tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75732270834406547212024-03-21T04:40:55.036-07:00Goings on in the life of Alex!Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-84735303743453880702018-02-04T15:00:00.002-08:002018-02-04T15:00:20.234-08:00Happy New Year! 2018Well somehow a couple of years has gone by! I'm a terrible blogger! But it is 2018 and here I am,determined to start this blog properly,with regular fun posts,that will not only be about my art and creativity but also about living with Scleroderma,as these two things make up the majority of my time. So if you could bare with me, I'm going to give this a go! See you soon for my first official post of 2018!<br />
Sending you lots of love and peace<br />
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Over a year has passed since my last <strike>confession</strike> blog and I must apologize! My health has been troubling but one thing that has seen me through is ART!<br />
My reason for starting again is the one and only Andy Skinner!<br />
On Andy's Blog he has a new competition with a fabulous prize,and as I am attending my very first workshop with him in April in Coventry,with the Ministry of Mixology I would very much like to win a selection of the materials,paints and stamps to use on my weekend away!<br />
As stated <a href="http://andyskinnerorg.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/new-andy-skinner-challenge-prizes-to-be.html" target="_blank">here</a> on Andy's blog the theme for this challenge is Bold and Bright,using some of Andy's decoarts products.<br />
I have some of the wonderful Americana satin acrylic paints,lamp black,lipstick and turquoise.<br />
So I created a background with the turquoise,and using a die cut leftover as a mask,painted the lamp black through it,using varying pressure to create a textured image rather than solid.<br />
I then decoupaged a butterfly over the angel to give a feeling of movement in the wings,and another butterfly lower down. I used both the lipstick colour and black to spatter around the focal points. A sentiment was stamped on to the the turquoise paint and torn out,and glued to the surface.<br />
The vibrant lipstick colour makes such a bright statement that I couldn't resist painting it onto some card and using it as a mount to echo the splatters!<br />
I love working with these paints,the quality is excellent,and they have an opaqueness that is brilliant,with a subtle sheen in the satin versions. I can't wait for my workshop!<br />
Here are some pictures of the works in progress and the finished piece.<br />
Thank you for reading and best wishes to you<br />
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<br />Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-81756480118284747442014-09-01T12:16:00.000-07:002014-09-01T12:18:37.843-07:00Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!Hello there!<br />
Although it is actually raining at this moment,the theme for this weeks <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/week-187-lucky-dip.html" target="_blank">"Less is More Challenge" </a>is a lucky dip and the lovely team has picked a seaside them!<br />
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I masked off the card to create the beach and sea,with distress inks of tumbled glass and wild honey,with a gentle edging of the blue for the sky. The stamp was one I had in my stash stamped with black archival ink,and I coloured in the stripes and spots with red gelly pens so they have a lovely glaze.<br />
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I wish you all a happy and creative week!<br />
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Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-27978342233928159752014-08-24T11:47:00.002-07:002014-08-24T11:56:40.611-07:00Where did nearly 2 years go?!!!!Well I just can't believe that nearly 2 years has passed since my last <strike>confession</strike>.. post ;) . Well Scleroderma,operations and life in general took over. So I am claiming back a little bit of me time. And thank you to the team at <span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/week-186-sketch.html" target="_blank">'Less is more'</a></span></span> for dragging me out of my cave..with a simple sketch challenge!<br />
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On a plain white piece of card I blended distress inks wild honey and tea dye,stamped a lovely meadow scene in sepia archival ink and sprayed with cosmic shimmer 'Sunlight mist'. I then stamped a butterfly in versamark and embossed with bark WOW Embossing powder. I then added a little bleach to some water and 'removed' some of the colour from the butterfly to make it stand out. The Sentiment was embossed in bright white WOW powder onto a remnant of the second card which followed exactly the same process but with distress ink in Peacock Feathers.Wild Honey and Peeled Paint. So essentially I swapped over the sentiment from each card.</div>
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Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-25359959504981916202012-10-28T13:30:00.002-07:002012-10-28T13:30:19.581-07:00Oct 28th 2012Hello there!<br />
I have been very lazy and not added to my blog for quite some time! I resolve to try harder!<br />
I had my creative juices prodded by this weeks challenge at <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/week-91-sketch-7.html">'Less is More'</a> .<br />
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And here is my card!:<br />
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I have to admit my home looked like a bombsite after making this card!I couldn't stop experimenting with new things !So I embossed,the shades of card with hearts and then picked out lettering with an embossing pen and heat embossed with WOW vanilla white. I used the same powder to emboss the scrolls,and tried my new posca pen to make stitches!</div>
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Whilst I was in the mood I made this photo frame!The butterfly is made from grunge paper..my new toy.</div>
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With Love and light xAlexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-21247400381277149942012-08-31T07:38:00.000-07:002012-08-31T07:38:20.754-07:00Hello Mum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello to my Mummy (and Andy!) who has started to follow my blog!<br />
Mum makes the most beautiful quilts and I will be putting up some pictures of them soon to show you!<br />
With love and light xAlexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-75554018000647662432012-08-27T14:50:00.000-07:002012-08-27T14:53:33.074-07:00The wonderful Craft Barn has a giveaway!Hello!<br />
As a follower of The Craft Barn, I am giving you a link to their fabulous Giveaway competition!<br />
Find the blog candy <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/its-blog-candy-tiiiiiime.html">HERE!</a><br />
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A great source of supplies,The Craft Barn is also the place to go for classes.I am hoping to go to my first one in September,a birthday treat to myself!<br />
Any on with the crafting!<br />
Love from Alex xxAlexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-17422783391216109472012-08-15T06:43:00.000-07:002012-08-15T06:43:29.147-07:00Wed 12th AugustHello everyone!<br />
I have been away for quite a few weeks having hospital visits and visiting Texas!It was a long journey from the UK but worth it! I attended the National Scleroderma Patient Conference there and learnt so much,as well as making new wonderful friends who also suffer with Scleroderma.It was 42 Degrees..phew!<br />
So back home and it is raining so time to make another card for this weeks <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/">'Less is More' Challenge</a> !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What an unusual day..the sun was shining!!Yeah!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This week's <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/week-76-one-layer-challenge.html">'Less is More Challenge'</a> has kept me busy this evening!</span><br />
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colours, three images, three stamps, three words, the number three....
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<span style="font-size: large;">I so happened to have on loan three gorgeous little cuttlebug embossing folders,sweet little heart shapes!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I lined them up..just and after embossing went over with a finger dauber and distress ink in old paper..plus a little accenting with my sakura clear star pen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I had fun!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here's hoping for less rain and some more sun on my face!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">With Love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alex</span><br />
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Hello world!<br />
After an interesting time having knees and shoulders drained and injected (ouchy!) I am back with another entry for the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/">'Less is More Challenge'</a> !<br />
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I have taken the colour palette and scroll influence and fiddled away with a spellbinders die, distress ink in tea dye, black archival ink and some scroll stamps by ..mmmm...by....oh dear I'll get back to you on that!And finally my favourite Sakura Clear Star pen!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time for another <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/week-69-recipe.html">'Less is More' Challenge !</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> And here is my rather strange effort!It is the first time I have tried to shape a card using a Spellbinders Die and I made quite a few mistakes I can tell you,cutting out bits I didn't want to and so on!But the result is interesting and I used the cut outs as masks to add some distress interest! ( with the colour 'spiced marmalade).Very sparkly gemstones from papermania!Oh and that is my darling cat Jessie!He is completely wonderful!Thank you to all the lovely crafters that have left positive messages and comments..I can't quite work out how to respond to you individually,but will keep trying!With love and warm sunshine :) x </span></div>Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-49400280411465127692012-05-16T04:16:00.001-07:002012-05-16T04:16:05.920-07:00Good morning!<br />
Another entry for the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/">'Less is More Challenge'!</a><br />
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And this is a picture of a very sweet bee stamp I bought for £1.50 from cart-us stamps!I adore bees and they are so important to our planet..</div>
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And I have met the man who mysteriously left an orchid on my car..he is rather lovely and 6ft 5!!And lastly here is a picture of my new nephew :) x</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone!Today is a wonderful day!At 10.44am I became an Aunty,and it feels great :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I am having a go at this weeks <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/week-66-colour-challenge.html">'Less is More' Challenge </a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is all about the colour Yellow,and I don't know about you but I could do with some sunshine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My card is made with a sweet stamp that I have had for ages and can't remember where it came from sadly,papermania rhinestones,versa colour in Canary which I stamped with and distressed the edge with and ranger distress ink in Tea Dye,the sentiment was stamped in Ranger Archival in Sepia and I went over it with a brown staedtler fine liner!Ooooh and of course a yellow glitter pen!What fun!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And to make my day complete an Orchid was left with a card on my car from an admirer...addressed "To the girl in the Sandwich Bar".I did have an egg sandwich in a sandwich bar on Saturday and spoke to a lovely man..oooohhhh! I've still got it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to business..here is my card..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Lots of Love Alex xxxxxxxxxxx</span></span>Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-72088667802493746462012-04-22T06:20:00.003-07:002012-04-22T06:20:39.616-07:00<div style="color: #134f5c;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my first entry for the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/week-64-theme-how-charming.html">'Less is More' Challenge</a> !</span></div>
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Week 64 Theme - How Charming
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As we are being sponsored by The Ribbon Girl this month, we thought
that we would have a challenge whereby you could use some of the
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She has a mighty array of charms, perfect for that subtle embellishment
on a Clean and Simple card, plus all manner of wonderful ribbons and
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Just as we don't always make One Layer Cards, we don't always want to
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Make and/or use a charm on your project</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I embossed Ranger Polysparkle powder onto a sweet heart stamp I had,then made a little frame and stamped Love you onto a cream circle,very subtley distressed the edge and threaded my little silver heart onto red organza ribbon,threaded it through a little hole and stuck on a satin ribbon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am a complete novice at blogging so hope very much it is seen by the great team there!Now how do I turn off word verification .......may need a cuppa and chocolate biscuit in order to get brain going ;).I hope everyone is having a great weekend!</span></div>
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Love from Alex</span>Alexandra Marlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05507112953296636170noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573227083440654721.post-24495725543888881302012-04-12T12:50:00.002-07:002012-04-12T16:05:18.480-07:0012th April 2012!First Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello all!</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my very first blog..and I feel rather excited!</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a journal that I made from scratch.It is size 8 Inch x 8 Inch, and has already gone to a loving home,but I thought I would share it with you.I have to get used to making a note of which papers and inks I used so that you can try them out,but I didn't do it for this one I'm afraid.Rest assured that Distress Inks were used along with a selection of "Flourishes and Scrolls".</span></div><div style="color: #45818e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I learnt so much doing it,and am already on to the next one...let me know what you think!All constructive criticism welcomed :).</span></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Things used(that I can remember the name of!):We are Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile and eyelets; papermania rhinestones;Tim Holtz blank tag;Tim Holtz Distress Inks and blending pads;Chipboard shapes by Dovecraft; Cosmic Shimmer Pearl Drops and my imagination!</span></span></td></tr>
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