A triumph and a disaster

Only one thing to show you this week, but it is a very important thing. Just over a year in the making, the Labyrinth stitch is complete!!

Now onto the disaster. I got a ghost witch resin mould the other week, so i thought i would try it out. What I didn't take into account was that when it was filled, it wasn't exactly stable. So it buckled, spilling resin all over my counter top. I was so lucky it didn't end up on the floor (it did end up on the sleeves of my jumper). So, that sort of put me off crafting this weekend, hence the singular picture. I have started my next stitch, but its literally the first day.

Until next time

Ems

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Trying a challenge

Two posts today - this will be a short one, as I'm entering this card in the Countryview crafts March challenge which is inspired by Tim Holtz. Relatively easy when I have so much of his stuff! Anyway, here is the card. I started off by cutting out a piece of white card, and inking it with Distress Inks, before using a harlequin thinlit die (one of the mixed media sets). I backed it onto purple card, then cut out a sentiment in purple card, and black card. Finally I sprayed a piece of card with Lindy's sprays, then used Tim's butterfly frenzy die to die cut a load of butterflies. Ems

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