Anything with a Bow at Eclectic Ellapu

Hello folks, I'm a wee bit late with this post as I'd completely forgotten is was 1st November today! I'm definitely getting old as time is whizzing by far too quickly. Anyway my project today is for our new challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu where the Pink team's  theme is Anything with a Bow so it's a nice easy one. Our lovely purple teamies have a great theme too, Let Sparks Fly (sparkle) so I hope you can join us.

For my DT project I've altered a little MDF box which was destined for the bin as one of the dogs had given the lid a bit of a chew lol. I used a paper from my stash of backgrounds, this one was made with gold and pink acrylic paint and Kroma crackle. I used some to cover the box and then die cut some using some of the fab new dies from Polkadoodles.

I die cut some leaves from glitter card and added some little white betties. I added some lace,ribbon and a bow to finish off.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz: Anything goes/die cuts/punches

Creative Artiste: anything mixed media

Creative Fingers: Anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams: think pink

Dream Valley: For the girls

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

Claire xx

Halloween at Chocolate Baroque

Good morning, today's card is one of my DT makes for Chocolate Baroque where our theme this month is Autumn/Halloween. I've used lots of lovely Halloween stamps from  Chocolate Baroque to create this little scene.

I began by stamping the images (from Put a Spell on You and Nevermore) using Memento Tuxedo Black in and then masked the images using making fluid. and created the background using distress inks and acrylic paints. Once the background was dry I removed the masking fluid and coloured the images with Graph'It markers. I've added some spooky embellishments to finish the card off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Vintage Journey: Make it Spooky

Crafty Calendar: Halloween

Fantasy Stampers: Halloween

Kitty Bee Designs: Halloween

That's Crafty: Friday 13th/Halloween

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

Claire xx

Anything goes at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning folks, it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge where out theme is 'Anything Goes'. Our lucky winner will receive a fab prize from our sponsor Oddball Art and we've got some Graph'It goodies up for grabs too. You can use any colouring medium to play along so I hope you're going to join us!

I've used this adorable image from Oddball Art, you can find a list of the colours used over on the challenge blog. The papers, sentiments and flowers are all from Polkadoodles using the Winnie Winterland collection and some of the new dies from Polkadoodles. 

I've added lace, ribbon and gems from my stash to finish the card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: make your mark

Aud Sentiments: Cute and a sentiment

Crafting by Designs: Christmas

Crimbo Crackers: die cuts

The Ribbon Girls: use any image

Whoopsi Daisy: die cuts/punches

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, its time for a new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and we're keeping it nice and easy with our theme of Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes. My teamies have lots of inspiration for you and as ever we've got some fab crafty stash lined up for our lucky winner thanks to those lovely folk over at Premium Craft Brands!

For my DT project I've made a tag using my PanPastels, you can find the colours used at the end of this post. I blended shades of Turquoise and Bright Yellow Green for the background and then overstamped with script and snowflakes from the Festive Christmas Stamp Soup collection (you can find them here). Next I added some polkadots by applying Maimeri Glassy Gel medium through a stencil and sprinkling over glass glitter.

I added a strip of burlap, some tinsel and lots of Sizzix die cuts that I'd coloured with my PanPastels. I added some 'snow' to the pine cone with white glue and more glitter.

I'm entering this tag in the following challenges:

Allsorts: sparkle and shine

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin: Glitter and Sparkle

CRAFT: Christmas

Stamps and Stencils: elements of nature

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

Claire xx

PanPastel Turquoise Tint	PanPastel Turquoise Shade	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Raw Umber PanPastel
Burnt Sienna	PanPastel Permanent Green	Permanent Red

Anything Goes at Polkadoodles

Good morning, this morning's card is for our Anything Goes or Christmas Red/Green challenge over at Polkadoodles. There are some fabulous new Christmas goodies available from Polkadoodles with clear stamps and fabulous new collections too. Our lucky winner will receive a fab prize from the Polkadoodles store and of course top3 honours are up for grabs too! 

I've made a snowy Christmas card using some of the fab new stamps and dies from Polkadoodles. The stamps are from Red Red Robin and O Christmas Tree and I've also used dies from Elegant Lamplight and Gate and Ribbon/Gift Frames and Corners . The images have been coloured with my PanPastels.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Snowflakes Promise: Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore: Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra: anything Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas: Snow or Snowmen

The Merry Christmas Challenge: Die cuts

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

Claire xx

Halloween at Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, my project today is  a quick and easy Halloween card made using stamps from 'Witching Time' from Chocolate Baroque. I decided to dust off my angelina fibres and fantasy film to make this project as I thought they would be perfect for a spooky card. 

