Sunday 20 April 2014

Good Evening everyone. It's been a crazy few months, which is why I haven't posted for a while. I have now closed the shop, which was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make, but now, 3 weeks on, I think it was for the best. The stresses of running your own business were definitely impacting on my health, so now I'm back working for someone else, everything seems calmer and happier!

I have been spending more time crafting with Niamh at home and today we decided to have a play with a stamp from Saturated Canary called Honey. We stamped the image twice, one on white card, the other on Neenah kraft card, but used the same coloured promarkers on each:


 On Neenah Kraft Card

 On White Card

The colours used are as follows:

Hair & Boots:
Umber
Burnt Sienna
Raw Sienna
Tan

Skin:
Blush

Eyes:
Burnt Sienna
Raw Sienna

Eyeshadow:
Khaki

T-shirt:
Tan 
Putty

Heart on T-Shirt
Umber
Burnt Sienna

Skirt:
Khaki
Pastel Beige
Tan
Putty

Tights:
Khaki
Pastel Beige
Tan
Putty

Rabbit:
Tan
Putty
Almond

We're off to make a colour wheel chart now, so I'll post a pic once we're done.

Happy Crafting
xx

Friday 7 February 2014

Everything's just Gorjuss

I know it's been a while, but it's been a big roller coaster of emotions the last few months, as I made the final decision to close the shop. It is currently being wound down and now that I have accepted a full time job working for the NHS Shared Business Services, I only get up there on a Saturday.

Still, the show must go on and my job will once again become my hobby, which means I can just sit and play because I want to, not because i have to (at least that's the positive spin I'm putting on it!!)

So, to cheer myself up, I popped round to Peppa's house for a spot of colouring. We decided to play with one of the Gorjuss stamps. I've been promising myself for ages that I would experiment with my colours more to find the perfect Brunette, Blonde and Dark hairs, so this is what I came up with:

Dark Hair
Black, Cool Grey 5,4,3,2,1


Brunette
Umber, Burnt Umber, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Sandstone

To colour these two pictures took us about 2 hours, but that was mainly due to being undecided if we liked the end result or not. I made a start on a blonde, but have only coloured the hair so far, so it's always harder to tell if it's right without the skin being complete, but I'll show you anyway.....

Blonde
Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Pastel Yellow, Vanilla, Ivory


I love all of them and am happy I now have a starting point for each colour hair. I'm sure I will play some more and develop this further, but for now, this will do!!