An Easter Challenge at Sarah Hurley's

Hi there back again with my second post today, this time its my DT project for Sarah Hurley's Challenge where the theme is Easter so pop on over and have a peep at my teamies projects, they are gorgeous as always. 

For my project i've used backing paper and image from Sarah's scrummy new digikit called 'Easter Tea Party' which you can find here, its jam packed with beautiful papers and images perfect for Easter and Spring projects. I've used one of the bps to cover a shaped card blank. I coloured the image with promarkers, die cut with nesties and decoupaged the flowers and leaves. I've matted the image over a larger circle of  backing paper and added some pretty lace and white ribbon.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew: Spring

Daisy Doodles: spring

Paper And Such: spring or Easter

Ribbon Reel: Photo inspiration

Shopping our Stash: Circles or dots

Truly Madly Crafty: colour inspiration

thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Steampunk challenge at Sarah Hurley's

Hi there, back again with my second card today, this time my DT project for Sarah Hurley's Challenge where we have a 'Steampunk' theme this time, of course I had to use Sarah's brand new Steampunk cd for my project. You can find it here

As you can see i'm loving these shaped cards at the minute. For this card I've used papers,embellies, sentiment and the supercute little Steampunk chap from the cd. Its perfect for quick cards as the elements all work together so beautifully. I've just distressed all the edges with a craft knife and layered all the elements up.

All I've added is some dotty ribbon and a button from my stash. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cards for men: Cheeky chappies

Cupcake craft: going dotty

My Craft Spot: Mainly manly

Paper Shelter: for a male

Polkadoodles: lets hear it for the boys

Thanks for visiting

Claire xx

Birthday Celebrations at Sarah Hurley's Challenge

Hi there, i'm back again with my second post today, this time around I want to share my project for the new challenge over at Sarah Hurley's Challenge blog where our theme is 'Birthday Celebrations'.

I knew straightaway which of Sarah's fab cds i wanted to use, of course it had to be the brand new Steampunk cd! (You can find Sarah's Steampunk cd and lots of other fabby goodies here) I haven't had much chance to play with it yet as i've been so busy at work and we've had some poorlies in the family so its was great to find some time to have a browse and print off lots of gorgeous papers and bits and bobs from the cd. The backing papers, journalling cards and sentiment are all from the cd, aren't the colours scrummy?? I've used some of the paper to make the flowers using spellbinders dies. I also used a die cut dress form and made a little dress from a scrap of fabric coloured with distress stains, some seambinding ribbon and one of my hoarded crystal buckles. I added a few tiny faux gems to create a necklace. To finish off i've added a screw top brad, some more seam binding, vellum punched leaves and a recycled doiley cut in half and sprayed with perfect pearls spray.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

CD Sunday: Recycling

Celebrate the occasion: birthday plus bling

Crafty Creations: Vintage fashion

Die Cutting Divas: recipe - Fabric and feathers/flowers

Paper Sundaes: Circles

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Make sure you pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies gorgeous projects, I've also done this weeks tutorial for Sarah's Craft Academy - a couple of fun and easy handmade flowers so have a peep at that too if you get a minute

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Die Cuts at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog

Hi there, its time for a new challenge at Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog and this time around our theme is 'Die Cuts', we have a fab sponsor too! Our lucky winner will receive a prize from Happy Hippo!

I've used backing papers and images from Sarah's gorgeous 'Oz' cd to make my project. I've used a large image and a tiny image, i triple embossed the tiny image. I've distressed all the papers with a craft knife and vintage photo distress ink and added some dew drops, die cut swirls and string. The flower is made with Tattered Florals dies available from ........, I love these dies they really make some stunning flowers. I've just cut the flowers from white card and coloured it with tea dye and vintage photo distress inks and gently curled the petals. I've added a copper button for the centre.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Emma's: lots of layers

Crafts and Me: distressed

Paper Pretties: use flowers

Penny's Paper crafty: anything goes

Shopping our Stash: metal mania

Stamps r us: anything goes

Top tip Tuesday: Magical, mystical, fantasy

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx

A new digi kit from Sarah Hurley

Good morning folks, brrrrrrrr again! After the mild winter we've had I'm not enjoying this cold weather at all. Love the snow just don't enjoying getting to work in it lol. Anyway I just wanted to share this little valentine card made with Sarah Hurley's fab new digi kit 'Love Letters', it had loads of gorgeous papers, embellies and digi's but I went straight for the mail ones cos I love mail art.