I began by making a sandwich of the film with assorted colours of the fibres in the middle and then popped the film onto the the stamps which were inked with black stazon ink .I used a layer of greaseproof paper and ironed over the top for a few seconds. I love this technique it's such fun to do!

I cut the images out and layered them up,m adding ribbon, a button and some of the left over angelina fibres for a border.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs: Add a sentiment

Dragonfly Journeys: Trick or treat

Fantasy Stampers: Black magic

Little Red Wagon: Witches

Simply Create Too: Halloween

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning folks, its' time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and we're keeping it nice and easy for you with a theme of Anything Goes. Our sponsor for this challenge is Polkadoodles so our lucky winner will be in for a treat with a fabulous prize from Polkadoodles.We've also got Graph'It Goodies up for grabs too so I hope you're going to play along.

I've had loads of fun with lots of Polkadoodles stamps and dies to create this card. The flowers and butterfly were made using Lemonade Fizz with leaves from Lavender Tea. The toadstools were made with stamps from Magic Garden. I masked the stamps and used distress inks in Halloween shades to create the background and then coloured the images using Graph'it Markers, you can find a full list of colours used over on the challenge blog. I've added a fence and lamp using the fabulous Elegant Lamplight and Gate dies

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland: autumn

Crafty Friends: Autumn colours

Digistamps 4 Joy: anything goes/ make your own background

Fantasy Crafters: Anything fantasy goes

Sweet Stampin: autumn

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes or Autumn Colours at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, we've got an 'Anything Goes' theme for you over at Polkadoodles  and my lovely teamies have got loads of inspiration for you. As always there is a fab prize from the Polkadoodles store for our lucky winner and Nikky has some amazing offers on the fabulous new Christmas releases too so it's well worth a visit to the challenge blog.

 I've been playing with some of the gorgeous new Polkadoodles dies to make this card. I love these dies and they cut beautifully. I used Bubblicious Frames to create the base and layers, using texture paste and a Dutch Doobadoo stencil to create the brick effect.. I made the little window using the Versatile Door/Window Die and added some ribbon 'curtains'. The flowers and branches were created using Cherry Blossom Branch and Flowers 2. The sentiment is from Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup set. 

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: vintage and a sentiment

Crafting by Designs: Add a sentiment

Dies R Us: the leaves on the trees

Moving along with the times: trees/leaves

Southern Girls: punches/dies

The Crafty Addicts: Anything goes/autumn colours

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

Claire xx

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning my lovelies, well it's been another hectic week but hopefully now I've got a week of work so I can catch up on some rest and hopefully some crafting too! We've got a new challenge starting over at We Love 2 Create and as always our theme is super easy ... Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes! We've got some lovely goodies up for grabs thanks to Premium Craft Brands and you don't even have to use our products to enter!

Time hasn't been on my side this week so I've made a very quick tag using PanPastels (links to the colours are at the end of the post). I simply blended the pans to create a background of autumn shades and then stamped the images (all from Lavinia Stamps) using Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I added some colour to the acorn house and some grass in the foreground using distress inks and some highlights with a Gold Graph'It Shake pen. To finish off I've added a fabric covered brad and some rainbow ribbon.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Artistic inspirations: anything goes

Dragonfly Journeys: Fall festival of colours

Ike's World: Tag you're it

Inky Chicks: Animals

Stamping Sensations: autumn

Tuesday Throwdown: leaves

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

Claire xx

Permanent Red Shade	Permanent Red	orange shade	Orange	Diarylide Yellow PanPastel
hansa yellow	Bright Yellow Green Shade	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

Autumn at Chocolate Baroque

Good morning my lovelies, the weather has really changed this weeks with some chilly mornings and some beautiful autumn sunshine. I love this time of year so I've really enjoyed creating this Autumn themed wall hanging using some of my favourite stamps from Chocolate Baroque where this month the DT will be sharing Autumn or Halloween projects on the Chocolate Baroque Blog

I began by creating a distress ink background on a strip of white card. I used Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade and a little Barn Door. Once that was dry I stencilled in the sun using acrylic paints in shades of yellow and orange. Next I stamped in the images which are all from Autumn Poppy A4 stamp sheet using Potting Soil Archival Ink.

