Anything square at Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Good morning, its challenge time at Graph'It Colouring Challenge and this time around our theme is 'anything square' sponsored by Oddball Art and also our regular sponsors Premium Craft Brands so there are some fab prizes up for grabs!! You don't have to use Graph'It Markers to enter either, any colouring medium will do. I've used this gorgeous  image Sweet Sai the Fairy from Oddball Art for my DT card

You can find a full list of the colours i've used over on the Challenge blog. I love this image, she is adorable isn't she? I've created a dotty background using the same colours and added some stamping with some of the lovely little stamps from 'Postcard' from Premium Craft Brands and memento inks.

I've used freebie backing papers,distressed with a little tea dye distress ink and a craft knife. I've added lots of paper flowers, ribbon, lace, pearls and twine to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Creative Knockouts: distressing

Deep Ocean: flowers

The Paper Shelter: Lace

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes

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

Claire xx

New stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning, I hope you're having a lovely crafty weekend. My card today features some of this months new stamps from Chocolate Baroque called Floral Mannequin which you can find here.

I've created a background by collage stamping the stamps from Parfum de Paris with Memento Tuxedo Black in on white card, using both first and second generation stamping. I then stamped the stand from the smaller dress form on this set. I stamped the floral mannequin and coloured with distress markers before cutting out and inking around the edges with Black soot Distress ink. I used 3d foam pads to attach the floral mannequin to give it some depth. I used a black fineliner pen to add faux stitching around the card. I popped some little pearls in the corners and added lace, ribbon and a crystal button to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges

Corrosive Challenges: hip to be square

Craft your passion: anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore: Anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers: make your own background

Get Creative: for the ladies

Glitter 'n'Sparkle: anything goes

Ribbon Girls: ladies or mum

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Shabby Chic at Vintage Stamping Challenges

Hello folks, its time for a new challenge at Vintage Stamping Challenges and this month our theme is 'Shabby Chic'. As always our lucky winner will receive a $20 voucher from Flonzcraft so I hope you're going to play along. Remember we are a stamping challenge, no digis allowed!

I've created a little wall hanging for my DT project using a couple of my favourite Flonzcraft stamps

Ocean Cruise Ship Liner and one of the Gibson Girls. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo black on kraft cardstock and then coloured the scene with my panpastels.

I cut a frame from greyboard and crackled it with acrylic paint and then stamped the wording using stamps from Dreamees. I added a string flower topped with a button and a little twine bow and added some little union jack buttons.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics: anything goes mixed media

Art Journal journey: the sea

Country view crafts: simply scenic

Craft Stamper Take it make it: anything goes with stamping

Little Claires: use kraft

Not just cards: anything goes

Rhedd's Creative spirit: anything goes

Simply Papercraft: anything goes/lots of layers

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Anything creative goes at We Love to Create

Good morning folks, its inspiration week from the PanPastel girls over at We Love 2 Create. You've still got a week to enter our Anything Creative Goes challenge and our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands!

I've made a Christmassy wallhanging for my DT project. I began with some corrugated cardboard which I distressed and dry brushed with white gesso.  I made a little stampbord scene using my PanPastels and Stampscapes stamps. I masked the stampbord squares with fine masking tape and then set to adding colour with my Pans. I stamped in the scene and added a little extra colour with distress markers. Next I used my Stampbord Scraper tools to add highlights to my scene. One of the tools is perfect for creating little circles - great for  snow or polkadots! I added a little Black Pearl PanPastel Medium around the edges.

I popped the scene on my corrugated card with cosmic shimmer glue and added some pompom trim. Some Dutch Doobadoo laser cut snowflakes (Igave them some shimmer with my White Pearl PanPastel Medium. I also added a couple of Tattered angels glimmer chips that were coloured with PanPastels. To finish off I added some ribbon, again coloured with my Pans and added some charms and beads from my stash.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Christmas Stampin all year long: spots and dots

Fab'n'Funky: Christmas 

Open Minded: Shabby Chic

Retro Rubber: anything goes with old stamps 

(I've had my stampscapes stamps for years)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: anything goes

Stamps and Stencils: anything goes mixed media

Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge: Anything goes no patterned paper

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Phthalo Green Shade	Pan Pastels - Phthalo Blue Tint	Paynes Grey	Stampbord assorted squares	Soft Tools Combinaton set
Stampbord Scraper Tools	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	White Coarse Pearl Medium	white Gesso

Things with Wings at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Good morning folks, its challenge time at Fashionable Stamping challenges and our theme for the next two weeks is Things with Wings'. Don't forget to be eligible for the prize (a generous $20 voucher from Flonzcraft!) you need to use rubber or clear stamps as digis aren't allowed!

