Inspiration time at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its inspiration time over at We Love 2 Create with Premium Craft Brands and you still have a week to enter our 'Anything Creative/ mixed media Goes' challenge to be in with a chance of winning some lovely goodies from Premium Craft Brands.

I've made a little canvas. I began by priming with white gesso and then applied a thick layer of gesso through a harlequin stencil before sprinkling on some Turquoise and Magenta PanPastels which I blended into the gesso to give  a subtle background. I also brushed over some Fine White Pearl medium while the gesso was wet, it gives a lovely sparkle in real life but I haven't managed to catch it in my photo.

The image is one of my favourite stamps from Indigo Blu. I stamped it with Black memento ink on tissue paper and applied with matte medium once the gesso layer was dry. I added some colour with my PanPastels once the matte gel was dry and then used my Graph'It markers to give some definition

I added some dots of cosmic shimmer glue here and there and sprinkled with glamour dust for some extra shimmer. I've added a filigree corner that I embossed with frantage EP, some lace, a ribbon and bow topped with a little button and some twine.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and more: anything goes

Brown Sugar: ribbon and flowers

Indigo Blu: Pocket full of posies

Moving along with the times: texture

Retro Rubber: vintage lace

Simply Papercraft: anything goes

Stamps and Stencils: 3 of a kind

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

Claire xx

Pan Pastel - Magenta	Magenta Shade Pan Pastel	Turquoise Pan Pastel	white Gesso	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender
White Fine Pearl Medium for Pan Pastels	Graph′It Markers

People at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there, its time for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this time around we want to see a person or people. You do need to use a rubber or clear stamp though, no digis allowed! As always our lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher to spend at  Flonzcraft!

I began with a brusho background made using shades of blue and green  and a little bleach through a harlequin stencil. Once dry I stamped and embossed the flourishes (from Chocolate Baroque) with versamark and embossed with Black WOW EP, adding some highlights with a White Graph'It Shake Pen.

The focal image is also from Chocolate Baroque although sadly its now been retired. I stamped and embossed on white card, masked the edges and then sprinkled on my brushos and spritzed with water. I used bleach to remove the colour from the faces and clothes and to add highlights to the bikes.

To finish off I embossed some die cut letters with Black WOW EP to spell out the word 'Dad'

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Vintage

Cut it up: Ties for fathers day

Crafters Cafe: one for the boys

Crafty Cardmakers: shaped cards

Mod Squad: Masculine

Sister Act: anything goes

Sweet Stampin: Fathers Day or a special man

If you've got a minute., pop over and have a look at all the inspiration from my very talented DT sisters! Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Pearls and Bling at Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Good morning my lovelies, its time for a new challenge at Graph'It Colouring Challenge, and this time our theme is Pearls and Bling or Cream/white. I've used both for my card and I've used an image from our sponsors Crafty Sentiments. There are two prizes up for grabs with one from Crafty Sentiments and another prize of Graph'It goodies from  Premium Craft Brands

I've coloured up the adorable image Benson Bear - Just for you. When I was little I had a gorgeous cream Teddy, he was really fluffy and had such a sad face lol. I've tried to use the same colours for this little cutie. I've layered him up on some embossed cream card and added ribbon, lace, bead trim, pearlls and flowers.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's: Buttons and bows
Crafty Creations: all creatures great and small
Inky Chicks: pearls
Paper Shelter: Flower power

Southern Girls: spots and dots
Stamping Sensations: flower power

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Christmas Window from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning my lovelies, I'm absolutely loving this new stamp from Chocolate Baroque! It's called 'Dressmaker's Window' and its such a useful stamp. For this card I've teamed it with an old favourite stamp from Family Christmas.

I began by stamping the tree and rocking horse stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I masked the image using masking tissue before stamping the window. I coloured the images and a snowy scene behind the window with Derwent Pencils and added some snow to the sky with a white pen. For a little Christmas sparkle I used stickles to create the lights on the tree.

I used a Sofft Sponge and Ultramarine Blue PanPastel to create the striped 'wallpaper' in the background. Its really easy to do this if you use the square edged Sofft Bar (here) and run it down the edge of a ruler. Use the ruler to 'mask' the white stripes and in a couple of minutes your background is done. I used grey PanPastel to ground the tree and rocking horse.

I used silver mirri card distressed with a craft knife to mat and layer and to finish off I've added little pearls, ribbon, pompom trim and a tiny snowflake button topped with a twine bow. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges;

52 Christmas Card Throwdown: ribbon

Christmas Card Challenges: anything goes

Corrosive Challenges: anything goes

Country View Crafts: Simply Scenic

Hiding in my Craft Room: any holiday

Jingle Belles: let it snow

Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC 194: something old something new

Thanks so much for popping by

Claire xx

Stampbord Pencil pot

Good morning my lovelies its challenge time at We Love 2 Create with Premium Craft Brands and our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed media Goes' so there's lots of scope for you to play along to be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous goodies from Premium craft brands! As always you have two weeks to enter and if you're struggling for inspiration pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies gorgeous artwork!

