Art Stamp Show, Edinburgh

Well this is a very quick post because I am dead beat. The weather in Edinburgh was glorious today and as it was grey in the North-East before we left, the first thing we had to do was buy ourselves something cooler to wear. We then had to walk the length of Princes Street and more till we found a bus that would take us to the Corn Exchange where the Art Stamp show was being held. Unfortunately un-beknown to us, a parade was being held and as a result the traffic on Princes Street diverted.
Anyway (did I say this would be a quick post) we eventually arrived at the venue and having paid the entrance fee trawled all the stands to checkout where we could spend our hard-earned money. There were stands there from Graphicus, Wendy Stenton, The Craft Bug, Heritage Stamps and many more.
We spent most of our time however at the Lavinia Stamps stand where a demonstrator was using a brayer and Adirondack inks to create some magical fairy scenes and landscapes. Needless to say we then spent a fortune in the vain hope of achieving a similar effect. So tomorrow if my body has recovered I will "try" to replicate what she showed us. Watch this space....

Early night, Stamp show tomorrow

My friend and I are having an away day to Edinburgh tomorrow for the Art Stamp show. Really looking forward to it. Will try not to spend too much money....

Baby, Baby I love you........

I was playing with this Sisslit die over the weekend and made this baby card.

It needed something to lift it a little so I added a thin row of yellow beads above and below the gingham ribbon. Unfortunately you can't really see them. Oh well....
I have entered it for the Cute Card Thursday challenge.

Prismacolor Pencils

I treated myself today, to some Prismacolor pencils from an E-bay seller. They are seconds and therefore cheap, but if I like using them I can always buy more. Any excuse to spend money....

Another Z-fold card

I seem to be making a series of Z-fold cards at the moment. The image is one of my favourite stamps by Creative Stamping. I watercoloured her dress with Marvy pens and finished it off with fine glitter and a Swarovski crystal. Sorry the image is squint. Technology, as I have said before, is not my strong point

Bank Holiday Monday - re-charging my batteries

Very lazy day today. Re-charging my batteries for work again tomorrow. Not that I am teaching but must catch up on admin. Must also make time to play with the Sisslit dies I ordered recently. As if that would be difficult...

"Ladybirds In Love" Engagement Card

I have been playing today, with a stamp I bought over a year ago and have never used. I bought it with some other stamps from the USA but I can't remember the name of the maker. Sorry!

Anyway I thought it would make a quirky engagement or wedding card. I stamped it with Staz-on and glossy card and coloured it with Sakura pens. I mounted it on a red pearlescent Z fold card and stamped the greeting with a Woodware stamp and Brilliance ink pad. Ideally I should have used Staz-on for the word but I am never happy using Staz-on with clear stamps. I think this is why the " Congratulations" is a little blurred. Oh well.......

Decided to enter it for the Funky Fairy challenge 21