I've altered a little wooden box, I'd started making a pair of these months ago but never finished this one so I set to with my Stampbord to finish it off.

I used stamps from Premium Art Brands and PanPastels to create my background and added some texture with a chicken wire stencil and Maimeri Glassy Gel. I added some more stamping with memento inks and then gold embossed the edges of all the pieces. The butterfly was made by stamping the butterfly on acetate and embossing with WOW white pearl EP and then applying Pearlescent Red PanPastel over the top. I added some pearls to the centre of the butterfly. The catch and feet of the box are from Crafty Individuals.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics: anything goes

Aud Sentiments: things with wings plus a sentiment

Craft for the Craic: things with wings

Crafty Calendar: things with wings

Creatalicious: embossing

Frilly and Funkie: stencil mania

Open Minded: Shabby Chic

Rhed's Creative Spirit: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:anything goes

If you've got a minute, pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies beautiful artwork!

thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Tussie Mussies at Eclectic Ellapu

Good morning again, my second post of the day and I'm back with a 'Tussie Mussie' to fit the Pink teams theme at Eclectic Ellapu. The purple team have a fab challenge to inspire you so do pop over and check out all the gorgeous projects from my lovely teamies!

I have to confess I'd never heard of a tussie mussie, but good old google came to the rescue and after faffing round cutting different sizes of circles, cutting bits out of circles and generally getting in a bit of  a pickle, I found the easiest way to create my tussie mussie was using an 8x8 square of paper. This brought me out in a cold sweat as I used the very last piece of one of my all time favourite Christmas papers!! Brave or what??

Anyway once I'd sussed out that all I needed to do was join my paper down one edge and I had a cone shape, all I had to do was decorate it. I got to work with die cuts, stamps, lace, ribbon and buttons to create my Christmas themed tussie mussie. I distressed everything with distress ink and used more distress inks to colour my die cuts, adding some script stamping here and there. I made up a couple of tattered pine cones,I love making these :-) to finish off.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Creative Card Crew: fancy folds

Decorate to Celebrate: anything goes

Fab'n'funky: Christmas

Loves rubber stamps: at least 2 dies

Not just cards: anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything but a square

Perfectly Rustic: new technique

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Ribbon/Lace at Graph'It Colouring Challenge

Good morning my lovelies, i'm back with my second post of the day. Its Friday so its time for some inspiration at Graph'It colouring challenge!! We've got a nice easy theme, we just want to see you use Ribbon or Lace on your project. You don't have to use Graph'It markers to enter as long as you've coloured your image you can use any markers, pencils, distress inks ... whatever you fancy. As well as a prize of gorgeous Graph'It goodies from those lovely folk at Premium Craft Brands, we've also got the fabulous Sami Stamps sponsoring us too so you don't want to miss out!

For my DT card I've used the beautiful Lily Bride from Sami stamps, she's so elegant she was a real pleasure to colour. for a full list of colours used pop over to the challenge blog.

The background was made using PanPastels, Maimeri Glossy gel medium applied through a stencil and then glittered with Glamour dust. I've added a brass key charm, ribbon, lace, pearls and some little paper flowers to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: Make your mark

Card Mania: flowers

Corrosive Challenges: hip to be square

CRAFT: use metal

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Lil patch of crafty friends: anything goes

Paper Shelter: love is in the air

Through the Craft room Door: anything goes

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

Hi there folks, I'm very late posting this card which is my DT offering for our colour challenge at Chocolate Baroque Challenge but you've still got time to enter. and as always there's a fab prize for our lucky winner and Top 3 honours up for grabs too. We've got a beautiful colour palette to inspire us this month



I've made a card using a  distress ink background made with Aged Mahogany, Shaded Lavender, Scattered Straw distress inks. The image is one of my favourite stamps at the minute, she's called Lady in Hat and you can find her here.

