Dream Big

A new journey begins over at Studio L3, Linda Ledbetter's blog.

Those of you you who follow the style and creativity of Tim Holtz, will know he has a new Compendium of Curiosities book published.  Linda was our guide through the pages of the first two books  and  together with a group of talented inspirational folk is to guide us through Book 3 Please find all the details here  and read about the sponsor for the challenge Inspiration Emporium

CC3C#1

This first challenge was to turn to page 43 and follow the instructions.

I used the panel I made as the top layer for this card, adding a few bits and pieces from my stash.

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Anna's spinning around

'Circle the Globe',  is the new theme over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. 

 This realy got me thinking until I read all the details we were given,--' use any kind of circles on your project'.  Phew was I relieved to read this. It just shows you have to read the small print. We especially need to see a stamped image as the main focus and that the stamping follows the format of the theme. As always Flonzcraft is our generous sponsor.

My focal image of this  sweet little girl is a Flonzcrfat stamp.
Shaded with water colours. The other  shading on the card is Vintage Photo distress ink.
She's spinning around having been layered up with a selection of die cut circles.
The trimmings all came from my stash.

I will be entering this card over at
Crafts4Eternity  -Stamp it.
  May Challenge at Stamping Sensations  -Anything goes[include stamping]


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Refresh for Journal 52

Week 17  at Journal 52 and our prompt was 'Refresh'.

This past week we are away on our first  break of the year. What better way to refresh and renew our love of  caravaning and the  great freedom it gives us. We are staying at a wonderful woodland site.  The bluebells carpet the ground, the trees are blossoming, birds singing and we even see the deer when we are out walking with Meg.
This page is made with some of the supplies I have with me . I took a few random stamped and stenciled pages with me, so just needed to add a little bird [Dina Wakley] and draw my flower. These were coloured with pencils.
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Springtime for TioTs

Springtime is the new challenge theme at Try it on Tuesdays
Please pop over for all the details and see what we all made, this time we are welcoming Marjik as our Guest Designer.

This is a small canvas that I can honestly say just evolved. I had no idea how it would end up.
After using acrylics and gesso on the base. I did my usual trick of random stamping the base using Archival inks. All the stamps used  are from Paper Artsy.
For the sprouting tree thingy !!  I stuck, scrunched up pieces of paper towel down the side and corner of the canvas. This was coloured using iridescent water colour paints.
I hope that quirky bird isn't thinking to nest in my tree.
All the rest of the shading was water colours and distress ink--Antique linen
The hand is to represent   the tree trunk. I added the words Sprout, grow and bloom here , because Springtime is the season of new growth.
The clock on the pleated  die cut shape, is a reference to how time passes  and things will blossom and grow as the seasons change.

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Love you, for SCH

The new challenge theme  at Sugar Creek Hollow is a Tic Tac Toe

Remember our style is Vintage /Shabby Chic and pick out your line, vertical, diagonal or horizontal.
Please pop over for all the details and see what we all made including our Guest Designer for this challenge Heidi  at Filharmonica

This card is made using the bottom horizontal line-
-Flowers/Pearls.Die cut.
The base papers were from my stash. The die cut was from a friend who keeps me supplied, always sends me some when she buys a new one.
The layered up  flower is hand made  but came already die cut in a pack.  Now be shocked the lace die cut strip is actually one of my own and is a Tim Holtz Alterations die strip.
The row of pearls were stuck to a satin ribbon.
All the shading was Vintage Photo distress ink.

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Aprils Callendar

A quick post to show you my Calender page for April. Made using Graphics 54 papers.

Stamped and embossed flowers on the base layer and as always with me, 

 a touch of the vintage photo distress ink for extra shading.

This is a scheduled post, as we are hopefully going to be in Yorkshire for a few days.

 If the internet is willing to give us some reception, I hope to catch up with you soon.

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Journal 52-Recycled Art

We are up to week 16 at Journal 52 and this weeks prompt is Recycled Art.
For me this involved a rummage around my scraps and bits and pieces. Like most crafters everything will have a use some day, I cannot throw stuff away. The original base was a page torn from an art  book. Now don't be shocked,  this was a bargain in  a charity shop, you can just about make out the building in the background..
Next came a few sprays with coloured ink and some  left over unused  trimmings.
 The lady [I called her the wise woman] was cut out and is from a magazine picture of  a Van Gough painting, I knew I would make use of it one day. I tend to cut out this sort of stuff , thinking it too good to put in the bin, when they are to  be used is another matter.
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