Winter Scene at Craft a Scene

Hi there my lovelies, I hope you're enjoying the Christmas break and that Santa has been good to you all. My project today is for our 'Winter Scene' Challenge over at Craft a Scene and we're all a wee bit sad as its our last challenge. Its been a joy to be part of such a wonderful talented team but all good things come to an end so its onward and upward as we move on to new crafty adventures!

I've made a little wall hanging using a base of corrugated card that I dry brushed with Maimeri White Gesso. The scene was stamped using lots of different stampscapes stamps on glossy cardstock and coloured with distress inks and a blending tool. I used Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce and Tumbled Glass with a little gathered twigs too. Then I used a white pigment ink pad to stamp some grasses.

I used a quickie glue pen and some glamour dust to add some icy sparkle here and there although its not showing in the pic. To finish off I added snowflakes with a white Graph'It Shake pen and also dusted off some Glimmer Chips to embellish the corners.

I'mm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons: anything Christmas but a card

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas: anything Christmas

Docerela Creations: anything goes

Inky Impressions: winter wonderland

My time to craft: Christmas trees

Sweet Stampin: anything goes

That's Crafty: Anything goes

Winter Wonderland: fussy and fancy

I'm planning on spending the evening colouring and eating chocolate, what could be better??
have a great day and thanks for popping by
Claire xx

Winter Scene at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon, you can't beat snuggling up on the sofa with the pooches on these cold winter afternoons can you? Its been freezing cold here over the weekend although we haven't got any of the white stuff yet, in fact everything looks a bit drab and damp. Perfect weather for staying in by the fire, especially now as I've put the Christmas decorations up this weekend and everything looks soooooo pretty. Its challenge time at Craft a Scene and this month our theme is 'Winter Scene', sadly this will be our last challenge so I hope you're going to play along and give us a good send off.

For my DT card I've used a shaped card blank from Craftwork Cards, masked the mood and tore a paper mask before inking in the sky and hills with distress inks in Tumbled Glass and Broken China.

The stamps are all from Sheena Douglass, stamped with Grey Flannel Memento Ink, I've struggled to catch the colour on these pics as its more subtle in real life. to finish off I've simply added lots of glitter and a Christmas Sentiment from Chocolate Baroque.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: animal Magic

Artistic Stamper: anything goes

Brown Sugar: Winter

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra: anything Christmas

Christmas Cards all year round: anything but square or rectangle

Crafts 4 Eternity: winter

Creative moments: winter

Fussy and Fancy: happy holidays

Inky Impressions: Snow

Little Claire's:  Shaped Cards

I'm still so disorganised and totally not ready for Christmas eeek! I haven't had time to write a card yet (good job I've been making them all year lol) so hopefully things will be nice and quiet at work this week and i'll be able to catch up a bit.
Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

Trees at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon, I hope you're having a lovely crafty Sunday afternoon. This is my second post of the day, for our 'Trees' Challenge at Craft a Scene

I've created the scene on cream card using a copier paper mask that i'd die cut with a Spellbinders die to create an aperture. I used torn paper to mask the hills and used PanPastels in shades of blue to create the scene. I used small tree stamps and Deer stamps from Clarity Stamps, the sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque. I added the larger trees (again from Clarity) and glittered them for a bit of Christmas sparkle. I distressed the edges with a little black PanPastel and matted on some kraft card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: no designer papers

Animal Friends: its cold

Artistic Stamper: Christmas is coming

Christmas cards all year round: no patterned paper

Dies r Us: Christmas

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Trees At Craft a Scene

Hi again, time for a new challenge over at Craft a Scene and this month our theme is 'Trees' so its a nice easy one.

My card was a quick and easy one, just a bit of masking , some distress inks and stamps from Stampendous. I added a little glossy accents to the baubles to finish off.

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

By the silvery moon at Craft a Scene

Hello, I'm back again, this time with my DT project for our new challenge at Craft a Scene where our theme for October is 'By the silvery moon'

I'd found some huge card blanks in my craft room so I've decided to cut them down to a more manageable size and use them up as they have a lovely decorative edge. I began by masking the moon and inking in the sky using Clarity Stencil brushes and distress inks in Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire and Black soot. I then stamped the scene at the bottom using Black Archival ink and used a yellow Graph'It marker to add some colour to the windows. 

I used silver PanPastel on the moon, although it doesn't show up too well in the pic. I stamped in the verse and Santa and his sleigh using Black Archival ink and used a White graph'It shake pen to add the snowflakes. All the stamp used are from Inkylicious. 