This was a super quick card, printed of the bp, digitally paper pieced the stamp and the heart with two more of the bps from the kit and coloured the cupid digi, adding some glitter to his wings. I cut out the stamp, the heart and cupid and layered them up with foam pads and added a scrap of ribbon. Easy peasy :-)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Boots: Valentine

Di's Digi Designs: Valentine

Dream Valley: Valentine

Fairy Tale: love love love

Lollipop crafts: Valentine

Stamps r us: Valentine

thanks for visiting today, I'd better get my skates on and get ready for work. Skates being the operative word as its sooooo icy outside lol, 

Claire xx

Love is all around at Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog

Hi there, my second post for today and this time its my DT project for Sarah Hurley's Challenge where my lovely teamie Emma has chosen the theme of 'Love is all around'. Perfect for this time of year as Valentine's Day is sneaking up on us at a rate of knots. 

I love to see Sue Wilson's cards on C&C, she really has  a way with die cuts and I've taken inspiration from her style for this card. The papers I've used are from Sarah Hurley's 'Oz' cd (you can find it here) and they are the most scumptious sugary pink. The image is a rubber stamp from Chocolate Baroque, stamped in Memento London Fog and die cut before being inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink. I've also added some corners made from one of the tags from Shapabilities Fancy tags 2. I've added some roses made with Spiral blossom 2 and more of Sarah's gorgeous papers. The leaves are die cut using Crealies dies and they are all matted on yet another of Sarah's papers cut with Nesties labels. The large butterfly is a marianne die and the smaller ones were made using an Anna Griffin punch. i've added glamour dust and pink stickles to the die cuts for a bit of sparkle. To finish off i've added pink satin ribbon and lace from my stash with a couple of die cut hearts embellished with pearls in the corners.

i'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: one or more heart

Crafty Catz: Things with wings

Di's Digi Designs: Valentine

Hotshot Crafts: flowers

Marianne Design Diva's: In with the new 

(the Spiral blossom die is my new toy)

Simply Create too: love is in the air

Stempelsonnen: Valentine

Totally Papercrafts: Pearls and Lace

Wags'n'Whiskers: Valentine/Love

Thanks for calling by, don't forget to check out my teamies blogs to see their gorgeous projects

Claire xx

All about me at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog

Hi, back again with my second post today and this one is my DT project for Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog where Nat has set the challenge this time around. The theme is 'All about me' and Nat wants to see us celebrate  ourselves! Now this one really made my poor little brain cell struggle. I work for a mental health charity and have done lots of groupwork about positive thinking, I came up with the brainwave of creating a journal to record positive 'stuff' about me.

 

I began by carefully removing the cover from the journal (actually a 99p notebook from the Works) and covered it with white card. I had planned to used some of Sarahs gorgeous papers from Tinseltown but my printer has been playing up (my fault I jammed it up trying to print on thick card eeeek). I created the background with distress inks, painted with watered down gesso and then misted with glimmer mists. Next I used a Tattered Angels flourish mask and sponged green PanPastel ovet it.  I stamped with  dandelion clocks from Chocolate Baroque, stars (from Stampotique) and a couple of my favourite sentiment stamps (serendipity by Stampers Anonymous) and a wood mounted stamp that reads 'Be the change you want to see in the world. The world Serendipity is embossed with clear sparkle EP and the stars are painted with glimmer mists.

I found some scraps of my favourite papers from Sarah's  Tinseltown cd (available here!!)and paperpieced the fairy from Stampers Anonymous. It looks a bit weird in the pic as the dress is a solid stamp so I stamped and embossed with clear sparkle EP and its reflecting the light in a really strange way lol. I was tempted to swap the fairies cute little face for my mugshot but gave up on the idea lol

Now for the scary bit lol, I painted white acrylic paint where I wanted to write and added the text with a fineliner pen. One of the group activities we use it to create an acronym of our names using positive words so I decided to add that to my journal cover.

I really enjoyed creating this so think its a project I that I can tempt our craft group with at work, if I ever get through the mountains of paperwork in my office that is.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

CD Sunday: enchantment

Fabulous Friday: use paint

Hooked on Crafts: try something new

Little Claire's: Anything but a card

Simon Says Stamp and show: anything but a card

Totally Gorjuss: use a star

Through the craftroom door: Anything but a card

Try it on Tuesday:do you believe in fairies

Thanks for calling by

Claire xx

Giving Thanks at Sarah Hurley Challenges

Hi there, my second card today and hopefully this one will banish some of the winter blues. Our challenge over at Sarah Hurley's Challenge this week is Giving Thanks so I've made a thank you card using elements from Woodland Whimsies (you can find it here).

