Let's craft and create challenge 124

This is my design card for Let's craft and create challenge 124: Easter and/or April showers. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

I made a CAS Easter card, using a piece of printed paper that I think came from a magazine freebie - I scanned and created the sentiment digitally before printing and then added some stickers.

This is also for:

Aloha Friday 91: spring cleaning - I used paper and stickers I've had for ages and had forgotten about
Come and get it: Easter
Mustard seed faith 2: Easter
Scrapping 4 fun 87: Easter
Creative inspirations 272: spring spectacular
My time to craft 342: woodland animals or Easter
AnMaCreatief 67: spring/Easter
Cute as a button 33:  Easter
Craftaholics R us April: Easter
Creative moments 115: anything goes+ twist: Easter
Deep ocean 152: Easter
Hobby horse 82: Easter
Kreaive-durcheinander 32: Easter
Sunny day crafting April: spring
PDE linky party 166: spring
613 avenue create 196: anything goes + option: spring
Crafty calendar April: April showers or spring
Kort o mania 173: spring
Create and makes 10: anything goes + twist: springtime
Daisy chain 7: spring is in the air
Unicorn 20: petal power
Noor April: flowers
Petal lu 35: yellow flowers
Cute card Thursday 271: warm colours/tones
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Ike's world 85: anything goes + optional twist: in the garden
The crafty addicts 34: anything goes + option: add a sentiment
Creatalcious 112: anything goes + option: add flowers
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 176: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 153: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Brown sugar 244: anything goes
Polka doodles week 13: anything goes
A perfect time to craft 4: anything goes
Crafts galore encore April: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams April: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 277: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

More mixed media April challenge

This is my design project for More mixed media April challenge where the option this month is to use yellow, so I used plenty of it (and not much else!). Please click on the link to see the wonderful crafting of the rest of the team. We hope you will join in our challenge - you don't have to use yellow, that's optional ... just create a mixed media design.

I created two backgrounds using my A4 gelli plate with two different Clarity stencils, large shapes and small dots, using both the positive and the negative 'prints' from the gelli plate, using a couple of different acrylic paints. I randomly stamped the Dawn Billy flower stamp using mustard seed distress ink. The Easter stamp was inked with versamark and heat embossed with gold detail powder. I used a piece of card that had been brayered to get the yellow paint off, die cutting the cross with a Spellbinder's die and backing with a piece of matt gold card. Flowers added from Hobbycraft. The inner background and the cross were raised up with foam to give a bit of dimension.

The card is 8 x 8.

This is also for:

We love 2 create 7: anything goes mixed media
A inky mess 9: mixed media anything goes
Lost coast 35: favourite background technique: gelli plate, stencils, paint, stamping
As you like it: favourite colouring medium and why: gelli plate, stencils, paint ... different results every time ... good time experimenting
Dies R us 70: Easter
Scrapy land 63: anything goes (using a Spellbinders die)
The house that stamps built DCC45: add a die cut
Aloha Friday 91: spring cleaning - used my much neglected gelli plate and stencils and stamps that had been forgotten about
Penny Black and more at Allsorts April: spring
Paradise of stamps 55: Easter
Come and get it: Easter
Mustard seed faith 2: Easter
Scrapping 4 fun 87: Easter
Hobby horse 82: Easter
Kreaive-durcheinander 32: Easter
Craftaholics R us April: Easter
Creative inspirations 272: spring spectacular
My time to craft 342: woodland animals or Easter
AnMaCreatief 67: spring/Easter
Creative moments 115: anything goes+ twist: Easter
Deep ocean 152: Easter
Angie's 8: anything goes + option: Easter
Sunny day crafting April: spring
PDE linky party 166: spring
613 avenue create 196: anything goes + option: spring
Crafty calendar April: April showers or spring
Kort o mania 173: spring
Create and makes 10: anything goes + twist: springtime
Daisy chain 7: spring is in the air
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): botanical
Unicorn 20: petal power
Noor April: flowers
Petal lu 35: yellow flowers
Sasayaki glitter April: colour yellow
Stinkin' inkers 1: shower of flowers
Double D: neons/bright
Cute card Thursday 271: warm colours/tones
Hiding in my craft room 295: monochromatic
Not just cards 42: monochrome
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Ike's world 85: anything goes + optional twist: in the garden
Addicted to stamps 144: stamped image and stamped sentiment
Heartful stamping (stamped blessings): anything goes
Stamping sensations April: anything goes
The crafty addicts 34: anything goes + option: add a sentiment
Creatalcious 112: anything goes + option: add flowers
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 176: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 153: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1714: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting by designs: anything goes
Little  Miss Muffet 159: anything goes
Brown sugar 244: anything goes
Polka doodles week 13: anything goes
A perfect time to craft 4: anything goes
Classic design team 13: anything goes
Crafts galore encore April: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 35: anything goes
Creative ladybirds 25: anything goes
Paru's card making April: anything goes
Pearly sparkles 15: anything goes
Dragonfly dreams April: anything goes
The paper nest dolls: anything goes
Imagine that creative playground April: anything goes
Scrappers delights 65: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 277: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

