A new colour challenge from Chocolate Baroque!

Good morning folks, my card today is inspiration for our colour challenge at Chocolate Baroque Challenge where as always we have a lovely colour palette to inspire you



I always start by choosing some inks and for this challenge I picked out Gathered Twigs, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint and Scattered Straw and set to creating an inky background for my card.

The focal image is one of the gorgeous new stamps, Landscape Collage which is an individual stamp. I stamped it with Potting Soil Archival ink and watercoloured with my distress inks and then distressed the edges with spiced marmalade and gathered twigs distress inks.

To create the background I used some of my favourite tree stamps from 'Terrific Treescapes' inking them up with Gathered twigs at the bottom and Shabby Shutters at the top and stamped them to create a landscape. Next I stamped the grasses in and distressed the edges with Shabby Shutters and Gathered Twigs. To finish off I've added a seam binding bow and a button topped with a twine bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft your Passion: Anything goes

Dream Valley: anything goes

Inky Chicks: Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: up in the clouds

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Happy Birthday at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, its time for some mid challenge inspiration at PanPastel UK for our 'Happy Birthday' challenge, You've still got a week to enter and you don't have to use PanPastels to play along, although we love it when you do! Our lucky winner will receive a gorgeous stencil and a PanPastel from those lovely folk at Premium Craft Brands too so its well worth joining in!

I've used my PanPastels to distress some free backing papers, adding some stamping using some of my favourite clear stamps from Premium Craft Brands with my PanPastels. The butterflies have been embossed with white EP and then I applied PanPastel, it gives a lovely shabby finish. I've used kraft card to matt and layer the images and also added some ribbon, string, twine and a button.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons: things with wings

Creative Card Crew: shabby Chic

Little Miss Muffet: anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday: something new (papers)

Tuesday Throwdown: embossing

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Burnt sienna shade

Raw Umber PanPastel

Permanent red tint

Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set

Matt Gel

Numbers at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Good morning  my lovelies, how's your weekend going? As always its chaotic here but I'm hoping to grab an hour in my craft room today. We've got a new challenge starting at Fashionable Stamping Challenges today and the theme is 'Numbers', chosen by my lovely teamie Amanda. Our lucky winner will receive a generous $20 voucher from our sponsors Flonzcraft so I hope you're going to play along. Don't forget we're a stamping challenge though so no digis allowed!

I've made a clock using stamps from Indigo Blu for my DT project. I bgan by painting the mdf blank with cream acrylic paint and once that was dry i applied PanPastel ink shades of blue here and there. Next I stamped my favourite English Flourish stamp with Versamark and dusted over some Blue Pearlescent PanPastel, it dosn't show up too well in the pic but it looks really pretty in real life.

I stamped and masked the roses and then stamped the cogs and the roman numerals with Flitter Glu and gilded with Gin and Tonic Gilding flakes. I coloured the roses with derwent Colorsoft pencils and added some shadow to the cogs. I've also added some little gems to mark the hours on my clock.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity: numbers

Crafty Ribbons: anything but a card

Red Rubber Inspirationals: stamping, anything goes

Thats Crafty: Tick tock

The Stamping Boutique: make your own background

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

Romance from We Do Doobadoo

Good morning folks, we're in the mood for love over at We Do Doobadoo as our new challenge theme is Romance so its a great opportunity to get ahead with your Valentine cards/ projects

I've altered an MDF heart using lots of Dutch Doobadoo products (links at the end of this post)

Began with a coat of pale pink acrylic paint and then set to stencilling chicken wire with Maimeri Light Modelling Paste and some flowers  with Maimeri Iridescent paste,

I stamped the image from Flonzcraft on tissue paper and applied with Matte Gel medium.

I added paper flowers, silk flowers and some tattered lace die cuts. To finish off I've added Dutch Doobadoo laser art Ferns, butterflies, buttons and keys.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

A Vintage journey: love is in the air

Crafty Ribbons: anything but a card

Fussy and Fancy: things with wings

Really Reasonable Ribbon: hearts and ribbon

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge: layers

Wags'n'Whiskers: hearts

thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Chicken Wire Stencil	Dutch Doobadoo laser art Buttons	Dutch Doobadoo Laser Art Fern	Dutch Doobadoo laser art, butterflies	Maimeri Light modelling paste
Maimeri Iridescent Paste/Gesso 200ML	Dutch Doobadoo laser art Kays

Case it at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, its challenge time over at Polkadoodles and my card today is for our mid challenge inspiration. The theme is 'CASE it' and you've still got loads of time to enter to be in with a chance of winning a fabby prize! Pop over to the challenge blog for all the details. There are two gorgeous new collections out too and as we're celebrating Nikky's birthday there's a discount code to receive 15% off the digi store too!

