Anything Goes

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. We've had some sunshine and also a lot of cloud but at least it's been dry and warm. Summer might just return.

The school holidays have now arrived, goodness, where did that school year go? It was a very emotional last day on Friday with both the Deputy Head and Headmaster retiring after more than 20 years. I've never seen so many children looking so distraught at home time. They will both be missed. Six weeks now stretch out before us but I'm sure they'll whizz by. We have lots of things planned.


While I still had my freedom I managed to complete a card for The Stampman's new fortnightly challenge blog where Anything Goes for this first challenge.

I recently treated myself to the Nautical Aspects of Design sheet and really enjoyed playing with Starburst stains and Moonglow inks. They all lend themselves brilliantly to these stamps.

The script was stamped directly onto the card and broken china and brushed cordoray DI rubbed around the edge.

I scrunched starburst stains on cartridge paper and once dry rubbed Walnut Stain DI over the top.

The script was then stamped with Walnut Stain DI onto watercolour paper that had been sprayed with Moonglow ink.


The main stamp was stamped and clear embossed and I added the pale blue Starbust stain on top. It has a lovely shine in real life. The compass was stamped again and more brushed corduroy added to darken it and then I added it with foam pads for some dimension.

Thanks for looking and for your wonderful, chatty comments. I really do love reading them. I shall do my best to keep up with my return visits but, please bear with me if things go quiet. I will catch up with you all eventually.