I matted the two images on white card and then black card and added some black ribbon and a silver bells charm to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Cards all year round: embellish it

Christmas Stampin all year long: lots of snowflakes

Holly Jolly Christmas: Anything Christmas goes

Incy Wincy: something old/something new (old card blanks, new stamps)

Tando Creative: cold as ice

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Fall Splendour at Craft a Scene

Hi there, my second post of the day with a card for our Fall Splendour challenge at Craft a Scene. You've only got a few days left to enter so you'd better be quick. There's loads of inspiration from my lovely teamies over on the challenge blog so if you're stuck for ideas pop over and have mosey round.

I've used distress inks and stamps from Sheena Douglass to create this card. I tore a sheet of copier paper to make a mask for my landscape and added lots of rich yellows and oranges to create the sky and some halloweeny purples for the hills. I inked around the edges with black ink and then got busy stamping. I used memento tuxedo black in for all the foliage and the fences but for some real Autumn Splendour I stamped the tree in versamark and embossed with Japanese Laquer EP from Sparkle'n'Sprinkly, its a gorgeous red/black colour in real life.

I've added a little owl charm, a seam binding bow and a paper flower to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts: charming

Daring Cardmakers: autumnal forest

Kitty Bee Designs: fall colours

Paper Creators Crafts: use a charm

Sister Act: anything goes

Thanks for popping by, have a great day
Claire xx

Fall splendour at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon folks, time for a new challenge at Craft a Scene and this month our theme is 'Fall Splendour' . The weather is definitely starting to change in my little corner of the country and I can just see the first signs of the leaves starting to change colour. I just love the colours of autumn and really enjoyed making this card.

I began by creating a background with PanPastels, the sky was created with turquoise tint PanPastel and I added a sun with Hansa Yellow Tint, the foreground was coloured with a little Yellow Green Shade.

All the stamps used are from Lavinia stamps, I used lots of masking to create my little scene and stamped the images with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I stamped the leaves and the foliage on the trees with Memento Ink in Bamboo Leaves, Rhubarb Stalk, Tangelo and Canteloupe

I added some colour to the images with Inktense pencils and used my Graph'It silver shake pen to give the wings some sparkle.. The sentiment is also from Lavinia Stamps, stamped with versamark and embossed with gold WOW Embossing powder.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

A Little Bit Crafty: distress it

Artistic Stamper: autumn colours

Bearly Mine: autumnal colours

Delicious Doodles: colours of Autumn

Hiding in my Craft Room: think fall

Natalie and Amy's: things with wings

Red Rubber Inspirationals: Favourite stamping technique (masking)

Sweet Stampin: The great outdoors

Its well worth a visit to the challenge blog as my teamies have created some gorgeous scenes to inspire you. Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Include a 4 legged animal at Craft a Scene

Hi there, we've got a brand new challenge starting at Craft A Scene and this month our theme is to Include a Four Legged Animal, my teamies have created some stunning projects to inspire you so if you've got time pop over to the challenge blog and have a look. I don't use a lot of animal stamps on my cards so I had to have a good rummage in my stash and managed to find these cows and horse from StampScapes.

The background was made using a stencil from That Special Touch and distress inks in shades of blue and green. I added some definition with coloured pencils and then stamped in the animals. I used water to create the clouds and remove the green ink from the cow - a green and brown cow looks a bit weird lol. Finally I added a sentiment from Chocolate Baroque

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: anything goes

Allsorts: Favourite things

 (my favourite thing is to create a scene using stamps)

Crafting Musketeers: summertime

Fab'n'Funky: anything goes

Inkspirational: use markers or pencils
Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes
Sister Act: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope you're going to join our new challenge
Claire xx

Fairytale scene at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon folks, if you're quick you've still got time to enter our 'Fairytale Scene' challenge at Craft a Scene. Its one of my favourite themes and it was a great excuse to ink up some of my favourite stamps from Chocolate Baroque and create a sunny fairytale scene.

I've used stamps from Summer Fairies, Patchwork Landscapes and a sentiment from Fairyland Words. Once I'd stamped the scene i added some colour to the hills and sky with PanPAstels and then coloured the images with Graph'It markers adding a little glamour dust to the fairy's wings and some white spots to the toadstool with a White Graph'It Shake Pen

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

As you like it: Favourite sentiment and why

(love this sentiment, great for lots of occasions and such a pretty font too)

Crafty Calendar: summertime fun

Crafty Little Fairies: summer fun

Crafty Sentiments: Hand coloured image

Little Claire's: summertime

Sweet Pea Stampers: Fairies

Sweet Stampin: Take flight

If you've got a minute do pop over to the Craft a Scene challenge blog, my teamies are so talented and there's loads of gorgeous inspiration

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

By the sea at Craft a Scene

Its the last Sunday in June so if you're very quick you still have time to enter our 'By the sea' challenge at Craft a Scene. This is my last project for this theme and this time I've used Stampscapes stamps and an assortment of dye inks.

I stamped all the elements in Memento Tuxedo black on glossy card and let the ink dry, I then added colour with a mixture of distress and memento inks. I added more definition with Graph'It markers and lastly used a White Graph'It shake pen to add the waves.

I made the background using the same stamps as the scene but just stamped them in distress inks and misted with water to get a more muted effect.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons: weather

Crafty Catz: anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges: summer or winter

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: product or technique you wish you used more often

(mine is stampscapes stamps)

Sister Act: anything goes

That's Crafty: all at sea

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy the rest of your weekend 

Claire xx

By the sea at Craft a Scene

Hi there, can you believe its June already? No me neither, I think I must be getting old as this year is just flying by. As its the first Sunday in June we've got a new challenge over at Craft A Scene and this month our theme is 'By the Sea'. My talented teamies have created some amazing projects so if you've got time pop over and have a look here.

I took inspiration for this card from a sample on a recent C&C show, its a three fold card so you've got lots of layers to add your images and give plenty of dimension. I've used stamps from Chocolate Baroque and Joanna Sheen, all coloured with Graph'It markers and fussy cut out. The background colouring was done with PanPastels (you can find my PanPastel clouds tutorial here if you fancy having a go at this easy technique). I used a white Graph'It Shake pen to add some detail around their feet.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Bloggers: make your own background

Craftitude: anything goes/pop it up

Creative knockouts: summers coming

Fussy and Fancy: outdoors

Frilly and Funkie: vintage seaside

My time to craft: No designer paper

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Sister Act: anything goes

Thanks so much for popping by, hope you're going to join us at Craft a Scene this month

Claire xx

Create a Flower Garden at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon my lovelies, we're having a very lazy Sunday and hoping that tomorrow will bring some better weather as I've got loads of plants waiting to be planted out in the garden and we've had so much rain its been to wet to get out into the garden. This card is my DT project for Craft a Scene where our theme is 'Create a Flower Garden', hopefully the sun will shine for me to plant my flowers before too long lol

I've used Chocolate Baroque stamps for this card, the scene is coloured with distress inks and I've painted the bluebells with twinkling H20s to give them a bit of a shimmer. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers: In the garden

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Charisma Cardz: May flowers

Crafty Little Fairies: in the garden

Sister Act: Anything goes

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx

Create a Flower Garden at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon my lovelies, we've got a new challenge starting at Craft a Scene and this month we want you to 'Create a flower garden', perfect for this time of year. Pop over and have a look at the beautiful projects my teamies have created, they're bound to inspire you to get stamping!

I've used a mixture of stamps from Chocolate Baroque and Creative Expressions for this card, simply stamping and masking to create my scene and then colouring with distress markers and distress inks I've decoupaged the little bird and added a shabby seam binding bow and a paper rose.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers: in the garden

Crafty Little Fairies: in the garden

Creative knockouts: flowers galore

Its all about the vintage: flower power

Natalie and Amy's: rubber stamping

Penny's Paper Crafty: pastel colours

Stempel garten: pastel colour mix

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Hills and Mountains at Craft a Scene

Hi folks, hope you're having a lovely Sunday. Its the fourth week of our 'Hills and Mountains' Challenge over at Craft a Scene so you've still got time to enter! My first DT project for this theme was a wintery scene so I decided to create a sunny Spring scene for this project using stamps from Lavinia Stamps.

Using my PanPastels I began by creating the sun, sky and hills using paper masks. I hardly ever use my brayer these days as PanPastels are soooooo much easier and a lot more forgiving when it comes to creating this style of scene. I used a pencil eraser to rub some colour out to create the cloud, quite a few people have asked me a for a tutorial for this technique so I'll do one as soon as I get a minute, its a really quick and easy technique

 Once i'd got my background in position I stamped the fairy, masked her and stamped the rocks and bridge. I added colour to the foreground with more green PanPastels and stamped in the trees and fence using brown Memento ink. I love these trees as you can stamp in the foliage using different inks for different seasons, for this card I used Bamboo Leaves and Pear Tart Memento inks. Next I stamped in the silhouette fairies and birds.

