Quick and Simple

Hi, thanks for popping by, hope you enjoy your visit.

Today begins a two week challenge at 

Alphabet Challenges

For the letter Q - we have Quick and Simple

For my card I made a 6" x 4" white card.

Patted 3 Distress inks onto a rectangle acrylic block.

Sprayed with water,  stamped the colours onto the page.

Allowed to partly dry, then used a heat tool to completely dry.

Stamped Lavinia toadstool houses with Versafine ink, 

directly into the coloured area.

Stamped Lavinia fairy at the top. 

Drew around the rectangle twice with a Micron Pen. 

Created - Just a Note. 

Total time spent once all materials were gathered together.

11 minutes.- that's quick for me and this is simple, give it a try

if you haven't used this technique before. 

By The Seaside

Hi everyone, today starts a new weekly challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.

The  challenge chosen by Jan is By The Seaside.

Please check out the wonderful creations by the Design Team.

I had great fun making my card for the DT gallery.

By no means could this be called a quick card, but you know 

when you just go along and the ideas keep flowing? It just kept

growing and growning.

I started with an 8" sq card.

I used three blue shades of TH Distress Inks, patted onto an 

A4 piece of watercolour paper. Sprayed all over with water. Allowed

it to form the globules of coloured water. Placed the A4 paper

over onto the inks, Dried with my heat tool, repeated the process

several times. This formed my background for both panels. 

The larger panel on the right was enhanced adding printed

beach huts, greetings and bunting from Crafter's Companion CD Halcyon Days.

The left panel was enhanced using all stamps from Sweet Desire 

Lighthouse, yachts and birds. The lighthouse and yachts were 

stamped again, coloured with Promarkers and decoupaged onto the panel. 

Both panels edged with Black Soot  DI, matted onto black card. 

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Monochrome

Hi, welcome to my blog, today begins a new two weekly

 challenge at Cardz 4 Galz

The challenge is Monochrome - at one time all we ever saw was

black and white but now I am happy when we see various colours

used for this challenge.

Please do check out the blog to see the wonderful creations from the DT.
I used a scalloped circle card for my base.
Used a Spellbinder die for my circle.
To create the yellow shades I used Tim Holtz technique called
Wrinkled Free Distress. To see a more detailed description check out
the previous post.
I heat embossed the stamp with Clear embossing powder.
The stamp is Meadow Flowers by Woodware stamps.
I watercoloured the flowers with the same Distress Inks used for the background.
I know yellow isn't to everyone's taste, but it is a lovely stamp. 

Sail Away

Hello,  today starts a new challenge at Ruby's Rainbow.

My choice is  Sail Away for the next two weeks.

Sadly this will be the very last challenge at Ruby's Rainbow,

Shaz, the owner is finding other aspects of her life are not

giving her the time to continue running the blog. My compliments 

to her for organising a beautiful challenge blog over many years.

I wish her every happiness in her new ventures.

I would also like to say a farewell to my fellow DT members, it has been a

pleasure sharing creative blogland space with you all. 

Please visit the blog to see the farewell cards from the DT.

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I created my card by first patting onto my craft sheet several 

pats of 3 blue Distress Ink shades, sprayed with water and patted down 

the card, drying it, then patting it down again onto the wet inks.

Tim Holtz refers to this as the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique. 

I used all four stamps from Sweet Desire stamps, using Versafine Black ink.

I drew a line for the horizon.  I then added white highlights 

with a Sakura white gel pen.  

A sad farewell to Ruby's Rainbow.

Something Beginning with M

Hi, for the next week, we at Cardz 4 Guyz would like to see

you create something beginning with the letter M. 

Don't forget this is a blog for male orientated cards only.

Please check out the fantastic creations from the Desgin Team.

For my Card - I have chosen for my theme - MEDIEVAL

For My Card

From an A4 sheet of white card, I made an A6 - 6" x 4"card.

Added to front cover dark blue card. 

I had another splashing play, with Distress Inks splashed 

with water and dabbed to create the effect.

Dried with my heat tool.

Using Black Soot ink pad, I stamped the knight.

Added clear embossing powder and heat embossed. 

The medieval knight is from Elusive Images

I stamped the 5 shields with different ink pads.

A piece of gold ribbon below the shields. 

The shield stamp was from Tandastamps.

Sadly both of the stamp companies have ceased trading.

Have fun - I enjoy these challenges we never know where 

your imagination and creativity will take you. 

