Autumn

It's October already!!

So time for our new challenge theme over at

Tag-along (and ATC's).

Brenda has chosen the theme Autumn leaves/colours

and of course you can go with

anything goes if it suits you better.

I used an oval tag from Tonic Studios.

I covered the base using a stencil from

The Works and oxide inks.

Next I did some embossing with an SU stencil

and paste for added texture.

I inked around the edges in orange and let it dry.

I then stamps my large leaf and die cut it

using an old Su set called Gather Together.

It was coloured using oxides.

I then die cut two smaller leaves and

coloured them the same way.

I layered them all together on top of

some fibres and then splattered the tag

with some white ink.

I finished with a sentiment and some

ribbons stapled in place.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - anything Autumn

Creative Moments - Autumn colours

We Love 2 Craft - anything mixed media

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

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For my ATC I went a bit mad lol.

The background was made using the stencil

from The Works and oxide inks.

I then stamped some dots and heat embossed

them in gold.

Around the edges I did some doodling.

Next I stamped the pumpkins (Gather Together SU)

and coloured

them up with markers.

I die cut some leaves and coloured them

with oxides.

Put everything in place and finished with

a sentiment gold embossed and then

coloured with oxides.

I would like to enter this into

Little Red Wagon - Autumn colours

Try it on Tuesday - Autumn's beauty

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

The Four Seasons - anything Fall

We have a lovely prize from

Buddly Crafts up for grabs

so be sure and join us.

Meow!

I have another Full Deck Challenge card

this time using prompts:

clock, flower, cat, postage stamp,

ticket and yellow.

Items used are papers from my stash,

old postage stamp, Tim Holtz Cat Chat stamps,

Flourishing Phrases stamp set (SU),

tickets from My Porch Prints,

and words from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Crafting from the Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Little Things - sunflower and/or squirrel or anything

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Alphabet Challenge - k for kitten

Christmas album

I came across a tutorial from

American Crafts

and wanted to have a go.

I used papers from Anna Marie Designs,

lots of embellishments from an old QVC kit,

a bit of ribbon and a little bell and star.

Evergreen Elegance stamp set (SU).

You can watch a quick walk through here

or my tutorial here

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Rebel Challenge - anything/use a charm (bell)

Girlz Creative Fun Art of  Scrap - use designer paper

CRAFT - Christmas

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Hello Autumn

Finally my journal page for the September theme

over at Art Journal Journey

which is Hello Autumn.

I used some paper from IndigoBlu for my background

and to this I stamped some corn,

and coloured it with acrylic markers.

Next I did some stencilling with embossing paste

doing pumpkins along the bottom

and dots in the top corner.

I added some stamping here and there and

inked around the edges. I also added

some marks with an orange acrylic pen

around the edges.

I then stamped and die cut my pumpkins and leaf

and added them to the centre of my

page along with some gold mesh.

I added some acrylic colour to the pumpkins

and dots when the  embossing paste was dry.

Items used

Stamps Gather Together (SU),

Globleland background stamps.

Paper - IndigoBlu.

Embossing paste and dot stencil (SU).

Pumpkin stencil - The Works.

Words - HunkyDory.

Acrylic markers, alcohol markers

and mesh from my stash.

I would like to enter this into

Art Journal Journey - hello Autumn

Girlz & the art of letters - J for journal

Girlz Rebel Challenge - anything or use a charm

Crafty Gals Corner - anything option fall foliage

Allsorts - anything Autumn

Butterfly happiness

I have another one of my Full Deck Cards

to share.

This time I used  these prompts:

fibres, gold, stencil with texture paste,

black splatter, butterfly and orange!.

Items I used:

Butterfly from AALL & Create,

Fibres from Anna Marie Designs,

Black ink splatters - Rangers Stella paste

Stencil and paste from SU.

Sticker from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Creative Artiste - anything mixed media

Creative Fingers - anything goes

The Little Things - sunflower and/or squirrel/anything goes

Pammie's Inky pinkies - anything goes

a Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything option embossing

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

 

Butterfly tag and pocket

I came across a tag and pocket like this

on Facebook made by Els Ham.

I couldn't find a tutorial so had a go myself.

I used papers from SU, some butterflies

from AAll & Create.

The stamp set is from SU called Beauty of Friendship.

I also used some white card and ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - sympathy/thinking of you/get well

Let's Craft and Create - AG + frame it

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Flower Folio

Happy Monday!

I have a quick and easy folio today in

an attempt to use up more paper stash.

This is my take on the folio inspired by

andys.bastelzauber on instagram.

The papers are from We R Memory Keepers.

Lace, linen thread and stickers are just

from my old stash.

I used a variety of stamps but they were

all old SU stamp sets.

This is what I put inside and the whole thing will go

into my junk journal.

You can watch  my tutorial here

I would like to enter this into

Love to Scrap - anything goes

A Perfect time to Craft - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Autumn is coming!

I have another card for our September challenge at

We Love Stamping

where the theme is trees/leaves.

For my card I pulled out some green card and

found a scrap of the matching tartan which

I tore and kept for the right hand side of my card.

Next I stamped the tree and leaves using

a set called Life is Beautiful (SU).

I inked in some clouds and grass.

I stuck to my card base and added the

tartan paper (SU). I thought it was a bit

bare so added some knotted string.

I stamped the sentiment and layered

up and added to the card.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - sympathy/thinking of you/get well

crafty galz - anything goes option Autumn foliage

Cardz for Guyz - Fall/Autumn theme

Love to Craft - anything goes

The Dream Factory - Autumn colours and/or mushrooms

We have a two lovely prizes up for grabs

so I hope you get time to join us!

Butterfly wings

Sharing another one of my

Full Deck Challenge cards.

The prompts I used this time are:

green, squares, butterfly, numbers,

bright pink, hole punch and red.

The background paper is a scrap from SU.

I stamped over the paper using a ticket

stamp set from Infunly.

The butterfly die is an old one from

Spellbinders. I added some word stickers

and finished with some pearlised dots in red.(SU).

I would like to enter this into

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

Love to Craft - anything goes

Critter Crazy Challenge - feature a critter

Crafty Animals - include an animal

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Circles!

I'm sharing my midway post for

TAG-ALONG (and ATC's)

where the CIRCLE theme was chosen by Lynn

but you can go with the anything goes theme

if you want.

For my tag I used an old Woodware stamp

called bubble bloom Clarissa.

I started with some green background

paper from my stash.

I think it came as a  magazine freebie.

I inked around the edges in black.

I stamped the flower after punching

my tag shape used the Best Trio Punch (SU).

I coloured the leaves with markers then

added some white highlights.

I then added some card candi to the larger circles

and filled the smaller one with dots of 

pearlised enamel dots.

I finished with some pink ribbon and a

word sticker (HD) highlighted with

white pen.

I would like to enter this into

Aud Sentiments - tags and/or thinking of you

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Triple  B - birds, blooms or butterflies

Crafting from the Art - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

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For my ATC I used a background I had

created on my gel plate.

I stamped some text to the background.

I stamped the circles using a stamp from

IndigoBlu Circle & Text stamps in black.

I then stamped the trophies using a stamp

from CreateKrafts called All Star Sports.

I added some gold to the trophy and coloured

the rest with markers.

I then inked around the edges in black and

added some sticker words (HD) and highlighted

with black pen.

I would like to enter this into

A Place to Start - anything/option relates to a song

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - QUEEN

CRAFT - anything goes/back to school

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

I hope you get time to join us

and be in with a chance of winning this

fabulous prize!!

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