Tag time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there, its a busy blogging weekend for me with another new challenge starting at Fashionable Stamping Challenges where our theme this time around is 'Tag time' chosen by my lovely teamie Silvia. As always we've got a fab $20 voucher from our generous sponsor Leo at Flonzcraft for the lucky winner so ink up your stamps and play along for a chance of winning. I've made a tag card for my DT project:

The cover is stamped with a Graphic 45 stamp, die cut and letter pressed with a spellbinders die. Inside I've used a selection of gorgeous quirky stamps from Flonzcraft 'Vintage Fashion Ladies' All the images are coloured with Graph'It and promarkers, I've embossed around the images and added a little colour with PanPastels. The backing papers are all downloads from Chocolate Baroque. i've added ribbon, lace, some tiny brads and lots of paper flowers

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Stamps: brads or eyelets

Card Making Mamas : rubber stamps

Creative Belli: flowers

Die cutting divas: shaped card

Milk Coffee: load on the flowers

Paper playtime: Two or more ribbons

thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Bingo Challenge at No Matter Which

Hello there, hope you're having a good weekend so far. My project today is for our new challenge over at No Matter Which challenges where we have a Bingo Challenge, i've got a 'full house' with my project but I won't say anymore, you'll have to pop over to the challenge blog and find out more! While you're there check out all the gorgeous projects from my talented teamies! 

I've used a gorgeous digi from our generous sponsor Delicious Doodles,Terri is kindly giving our lucky winner 4 of her beautiful images! 

I've coloured the image with Graph'it and Promarkers and layered the image up over some dp from my stash and an embossed piece of card. I've added flowers, some glitter, little pearls in the corners, a punched border, gingham ribbon, lace and a stamped die cut sentiment (from Whimsy Stamps, I just love these little stamp sentiments!!) The butterfly is also from Delicious doodles, i've  given him some sparkle and added some iridescent beads for his body.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Chocolate Coffee and Cards: Fantasy/fairies

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Created with love: at least 3 layers

Digi haven: butterfly challenge

QKR Stampede: winged creatures

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx 

Decorative scalloped ornate framer from SplodgeAway

Hi there folks, its a beautiful sunny day here today so I'm off to sit in the garden for an hour but first here's another of my samples for the recent SplodgeAway Show on Create and Craft. This card features the beautiful Decorative Scalloped Ornate Framer mask.

I've used the mask over a patterned paper and inked with versamark before embossing with walnut stain distress EP. I've also inked the edges and around the scallop with walnut stain distress ink. The image is a digi from Sweet Pea Stamps, coloured with promarkers and layers up over a paper doiley. I've added some seambinding ribbon, lace, a paper rose and a little scissors charm to finish off. Here's another pic to show the image a little better:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me: shabby chic

Crafty Sentiments: show us stitching

Deep Ocean: ribbon and lace

Passion for Promarkers: ribbon/lace/twine

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx

Celtic Framer from SplodgeAway

Good morning folks and a warm welcome to my new followers, i'm so pleased you've joined my inky messy journey! Today's project is a little wall hanging made with the beautiful Celtic Framer mask from SplodgeAway. You'll have to excuse the dreadful pics, I've had a dabble with creating a faux copper effect and its very camera shy lol.

I began by applying Maimeri Light Modelling paste through the mask and left it to dry. Then I splodged on loads of acrylic paint, in copper, green, turquoise and a little brown and blended it with a baby wipe. Once that was dry I also added some Vintaj Patinas in greens and then dabbed on some more copper paint. Once that little lot had dried, I replaced the mask and applied Flitter Glu to the celtic design and added Copper Kettle Mega Flake.

The stamp is from Indigo Blu, it always makes me giggle and is one of my favourites for male themed projects. I stamped with black archival ink and then stamped on some acetate with versamark, embossed the car with a sparkly copper EP and cut it out to give a bit of dimension.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo: cars

Crazy Challenge: sentiments

Fitztown challenge: anything goes

Paper Pretties: embossing

thanks for popping by, 

Claire xx

SplodgeAway C&C Samples: Home Sweet Home

Good morning folks, well i'm having a lovely rest from work this week, there isn't a weed poking its head up in the garden so today is all mine for playing in my craft room! Before I go and get inky though, I'd like to share the first of my samples for the recent SplodgeAway shows on Create and Craft although you may not have seen them as the masks just flew out!!  I made an A4 wall hanging using Happy Street Border and Tall Trees Border.