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Autumn Colours

Hi, for the next week at Make My Monday our challenge is

Autumn ( Fall)  Colours

You can create anything you wish using the colours we

associate with the Autumn - Fall  season. 

Please check out the designs from our Design Team.

For my card - 

Kraft scallop edge card - additional Kraft card to mat.

I blended several  Distress Inks onto my plastic blending mat

sprayed with water, then laid an A4 sheet of  white card, 

I put it aside to dry, patted a few very wet areas.

Using my heat tool made sure it was dry before stamping,

I chose an area I liked from the A4 sheet for the stamping.

The tree stamps are from Crafters Companion - part of the

#8  Winter Edition Crafter's Inspiration pack.

I stamped them with Gathered Twigs DI. 

The Autumn sentiment is from Sheena Douglass Leaves Set.

To frame the card I added a chequeboard design with a Micron pen. 

Have fun everyone, remember your topic need not be Autumn (Fall)

but the Colours your choose are to be Autumn Colours.

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Wings and Things

For the next two weeks at Fantasy Stampers the challenge is 

Wings and Things

(Must use a stamp with ink - NO DIGIS )

This theme gives such a wide choice, when I started a list in my mind, I was 

amazed at how many choices were out there with wings.

Please pop over to the blog to see the wonderful variations of the theme from

the Design Team for inspiration. 

Materials Used

6 " card made with white cardstock

Covered with a sheet of copy paper which I had painted with 

Moon Glow Starburst Mica Paints

A piece of white card, blended with Distress Inks - 

Cracked Pistachio - Fossilized Amber - Mermaid Lagoon

3 of the new Tim Holtz colours for 2015.

Bleached by sprinkling water over the card, patting dry then sponging 

over again with the same colours. 

Stamp - Dragonfly Botanical from The Stampman

stamped with Black Soot DI - clear embossed. 

Draogonfly wings stamped again on a piece of the background

paper, then decoupaged wings onto the dragonfly. 

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 Adding the Dragonfly Botanical to the challenge Wings and Things over

at Make My Monday

Oriental

Hi, it's been a long time since we made some Oriental style cards, but at MTTC, My Time To Craft, Kim has decided it's time for a revival, so it was a case of right, where are my Oriental stamps?  Please pop over to the blog to check out the inspiration from the DT.  I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. To colour the background and the panels I used TH Distress inks, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and finally Pine Needles. The stamp is from Elusive Images - Eastern Grasses, the butterfly is from stash. I am so looking forward to visiting you to see your take on this lovely theme. Have fun. 

Create a Summer Scene

Hello everyone, I'm back to crafting. I have so missed being able to create, but my mind has been elsewhere.  My husband has recently been very ill, but after heart surgery he is now recovering and will hopefully be able to return home soon. My mojo has returned. I would like to thank Jacqueline and the girls on the MMM Design Team for their support and understanding during the last month or so. Back to Business.

This week at Make My Monday,  the challenge chosen is for you to Create a Summer Scene, thank goodness we in the UK are experiencing some warmer days. I made a wall plaque recently for an arranged swap, which I am using for my DT piece, for it's first outing onto my blog, I created this onto a piece of mountboard,  which is the material used when framing pictures etc. I used several of the yellow - orange colours of Distress Inks, stamped for the background a crazy pavement background stamp. and also rubbed  Distress Ink over a piece of bubble wrap, which I pressed onto the board. After drying I started adding the stamps. I used black, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain, I added a small piece of mountboard to lay on a  butterfly. All, escept the bees, are from Inidgo Blu Meadow and Nature 1. The flowers were made with both a Spellbinder die and a Marianne die for the smaller flowers. Have fun with your project, remember to create a summer scene, which can be any project you wish and of course any size. For fun here is an extra project, 

as an example of a small sized scene. All stamps used are from Hobby Art  Coastal set.

Ribbon with a Cause

The challenge blog, Chocolate, Coffee and Cards this week are asking us to use a ribbon on our project. The difference is for the ribbon to represent a cause. I have chosen the ribbon for Autism Awareness, which not surprising is made up of the primary colours, in jigsaw shapes, which is why my ribbon is a free download from the internet. The slogan which goes with the ribbon is 'Together we can solve the puzzle'.

I tried to use mainly primary colours on my card in a mixed sort of way. I mixed contemporary with traditional. The centre panel and butterfly were stamped and embossed for a resist technique. Adding Distress colours after it was cool. The flowers on the oval were coloured with Promarkers.  My oldest grandson is autistic, we accept there will be no cure, but we pray for the puzzle to be solved for the future.