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Saturday 25 June 2016

Glitter or Teal at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning folks, it's an exciting week over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge as we've got a fabulous prize from our lovely sponsor Oddball Art and we've also got an awesome candy to give away - no excuse not to play along as you don't have to use our products to enter! 


My image today is from our sponsor Oddball Art, this image is called Josie with Butterflies and can be found here. I've coloured her with my Graph'It markers, there's a full list of colours over on the challenge blog.


The background was made with pearlescent PanPastels and I added some sparkly dots with my Silver Graph'It Shake pen.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner: Sparkle/shine
Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp: Add some shimmer
Southern Girls: Anything goes

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



Wednesday 22 June 2016

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

Good morning folks, its week 2 of our colour challenge over at Chocolate Baroque Challenge and this time around we've got a really gorgeous colour palette to inspire us. Of course there is a fab prize up for grabs, who can resist Chocolate Baroque goodies??

Current Challenge

Here's my DT project for this month's challenge:


I thought the colours would be perfect for a moody seaside scene so got busy with stamps from one of my favourite sets 'Seashore Scenes' and stamped in the scene.  I used Pebeo masking fluid to mask the lighthouse, sun, little boats etc and left it to dry. Next, I painted the scene with distress inks and added some waves with a white pen. The sentiment is from Seaside Dreams, stamped with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to stamps: Anything summer
Bunny Zoe's: Summer
Creaetive Knockouts: Summer fun
Inkspirational: Masking
Little Claire's: create a scene
Ooh La La: sun, sand, sea

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

Sunday 19 June 2016

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We love 2 create!

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? It's a bit grey and miserable so that's all the excuse I need to play in my craft room. We've got a new challenge starting at We Love 2 Create and as always our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' so there's no excuse not to join in, especially as our lucky winner will receive some fabulous crafty stash from Premium Craft Brands.


I've used a 12x12 canvas to create this project. I used the  beautiful Gardenia stencil from Prima and PanPastels for the lovely lady. PanPastels are perfect for this kind of project as they are so forgiving and blend beautifully.

I used PanPastels in shades of turquoise to create the background and then stencilled over the top with another Prima stencil and white gesso to create a subtle floral effect.



Next I added some more stencilling using a harlequin stencil and black gesso. Once that was dry I applied Fine Black Pearl PanPastel medium around the edges, blending it over the background to highlight the stencilling.

To preserve her modesty I gave her a dress made from white polkadot tulle with some resin flowers that I'd coloured with acrylic paint. The roses were a real bargain from the pound shop! I love a bargain lol.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: hand coloured image
Craft your Passion: Anything goes
Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

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






Friday 17 June 2016

Use a Die Cut at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, we've got a new challenge over at Polkadoodles and our theme is 'Use a Die Cut'. As always my teamies have some gorgeous projects to inspire you and we have a fab prize up for grabs too! 

For my card I've used papers and one of the gorgeous images from Nikky's fabulous new collection 'Winnie in Wonderland', It's crammed with so many fun images, embellishments etc and the papers are just stunning!

I've coloured one of the digi stamps from the collection using my Lyra pencils and added papers and embellies from the collection. I die cut the word 'sweet' from one of the backing papers and also used die cut flowers to create the roses. I've distressed everything with a little gathered twigs distress ink.

Ive added lace, ribbon, paper flowers, pearls and a pretty button to finish off.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges.

Artistic Inspirations: Anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams: say it with flowers
Dream Valley: vintage
Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes
Paper Shelter: ribbons and buttons

Sunday 12 June 2016

Beautiful Blooms at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there my lovelies, I hope you're having a good weekend. It's time for our new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this month our theme is 'Beautiful Blooms'. My teamies have lots of gorgeous artwork to inspire you and we've got a fab prize up for grabs from our generous sponsor Flonzcraft too! Don't forget though we're a stamping challenge so no digi stamps are allowed.


I've altered a little heartshaped  album cover for my project, using stamps from Indigo Blu. I began with a coat of white gesso and then once that was dry I added acrylic paints in blues and greens. Next came some stencilling using a flower stencil from Indigo Blu and an old favourite chicken wire stencil from Dutch Doobadoo.

I stamped the flower stamp on tissue paper with blue versafine ink and applied with with matte medium and then stamped again on acetate but emobossed with sparkly silver EP. I cut the flowers out, painted the backs with acrylic paint and layered them up with silicone glue.