I've  case'd my teamie Lou's gorgeous hoover card which you can find here. I've used lots of the precoloured digital embellies from the brand new Work and Play 8 - music collection for my card. Taking inspiration from Lou, I've used the speaker embellie to create my card shape. I've cut out the embellies and added a CD and some bottlecaps to embellish the card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

Aud Sentiments: anything goes

CRAFT: recycle

Crafty Creations: something old/ something new (old-recycled cd and new images)

Crafty sentiments: for a man

Creative knockouts: lots of embellies

Penny's Paper crafty: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Happy Birthday at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, its challenge time at PanPastel UK and for the next two weeks we've got a nice easy theme for you as its a 'Happy Birtday' challenge. You don't have to use PanPastels to enter and we've got  fab prize for our lucky winner from those lovely peeps at Premium Craft Brands too so pop over to the challenge blog for all the details and you can check out the gorgeous inspiration from my teamies too.

For my card i've made a card and gift box, they were really quick and easy to make. I used a large background stamp from Chocolate Baroque (Dusty Damask) and stamped it in versamark on the card front and also twice on some white card. I used the mop brush to dust over Ultramarine Blue and the tint over the image highlighting the stamped design.

I spinkled some white frantage over the card front and heated from below before stamping the sentiment (also from Chocolate Baroque) in Paris Blue Memento Ink. To complete the box I cut the stamped card to size and stuck it on with pva glue, adding some bead trim to the top.

I stamped the butterfly from the postcard stamp set twice in versamark inkk and embossed with white EP. I stuck them onto some double sided adhesive and cut them out. I peeled off the backing from the adhesive and dusted on some Blue Pearlescent PanPastel for a lovely shimmer.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: anything goes

Brown Sugar: Birthday for a girl

Chocolate Coffee and Cards: no circles

Creative Knockouts: birthdays

Paper Creators Crafts: anything goes

Sister Act: anything goes

Wags'n'Whiskers: anything goes

Thanks for popping by, have a great day and hope to see you again soon

Clare xx

ultramarine blue

Ultramarine Blue Tint

Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set

White Blending Mop Brush

Pearlescent Blue

Crisp and white at Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Good morning, goodness me this week has flown by! Its Friday already so its challenge time over at Graph'It Colour Challenge and this time around our theme is 'Crisp and White'. Of course we've got gorgeous Graph'It goodies lined up for our lucky inner thanks to our generous sponsors at Premium Craft Brands. You don't have to use our markers to play along so I hope you're going to join in the fun! Here's my DT card

Graph'its blend so beautifully and have a fab range of greys so they are perfect for creating different shades of white, I've used quite a few different colour combinations for colour this image, there's a full list of colours used over on the challenge blog.

The image is from Aurora Wings, she's gorgeous and loads of fun to colour. I've used a flouish stamp from Indigo Blu stamped with versamark and then added blue pearlescent PanPastel. I cut an aperture around the image and layered it over a sentiment from Chocolate Baroque.

To finish off I added some blue ribbon and edged with silver embossing powder.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: flowers

Addicted to stamps and more: colouring

Aud Sentiments: anything goes

Crafting by Designs: anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers: something old something new

 (old- sentiment and flourish stamps, new image)

Crafty Ribbons: lets get sentimental

Fab'n'Funky: something new (new image)

Whoopsi daisy: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

CAS inspiration at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? Its been a bit blustery here this weekend, perfect crafting weather although i've been a busy bee as I'm still decluttering the house, and omg its taking forever lol. Anyway my card today is my DT project for our CAS challenge at PanPastel UK, you've still got a week to enter and there is a fab prize up for grabs for our lucky winner thanks to those lovely folks at Premium Craft Brands

This card took just a few minutes to make, I began by applying versamark through the dotty part of the Birds and leaves stencil. Then I applied yellow, red, green and blue pearlescent PanPastels through the stencil. To finish off I just stamped the sentiment (from Chocolate Baroque) with black archival ink and I was done.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania: let's shine

Cards Galore encore: anything goes

Crafty Catz: polka dots

Paper Creators Crafts: anything goes

Simply Create too: Let's celebrate

Sister Act: anything goes

Wags'n'Whiskers: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

A4 Birds and leaves stencil

Pearlescent Pan Pastels

Something new at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hello my lovelies, its challenge time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this time around the theme is 'Something new' so its a good excuse to use your new stash or perhaps make a new home or new baby car. As always our lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher from Flonzcraft so I hope you're going to join in with us. Don't forget though, we're a stamping challenge so no digistamps are allowed!

For my card I've used one of my new Flonzcraft stamps, this one is called Pine Tree Sequoia and you can find it here. I began by creating a background using a Clarity Stamp and distress inks in shades of blue with a little black soot around the edges.