I coloured the images using Lyra pencils, I was really pleased with the way the sun rays just show through the leaves and berrries a little bit. I used my pencils to add some shading and grass around the toadstools and added some white spots with white gesso.

I distressed the edges with Forest Moss and Gathered Twigs distress ink and layered it up on brown card. Next I used corrugated card to create a base layer. I misted the card with water and peeled off the top layer and then just randomly applied shades of brown, red, orange and green acrylic paint. Once the paint was dry I added some highlights with gilding wax.

To finish off I added some string, a bow topped with a button and brass leaf.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: Favourite embellishment and a stamp 

(my favourite embellie had got to be a bow)

Colouring in Scrapland : Autumn

Come and Get it: Welcome Autumn

Make my Monday: No patterned paper

Penny Black and More: Autumn

The Crazy Challenge: Autumn

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning my lovelies, it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and for the next two weeks we're sticking with our theme of Anything Goes. You can use any colouring medium to enter and our lucky winner will receive a prize from our sponsor Crafty Sentiments, there's also some Graph'It markers up for grabs too so it's well worth playing along.

I've coloured this adorable image from our sponsor Crafty Sentiments with my Graph'It markers, for a full list of colours used pop over to the challenge blog. I've used one of the gorgeous papers from the Winnie in Wonderland collection from Polkadoodles and added a doily, die cuts, pearls and a bow topped with a little button and some bakers twine.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments: Anything goes

Creates and Makes: anything goes/use a die

Paper Shelter: Blooming Days

Simon Says Stamp: anything goes

The Crafty Addicts: Anything goes/ patterned paper

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

Claire xx

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

Good morning folks, how's your week going? It's week 2 of our monthly challenge over at Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog and we've got a beautiful colour palette to inspire you. There's a fabulous prize of a voucher to spend at Chocolate Baroque and top 3 honours are up for grabs too.

I've made a quick Christmas card using colours inspired by this month's inspiration pic

I began with distress inks and blended them to create an ombre effect. I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Skies, and Chipped Sapphire. Once the ink was dry I stamped the edges using stamps from Winter Edges using versamark and heat embossed with a sparkly white WOW embossing powder. I heat embossed the sentiment and added some falling show with a White Graph'It Shake pen.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams: monochromatic

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas: Use a sentiment

Get Creative: Embossing

Paper Creators Crafts: Christmas

WOW Embossing Powder: Anything goes with embossing powder

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

Claire xx

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, I've made a little Christmas canvas for our 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media' Challenge over at We Love to Create. We've got some lovely crafty stash from our sponsors Premium Craft Brands for our lucky winner and of course lots of inspiration from my lovely teamies too.

I began by applying Turquoise Shade, Permanent Red Shade and Paynes Grey PanPastels to my canvas. I used strong colours as I knew I wanted to layer over some printed tissue which would mute the colours. I stamped the trees and Santa in his sleigh on the tissue with Black Versafine Ink and once that was dry I adhered it with matte medium.

To finish off I added some die cuts, a snowflake border, holly and 25 that Id coloured with PanPastels. I added some Rock Candy Crackle paint to the numbers and the berries.

I'm entering this with the following challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin: Christmas die cuts

Incy Wincy: things that fly

Love to Scrap: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: music

Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

PanPastel Turquoise Shade	Permanent Red Shade	Paynes Grey	PanPastel Phthalo Green	Silver Metallic PanPastel
Permanent Red	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels

Texture at Chocolate Baroque

Good morning folks, we've got a theme of Texture over at Chocolate Baroque this month and I've made an 8x8 canvas for my 3rd piece of artwork. I love this gorgeous lady, she's called 'Spriing Awakening' and you can find her here.

I added texture to the background using texture paste, I scored some 'rays' for a little spring sunshine with an old credit card and stamped into the texture paste with some of the stamps from Nature Fragments. Once it was dry I added a little stencilling, once it was dry I set to with acrylic paints to add some colour. I distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink.

I coloured the image with Graph'It markers and cut her out before glueing her to the canvas.

I used my glue gun and acrylic paint to create the word Spring and then added a little gilding wax here and there and lots of embellishments from Craft Box for some more texture.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More: make your mark

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Fussy and Fancy: My favourite things

Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes

Lost Coast Designs: anything goes

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

Claire xx