Spring ATC and GNPE Harrogate

This is a fun little ATC that I made in a similar way to my Easter Egg Card.

It opens up to reveal the little chick inside.

I stamped the Cracked Egg stamp onto Centura Pearl card using Archival black ink and coloured the chick inside with ProMarkers. Like the large card, a brad acts as a hinge. Once the egg was finished I stuck it onto a simple scene I'd created for it.

Stamps Used

Cracked Egg

Chick from the Remountable Chicks Set

Spring from the Remountable Seasons Set

We had a great time at the GNPE Harrogate on Sunday. It was lovely to catch up with Barbara, the Clarity team, and some crafty friends. I had my birthday money with me and I had fun spending it. I bought some Clarity stamps (of course!), Lili of the Valley stamps, Flowersoft, the IndigoBlu clock kit, 200 sheets of A3 card (that should keep me going for a while), some more PanPastels, and a few little bits and bobs. I also got lots of inspiration from all of the beautiful samples on display.

As always Barbara had a huge crowd at her stand watching the demonstrations. We saw Maria Simms making dresses for the new lady stamps with Angelina Fibres and gilding flakes. They looked fab and I shall definitely be having a go.

It still seems quite surreal seeing my cards on the Clarity stand and I couldn't resist photographing them. 

I also had to get a photo of this board for Hubby - his melting snowman was there too. He didn't believe me when I told him that Barbara said people were asking her for the melting snowman stamp!

There was entertainment too - Barbara and Carol on the karaoke! What more could you want in a day out?

Lynne

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Stitch-A-Photo

Sorry that I haven't posted for a while but I've had a poorly iMac.  Thankfully it's home now and hubby has put my photos back on so I have something to post.

I have been very busy making samples for the next Clarity shows that are on Create and Craft this weekend and will be posting them from tomorrow.  I just hope that the photos I took of them are OK as I was only able to view them on my camera before I handed them over to Barbara.

For now I thought I'd share something different.  I do love all sorts of crafts and cross stitch is one of them.

This is a Stitch-A-Photo by DMC of my first Labrador, B'Elanna when she was a puppy.  It really was a labour of love and took many years to complete.  Quite a few of them were spent at the back of a cupboard as the background was a nightmare to do.  Even though she was sat on a plain carpet there were so many different shades in the pattern.  I'm glad I persevered though as the end result was well worth it.  It's even more precious now that she is no longer with us.

This photo was taken over 7 years ago.   It shows the finished result with the original photo, along with the subject herself.

I hope you all enjoy the Clarity shows this weekend.  I'm looking forward to seeing what Barbara has in store for us.  I hope you'll come back to see what I've made.

Lynne

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