A WARM HELLO AFTER SO MUCH TIME & 1ST STEP INTO MIXED MEDIA FACES

Hello Bloggers.  Firstly I must apologise for the length of time I have spent away from my blog.  It's been 15 months.  Those of you who remember me posting about my Mother-in-Law's cancer and death at 67 February 2013, 11 weeks later my Father-in-Law also passed away at 68 from a heart attack.  My life has been in a bit of a spin since and updating my blog has been the last thing on my mind.

I have always loved the Tim Holtz and mixed media look.  Anyway, I have this book called Doodles unleashed in which the author draws faces of women.  This took me back to my childhood where I used to love to draw glamorous looking women inspired by catalogue models and Joan Collins.  

After plucking up a bit of courage, I decided to have a go and these are my very first attempts - Hope you like them:-

This is my very first attempt.  I was just doodling around last night because I was so bored of what was on TV.  I grabbed an ordinary pencil and drew her outline and hair in that. I coloured her in in Derwent coloured pencils, crayola metallic pencils and outlined her eyes and mouth in blue biro - I could not find my black micron 0.5 this morning so that has to do - I was only practising anyway.  I was really pleased with my very first attempt.

I then decided to take a look online and found a blog called Collage-Couture Faces where there was a PDF tutorial you could download to give step by step simple instruction on how to draw faces like you would see in mixed media so I then had a go at that - this is the result:-

This one looks a bit more polished I think.  I've found an online course that I would like to do on how to draw these faces it is called Paint a Mixed Media Girl by self taught mixed media artist Claudia Rossi  www.udemy.com/paint-a-mixed-media-girl.

Thanks for looking.

Sarah x

FLOWER FAIRIES DECOUPAGE MOTHER'S DAY CARDS

Hello Everyone!

I can't believe that I have not updated my blog for 6 months - after making such a good start with my blogging and gaining a few followers.  I have lots to tell you, so if you have time grab yourself a cuppa and bear with me for a few minutes.

As you may or may not know,  my Mother-in-Law had cancer of the lung lining.  Sadly at the end of February she died after a 16 month battle.  It has been 11 weeks since her death and we are as a family trying to come to terms with what has happened.  It has been a desperately sad time and we miss her very much.  I decided to take a break from my blog for a little while but I will gradually get back into it over the next couple of months.

Anyway, I have lots of new items listed in my Ebay store Black Cat Scrapbooking (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Black-Cat-Scrapbooking) from the latest Spellbinders dies to Martha Stewart punches and more. 

I am showing two cards today that I made for Mother's Day a few years back using Flower Fairies Decoupage Kits.  I'm not sure of the names of the individual fairies but I love these and so did my Mum and Mother in Law.

 Card and Envelope I made for my Mum

Supplies used:-

Ivory A4 Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Patterned Papers - K&Co, Papermania 

Flower Fairies Decoupage Kit 

Embossing Folder - Fiskars 

Glossy Accents 

Black Corner Peel-Offs - Local Craft Store

Coloured Adhesive Stones - Papermania 

Card and Envelope I made for my Mother-In-Law

Supplies Used:-

Ivory A4 Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Lilac Mottled Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Patterned Papers - K&Co

Flower Fairies Decoupage Kit 

Embossing Folder - Fiskars 

Glossy Accents 

Black Corner Peel Offs - Local Craft Store 

Purple Adhesive Stones - Papermania 

I loved making both of these cards and my Mother-in Law really appreciated all of the hard work I put into my efforts.  I really miss making her a card.

Check out my latest stock at 

                                http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Black-Catsapbooking

Bye for Now and thanks for looking!

Sarah x

HALLOWEEN MAZE BOOK (Late Post)

Hi Bloggers 

Hope you are all well.  Just a short post from me as I have lots to do and have work this evening.

I meant to post this yesterday being Halloween but just didn't seem to find the time.

Hope you like this little project I made just for fun a couple of years back.  A cute Halloween Maze Book.  Lots of Pictures:

Pages Inside:-

Back Cover:-

Supplies Used:-

2 x Chipboard Squares 5cm x 5cm 

1 Sheet Green Textured Scrapbooking Card - The Paper Mill Shop

1 Sheet Orange Ribbed Textured Scrapbooking Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Patterned Paper - Doodlebug Halloween Stripe

Stickers - Pebbles Inc Halloween Themed

Ribbon - Doodlebug & Black & White Gingham From The Craft Fairy 

Journaling Pen - Black 

Flowers - Prima 

Black Adhesive Gemstones - Papermania 

Doodlebug Jellishments Embellishments

Black Soot Distress Ink 

Back soon with another post.  Hope you all enjoyed your Halloween night last night.  I watched Ghost Hunters on Sky Living with a bottle of wine and an Asda pizza and my Orange and Spice Yankee Candle burning.  It was absolutely pouring down and freezing last night so I was well snuggled up.

If you get a moment, don't forget to pop into my Ebay Shop Black Cat Scrapbooking following the link:-

Black Cat Scrapbooking

Back soon with another post.

Enjoy your evening.

Sarah x

BLACK, HOT PINK & WHITE SNOWFLAKE CHRISTMAS CARD

Hi Bloggers 

Hope you are all well on this gorgeous but freezing day.  My washing is out on the line blowing around like mad - just the way I like it. 

I'm feeling totally exhausted at the moment.  I haven't had a day off in 10 weeks with all of my Ebay Shop work.  Definitely a very busy time at the moment.

Anyway, today's card I made with my ACL class .  I really like the black and pink look.  

Supplies Used:-

White Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Pink Glitter Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Silver Metallic Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

white Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop