GDT At Stamps and Stencils

Good morning my lovlies I've got some very exciting news today ... I'm sharing a project made for a Guest Designer spot over at Stamps and Stencils!! I was really honoured to be asked to create a project for the challenge which is 'Up up and away' with a twist of Autumn colours. I adore stamps and stencils so how could I resist an invitation to join such a lovely talented team as a Guest Designer??

I've made an 8x8 canvas using paint, Graph'It markers, PanPastels and some of my favourite stamps from Chocoalte Baroque to create this project. I won't go into details on how I made it as if you pop over to Stamps and Stencils I've done a step by step with pics too so I'd be chuffed to bits if you'd pop over and have a peep!!

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: make your mark

Crafty Catz: Autumn colours

Craft your passion: anything goes

Creative Corner: anything but a card

Dream Valley: autumn colours

Simply Papercraft: anything goes

The Pencil Case: B is for Bright

Thanks so much for popping by today

Claire xx

Birthday cards at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hello there folks, time for a new challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this time the theme is 'Birthday cards for someone special' as been chosen by the lovely Dot. There's a generous prize for our lucky winner from Flonzcraft, our regular sponsor so ink up those stamps and join in the inky fun! Don't forget we're a stamping challenge so no digis allowed!

I've made a masculine card as we've got a few male birthdays coming up in the family. I rummaged through my huge pile of gelli plate backgrounds for the base for my card, this one was made with a gorgeous mask from SplodgeAway using Maimeri Metallic Acrylic paints, I'd also painted over this one with some Pebeo two part resin which gives a lovely translucent effect. I stamped the reverse with one of the stamps from the Indigo Blu Voices stamp set and matted it on some black card.

The focal image is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped and embossed with gold WOW EP and painted with more Maimeri acrylics. Once the paint was dry I added a glass cabochon.

Next I used lots of die cut cogs, cut from black card painted with Maimeri Acrylics. I made the screws by painted card candi silver and using a spatula to create the lines on the centre.

The sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque, layered up over some burlap.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: go masculine

Alphabet Challenge: N for natural (burlap)

Moving along with the times: Feeling a little vintage

Its all about the vintage: Ancient History

Perfectly Rustics: masculine

Red Rubber Inspirationals: just wing it

Sweet Pea Stampers: Embossing

That's Crafty: its a man's world

WOW Embossing powder: Monochrome

hope you're going to join our new challenge
have a great day and thanks for popping by
Claire xx

Altered Christmas at SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, I love making home decor projects for Christmas so I decided to alter a bottle, I adore making these but I've never used a mask before so this was a bit of a challenge. I created these sparkly snowflakes using the gorgeous detailed Snowflake border mask from SplodgeAway.

I taped the mask on to my nonstick craft sheet and then used a spreader to apply a mixture of Maimieri Glassy gel mixed with glitter through the mask, I removed the mask and left the snowflakes to dry - they take a good while, at least overnight but they are soooooo pretty I think  they are worth the wait. Once they were dry, I peeled them off and glued them to the bottle.

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The image is from Chocolate Baroque, Gothic angels set, coloured with Graph'It markers and die cut with Spellbinders. I also added some Maimeri Glassy Gel icicles to the top of the bottle and topped it off with a ribbon and a bow.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

All Crafts: anything goes

Allsorts: snowflakes

Anything but a card: anything you dream up

Craft your Passion: Christmas anything but a card

Papertake Weekly: Christmas projects

Simon says stamp Monday challenge: use a stamp

Sparkle'n'Sprinkle: Anything goes with glitter, ep or flocking

Top Tip Tuesday: Snowflakes

Thanks so much for popping by today

Claire xx

A SplodgeAway Christmas

Hello folks, well the week is half way through and we're getting in the Christmas spirit over at SplodgeAway, there are so many gorgeous masks in the SplodgeAway range I was totally spoiled for choice! I used the gorgeous Christmas Village Stenskape for the main scene and the Snowflake border for the background.

The background was made by blending black soot distress ink on some ivory card and then stamping with a pretty Chocolate Baroque snowflake stamp and then applied white stencil paste through the snowflake border through here and there on the background. Once it was dry I added some little red gems. 

I used distress inks to create the scene and added lots of glitter, I love this little scene its soooo pretty. I've had a few people ask about this mask as it looks very complicated but my advice is not to be too careful, just go for it. 

To finish off I've added a die cut poinsettia with pearls in the centre, some holly vines, a seambinding bow topped with a Thermomorph heart - this stuff is really versatile, I'd made quite a few little hearts and wanted to glitter one so I just heated one up a bit and the glitter stuck! 

I'm entering this in the following challenges
C is for Challenge: winter is coming
Crafty Bloggers: Christmas
Deep Ocean: winter
Papertake Weekly: Snow and ice
Sparkle 'n'Sprinkle: anything goes with glitter, ep or flock
Totally Papercrafts: glitter
Thanks for calling by today, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

All about the men at SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, how's your week going? Today's card is for our 'All about the men' week at SplodgeAway, pop over and have a peek at all the gorgeous projects from my talented teamies.

I had a play with my gelli plate and two SplodgeAway masks, Complex Frame and the man silhouette from the Altered Art Kit (you can find them both here). I made quite a few prints using some gorgeous metallic Maimeri Acrylic paints - this began as one of the prints. The paint acts as a resist  so I used distress inks and a spritz of water on my SplodgeAway mat to make an inky background and swooshed my print through it. I really liked this effect although its a bit camera shy so I didn't want to cover it up, I just added some twine, seam binding ribbon, a button , twine and a little key charm.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Craft room Challenge: stencil/mask

A Creative Romance: add metal

Craftitude: anything goes/use twine or string

Crafty Hands: anything goes

Rhedd and Rosie's: anything goes

Simon says stamp: anything goes

thanks so much for taking the time to visit today, 

Claire xx

Autumn has arrived in SplodgeAway Land

Good morning, we've got an Autumn theme at SplodgeAway this week and for my project I've used two masks, the frame from Do it with Daisies 1 and the Mini leaves mask (you can find them both here) The pics aren't too good, its been so dark and dull here for the last few days.  This first pic is a bit of a strange angle but it shows the colours of the background  better than the other pic

I  made a background with distress inks (Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw and Wild honey) and rock salt, then I applied versamark to the Do It with Daisies 1 frame and popped it through my Grand Calibur. I embossed with copper embossing powder, adding a little green here and there. Next I used the Fallen Leaf mask and added some leaves to the background using more distress inks. I coloured the image (a Sheen Douglass stamp) with Graph'It markers and cut it out, popping it up on 3d foam pads for some dimension.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft your Passion: embossing

Feeling Crafty: autumn

Loves rubber stamps: fall leaves or pumpkins

One Crazy Stamper: thankful/autumn

Our Daily Bread: create your own background

thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Fantasy theme at SplodgeAway and a Giveaway!!

Good morning my lovelies, a very quick post from me today as I've got to be at work early. This week, as well as a giveaway we've got a fantasy theme at SplodgeAway so make sure you pop over and enter!  I've used the Fairy Dust mask from SplodgeAway for my shaker card. 

I've used 'Cheshire Cat Illusion' one of my favourite Sweet Pea Stamps, coloured with Graph'It Markers. I embossed the mask in my grand calibur and them applied versamark and embossing powder. I cut the aperture for the acetate with nesties and added a bow, a crystal button and some twine to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania: at least one button

Designed to Colour: use a die

LEJ designs: things with wings

Live and Love Crafts: use pink

Loves rubber stamps: anything goes

Turtle Soup: using transparencies 

Don't forget to check out the fab giveaway over on the SplodgeAway blog

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

Claire xx

Skaters from Splodge Away

Good morning folks, hasn't it been beautiful weather over the weekend? I haven't seen much of it as I'm battling though loads of work stuff but I've got a week of soon, can't wait!! Anyway today's card is a little concertina book card made using some of the scrummy new masks from SplodgeAway, for this project I've used Ice Skaters and the lovely snowflake border.

