Stormy skies...

Something a little bit different from me today. A mini painting of a very dark brooding stormy sky which I have created for this week's Simon Says Monday challenge called "Whatever the Weather".

I used cotton wool and acrylic paint to create the cloudy sky. I love using cotton wool with acrylics for painting as you can get lovely soft edges that I find difficult to get with a paint brush.

The little birds are a stamp by That's crafty called Lynne's Affirmations-set 2.  And I added an Inkylicious branch stamp around the edges.

That's it for today, see you soon xx

Floral grafitti abstract cards...

I love making a mess. Paint wise that is. And I certainly did with these cards...

 

 Lots of layers of acrylic paint with doodles and scribble grafitti...

 

  

 

The gold paint is my absolute fave-DecoArt Fluid metallic gold, it is a lovely shade of gold and has an amazing shine.

The other colour which I feel really made these cards is Opera Rose acrylic paint by Windsor and Newton. It looks a scary vivid pink in the tube but is actually a lovely bright pink, and I think goes beautifully with the other shades of pink and grey I've used.

 

The flowers are by Hobbycraft and sentiment stamps by Paula Pascale. 

 

To finish I added some slivers of white card which I ran between my fingers to make it curl.

 

I'm really pleased with how these turned out and how photogenic they are! I will be entering these into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge "anything goes".

See you again soon xx

Notebook cover with gold foiling...

Having made a notebook cover a few weeks ago I just wanted to try another.

This is a different style, more of a notebook wrap, secured with some washers and eyelets, and finished with some metallic gold cord...

The gold foiling looks quite subtle in the photos but in real life it really catches the light. I added lots of my own doodles but also the Andy Skinner Alphabet Spaghetti stencil in black paint. I loved the result...

And this is the back...

This will be my second entry for this week's Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything goes". I was thrilled to have made the designer spotlight for the Simon Says Monday challenge "grunge it up" and thank you to everyone who has left me such lovely comments, I really appreciate them.

Thankfully our snow is now melting and life is returning to normal. Hope you are all OK,

See you soon xx