Lynne Perrella card

A rainy day yesterday and how happy is my garden and the frogs in my pond. I think after all this unusual hot dry weather in Ireland I am not alone in welcoming the familiar wet days home. I had a great time sitting in the attic painting and stamping as the rain did all my watering for me. I got out a Lynne Perrella stamp I have been wanting to use for ages.

I love this veiled woman with her mysterious hat. She suggests all sorts of journeys and adventures to me but her eyes give away none of her secrets. I used Paperartsy grunge paste and a stencil then lots of layered fresco finish paints and a touch of distress ink in chipped Sapphire.

The stamping in the background is minimal just some crackle effect and text and a hint of ephemera. I think this lady can stand alone.

Hope you are creating at your desk or in your garden. x

New Darkroom Door stamps

Sunday morning and time to create, bliss. Its been a week of visitors and guests. Great to spend time with people but its hard to go off to blog or do some stamping. Somehow it seems very insulting after all it is not 'work'! After time away from my studio all I want to do is break out the ink and stamp, I was impatint to use my new stamp set Darkroom Door  Dashing Gents. New stamps make it even more fun.

I went for "happy at my desk" colours in distress ink (spiced marmalade and festive berries). I remembered to do a bit of stenciling, lots of stamps in red and archival black and this splendid gent from Darkroom Door stands proud on a card ready for someones exciting event.

The card suits these glorious sunshine days stretching out the daylight hours. Hope the sun is shining on you wherever you are.

I am going to join in the Craft StamperTake it Make it Challenge  for June which is Anything Goes
Also as this is definitely a masculine card I am joining in at Simon says stamp monday challenge