I used white glossy stencil paste through the skater masks and the snowflake border, once the paste was dry I spritzed them with lots of glimmeer mists in blues and greens and again left it to dry. I matted the images on blue card and used a nestie to cut an aperture:

I've added lots of paper flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some lace and ribbon from the ribbon Girl

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Girls: anything goes

Happy Campers: show us your flowers

Hiding in my Craft Room: Lots of layers

LEJ Designs: winter wishes

Our Creative Corner: forgotten things (glimmer mists are mine)

Paper Shelter: multiple folds

Papertake Weekly: Make it sparkle

Sister Act: anything goes

Well thanks for visiting, its always lovely to see you

Claire xx

PS I've got some lovely Polkadoodles blog candy up for grabs,check it out here

Snowy night in SplodgeAway land

Hi there folks, just a quick post today as I'm having a bit of a hectic week with nothing but problems at work and I've got a horrible cold too.. Here's one of my Splodge Away samples featuring two of the new Christmas masks: Christmas Scene and Christmas Text Disc 2

I've used distress inks in shades of blue and a littlle black soot,  splattered  with some water to create the sky using the Text disc to mask the moon. I inked in the houses and with black soot and used a post it note to add the shadows.I created some little lights with a Graph'It markers. 

I used black soot DI to ink in the text and snowflakes in the moon and stamped in Santa in his sleigh. To finish off I added some snowflakes with a white gel pen

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

365 Cards: Cityscapes revisited

Here come the boys: Blue Christmas in September

Opus Glueii: citiycape

The Stamping Boutique: Christmas

Well as usual I' rushing off to work, have a good day and thanks for popping by

Claire xx

PS Don't forget you've still got time to enter my blog candy, I've got some gorgeous Polkadoodles goodies up for grabs, have peek here for all the deets

Vintage Skater Scene from SplodgeAway

Hi folks, well I've been having so much fun with the new SplodgeAway Christmas mask, they are fab-u-lous! This card uses the Christmas Village Stenskape, when I first saw it I was a bit baffled but thought I'd just go for it so got my distress inks out and it is soooooooo easy to use and makes the most gorgeous little village in just a couple of minutes. 

I've just used shades of brown distress inks for this card, it took minutes to make using the new Stenskape which includes the village, skaters, the rink, trees and even the little moon. I'd planned on adding some die cut poinsettias and ribbon etc but I kind of liked it CAS so I just stamped the sentiment from Chcolate Baroque and added a little shabby white frantage for some snow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Little bit Crafty: clean and simple

Christmas Card Challenges: Something new

Craft Room Challenge: trees and/or leaves

Ladybug Crafts: winter wonderland

Paper Minutes: Christmas clean and simple

thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

PS don't forget to enter my blog candy, you can find it here

Exciting new product from SplodgeAway

Hi there folks, how's your week going? Its still lovely and warm here, perfect weather for my week off work. Did you see the fabby Splodgeaway shows on C&C yesterday?  Tom and Hazel did some stunning demos and they also launched a great new product - Splodge Board, a new substrate that takes all kinds of mediums beautifully. I was lucky enough to be able to make some samples for the show and I decided to make some quick and easy Christmas decorations,this stuff is really sturdy but very light too.

The little gingerbread man was coloured using distress inks, SplodgeBoard takes the ink beautifully. The chimney and grandfather clock were coloured with Graph'It markers, again the markers worked a treat on the shapes. I added some gold to the clock with a gold kryon pen and added some flock and glitter to the snow on the Chimney. I used my cropodile to make some holes for the gold thread and it punched through the Splodge Board really easily.

I'm entering these in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas : Q is for quick

Chocolate coffee and cards: sweet treats

Crimbo Crackers: Its snow business

Jingle Belles: tic tac toe (Glitter/ red or green/Santa)

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Thanks for popping by,hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

A sneaky peek!!

Hellllooooo, i've been keeping a big secret for the last couple of weeks, there is an exciting new product in SplodgeAway land and if you' tune in to Create and Craft at 11am and 3pm on Tuesday 27th August you'll be able to find out all about it. There are some absolutely stunning new masks too, they are gorgeous and so easy to use they nearly make your cards for you lol. Anyway here's a little sneaky peek:

Keep checking the Splodgeaway blog and facebook page too, so much gorgeous inspiration and giveaways too so its well worth a visit!

