Can you remember, way back in the past, waking up to that feeling of excitement because it was Saturday and what did that mean … wahoooo Saturday Morning Pictures or even the flicks (never used that term … to common). 😉

OK you youngsters reading this will automatically think of photos but going to the pictures is how we referred to the Cinema!!!

I can remember it so vividly, running off to the Ritz or the Empire (on my own no being driven in a 4×4), waiting in those huge queues just to see Flash Gordon (swoon xoxoxo … my hero), Heidi, Lassie or even Bugs Bunny. Now I really sound like my Mum I am about to say … those were the days … Yipes.

Now my Saturday mornings wake up excitement is to see all the girls at my craft class … how things change!!!
Just joking girls I definitely prefer all of you to Flash Gordon. 😉

The card today is more about the colouring in with Distress Markers or Inks on watercolour paper, so I picked a really easy image with no fiddly bits. She is from the Cavendish Collection at Kanban, there are a set of six ladies and all are gorgeous but can’t seem to find them anywhere except ebay. The rest of the card is mainly showing the girls how to use two different ribbons …Satin and Chiffon, make two bows and sit them neatly on top of each other. Only a little bit of inking the edges girls, scouts honour … dib dob, stick my finger in my ear.

Image transfer … never ever tried this before because I have a laser printer and everything I have read about the transfer technique says you need to use an inkjet. This piece started as a play around but guess what the image transfer worked!!!! Not only that but I have been experimenting and using lots of different papers, fabrics, glue mediums and all the results have been amazing. Wahoo one very happy bunny here with another new thingy to muck around with. Still playing with the Frantage such a super cool product plus all the different stitches on my machine.

Don’t you just love it when you find a beautiful border stitch then you end up covering it with loads of embellies … crazy eh, all that work for nothing!!!

The first pic below is the transfer which I did onto a piece of fabric, image is a die cut tag from the Graphic 45 Lé Romantique Collection. After I had exposed the image it was a little light so I dipped my finger into some diamond glaze (as you do), ran it over the image … whoa it just popped off the page like magic. Not only that but it felt like that material which has been coated with plastic. Another plus it became very pliable and no cracking.

Lots of images in the draft stages … just waiting for my little fingers to rub off the paper … yuk this is the only part I don’t like …
hummmm wonder if I can convince hubby that he likes it!!!

Entering for: Paper & Such – Just Stitch It
Papertake Weekly -Make Your Own … made my own flower and fabric image.
Shopping Our Stash – Something New … eh wonder what that could be!!!

Don’t you just love when that happens, gaily stitching along without a care in the world and then it happens … yikes … no more cotton on the bobbin!!! To make matters worse I had no more cream cotton to wind onto the bobbin. As luck would have it because I had cut the material out with an ornate frame die I decided not to carry on with the rest of the stitching because it looked OK!!! See what you think.

When I was younger I used to love wearing hats so when I saw this stamp I just had to have it, you can buy it HERE. Stamped her onto material because I wanted a delicate look about her.
The chipboard buckle and flower were painted with acrylic paint then triple embossed. On the second layer of embossing I added an iridescent mica powder. For the last heated layer I inked up a crackle stamp with Galaxy Gold Brilliance ink then stamped into the molten powder. The Spellbinders frame was cut from … wait for it … yep the ole cereal boxes … painted with acrylic paint, added a layer of crackle glaze then added a different colour acrylic paint.