I've made a pencil pot using Stampbord ATCs, Premium Craft Brands stamps and PanPastels, you can find all the links to the products I've used at the end of this post.

My lovely Chocolate Baroque teamie Judith made one of these a while ago and I couldn't resist having a play as I think they are so cute. Pop over to Judith's blog and have a look.

I began by lining my ATCs up and colouring the stampbord with my PanPastels, using Yellow Green and a little of the pearl yellow and green, I added some pearl blue for the sky and then set to stamping. I used Memento Ink in Bamboo leaves and stamped a magazine freebie from Indigo Blu and the gorgeous dandelion from Premium Craft Brands postcard set. Next I stamped the sentiments usind Black Archival ink

I used my Stampbord tools to scratch in some cloud shapes and then glued the stampbord ATCs to a strip of designer paper. Once this was dry, the strip of ATCs was glued to a square of mountboard. I used pearl trim to cover the corners.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

2 Creative chicks: anything goes

Country View Crafts: simply scenic

Crafting by designs: sentiments

Crafting with an attitude: anything goes/ spring fever

Creative knockouts: sentimentally yours

Dream Factory: secret garden

Fab'n'Funky: flora and fauna

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything goes mixed media

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

Claire xx

Stampbord ATCs	Stampbord Scraper Tools	Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Pan Pastel pearlescent green
Pan Pastel pearlescent yellow	Bright yellow green

Girly but no pink at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, its time for a new challenge over at Polkadoodles and this time around our theme is 'Girly but no pink' . As ever there are some gorgeous prizes up for grabs and lots of inspiration from my lovely teamies too. I decided to go for a purple/lilac colour palette but my camera really doesn't like purple for some reason lol.

I've used this gorgeous image from the Octavia Moonfly Collection (available as a download here or as a cd here) , you can also buy her as an individual digis stamp 'Octavia Moonfly Washing Day'. I've coloured her with my Graph'It markers and just added some ribbon, gems and a pretty rose button from my stash.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore: anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage digi creations: monochrome

Digi Choosday: add a bow

Dream Valley: things with wings

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes

Sisters of Craft: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

All sewn up from Chocolate Baroque

Good evening folks, pesky blogger isn't playing nicely with my scheduled posts these days but hey ho such is life. This month the new release stamps at Chocolate Baroque have a sewing theme, one of my favourite! You can find all the new releases here.

I've made a tussie mussie by stamping lots of the smaller stamps on cream card and adding lots of lace, some ribbon and a pretty tassel. I've filled the tussie mussie with stuffing for soft toys and coved it with some tulle (no sewing involved lol, I just used a little glue).

I stamped the dress form, flower and lacey border on cream card using tea dye and victorian  velvet distress ink before cutting them out and popping them in my tussie mussie.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Be Crafty and Create: anything goes

Crafty Time: Anything new (new stamps)

Decorate to Celebrate: anything goes

In the pink: Stitching real or faux (on the ribbon)

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Playing with stampbord

Good morning folks, its inspiration week at Love2Create with Premium Craft Brands and as always we've got a nice easy theme for you. Its anything creative/mixed media goes and our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from Premium Craft Brands so you don't want to miss out on your chance to win!!

For my DT project, i've been playing with stampbord and made a bag charm and a keyring.

To make the butterfly bag charm I coloured a stampbord domino with PanPastels in shades of turquoise, phthalo blue, phalo green and then stamped the butterfly from the Premium Craft Brands Postcard stamp set using black archival ink. I used my stampbord tools to scratch highlights into the butterfly and then dusted over a little turquoise PanPastel. I punched a hole with my cropodile and then triple embossed the stampbord with clear UTEE. I applied a layer of maimeri glassy gel around the edges to adhere some clear microbeads although they dont show up too well in the photo.

The key ring was made with a Stampbord square, I stamped the flowers from 'Roses' Premium Craft Brands stamp set and watercoloured with my PanPastels. I added some Coarse White Pearl Medium in Black and again used my tools to scratch some highlights. I used glassy gel again to adhere red microbeads around the edge.

