challenge where this fortnight the letter is R.

Quick read of my dictionary and I decided to choose Rosebud with a rosy colour scheme.  The background is Regal Claret Ink in a Bottle with stamping in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink - the Radiating Lines and Round Ring stamps from Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge set.  The Rosebud itself is from Oak House Studio, embossed in silver and coloured with Tombow markers.  I've added green Ribbon, the dictionary definition and the alcohol inked letter R.

It's amazing how many other words you can actually include with your main word.  I'm also surprised how many metals are silvery white - here we have Rhenium, Rhodium and Ruthenium - so that's why I did silver embossing again. 

It's a fun challenge and very educational too - hope you like my creation and thanks for looking!

Peace Rose

Here's my little work of art for the Show us your Twinchies Challenge Blog where the theme this month is FLOWERS.

I've silver embossed the Medium Rose stamp from Oak House Studio and watercoloured it in yellow and pinky-red to represent a Peace rose.  I've added a little sparkle with Sakura Stardust pens and finished it with a handwritten label and black matting.

It's amazing how much detail you can get in a 2" by 2" square of card!!  There's some great ideas on the blog and you still have about 3 weeks to enter......so get out those scraps of card and have a go!!

Rose

Here's a twinchie for the Show us your Twinchie Challenge week 3 where the theme is to use BRIGHT COLOURS.

What could be more bright in the garden than the English Rose?    I've just stamped the Rose stamp in Jet Black Archival and then coloured with Pentel Brush Markers. 

Thanks for looking!

Summer Rose

Here's my bright and cheery tag for Hels Sunday Stamper challenge week 202 with the theme of Summer Colours.


Well Summer to me means bright colours, seaside and flowers and as Lynnda from Oak House Studio sent me her new Rose stamp I thought it would be rude not to use it!!  I've stamped the Rose twice in Jet Black Archival and then watercoloured with Distress Re-inkers - Bundled Sage, Fired Brick and Mustard Seed.  The spare ink I mopped up to colour the seam binding.   I've used a Tim Holtz stamp for the sun's rays, edged the tag with Spiced Marmalade and finished with a Summer rub-on.

Well it's gone grey here again, so think I'll put this tag on the wall to brighten the place up!!  Thanks for looking.

St George

Here's a card I've made for Less is More week 64 where the challenge is to use a Charm.

Tricky one this as I found a few charms but no stamps to go with them. Then I found my kettle = tea and as tomorrow is St George's Day I thought I'd go with something typically English.

 So I've used red ribbons to create the flag and then Tim Holtz's Lion Rampant - masked this off and stamped the Union Jack in Barn Door Distress ink which gives a watery effect. In the other corner I've used the English Rose from Oak House Studio and just finished with the kettle charm.

Hope you like and thanks for looking. Thanks also for the comments people have left over the last few weeks and hello to my new followers.