I began by covering a piece of mountboard with a Graphic 45 designer paper and inking the edges with walnut stain DI and my trusty SplodgeAway mat. I cut a piece of grey board a little smaller and covered it with some of Tim's tissue wrap using Maimieri Matte Gel to adhere it to the board. I gave it coat of watered down Maimeri gesso and then once it was dry I began to create my scene using PanPastels and one of the hill masks from Fairy StenSkape. 

Next I used the masks to create my scene, I used the Happy Street mask as a template, drawing lightly around it to create the houses, next I added some trees using the Tall Trees mask. I used distress markers to colour the images and created a little village in the woods.

I made the bunting using more Graphic 45 papers, and wrote out the letters, attaching them with some twine. 

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers: lets plant a tree

Eureka stamps: the great outdoors

My Craft Spot: welcome to the neighbourhood

Simon Says Stamp and Show:  into the woods

If you've got a minute keep checking out the SplodgeAway blog as Susan is showcasing all the DTs gorgeous samples over the next few days!! Before I go, here's a pic of my two lovely boys relaxing after a long walk. Guess who had to sit on the dog shelf lol??

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

A lightbulb moment ....

Good morning folks, my card today feature the gorgeous new 'Punky flowers' from Chocolate Baroque, they are on special offer this month so they are a real bargain. I just love these quirky designs and this stamp is such fun and of course they are on special offer as this months new stamps too!

I've made a background using distress inks and stamped the cogs from Punky romance with water and blotted with kitchen towel. I've stamped the image and painted with twinkling H2Os, I created the glow around the lightbulbs by adding lots of water to the paint and letting it spread around the image. Once the paint was dry, I added distress ink in black soot and chipped sapphire around the image. The light bulbs have been glazed with glossy accents but it doesn't show up too well in the photo. To finish off i've added a red bow and a couple of transistors from the box of goodies I found in the shed.

i'm entering this card in the following challenges:

amusing Challenges: anything goes

Crazy 4 challenges: no patterned paper

Delicious Doodles: Steampunk

Rogue Redhead: May flowers

Without words: floral

Its heaven to get up and not have to rush off to work, I'm soooooo going to make the most of my week off and as its been raining thats all the excuse I need to leave the weeds and play in my craft room lol. Hope you have a good day and hanks for popping by 

Claire xx

A Day for Daisies

Hello folks, bank holiday Monday and the sun is shining :-) Even better I've got a week off work so I'm one very happy bunny. I'm going to spend the evening catching up on some TV and doing a little blog visiting but first I just wanted to share this easel card made with a gorgeous digi stamp from A Day for Daisies. 

The image is coloured with promarkers, the colours have come out a bit weird in the pic for some reason. I've created the shape with a MS punch and used some music score distressed with walnut stain distress ink. The image is layered up over a doiley and I've added some paper flowers made with tattered florals, feathers, little pearl sprays and a die cut sentiment. 

Here's another pic of the image, I love this stamp!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Happy Birthday

A Day for Daisies: anything goes

Crafts and Me: lots of layers

Eclectic Ellapu: handmade flowers

I love promarkers: anything goes

Inky chicks: blue and brown

Lady Anne's Challenge: easel cards

Sweet Stampin: doilies and dies

Thanks for popping by and for your kind comments. 

Claire xx

Bling it at PanPastel UK

Good morning my lovelies, Sunday morning and the sun is shining yipppeeee, and i've got a week of work so I'm one happy bunny! I've been catching up on some housey stuff so I can play all week! This morning we've got a new challenge at PanPastel UK and this time our theme is 'Bling it'. We've got a fab PanPastel starter set up for grabs thanks to our generous sponsor Berni at Your Creativity Store!

I've made a little canvas for my DT project, the colours are much more subtle in real life, I blame the weather but its probably my crap photography skills lol Anyway I began by mixing some microbeads with Maimeri Glassy gel and applying it through the dotty part of the Pronty 'Leaves and Birds' mask, the glassy gel is fab for resist techniques with PanPastels! Once it was dry I applied various shades of yellow PanPastels and then added some stamping. I used Lavinia stamps on tissue paper and applied them to the canvas with Maimeri Gloss gel Medium. While the medium was wet I added lots of rock candy glitter and again left it to dry. Next I added some tiny yellow gems and some flowers. The flowers were made with Maimieri Iridescent Paste, I coloured it with PanPastels and used a spatula to pop it into a silicone flower mould, adding glitter to some and beadazzles to others. These take a couple of days to dry but I love them so I think they're worth the wait. Here's another pic to show the 'bling' a bit better:

And another of the flowers:

To finish off i've made a little hanger from ribbon and added a bow and a little pearly button

