Anything goes or Red, White and Blue at Polkadoodles

Good afternoon folks, I'm having one of those days today so I'm running late with my post for our challenge over at Polkadoodles where the theme is 'Anything Goes', the DT have been challenged to use the theme of Red White and Blue so you can play along with that  theme too. As always our lucky winner will receive a fab prize from the Polkadoodles store and my teamies have some gorgeous projects to inspire you.

For My project I've made a vintage tag using the beautiful butterfly stamps from Bella Fleur and Belle Papillon sets, you can find them both here with lots of gorgeous coordinating dies and the most beautiful papers too.

I began by using Ultramarine Blue PanPastel on my tag, then somestencilling  with a script stencil and white fine texture paste. While that was drying I stamped my butterflies on watercolour card with white embossing powder and coloured them with Festive Berries distress ink.

I layered up some lace and a little red/white gingham ribbon then attached my butterflies with silicone glue. I added some faux pearls for a trail between the butterflies and applied glitter around the edge of the tag to finish off.

I'm entering my tag in the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers: winged things

CRAFT: Ribbon and sparkle

Go Tag Thursday: Butterflies

Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: stencil it

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

Claire xx

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, I hope you're having a good weekend. It time for a new challenge at  We Love 2 Create and of course our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes', you don't have to use our products to enter and our lucky winner will receive some lovely crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands!

I've made another tag for my tag journal and used some of my favourite techniques with PanPastels. I began by blending Hansa Yellow, Diarylide Yellow and Hansa Yellow Tint over my tag. I stenciled the honeycomb with texture paste and then stencilled the rose with PanPastels. Next I applied a layer of glassy gel medium over the rose and added a layer of clear microbeads. 

I added some drips of 'honey' with some yellow Viva gloss gel and while everything was drying set to making the other bits and bobs for my tag. The butterflies and bees are Chocolate Baroque stamps, I stamped them on acetate with Stazon ink and then glittered them on the reverse. The sentiment is also from Chocolate Baroque, stamped and then die cut with the smallest of the Polkadoodles Elegant Nest Dies. I coloured the centre of the diectu with more panpastel. I added some cheesecloth and  twine to finish my little tag.

I'm entering this tag in the following challenges:

Cards and More: anything but a card

Creates and Makes: anything goes/ yellow

Creative Artiste: anything mixed media goes

Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes

Ooh La La: Summertime

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

Claire xx

Hansa Yellow

Hansa Yellow Tint

Diarylide Yellow PanPastel

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

Mica Butterflies from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, well the weekend is here at last and before I head off to play in my craft room I just wanted to share a card made for Lesley's show on Hochanda recently. I've used the beautiful Patchwork Butterfly stamp set to make this card.

To make the background I've used black cardstock and stamped the beautiful swirls with versamark before dusting with mica powders. I stamped the pretty scene and the large butterflies on to black glossy card with versamark and again dusted over with mica powders to give a rainbow effect.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations: Anything goes

Incy Wincy: Sparkle or Shine

Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

Anything goes at Colour Crazy Challenge!

Good morning folks, it's a nice easy challenge for you over at Colour Crazy Challenge as our theme is 'Anything Goes'. Our sponsor this time is Polkadoodles so our lucky winner will be in for a real treat! My teamies have some some beautiful projects so do check them out if you have a minute.

I've coloured the adorable Etty Sewing with Graph'It markers and added lots of printable elements to her sewing room. Etty is from the Winston Deluxe Collection but you can also get the image on it's own as a digi stamp here. She's so sweet isn't she?

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cutie Pie: Cute/all creatures great and small

Digi Choosday: Anything goes

Inspiration Destination: Anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters: Anything goes

The Corrosive Challenges: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes at Polkadoodles

Good morning my lovelies, have you been enjoying the hot weather? I must admit I do love the sunshine but it's been far too hot at work and my craft room has been like a greenhouse. Anyway I'm sharing a card made for our 'Anything Goes' challenge over at Polkadoodles. There's a fab prize from the Polkadoodles store for our lucky winner and some gorgeous projects from my teamies to inspire you!

