Stampbord domino book

Good morning crafty friends. It's my turn to share a project over on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog and today I'm sharing a little book made for the launch of the Russian collection stamps and stencils. You can find them all here

I made the covers from Stampbord dominos, I love stampbord as it takes ink beautifully. I stamped the little skyline from Babushka and added colour with Sakura Stardust pens and a water brush. Once that was dry I added some gold embossing and some glossy accents. I also embossed around the edges with WOW Gold EP

To make the concertina pages I cut a strip of card to size and folded it to fit the stampbord covers.  I stamped  the Silhouette Palaces with versamark and embossed with black EP. I then used Twinkling H2Os to paint in the sky before adding a few stars, white highlights to the towers and a little moon with silver paint.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: not a square card

An Inky Mess: Mixed Media

Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown: Embossing

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

Claire xx

Seaside or Anything Goes at Polkadoodles

Good  morning folks, today's project is my DT make for our challenge over at Polkadoodles where our theme is 'Anything Goes or Seaside'. As always we've got a fab prize up for grabs and my teamies have made some beautiful projects to inspire you too. Before I tell you about my project though, don't forget our lovely Nikky Hall will be on Create and Craft today at 2pm and 7pm with some fabulous products and amazing demos too!

For my DT project I've made a little concertina book with a stampbord cover using stamps from Tropical Underworld and coloured them with Graph'It Markers.

I've stamped the images with Memento Inks and added distress inks in blues and green. The stampbord cover was then triple embossed with clear UTEE

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting with Friends: Anything goes
Critters and Creatures: Anything goes with a critter/creature
Fab'n'funky: go outside and be inspired by nature
Ooh La La: anything goes
Simply Papercraft: anything goes

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

Claire xx

A new challenge at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, my project today is for our new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as usual our theme is 'Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes' so lots of scope for you to play along and be in with a chance of winning some lovely crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands!!

I've made an MDF heart using lots of my favourite goodies. I'd actually started this heart ages ago and it had gone horribly wrong so I gave it a coat of white gesso and mixed in a little Magenta Extra Dark PanPastel. This is one of my favourite PanPastel colours as its a lovely dark colour but blends to create a subtle pink. I also dusted over some White Coarse PanPastel Medium for some sparkle.

I coloured some Dutch Doobadoo Honeycomb with Pewter PanPastel and added some scraps of lace and paper flowers dusted with silver glitter. 

I made the butterfly by applying versamark to a Stampbord domino and adding more Magenta Extra Dark.. I embossed the word Fly (using Indigo Blu alphabet stamps) with silver EP and added some pearl trim to the bottom. The wings were made with Clearly for Art white film, love this stuff as you can shape it when its warm. It works beautifully with Pans too which actually surprised me as its a very smooth surface. I stamped the Indigo Blu Butterfly stamp with versamark and applied my Magenta Extra Dark PanPastel before cutting the wings our and attaching one to each side of the stampbord. I added some little gems and a ribbon for the butterflies antennae.

To finish off I popped seambinding bow and a paper flower at the top of the heart.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Bring on the bling

Brown Sugar: Anything goes

Frillie and Funky: enjoy your embossing

Fussy and Fancy: Monochrome

Moving along with the times: embossing

Through the Purple Haze: Things with wings

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark	Magenta Shade Pan Pastel	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Metallic Pan Pastel, Pewter	Stampbord Assorted sizes
PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Dutch Doobadoo Softboard Art Honeycomb

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 Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its inspiration time over at We Love 2 Create  so you've got another week to enter our challenge and be in with a chance to win some crafty goodies from those lovely people at Premium Craft brands! I've been playing with my PanPastels and Twinkling H2os to create this project. I love the contrast between the sparkle of the paint with the velvety matte finish of the PanPastels although it doesn't show up too well in the pic.

To make this I took a canvas board and applied shades of Turquoise and Bright Yellow Green PanPastels. Next I made a kind of mosaic using stampbord tiles to fit my stamp (Antique Songbird from Indigo Blu). I find it easiest to assemble my stampbord onto strips of double sided tape which holds it together to decorate the piece. I stamped the image with black Archival Ink and then painted with my H2os. I used the same colours to splatter the canvas board and coordinate with the stampbord. To finish off I've added a seam binding bow.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Artistic Stamper: anything goes

As you like it: anything goes

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes

Indigo Blu Challenge: all that sparkle

Sweet Stampin: Flowers

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

Claire xx

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Bright Yellow Green Shade	PanPastel Turquoise Shade	Turquoise Pan Pastel	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit
Stampbord Assorted sizes

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

Stampbord Pencil pot

Good morning my lovelies its challenge time at We Love 2 Create with Premium Craft Brands and our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed media Goes' so there's lots of scope for you to play along to be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous goodies from Premium craft brands! As always you have two weeks to enter and if you're struggling for inspiration pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies gorgeous artwork!

I've made a pencil pot using Stampbord ATCs, Premium Craft Brands stamps and PanPastels, you can find all the links to the products I've used at the end of this post.

My lovely Chocolate Baroque teamie Judith made one of these a while ago and I couldn't resist having a play as I think they are so cute. Pop over to Judith's blog and have a look.

I began by lining my ATCs up and colouring the stampbord with my PanPastels, using Yellow Green and a little of the pearl yellow and green, I added some pearl blue for the sky and then set to stamping. I used Memento Ink in Bamboo leaves and stamped a magazine freebie from Indigo Blu and the gorgeous dandelion from Premium Craft Brands postcard set. Next I stamped the sentiments usind Black Archival ink

I used my Stampbord tools to scratch in some cloud shapes and then glued the stampbord ATCs to a strip of designer paper. Once this was dry, the strip of ATCs was glued to a square of mountboard. I used pearl trim to cover the corners.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

2 Creative chicks: anything goes

Country View Crafts: simply scenic

Crafting by designs: sentiments

Crafting with an attitude: anything goes/ spring fever

Creative knockouts: sentimentally yours

Dream Factory: secret garden

Fab'n'Funky: flora and fauna

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything goes mixed media

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

Claire xx

Stampbord ATCs	Stampbord Scraper Tools	Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Pan Pastel pearlescent green
Pan Pastel pearlescent yellow	Bright yellow green