I stamped and masked the lady and then swooshed her through my distress inks on my craft mat. Then I removed the mask and coloured her with Derwent pencils. I've added ribbon, lace and a pretty button and layered the lady up over a doily. To finish off i've added faux stitching to the corners.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: flowers

Card Mania: flowers

Craft your passion: anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore: make a card

Love to scrap: anything goes

Stamp and Create: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Blooming challenge: anything goes/use some lace

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Stampbord Pendant

Good morning folks, its time fora new challenge and a new look in PanPastel land!! Premium Craft Brands our generous sponsors have so many scrummy products we want to share so we've got a new look and a fab new challenge too!! Pop over to Love to Create with Premium Craft Brands and check it out!!

We're making the challenges nice and easy for you so our theme is always going to be Anything Creative or Mixed Media goes, we're so excited about seeing your mixed media projects!! As always our lucky winner will receive some lovely crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands. I've made a stampbord pendant for my DT project.

I began by applying pearlescent red panpastel to a stampbord domino and added a little burnt sienna before stamping with some of the teeny tiny stamps from Premium Craft Brands. I embossed the edges with gold EP and then applied Rock Candy crackle paint before leaving to dry. Once the crackle was dry I attached a glue on bale at the bottom of the pendant and a recycled drawer handle to the top. I added some beads and charms and a couple of chain tassels

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

A Vintage Journey: through the looking glass

Noor Designs UK: Anything goes

Recycle Repurpose Reinvent: anything goes (drawer handle recycled)

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything goes

Sweet Stamps Technique: Anything but a card

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Stampbord Assorted sizes

Pearlescent red

Burnt sienna shade

Premium Art Brands, Postcard stamp set

Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set

Lady's Slipper Orchid from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, my card today features this gorgeous individual stamp from Chocolate Baroque, called Lady's Slipper Orchid. I thought it would also make a pretty iris too.

I've used a distress ink background created using Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord and Seedless preserves inks. The image has been layerd up three times. the first layer was stamped and embossed with Gold EP. Next came the script background, stamped in brown on cream card. 

Lastly I stamped the flower on white card,coloured with Graph'It markers and cut out before layering the image up on 3d foam pads. I've added lace, pearls, ribbon and a button topped with a twine bow to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania: flowers

Corrosive Challenges: floral frenzy

Crafts 4 Eternity: spring

Kit and Clowder: Flowers

Sentimental Sundays: No sentiment

Sister Act: anything goes

Wags'n'Whiskers: flowers

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Anything but a square from Polkadoodles

Good morning my lovelies, blogger is playing tricks on me again and not posting my scheduled posts but better late than never I suppose. Its time for a new challenge at Polkadoodles and this time around our theme is 'anything but a square'. I've made a bird house using one of the templates from the gorgeous Twiggy and Toots collection d used lots of the lovely papers and embellies along the way.

The templates are really easy to use, great if you don't have a Cameo or some kind of clever cutting machine lol. I've added some of the embellies from the CD, love the fence so I put some at the front of my bird house and some at the back.

I added lots of flowers, lace, pearl trim and other goodies from my stash and mounted the bird house on MDF shapes that I'd covered with papers from Twiggy and Toots

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: anything goes

Artistic inspirations: anything goes with a twist of spring

Decorate to celebrate: anything goes

Fab'n'Funky: lace

Glitter 'n' Sparkle: anything but a card

Loves Rubber Stamps: add flowers

Stamp and Create: anything goes

The Crazy Challenge: springtime

Through the craft room door: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today, have a great day and hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Stampbord on C&C!!

Good morning folks, my project today is a little wall hanging made with Stampbord and PanPastels. Our lovely Nikky Hall is on C&C tomorrow at 10am demonstrating some awesome techniques so make sure you book your place on the sofa. Sadly I'll be at work but I'll be recording it so I can catch up when I get home!

