Pick a Stick Challenge - February

In case you missed the January Pick a Stick Challenge here's how it works ...

ten guidelines are picked and then you do your page using them, in the correct order ...

So, here's the result ...

If you're looking at the prompts and wondering how it all plays out ...

(Use any sort of background - some acrylic paint and some light stamping.)
1. die cuts - trees, fences, 
2. journalling was done at bottom of page and eventually covered by Step 10
3. foil - the round circles - cut and embossed (ex-champagne wrapping)
5. add metal - a couple more circles as per Step 3
6. Gel print - faux gelli print - tiny pink highlights on trees
7. Napkin - flowery bush patches at the bottom
8. Stars added
9. Wings - butterflies
10. Draw in wet paint - grass at bottom, drawn with toothpick

and yes, I can count, and yes, I did leave out Step 4. which is way too far out of my comfort zone.

WOYWW Spring into Autumn

Here, Down Under, Spring is rapidly turning into summer and a lot of the interesting blog challenge sites, which I guess are all northern hemisphere based, (do let me know if you know of any which aren't), seem to be concentrating on Halloween themes (yawn).  So I was pleased to see that Bibi (Rubber Dance Stamps), in Norway, has an Autumn colour/theme challenge this month. I haven't managed to join in for ages, so ...

It will be another reverse canvas. I rather like these, as you get a frame and an instant 3D effect :) I'm using Gelatos (both lost and new ones), some die cutting (new fence die), and a lovely leaf stamp from Rubber Dance Art Stamps.  I also managed to use H20s, watercolour paints and (new) Brilliance Pearlescent Ink Pads. Oh, and the canvas itself was just a recycled frame (thanks Sandra), looking for a new home. I glued a piece of very heavy duty cardboard on to it :)
I'll show you when it is finished :)

Now, if fabric is not your thing, I'll say "goodbye" now, but I told Zsuzsa I would show her my Batik fabric stash ... 

There's a couple of metres of each of the above.

and 40 x 10" squares above.

I bought them, (in a fit of madness, of course), when my fabric-addicted sister was ordering from the USA.    I have no idea what I intended to do with them, but Zsuzsa's fabric covered book might give me some ideas :)  :)  

(Don't think I am really up for a patchwork quilt project!)

OK, that's all for now, hope to catch you either here at my desk, or there, at yours. 
So, I'm off to see Julia at her Stamping Ground.

A burst of colour

I've mentioned this before. When I buy new stuff, the deal is, to use it ... not stash it away for future generations to find.  So, here is my latest delivery of new stash ...

Let's start with the Ken Oliver "Color Bursts" ... (plenty of videos on Youtube on how to use them). Anyway, I just stamped and embossed. It was supposed to be "clear" embossing powder but when heated it sort of became white. Strange.

Just sprinkle a tiny, tiny amount of the Color Burst powder. 

A little goes a long way! Spray with a water mister and ... 

hey presto, colour magic!

Now just let the colour run or deliberately smoosh it around ...

I'll do something with these, probably turn them into cards, I expect.