James the Bear … and All the Fun of the Fair

Hi everyone,

One afternoon this week I didn’t feel like unpacking all my craft supplies, so I just stamped a few images and had a bit of a colouring session with my Promarkers. As I need to get ahead with some Christmas cards I used one of my favourite old Christmas images - James Christmas Tree by LotV. This adorable little bear always makes me smile ! 😀 I then had another session where I made up my images into 4 cards, so they will be appearing at intervals over the coming weeks - here’s my first effort.

Stamps: LotV  - James Christmas Tree; sentiment - Elzybells;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; holographic glitter; Stickles;

Papers: LotV  “‘Twas the Night”;

Tools: stitched square dies from Amazon.

I decorated James's hat with holographic glitter and applied Stickles to the snow both underfoot and flakes - here's angled pic to show that a bit better.

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Gem of a Challenge #21 2022 - Anything Goes

Christmas Craft Creations (September) - Ribbon or Twine

Crafty Animals #66 - Anything Goes With Animals

Hero Arts (October) - Merry Everything

I ❤️ Promarkers #520 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) - WINNER

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2240 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says (Monday) - Stitch It

Sweet Stampin’ - Anything but a Birthday Card

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #125 - Anything Christmas Goes - TOP 5

Word Art Wednesday #563/564 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

I mentioned yesterday that I was going to pay a visit to the Stamping Together Craft Fair in Port Sunlight … I always used to visit this festival back in the day, but as I only came back to crafting during the pandemic after  over 5 years of almost complete inactivity, this was my first craft fair for a very long time! I was amazed by how busy it was … the fair isn’t as big as it used to be but there were still a number of great stands and it was absolutely thronged!! I spent most of my time endlessly debating with myself what to buy from the Stamper’s Grove stand which was an absolute paradise of all things Lavinia and Visible Image, not to mention ink pads, brushos … where to start?? I also got chance to say hello to the lovely Jo Rice and Sarah Anderson who were demonstrating Lavinia, and were very helpful in showing me some of the many similar colours of brushos to help me decide.

Here’s a pic of my haul … I think I was pretty restrained all things considered … I know I definitely could have bought a LOT more ☺️ However I focussed on getting a few autumn themed items as I didn’t really have any, a couple of Hallowe’en stamps (even though I don’t really do Hallowe’en .. but there are so many challenges to enter!), a couple of Tim Holtz ephemera to inspire future ATC’s, and some more brushos as I am really loving those vibrant colours!!

That’s all for today … chores beckon, and I also need to find time to start playing with my new stash 😀

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,