Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good morning everyone - I hope you all had a good weekend. Today I have a member showcase for you & it is some work created by Liz of Mold II club.  Do you remember the sessions with the Brusho Paints? As I have mentioned before Liz is our artist & she attends a painting group.  Just recently they used Brushos & at last weeks meeting Liz brought 2 piece of her work in for me to see - they are A4 size; After producing the background Liz has drawn in lines etc to create flowers. That is beautiful & I would love to see it framed. It would make the colours pop even more. This appears to be more random - but look closely there are decorative lines added to it again. Than you for bringing them in Liz - they are really lovely. I know Liz is not an Internet user - so if one of the Mold II ladies talks to her  please tell her that I have shown her work here. I may be back later - I am not sure at the moment.  So - 'Bye for ...

Good afternoon ladies I do hope you are enjoying this lovely weather over the bank holiday weekend & making the most of it. We have just returned from having lunch out with Gareth & Elayne which was very pleasant indeed.  The only thing I worry about is the size of some of these meals that pubs & restaurants serve up. My dinner included a Yorkshire pudding. Well I don't think I have seen one before of such a size.  It seems a waste when people can't eat everything due to the amount served - I was certainly one today. Anyway - onto club business.  This afternoon I have the photos from the project at the Mold II evening last Tuesday - which was the mixed media card; I wonder if Lin is going to find some words to put on that plaque. They would really set that topper off - especially in a nice contrast colour. Carolyn had some great threads or something on her topper which really gave it some texture. Great layout & colour. Sue has som...

Today is 29 May & a CSNW club member has a birthday Happy Birthday Clare Have a lovely day

Good morning ladies. This morning  I have the Mold II Show & Tell photos from their meeting on Tuesday, where the theme was an ATC from a sketch; Here is the sketch; and here are their cards - sorry ATC's; Carol made this lovely card for the Show & Tell & then saw that it should have been an ATC - so she made an ATC as well.  Very pretty papers Carol - no reason why the ATC can't be put inside the card. Oops!!! It seems like Sue made the same mistake - a card not an ATC.  Why not send the ATC as well tucked inside the card. Elma has lovely fairies on her ATC  they look like they are from Lavinia Stamps.  In fact I do seem to remember Elma mentioning them when she explained how she had made it. This pretty ATC was created by Sylvia & I do seem to be giving the ladies things to do that Sylvia hasn't come across before.  She didn't quite know what an ATC was but this was a very clever design as it ope...

Hello again. The photos this time are of a couple of items brought in by the ladies that they had created after the April meeting when Rita introduced them to the technique of Folk Art painting. Sue obviously took to the technique as she went on to make these 3 lovely cards. The painting is really effective on the black card. Annette produced a really lovely Christmas card using the technique. It is just ideal for those Christmas wreaths isn't it? This piece was created by Rita to show the technique is good for home items as well as greeting cards. Rita also decorated this candle & I believe it was given to Sue for her birthday. I asked Rita about burning the candle, as it would be a shame to lose the decoration.  Carolyn then mentioned the idea I had seen mentioned n a website - which is to scoop out some of the candle at the top & place a tea-light candle in the space.  That way you only burn the tea-light & the candle remain...

Good morning ladies. Well, here we are with the start of quite a few blog posts for Mold II club & this one - as it says in the title is for the April Show & Tell where the theme was a card featuring a pop-up. Now I did mention in an earlier post that it was a busy evening & I am afraid it shows in the quality of some of the photos - so my apologies. I was taking them on a little table at the side & that wasn't the best place to take photos. Anyway here they are; Liz created a waterfall card - I haven't seen one of those made for quite a while. Annette's card has a nice pile of presents in the centre of her card. Sylvia had never made a pop-up card before - so well done Sylvia for tackling the subject. That insert paper is fantastic - any man would be really pleased to receive it. Betty has made a handbag style card with the origami folded insert that pops open like a flower when you open it.  Sorry Betty it was d...

Good afternoon, again, ladies. I am back this time to show you the tags created by Mold II member - Sylvia - who although very new to us decided to join in on the project; Well done Sylvia - they are beautiful. Off to sort out the various Show & Tell photos now - may be back again this evening - if not early tomorrow morning.  Well! early-ish. 'Bye for now.