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo : templates

Hanna and Friends: Scene

Penny's Paper Crafty: Circles

Southern Girls: spots and dots

Victorine Originals: buttons and bows

Well I'm going to ignore the huge pile of ironing waiting for me and make the most of the sunshine today, I hope you're enjoying some better weather too

have a good day and thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Punky flowers in a vase

Good morning my lovelies, a very quick post from me as I've got another early start at work, we're up to our ears in workmen so its total chaos, thank goodness I've got next week off as I'm in desperate need of a crafty fix lol. My project today is a little canvas with a couple of the gorgeous new 'Punky Flowers' from Chocolate Baroque in a little vase

I've used lots of different pink and purple inks to create the background and the frame, which is also embossed with my cuttlebug. I created the 'vase' with the top of an old lipstick, covered in string and painted with gesso and purple ink. I've embossed the flowers in gold and added a dew drop to their centres and popped them on some curled wire stems. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the gold button from my stash.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Creative Belli: flowers

Incy Wincy: metal mania

Loves Rubber Stamps: anything but a card

Moving along with the times: embossing

Stamping Chef: metal

Before I dash off to work, don't forget to watch Tom and Hazel on Create and Craft today with the new SplodgeAway masks! I'm recording it to watch after work, can't wait as the new masks are fab!!

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx

Daisies and SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, hope you're having a good week so far. Its getting nearer and nearer to my holiday, it seems ages since I had any time off work so I'm really looking forward to a lazy week next week. Today's card features a mask from Beautiful Butterflies 1 from SplodgeAway, combined with a butterfly from Butterfly Creator and a Sheena Douglas Stamp.

I stamped the daisy stamp on SplodgeAway Elegance Card and coloured with promarkers, adding a   delicate background using the Butterflies 1 mask and a little Peeled paint distress ink. The butterfly was made using more distress inks and the Butterfly Creator mask, I added some little pearls for his body. I had  a lovely inky time making the background, using the same mask with distress inks and also with gesso to create a resist.

I've added paper flowers, die cut swirls, lace, yellow gingham ribbon and a gorgeous green dotty button to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Anything goes: Handmade backgrounds

Crafty Sentiments: buttons

Created with Love: ribbon and lace

Eureka Crafts: white on white or no designer paper

Make My Monday: yellow and green

Pretty Little Ribbon shop: Lace

You've still got time to enter the fabulous giveaway over on the SplodgeAway Blog so don't miss out, there are some amazing goodies up for grabs.

Thanks for popping by and for your lovely comments

Claire xx

Fairy Stenskape from SplodgeAway

Good morning my lovelies, my card today features the fab 'Fairy StenSkape' and Elegance Card from SplodgeAway. Do pop over to the SplodgeAway blog as there is a fabulous collection of SplodgeAway goodies to be won!

I wanted to try out the SplodgeAway Elegance card with PanPastels and its fab, the pans glide on beautifully. I used the sun mask from the Wolf on Creek StenScape to create the sun with yellow PanPastels and then added Ultramarine blue to create the sky. I used the Fairy StenSkape masks to create the hills and the foliage in the foreground. The Toadstools are also from this mask set, i used browns and reds in PanPastels then added some dots with a white gel pen. I used black PanPastel for the fairy silhouette and stamped in some folaige and tiny toadstools using Lavinia Stamps.

The sentiment is from Crafters Companion and the gorgeous red dotty button was in my pack of dt goodies from SplodgeAway, I thought it was just the job with my toadstools.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Corrosive Challenge: sentiment on the front

Creative inspirations paint: anything goes

Little Blue Button Stamps: create a scene

Stampin for the weekend: Button it up

Word Play Saturday: Magical

Thanks so much for calling by today

Claire xx

Hand Challenge at Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, back to work for me this morning but I've got next week off work so i'm counting down. I've got the rather grand job title of 'Director' which roughly translated means 'Jill of all trades' and thats certainly going to be true today as i'm going to be spending the day taking up all the old carpets and getting ready for the decorators, sounds fun (or maybe not lol). Anyway before I dash off to work I wanted to tell you about a fun challenge over at the Chocolate Baroque Ning Group. 

Glenda has set a challenge to create a project based on 'Hands', this was inspired by my very talented teamie Miranda, who created a stunning 'hand' card using the latest Indian themed stamps from Chocolate Baroque

I've created a journal page for the challenge, a little bit outside my comfort zone but I really enjoyed making it. The background was made with PanPastels and stamps from Chocolate Baroque (of course) with some texture created using Maimeri Light Modelling Paste and gilding flakes. I drew round my inky paw and painted the hand with gesso, I used a  little cottage from 'Home Sweet Home' in the centre and some of the gorgeous 'edge' stamps for the ground and the sky and added colour with coloursoft pencils.

Here's another view:

I printed 'With these hands' on the pc and then added a list of crafty stuff I do using my inky mits.

Lastly I added a shadow around my hand with a Derwent Pastel pencil and did a spot of doodling around the edges of the page

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Artistic Stamper: Words

Eclectic Ellapu: anything goes

Our Creative Corner: anything goes

Sweet Stampin: Doodles

Whimsical Designs: Mixed media

Thanks so much for popping by, have a lovely Monday

Claire xx

Wow mega giveaway at SplodgeAway!!

Hi folks, just to give you a quick heads up that there is a fantabulous giveaway over on the SplodgeAway Blog to celebrate all the new followers!!

All these wonderful SplodgeAway goodies are up for grabs so what are you waiting for? The candy is open until Saturday 25th May so pop over to the SplodgeAway Blog and find out how you can win 

Tom will be on Create and Craft this Friday coming so make sure you grab an hour in front of the TV to see all the latest goodies from SplodgeAway!

Good luck everyone

Claire xx

New Beginnings at PanPastel UK

Good morning my lovelies, we've got a brand new challenge starting at PanPastel UK and this week our theme is 'New Beginnings'. As always there is a fabulous PanPastel Starter kit up for grabs thanks to our lovely sponsor Berni from Your Creativity Store so I do hope you're going to join us. If you've got a minute, check out my teamies gorgeous projects, they're sure to inspire you.

I've made a wedding card for my DT project using PanPastels and stamps from Indigo Blu. The background was made with Ultramarine Blue PanPastel and Tint, over stamped with a swirl stamp from Indigo Blu and embossed with white EP. The next layer is glittered card, masked with the scrummy Fancier Lattice mask from SplodgeAway and coloured with Ultramarine Blue PanPastel. I've coloured white card with the same Pans and stamped the couple with Versamark and embossed with white EP. I've used nesties to die cut the couple and layered them up over a pretty doily. I've used some pretty lace, white seam binding ribbon (from the Funkie Junkie Boutique) and a heart charm. I made the heart using Maimeri Light modelling paste, coloured with panPastel.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: true blue

Cupcake Craft: lots of layers

Daring Cardmakers: Stencil it

Frilly and Funkie: time for weddings

Pretty little Ribbon Shop: Lace

Well i've got a pile of ironing waiting for me this morning, its all good fun isn't it? Hopefully I'll be able to whizz through it and spend the afternoon in my craftroom. 

Thanks so much for popping by 

Claire xx

Alter it at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Helllooooo, where on earth did the last two weeks go? They've whizzed by in the blink of an eye so that means its time for our new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. This time our theme is 'Alter it' and our lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher from Leo, our lovely sponsor from Flonzcraft. So ink up those stamps and get altering :-), if you need some inspiration pop over to the challenge blog and check out the gorgeous samples from my DT sisters.

If you're anything like me, you'll have a huge heap of 'stuff' in the corner of your craft room waiting to be altered - i'm such a hoarder I don't think i'll get everything altered if i live to be 100 lol. Anyway I had a rummge in my heap of rubbish, i mean stuff and found this old gift box that Santa brought a couple of years ago.

I gave the whole thing a coat of gesso and covered the sides with tissue tape. I used a variety of masks and stencils with Maimeri light modelling paste on the front and on a sheet of card to frame the image. Once it was dry I added colour with PanPastels and Dylusions ink, finishing off with some Renaissance treasure gold. 

The focal image is 'Girl with bird on hand' from Flonzcraft, she's coloured with Graph'It and promarkers, the sky and grass were created with PanPastels. I just love this stamp, she's so sweet.

Here's a pic of the sentiment in the corner, stamp from Chocolate Baroque, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and butterfly from the Ribbon Girl. The little frame is actually a die cut fob watch with the top bit cut off to make a little circular frame.

To finish off i've added a silky ribbon bow and a paper rose.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

By the cute and girly: flowers

Charisma Cardz: no digis allowed

Craft Stamper: paper tearing and stamping

Craft your Passion: children at play

Creatalicious: for the girls

Fab'n'funky: favourite embellishment

 (Mine is ribbon but tomorrow it could be butterflies or flowers lol)

Polkadoodles: spring colours/pastels

Simon Says Stamp: flowers

Sweet Pea Stampers: birds of a feather

Top Tip Tuesday: box clever

Thanks for popping by, have a lovely Sunday

Claire xx