Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes at We love 2 create!

Good morning my lovelies, its time for a new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as ever our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed media Goes' so you can let your imagination run wild!!

Our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands and you don't have to use our products to play along.

For my DT project i've made an 8x8 canvas using some of my favourite techniques. The canvas had already been used once but it had gone horribly wrong lol. I decided to recycle it so I gave it a coat of white gesso and then coloured with shades of turquoise and yellow green PanPastels before stencilling in the leaves with some green sparkle medium. I wasn't happy with the colour as it was really dark green so I applied more PanPastel over the top and happily you can still see the sparkle!!

I used a Stamps Away stencil for the focal image. I coloured some white card with turquoise and green PanPastels and then applied more PanPastels through the stencil to colour the image. Next I applied Maimeri Glassy Gel medium through the stencil and then removed the stencil and sprinkled on clear microbeads. I left it to dry and once the glassy gel has dried you get a lovely effect as you can see the colour of the PanPastels below but the microbeads give a lovely sparkle.

To finish off I added some stamping around the edges using Dreamees stamps and versmark for the leaves. I then applied Yellow Green PanPastel. The flowers were stamped in black and then watercoloured with Pans.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Share your favourite colour

(I love green and red together)

Daring Cardmakers: touchy feely

Crafting for all seasons: bright and beautiful

Creative Card Crew: Sparkle/glitter

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: homegrown summer

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

Claire xx

Bright Yellow Green Shade	Bright yellow green	PanPastel Turquoise Shade	PanPastel Turquoise Tint	Turquoise
Permanent Green Tint	Permanent Red Shade	Permanent Red	Permanent Red Extra Dark	Glassy Gel Medium

Something new at Polkadoodles!

Hello folks, I'm a bit late on parade today as blogger isn't posting my scheduled posts for some reason. I seem to have gremlins following me this week as my phone is playing up and my  freezer has broken too. Anyway better late than never, here's my project for our new challenge over at Polkadoodles where our theme is 'Something new to you'. I've been inspired by the gorgeous canvas created by my lovely teamie Claire B and made a canvas using the wonderful Santa image from the new collection 'Picknix 3 Nordic Winter'

I printed Santa out on Ultimate Graphic Paper (also from Polkadoodles) and coloured hime with Graph'It markers before cutting him out. I primed the canvas with white gesso and stencilled on some snowflakes using  Maimeri Glassy Gel and once that was dry I added some colour with distress reinkers in Tumbled Glass and Broken China. Once that was dry I stencilled in some more snowflakes using Light Modelling paste, adding a sprinkle of glitter.

I stencilled polkadots around the sides of the canvas with LMP and coloured the dots by swiping over the raised areas with Festive Berries distress ink. 

Here's a better pic of Santa, he's a fab image to colour

To finish off I've added a die cut 'Noel' with some glittery snow, a bow and a couple of bells.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas: polkadots

Addicted to Stamps and more: make your mark

Creative Card Crew: sparkle/glitter

Die Cut Divas: Favourite holiday

Digi Choosday: punches/ die cuts

Inspiration Destination: anything goes

Moving along with the time: Snow in summertime

Sparkles Forum Christmas: no designer papers

If you've got a few minutes pop over and check out my teamies gorgeous projects, they've created some gorgeous projects to inspire you

Thanks so much for popping by today

Claire xx

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

Seaside or On the beach at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there my lovelies, here's my project for our 'Seaside/On the beach' challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. Its not quite finished but I got kind of stuck so it will have to wait a wee while until I decide what else to add. As always we've got a fab prize for our random winner (a $20 voucher from Flonzcraft) and Top 3 honours up for grabs too! We are a stamping challenge though so no digi stamps are allowed.

I've had this boat shape shelf for years so decided to give it a bit of a makeover. I've painted the outside with gesso and then lots of different acrylic paints and stamped with a text stamp using Potting Soil Archival ink before I sanded it for a distressed look. Next came some stencilling with Maimeri Glassy Gel and a Crafters Workshop stencil, you can't see it too well on the pic. I added a little gilding wax here and there around the edges too.

An ideaology frame fitted this Chocolate Baroque Sentiment a treat, I added a little more gilding wax too. The beach huts are from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with Distress Markers and Derwent pencils. I coloured the shelf with PanPastels and added shells and a straw hat embellishment.

The middle shelf was made by creating a PanPastel background and cutting some wave shapes from white card. I coloured them with Pans and added white glue and glitter. I stamped the image (Santoro Stamps) and coloured her with my Graph'it markers before carefully cutting her out and layering her and the waves up with ginormous blobs of silicone glue for some dimension.

I've added some fishing net, shells and a message in a bottle that I'd crackled and coloured with Alcohol Inks.

