tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82185688313906009942024-03-13T08:20:51.497+00:00Claire's Crafty CreationsClaire's Crafty CreationsClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.comBlogger1891125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-39431611116918512692017-10-20T09:23:00.002+01:002017-10-20T09:23:17.116+01:00Anything Goes at Polkadoodles<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning again, two posts today and this project is for our Anything Goes challenge over at <a href="https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a>! Pop over to the challenge blog and check out all my teamies beautiful projects and find out about all the new releases and of course the fab prize for our lucky winner!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: left;"> I've made a cute little hanging heart all ready for Christmas. I've used one of the gorgeous embossed papers from the </span><a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/usb-vip-collection-winnie-white-christmas-digital-printables-on-usb-key/" style="background-color: white; color: #38b7c8; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Winnie White Christmas collection</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: left;"> and added one of the new Christmas sentiment stamps </span><a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/heartfelt-christmas-wishes-to-you-and-your-family-clear-polymer-stamp/" style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Heartfelt Wishes.</a></span></div>
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I stuck the paper to the mdf heart using matte gel medium. Once it was dry I sanded around the edges to remove the excess paper. I love this paper it's so pretty and looks really 3d!. I stamped the sentiment on some white card and glued that across the heart and added some blingy trim and a little lace. I used bright red organza ribbon to create the hanging loop, added a bow, a bell and a sparkly dazzler to finish off.</div>
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<a href="http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">CRAFT:</a> Christmas</div>
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<a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crafting from the heart:</a> Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge</a>: Anything goes Christmas</div>
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Thanks so much for popping by today, hope to see you again soon</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-40130493001320975932017-10-20T07:00:00.000+01:002017-10-20T07:00:19.100+01:00Nature's Peace from Chocolate Baroque<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, this card features stamps from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UDLSP0305.html" target="_blank">Nature's Peace</a> from Chocolate Baroque. I wanted to create a sunny Autumn scene.</div>
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I began with a PanPastel background and stamped the tree using brown ink, the foliage in the top corner with green ink and then stamped the foliage in the foreground with a dark green ink, over stamping with the berried inked in red ink. The sentiment was stamped and embossed with a vintage gold ink.</div>
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I'm entering this card in the following challenges:</div>
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<a href="http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Artistic Inspirations:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Love to Craft:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paper Shelter</a>: Make it square<br />
<a href="http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sparkles Forum:</a> Autumn colours<br />
<a href="http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Crafty Addicts:</a> Anything goes autumn colours<span id="goog_999798550"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_999798551"></span></div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-4579614833405893912017-10-13T08:00:00.001+01:002017-10-13T08:00:12.718+01:00Anything Goes at Colour Crazy Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning, it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Challenge and this time our theme is Anything Goes. Our sponsor this time around is Oddball Art so our lucky winner will be in for a treat!<br />
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I've used <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/250270942/instant-download-digi-stamp-digital?ga_search_query=Reindeer&ref=shop_items_search_10" target="_blank">Santa's Little Helper</a> from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/OddballArtCo" target="_blank">Oddball Art </a>to make this card. I've coloured the image with Graph'It markers, I just love how vibrant the reds are in these markers. Perfect for Xmas makes. The paper is from Winnie White Christmas from Polkadoodles. I've added some paper flowers, leaves and red bow topped with a little wooden Christmas tree button.<br />
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<a href="http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ABC Christmas Challenge</a>: U for unlimited/V for vibrant<br />
<a href="http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Little Miss Muffet:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Holly and Ivy Challenge</a>: Anything Christmas goes<br />
<a href="http://themerrychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Merry Christmas Challenge</a>: Anything Christmas<br />
<a href="http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Ribbon Girls:</a> Any card with ribbon<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon<br />
Claire xx</div>
Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-44021142313591501942017-10-13T08:00:00.000+01:002017-10-13T08:00:02.249+01:00Anything Goes or Halloween at Polkadoodles<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, my project today is an art journal page for our Anything Goes challenge over at <a href="https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a>. As always we've got lots of inspiration from my teamies and a fabulous prize from <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a> lined up for our lucky winner so pop over to the challenge blog to find out all the details.</div>
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I've used this adorable image from Polkadoodles for my journal page. She's called Winnie Wednesday Witch with Cat, you can get her as a digital stamp<a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-wednesday-witch-cat-digi-stamp-download-printable/" target="_blank"> here</a> or you can treat yourself to the full Winnie Wednesday Halloween Collection (full of gorgeous images, papers and sentiments) <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-wednesday-halloween-bundle-collection-printable-download/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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I began by creating my background. I splashed on some masking fluid to create create some stars and once that was dry I misted the page with water. Next I sloshed on metallic acrylic paints in shades of blue, pink, green and purple adding lots of water to help them blend. I added dark blue acrylic and then black around the edges and left it all to dry. </div>
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While the background was drying I coloured Winnie using Graph'It markers:</div>
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I cut Winnie out leaving a little ground at the bottom of the image and went back to the background. Once it was thoroughly dry I rubbed off the masking fluid to create some nice bright stars, next Isplashed diluted white gesso on the background to create some stars. I added more stars with a white posca pen. I used matte medium to collage Winnie on to the background.</div>
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<a href="http://craftaholicsrus.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Craftaholics R us</a>: Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Fairytale:</a> Pumpkin</div>
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<a href="http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Pause Dream Enjoy</a>: Halloween</div>
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<a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Try it on Tuesday:</a> It's Halloween Time</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-59508405763743449672017-10-08T08:00:00.000+01:002017-10-08T17:27:28.870+01:00Fantasy Woodland <div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, today I'm sharing a little Autumnal canvas made using stamps from Chocolate Baroque.</div>
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I began with a brusho background and then stamped the trees (from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA4SP0403.html" target="_blank">Fantasy Woodland</a>) and embossed with gold embossing powder. I added some little dots of clear glue and created some foliage with beadazzles.</div>
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Next I took some brown acrylic paint and grounded the trees. Once that was dry I stencilled in some leaves using green acrylic paint and the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBMSK007.html" target="_blank">Useful Leaves stencil</a>. Next I added some falling leaves using the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBSTN006.html" target="_blank">Seasonal Elements stencil</a> and the word Autumn using the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBSTN005.html" target="_blank">Seasonal Journey stencil</a> and iridescent paste. Once the paste was dry I coloured the leaves and word with alcohol markers.</div>
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<a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Allsorts</a>: Trees/Leaves</div>
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<a href="http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Creative Artiste:</a> Anything goes</div>
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<a href="http://noordesign-uk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Noor Designs UK</a>: Fall colours</div>
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<a href="http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Thats' Crafty</a>: Forever Autumn</div>
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<a href="http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Crafty Addicts</a>: anything goes autumn colours</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-5326314528632554152017-10-07T13:09:00.001+01:002017-10-07T13:09:06.346+01:00Tall Trees from Chocolate Baroque<div style="text-align: center;">
Oops I meant to post this card yesterday bus as usual work has been so busy I just haven't had a minute. Anyway the weekend is here and I'm going to be a busy bee making samples for some more of Lesley's shows on Hochanda! This card is one of the samples I made for the shows last month which featured some of my favourite<a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/" target="_blank"> Chocolate Baroque</a> stamps.</div>
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This card was made using stamps from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5SP0252.html" target="_blank">Tall Trees</a>. I created a little scene on linen card using a torn paper mask and distress inks before stamping the trees with brown ink. I then cleaned the stamp and inked up the top part of the trees with gilding glue and stamped again before applying glitter in shades of green, orange and brown. The sentiment is from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/birthday-words-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">Birthday Words</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://makingmemoriescrafting.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Making Memories Crafting:</a> Anything goes Autumn/Halloween</div>
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Good morning my lovelies, today's project is a canvas made for our 'Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes' challenge over at <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love to Create </a>with Polkadoodles. We've had some really exciting changes over on the challenge blog and this is our first challenge using<a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Polkadoodles</a> goodies. We've got some gorgeous papers and a beautiful set of stamps for our lucky winner so do pop over and find out all the details.</div>
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I've used lots of gorgeous stamps and dies to make this canvas, along with a little stencilling, Foamiran flowers and some beautiful printables from the Belle Papillon collection. I've done a step by step tutorial over on the <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create with Polkadoodles</a> blog if you'd like to find out more about how I made this project.</div>
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Here a few more pics to show the detail:</div>
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I love all these pretty stamps and dies, they've been painted with distress inks and die cut using the coordinating doublet dies</div>
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I've stamped the foliage using Potting Soil archival ink and overstamped the larger leaves with a script stamp from Belle Papillon</div>
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I've added lots of texture with raffia, angel hair and lots of die cut foliage</div>
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I'm entering this canvas in the following challenges:</div>
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Good morning folks, it's an exciting day today as after a little break we're back with a bang over at the <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love To Create</a> challenge and we're so excited to become part of the<a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Polkadoodles </a>family! We're still going to be a mixed media challenge but we'll be showcasing lots of lovely goodies from <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a> too. </div>
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As well as a monthly challenge with a fab prize, we'll be having regular Guest Designers to join us and some tutorials too. I'll be doing our very first tutorial next week so today I'm sharing some sneaky peaks of my project! I hope you'll stop by the<a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> blog</a> and find out all the details!!</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-47243566331092488762017-09-23T18:09:00.000+01:002017-09-23T18:09:15.682+01:00New England Winter Acetate Card<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello my lovelies, how's your Saturday going? Today's card features one of my all time favourite stamps from Chocolate Baroque, yes it's <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/new-england-winter-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">New England Winter</a> again. I just love this little house.</div>
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To make this acetate card I cut the front off an 8x8card blank leaving a little border (about 2cm) along the top and used red line tape to attach an acetate panel. I stamped the gorgeous little house from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/new-england-winter-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">New England Winter </a>on watercolour card and added some colour with watercolour paints, highlighted with glitter and glossy accents. I cut this out and then tore several strips of card, adding glitter to the torn edges. The important thing with this style of card is to add some weight to the front of the card otherwise it doesn't stand up properly so the strips of snowy card give the front some strength. Layer the strips of card, popping the house in between. I added some 'snow' with a white Posca Pen and some icicles with glue and glitter. I stencilled the moon using <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBSTN006.html" target="_blank">Seasonal Elements </a>stencil and white gesso with a sprinkle of glitter. The sentiment is from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5LW0549.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Festive</a>. I made the background using watercolour paint, creating a very dilute wash of colour. </div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-83193116110584097102017-09-10T17:55:00.001+01:002017-09-10T17:55:18.058+01:00Reindeer Landscape from Chocolate Baroque<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning my lovelies, how's your weekend going? Today's card features the beautiful<a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/reindeer-landscape-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank"> Reindeer Landscape</a>, another favourite from Chocolate Baroque. I stamped the focal image with Black Versafine ink and used a black pitt pen to extend the landscape to each side.</div>
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I added shadows to the hills with very dilute watercolour paint in shades of blue, purple and pink. I used slightly more intense shades of the same colours to create the sky, masking a little moon. I added some snow with splatters of white gesso and a white posca pen before stamping the sentiment which comes from the lovely new set <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5LW0549.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Festive,</a></div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-37780769344594389722017-09-09T08:00:00.000+01:002017-09-09T08:00:26.972+01:00New England Winter from Chocolate Baroque<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, I haven't had a lot of time for crafting or blogging lately but I did mange to make some samples for the recent Chocolate Baroque shows on Hochanda. This card features <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/new-england-winter-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">New England Winter</a>, this is one of my all time favourite sets!</div>
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I began by stamping the image onto watercolour paper and painting with masking fluid. I gave it a good coat of the fluid as I was planning on a very messy background lol. Once the masking fluid was dry spritzed the card with plenty of water and set to with my watercolour paints to create a 'galaxy sky' effect. I used shades of blue, green, purple and pink - mixed with plenty of water and added black around the edges. While the paint was wet I sprinkled over some rock salt and then added some drops of rubbing alcohol. I wasn't sure how the alcohol would react with the water but it was on my desk so i had a go. The salt created the feathery effect in the background (I think I added a bit too much lol) and the alcohol created the circles. I left the background to dry and and then splattered everything with watered down white gesso and again left it to dry before adding some even white stars with a white posca pen. Once the background was completely dry I removed the masking fluid and watercoloured the image. I added glossy accents to the tree lights and white pva glue generously sprinkled with glitter to create the snow in the foreground. The sentiment is from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5LW0549.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Festive</a>.</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-30900960319674026162017-08-25T08:00:00.000+01:002017-08-25T08:00:10.055+01:00Anything Goes at Polkadoodles<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, it's an 'Anything Goes' theme over at <a href="http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a> so I hope you're going to join in the fun to be in with the chance of winning a fab prize from the <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles store</a>! </div>
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I simply painted with red, rose and yellow paints and added some splatters here and there. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and doodled a border to finish off before laying on black card.<br />
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Good morning folks, it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and it's a nice easy theme again .... Anything Goes. We've got a lovely prize from our sponsor <a href="https://www.craftyribbons.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Ribbons</a> and you can use any medium you want to enter, as long as you include a hand coloured image.<br />
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-27699183589082558612017-08-18T08:00:00.000+01:002017-08-18T08:00:06.738+01:00Anything goes at Polkadoodles<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning my lovelies, our theme at<a href="https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Polkadoodles</a> Challenge is Anything Goes so it's easy peasy to be in with a chance to win a lovely prize from Polkadoodles!<br />
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Good morning my lovelies, Monday already so I'm heading off to work but before I go I just wanted to share a card featuring <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA6SP0545.html" target="_blank">Hanging Flowers</a>, one of the beautiful new stamps from Chocolate Baroque.</div>
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I stamped the focal image onto some white stamping card with black Versafine ink and then stamped twice more on some scraps of stamping card so that I could decoupage some of the flowers. I coloured the images with watercolour pencils, using a damp brush to blend the colour. I coloured around the image with watercolour paint using lots of water to create a muted effect.I stamped the foliage using <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA6SP0547.html" target="_blank">Take it or Leaf it </a>with a little distress ink. I splashed a little blue and green watercolour paint here and there and added a blue bow and a sparkly dazzler to finish the card off.</div>
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<a href="http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Crafty Friends</a>: Anything goes<br />
<a href="http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Fussy and Fancy</a>: Favourite Colour (blue flowers)<br />
<a href="http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simply Create Too</a>: flowers<br />
<a href="http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Southern Girls:</a> Add some stamping<br />
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Good morning my lovelies, it's been another busy week at work so I'm enjoying a lazy weekend with a wee bit of crafting thrown in. My project today is for our 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' challenge over at <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a>. As always we have some lovely crafty goodies just waiting for our lucky winner thanks to our generous sponsor Premium Craft Brands and you don't have to use our products to play along!<br />
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I kind of thought my tag looked a bit like an old shed door so I added some grungeboard hinges, a key (again coloured with PanPastels). I stamped some Paper Artsy numbers here and there and added a shink plastic sign to my door, again using a Paper Artsy stamp. I added some grass to the bottom and some dotty flowers with white and yellow pens.</div>
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Good morning folks, are you ready for the weekend? I certainly am, I'm getting too old to work for a living lol. My card today is for our 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Polkadoodles. The DT were challenged to make a Christmas project so we're hoping to give you a little inspiration to get an early start with your Christmas cards.</div>
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When is a peacock not a peacock? When it's a Christmas tree lol.<br />
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I've used the fabby <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/stamp-soup-regal-peacock-large-a5-stamp-set/" target="_blank">Regal Peacock</a> stamp set from Polkadoodles to make this card, those peacock feathers make wonderful Christmas trees with a little glitter glue to create some baubles.<br />
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I began by masking the moon and using torn paper masks to create the hills, I've used Iced Spruce distress ink and an ink duster to ink in the sky and hils. The 'trees' were stamped with the same ink and I used a wet brush to add a little dimension and shading to the trees. I stamped the flourishes from the same stamp set around the edges and to create branches and added dots of glitter glue. I stamped the word 'Happy', drew the baubles and wrote the letters in them and highlighted them with glossy accents.<br />
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<a href="http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crafting by Designs:</a> Christmas<br />
<a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crafting from the Heart:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Crafts Galore Encore:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Love to Scrap:</a> Anything goes<br />
<a href="http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ooh La La:</a> Landscapes<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon<br />
Claire xx</div>
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Good morning folks, a quick post before I dash off to work as I wanted to share this project made using stamps and stencils from Chocolate Baroque.</div>
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Good morning my lovelies, my second post today and this one is my project for our Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes challenge at <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a>. Those lovely people at<a href="http://www.yourcreativitystore.com/" target="_blank"> Premium Craft Brands</a> have some lovely crafty goodies just waiting for our lucky winner and you don't even have to use our products to enter! </div>
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I've made a journal page for my DT project this time around. I began by cleaning my very gungy brick stencil that I 'd used on another project onto my page with a baby wipe. Its amazing how much texture paste is left on a stencil when you've finished using it. Once this was dryI added some colour with shades of brown PanPastels. I coloured the centre area with Bright Yellow Green and Shade PanPastels. I added some foamiran lilies that I'd made using stamps and dies from Sheena Douglass. I stamped the pink memento ink and then added colour with my Magenta PanPastel once I'd die cut the lilies. I coloured the bird cage and little birdie die cuts with PanPastels and then glued everything in place. The sentiment is from Indigo Blu, stamped with a mix of pink and green ink.</div>
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Good morning my lovelies, my project today features stamps and stencils from <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Baroque</a>. I really enjoyed making this as I love colouring but I also love playing with paint and stencils too.</div>
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To make Summer Day I began by stamping <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA6SP0523.html" target="_blank">Summer Fayre</a> on to kraft card and colouring her with Lyra pencils. I dry brushed around the image with white gesso and also applied gesso to a piece of corrugated card. Once the gesso was dry I applied different shades of green acrylic paint through the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBMSK007.html" target="_blank">Useful Leaves</a> stencil to create the background, this is definitely a useful stencil but so pretty too. I added the lettering using the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBSTN005.html" target="_blank">Seasonal Journey</a> stencil and a little red acrylic paint. To finish the wall hanging I added some ribbon, gingham trim and little paper poppy.</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-53850921371638700202017-07-21T08:05:00.000+01:002017-07-21T08:05:05.099+01:00Anything Goes at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning again folks, my second post today and this card is for our Anything Goes challenge at Colour Crazy Challenge. Our sponsor this time is Lemon Shortbread and I've used their fab image <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/514862091/digital-stamp-surfing-guy-digi-beach?ref=shop_home_active_10" target="_blank">Surfer Guy</a> to make this card.<br />
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-14885364684788944802017-07-21T08:00:00.001+01:002017-07-21T08:00:00.998+01:00Anything Goes or Christmas at Polkadoodles<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning my lovelies, work has been so busy lately I've been very quiet on the blogging front but today I have two posts to share. This project is for our 'Anything goes' or Christmas challenge over at Polkadoodles. </div>