The DT were challenged to use polkadots on our projects, I adore polkadots so this challenge is right up my street. I've used papers and stamps from the beautiful Belle Papillon Paper Craft Kit and added some stencilled polkadots  with gelatos to make this card. I've also used lots of Polkadoodles dies to create the flower and foliage - Flower Flourish, Birdhouse Doublet Set, Flowers 1

I've distressed everything with a craft knife and some gathered twigs distress ink and added some raffia, pearls and a pretty lime green doily.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting when we can: Shabby Chic

Hiding in my craft room: Feminine

Inky  Chicks: use 3 patterned papers

Simon Says Stamp: Patterned Paper

The Crafty Addicts: Anything goes/die cuts

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

Claire xx

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, it's a bit nippy here this weekend so I'm hoping to bunker up in my craft room and have a play. I've made another tag for my journal for our new challenge at We Love 2 Create where our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes'. My teamies have lots of inspiration for you and there's a fab prize of come gorgeous crafty goodies  from Premium Craft Brands lined up for our lucky winner.

I began by blending Magenta Extra Dark and Magenta Shade PanPastels over my tag, next I stamped using a script stamp from Polkadoodles and Memento Grey Flannel  ink. I stencilled the harlequin pattern using Maimeri Glassy Gel Medium and left that to dry. While it was drying I die cut the flowers, bird cage and foliage and stamped the images using the same grey ink. I coloured the images with PanPastels and a little water. 

Once the stencilling was dry I added some die cut shapes, coloured with PanPastels and highlighted with Pewter PanPastel. I added a little aged silver frantage powder here and there. I used a little twine to attach the bird cage and charm and found a little rose in my stash to coordinate with the tag.

I'm entering my tag in the following challenges:

A Perfect time to craft: anything goes

Crafty Catz: anything goes/dies and punches

Incy Wincy: anything goes

Mix it up: anything goes plus stamping

The Crafty Addicts: Anything goes/die cuts

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

Claire xx

PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark	Magenta Shade Pan Pastel	Metallic Pan Pastel, Pewter	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Polka Doodles Belle Papillon A5 stamp set
Birdhouse Doublet Die set	Sofft sponge bars

Patchwork Butterflies from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning my lovelies, I've been chasing my tail for the last few weeks, work seems to get busier and busier! Anyway this morning I'm sharing a project made using the lovely Patchwork Butterfly stamp set. I love these stamps, they are so versatile.

To make the necklace and earrings I stamped the largest butterfly and the smaller coordinating butterfly on shrink plastic using Gold Stazon ink. I coloured the back of the butterflies with alcohol markers and cut them out. I punched holes for the jump rings using a crop-o-dile using the largest punch as the hole will shrink when heated. I heated the butterflies to shrink them, the largest one was flattened with an acrylic block but I curled the wings of the smaller butterflies while they were still warm. I added some beads from my stash to complement the colours of the butterflies.

I recycled a gift box to put the little butterflies in. I covered the box with some paper that I'd coloured with dye inks and mica sprays, crumpled and left to dry. I highlighted the texture with gilding wax and added some stencilling with gold texture paste. The butterfly was stamped on acetate and embossed with gold.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers: winged things

Creative Artiste: Anything mixed media goes

Dragonfly Dreams: add sparkle

Frillie and Funkie: Something old (recycled gift box)

Moving along with the times: embossing

Thanks for visiting today, have a lovely weekend

Claire xx

Anything Goes at Polkadoodles

Hello folks, I'm running late today as usual work is getting in the way of crafting which definitely isn't good! Today's card is my project for our Anything Goes challenge at Polkadoodles. If you have a min pop over to the challenge blog as my teamies have got loads of inspiration for you and of course there's a fab prize from Polkadoodles for our lucky challenge winner too.

 I've made a card using one of the images from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime , this one is called Sharing is Caring and you can find the digi image here or get the full collection here. I coloured Winnie with lyra pencils and added a sentiment and papers from the DaisyDays CD. 

I layered Winne up on the lovely muted yellow paper and took the coordinating floral sheet and cut it up to layer flowers and butterflies around Winne. The sentiment is also from Daisy Days. I just added a few little pearls for a finishing touch.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: Summer and a sentiment

Crafty Catz: anything goes/summertime

Fussy and Fancy: flowers

Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes

Pause Dream Enjoy: anything goes/ colour it

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

Claire xx