Claire xx

Fantasy week at SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, Monday morning again so just for a change I'm off to work but we've got a bank holiday weekend coming up and then I've got the week off work so I'm not feeling too downhearted lol. This week on the SplodgeAway Blog we've got a Fairy and Fantasy theme so keep popping over to check out the gorgeous projects from my talented teamies.

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I love the Fairy Dust mask, its so pretty and this time I decided to make a shaker card. I created the background using distress inks and glimmer mists and once it was dry I embossed the mask using my Grand Calibur. I left the mask in place and inked through it with versamark and then embossed with a sparkly white EP. I used a nestie to die cut an aperture in the centre of the card. The focal image is one of my favourite stamps from Sweet Pea Stamps, its called Cheshire Cat Illusion and its coloured with Graph'It Markers. I added some glitter, microbeads and tiny shimmery stars and then popped some acetate in the aperture held in place with shaker tape.

To finish off I've added a bow and a sparkly crystal button.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Docelera creatiions: Ribbon and button

Little Blue Button Stamps: bling

One Sweet Challenge: favourite technique

Totally Papercrafts: your favourite colour

Wags'n'Whiskers: Fairytale/fantasy

Thanks so much for popping by today,
Claire xx

More Splodging :-)

Good morning blogland buddies, Wednesday at last so not long till the weekend. I'm always wishing my life away lol. Anyway I couldn't resist having another play with the Abstraktz masks from SplodgeAway, they are fab for so many different techniques. 

I covered a little canvas with tissue wrap and then applied Maimeri Glassy gel through the mask and sprinkled here and there with some microbeads. Glassy gel gives the best resist ever, its wonderful stuff! Anyway once it was dry I added loads and loads of black gold glimmer mist and wiped if off the glassy gel leaving the clear areas to show the pattern on the tissue paper. It looks gorgeous in real life, but very hard to get a decent pic, here's another but its not great I'm afraid

The sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped on acetate and embossed with gold EP, I've used glossy accents to stick it to the canvas. The butterfly is also from Chocolate Baroque (Tangled Garden) and i've added some wire for his antennae, some little gems to his wings and painted some gold acrylic paint around the edge of the canvas

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: black and white

Creative Creations: Monochromatic

Dream Valley: Monochrome

Make My Monday: 3d elements

Our Creative Corner: words, words, words

Sweet Stamps: Bling

Thanks for visting today

Claire xx

Abstraktz masks at SplodgeAway

Good morning, this week at SplodgeAway, the DT are showcasing the fab Abstraktz masks. Do pop over to the SplodgeAway Blog, my teamies have some gorgeous projects to share and also you don't want to miss some top secret stuff that will be coming soon!! Anyway back to business, these masks are so versatile, real 'worker' masks as you can use them for all kinds of different projects. 

For this card I made a background using one of the masks, acrylic paint and my gelli plate. The stamp is from Indigo Blue,stamped on cream card and distressed with Victorian Velvet and tea dye distress ink. I've used kraft card for matting and layering and added some lace, ribbon, a paper flower and a little heart charm with some twine. To finish off I've done some faux stitching around the edges and some little pink pearls in the corners.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Card Crafters Circle: ribbon and lace

Crafting by Design: celebrate women

One Stop crafts: pastel colours

Sweet Stampin: going krafty

Sweet Stamps:silhouettes

Tok Bobok:vintage

Thanks for visiting today and for your comments, they always brighten my day

Claire xx

Dresses from SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, a quick card today featuring the gorgeous Dressform Mask from SplodgeAway, you can find it here, there are loads of dresses on it :-)

I've used papers from the Prima almanac paper pad for the background and to create the dresses. I've used distress inks through the mask to create the silhouette for the topper  and given her some jewellery too lol. The other dress was cut using the mask as a template and popped up on a little beaded coat hanger from my stash. To finish off I've added seambinding, lace a little black button and some twine.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Get Inky: Ribbons

Inky Chicks: Lovely lace

LEJ Designs: Lace

Unstampabelles: Paper dress

Thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Free Range at SplodgeAway

Hello folks, well we've certainly been having a wonderful summer with lots of sunshine so far. I've take inspiration from all the sunshine for my project for this week's theme at SplodgeAway where the DT are making 'free range' projects. The challenge for me was which mask to choose as there are so many gorgeous masks in the land of SplodgeAway!