I removed the masks and coloured the bridge, rocks and fairy with Graph'it Markers. I've added some sparkle to the wings with Graph'It glitter shake pens in gold and silver and used my white Graph'It shake pen to add detail to the water.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: things with wings

Craftitude: Anything goes Easter/Spring

Cute Card Thursday: Blue and green

Left of Centre: Spring Fling

Sunflower Fields: Easter or Spring

Thanks for visiting today, 

Claire xx

Let it be Spring at Craft a Scene

Good afternoon, how's your Sunday going? I'm a very lucky girlie today as my lovely son has given me a day off from housey stuff and done all the jobs that need doing and even cooked a scrummy Sunday lunch. Now can I push my luck and see if I get get him to do some gardening too lol?? Spring has definitely arrived in my garden, lots of Spring flowers and all the plants are getting their new leaves and talking of Spring, this is the last week of our 'Let is be Spring' challenge at Craft a Scene and for my DT project I've made this card.

The stamps are all from Stamp It Australia, I adore these stamps but haven't inked them up for ages. I stamped the scene on Cotman hotpressed water colour card using black archival ink and then painted the scene with distress inks, adding some more depth here and there with distress markers.

The background was also made using distress inks and a Cherry Blossom stamp from Sheena Douglass. I've used black card for matting and layering and then added some  blossom die cuts (this was where my idea for this card started as I have a lovely plum tree outside my craft room window, it always come into blossom really early  and is sooo pretty). I've also added a black bow and a die cut butterfly.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Creative Romance: spring flowers

Allsorts: use those dies

Crafting for all seasons: No designer paper

Left of Centre: anything goes anniversary challenge

Little Miss Muffet: anything goes

Paper Shelter: spring

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge: Spring Flowers 

If you've got a minute pop over to the challenge blog and check out the inspiration from my talented teamies. Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Let it be Spring at Craft a Scene

Hello there, I've been bursting to share some super exciting news and todays the day lol. I was over the moon to receive an email from Nancy inviting me to join the DT at Craft a Scene, I thought about it for about a millisecond and then emailed back a big 'yes please'! Everyone who knows me will tell you that I adore to start with a plain white sheet of card and get busy with stamps and inks to create a scene so its going to be a real joy to be part of the mega talented DT over at Craft a Scene. Our theme this month is 'Let it be Spring' and having spent most of my holiday weeding the first thing that came to mind was gardening so that was the inspiration for my card.

I began by stamping and masking the scene using stamps from Katie Sue Designs, that wheelbarrow is sooo difficult to stamp properly I ended up doing it about 3 times and then struggled to cut out the mask so used masking fluid. Yep you've guessed then I rubbed the image off when I removed the masking fluid eeeeeeek! Anyway I got there in the end and once the ink was dry I added colour with my PanPastels and Derwent Inktense and Colorsoft pencils,

The sentiment is a stamp from Paper Artsy, stamped on a tag with Potting Soil Archival ink and distressed with Walnut stain distress ink, I've added a paper daisy, some twine and a tiny trowel charm to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challeges;

4 Crafty chicks: no patterned paper

Brown Sugar: anything goes

City Crafter: Spring in the garden

Crafty Bloggers Network: nature

Thats Crafty: inky antics

The Shabby Tearoom: anything goes

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

Claire xx

Guest Designer at Craft a Scene!

Woooo hooo how excited am I? I was so happy when I received an email from Nancy with an invitation to be a Guest Designer at Craft A Scene, one of my very favourite challenges!! Of course I said yes, what an honour!! I love to create scenic cards, its so satisfying to start with a sheet of white card and make a picture with stamps and ink. This months theme at Craft a Scene is to make your own theme so I've chosen a theme of 'Sea and Sand'

I've used lots of different stamp to make this card, all from Sheena Douglass. I stamped them with Memento ink onto the reverse side of Centura Pearl card and simply watercoloured with distress markers. To create the clouds I just sloshed on some water and leave for a minute or two and then blot with kitchen roll. Once it was dry I stamped in the sentiment and matted it on kraft card and then dark brown card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons: all things bright and beautiful

Creative Moments: anything goes

Inky Chicks: anything goes

Loves rubber stamps: anything goes

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

Sister Act: anything goes

thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx