Feathers at Stamps and Stencils

Hi everyone, It's my turn for an inspiration post over at Stamps and Stencils, please pop over and see what I've been making inspired by the current challenge theme of Up,Up and away with a twist!

Thanks for stopping by. Ruth x

Stencilled Circles at PaperArtsy

This evening I'm delighted to say I have another guest design post over at the PaperArtsy blog! The current theme is circles and here's a sneaky peek of my interpretation.

To see the rest of the project and how I created it please hop across to the PaperArtsy blog. Hope you'll be inspired to join in, there's still a few days left of the circle theme. Thanks as always for stopping by.

Up, Up and Away at Stamps and Stencils!

Hi everyone, Sharon is our lovely host this month over at Stamps and Stencils. The theme is Up, Up and Away with a Twist! Pop over there to see all the details and find out what the twist is! The theme had me humming a certain song and I was inspired to create a mini canvas.

For some reason when I think of hot air balloons it brings to mind the turn of the century and Victorian gentleman and ladies going ballooning. So the copper hot air balloon has just taken flight over Paris for the 1900 Paris Exposition.

I used some french text paper and a piece of map. A little distressing and splatting.

Grunge paste through stencils and treasure gold.

I heated the copper to change the colour, isn't it wonderful?

Stamping onto then puffing out the images.

Finally a little copper wire around the edge. Lots of lovely autumnal colours.

Hope you'll be inspired to join in. Lots of things go up in the air, so we're looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this theme. Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to hop across and see the rest of the teams fabulous creations. Ruth x