All the elements were printed off the cd and then cut out and decoupages. I matted the sentiment on a nestie eyelet circles die cut and added some white ribbon over the rainbow bp. A super quick card but hopefully it will raise a smile on a grey January day.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: over the rainbow

DYSU: photo inspiration

Fairy Tale: Something easy

Paper Shelter : Anything goes

Scrapbook Sisters: Anything goes

Sentimental Sundays :Anything goes

Sparkles Forum: Anything but a Christmas card

Top Tip Tuesday: Anything goes

Unstampabelles: Anything goes

Its a very exciting time to be part of Sarah Hurley's team as this week sees the launch of Sarah's fab new Craft Academy and Crafty Kids Academy which is going to be so exciting! Check it out here

Claire xx

Colouring Challenge at Sarah Hurley's

My third post today and this time its my DT card for Sarah Hurley Challenge blog where our theme is colouring, we all love to colour don't we?? We've got a great prize up for grabs from our sponsor, Limited Runs so don't miss out on a chance to win.

I've used this cute image 'Fairy Catcher' from Limited Runs for my card, she is coloured with promarkers and die cut with a nestie. I've used some of my favourite bps from Sarah's Tinseltown Cd (you can find it here) . I thought Fairy Catcher would look perfect for a Christmas card if she was catching a snowflake so I die cut some snowflakes from white card and glittered them with glamour dust. To finish off I've added an ivory satin bow and a postage stamp sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts: Don't look at the light

Digital Tuesday: winter wonderland

Heartsong inspirations: Snowflakes or doilies

Limited Runs: Anything with a Limited runs digi

Paper Sundaes: anything Christmas

Pile it on: bling it up

The Pink Elephant: Snowflakes and sparkle

There's magic in the air: Winter ful with bling

Totally Gorjuss: let it snow

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Christmas Challenge at Sarah Hurley's

Hi there, back again with a shaker Christmas decoration made using the cute little reindeer digistamp from Sarah Hurley's Tinseltown cd. The theme over at Sarah Hurley's Challenge this time around is 'Christmas' and we are sponsored by Letraset so pop on over to the challenge blog and find out more.

I used greyboard for the frame, diecut with nesties Labels 11 and 4 and painted using acrylic paints and PVA glue to create a crackle effect. I backed the frame with acetate and used shaker tape to attach it to the image. The image is coloured with promarkers and derwent pencils, I've used Shasta puff embossing powder to create the snow and then added crushed glass glitter for the shaker filling.

To embellish my little Christmas decoration I've made some rolled roses from ribbon and lace and added some little wooden 'berries' and some glamour dusted leaves (die cut using Krealies dies)

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Cardmad Fairy's : winter wonderland

Crafts 4 Eternity: Christmas decorations

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge: Vintage or distressed

Crazy 4 Challenges: snow 

Delicious Doodles: hairy legs

Dream Valley: sparkle

Elephantastic: weather related

My Sheri Crafts: Christmas decoration

Paper Sundaes: Winter Wonderland

Totally Gorjuss: sparkle

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Buttons at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog

Hi again, i'm back again with my DT card for Sarah Hurley's challenge  which this time around has been set by my lovely teamie Melly who wants to see you use buttons! A nice easy challenge for you this time around. I've made a fun Santa card with an image and backing papers from Sarah's ..................cd

I've matted the cute kraft Santa bp on some red card and then added a doiley to the centre. i cut the main image out and then added polar white flowersoft and glamourdust to his beard and the fur trim on his hat. Once this was dry I mounted Santa's head on a strip of acetate so it 'nods' lol. To finish off I've added a sentiment from ........... and some little wooden buttons and red ribbon bows

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Daisy Doodles: anything goes with a digi

Di's Digi designs: ribbons and bows

Crimbo Crackers: Make it sparkle

Opus gluei: whats on your head

Paper Sundaes: digital images

Wags'n'whiskers: Christmas

Thanks for popping by

hugs

Claire xx

Use more than 2 images at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog

Hi again, back with my second post of the day and my DT project for Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog and this time around my teamie Melly has chosen the theme of 'More than 2 images'

I've chosen images from Sarah's fab 'Christmas Cheer' CD and used lots of images. I've used 2 main images, the house and the pot of poinsettias. There are also colouring bps on the cd and I chose the one to coordinate with the lovely little house. Its got lots of little images to colour so it was perfect for this challenge.

For a change I printed the images on to Ranger Kraft Glassine to try and create the look of gingerbread houses. I wasn't sure how they'd work but they printed perfectly. I had a bit of dilemma about what to use to colour them and in the end  I went for my Derwent Coloursoft pencils which worked a treat on the glassine, 

I also added some snow with a white coloursoft pencil

I've used a red and white stripey bp from my stash and attached the images to red card with eyelets. I've added some raffia and gingham ribbon to embellish the card and a sentiment stamped on a scrap of red card to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Come and Get it : anything goes

Crafters Companion: let it snow

Emerald Faerie Garden: Christmas Red

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Christmas

There She goes: au naturale

Top Tip Tuesday: make your own background

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Its snowing in Tinseltown

Hi there, todays card features Sarah Hurley's brand new Cd, called Tinseltown! Sarah's cds are all amazing but this one is really packed with goodies, you can find it here. I've got to say it was hard to choose where to start but i couldn't resist these two cuties.

