Scrap Buster!

I had a raid through my scrap box today

choosing the tiny bits we can't bear to dump

but not sure what to use them for!

So I made a strip from them, adding

stitching, punched hearts and stars

corner rounder,

and some quotes using my Contact USA alphabets.

I did one strip using my coloured paper scraps

and one using black and white paper scraps.

You can watch my tutorial here

These are the scraps I used for the coloured ones

 along with some broad masking tape.

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - no cards

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Girlz Creative Fun art of scrap - use designer papers

Love those Pretty Papers - use your papers

Snippets Playground - use your snippets

Don't know what is going on with blogger these days

but I am trying my best to click on every comment

and return the favour without their help!!

Bird song

I have another card done for my

Full Deck Challenge.

The prompts used this time were

stencil - (Paper Discovery)

texture paste - Embossing paste (SU)

blue - oxide ink

Background an old back statement

Bird -  from IndigoBlu

coloured with markers.

Doodles - added with a black pen.

Sticker words to finish (HD).

I would like to enter this into

Critter Crazy Challenge - feature a critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Pammie's Inky pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything option relates to a song

"Bird on the Wire" by Leonard Cohen

Try it on Tuesday - emboss it

I used embossing paste

Snowman Fun Fold

Another Christmas card for my stash!

I went with a fun fold and items used were

Anna Marie Designs papers

Polkadoodles Vintage Snowman stamps and dies

Tutti Designs snowflakes

Markers to colour

Ice star stencil (Dutch Doobadoo) with TH 

crystal embossing paste.

Dotty stencil (SU) with gold ink.

Sentiment stamps - Snowman Season (SU).

It's a very simple fold but looks pretty.

And room on the back to add a verse.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

We Love to Create Mixed Media - anything goes

I 💓 Promarkers - Christmas

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Girlz  Creative Christmas - anything goes

Merry Little Christmas - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - more than one fold

Another week begins.

Our car is in the garage today and MOT tomorrow.

Fingers crossed!

Have a good week.

Trees & leaves

Our September challenge theme over at

We Love Stamping

is trees and/or leaves chosen by Emma.

We have two lovely prizes up for grabs so

be sure and get your entries in.

For my card I used three stamps sets called

Forever Fern, Enjoy Life and Crackle Paint (SU).

I started with a piece of cream card and

stamped with the crackle paint stamp.

I then stamped the leaves around the edges

in green ink.

I then inked in a lighter green around the edges.

I added some yellow above the leaves.

Next I used some embossing paste (SU)

and an old tree branch stencil (SU)

over the top of the leaves and then added

some metallic pearlised dots in red.

Next I splattered here and there with

white ink.

When dry I wrapped some yellow ribbon

around the centre of the card.

I then cut some circles in green, yellow and white

and stamped my sentiment before chopping the circles.

I stamped some more leaves and cut

them out to add to the side.

I stuck to my layers and finished with a

bow in the same ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Mix it up - anything option embossing

Make My Monday - yellow, white + another colour

Try it on Tuesday - emboss it

Addicted to stamps and more - die cuts and/or stencils

craft Rocket - use dies

Creative Artiste - mixed media

Faux stepper!

Another card for a customer for her Granddaughter.

I went with a fun fold shape and the image is

from Mo's Digital Pencil called Coffee.

She has been coloured up with markers

and cut in an oval shape.

The papers are retired ones from SU.

I punched out some flowers and leaves

to decorate and then stamped the

sentiments using 

Itty Bitty Birthdays & A Grand Kid (SU).

I finished with a bow and some

card candi.

Here is the side view

A simple faux step card.

I added the verse to the back

of the card.

Crooked photo not crooked card lol.

I would like to enter this into

First Cup challenge - any and all beverages 

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafting from the Art - anything goes

HQSCAT - fun fold card and/or tag

Unicorn Challenge - not square

Fab 'n' Funky - more than one fold

Hope you have a lovely weekend

and better weather than we are getting here!

Full deck challenge

I came across a challenge group over on Facebook

called Full Deck Challenge and decided to give it a go.

You use a deck of cards, decorating one a week,

following a set of prompts for each one.

They are basically ATC's but some cards can be

smaller or bigger.

So I jumped in and made this one

with an old deck of cards.

I used a scrap of gingham in blue and

the little bear is from a stamp set by

CreateKrafts. He was coloured up with

markers and I then added some sticker words

to finish. 

These can be collected on a ring,

bound together into a book or used

as card toppers and of course,

they are great for using up your scraps!

I would like to enter this into

Paper Rocks Scissors - I used paper and scissors

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

The Outlawz - no cards

The Little Things - mermaids/fish/anything goes

Going round in circles!

Our new challenge theme for September at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

has been chosen by Lynn and she wants

to see circles. Of course you can go with

the anything goes option.

For my tag I used a stamp set called Latte Love (SU).

I made my background by stamping the coffee

stain circles and some splodges in brown.

I inked around the edges and added some

gold mesh along the bottom before attaching to

my red base mat.

Next I stamped the coffee cup and some beans.

They were die cut and added to base.

I added a sentiment from the same set

and finished with some string and

bakers twine.

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - no cards

HQFCAT - shaped cards and/or tags

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

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For my ATC I started with a book page

to which I added some distress oxide

in different colours.

I then drew out my circles and added

some design in black and white inks.

This was inspired by a tag I saw on Pinterest.

I added some squiggles around the edges

and finished with the word I made

using clear tape and letters from a

local shop's junk mail!

I would like to enter this into

Everybody Art challenge - ATC

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Crafting from the Art - anything goes

The Little Things - mermaids/fish or anything goes

I hope you get time to join us with your

tags, ATCs and bookmarks this month

as we have a fab prize up for grabs!

Good old summertime

I absolutely rushed this page and made

on large mess of my craft table

but I wanted to get a page done for

this month's challenge over at

Art Journal Journey

where the theme is

'the good old summertime'.

I used a stamp set called Sweet ice cream (SU),

stella paste in black which I leaned on before

it was dry!!

I used stencils from AALL & Create

and polkadoodles

and lots of distress oxides.

 

Christmas Angel

As always looking for something and found

something else lol.

I came across a book of LOTV Christmas images

and decided to make a Christmas card.

I used a shaped die from Tattered Lace

and totally regretted it later as the layers

are way too far apart for layering.

It's showing far too much of the gold mirri

card but no going back at that point!

I used papers from Anne Marie Designs

Christmas Jingle along with gold mirri.

I die cut some flowers for each corner

using a Marianne Design die.

I added a band of gold mesh and a strip

cut from the same paper pack

and finished with a sentiment.

As my mission is to use up my stash

I am happy enough!

I would like to enter this into

Simon Says - lots of layers

Pammie's Inky pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything option no rectangles

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Rudolph Days - Christmas cards

Kerst/Christmas - anything Christmas

Have a lovely weekend.

Count your age....

I have another card made for my MIL.

This one is for her Grandson.

Again never sure what to do for these boys

so pulled out my Beyond Stamping set

and used a nice quote beside him.

Papers from Nitwits pocake masculine

Stamps - Beyond Stamping, can't stand still #2

Words - My Porch Prints

Image coloured with markers

Embellishment from Nitwits set

layered up.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Art Nudge - presents and blue

I 💓 Promarkers - for the boys

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or digital download

Monday Morning Blues

Happy Monday!

This card for made for my sister-in-law.

I went with shades of blue for the base.

I then used papers from IndigoBlu magazine,

chopping them up and adding lots of layers.

I stitched around the main piece with my

sewing machine, added some lace across the middle.

I then stamped the flower and coloured

with my markers.

I die cut lots of leaves and inked some up

for added texture behind the main flower.

I then stamped the sentiment and layered

up in the same backing cards.

I added a few layers of ribbon and some

more layers before adding the sentiment

and flower.

I stamped the butterfly onto a scrap of the

paper I had used and then made

a wax melt in a similar colour

and added with some fibres.

I finished with a little bow.

Items used

papers IndigoBlu and card from my stash

stamps from IndigoBlu,

Woodware, Contact USA, Stampin Up

 and CreateKrafts.

Dies from SU and Tattered Lace.

Lace, Ribbon, wax, sewing machine

and fibres.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz & the art of letters - H for hydrangea, Happy Birthday 

Crafting from the  Art - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Unicorn Challenge - layer it up

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Addicted to stamps and more - any occasion

I hope you all have a good week

and I'm sending hugs to those struggling.

Recycling fun!

My hubby had received two cards on

Father's Day that came in these

pretty envelopes. The outside is

a lovely shade of blue and the inside

is spotty!

So I held on to them, as you do, and

spent ages trying to work out how to

use them to make a folio.

I finally did lol!

So I used two envelopes and one

sheet of 12" x 12" paper.

To decorate I used a couple of

6" x 6" papers.

Inside I had added notebook, journal card,

sketch book, mini envelopes, word tags,

bookmarker and tags.

You can watch a quick tutorial here

or a quick walkthrough of finished folio here

Items used

2 rescued envelopes

1 sheet of paper from my stash

Few sheets of 6" x 6" (SU).

Large letter dies (SU)

Pre made embellishments from my stash.

Pompon strip.

Stamps from CreateKrafts

and Contact USA.

Markers

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Creative Aunts - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards

The paper Funday - anything option fancy folds

Girlz Creative Fun Art of scrap - use designer paper

Sunshine blooms

I'm sharing my midway post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is summer blooms.

We have two lovely prizes up for grabs

so come and join us!!

Just remember to stamp!

For my card I went with yellow colours.

I stencilled the sunshine behind

using a stencil from Crafts Direct 2U

using Lemon Lolly ink.

I then cut two circles, one in yellow

and the other in white for my flower.

The flower stamp is from CreateKrafts

and has been coloured with markers.

When all put together I stamped

the sentiment directly on to the front

using the same stamp set

Hugs & Blooms - CreateKrafts.

I added a tiny bow using matching ribbon.

 I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + optional mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Passion for Markers - floral vibes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything goes

Fashion!

I'm here to share my mid month tag and ATC for our

fashion theme over at

Tag-along (and ATC's).

This time I used a gorgeous oval tag from

Tonic Studios which has embossing

around the top.

I stamped my image using 

Uptown Girl Polly loves perfume

and coloured it up with markers.

I ink blended in yellow and pink

distress oxides around my image.

I highlighted the embossing with

black fine liner

and stamped some little flowers and

sentiment in the pink area

using a stamp called Dressed to Impress (SU).

I used an old SU stencil

and some embossing paste to

add texture and then splattered in

white ink.

I finished with a black organza bow.

I would like to enter this into

HQSCAT - funfold or tag

A Place to start - no rectangles/anything goes

Passion for Markers - dies and/or punches

I 💓 ProMarkers - in the pink

Moving along with the times - feminine

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For my ATC I went with a masculine fashion feel.

The background was made by inking

up using distress oxides.

I then stamped the main image using

a set from The Stamp Man - Men 2.

In the gaps I stamped some dots using

a set from Visible Image called

grunge tones.

I finished with some stencilled numbers (SU)

and embossing paste and

added some splattered white and gold ink.

I would like to enter this into

The Little Things - mermaids/fish or anything goes

creative artiste - mixed media makes

The Outlawz - no cards

I hope you get time to join us as

we have a lovely prize up for grabs!

Birthday picnic

I have another little card for my MIL

to give to her great granddaughter.

I used papers from Nitwits Baby Firsts Girl.

The image is LOTV, pre coloured book.

I added grass and clouds and added more

colour to the image using my markers.

I finished by printing and building the flowers

from the same Nitwits set and adding

an organza bow.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz & the art of letters - G for girl

Heart's Quest celebrations of love - birthday

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & fun = creativity - anything goes

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or Digital download

Boiling hot yesterday, rain today lol.

Hopefully brightens up soon.

My flowers need a bit of attention!!