A Peep Into A Magical Land

 

Tread quietly... today we are peeping into a magical land... can you see the lovely horse and foal.Did you know that at midnight every night the fully grown horses start to magically grow a beautiful horn and turn into magnificent unicorns for the night. In this picture the mother is whispering to her child telling her all about the enchantment  she will enjoy when she is older !

If you would like to make an exploding  canvas you can find many and varied  videos on you tube to give you the basics. I used Lavinia Stamps and Die cuts to make this magical land.I watercoloured the images and canvas, and I used pearl stickles on the enchanted toadstool, and a signo white pen on the pink flowers.I also slotted  in some skeleton leaves to add more layers and depth.

 

Thank you so much for visitng today and taking a peep into this magical world!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Penny Black Colour Challenge 

Artistic Stamper Floral Fantasy

Crafting When We Can Bright and Colourful

We Love to Create Anything Mixed Media

Creative Artiste Anything Mixed Media

 

Playing Not Fighting

 

This is my dream of a world where everyone is kind and considerate, law abiding, and there is no illness, disease or disability.

Dream on....

 

A closer look, the Hares are playing not fighting! Sometimes you have to fight back though...

I watercoloured the background,and stamp embossed some ivy in enchanted gold. I bought the Hares to life with watercolours, and used more watercolours to make the flowers bloom and the little butterfly fly!

 

This is the card folded down, I just need to buy an envelope to fit it now!

Thank you for visiting today.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.

Emerald Creek Dare Dream a little Dream

Lavinia Stamps challenge 

Artistic Stamper Floral Fantasy 

Countryview crafts Flower Power

Addicted to Stamps Flowers and Butterflies

Inky  Chicks Butterflies

Work it Wednesday April Showers bring May flowers

Walk Gently

 

I love the new Victorian Garden Stamp set by Indigoblu. It has gorgeous flowers, beautiful butterflies, two sentiments, and a bumble bee! It has quickly become a favourite of mine !

I enjoyed making this twiggy frame to display these gorgeous stamps. All the details of how I created this are on the Indigoblu blog

Thank you so much for visiting me today.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Artistic Stamper Floral Fantasy 

Countryview crafts Flower Power

Addicted to Stamps Flowers and Butterflies

Craft Stamper Anything Goes May

Vintage Journey Use a Quote
Time Out Challenges flowers optional twist stamp kissing 

Shopping Your Stash Fussy cutting  all of the flowers, butterflies, and  bees were fussy cut.

Always Fun Challenges Flowers

Creative Artiste Anything Goes

Lovely Products used

Thinking of you Bright Flower Card

 

I used some lovely Paperarsty stamps which Sally Jarvis from Making Cards magazine kindly sent to me. I wanted the card to be bright and cheerful, as I have created it for a family friend whose husband has recently passed away.

Simon Say Stamps are showcasing Paperartsy stamps this week, so I would like to enter this into their 

Great Outdoors challenge..

Rubber Dance have a lovely colour Challenge, using rose,orange,and red colours, so I would like to enter this card to their Challenge too.

That's Crafty are hosting a Bright challenge, which I would also like to enter.

Time Out Challenges flowers optional twist stamp kissing 

Always Fun Challenges Flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by.

 

Alice in Wonderland in Making Cards Magazine

 

  

Today I was finally able to pick up a copy of Making Cards magazine!  I am so thrilled to be included in it! 

I just  loved making this Alice in Wonderland book with Indigoblu Stamps and paints. I was a bit nervous as it was the first time I had ever used paperclay, I wanted to make a cake stand, cup saucer etc it wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be - what a relief! All of the details of how I made the  Alice book are in  May's  Making Cards magazine.

 There is a wonderful free chevron stencil with the magazine and super cards made with it  by the very talented Tracy Evans plus very pretty papers!

Many thanks to Sally Jarvis for including me xx

 

  

 

Indigoblu Alice in Wonderland Stamp set

 

Fairyland Diorama by Lilian Snelling

I just had to share this stunning Fairyland Diorama by the botanist artist Lilian Snelling I saw it on the Antiques roadshow this evening and it is so breathtakingly beautiful.What an amazingly talented lady! She died in 1972 aged 93, what a beautiful legacy she left.

Happy St George's Day