Anything Creative/Mixed Media goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning, I've been missing from blogland a wee bit lately as I had to have my beautiful fur baby Benji put to sleep so its been a very sad time here although its hard to be sad for long when you've got a bouncy labrador to keep your spirits up. My project today is for our inspiration post over at We Love 2 Create and as usual we just want to see you let your creativity run wild so our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media goes'. As always our lucky winner will receive a gorgeous crafty prize from our sponsors Premium Craft Brands,

My project is a little box made using Stampbord and PanPastels. I can't take the credit for this design as I've seen one somewhere in blogland although I can't remember where and been meaning to make one for ages.

The box and lid are made from 2" stampbord squares that I'd coloured with PanPastels, stamped with one of my favourite stamps from the Premium Craft Brands 'Roses' stamp set. I coloured the images with Graph'it Markers and used Stampbord tools to scratch some highlights. I also stamped the top with the leafy background stamp from the 'Stop' Stamp set using versamark ink and applied more green PanPastel over the top. I glued the box together with strong PVA glue and once it was try added some Light Modelling Paste to the corners. I used gilding wax around the edges and added some pearl trim to the lid. The lid was also decorated with moss, beads and little faux berries.

Here's another pic, I was really pleased with the way my Graph'It Markers blend on the Stampbord

The base was made using the same leafy background stamp, I used a Stampbord coaster and a 2" square and then made a column using 1" stampbord squares (rotating each one a little) and plenty of glue. I've added more moss, berries a red gingham bow and a little daisy from my stash.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: Make your mark

Crafty Ribbons: fabulous flowers

Creative Fingers: anything goes

Inky Chicks: Anything goes

Not just cards: anything goes

Sweet Stamps: anything goes

The Crazy Challenge: ribbons

Wags'n'Whiskers: anything goes

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

Claire xx

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	Ultramarine Blue Tint	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Premium Art Brands STOP stamp set
Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Graphit	Stampbord assorted squares	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Stampbord Scraper Tools

Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its inspiration time over at We Love 2 Create and I've made a canvas using some of my favourite products from Premium Craft Brands. Our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' so its a nice easy one for you. You don't have to use our products to enter and our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from Premium Craft Brands!

I began by rummaging through my scraps box and stuck lots of bits and bobs onto my 8x8 canvas with Maimeri Matte Gel Medium. I used lace, ribbon, pearls, die cuts, paper flowers, bits of old jewellery and some chunky tags from some new clothes. I gave everything a coat of Maimeri White Gesso and added some stencilling with Light Modelling Paste. I added another coat of matte gel and while it was wet dusted on Permanent Red Tint PanPastel and Pearlescent Red PanPastel using a duster brush. Once it was all dry I sponged on a little versamark ink and then dusted on some Coarse White Pearlescent PanPastel Medium and used a Sofft tool to add some Light Gold Metallic PanPastel. Its really shimmery in real life but it doesn't show up in the pic.

I stamped one of the tags with one of my favourite stamps from the Postcard stamp set from Premium Craft brands and dusted over with some Black Fine Pearl PanPastel Medium. I also use the fine black Pearl medium to add some shadows here and there too.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: R is for ribbon

City Crafter: Paste it

Creative Artiste: Mixed Media with lace and pearls

In the pink: pink ribbon

Stamps and Stencils: Make it 3d

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

White Blending Mop Brush	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Permanent Red Tint	Pearlescent red	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels
PanPastel Light Gold Metallic	Black fine Pearl	Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its a bank holiday weekend here in the UK so I'm making the most of the long weekend and catching up on some jobs at home and doing lots of crafting too. Its time for a new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as always you can enter as long as you follow our nice easy theme of 'Anything Creative Mixed Media' goes. You don't have to use our products to play along but our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from Premium Craft Brands.

For my DT project I've altered this cute little Mdf bird house from Fernli Designs. I've got a bit of an Mdf addiction and recently had a lovely fix of goodies from Fernli lol. I've covered this birdy house with pretty papers and distressed with Raw Umber PanPastel. I've made it a little stand using two old CDs and a piece of strong cardboard roll. I covered them all with paper and again distressed with Raw Umber Pan Pastel. I've added some die cut flowers coloured with a tiny bit of Ultramarine Blue and tint PanPastel. I've also used some gorgeous coffee coloured lace on the top of the roof, some pretty blue lace and some pearl trim.