I know I'm always apologising for my awful photo's but this one is totally pants - Its a shaker card and I've really struggled to get a pic as the acetate reflects the light and the blue is bleached out but this is the best I can manage :-( 

When i retire i'm going to do a photography course lol.

There are loads of printable elements on Tinseltown and I printed off the precoloured  little Eskimo boy and girl, the igloo and the North Pole sign and cut them out. I layered them on the snowy background and made a frame using white card, die cut the icicle borders and then smothered them with snowflake glitter. Inside the shaker is some snowy stuff from my stash. I've layered the frame up on another BP from Tinselfown and some kraft card and added some bunting (from Tinseltown of course lol) which i rubber stamped with the words 'Let it snow'

I'm entering my little eskimo scene in the following challenges:

A gem of a challenge: cold and frosty

Bah Humbug: Die cuts

Cardmad Fairy's : Friendship

Christmas inspirations: die cuts

Crafts and me: blue

Crafty Purple Frog: sparkle

Digi Doodle shops best: anything goes

Dream Valley: anything goes

One Stitch at a Time: Christmas

Play Date Cafe: kraft, flesh, cadet blue

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Totally Papercrafts: glitter it

Truly Scrumptious: Shaker boxes

Thanks for visiting today, I'm away to put my feet up. I've had an enormous Sunday lunch and I think its time for a little snooze before the delights of Sunday night TV

hugs

Claire xx

Claire xx

Misting challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenge blog

Hi there, its time for a new challenge at Sarah Hurley Challenges. We had so many amazing entries for our last challenge, we can't wait to see what you come up with this time around! Our theme for the new challenge is 'Misting' and I've created a little frosty Christmas canvas which gives you a sneaky peek at Sarah's amazing new cd which will be out very soon!

I created the background with a pale duck egg acrylic paint and added the clouds by dabbing on white and pearl acrylic paint with scrunched up kitchen roll. Once it was dry I added loads of pearl glimmer mist for loads of shimmer.

The gorgeous little houses and the funky trees are all new images from Sarah's soon to be released Tinseltown CD which is crammed with yummy goodies. i coloured the images with promarkers and added stickles for some extra sparkle. I attached the images with silicone glue and let them overhang the edges of the canvas.

I punched a couple of holes with my trusty cropodile and added silver eyelets and some ivory velvet ribbon to hand the canvas. As a finishing touch I've added an ivory organza bow and some sparkly faux crystal gems. The adorable little house is also to be found on Sarah's new cd, they are so quick and easy to make :-)

I'm entering this canvas in the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge: Baubles or anything hanging

Crazy 4 Challenges: project for an upcoming holiday

Little Claire's: Christmas

Sweet STamps: lots of layers

Top Tip Tuesday: Layer it

Thanks for popping by today

hugs

Claire xx

Halloween Horrors at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog

Hi there, my second post today and this is a fun Halloween card for the new challenge at Sarah Hurley Challenge blog where the theme is 'Halloween Horrors'. You don't want to miss out  this time as we have a fab prize on offer from Derwent. OOOOh do you think anyone would notice if I entered?? I just love Derwent pencils and although i've got a quite a collection, its always nice to have a few more isn't it??

I've used a fun spider bp from one of Sarah Hurley's fab new Halloween kits. you can find this one in Whimsy Halloween. I'm not too keen on spiders but these are just too cute to be scary lol. The cute little Vampire is a digi stamp also from Sarah Hurley I've coloured him with  Derwent Coloursoft pencils. I thought Sarah's Vampire Castle ticket sentiment would be perfect with this cute little guy. Check out all Sarah's gorgeous Halloween goodies here

I made a mock shirt front using a scrap of white card, scored down the centre and cut the fold back collar. I added a black ribbon dicky bow and Ranger black enamel accents for buttons. I thought it looked a bit plain so i decided that Mr Vampire was a messy eater and that I'd add some splashes of blood, ok it was actually red spray ink splattered on really lol. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Come and get it challenges: Halloween

Designed to Delight: use coloured pencils

Forever Night: anything goes

Lollipop Crafts: Halloween

The Crafty Pad: one for the boys

The Pink Elephant: trick or treat

Tuesday Throwdown: Halloween

Thanks for visiting today.

Claire xx