Giveaway # 1 - Shades of Lilac

After doing the pink bobbin - did I really just say PINK????

My friend said I should do lilac next (her favourite colour)

Think I hate lilac even more than pink so said no way would that happen

So here we have two tags in shades of lilac - go figure!

I thought I'd make her "something" and send it to her in Australia once this very contagious period is over

Whilst working on it I mixed up too much lilac paste and didn't want to waste it so thought I'd just go ahead and make a second tag with no real idea in mind what to do with it

Now ideas at 3am always seem to be good ideas and I thought I would offer it as a giveaway on FB

I have done a few before and they seem to have gone down well 

So then I thought I might expand it to last the duration of this simply horrible time for everyone

My only hope being to send a little love & smiles & good thoughts out at a time when we are all feeling a little scared & unsure & are struggling

& to keep myself motivated & at least producing SOMETHING each week

I plan on starting with something each week for the next twelve weeks but will expand it further until such time as things are a little more normal for us all

Of course then doubts set in and I figured it's maybe not such a good idea after all but the two people I told of my idea said to just go for it

so I am!

I shall do the giveaway each Friday and draw any names from a hat on the Tuesday

BUT will not be posting anything out until a bit further down the line when it is more safe to do so - we are confined to the house due to Phil's COPD and I really am not prepared to ask any of the nephews to go to a post office right now ... I do not want them exposed any more than is vital and certainly not to post stuff for me ... am sure everyone will understand

So, probably the final time I will adapt Finnabair's heart design (these ones are quite dinky) and almost quite definitely the last time I will ever do lilac!

PRODUCTS USED:

Finnabair (Prima Marketing) :

Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White

Art Basics 3D Gloss Gel / Heavy Body Gel

Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste - Junkyard Treasures Lavender

Dandelion Stencil

Stamp Set - Wild & Free

Art Ingredients Art Sugar - White

Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint - Crocus Fields

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Acrylic Paint - Violet Green

Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - Heather Hills / Mint Sparkle

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray - Frozen Jack Frost / 

Mountain Lavender Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Shaded Lilac / Wilted Violet / Dusty Concord

Tim Holtz (Ranger) Etcetera Tag #8

Small MDF heart

Cheesecloth

Archival Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot

Clear Embossing Powder

*** Winner was Karin Lee ***