Coffee and Cream at Colour Crazy Challenge

Good morning folks, how's your week going? I've got a long weekend off work and was hoping to go to Summer Crafting but I've hurt my foot so it's going to be a lazy weekend colouring with my feet up on the sofa I think. We've got a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Challenge and we're going for a Coffee and Cream palette this time around. We're sponsored by Pattie's Creations so there are some gorgeous images for our lucky winner and we've got some gorgeous Graph'It goodies up for grabs too!!

I've used this beautiful image from our sponsor for my card, you can find a full list of the colours I used over on the challenge blog. 

The BP is from LOTV and I've added ribbon, button, pearls and some Doodle Dewdrops along with a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. Everything is layered up on kraft card and distressed with Gathered Twigs distress ink.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: Anything goes

Artistic Inspirations: Anything goes

Colouring in Scrapland: Anything goes

Country View Crafts: fun with circles

Crafts and Me: anything goes/summer memories

Wonderful Wednesdays: Anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes at We Love 2 Create

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? It's been a bit chaotic here so I haven't had a lot of time for crafting but it's so quick and easy to create a little scenic card with my PanPastels I found a few minutes to make my DT project for our 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' challenge over at We Love 2 Create. As always we've got some gorgeous crafty goodies for our lucky winner thanks to our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands and you don't have to use our products to enter.

I've made this little scene with some stamps given to me by a friend, I began by applying Turquoise PanPastel to the top 2/3 of the card and blending it with Transparent blender. I stamped the grass/flower stamp with versamark and applied Yellow Green Shade PanPastel, adding Red and Ultramarine Blue to the flowers. I used a pencil eraser to create the clouds and used a little Paynes Grey PanPastel to give them a bit of dimension. I stamped the sentiment, birds and butterfly with black versafine ink and doodles a border around the edge to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting with friends: Anything goes

Creative Fingers: Anything goes

Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

Southern Girls: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

Pan Pastel Colourless Blender	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Paynes Grey	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	PanPastel Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Red	PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers

Ribbon/Twine at Polkadoodles

Good morning my lovelies, it's challenge time over at Polkadoodles and our theme for the next two weeks is 'Ribbon or Twine'. I think we all love to add ribbon and twine to our projects so it's a nice easy theme. My teamies have got loads of inspiration for you and of course we've got a fabulous prize up for grabs and also Top3 honours and some of our entrants could be awarded a feather in their cap too!

I've used some of the gorgeous stamps from Daisydays Stamp ME Collection to create this quick and easy card. I stamped the flowers using post it masks and then added the little background stamps. I cut around the daisies to create a shaped card and added some colour with Graph'It Markers. I've added some yellow seam binding ribbon and a pretty little daisy to finish off.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps: anything summer plus a stamp

As You Like it: Favourite inks/markers/pencils

(Graph'It markers are my all time favourite, love the vibrant colours and they blend beautifully)

Artistic Inspirations: anything goes

Deep Ocean: colours of summer

Dream Valley: summer colours

The Ribbon Girls: anything goes with an image

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

Claire xx

Anything Goes at Eclectic Ellapu

Good morning folks, isn't it strange that the weekend always seems to take ages to arrive but the months disappear in the blink of an eye? I can't believe it's July already but it is so that means it's time for a new challenge at Eclectic Ellapu and this month the Pink team have a nice easy 'Anything Goes' theme for you. My purple teamies have a fab challenge and lots of inspiration too so if you have a minute pop over to have a peek!!

For my DT card I've mixed digital images and stamping to create this summery card.  the background was made using stamps from Polkadoodles, Stamp Soup which gives you loads of lovely elements to create your own flowers. The flower filled tea cup is from the Lavender Tea Collection available as a CD or a download. I printed the image several times and had a happy hour cutting out all the flowers, curling the petals and decoupaging them up. 

I inked the edges of the layers and added a little glamour dust. To finish off I've added a ribbon, some stamped flowers and little pearls and gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

CRAFT: Ribbon and sparkle

Corrosive Challenges: lots of layers

Crafty Creations: Anything goes

Creative Knockouts: flowers

Dragonfly Dreams: say it with flowers

Sisterhood of Crafters: Create your own background

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

Claire xx

Glitter or Teal at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning folks, it's an exciting week over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge as we've got a fabulous prize from our lovely sponsor Oddball Art and we've also got an awesome candy to give away - no excuse not to play along as you don't have to use our products to enter! 

My image today is from our sponsor Oddball Art, this image is called Josie with Butterflies and can be found here. I've coloured her with my Graph'It markers, there's a full list of colours over on the challenge blog.

The background was made with pearlescent PanPastels and I added some sparkly dots with my Silver Graph'It Shake pen.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner: Sparkle/shine

Crafty Girls Creations: Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet: Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp: Add some shimmer

Southern Girls: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

Good morning folks, its week 2 of our colour challenge over at Chocolate Baroque Challenge and this time around we've got a really gorgeous colour palette to inspire us. Of course there is a fab prize up for grabs, who can resist Chocolate Baroque goodies??



Here's my DT project for this month's challenge:

I thought the colours would be perfect for a moody seaside scene so got busy with stamps from one of my favourite sets 'Seashore Scenes' and stamped in the scene.  I used Pebeo masking fluid to mask the lighthouse, sun, little boats etc and left it to dry. Next, I painted the scene with distress inks and added some waves with a white pen. The sentiment is from Seaside Dreams, stamped with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps: Anything summer

Bunny Zoe's: Summer

Creaetive Knockouts: Summer fun

Inkspirational: Masking

Little Claire's: create a scene

Ooh La La: sun, sand, sea

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, how's your weekend going? It's a bit grey and miserable so that's all the excuse I need to play in my craft room. We've got a new challenge starting at We Love 2 Create and as always our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' so there's no excuse not to join in, especially as our lucky winner will receive some fabulous crafty stash from Premium Craft Brands.

I've used a 12x12 canvas to create this project. I used the  beautiful Gardenia stencil from Prima and PanPastels for the lovely lady. PanPastels are perfect for this kind of project as they are so forgiving and blend beautifully.

I used PanPastels in shades of turquoise to create the background and then stencilled over the top with another Prima stencil and white gesso to create a subtle floral effect.

Next I added some more stencilling using a harlequin stencil and black gesso. Once that was dry I applied Fine Black Pearl PanPastel medium around the edges, blending it over the background to highlight the stencilling.

To preserve her modesty I gave her a dress made from white polkadot tulle with some resin flowers that I'd coloured with acrylic paint. The roses were a real bargain from the pound shop! I love a bargain lol.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: hand coloured image

Craft your Passion: Anything goes

Creative Artiste Challenge: Anything goes

Paper Minutes: Roses

Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

PanPastel Turquoise Shade	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Black fine Pearl	Black Pan Pastel	Natural Grey shade pan pastel
Neutral Grey Pan Pastel	White PanPastel	White Fine Pearl Medium for Pan Pastels	Burnt Sienna Tint	Burnt sienna shade
Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel	Permanent Red Shade	Bright Yellow Green Shade	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

Use a Die Cut at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, we've got a new challenge over at Polkadoodles and our theme is 'Use a Die Cut'. As always my teamies have some gorgeous projects to inspire you and we have a fab prize up for grabs too! 

For my card I've used papers and one of the gorgeous images from Nikky's fabulous new collection 'Winnie in Wonderland', It's crammed with so many fun images, embellishments etc and the papers are just stunning!

I've coloured one of the digi stamps from the collection using my Lyra pencils and added papers and embellies from the collection. I die cut the word 'sweet' from one of the backing papers and also used die cut flowers to create the roses. I've distressed everything with a little gathered twigs distress ink.

Ive added lace, ribbon, paper flowers, pearls and a pretty button to finish off.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges.

Artistic Inspirations: Anything goes

Crafting for all seasons: Make it girly

Dragonfly Dreams: say it with flowers

Dream Valley: vintage

Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes

Paper Minutes: Roses

Paper Shelter: ribbons and buttons

Beautiful Blooms at Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Hi there my lovelies, I hope you're having a good weekend. It's time for our new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and this month our theme is 'Beautiful Blooms'. My teamies have lots of gorgeous artwork to inspire you and we've got a fab prize up for grabs from our generous sponsor Flonzcraft too! Don't forget though we're a stamping challenge so no digi stamps are allowed.

I've altered a little heartshaped  album cover for my project, using stamps from Indigo Blu. I began with a coat of white gesso and then once that was dry I added acrylic paints in blues and greens. Next came some stencilling using a flower stencil from Indigo Blu and an old favourite chicken wire stencil from Dutch Doobadoo.

I stamped the flower stamp on tissue paper with blue versafine ink and applied with with matte medium and then stamped again on acetate but emobossed with sparkly silver EP. I cut the flowers out, painted the backs with acrylic paint and layered them up with silicone glue.

I added some enamel dots to the centre of the stamped flowers and then went to town adding paper flowers, faux moss, berries, ribbon and lace.

