Rubber Stamping - North Wales

....... & having a quick play. Good evening everyone. Once all the domestic stuff was dealt with I thought I should have a play with a new stamp.  I think I mentioned it before - a fun Christmas stamp?  When I sat down to have a play I realised it was a lot bigger (the stamp that is) than I had first thought.  As it was a clear unmounted stamp, the question arose - do I have an acrylic block big enough to hold it? Well, I did - just as you can see - to fit it on the block I had to place it diagonally.  This could make it hard to handle - so next stage was to stamp it. I often have difficulty stamping with large stamps - the usual sort of problems - the centre not stamping for example & not being able to hold it properly due to the old fingers not working so well now.  So, I just grabbed a piece of paper & some archival black ink & went for it. Yes!  Perfect image.  Ooh - making cards with this one is going to be fun.  Don't you just love

Today is 30 September 2014 & it is the clubs 4th blogaversary It is actually the fourth anniversary for this blog - I did, if you remember, start an earlier one which ran for a couple of years.  It got unwieldy & unfriendly so I changed the programme I used, & here we are. I hope my leg doesn't go up & down like that whilst I'm typing! I also hope you have enjoyed reading my mutterings but mainly looking at the photos of the things each of the clubs have done at their meetings.  So, if you are happy - I will continue. I am continuing -  after all what else would I do with my time.  Don't answer that Bob. 'Bye for now.

Hi everyone - I hope you had a good weekend, wasn't yesterday a lovely day?  We spent most of it in the garden - me potting up the flowers & Bob watching the rugby on his tablet.  Seriously he helped a lot. All club pages have now been updated to take us through to the end of the year. This means I have got to put my thinking cap on for ideas for 2015 - any suggestions, & offers of help, gratefully received as usual. I cant remember if I have mentioned that I am revamping the back garden - well the raised bed in it. Although it is much easier to manage than the huge garden I had before it still got out of hand. Mainly whilst we were on holiday earlier in the year.  So I have had it stripped out except for 2 things - a rather pretty shrub & a twisted hazel.  I am going over to easy management - plants in pots.  So my task this weekend was to get them in pots after being lifted & ready to go on the bed when it is finished. The tray of pansies are for

Hi - just popping in quickly to say I have just done some updates on the club pages for Mold & Mold II. I am now going to work on CSNW club page. Will be back later.

Hi everyone - after a damp start it looks like the weather has brightened up somewhat this afternoon. So, I think when I have written this I had better go out in the garden & get my plants potted up. Although I do have a new Christmas stamp I want to try - it's a "fun" one.  Still there's also tomorrow. Here are the 4 cards I made recently with a new set of stamps.  I blogged the basic stamped images last Tuesday. After giving them some thought I have distressed them & coloured them with my water colour paints. The image I then layered onto Kraft card & after trying them out on different coloured base cards - chose black. Really pleased with these & will definitely be using the images again with different techniques. I think my favourite image is the last one. I hope you all have something great planned for this weekend.  Have a lovely time whatever you are doing. 'Bye for now.

Good morning ladies Well here, as promised, are the photos from the MoldII meeting on Tuesday & they are of the project for the evening.  MoldII were the last group to have a try at the "whitewash technique" I think some ladies hid their project when I was taking photos as I am sure there should be a couple more designs than those I have.  We were a small group so it is possible I have miscounted; These floral corners were very popular & they lend themselves so well to this technique A border stamp this time - very pretty colours Extremely delicate colouring on this one. If layered up onto other card colours it will quietly pop. This is a different floral corner to the first one.   In fact it is the same stamp that I demo this technique with. and again - this corner was really popular, along with similar colouring. A change to see the technique on a different colour.  There is some colour to the flowers & leaves - po

Well! Good evening. Where on earth did yesterday go?  I was busy in the morning trying to sort some Internet stuff out - got very frustrated - which actually carried over to today. Then early afternoon we had a visit from our future daughter-in-law Elayne - but that Elayne only stayed for about an hour or so.  So I cannot answer my own question. So here I am - a little late - with the first set of photos from Mold II's meeting on Tuesday - they are of the Show & Tell which this month was an ATC with a Zentangle design. A simple design using peel-offs as the base of the design. A clean & clear black & white design. Someone has done this before - look at that great shading in the background, makes it really pop. I love the idea of the design off to one side of the ATC. More of a pictorial zentangle - very interesting. Some colour this time & I just love that the pips have been put in. Great idea. Butterfly shapes

Hi everyone. Well, I had a really successful workshop this morning - I showed a group of ladies how to use inks with their embossing folders.  Using the ink on the embossed card & also using the ink direct to the folder.  They really enjoyed it & went away with piles of decorative card to play with. This evening is the September meeting of Mold II club so tomorrow there will be photos to show you of their work. I mentioned yesterday about some stamps I had been playing with - I just got as far as stamping them onto white card with black archival ink - here they are; Aren't they lovely? They are perfect for the vintage style that I have taken to.  This afternoon I have been colouring the designs with my watercolour paints.  I particularly like the carte postal one with daises. I have left them on my desk to dry & will show you that stage tomorrow (or perhaps not seeing as there will be Mold II cards to show) or the next day. Right - need to

Good afternoon everyone. This afternoon I have a member showcase for you & this time it is Joanna from Mold club.  At the club meeting last week Joanna didn't quite finish her wallet & mini card, so she did that at home & has sent me photos.  Here they are;  expect you remember this from the photos I posted yesterday afternoon - the lovely mackintosh design.  Joanna is sending this to her mother-in-law for her birthday, & is enclosing photos of her grand-daughter (well great-grand-daughter for the mother in law).   The design is also apt as their surname is Mackintosh. Here is the mini card suitably decorated  the tag inside with its sentiment & even the back of the mini card has been decorated. They make a really good set - lovely idea. I may be back later or it may be tomorrow next time I post. I have been preparing things for a workshop tomorrow morning, & also stamping out my new stamps - they are really

Good afternoon everyone - what a lovely day again, although it is just starting to cloud over.  I hope you weekend is going well.  We had a very pleasant afternoon/evening yesterday when Gareth & Elayne popped round, along with their puppy - Beau. Now, the photos are of the project from the Mold meeting last Thursday - where the project was a little wallet card. A pretty pink wallet  nice to see the use of ink to colour the lower front section. My goodness that daisy stamp has been around a long time - it is one from the Anita's range, What a pretty spring feel design & I just love those frogs dancing along the bottom As well as the wallet card I also took along another little design for a mini card. You can see this one has been made to match the above wallet card. Very crisp, clean design & good design idea to cut out one of the flowers to act as the tag that keeps the flap closed. Very delicate design & another use of a cu

Today is 20 September & a Mold member has a birthday Happy birthday Lynn Have a lovely day

Hi - I am back I have a member showcase for you now - & the member is Rachel from Mold club; When I cropped the photo I kept the description from the magazine at the top so that we knew which magazine & whether there was a theme or not. Unfortunately they have spelt Rachel's surname wrong - it is Body not Brody. Well done Rachel - good to see more members getting their work recognised.