Heart Of Gold

I have the small diary which my mother bought shortly before she passed away. The only entries in it are the 24^th of December, my sister Carole´s birthday, and the 13^th of January, my own. As these are two dates which no mother could possibly forget or need to be reminded of, I think this says a lot about her and what was important to her. Since she was, and always will be, important to me too I feel it fitting that on my birthday I should pay tribute to her with this page in her memory. It´s also appropriate and no coincidence that I should have used one of my favourite kits, Heart Of Gold. 

More Kits In The Store.

This month´s featured kit is Simply Serene, the companion kit to Sweetness And Light.


With Valentine´s Day in mind, I´ve also added two old favourites of mine, Heart Of Gold...




...and All That Glitters.


Finally, and for no other reason than because I love both the coppery colours and the textures in this particular kit, Vintage Patina.


They can all be seen in my store and among my kit previews, each with its own freebie(s). You can also find examples of use in the store and here on the blog.
Thank you for looking!

Glitter Anyone?

I´m still playing around with gold and glitter styles along with some swirl shapes and brushes. As with my Valentine motifs I´ve been experimenting using a combination of both, and again, as it seemed a shame to delete them all afterwards, I´ve kept a few. So for all the glitter fans out there, here they are. They blend in well with this month´s featured kit, Heart Of Gold, which you´ll find HERE along with the above freebie plus a little bonus gift for those of you who missed it first time around.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

Of all the rose bushes in my garden the white tea rose bush is my favourite. Not because it´s prettier. It isn´t. And not because it smells more fragrant. It doesn´t. What it does have which sets it apart from all the others is its remarkable ability to change the colour of its flowers. Sometimes it produces a white rose with just one scarlet petal. Sometimes it daubs red over several roses and occasionally it goes all out to astonish me by producing a whole cluster of red roses. It´s so quirky it reminds me irresistibly of the scene in the Red Queen´s garden in Alice In Wonderland where her gardeners are hastily painting all the white roses red and are caught literally red-handed by that ferocious monarch bellowing, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" See for yourself...(I promise I´ve recoloured nothing apart from taking liberties with Tenniel´s wonderful black and white illustrations.)

Click on the image for a larger view of my quirky roses.

I´ve used one of the freebies from Heart Of Gold for this page. The quick page with its bouquet of roses and jewelled heart-shaped frames seemed ideally suited to display not only my whimsical rose bush but also the equally whimsical drawings from my vintage copy of Alice In Wonderland.

If you´d like the QP, you´ll find it HERE.