I is for Insects

Good morning, thanks for popping by.

Today we begin a new challenge for you at 

Alphabet Challlenges.
For the letter I - Silvi has chosen

I is for Insects. 

Please do pop over to the blog for any details and to see the 

inspiration by the design team.
It's been a while since I had such a fun messy time as I did
making this card.
I used Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Twisted Citron.
all sprayed with water on my glass mat and the card dipped into
the watered colours. Splashes added, additional background
texture stamps from Crafters Companion.
The main image stamp of the Botanical Dragonfly is from
The Stampman
I decoupaged the dragonfly, coloured the wings with
the green and the yellow inks. 

Have fun in your crafting.

Spotlight Technique

We have a new challenge starting today for the next two weeks over 

at Back to Basics and Beyond - Challenge #6

Spotlight Technique.

Please pop over to the blog, we are new and welcome

newbies as we do established crafters. We can all learn

something, or be inspired by others. The rules, links for

tutorials on how to create the technique and the wonderful

varied inspiration by the amazing Design Team are all there.

I made a 7" card so I could stamp in opposite corners with

the gorgeous Woodware stamp Perfect Petals.

I buy my Woodware stamps from The Stampman.

The spotlight circles cut with a Spellbinders die,

which was coloured with Zig brush pens.

Matted onto black card onto the main card. 

Hope to see you popping by.

Challenge # 68 Things with Wings

We begin our new challenge today at Make My Monday.
Amy has chosen for the next two weeks
Things with Wings
Please pop over to the blog to see the wonderful variations of the 

theme by the Design Team for inspiration. 

Materials Used

6 " card made with white cardstock

 A sheet of copy paper painted with 

Moon Glow Starburst Mica Paints

A piece of white card, blended with Distress Inks - 

Cracked Pistachio - Fossilized Amber - Mermaid Lagoon

I  sprinkled 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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I - is for Insects

Hello everyone, thanks for your visit. Today at 

Alphabet Challenges we are featuring the letter I.

It was my turn to choose and I have chosen for you

INSECTS

Why don't you pop over to see the DT inspiration?

For my card I have used an old favourite stamp of 

D - Dragonfly from The Stampman. 

I created the background using Brusho powders. 

The mat bacground is from a piece of card in my stash. 

The greeting is by Crafty Companions. 

A - Anything With Wings

Hello again, thanks for your visit.

Today begins a new A - Z series at the Alphabet Challenges. 

Jan has kicked us off with A is for Anything with Wings. 

I had another session with my Distress Inks, splashes of water to

create the background.

Stamps used - Crafter's Companion -Texture stamps.

The Botanical Bee from The Stampman -

stamped onto Brusho powders background.

The greeting label from LOTV.

A - is for Anything with Wings

Hello again, thanks for your visit. Today is the start of a new challenge

at Alphabet Challenges - Jan is kicking is off for our new A - Z series

with A - is for Anything with Wings

The Design Team have some fabulous inspiration for you. 

I had an afternoon getting messy again with my Distress Inks.

The background stamps are from Crafter's Companion Texture stamps.

The focal point with wings is The Bee -Botanical  from

The Stampman.  This was stamped on a background

created with Brusho powders. The greeting stamp is  from LOTV.

I'm looking forward to seeing your projects with Wings. 

Hello, welcome to my blog, I love having visitors, you took the time to visit so 

 please leave a comment, even if it is just to say Hi.

Today starts a two week challenge at MTTC -

My Time To Craft

The challenge is Something That Flies

Please do pop over to check out the Design Team's creations.

I blended several bright colours of  Distress Inks to create the

background. Heat dried it,  patted it with anti-static powder. I stamped

the dragonflies with Versamark, heat embossed with gold EP.

Added a swirly stamp and a sentiment. 

Dragonfly stamp is from an Oriental set from The Stampman. 

Hope to see you again.  

Tag it! at MTTC

For the next two weeks at My Time To Craft (MTTC) we are

setting a challenge to see a tag.

TAG IT!

It would be appreciated if you went to the blog to check out 

the details and see the work by the Design Team. 

For my Tag,

I cut the shape from card, covered the tag with previously prepared

coloured paper, from one of my 'getting messy sessions.'

( sheet of copy paper covered with Moon Glow Starburst water colours, 

scrunched up, then left to dry)

Stamped with a big rubber stamp from The Stampman.

A piece of vellum with Happy Birthday - 2 chrome brads. 

Added flowers, fibres, twine, a Chinese coin and a heart charm.

I greatly enjoyed messing about with this tag, I hope you like it. 

Black and Orange (Spooky or Not!)

Hi everyone, this week at Make My Monday  the challenge is 

BLACK AND ORANGE - SPOOKY OR NOT!

Being so close to Halloween you can choose, there are

many who do not celebrate or send Halloween cards, so I have given

you the choice. Please pop and check out the Design Team's inspiration.

For My Card.

Black, Orange and white card

Stamp - The Stampman -Funky Flowers. 

Coloured with Promarkers.

Card edges blended with Distress Ink Wild Honey.

Black gem stones from stash. 

Have fun everyone. Thanks for your visit. 

Midweek Motivation

At Fantasty Stampers we are midway through our current challenge..

WINGS AND THINGS

Its amazing how many actual ways you can create wings.

Why not pop over to the blog to see the wonderful creations from the Design Team.

Materials Used

Plain white cardstock - made a 6" card

White card - dipped into shaving foam (cream) with inks.

( I love this technique, I usually have a super messy session to create

a pile of amazing designs. If your not sure, but interested check it out on You Tube.)

Stamp - Botantical Bee from The Stampman

Black Permanent Marker to give edge to the card. 

Greeting from Kaisercraft set.

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Have fun everyone, all we ask is stick to the theme, use an actual 

stamp - NO DIGIS. Thank you.

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

For the challenge this week at Cardz 4 Guyz our challenge is Oriental.  It is nice to  try something different,  a revival of Oriental has been recently established,  our additional challenge  of course is it has to be suitable for a male to receive.  The Design Team have some wonderful inspiration, plese pop over to see them. For my card,  the background paper is  handmade Korean paper, given to me by a friend. I created the image by blening with TH Distress Inks, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Pine Needles. I don't know the make of the Bamboo stamp. Twisted cord and thread, the medallion is from a set from The Stampman. Have fun everyone.

P.S. I Love You

I am so much enjoying being able to craft again.  for the challenge for the next two weeks at

Fantasy Stampers we have PS. I Love You, it will soonbe Valentine's Day, so it's time to feel the romance. The Design Team have some fabulous inspiration for you. If your interested also check out the details for the DESIGN TEAM CALL at FANTASY STAMPERS, if you can stamp we would love to hear from you. For my project, I have used a LOTV stamp called Anniversary Surprise,   I used papers from a LOTV pad Timeless Victorian, The sentiment is from LOTV, the bunch of letters is from The Stampman, I added cut out butterflies from stash, small wooden hearts, a piece of lace and a doiley,  A twisted paper rose and die cut flowers and leaves to embellish. All coloured with Promarkers, I look forward to visiting you, have fun with your touch of love and romance. 

Technique Time Tuesday

Caught in Crystal

I love to pop into Mynette's challenge blog Technique Time Tuesday , I am interested in learning new techniques whenever possible, however, for this particular challenge I have made cards using this wonderful technique before, so had to have another go to enter into the challenge. It is one of my favourite techniques and one the ladies of my class always enjoy, because until your project has dried and you turn it over, if you can be patient enough to wait, you never know what it is going to be like - it's always a surprise. 

White and black card stock

Acetate

Stazon ink

D - Dragonfly Botanical stamp from The Stampman

Purple mesh and lilac grosgrain ribbon, 3 purple gems and four brads

Tumble Glass, Dusty Concorde and Peeled Paint DI

A secret ingredient  - not Glossy Accents - see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaAi_cxKMH0
Hope you enjoy the video Mynn - thanks for giving me this technique to play with - love it!

Anything with Wings

Here we are the second challenge at Fantasy Stamping - the challenge for the next two weeks is  Anything with Wings. this opens itself to lots of possibilities, so get hunting through your stamps to find the wings you wish to create with. I found myself diving for stamps I have from The Stampman, quite a selection of winged botanical stamps, but chose the Dragonfly. It has been a little while since I used one of my favourite techniques - Caught in Crystal - here is an easy You Tube video to follow, the second option is the one I used. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaAi_cxKMH0

Scallop edged Kraft card

Gold mirri card - Small computer printed sentiment

Design paper from Madame Payraud's - Papermania

Heat Resistant Acetate

Gold embossing powder - Versamark ink pad

Cosmic shimmer H2o paints.

Tissue Paper - secret ingredient (watch the video)

Paper flowers, leaves,  Marianne die flourish

We are so looking forward to this second challenge, it was so heart warming to see such a wonderful response for our first outing, many thanks for the support. See you all soon. 

#56 Anything Goes @ ATSM

Hello, once again we find it's time for Anything Goes ( #56)  at Addicted to Stamps and More. I try during the Anything Goes weeks to step away from making a card, though this is not what the swap means, you can do anything at at all, giving you an opportunity to try something new or show us the latest successful technique you have learnt, as it say ANYTHING GOES. Some weeks ago my small class asked to decorate some boxes, the set above are my teaching sample, they were at various stages for the class, I have since finished them. I am going to put these to an extra use, by sending them to my partner at a Yahoo group called StampersUK, where we hold a monthly swap, this month it too, is Anything Goes,  my partner will receive these before this post appears on my blog. 

Recipe

A set of 3 boxes, paper mache type, cost less than £2

White emulsion paint (cheaper than Gesso)

Green Acrylic paint

White Tissue paper

Stazon ink pad

Diluted PVA glue

Selection of Steampunk style stamps from

Stampendous, Kanban, Non-Sequitor from The Stampman

Flower forming dies, Marianne and Spellbinder.

Literary Inspiration @ MMM

  

This week at Make My Monday, Mynette has chosen a Literary Inspiration, which happens to be one of my most favourite novels, Jane Eyre. We are asked to create a project and to explain how we were inspired. We can gather the inspiration from either the book presentation, the images, any part of the story. I chose for this challenge to go with the book design. Very simple, understated really, this was the first thing I thought when I looked at the picture of the book. I have used a light grey card, using a Marianne oval die, I stamped the pretty lady form a set called 'Across The Miles' from The Stampman. The sentiment, 'It's Your Day' is from a set of Words Only form Sheena Douglas. I do look forward to seeing how you are inspired. Please do look at the blog, for the Design Team have crated some lovely cards to suit the challenge. 

A quick hello to my followers, I see I have a few more added, your so kind, I do hope you continue to visit and enjoy my creations. many thanks to each and every one of you. 

Anything But A Card

Now for something different at Make My Monday, we would like to see ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

I host two Fat Pages Stamping Swaps and am also a member of a NEW Design Team for a Fat Tastic challenge blog. Interested? Do you want to know more?  Then watch this space for there will be some exciting news later today . This is my fat page for the Do-Crafts Fat Page swap organised on the ATC Forum, it was for the theme of Childhood Memories. I used a lovely stamp from Joanna Sheen by Faye Whittaker called Bucket and Spade. The birds are from Inkylicious. I coloured everything with DI Mustard Seed and Broken China in a watercolour format. 

Below is another Fat page I have made for Stampers UK a Yahoo group with a current Fat Page swap, this one was for an  Oriental/Asian theme. The stamps are from The Stampman - Non-Sequitor stamps. I again used Promarkers to colour the stamped images. You may be wondering, what are Fat Pages, if you want to know more please click on the Fat Pages Page on my page bar above. I look forward to visiting you to see what you have made instead of a card. 

A Winter Sky

3rd Post Today

This month at The Stampman the challenge is a Winter's Tale, to depict showing either a winter sky, snow a snowy scene, all in the above card. The main image is a favourite of mine and my class, we all adore this scene, which has been created with a La Blanche stamp I bought years ago from QVC. I have coloured all the areas with Promarkers, a touch of my Quickie glue pen here and there with the addition of Crystal Glamour dust to define the snow areas. Matted onto red paper, with a die cut front added. Please, to the purists forgive me for adding a peel off, needs must on occasion. The corner stamp is an old but trusted Clarity Stamp, possibly now classed as an antique. Happy Christmas to Jill and Ian, and all their trusty elves who bring us over the year so many wonderful creations. 

Visiting Paris at MMM

Thanks Val for the wonderful Vintage weeks, I greatly enjoyed your challenges. At Make My Monday during October it is Fliss's choice of a French theme, this being the first week it is PARIS. Oh la la.

For my project I first took a sheet of previously prepared copy paper, which I created using Starburst Stains from the Stampman, I then added the stamped image of Paris from Stampendous. I added the colour with chalks, added Frantage mix around the edges and at the base. I added a button and pink pearls to embellish. All tied together with some purple mesh and fancy fibres. I would like to thank Jill from The Stampman who demonstrated the use of the Frantage at a workshop, I learnt so much from her on that day. Now I am wanting to see your creations of Paris ladies. Please pop over to MMM to see the wonderful projects from the DT.