I'm loving this month's theme at  Stamping Sensations ! Entries are coming in nicely for our "Make It Colourful" challenge...

Well, after all the water which came down in March, April turned out to be a great month! Dry, warm and sunny for the most part. Anyone woul...

Well, it doesn't seem five minutes since September arrived, and here we are at the start of October! This year is flying by! It me...

Although my favourite season is spring, I do love the glorious autumn colours and misty mornings. And evenings, come to that. When I looked ...

Just hoping the last two weeks aren't all we're going to get! For once, Scotland seems to have had better weather than the rest of t...

Yes, I know, two posts in one day from me must come as a bit of a shock! However, I came across a rather gorgeous background technique on Pi...

It's an exciting day for us all at Stamping Sensations  as we launch our first challenge under our new name! I expect everyone is now we...

I've been having another play with the Pan Pastels, and I think they're growing on me. I still think they're messy (I seem alway...

This is a photo I took seven years ago, in Cumbria, just up the road from where my daughter used to live. It was early in the morning, the s...

Today saw our second "Blog Girl Day" at Sir Stampalot.  We had a great time, great company , had a good natter, a yummy lunch, and...

The theme for the  Sir Stampalot July Challenge is Lazy Hazy Days of Summer. There's not much that says summer to me more than poppies,...

Back to my more usual style for this card. I love the look of the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals dies, but they are too big for the sort of thin...

Well, the day finally arrived, and Sally, Megan and I set off to Sir Stampalot for our eagerly anticipated Blog Girl Get-together. It was lo...

Jill is giving away either a complete set of the new Tim Holtz Distress ink pads (12 new gorgeous colours!) or the complete set of the 12 ne...

Taking the colour removal technique a step further, I made this. Using encaustic art card, the background was sponged with Distress inks, th...

Well, I've been a bit out of touch lately, having been away for the best part of two weeks, so I decided that now I'm back I'd b...

I'm still intrigued by the notion that it's possible to create interesting backgrounds by taking colour off rather than putting it o...

My favourite season of the year is spring, when everything is bright and fresh and new. I don't like the dark mornings and evenings of t...