Happy Place

Happy Sunday lovely friends x

A little piece of art to show today - doodle meets 3d metal embelishments.

So here she is, my whimsical girlie from last weekends fabulous workshop over at Art Workshops Wynyard Warriors Middlesbrough  - Tracy Easson took the class and ohhhh we had a ball!  Can't wait for the next one now x

Here's Tracy's amazing whimsical girlie 'Her Basket Of Dreams'

As you can see I did my own version, lol I was dying to use my new Finnabair - metal embellishments and this canvas beauty was the perfect place to use the beautiful metal embelishments x

I'll leave you with my piccys now as i'm off for a cuppa tea.

Tea Lovers

Morning lovely friends x

I've dedicated this journal page to all the 'tea lovers' out there :-)))

I'd just got it in my head yesterday that the fabulous Finnabair 'teacup' stamp had to go in a ourdoorsy style picnic scene (along with circles) that i'm mad about at this moment in time - but eeeek! Finnabair also has a fabulous range of 'circle' shaped stamps - oh joy!!!

Love love love this stamp - PRESS HERE to go peep at it :-)

On the tip of the spoon I added pearl glass-glitter and a touch of white irredecent twinkly glitter - makes for gteat faux sugar!

Circles circles everywhere - i'm simply going round in circles - PRESS HERE to go peep at them 

For the finishing touches i apply mica paints/sprays over the top of the gesso and acrylic paint, doodle with waterproof doodle pens and  add a finishing layer of Pan-Pastels for the extra layer of colour and also shading - the glittery bits are the final, final touch though! blush micro-beads and glitter!

So anyone thirsty yet!

I know I am lol :-)

To go peep at more 'Finnabair ' media pop over to her online store Mixed Media Place - HERE - or pop over to Art from the Heart - HERE

I'm off to enter this piece in the new challenge up over on the new facebook group - Finnabair and Friends  it's a fab challenge as there is an amazing giveaway and it's a random draw winner too Here's the challenge post:-))) - see you there.

And I'm popping it up over on We Love 2 Create Blog - cos they loooove mixed media and Panpastels :-)

ARTifact - 1st Finnabair Workshop piece - 2015

Morning lovely friends x
WoW we have a little summer happening over here in Yorkshire - making me very happy all this sunshine.
Also a weekend craft retreat over at Art From The Heart last weekend has made me very happy.
I spent a full weekend (lol my 2nd time round eeek!) with the amazing and uber talented Finnabair aka Ania Dabrowska - I'm truly inspired, inspiration overload - WoW!
I Sat with and met some beautiful like minded crafty/creative peeps too - just an amazing experience everyone should grab if the chance passes.
So this first piece from the 4 we created is called 'ARTifact' - it's full of rich and deep colour, and oodles of texture and depth.

 I hope you like :-)))
So i'm off to share over on the fabulous new fb page 'Finnabair and Friends - Open Studio - you should go take a peep over there, eye candy galore eeeek!

Something.........Wedding

Hi there lovely friends (and hi to new friends too) xoxo

So in between all the un-packing of the dusty boxes and bags from the house move I've managed a little time-out here and there - about 2 days worth of lovely crafty time and oh I've enjoyed myself - as usual lol Can't wait till i'm crafting full time again.......soon, so soon - YeY!!! (just a few more boxes :-)

This card was a special order - I had total free reign and this was the result - I hope you like......