Anyway after a lot of dithering around, I decided to use a couple of my old favourite masks, Butterfly Creator and Floral Butterfly Wreath. It was a really quick and easy card to make, I blended hansa yellow, diarylide tint and orange tint over some linen cardstock and them embossed the Floral Butterfly Wreath mask with my GC, I then blended some deeper yellow PanPastels over the top and added lots of tiny pearls to the centre of the flowers and the butterfly bodies. I created the larger butterflies in the same way. The sentment is one of my all time favourites from Chocolate Baroque. To finish off I simply added a seam binding bow and a paper rose.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

CRAFT: Monochromatic

Delicious Doodles: anything goes

Pumpkin Spice: sunshine

Seemacrafts: Butterfly

Sweet Pea Stampers: Embossing

The Cupboard Trilogy: monochrome

Totally gorjuss: anything goes with pearls

Hope you're having a good day, thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

SplodgeAway Tree mask

Good morning folks, phew another scorching day. My little craft room is sooooo hot I think I'm going to take my markers and sit in the garden and colour today. But before I go I wanted to share one of my SplodgeAway samples, this one features the ginormous tree from the SplodgeAway altered art kit. Its fab as you get the tree mask and the stencil too.  Pop over and check out the SplodgeAway blog as the DT are showcasing their favourite techniques and they have got some fab ideas

I've used an old piece of corrugated card as the base, layerd up with black gesso and sanded before applying Renaissance treasure gold. Next, an A4 piece of greyboard from some packaging was given a coat of gesso and then stamped all over with a Chocolate Baroque text stamp before a generous spray of Black Magic glimmer mist, I covered it with crumpled cling film and left it. Once this was dry I applied Maimeri Light Modelling Paste through the huge tree stencil, creating some texture with a palette knife. I left it to try and then added more treasure gold to the tree, some green gilding wax around the edges and lots of little red gems as apples. Sorry about the rubbish pic, this one shows the colours a bit better:

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Natalie and Amy's: trash to treasure

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Green

Tuesday Throwdown: anything goes

thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day

Claire xx

Fairy from SplodgeAway

Good morning, hope you're all enjoying the sunshine as much as I am. I've had a lovely morning so far, an early walk with the dogs before it was too hot and now i'm planning on a hour or two in the garden with my book but before I go and laze around here's another of my samples from the recent SplodgeAway show on C&C. There are so many gorgeous new masks but this is one of my favourites, you can find it here.

I began by drawing round the mask with a pencil and then sketched in some lines for the detail on her dress, her arms etc and then coloured her up with my Graph'It markers, I wasn't sure how this would work out but I was quite pleased with the effect. Once she was coloured I used the stencil to ink in the silhouette and then created the sky and ground with distress inks.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: No designer papers

Creative Card Crew: the great outdoors

Creative Corner: anything goes

Hobbycutz: Fantasy

Totally Papercrafts: all of a flutter

Have a lovely day folks, thanks so much for popping by

Claire xx

Favourite Technique at SplodgeAway

Good morning folks, today's card is another SplodgeAway creation, this week the DT members are showing off their favourite techniques so its well worth a visit to check out my teamies favourite techniques. Its so hard to choose as these masks are so versatile but I've chosen embossing for my technique.

I've used a backing paper from Prima and I inked up the fence SplodgeAway mask with versamark and embossed in my Grand Calibur before applying black EP. The prima doll stamp has been paper pieced with some more papers from the Prima Almanac collection, I've coloured her face and hair with Graph'It markers and adding some shading to her clothes with derwent pencils.

I've added some black lace, a seam binding bow and a mother of pearl button with some twine. I've added some die cut roses and punched leaves around a lovely paper rose from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Favourite things

Charisma Cardz: Lace

Crafting for all Seasons: girly

Di's digis: paper piecing

Dream Valley: make your own flowers or embelliies

That Craft Place: Ribbon and/or Lace

Wags'n'Whiskers: cute as a button

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx