Time for a Twinchie

It's weekend!!!
Hi everyone, just having a quick break from all the madness that's going at the moment.  Busy is not the word.  I am on schedule though, I think, sort of, which is a bonus.  Just hope the old mojo holds out for a couple more days.  I'll let you all have a sneaky peek when I've finished.

I have managed to squeeze in an entry for the latest Show us Your Twinchie Challenge
Challenge #3 is ..........  BRIGHT COLOURS.  The design team have done a fantastic job on theirs, you may need to put on some shades to view, they're certainly bright!
Here's mine  ..........

I used the Summer Collection Distress inks, a Magenta rubber stamp and Copics to colour the flowers.  I stamped the flowers twice and layered them up just to add a little dimension.  Added a little bit of bling and some doodling - twinchie done! 

Sorry it's a bit short and sweet.  Well, I said it was a 'quick' break.  Better put my Christmas hat back on and find the festive spirit again - no, not the alcoholic type, not yet anyway!  However, I may need a small G&T at the end of all this lot though! (Hic!)
Have a lovely weekend, hope the sun shines for you.  I'll see you all again next week.
Bye for now

Linda

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PS  While I'm here, there's a couple of new pages in my Altered Art Dictionary ........

support

bouquet

Thanks for looking!

It's a funny old day .....

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post for now.  I'm having a funny sort of day today.  I've been busy all morning but I don't seem to have done very much!  Could have something to do with the fact that both my other half and my son have both had interviews this morning.
Stephen's just popped home to get changed and grab some lunch.  He said his went well, but then again they always do.  He loves interviews (strange man!)  Christopher on the other hand left the house a little nervous about his.  I haven't heard anything from him yet.

I wanted to share the card I finished yesterday for my daughter's friend.  I'm so glad this is done because it didn't half cause me a headache.  Nothing I did seemed right.  Most if it ended up in the bin which is not like me at all.  I usually save all the 'happy accidents', they always come in for something.  Not this time!
Eventually this is what I came up with ....

Lauren had wanted steampunky/vintage but pretty.  All the colours I tried just weren't right.  I wanted something a little different, nice it bright.  Guess what!?  Sat on my desk waiting to be used were the new TH Distress Inks - Summer colours.
I used the same three inks throughout the whole card, just added a bit of black.  The stamps I used were my new Patchwork Butterfly from Chocolate Baroque, along with a couple of favourites from Tim Holtz.
I really dressed up the dress form this time and even added some bling.  I think there's a bit of everything on this to be honest, but I think it works.  Even the envelope is decorated (and of course the inside's done too, I just forgot to photograph it!)  I hope she likes it.  It certainly turned out bright and colourful!

Well, off to the craft room.  I need to start on the gift to go with it now.

See you all later.

Linda

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