Everything was going nicely until I stamped the sentiment (again from Indigo Blu) on tissue and realised it wouldn't fit grrrrrrrr! I just cut it up and applied it to either side of my image, I'm such a bodget lol.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Allsorts: Fancy ribbon and bows

Crafting for all seasons: make it girly

Creative Corner: shabby

Dream Valley: vintage

Frilly and funkie: let the words do the talking

Incy Wincy: alter something

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

Candy Colours at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Good morning my lovelies, we've had some lovely sunshine this week which is typical as I'm back at work and haven't had a minute lol. I have done a bit of colouring though as we've got a new challange over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge where our theme is 'Sweet as Candy'. We're sponsored by Molly Harrison who has so many beautiful images to choose from, I've used Spring Bliss to make this card:

Here's another pic of the image

I've kept the card fairly simple, just adding a pretty gingham bp, some lace ribbon and pearls. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: make your mark

Artistic Inspirations: anything goes

Corrosive Challenges: spring

Eureka stamps: things with wings

Lemon Shortbread: anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: anything goes

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, its our new challenge over at We Love 2 Create and as usual our theme is 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes'. You don't have to use our products to play along and our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous goodies thanks to our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands.

I've altered an MDF heart to create a summery project. I began with a coat of white gesso and covered part of the heart with a dictionary page, Once that was dry I used a Dutch Doobadoo rose stencil to create the roses down the left hand side using my PanPastels (links to colours I've used are at the bottom of this post). I sealed the colour with a little hairspray and then replaced the stencil and added a layer of Maimeri Glassy Gel medium. I removed the stencil, applied a layer of microbeads and left it to dry. Here's a close up of the lovely sparkle this technique creates.

Once that was dry I added the stamped flowers, usingFloribunda Net from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with PanPastels. The sentiment is from Rose Stem Script, also from Chocolate Baroque. I've using gilding wax around the edge of the hart.  I've added a little metal butterfly, some pearl trim, pink ribbon topped with a little button.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics: Anything goes

A Vintage Journey: Texture or embossing paste

Crafty Catz: Add a butterfly

Noor Designs UK : Here comes summer

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: Anything goes

Stamps and Stencils: Floral Frenzy

Sweet Stamps Anything but a card: Anything goes

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

Claire xx

magenta shade

Magenta tint

Bright Yellow Green Shade

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

One for the boys at Polkadoodles

Good morning folks, we've got a fab new challenge over at Polkadoodles, our theme is 'One for the boys' so you can get ahead with your Fathers Day cards and be in with a chance of winning a fab prize too!

 I've used Cherry Blossom Lane, one of my all time favourites from Polkadoodles to make this card, The papers are all from the CD collectio which can be found here. The main image a clear stamp called Noah, you can find him here , I've stamped him on kraft card and coloured him with pencils

I've added die cut bunting, tiny blue buttons, seam binding ribbon topped with a wooden button and a little twine bow.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps and more: anything goes

Critters and Creatures: Anything goes with a critter or creature

Deep Ocean: Feathered/Furry Friends

Di's Digi Designs: For the boys

Lemon Shortbread: Anything goes

The Male Room: Critters or bugs

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

Claire xx

Tangled Baroque Ornament

Good morning folks, my project today is a little tag made with one of the gorgeous new stamps from Chocolate Baroque. This one is called Tangled Baroque Ornament but there are a whole selection of these beautiful mandalas, you can find them here.

I began with a piece of card from my scrap pile, it had a crackled background but I didn't like the colour so I recycled it by applying metallic acrylic paints and once they were dry I lightly applied some gilding wax to highlight the crackle.

I stamped the image four times and embossed with gold embossing powder and then painted them with distress inks (I used Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry). I cut the layers out and layered them up with 3d foam pads. To finish off I added some die cut swirls and a little scrap of rainbow ribbon attached with a brad.

I'm entering this tag in the following challenges:

A Beautiful Mess: Anything goes

Die Cuttin Divas: anything goes with die cuts

Incy Wincy: texture

Inspiration Destination: anything goes

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers: N for not a card

Wonderful Wednesdays: anything goes

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

Claire xx

Midsummer at Eclectic Ellapu

Good afternoon folks, I've lost track of the days this week so this post should have been up this morning but better late than never. I've got a week off work so I'm totally out of my routine, not that I'm complaining lol. Today's car is for our new challenge  over at Eclectic Ellapu, the pink team have a fabulous Midsummer theme for you. Not that it's anything like midsummer in my little corner of the country, in fact it's more like November than June.

I've made a little scene card using the beautiful Landscape Edges from Chocolate Baroque. I wanted to capture the slightly misty light of a lovely summer morning and so I used distress markers to colour the stamps, lightly misted with water before stamping the images. I added a wee bit more colour with disterss markers to caret the grass and add some definition to the fence. The sentiment is from Words of Inspiration, also from Chocolate Baroque

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge: Weather

Aud Sentiments: anything goes with a sentiment

Crafting from the Heart: Anything goes

Craft your passion: Anything goes

Crafty Friends: Summertime

Simply Papercraft: Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door: Anything goes

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

Claire xx