Back on dry land ......

Happy Monday to you .......

I'm back!!!!   Another fabulous family holiday over ...... and we're already planning the next one!

We all had a great week on the Norfolk Broads ....... totally relaxed, ate far too much good food, and possibly had a few too many cheeky G&Ts but ....hey! we were on holiday!!!  I will share some more pictures with you once we've sorted through them.

It's all back to normal though this week ...... and it's busy!!!
I did take a 'small' craft bag with me on holiday with some bits and pieces to do but ...... it never got touched!!!  I'd also planned on blogging a little bit whilst we were away, but the internet on the boat was so bad I didn't even try. 
So .... it's catchup time this week. It's going to take me a while to see what I've missed on all your blogs, never mind catching up with this one!!! 

First up, I'm playing along with one of my favourtie Blog Challenges ....... CAS Mix Up

 
I couldn't miss this month's theme, seeing as I'd already got my Alcohol Inks out for the CAS Stencil Challenge.
I've used the Alcohol Ink Lift technique, there's some stamping on there and the element of my choice is ..... die cutting

Using an applicator tool with a felt pad I applied a few drops of the Alcohol Pearl inks onto the pad and then swiped it across a piece of YUPO paper.  I used a clean pad for each of the different colours, and blended them with a tiny drop of Blending Solution

I used one of my all time favourite Penny Black stamps .... Blush, inked using the Alcohol Ink Lift pad to add the flowers in the background .......

I added a few splatters using some Blending Solution on an old paintbrush and stamped my sentiment over the top ......

I added my die cut frame around the edge and finished off with a co-ordinating die cut flower, cut from a piece of YUPO, coloured using the same Alcohol inks

A few dots of glitter glue add a touch of sparkle.

Well that's one off the list ..... what's next?

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.
I'm off to the craft room now ..... well, maybe in a little while.  It's a shame not to make the most of the glorious sunshine we've got this afternoon.   Although I am dying to try these out .......

Yes, I couldn't resist treating myself to these gorgeous Blender Brushes by Taylored Expressions.  They were waiting for me when I got home at the weekend ....... it's almost a shame to use them though .... they look so pretty!!!

Cheerio until next time .......

Products used:
Stamps: Blush (wooden stamp), Special Sentiments (T for Transparent) - Penny Black
Inks: Alcohol Pearl Inks - Sublime (green), Alchemy (yellow), Splendor (orange) & Deception (pink); Blending Solution, Black Archival ink, Alcohol Ink Lift 
Others: Bashful die - Penny Black; Nesting rectangle dies to create the frame; White Blizzard Glitter Drops (Nuvo)