Fly Butterfly.

'Spring has Sprung' over at Try it on Tuesdays
This is the theme of our next challenge.
We would like you to make a card/project  that has  something that 'moves' on it.

Please pop over to see what we have all been making and get all the details.
There is a fabulous monthly prize to be won at the end of the month.

You may have guessed by now that the moving part to this card is the butterfly.
I fixed it onto a piece of folded card, like a concertina  under the butterfly so that it wobbles  and springs up and down.
This was then attached to a  2p piece and inserted into the cut out channel to make a slider.
I must admit this was quite a fiddly job, but it seems to have worked.
All the card stock I used is from Hot off the Press. I  layered up the sentiment with cut outs,  the  slider trim was a border punch. The flowers  etc all came from the same card stock.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, your comments are always appreciated.

I love my New Dress.

 

A new challenge for us  begins today over at Fashionable stamping Challenges.

Our new theme is Journaling.

I do hope you will join  us. Please pop over to see what we have all been making and get all the details and information about our generous sponsor.

 .We have a  wonderful Guest Designer  sharing her inspiring work as well.

It is difficult to exactly say how I created the base colours of my pages. Those of you who visit know, I use my journal to mop up colours and clean off stamps making sure every bit of the ink gets used up, blot off masks used for other projects etc.

They could stay this way for weeks until they get used. 

This time I picked out one of the not so messy backgrounds to use.

The stamping additions I used for these pages are  Jofy from Paper Artsy and Dylusions.

I used watercolours to colour the added images.

The Stampotique image is called. 'I love my new dress'.

Don't think those boots go with it, but they will keep her feet dry in the grass.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, your comments are always appreciated.

Swirls and twirls.

Our new Challenge  for the coming week over  at Sugar Creek Hollow is 'Fabulous Flourishes'.
Remember we love to see your Vintage/Shabby Chic entries and how you interpret our theme.
Please pop over to see what we have all been making and get all the details..
My card base was random  stamped with a swirl stamp,  then dusted with a light covering of  bronze mica powder.  The image and layers are all Graphics 45 papers from the Ladies Diary stack.
I embossed the die cut swirl with Aged Gold Frantage powder.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, your comments are always appreciated.

Faces

The theme for the new challenge over at Out of a hat Creations is Faces.
So after getting rather messy with a few of my recent projects, some still work in progress.
I decided to use up some bits and bobs to make this tag.
  I  realy enjoyed delving into my lace box to find some short left over pieces.
The image is a Chapel Road Art stamp, she looks a bit serious and reflective to me.

I would like to say hello and welcome to my new followers and  thank you for joining me on my crafty journey.
Thank you for stopping by to take a look, your comments are always appreciated.

Alpha challenge R for Romantic

Its the letter 'R' and Week 7 of the Alpha Challenge over at The Craft Barn.

The word I chose was 'Romantic'.
Once again the background is a mix of colours and inks, together with  a variety of stencils.
 I added some Alterations die cut hearts, the colour is a bit more intense in real life, they were rubbed over in parts with some coloured wax .

The words stamps are from a Stampers Anonymous set.
The old couple seem to  be enjoying a romantic moment  and look very happy being together, probably after a good number of years. This is a stamp from Flonzcraft.
This I shaded with chalk.


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Challenge 88 over at Crafty Cardmakers is hosted by Suze.

The theme this time is ' Humour ',  today is April  Fools Day a time to have fun and play tricks. We would like you to have some fun making your entry,  use perhaps a funny image or sentiment, make us all smile.

I have made a made this card for a friend, who is reaching a certain age and would rather like to forget it.
The papers are all Graphics 45, I even used part of the pad's front cover for one layer.
The  fun sentiment is from an Indigo Blu set, with a little clip to keep in in place.

Please pop over to see what we have all been making and get all the challenge details.

We have two sponsors,

  Di's Digi Downloads 

and

  Hobby Art

Both offering generous prizes for our winners.

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

Fairy Tales

This week at Sugar Creek Hollow  our  challenge theme is
'Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes'. We ask that your project reflects a fairy tale or nursery rhyme using a vintage / shabby chic style.
A Day for Daisies is our sponsor this week and I was lucky to receive this beautiful digi image to use on my card.
Please pop over for all the details and see what we all made.

In my world of make believe, here is Cinders reading  to her animal friend. She adds her hopes and dreams that one day the Prince would leave his castle and come to find her........
We all know how this ends, they live happily ever after.
I painted  the image with water colours, then layered it using a variety of Spellbinders die cuts.
The castle  was  framed from one of the cut out shape left overs.
The base layer and castle, came from the Once upon a Time paper stack. sorry cannot remember the maker.
The trimmings  came from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, your comments are always appreciated.