The lower shelf is under the sea and again created a background with PanPastels, stamped the undersea border from Chocolate Baroque and coloured with Derwent pencils. The mermaid is also from Santoro stamps, she's been coloured with Graph'it markers and cut out before layering her up with more silicone glue. I've added some muslin fabric,shells and pearls to this layer.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Inspired by summer

Altered Eclectics: Anything goes

Alphabet Challenge: M is for mermaids

Country View Crafts: Summertime

Craft Stamper Take it Make It August Challenge: take a technique, pens and pencils

Deep Ocean: summer fun

Fussy and Fancy: Lazy summer days

Live and Love crafts: blue

Our Creative corner: summer holiday

Recycle, Repurpose, Reinvent: anything goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: anything goes

Right I'd better get my thinking cap on as I think I still need to add some more embellies, maybe some bunting? Or a bucket and spade? Decisions decisions lol

Thanks for visiting today, if you have time do pop over and see my DT sisters gorgeous projects! They are such a lovely talented bunch they're bound to inspire you

Claire xx

Sparkling trees from Chocolate Baroque

Oops good old blogger forgot to post this yesterday and i only just noticed. I always look forward to getting my mits on the new Christmas Stamps from Chocolate Baroque and this years new designs are as beautiful as always with 2 new A4 stamp sheets and some stunning cling mounted individual stamps (you can find them all here) This card uses stamps from Sparkling Trees

I made this rocker card using the group of 3 trees and the snowflake stamps using a card blank from my stash. I stamped the trees using Stormy Skies Distress Ink in the centre of the circle and then created a little forest by repeat stamping the image using both first and second generation stamping.

I distressed the edges with more Stormy Skies and added lots of glitter and gems. The bottom panel was created using the same ink and the snowflake stamps from the same stamp sheet. I assembled the card, layering the focal image up over a paper doiley and adding a bow topped with a button. To finish off I've stamped the sentiment from Christmas Candlelight on white card with versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder. I cut the sentiment out and added a little colour with more Stormy Skies. 

You can see the sparkle a little better in this pic

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Stamping all year long: anything goes

Clear it out: anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas: something beginning with 's' (snow)

Simon Says Stamp: tie it up

Simply Create Too: anything goes

Sweet Stampin: anything but birthday

Winter Wonderland: Christmas Carols/songs (White Christmas)

Thanks so much for visiting today

hope to see you again soon

Claire

More than one fold at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, Its time for a new challenge over at Polkadoodles and for the next two weeks our theme is 'More than one fold'. I've made a cascade card usig papers, embellies and sentiment from Picnix 3 Nordic Winter. This is a fabulous collection, full of gorgeous goodies!

I've used kraft cardstock as my base and added panels of one of the gorgeous backing papers which I distressed with Vintage Photo distress ink. I printed out lots of the lovely embellies and a sentiment from the cd and once I'd cut them all our I added some ice and snow here and there with white PVA glue and glamour dust.

I love the chalkboard sentiments Nikky has included in this collection so I popped one at the top of the card and added a paper bow to the front to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: polkadots (polkadot frame at back of card)

Crafty Creations: Chalkboard

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra: Anything Christmas

Creatalicious: more than one fold

Digi Choosday: embellish it

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration: Christmas in July

Thanks so much for popping by today, if you've got time pop over and check out my teamies makes as they've got some gorgeous inspiration for you

Claire xx

Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning my lovelies, its challenge time over at We love 2 Create and as always we're keeping it easy with a theme of Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes so no excuse no to play along. Our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies from those lovely peeps at Premium Craft Brands and there are Top 3 honours up for grabs too!

I've altered this MDF blank to create somewhere to put my keys. I've used lots of different PanPastels, you can find links at the bottom of this post.

I began with a coat of white gesso and once that was dry I coloured the MDF with PanPastels and sealed with my homemade sealer spray. I make this with 1/3 mat gel medium and 2/3 water in a spritzer bottle. Its fab for sealing your Pans.

Once this was dry I added Sparkle Medium to the flowers and some White Enamel Accents to the toadstools. I couldn't resist adding a sprinkle of fairy dust but I didn't have any so I had to use Glamour dust lol.

Next job was to use my White Graph'It Shake Pento add polka dots and checks to the word HOME. 

I decided to create a background as I didn't want to see wallpaper behind my little fairyland scene so I took some white card and drew around the MDF. I used my Pans to create the scene and then glued the MDF over the top and let it dry before I trimmed it.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers: anything but a card

Not just cards: anything goes

Simply Create Too: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

Simply Papercraft: anything goes

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

Claire xx

Burnt Sienna	Raw Umber PanPastel	Bright Yellow Green Shade	Pan Pastel chromium oxide green	Perm Red Pan Pastel
Permanent Red Extra Dark	ultramarine blue	Ultramarine Blue Tint	Hansa Yellow Pan Pastel	Orange Pan Pastel
White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Graph It shake it white marker	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Neutral Grey Pan Pastel

By the sea at Eclectic Ellapu

Good morning my lovelies, can you believe August is here already? I seem to have blinked and missed July. Over at Eclectic Ellapu its time for a new challenge and this month the Pink Team are challenging you to create a project with a 'Beach or Sea' theme. This is one of my all time favourite themes so I really enjoyed creating this little project.

I began by painting my collage frame with white gesso and then added some texture with my favourite harlequin stencil and some texture paste. Next I gave it a coat blue and green acrylic paint and then added gilding wax one the paint was dry.

I created the little scene with stamps from Inkylicious using distress inks and thenadded some shells and twine.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Artist Trading Post: Crafters Workshop Stencils

(I've used a harlequin stencil from Crafters Workshop)

Crafty Cardmakers: Anything but a card

DRS Designs: Create a Scene

Fab'n'Funky: no patterned papers

Natalie and Amy's: Summertime

Sparkles Forum: Sun sea and sand

Stamps and Stencils: Summertime

If you've got a minute pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies gorgous projects. The purple team have a fab challenge and lots of inspiration to inspire you too!

Thanks for popping by today, have a great weekend 

Claire xx