Ingredients

• Tim Holtz distress paint (for the chalky finished background)
• Tim Holtz layering stencils - hearts & doily (for the textured background)
• Tim Holtz elegant flourishes Sizzix die (also for the textured background)
• Golden fibre paste medium (for the heart stencilling)
• Amsterdam extra heavy gel medium matt
• Amsterdam metallic silver acrylic paint & Dina Wakley white gesso
• luminarte primary elements & luminarte bind resist (amazing shimmery paint effect - adds hi-lights)
• Tim Holtz Notebook Sizzix die (used to add interesting texture on the edge of the card)
• Tim Holtz Vintage lace Sizzix die (adds a little frilly texture)
• Tim Holtz Tattered flower garland Sizzix die (for the 2 tattered flowers)
• Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous classics #9 (used script & pumice stone distress ink for background)
• Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous mixed media (used honeycomb & white gesso for background)
• An old fav of mine - Tim Holtz 'Vintage Shabby' paper stash (for my machine sewn layered hearts) 
• Tim Holtz crinkle ribbon
• Tim Holtz festive foliage
• Finnabair metal - go to town on any of these lovelies x
• Assortment of chunky lace & linen
• Calico Crafts beautiful must have Rusty Tin heart and wire
• Own stash old yellowed book, pretty tiny pearls & other curio I can lay my hands on that I've saved for a rainy day
• Stabilo all pencil black (for shading)
• Signo uni-ball gel pen white  (for hi-lights and scribbles)

There a few close-up piccys for all the tiny detail.

I've used new stash I bought from my Fabulous workshop day with Finnabair aka Ania Dabrowska - that extra heavy gel medium sure does the trick Ania (thank you for sharing your art :-)  and I can't get enough of Ania's photo-shopping techniques - just love the Luminartes over the top of the Tim Holtz chalky distress paints - adds a little zest to my shabby-chic style.

So it's off to Cyprus with this little card - hope the bride and groom likes it.

I'm off for now too (not Cyprus - boo hoo lol - cuppa tea time now x

Thanks for popping by Kassa xoxo

Across The Pond.........YeY!!!

Hi there lovelies
The weekend has come round sooooo fast again WoW.....I'm on the mend a little (thanks everyone for your love - mwah xoxo)
As I'm typing this post I,m impatiently waiting for Barbara Gray's Stateside Create and Craft show this afternoon - eeeeek!!! Claritystamp across the pond :-)))

I can't wait to see Barbara in action and pick ups some tips & techniques, plus soooo looking forward to seeing what my teamies have created with the stash - we all get the same stash and I love to see how we all interpret them soooo very differently x

So.....
...onto my creations......

If you want to peep at the stamps I used - Bouquet Clear Stamp Set + Vases Stencil - PRESS HERE

.....Daisy Chain.............................

.......Daisy, Daisy give Me Your Answer Do.........(ATC)....

.....He Loves me......He Loves Me Not.......(Journal Page)......

....Now......For these handsome dudes.....
To pop over to peep at the stamps I used - Finches Clear Stamp Set + MASK - PRESS HERE

..........Party Animals.......

....Finally ....
....a journal page ......
If you want to peep at the Summer Shades and Ladies Glasses Masks I used they are both in this multi buy Stamp/Masks set + free mega mount - PRESS HERE  and to looksey at the Elegant Ladies Stencil Set  PRESS HERE.

.....Heart <3 Girlfriends....

Now there are more, more, more new stamps premiering so I'll link you so you can go peep at those too.........PRESS HERE

And why not pop over to the Claritystamp Challenge blog to peep at my teamies totally fabulous 'Stateside' creations too - PRESS HERE  (and while your there take a peep at this months Challenge  PRESS HERE for Challenge 23 'Things With Wings' - WoWzer prizes up for grabs - a guest designer for the next challenge and a £50 gift voucher for ClarityStamps!!!  The Clarity Challenge team are a 'dream team' love their inspiration, and welcome to the newbies - hahaha, I'm not the new gal on the block anymore -YEY!!!

Right I'm off for now but will be back in with a 'Nappa Valley' creation later in the week - tis 'Altered' Nappa lol (with me not being 100% it didn't quite get to Barbara before she left for CHA - DIZASTER...EPIC FAIL...by a matter of hours)....soooo..........PRESS HEREto peep at the Nappa Valley Stamp and Framer Stencil and I'll be back in sometime soon with piccys, plus other bits 'n' pieces.

Speak Laters
thanks for stopping by and peeping :-)))
kassa xoxo