A bit more time to craft challenge 41 for April

This is my design card for A bit more time to craft challenge 41: anything goes. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

I was commissioned to make a diamond wedding anniversary card so I decided to use one of Lozzy's wonderful On its way papers, combined with a shimmery diamond background from Kanban long ago and a couple of strips of paper from Sara Davies' Together Forever signature collection. Other bits and pieces from stash.

This is also for:

Not just cards 42: monochrome
Hiding in my craft room 295: monochromatic
Ooh-la-la 225: layer it up
Aud sentiments 176: any sentiment except for birthday
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Crafting from the heart 152: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 38: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 344: anything goes
Crafting with friends 40: anything goes
Creative fingers 127: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 182: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 6: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 276: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Do-al(l) kreatives challenge 4: Easter

This is my design card for Do-al(l) kreatives challenge 4: Easter. Please click on the link to see the wonderful designs of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used Di's Digi Downloads eggspecially micey cute (Di's Digi Downloads are sponsoring Do-al(l) kreatives challenge 4. I cut around the image using my Scan n Cut and also cut a mat from a scrap of patterned paper. The main background paper is some that I bought some years ago from PDA card and craft and the striped piece from my offcuts box. The wooden flowers were originally from Poundland a few years ago.

This is also for:

Crafting by designs: happy Easter
The paper shelter 287: Easter time
Scrapping 4 fun 87: Easter
Animal friends 49: spring/Easter
AnMaCreatief 67: spring/Easter
Cute as a button 33:  Easter
Craftaholics R us April: Easter
Create and inspire 60: anything goes + option: create an Easter gift
Sunny day crafting April: spring
Use your stuff 257: spring is in the air (using old papers)
Creative moments 114: anything goes+ twist: spring colours
PDE linky party 166: spring
Create and makes 10: anything goes + twist: springtime
Naughty or nice 38: three of something with option: Easter - three mice + Easter
Aud sentiments 176: any sentiment except for birthday
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Artistic inspirations 175: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 152: anything goes
Digi choosday week 13: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 38: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 338: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 116: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 344: anything goes
Crafting with friends 40: anything goes
Creative fingers 127: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 182: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 6: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 45: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 276: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2017 challenge

This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2017 challenge. Please click on the link to see the lovely inspirational designs by my team and we hope that you will use some of your patterned paper and join in our challenge ...all you have to do is make sure that you've used some patterned paper in your creation ... and you can enter as many times as you wish throughout the month.

I was commissioned by a friend to make this card - the background paper is some that I've had for a long time - I think it was part of a scrapbook kit. The paper with the punched borders was part of a magazine freebie. I used some paper to match the background to cut a mat for the sentiment that was printed and die cut using a todo die. Flowers, gems, bows and numerals from stash.

This is also for:

Cute card Thursday 471: warm colours/tones
Hiding in my craft room 295: monochromatic
In the pink 116: flower power
Creative carte blanche March: numbers
Die cuttin divas 310: anything goes using a die cut
City crafter 355: in bloom
Deep ocean 151: flowers everywhere
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): botanical - flowers
Cupcake inspirations: happy birthday
Incy wincy: happy birthday
Not just cards 42: monochrome
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Lil patch of crafty friends 54: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 175: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 152: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 38: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 338: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 116: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 344: anything goes
Crafting with friends 40: anything goes
Creative fingers 127: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 182: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 6: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 45: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 276: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Be naughty ... save Santa the trip!

This is my card for my CHNC challenge extra for April 2017 - please click on the link to see the lovely inspirational crafting of my team and to find out what it's all about. I hope you will join in with the challenge.

It's also for my CHNC challenge 327 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic. The challenge is anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the option of 'something funny'. I chose this theme because this challenge starts on 1 April, which in the UK is April fool's day when folks play jokes on one another, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a bit of fun.

For my card I used Bugaboo Stamps Crabby Cathy Christmas - be naughty (retired), coloured digitally using Microsoft paint. The papers are from my offcuts box, candy canes, holly and poinsettia from stash.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
Fab n funky 344: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 294: any holiday
Merry Monday 241: red, green & white
The holly and ivy 2: anything goes Christmas
Christmas at sweet stampin March: anything Christmas goes
Pile it on 128: humour/puns
Catch the bug: April anything goes
The Bugaboo crafty challenge 3: anything goes with a Bugaboo image

Penny's challenge 322

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 322, where the theme is 'anything goes'. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used the lovely pre-coloured Cute as a button 'sewing Susan' image (they are sponsoring the challenge). I used two Darice embossing folders, just using the middle one on the left from one of the folders. I swiped the embossing with worn lipstick distress ink. The eyelash trim, felt buttons and gems are from stash.

This is also for:

Internation art & soul 4: embossing
Di's digi designs: add some texture
Crafty catz 363: anything goes + option: buttons
Creatalicious 111: anything goes + option: gems or pearls
Art at Stampz by Star: add gems and/or pearls
Glitter n sparkle 232: mother's day/for a female
Daisy chain 6: make it feminine
Crafty purple frog 5: make something for a lady
Creative craft cottage 84: for the girls

CHNC challenge 326

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 326 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic. The challenge is anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the option of 'inspired by a Christmas song or carol'.

I followed the optional theme: inspired by a Christmas song or carol: We three kings. Supplies are from Hunkydory.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
ABC Christmas: F for family
Jingle belles: bling
Aud sentiments 176: any sentiment except for birthday
Hiding in my craft room 294: any holiday
The crafty addicts 34: anything goes + option: clean and simple
Glitter n sparkle 231: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 54: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 175: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 151: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1712: anything goes
Ike's world 84: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 181: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 45: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments

Word art Wednesday 275: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Penny's challenge 321

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 321, where the theme is 'anything goes'. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used the lovely Sasayaki Glitter Amy gardening image, kindly supplied by them as sponsor of the challenge. I coloured with spectrum noir and copic pens and cut with a Spellbinder's marvellous squares die, using my todo. The background paper is some that I got from PDA card and craft a few years ago, the little epoxy animals are klistermaerker stickers from Hema and the wooden butterfly from The Works, with the addition of the peel off greeting.

This is also for:

Eclectic Ellapu March: spring colours and/or Easter
Scrap and craft 1: celebrations
Ooh-la-la 224: spring is in the air
Pinspirational 186: spring
Art impressions 204: spring-y cards
Hanna and friends 269: spring
Fussy & fancy 183: springtime
Cute as a button 32: spring
Noor March: spring
Color inspiration Monday link up 17 (coloured in)
Crafty awesomeness March challenge (coloured in)

Colour crazy week 11: anything goes (coloured in)
Morgan's ArtWorld 5: include a sentiment
Craft rocket 35: make it feminine
Fabrika fantasy 7: for the girls
Dragonfly dreams March: girly with die cut/punch
Creative craft cottage digi creations 69: for the girls
Daisy chain 6: make it feminine
Crafty purple frog 5: make something for a lady
Cute card Thursday 469: celebrations
Cutie pie 109: dies & digis
Mustard seed faith 1: use some yellow
Come and get it: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 231: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 54: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 175: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 151: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1712: anything goes
Digi choosday 12: anything goes
Ike's world 84: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafting with friends 39: anything goes
Creative fingers 126: anything goes
Crafty catz 162: anything goes + option: touch of pink
Jo's scrap shack funday 180: anything goes
Polka doodles week 11: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

CHNC challenge 325

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 325 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic. The challenge is anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the option of 'no patterned paper'.

I followed the optional theme: no patterned paper. I used a Die'sire edge'ables Christmas only words die from Crafter's Companion at the top of the card blank, lining the card with some lovely deep aqua coloured mirror card so this shows through. I randomly stamped a few times using an Inkadinkadoo snowflakes stamp inked with Brilliance pearlescent jade.

The decoupaged picture raised up with foam tape (part of a kit bought some years ago) is mounted on to mirror card to match the inside of the card - unfortunately, the bright shiny effect doesn't show here, neither does the pearlescent jade Brilliance ink that was used to stamp.

This shows the pearlescent ink a bit better (although still better irl):

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
Seasons greetings Christmas challenge 3: anything goes
ABC Christmas: E for edge
CAS-ual Friday 169: off the edge
International art & soul 3: fancy borders
Christmas at sweet stampin March: anything Christmas goes
CRAFT 407: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 128: die cuts
Scrapy land 62: favourite holiday - Christmas
Jingle belles: bling
Dies r us 69: borders and/or edges
Happy little stampers: anything goes with dies
Making memories crafting 3: add some layers
613 avenue create 195: anything goes + option: stamping
Classic design team open challenge 12: anything goes
One crazy stamper March: anything goes
Craft stamper take it/make it March: anything goes
Penny Black and more at Allsorts March: anything goes
A snowflakes promise 38: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 174: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 150: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1711: anything goes
Ike's world 84: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 37: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 337: anything goes
Crafting with friends 39: anything goes
Creative fingers 126: anything goes
Crafty catz 162: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 180: anything goes
Polka doodles week 11: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 44: anything goes
A perfect time to craft 3: anything goes
Crafts galore encore March: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 34: anything goes
Creative ladybirds 24: anything goes
The paper nest dolls 3: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 25: anything goes
Imagine that creative playground March: anything goes
Scrappers delights 64: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Corrosive 3: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

CCAYR March challenge: anything but a card

This is my card for Christmas cards all year round March challenge: anything but a card. I'm in the Christmas Belles group so we are posting here today - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the Belles group. The Gingerbread gals posted at the beginning of March here - please have a look at their lovely designs and join in our challenge there. (Apologies to my teamies that I was late in adding my creation, which is why this is being blogged the day after the challenge reminder went live).

I downloaded the lovely svg freebie from Dreaming tree called Christmas treats gift box, cutting with my Scan n Cut using various papers, mainly from DCWV, some glitter washi tape and a luscious red bow that's been in a box from ages (upcycled from something received).

The top of the box can be opened and the Christmas tree could be written on:

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
The holly and the ivy Christmas challenge: anything goes
Seasons greetings Christmas challenge 3: anything goes
Winter wonderland: use ribbon or lace
CRAFT 407: Christmas
Crimbo crackers 128: die cuts (using Scan n Cut)
A snowflakes promise 38: anything goes
Digistamps4Joy 134: anything goes + twist: add washi tape

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Penny's challenge 320

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 320, where the theme is 'anything goes'. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

I used Delicious Doodles crocus and butterfly frame kindly supplied by Delicious Doodles as one of the sponsors of the challenge. I coloured with spectrum noir pens, using a spectrum cosmos glitter pen to highlight some of the petals (unfortunately, this doesn't show in the photo). After cutting out by hand, this was mounted on to a piece of card from a Tattered Lace magazine and mounted on to the purple card blank, adding the Happy Easter peel off.

This is also for:

Aud sentiments 175: Easter or spring sentiment
Ching-Chou Kuid March: Easter/spring
Eclectic Ellapu March: spring colours and/or Easter
Great impressions March: spring and/or Easter
Scrap and craft 1: celebrations
Ooh-la-la 224: spring is in the air
City crafter 353: spring is around the corner
Pinspirational 186: spring
Cute as a button 32: spring
Noor March: spring
Sasayaki glitter March: colour purple
Fairytale challenge 164: favourite colour combo: purple with anything!
Get creative 56: favourite colour combo: purple with anything!
Inky chicks 80: flowers
DL.ART thankful Thursday 200: flowers
Pearly sparkles 14: flowers
Scrap n challenge March: flower power
Color inspiration Monday link up 16 (coloured in)
Crafty awesomeness March challenge (coloured in)

Colour crazy week 10: anything goes (coloured in)
Crafty awesomeness March (coloured in)
Crazy 4 challenges 376: include a butterfly and bonus for flower
Morgan's ArtWorld 5: include a sentiment
PDE linky party 163: cards
Lil patch of crafty friends 53: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 174: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 150: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1711: anything goes
Digi choosday 11: anything goes
Ike's world 84: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 37: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 337: anything goes
Little Miss Muffet 158: anything goes
Polka doodles week 10: anything goes
QKR stampede 234: thank you or anything goes
Simply papercrafts 44: anything goes
A perfect time to craft 3: anything goes
Crafts galore encore March: anything goes
Crafty girls creations 34: anything goes
Creative ladybirds 24: anything goes
The paper nest dolls 3: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 25: anything goes
Scrappers delights 64: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Create and inspire 60: anything goes + option: Easter gift
Corrosive 3: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Love to craft challenge 8 March mid-month inspiration

This is my design card for Love to craft challenge 8 March anything goes - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and also here to see the crafting of team A and to enter our challenge.

This was a commissioned anniversary card. I printed, cut and embossed the greeting using a label die with my todo. I used up old stock for the background sentiments paper and the other die cuts and Hobbycraft flowers.

This is also for:

Card mania 90: pastel colours
Classic design team open challenge 12: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 174: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 150: anything goes
Pammie's inky pinkies 1711: anything goes
Ike's world 84: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 37: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 44: anything goes
Crafting with an attitude 25: anything goes
Scrappers delights 64: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Corrosive 3: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

CHNC challenge extra for March mid-month inspiration

We are now already halfway through March ... nearly a quarter of the year gone! It's time for some mid-month inspiration on my CHNC challenge extra for March - please click on the link to see the lovely Christmas designs of some of the team. We hope you will join in our challenge here.

This is a commissioned card that I made for Christmas 2016, but didn't get around to blogging. Supplies are from Hunkydory and The Works, with a raised rub on sentiment.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
The holly and the ivy Christmas challenge: anything goes
Seasons greetings Christmas challenge 3: anything goes
Christmas with the cuties 3: no man like a snowman
Scribbles designs 50: baby it's cold out there
Dream factory 42: Bambi

Word art Wednesday 274: anything goes

Inspiration destination 124: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

CHNC challenge 324

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 324 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic. The challenge is anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the option of Santa Claus/Father Christmas.

The background paper is from a vintage Christmas pad from The Works - the decoupage etc is Hunkydory.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
The holly and the ivy Christmas challenge: anything goes
Dream valley 151: lots of layers
Making memories crafting 3: add some layers
Dare 2 B artzy March: lots of layers
Southern girls 155: popping good time

Word art Wednesday 273: anything goes

Inspiration destination 123: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Penny's challenge 319

This is my design card for Penny's challenge 319, where the theme is 'anything goes'. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we hope you will join in with your entries.

The image is one kindly supplied by Conie Fong as a sponsor of the challenge. I coloured with spectrum noir pens, fussy cutting around it. The sentiment background and label were from Kanban. The blue mesh was achieved with an embossing folder, with the raised parts swiped over with stormy sky distress ink. Corrugated pieces from stash.

This is also for:

DL.ART thankful Thursday 199: thank you
Incy wincy: thank you cards
Ooh-la-la 223: embossing
Create and inspire 59: anything goes + option: love hearts
Scrap n challenge February: hearts
Color inspiration Monday link up 15 (coloured in)
Lacy sunshine: anything goes coloured in
Crafty awesomeness March challenge (coloured in)

Colour crazy week 9: anything goes (coloured in)
Love to scrap 95: anything goes (coloured in)
Word art Wednesday 273: anything goes

Inspiration destination 123: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Let's craft and create 123: enTWINEd

This is my design card for Let's craft and create challenge 123: enTWINEd - using twine. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in our challenge.

At the end of 2016 I was asked if I would like to try some chalk markers, free of charge - such a generous offer ... and I said that I would write a review on Amazon.co.uk and also on my blog. It so happened that John was taken ill and ended up in St Thomas hospital in the new year and life has been quite difficult since, with other things happening as well ... so this has been my first opportunity to 'play' with the markers.

You can read all about the Chalkola markers on their website here. You can buy them here and here on Amazon.

I was given a set of premium wet wipe markers and also a set of earthy colors.

