Not My Circus

Good morning, and happy Monday. It's Sue here with my second 'Flying' piece, and this has been inspired by an old master (no not really lol)

This is a divider for a 'make it yourself recipe card box' These just happen to be postcard size so that's what I shall be storing here (certainly not recipes ;-)).
I started with a very roughly painted background.

Then I stamped it with Loopy Calligraphy.

Next came more background stamping with the Leonardo Accessories Set.

Can you tell that I love creating backgrounds lol. To finish mine I stamped the text from Leonardo's Accessories Set.

I used some graph paper to stamp my Steampunk Pony. I used a couple of colours so I could decide which to use. I really liked the Blue Print Sketch one but then decided that the black one fitted in better with my piece.

My guy on horseback is also from Leonardo's Accessories, and the border is from the Fish and Heart set. This is one of my favourites and I've used it loads already.

Carmen's Veranda's Flying Monkey has been watercoloured and after slight surgery he can now ride the pony.

Not My Circus is one of the new Carmens Veranda clear stamps, I don't know who coined the phrase, but I'm crediting it to Leonardo.

There's still time to join in our I Can Fly challenge, so I hope to see you over on the Portal. Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x

Los Tres Caballeros

Hello and happy Sunday. I can officially report that Summer has now arrived, and so instead of complaining about the rain, we Brits are now complaining about the heat. If we think it's too hot for us, think how these poor guys must be feeling!

Over on the Portal To Creativity we have a postcard challenge which my caballeros were eager to enter.

I started with my 6x4 piece of glossy card, which is the number one rule for postcards. The 6x4 bit - non glossy is also ok. I inked through my stencil with Stazon inks in yellow through to red.

Next I stamped my noble gentleman (Skull Flourish) and embossed him with black EP. Then I stamped him again on a post it note (other sticky backed pieces of paper are available) and masked him. I have to admit masking doesn't really float my boat, but needs must!

Woah now there's 3 of 'em! My lead caballero, although very handsome in orange, wasn't really standing out enough so he was stamped again in white and layered up.

I still needed some words, so I used the ones from Tres Caballeros, and for a while it was all done. But then I got around to thinking, what if....

The whole world looks better through googly eyes!
So please join in with the fun, you don't need to use Lost Coast or Carmen's Veranda stamps, but of course we love it when you do.
Have a fun day, and Happy Father's Day to those who are cellebrating today xx