I've used a stampbord ATC and Coaster to create this project. I'd accidentally splashed some black pearl medium on these making another project but I kind of liked the mottled look so I just applied some Pearlescent Yellow and Orange PanPastels over the top. I masked the sun and added some more colour and a little Black fine pearl PanPAstel Medium. Next I set to stamping using stamps from the Premium Craft Brands sets Postcard and roses. Nikky will also be demoing some fab tools to work with your stampbord and I was lucky to have a set so I used one of the fine tools to scratch some highlights here and there. Hopefully you'll see them a bit better in this pic.

I stamped the butterfly on acetate using White EP and then applied Black Pearl medium over the top. I sponged versmark in on the back and added Yellow, Orange and a little Red PanPastel, cut it ou and popped in onto the project. 

To attached the two pieces of stampbord I used red line tape and black ribbon. To finish off I added some black lace and a little pearl trim.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Love to Scrap: Anything goes

Not just cards: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp: Make your own background

Stamp and Create: anything goes

Sweet Stampin: anything but a card

That's Crafty Grunge grunge grunge

Thanks for popping by today

Claire xx

Welcome to Fairyland

Good morning folks, its week two of our 'Anything goes with PanPastels' at PanPastel UK so you've still got loads of time to play along and be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous goodies from Premium Craft Brands.

I've made a door sign using my PanPastels and stamps from Inkylicious and Chocolate Baroque. I used PanPastels to colour the images and to create the background, adding white spots to the toadstools with a White graph'It shake pen.  I used a Stampbord ATC to stamp the 'Welcome to Fairyland' sentiment and added some pearl trim and a little butterfly. You can find links to all the products I've used at the end of this post.

Crafty Calendar: add a sentiment

Crafty Catz: girly

Crafty Creations:seeing spots

Creative knockouts: Texture

Kitty Bee Designs: fairytale

Penny's Paper crafty: one for the girls

Simon Says Stamp:make your own background

Sweet Stampin: anything but a card

Pearlescent red	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	White Blending Mop Brush	GraphIt Shaker Pen (white)
Maimeri Light modelling paste	Stampbord ATCs

Pink and Pretty from Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, its inspiration time at Polkadoodles for our 'Pink and Pretty' Challenge, my lovely teamies have come up with some gorgeous projects to inspire you and as always there's fab prizes up for grabs! I've coloured up one of the gorgeous Octavia Moonfly images for my card, you can get the digis as individual stamps or buy great value bundles or why not just get the whole collection??  The shiny new Polkadoodles website has some fabulous offers too so pop over and check it out here.

I've coloured the image with my Graph'It markers, adding some sparkle with my silver Graph'It Shake Pen. Here's another pic of Octavia, isn't she gorgeous?

I've used spellbinders die to cut a pretty border on my card blank and added pearls, ribbon and a little flower from my stash.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

As you like it: Favourite alcohol or distress markers and why

(I love my Graph'It markers, its so easy to blend and mix the colours with them)

Crafty Cardmakers: wings

Craft your Passion: anything goes

Deep Ocean: things with wings

Penny's Paper Crafty: one for the girls

Pile it on: Fancy frames or beautiful borders

Sweet Stamps: pink

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

Claire xx

Brusho Birdcage Collage

Good morning folks, have you seen the gorgeous new individual stamps from Chocolate Baroque? Goodness me they are stunning and the perfect price for a crafty treat without breaking the bank too.

This one is called 'Bird Cage Collage' and is a lovely image, so detailed!

I began by having a play with my Brushos (Ultramarine, Violet, Emerald and a little Turquoise) and water colour card which I used to create my background. I stamped the image with brown ink and distressed with Tumbled Glass distrss ink. Next I stamped the image with versamark and embossed with gold ep before cutting out and colouring with distress inks. I stamped the focal image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, coloured with my Graph'It markers and carefully cut out before popping up on 3d foam pads.

I've used purple card for matting and layering and simply adding some gems to the corner to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge up your life: Embossing

Craft Stamper Take it Make it: take a technique colour

Lisa B Designs: Brusho colours

Mixed Media World: bright Colours

Penny's Paper Crafty: anything goes

Sentimental Sundays: No sentiment

Sister Act: anything goes

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx