A Hug In A Mug!

 Good morning and a very happy Wednesday. It's time for a fun new challenge here at Country View Crafts and this time we want you to"Get Sentimental" and either use a sentiment or some words of inspiration on your project. As anyone who knows me at all well knows, coffee is my greatest inspiration, so here's my first project!

I started by stamping my Katzelkraft mugs, and the coffee rings are a really old Stampotique stamp.

I coloured them in with Prisma pencils and a white gel pen. The Hug In A Mug is part of the same Katzelkraft set.

My fun sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda, and these are words that I live by!

Although I don't use hair curlers, the rest is pretty much me in the morning!

And this is my main stamp set. Susan has a great range of Katzelkraft stamps here in the store.

I'm entering my card into the fun 'food and/or drink challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday

and also Dot's February challenge at Ink Art Designs.

Now it's over to you to join in with our fun challenge! Take care and have a very happy February xx

Star Of Hope

 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday!

This is my 3rd project for the Lost Coast Designs Something Seasonal challenge, and I'm very sad to say that it is my last design team project. I've had a wonderful time here, but with a beautiful new granddaughter to visit, my craft room is going to be rather neglected!

I started by adding some ink to glossy card and spraying with water for a snowy effect.

Then I stamped the fabulous Cityscape and bleached out the colour from the background.

The Angel On The World has to be one of my favourite ever Lost Coast stamps. She's just been coloured with some Tim Holtz distress pens.

My lovely stamps

Angel On World

Cityscape

I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Linda and the lovely ladies of the DT for having me for the past couple of years, and to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful 2023 xx

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Good morning and a very happy Tuesday!

This is my first project for the Something Seasonal challenge over at Lost Coast Designs.

I've had this stencil since last Christmas, and now it's finally come out of the packet!

  

As I have rather a lot of cards to make (and I've not really started yet) I needed something that I can batch make but that still looks nice.

I coloured my coated card with Distress oxides, then stamped and cut out Georges and Louis. This is a simple shape to cut out and I like how the brown looks against the blues.

As you can tell, this stamp has been very well-loved lol.

I've just added some glitter to the red berries, and a Tim Holtz sticker.

I hope you join in with our challenge and link up your seasonal piece.

Take care and have a very happy December xx

Dia De Los Muertos

Good morning and a very happy Wednesday. Continuing with the Spooky Florals challenge over at Lost Coast Designs I'm bringing you my Day of the Dead couple.

I started by making my floral background with the Flowers background stamp.

Then I stamped and embossed another piece with Carmen's Veranda Skulls and Bones Background to make my spooky flowers.

Aren't the Day Of The Dead Man and Woman a fun couple. He may be carrying the knife but she looks scarier to me!

These are my fab stamps

Flowers

Skulls And Bones Background

Day Of The Dead Man and Woman

Once again it's a great fun challenge, so please join in for the chance to win some Lost Coast $'s.

Take care whatever you are doing, and have a very happy November x

Here Kitty Kitty

 Good morning and a very happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing my last piece for the 31 Days of Halloween event over at Lost Coast Designs.

I started by making my background with Distress ink. How did we manage before Distress ink lol.

I  stamped the Grunge Tree and extended the edges to cover my card. Then I stamped Witch Cat for placement.

Isn't he a cutie lol.

And these are my stamps, I've only used two

Grunge Tree and

Witch Cat

Now it was time to construct my project, I've made an accordion card.

This was such fun to make!

There's still time to join in with our challenge over at Lost Coast Designs, so I hope to see you over there.

Take care and have a very happy/spooky day xx

Witches Go Riding

Good morning and a very happy Saturday! We're well into our 31 Days of Halloween event over at Lost Coast Designs, and now we're adding an additional challenge, Halloween featuring cats and/or dogs, (I've added spiders too!)

I started by making a background with some Distress Inks in Halloweeny colours.

And then I embossed it with a very underused embossing folder, which was then coloured with mica powders (equally underused!)

I love these stamps, they are all such fun!

I've used

Gnome Witch On A Broom

Yoga Cat 10

Witches Go Riding (Carmen's Veranda)

As always please check out the portal every day throughout October for further inspiration from my teamies.

I'm entering my card into the Autumnal challenge over at Stamping Sensations.

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Los Tres Caballeros

Good morning and a very happy Friday! I'm back with another project for the Lost Coast Designs 31 Days of Halloween event, and this time I'm sharing Los Tres Caballeros!

I started by inking up my background, then stamping Gargoyle and Gryphon and embossing in white. I also added some text from the Leonardo Accessories set. I added some colour with ink, but left the text in white.

Next, I stamped and coloured Taurus, and the words from Tres Caballeros.

These are my lovely stamps. I quite often chop my stamps up, which is why the words are separate from the images. Don't worry, if you want  Tres Caballeros it will come complete with the three men lol. I've used

Gryphon

Taurus

Gargoyle

Leonardo Accessories 

 Tres Caballeros

I hope you've already joined in with our fun challenge, but if not, there's still plenty of time.

Have a very happy day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Once A Badass

Good morning and a very happy Saturday! Here's my second spooky piece for Lost Coast Designs' annual 31 Days Of Halloween event.

I started by making a background in Halloween colours. I know it's a bit rough but it will all be OK in the end lol.

Then I stamped the wonderful Skulls And Bones Background and embossed it in black. This is such a fun stamp!

He's such a cutie isn't he, this is Evil Eye!

Here are the stamps that I've used

Evil Eye and Carmen's Veranda

Once A Badass

Skulls And Bones Background

I hope you're joining us every day over on the Portal for inspiration from all of my teamies.

Take care and have a spooky week! x

A Crazy Silhouette Card For Lost Coast Designs

 Good morning and a very happy Monday. As always the 15th of the month is time for a new challenge at Lost Coast Designs, and this time around it's one of my favourites, Silhouettes. 

I started by brayering a background on my journal page with Fresco paints.

Then I added some stencilling with white.

And finally some gold with a piece of balled up copier paper.

Now it's time for some stamping! I had to do this on a stamping platform to make sure that I could keep inking and re-stamping over the acrylic background.

These are my fabulous stamps, I've used

Silhouette Angel

Cityscape

Be Crazy Be Stupid

I hope you join in with us over on the Portal, what's not to love about a silhouette challenge!

Have a lovely week whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking xx