I'm entering these in the following challenges:

Crafting from the heart: anything goes

Dream Valley: things with wings

Not just cards: anything goes

Sparkle'n'sprinkle: anything goes with glitter.embossing powder or flock

Stempelsonnen: anything goes

Sweet stamps: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Stampbord Scraper Tools	Stampbord Assorted sizes	Phthalo Blue extra dark	Phthalo Green Shade	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels
Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set	Turquoise	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Permanent Red Shade	Pan Pastel chromium oxide green
Glassy Gel Medium

Old Favourites at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Good morning my lovelies, its time for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and our theme this time around is 'Old Favourites' so we want you to use your old favourite stamps! We've got a fab prize up for grabs, our lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher from our lovely sponsors Flonzcraft. Don't forget though, we're a stamping challenge so you have to use rubber/clear stamps to enter, no digi stamps allowed!

For my DT project, I've altered a bottle and used some of my old favourite stamps, the stamps used are from Butterfly Poppy Collage, an a4 stamp set from Chocolate Baroque.



I began by coating my bottle with Maimeri Matte Gel Medium, once that was dry I applied Rock Candy Crackle paint and left it to dry.I coloured the crackled bottle with alcohol inks and applied silver gilding wax to the edges. I gave it all another coat of Maimeri Matte Gel and while it was wet sprinkled on some glamour dust.

I die cut loads of flowers from crinoline fabric and some white polkadot tulle. I coloured the fabric with distress reinkers and layered them up, adding buttons in the centres. I used ribbon around the top and added some pearl trim.

The butterflies were stamped on acetate with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I stuck the butterflies on double sided adhesive sheet and then glittered the back before cutting them out and attaching them with silicone glue.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: no squares allowed

Crafty Cardmakers: make your own  background

Decorate to Celebrate: anything goes

Deep Ocean: flowers

Hiding in my craft room: button up

Retro Rubber: May flowers

Stamp and Create: flowers

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Twiggy and Toots from Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, today's card is for our new challenge at Polkadoodles where our theme is 'things with Wings'. I've used this adorable image called Hat's off, you can find her here as a digi or the full collection is available here.

I coloured the image with my Graph'It markers, distressed the edges and layered her up on some green card. I've added some of the pretty butterflies, ribbon and a sentiment from the CD, layering the sentiment on a spellbinders die cut. I've added some little gems, lace and paper flowers to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft your passion: anything goes

Crafting from the heart: anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner: may flowers

Deep Ocean: flowers

Dream Valley: things with wings

Southern Girls: animal crackers

Through the craft room door: anything goes

Whoopsi daisy: things with wings

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Dressmakers Window from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, have you seen this month's new releases from Chocolate Baroque? As always there are some stunning new stamps, two A5 stamp sheets with a sewing theme and some gorgeous clear stamps too. I've used this lovely (and very useful) Dressmakers window stamp for this card (you can find it here)

I began by creating a background using a Crafters Workshop Brick Stencil and texture paste. Once that was dry I applied colour with PanPastels (Neutral grey tint, Burnt Sienna and a little Raw Umber). To create the window I  stamped the image onto black card with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder before cutting out the window panels. I then stamped and embossed the image onto acetate with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I created the little scene using my PanPastels and some old favourite stamps from Home Sweet Home and added a little colour to the cottages with coloured pencils. I layered the window up over the scene using 3d foam tape and then added ribbon, lace, paper flowers and a wooden button topped with a twine bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge up your life: clear element

Chocolate Coffee and Cards: spring has sprung

Fab'n'Funky: May flowers

Fussy and Fancy: lots of flowers

Simon Says Stamp: lets get sentimental

Stamping Sensations: flower power

Thanks for popping by today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Anything creative goes at PanPastel UK

Good morning my lovelies, todays project is for our 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' at We love 2 Create with Premium Craft Brands. I had loads of fun creating this project

I began by applying texture paste through a Dutch Doobadoo Chicken Wire stencil to my canvas, once that was dry I distressed with Burnt Sienna Shade PanPastel. I played with my Pearlescent PanPastels, colouring up stampbord inchies and then stamping with some of the gorgeous stamps from Premium Craft Brands (you can find links to all the goodies I've used at the end of this post)

I used the inches to create a frame for a piece of a pretty floral napkin that I decoupaged with Maimeri Matte Medium. I added some pretty pearl trim around the frame.

Next I coloured up a load of die cut flowers and leaves and added them to the project, popping pearls in the centres. I stamped and embossed the butterfly stamp from Postcard several times on acetate and had a bit of a happy accident, I used White Pearl WOW EP instead of the opaque white. It looked a bit wishy washy but I found it really picked up the colour of my pearl pans beautifully.

I punched some holes with my cropodile and used seam binding ribbon to hang the project up.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Allsorts: more than two die cuts

A Vintage Journey: spring colours

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Fab'n'Funky: may flowers

Fussy and Fancy: lots of flowers

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

STAMPlorations: stamps and leaves

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Pearlescent Colours & Mediums Palette set of 10	Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Chicken Wire Stencil	Burnt sienna shade
Matt Gel Medium	white Gesso	Stampbord Assorted sizes