I added some enamel dots to the centre of the stamped flowers and then went to town adding paper flowers, faux moss, berries, ribbon and lace.
Everything was going nicely until I stamped the sentiment (again from Indigo Blu) on tissue and realised it wouldn't fit grrrrrrrr! I just cut it up and applied it to either side of my image, I'm such a bodget lol.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Fancy ribbon and bows
Crafting for all seasons: make it girly
Dream Valley: vintage
Frilly and funkie: let the words do the talking
Incy Wincy: alter something

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

Friday 10 June 2016

Candy Colours at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning my lovelies, we've had some lovely sunshine this week which is typical as I'm back at work and haven't had a minute lol. I have done a bit of colouring though as we've got a new challange over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge where our theme is 'Sweet as Candy'. We're sponsored by Molly Harrison who has so many beautiful images to choose from, I've used Spring Bliss to make this card:


Here's another pic of the image


I've kept the card fairly simple, just adding a pretty gingham bp, some lace ribbon and pearls. 
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations: anything goes
Eureka stamps: things with wings
Lemon Shortbread: anything goes

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

Sunday 5 June 2016

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning my lovelies, its our new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as usual our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes'. You don't have to use our products to play along and our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies thanks to our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands.


I've altered an MDF heart to create a summery project. I began with a coat of white gesso and covered part of the heart with a dictionary page, Once that was dry I used a Dutch Doobadoo rose stencil to create the roses down the left hand side using my PanPastels (links to colours I've used are at the bottom of this post). I sealed the colour with a little hairspray and then replaced the stencil and added a layer of Maimeri Glassy Gel medium. I removed the stencil, applied a layer of microbeads and left it to dry. Here's a close up of the lovely sparkle this technique creates.


Once that was dry I added the stamped flowers, usingFloribunda Net from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with PanPastels. The sentiment is from Rose Stem Script, also from Chocolate Baroque. I've using gilding wax around the edge of the hart.  I've added a little metal butterfly, some pearl trim, pink ribbon topped with a little button.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics: Anything goes
A Vintage Journey: Texture or embossing paste
Crafty Catz: Add a butterfly
Noor Designs UK : Here comes summer
Stamps and Stencils: Floral Frenzy

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

Friday 3 June 2016

One for the boys at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, we've got a fab new challenge over at Polkadoodles, our theme is 'One for the boys' so you can get ahead with your Fathers Day cards and be in with a chance of winning a fab prize too!


 I've used Cherry Blossom Lane, one of my all time favourites from Polkadoodles to make this card, The papers are all from the CD collectio which can be found here. The main image a clear stamp called Noah, you can find him here , I've stamped him on kraft card and coloured him with pencils



I've added die cut bunting, tiny blue buttons, seam binding ribbon topped with a wooden button and a little twine bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Critters and Creatures: Anything goes with a critter or creature
Deep Ocean: Feathered/Furry Friends
Di's Digi Designs: For the boys
Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes
The Male Room: Critters or bugs

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

Tangled Baroque Ornament

Good morning folks, my project today is a little tag made with one of the gorgeous new stamps from Chocolate Baroque. This one is called Tangled Baroque Ornament but there are a whole selection of these beautiful mandalas, you can find them here.


I began with a piece of card from my scrap pile, it had a crackled background but I didn't like the colour so I recycled it by applying metallic acrylic paints and once they were dry I lightly applied some gilding wax to highlight the crackle.

I stamped the image four times and embossed with gold embossing powder and then painted them with distress inks (I used Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry). I cut the layers out and layered them up with 3d foam pads. To finish off I added some die cut swirls and a little scrap of rainbow ribbon attached with a brad.

I'm entering this tag in the following challenges:
A Beautiful Mess: Anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas: anything goes with die cuts
Incy Wincy: texture
Inspiration Destination: anything goes
Wonderful Wednesdays: anything goes


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

Wednesday 1 June 2016

Midsummer at Eclectic Ellapu

Good afternoon folks, I've lost track of the days this week so this post should have been up this morning but better late than never. I've got a week off work so I'm totally out of my routine, not that I'm complaining lol. Today's car is for our new challenge  over at Eclectic Ellapu, the pink team have a fabulous Midsummer theme for you. Not that it's anything like midsummer in my little corner of the country, in fact it's more like November than June.
I've made a little scene card using the beautiful Landscape Edges from Chocolate Baroque. I wanted to capture the slightly misty light of a lovely summer morning and so I used distress markers to colour the stamps, lightly misted with water before stamping the images. I added a wee bit more colour with disterss markers to caret the grass and add some definition to the fence. The sentiment is from Words of Inspiration, also from Chocolate Baroque

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments: anything goes with a sentiment
Crafting from the Heart: Anything goes
Craft your passion: Anything goes
Crafty Friends: Summertime
Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

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

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