Inspired by Sandy Allnock

Hi there.  At the risk of stating the obvious, it's good to be on holiday 😊.  It's also good that today is pretty cold, too cold in fact for me to be doing what I ought to be doing, which is working in the garden.  So for now I'm trying not to look at the mess outside and instead I'm treating myself to a little long overdue crafty time.

I'm a huge fan of Sandy Allnock and while I certainly don't have her artistic talent, I find her videos so helpful.  I was bowled over by her "Winter Whites" treatment of a beautiful Concord & 9th stamp and decided that I would have a try at creating something similar.

With the exception of colouring hair and sometimes fur, my really light E number Copics are rarely used, so colouring an image with just those markers was quite a challenge!  Sandy's video here shows you how it's done and there are tons of inspirational ideas to be found on her website.

I'll be back mid-week with the next CaSS DT card.  In the meantime enjoy the rest of your weekend and the week ahead.

Tracey xx

White plus One

It's time for our first challenge of 2013 over at Sweet Stampin' and this week our theme is "White plus One".   Time for those mono creations!

With so much Christmas paper left to use, I went for red and white as my theme.  The papers are Magnolia and I added a doily and flowers from my stash (a combination of the Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts).  Tilda is from the latest collection and it will come as no surprise to learn that I loved colouring that bow! The ribbon on the card is a bit of recycling - it was originally on a very lovely box of choccies I was given for Christmas.  As the ribbon was so gorgeous and I knew I had this challenge to complete, the Boy Wonder and I did our duty and scoffed the entire box over 2 nights.  How's that for dedication!

Our sponsor this week is Cuddly Buddly, who are giving away a £10 voucher for their lovely online store.  We also have a new monthly sponsor in the shape of the Ribbon Girl, who will be giving a £10 online store voucher to one randomly chosen winner from all of this month's entries.  Definitely worth entering our challenge, don't you think?

I'll be back over at Sweet Stampin' tomorrow to announce the winner of our weekly and monthly prize draws, plus I'll be picking our Spotlight winner. 

Have a great day!

Hugs,

Tracey x