I used them to colour on to acetate - I had a 12 x 12 piece of printed 'down by the seaside' acetate by Creative Imaginations for a long time and thought it was about time to use it, cutting it down to fit an 8 x 8 card.

The background with the bunting and the beach huts is a piece of kitchen towel that I carefully ran through my Xyron to stick to the card blank, sticking the acetate on to this and then adding the chipboard pieces and the twine, having used a piece of patterned paper behind the chipboard frame.

This is a lengthy introduction to this card because I wanted to give the information about the markers and to say how grateful I am to have the opportunity to try them - I would thoroughly recommend them - they are easy to apply - best used on non porous surfaces, which is why I chose to colour on to acetate. I did have to be careful to give them enough time to dry. If I had been certain that the acetate was heat proof I would have dried with my heat gun, but I wasn't sure.

Chalkola are offering 20% off their markers, applicable on their website here and on Amazon here and here.with the code 20OFFSTR. I would recommend my readers to take advantage of this generous offer and try them for yourselves - you won't be disappointed.

So here is my card:

This is also for:

We love 2 create 5: anything creative/mixed media goes
Altered eclectrics March: anything goes mixed media or altered art or recycling
Art journal journey March: out and about
Creative artiste 24: anything goes mixed media
Mixed media world 22: anything mixed media goes
Cards und more 9: anything goes with flowers
Open minded 14: flowering in February
When I am inspired 56: openings or negative recess (frame)

Craft rocket 34: no patterned papers
Lacy sunshine: anything goes (coloured in)
Colour crazy week 9: anything goes (coloured in)
Love to scrap 95: anything goes (coloured in)
Digistamps4Joy 134: anything goes + twist: add washi tape or bunting

Jo's scrap shack funday 178: anything goes
PDE linky party 162: anything goes
QKR stampede 233: anything goes
Crafting with friends 38: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 182: anything goes
Inspiration destination 123: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

More mixed media March challenge

This is my design project for More mixed media March challenge where the option this month is to use green, so I used plenty of it (and not much else!).

I covered the front of a plain beige coloured scrapbook (the finish was a bit like canvas so I took a chance to see if gesso/paint would 'take'). I added white gesso, slightly watered down and then brushed with a mix of three different acrylic paints, using a fourth one to stencil through the woodland flower stencil, adding white opal liquid pearls and dabbing around the bottom with the stencil brush. The 'remember' and the corner stamps are from a Teresa Collins set inked with memento cottage ivy (more prominent irl than in the photo).

Update: I notice that, in the comments, quite a few people have referred to this as a card - it isn't a card, it's the front of an 8 x 8 scrapbook which was originally plain beige.

Colour for Curtain call: green:

And for Allsorts 405: spring inspiration:

This is also for:

We love 2 create 5: anything creative/mixed media goes
Altered eclectrics March: anything goes mixed media or altered art or recycling
Art journal journey March: out and about
Creative artiste 24: anything goes mixed media
Mixed media world 22: anything mixed media goes
Stamplorations March: mixed media with stencil
Cards und more 9: anything goes with flowers
Art at Stampz by Star: make it monochrome

Kort o mania 171: monochromatic
4 crafty chicks 340: green
Craftaholics R us March: shades of green
DL.ART thankful Thursday 199: green
Delicious doodles March: add something green
Simply create too 125: lots of green
Creatalicious 110: anything goes + option: lots of green
Eclectic Ellapu March: spring colours and/or Easter
Double D: think spring
Paperminutes 476: spring
Noor March: spring
Not just cards 41: spring
Stamping sensations March: close to nature
Craft rocket 34: no patterned papers
Sweet stampin: no designer paper
Stamp ink paper 88: anything but a card
Heartful stamping (stamped blessings): anything goes
One crazy stamper March: anything goes
The artistic stamper March: springtime
Craft stamper take it make it March: anything goes with stamping
Penny Black and more at Allsorts March: anything goes
Paradise of stamps 54: spring
Hiding in my craft room 291: spring colours

Ike's world 83: anything goes + twist: use a sentiment
Brown sugar 240: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 178: anything goes
PDE linky party 162: anything goes
Polka doodles week 9: anything goes
QKR stampede 233: anything goes
Crafting with friends 38: anything goes
Fussy & fancy 182: anything goes
Inspiration destination 123: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes