On the wild side

'On the Wild Side ', is the theme for our new challenge over at Try it on Tuesdays. We would like you to  feature wild animals or birds. I hope you will pop over for all the details and see what the team have been making this time.
For my card, I used a new stamp from Inkylicious, it  needed no other additions apart from water colouring.
Plus the good old Vintage photo distress ink and blunt scissors  to age it a bit.
The base card is stamped randomly with leaves, but as you can see most of it is covered  by the kraft card layer which was also stamped  with leaves.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, I am sorry I am not able to visit regularly just now, I will be having a huge catch up when I can.

Its Natural for Cheerful Stamp Pad

I made this card using a digi image, that I took into  a craft program [MCS] to frame.
It then only needed simple matting and layering with  ribbons and flowers  for a bit of interest in the foreground..
The digi image is from Stitchy Bears who is the sponsor for this challenge over at The Cheerful Stamp Pad., which has another week to run.

This is the first of a number of scheduled posts as I may not have an internet connection for a while.
Forgive me if I don't get to see you, I will catch up soon.
Thank you for stopping by I always appreciate your comments.

Secret Garden

'Alter It' is the new challenge over at
 Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Now as this post is going to include a few photos I won't bore you with a photo of the packaging that went into the bones of this book.
Please pop over and see what my DT sisters have been making and get all the details, including the super store voucher from our sponsor Flonzcraft.
As you know we like to see stamping on your entries, this time my stamping is all inside  the book.




The packaging was covered with Graphics 45 papers, then I gave the doily a face lift by adding some Aged Aqua embossing powder, I used the same colour for the frame.
Now to the inside

All the pages were made in the same way.
The base layer given a light shading using pans pastels.
I then used a Stampers Anonymous stamp to make a random pattern over the page.
This was heat embossed  with a pale green powder from Woodware.

I used a variety of stamps for the word panels, by
Stampers Anonymous and Crafters Companion
All the images were printed on to canvas, they came from Crafters Companion CD's and are the art work of Christine Haworth.

This little book reached its destination earlier this week and is now re- homed with Valerie ,  it was made with love that just had to be shared.

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This and that

Use your stash/scraps-nothing new. Have a search in your craft room for things laid aside just in case they could be used later. Now thats the new challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow. 'Clean it Out'.
So when I'd cleared myself a space, this was quite an easy card to put together.
 The page from the old book , under a pile of masks.
A topper and sentiment that do not match, but shaded with Victorian Velvet distress ink,  kind of look okay together.
 These  flowers were batch painted  a few weeks ago. Regular friends to my blog, I promise they are the last in this colour you will see .
The white mesh is two small pieces, the oval  shape covers the join. Even the pearl drop came from a trim I used recently.
Please pop over, to see what we have all been making and I hope you will join the fun.
Remember we like to see a vintage/shabby chic style.

Thanks for stopping by, I realy appreciate your comments.

K is for Keys

K is the next letter  over at The Craft Barn's Alpha Challenge. I chose the word Key which I think a few more folk may use so I haven't been to look until I did my pages.
After sticking down the pages in my journal,  I sprayed them with Antique Sprinkys from Inkylicious.
On the left page I used a mask and spread it with grunge paste, lightly dusting the top with mica powder before it dried. The keys are Spellbinder and Alterations die cuts.
I also used the usually binned remains of the die cut as a mask to add more keys to the page.
All extra colouring is vintage photo distress ink.
Die cut leaf sprays frame the word definition.

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Happy Mail

Just sharing with you the excitement yesterday when the postman delivered this package to my door.

It it is a real treasure trove, this picture does not do it  the justice it deserves,  I love all the wonderful contents.
Even the box it arrived in was decorated.

A huge thank you to Valerie who picked my name out , when she had her Blog giveaway..

Ladies Day

'Use 3 Different Techniques', is  the new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers set by Sharon.
She gave us a list to choose from wet/dry embossing, distressing.  masking, make your own flowers, paper piecing and shrink plastic.
Please pop over and see what we have all been making this time and get all the details.
Once again  were have two generous sponsors Milk Coffee Digital Stamps and Sir Stampalot.
My 3 choices from the list are
1.  On the base card I used a  leaf Mask  colouring over  with Pans Pastels .
2.  The next layer was dry embossed, [clocks and time pieces], which I then sandpapered over to distress a little before lightly rubbing an old ink pad over the surface.
The ladies are from  Grapics 45 Ladies Diary pad.
 3.  They are layered onto a piece of coloured card that I distressed using  a pair of blunt scissors.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, I always appreciate your comments.