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Did you see Nikky on Create and Craft on Monday? She was demoing the gorgeous Regal Peacock stamps and also Winnie Winterland. My project today features one of the adorable digi stamps from Winnie Winterland. This image is called Skating Around and you can find it <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-winterland-skating-around-digital-craft-stamp-download/" target="_blank">here as a digi stamp</a> or you can treat yourself to the <a href="http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-winterland-big-kahuna-digital-craft-download-bundle/" target="_blank">complete collection here</a>.</div>
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I've altered an old clock to make a shaker decoration. Once I'd removed the clocks innards (sounds painful lol) I added a layer of one of the beautiful papers in the Winnie Winterland Collection and then some layers of torn, glittered paper hills. I coloured the image with Lyra pencils and cut it out and layered it up on 3d foam. I added some faux snow and replaced the glass of the clock with some strong acetate.</div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14461341813440030421noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218568831390600994.post-26984676526946707012017-07-09T08:00:00.000+01:002017-07-09T08:00:17.101+01:00Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create!<div style="text-align: center;">
Good morning folks, well the weather is lovely here this weekend so I'm hoping to spend the day relaxing in the garden but before I go and enjoy the sunshine I just wanted to share a tag I've made for our Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes challenge at <a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a>. We've got some lovely crafty goodies for our lucky winner thanks to our sponsors<a href="http://www.yourcreativitystore.com/" target="_blank"> Premium Craft Brands</a> and you don't even have to use our products to play along. </div>
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I cleaned my ledger stencil onto this tag when I was clearing up from another project, This one has glassy gel medium on and I was really pleased with the effect from the stencil, I just rubbed the gungy stencil over the tag with a baby wipe and it's created a really clear stencil effect. Unfortunately my rubbish photography skills don't show it too clearly lol. I blended Yellow Green PanPastel over the top, adding a little gold around the edges. Next I added some angel hair and some SnipArt which I coloured with gold PanPastel The leaves were die cut from kraft glassine, scrunched and then coloured with PanPastel Bright Yellow Green/Shade. The flower is made from Foamiran, I used the Blueberry colour (I think) and was quite disappointed with the colour as its quite grey in tone so it sat gathering dust in my craft room until I got out my PanPastels. I was really pleased with the way the Pans blended on the foam, I also used them to colour the stamens (I dabbed these on a versamark inkpad before applying the gold PanPastel. </div>
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Good morning my lovelies! Just a quick post to share one of my projects for this month's gorgeous stamps over at the <a href="http://chocolatebaroque.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chocolate Baroque DT Blog</a> I just love all four of the beautiful ladies in the <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA6SP0524.html" target="_blank">Four Seasons collection</a> and this project features the lovely <a href="http://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA6SP0524.html" target="_blank">Autumn Medley</a>. I began by spreading a thick layer of texture paste over the stamp and leaving her for a couple of days to dry.</div>
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Once the texture paste was dry I carefully peeled it away from the stamp and triimmed the edges to neaten it up. Then I painted it with acrylic paints, I was really pleased with the effect they gave</div>
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I took an oval mdf shape and applied texture paste through a woodgrain stencil, adding a thick layer around the edge of the piece. Once that was dry I painted with acrylic paints in shades of brown and then attached the lady so that her hair wood blend into the wood. I added some flowers, leaves and raffia from my stash and used a little mdf sentiment from my stash to finish off.</div>
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Good morning crafty friends weekend is here at last and can you believe that it's July already? That means it's time for a new challenge at<a href="http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Eclectic Ellapu </a>and our theme this month is Seaside or Summer Colours. My teamies have created some beautiful artwork to inspire you so pop over and have a look if you've got a minute to spare.<br />
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I've made another tag for my tag journal, it's filling up nicely now! I love to use kraft card for sea themed projects so I've cut a tag from kraft to make this tag. I've mainly used PanPastels for this little scene. I began by creating the sky using Ultramarine Blue PanPastel and some colourless blender. Then I sponged in the sea, using Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Green amd Ultramarine blue tint. </div>
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Next I created the waves using the same blues and greens but in the Shade/Extra Dark options. I used a pencil eraser to remove the colour where I wanted the clouds and the crests of the waves and then applied PanPastels in White, Fine Pearl Medium and added a touch of Paynes Grey to the clouds.</div>
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I stamped the sentiment (from Chocolate Baroque) in blue ink and the grasses in grey, added a little more colour with Bright Yellow Green PanPastel and some shadows with Paynes Grey. I added some details to the waves with a white posca pen and also added some tiny microbeads for the 'froth' where the waves are breaking.</div>
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