Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Vintage

The latest theme over at Ruby's Rainbow Challenge is "Vintage" and they are having a DT call too.
I made an ATC this time - images are from Crafty Individuals.

Just For Fun - Fabric or Fibre

Its the final week of materials month this week on Just For Fun.
The material this week is Fabric or Fibre - as simple as that!

I have made a canvas (Thats my fabric!) coloured it with adirondak dabbers and then stamped the image (a very old craft stamper freebie) onto tissue paper and then glued it onto the canvas with mod podge glue. I wound some fibres around the frame and added a metal leaf!

Less is More Recipe Week

Its recipe week this week at Less is More, Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to use buttons or ribbons on our cards.

I have made four this week following the same design but adding different sentiments. I have used a different ribbon on each card and a prima flower and a button. Then stamps are from a set I got a while ago from Personal Impressions.

Just For Fun - Metal

July is materials month over at Just For Fun
This week the challenge is to use metal.

I have made an atc using TSS aluminium which I coloured with sharpies before running it through my CB using a T!m embossing folder. I sanded it back to reveal some of the aluminium.

Butterflies and Birthdays

I don't take part in many challenges - thats because work usually gets in the way!
Here's a card for two of the challenge blogs that I like to play along with

Craft Room Challenge the theme is "Butterflies"
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge the theme is "Happy Birthday"

I have used a selection of butterfly stamps, stamped onto an ATC sized piece of card and then coloured with promarkers. The Happy Birthday stamp is from Butterfly Kisses

More Circles for LIM

I was very quick off the mark today with my entry for this weeks LIM challenge.Mandi and Chrissie both commented on how they would have liked to see more white space, well IRL the first card I entered does have a lot of white space albeit patchy!

So just for Mandi and Chrissie I have made the same card again but moved the sentiment and used another CB folder to make a third card and this time they are all white!



I have also made another card - this time I have used an art journey stamp and the circles were made using the bottom of a bottle that holds prima flowers inked with versa colour inks

Less is More - Circles

Its theme week this week on Less is More
Mandi and Chrissie are asking us to use circles on our card.

I have run my card through a CB embossing folder and coloured it lightly with distress ink. I added the stamp which was a freebie from Craft Stamper mag.

A very quick card today.

Just for Fun - Groovy Corrugations!

Its materials month at Just For Fun!
This week we are asked to use corrugated card in our work. The corrugated card needs to be the main element.

I have used some card from a parcel I received and coloured it with distress inks. I then tore a piece of cardboard and ripped off some of the paper and painted it gold and then wiped some black acrylic over it to distress it.I then used my TH die and cut the wings, heart and crown out. I ran the wings and the back of the heart through some CB embossing folders and coloured with distress ink. I coloured the crown in silver and added the gems. I then added the TH stamp!

Less is More - One Layer week

Over at Less is More this week its a one layer card week and Chrissie and Mandi have asked us to show something with "Legs".

The first two cards are made using a paperartsy stamp, masked and then swiping versa colour ink around the frames. I used the same colour for the dancers dress. I think I need to be a little more gentle with the ink!

The final card is made using a butterfly kisses stamp. I used some clear embossing ink and gently (this time!) chalked over the stamped image.

Just for Fun - Materials month!

Its materials month at Just for Fun.

This week it is acrylic or plastic and guess what...................






I'm their Guest Designer this week!

I was really thrilled to be asked by my lovely friend Sam.


I used shrink plastic and stamped some flowers and coloured them with sharpies. Shrank the plastic with my heat gun and then made them into a keyring. I added some metal leaves as extra decoration and coloured the leaves with sharpies.

Shades of Blue 2

Another card for the Less is More challenge of Shades of Blue.

I have a work colleague who is due to go on maternity leave at the end of this month. She doesn't know what sex the baby is yet so I have made this card in shades of blue and I will shortly make another in shades of pink!

I have used a stampendous stamp, inked with versa colour lapislasuli. Promarkers to colour the letters and a piece of sticky ribbon

Less is More - Shades of Blue

The challenge this week at Less is More is a colour challenge - the colour this month is "Shades of Blue".

I have used my stampendous agapanthus cluster stamp. I used Paris Dusk momento ink and coloured with blue watercolour pencils. I added the sentiment again using Paris Dusk and edged with a china blue promarker.

I'm pretty quick off the mark this week so I may just come back with another entry.

Just For Fun - Anything Goes

This weeks challenge at Just For Fun is "Anything Goes" thats because June has 5 Thursdays so the fifth Thursday is an anything goes challenge.

The DT have split into pairs and each DT member has been given a bag of goodies to use in their project this week.

I have used a random approach to my craft item this week. I looked at my desk and quickly picked 3 items that were on it.
I chose:
An ATC blank
A pack of sticky ribbon
A piece of TSS metal.


I used my new embossing folder and some alcohol inks too.