The bird was made with Maimeri Light Modelling Paste in a silicone mould, coloured with Ultramarine Blue PanPastel. I've added some stamped images from one of my all time favourite stamp sets, 'Postcard' from Premium Craft Brands - the post card, butterfly, sentiment and frame were all stamped with versamark and then coloured with Ultramarine Blue and Raw Umber PanPastels.

To finish off i've added a bow and a pretty brass button and popped some faux pearls here and there.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: recycle

Altered Eclectics: anything goes

Crafty Friends: use a sentiment

Crafty Ribbons: butterflies and birds

Fab'n'Funky: things with wings

Left of Centre: mainly blue

Recycle Repurpose Reinvent: anything goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything goes

Thanks so much for popping by today

Claire xx

Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set

PanPastel Ultramarine Blue

Ultramarine Blue Tint

Raw Umber PanPastel

Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? I'm having a busy weekend doing some DIY .... not fun but it has to be done I suppose. Its inspiration time over at We Love 2 Create and as always our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes'. I've made an art doll using Stampbord, PanPastels and lots of bits and bobs from my stash. You can find links to all the products i've used at the bottom of this post. Our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from those lovely folks at Premium Craft Brands so don't miss out on your chance to win!!

I've used a Stampbord domino to make the body, coloured with Permanent Red Shade PanPastel and the stamped with the stars background stamp from premium Craft Brands using versamark ink before applying  Black Coarse pearl medium for some sparkle.

The face is a stamp from Chocolate Baroque, I've stamped it on to a Stampbord inchie and coloured with PanPastels. I also stamped it onto smooth white card and coloured the hair with my Graph'It markers. i've used glue on bails and wire with a pretty red bead to join the two. I've dressed my little lady with some stripey ribbon and added a black velvet bow around her waist.

The legs are from one of my Prima Doll stamps, again coloured with PanPastels and Graph'It markers. I've used wire and beads to make her arms and used a little wire to make a hanger for her.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More: anything goes

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Crafting with Friends: anything goes

Decorate to Celebrate: anything goes

Docerela Creations: anything goes

Inky Chicks: metal

Really Reasonable Ribbon: anything but a card with ribbon/trim

Simply Papercraft: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, if you've got time do check out the challenge blog as my teamies have created some amazing projects to inspire you

Claire xx

Permanent Red Shade	Permanent Red Tint	Burnt Sienna Tint	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Premium Art Brands STOP stamp set
Graph′It Markers	Stampbord Assorted sizes

Anything Creative/Mixed Media goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its inspiration time at We love 2 Create as you've still got time to enter our Anything Creative/Mixed media Goes challenge. Not only could you be in with a chance of winning a fabby prize from our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands but each DT member is also giving away a postcard (pop over and check out everyone's artwork here, OMG I wish I could enter as my teamies have created some stunning projects!). Some of us are also giving away some extra goodies, I've got some Stampbord up for grabs so if you fancy having a play with stampbord, click here, leave a comment and you could be my lucky winner!!

For my DT project this week, I've used a stampbord ATC and a couple of stampbord dominos which i've joined with little metal hinges from my stash to create a little tryptich (never sure how to spell that lol). I got to work with lots of PanPastels, some of the gorgeous Premium Craft Brands Stamps and a versamark inkpad to create lots of depth then used my scratch tools to add highlights. I stamped and embossed the clock faces with gold embossing powder then applied PanPastel White Coarse Medium followed by a thick layer of rock candy crackle paint. I gold embossed around the edges of the stampbord and also embossed the sentiment near the top of the ATC. I gold embossed the frame on some white card coloured with my Pans and cut out the flourish to pop on the top of the center panel. To finish off I added some dots here and there with my Graph'It Gold Shake pen, this stuff is gorgeously glittery but it doesn't show up in the pic.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics: Anything goes (mixed media)

Crafty Creations: embossing

Let's Craft and create: add some sparkle

Paper Shelter: Anything but a card

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything mixed media

Simply Papercraft: anything goes

Stempelsonne: anything goes

Try it on Tuesday: Watches and Clocks

Magenta Shade Pan Pastel	Magenta Extra Dark	Phthalo Green Shade	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set
Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Premium Art Brands STOP stamp set	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Stampbord Scraper Tools	Stampbord Assorted sizes
Stampbord ATCs	Graph It Shake marker Glitter Gold