I stamped the image with versamark and clear embossing powder and inked with Chipped Sapphire and black soot distress ink before applying Ranger frosted film. I've had it ages but I don't think i've ever used it before but it gives a lovely effect in real life.

I added a Sizzix die cut bird and branch and stamped a sentiment from Chocolate Baroque to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: x for xperiment (using frosted film)

Crafts 4 Eternity: blue tones

Crafty Calendar: What's new

Die Cut Divas: anything goes

Scrapbooker phd: Masculine birthday plus die cut

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: wow its cold

That's Crafty: blues

If you've got time pop over and check out my DT sisters projects, as always they have created some gorgeous artwork!
Thanks for visiting today
Claire xx

Romantic Whites from We do Doobadoo

Good morning my lovelies. goodness me my week off work seems to have flown by and I don't seem to have got much done but sometimes thats what time off work is for lol. We've got a new challenge starting today at We Do Doobadoo and for the next two weeks our theme is Romantic Whites. As always there are some gorgeous Dutch Doobadoo goodies up for grabs so I hope you're going to play along. I've made a little wall hanging for my DT project and used lots of Dutch Doobadoo goodies, you can find links to them all at the end of this post.

I began with some recycling some card from Christmas packaging and removed the top layer to show the corrugated side which I dry brushed with maimeri White Gesso. Next I layered up burlap, ribbon roses, lace, seam binding and a white bow to frame the focal image.

The image is from Tiddly Inks, coloured with my Graph'it markers. I love my Graph'Its they blend so beautifully but they also have a fab range of greys that work perfectly with the colours to give you loads more shades, for this image I used pink greys with skin tones for the dress and the warm greys for the suit.

 I added stencilling around the image using the Dutch Doobadoo Brick stencil and Maimeri Light modelling paste.

You can see the detail a little better in this pic:

Next came lots of embellies including Dutch Doobadoo Laser Art Butterflies, button and one of the gorgeous lanters, all were embossed with Shabby White frantage powder. I die cut some hearts from kraft card and added polka dots with a White Graph'It Shake pen. to finish off I added a silver heart charm and some twine.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

CRAFT: not a card

Creatalicious: New beginnings

Creative Corner: love is in the air

Die Cut divas: anything goes

Noor Designs UK: with love

Recycle, repurpose, reinvent: anything goes

Rhedd's Creative spirit: altered art/mixed media

Simon Says Stamp: something new (image)

The mirror crack'd: Stencils

Tiddly Inks: New Beginnings

thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

white Gesso	Dutch Doobadoo A5 brick stencil	Dutch Doobadoo Laser Art Lanterns	Dutch Doobadoo laser art, butterflies	GraphIt Shaker Pen (white)
Graph′it Markers

Shiny and New from Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Good morning, its inspiration time at Graph'It Colouring Challenge, you've still got a whole week to enter our challenge where the theme is 'Shiny and New'. You don't have to use Graph'Its to play along but of course we love it when you do. Our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous Graph'It goodies thanks to our lovely sponsors Premium Craft Brands!!

I've chosen to interpret the challenge theme by using a new image, isn't she adorable? She's from Sugar Nellie and I really enjoyed colouring her. Here's a bit better pic of the image

You can find a full list of colours used over on the challenge blog.

I added the polka dots to her top with a white Graph'It Shake pen and gave her wings some sparkle with a Silver Graph'It shake pen, love this pen for wings its sooooooo pretty!

I kept the card pretty CAS for me, just adding a stamped sentiment and a few little sparkly gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

If you've got a min, pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies gorgeous colouring!!

Aud Senitments: New (I've used a new digi)

Corrosive Challenges: shiny and new

Creative knockouts: girly Girl

Natalie and Amy's: something new

Penny's paper Crafty: anything goes

Sparkles Forum: anything goes

The Sugar Bowl: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today,

Claire xx

All of a Flutter from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning my lovelies, todays card features this month's new release stamps from  Chocolate Baroque which are perfect for getting ahead with those Valentine projects. This card uses stamps from Fluttering Hearts with one of the borders from Poppy Edges which co-ordinates beautifully with the new stamps.

I began by stamping the floral edge stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a scrap of stamping card. I took a larger piece of card and stamped both the large and small bird/heart stamps, again with Memento Ink. I used Graph'It markers to colour the images before cutting out the floral edge.

I took a cloud template that I'd cut from some scrap card and used PanPastels to create a cloudy effect in the background. PanPastels are perfect for this as if you go over the image you can use a pencil eraser to remove the colour. I layered the floral edge over the little scene with 3d foam and used a layer of white and then pink card to mat the scene. Lastly I stamped the sentiment with black ink.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Colours: pink.blue white, flowers plus a sentiment

Lil patch of crafty friends: anything goes

My Craft Creations: anything goes

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

Through the craft room door: anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, 

Claire xx