Festive 48 - Week 7

Do you keep your bits in a bag? I'm not being cheeky! Just asking about your extra die-cuts, offcuts of pretty paper and images you stamped but didn't use.... This card was made entirely from my bits bag.

The Santa was a colour print from a MCS cd and I've added glitter to his fur trim.  There were two labels ( I added red edges) and a 'noel' die-cut that I've coloured red. I dry embossed the white label and the red panel. So that's five bits gone from the bits bag. Only another 100 to go!!

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me.

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter:
Winter Wonderland The most wonderful time of the year
Addicted to Stamps Holidays 
Clear it Out  Reds
ABC Christmas Challenge  die cuts
Crimbo Crackers Santa 

An InLinkz Link-up

Me, Me, Me

When I saw that this week’s CD Sunday challenge is ‘quotations’, I was stumped initially.  None of the quotations that I like seemed to be suitable for a card. But then I remembered this quote  from Alice in Wonderland ‘I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. ‘  It gave me an idea for a 12 x 12 scrapbook layout and the person it made me think of was…me!  I’ve noticed that in recent photos I’ve started to look a bit (shall we say) ‘tired’. The quote made me think about how I feel about aging. 
I made a collage in Serif Craft Artist, using a photo of me and elements from  Night Garden digitkit (not to be confused with ‘In the Night Garden’, no Iggle Piggle!).  I added the quote to the collage and printed it. My background is a sheet of Teresa Collins paper . The  two smaller clocks are from My Craft Studio CDs ( Tinkering with Steampunk and Setting the Scene Shop Fronts). The journalling spot, hearts and jar (bottom left) were cut on my Silhouette Cameo. 

As well as CD Sunday , I'd like to enter : 
Inklings and Yarns  Inky Linky party 
A Song in you Heart  Unfinished songs ( 'now is your time' ) 

Cherish Every Moment

I've been off work this week, as it's half term, and I've actually managed to get quite a lot of crafting done. Back at work tomorrow so I made the most of it today and got out the melt pot!

I made the flower with die-cut paper scraps, that I sprinkled with mica and then dipped in the melt pot. I made the butterfly in a mold, using the leftover UTEE.  The text background at the top, and the woman are old Non-Sequitur stamps and I cut her out and coloured her with Promarkers.

I'm quite pleased with my flower! 

I'd like to enter this for:
Fashionable Stamping Challenges Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash  Embellish me
Divas by Design Rubberstamps only
Daring Cardmakers Old but not forgotten  (Non-Sequitur stamps)
Open Minded Crafting Fun  monochrome
Dream Valley Challenges Vintage

New Dress

All the papers here were free with magazines. The dress is an uncoloured image from MCS CD Fab Glam 50s - it was on a mannequin but I cut it out on two patterned papers and 'hung' it on a miniature coat hanger. The tape measure (top right) was from an embossing folder I got for a pound- after embossing I cut it out and inked it. So, a very cheap card!

I'd like to enter:
Ooh La La Creations Fashionista
Allsorts Ladies Day
Crafters Cafe Vintage

Guest Designer Sami Stamps

I'm proud to say that today, I'm guest designer at Sami Stamps.  If you pop over to Sami Stamps  you will see a photo of me and details of Sami's latest digital stamp release. The mushroom fairy on my tag is part of that new release.  Here's how I made it:

I used:

Sami Stamps digi Mushroom Fairy

Chipboard rectangle  (mine had a white coating on one side and bevelled edges)

Markers,  Ultra fine glitter ,Two shades of beige/brown ink pad

Clear ink pad (Versamark)  and clear embossing powder

Heat gun and hole punch

Woodgrain rubber stamp

Twine, charm, gem

I coloured in the fairy and cut it out very closely.  I coloured the chipboard using the paler ink and stamped the woodgrain with the darker ink. I glued the fairy image onto the tag and punched a hole.  I put glue on the fairy’s wings and sprinkled them with ultra-fine glittter. I dabbed the whole tag with clear ink , sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heated it to melt.  This was repeated 3 or four times till the surface was glassy smooth. The dabbing of the clear ink caused particles of glitter to be transferred across the tag, which (although not originally intended!) gives the whole tag a fairy sparkle.  I finished it off with some twine, a dragonfly charm and a gem. 

Thanks Sami for having me as guest designer. 

I'd like to enter:

Eclectic Ellapu  Anything but a card

Dreamvalley Challenges Tag you're it 

Twisted Tuesday  Anything but a card/chipboard 

4 Crafty Chicks Things with wings 

Ink Spray Bottles' New Home

When my sister gave me a gift set of toiletries, she never suspected that, in fact,she had also given me a new home for my spray inks.

Top view, showing the misting 

Before

I painted the top and the bottom and added gold ink spray through a honeycomb stencil. I cut the skyline out of vinyl , using the Silhouette Cameo. It's far from perfect but I like it.

I'd like to enter:
That Craft Place  Alter a box
Artful Times  Boxing Clever
Creative Fingers Anything Goes
Altered Eclectics altered

Festive 48 - Week 6

Here is number six of the 48 Christmas cards I intend to have made before Christmas 2014.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me.

Chrissie so far has joined me every week. Thanks Chrissie! 

This week, my image is a pre-coloured one from a Frou Frou CD and I typed in the sentiment . I hope you can see the glitter on her furry bits!

I'd like to enter:
Incy Wincey  Sassy and Sexy
A Creative Romance Let's get sentimental
Crafty Catz Lady in Red 

An InLinkz Link-up

One Rubbish Photo

The problem with scrapping concerts and shows is that they don't usually allow photos during the performance. So when we took my son to see a tribute to 70s/80s band ELO a few weeks ago, this was the only photo we took.

I used a sketch from Skissedilla - where they used a peak of torn paper, I used a triangle and I swapped the photo and the title around. I use papers and sticker etc from Simple Stories 'Say Cheese' collection. The title is after one of the original band's big hits - the 'strange' was made with glittery black thickers. I used lots of ink, stamps, and distressing for a grungy look. Just in case you miss the star of my rubbish photo, I've added a badge pointing to him.

As well as Skissedilla , I'd like to enter:
A Song in you Heart - Unfinished stongs - I went with the songs theme and the word magic in the lyrics.
Inspired by  the colours

Tulips from Amsterdam

I've just got back from a very short break in a fantastic hotel in a castle in Sussex. Although many of the fields and some of the castle grounds were flooded (which actually looked spectacular) , many spring flowers were shooting up.

This card is for my partner's mother, who enabled us to have our little holiday by having our son to stay.

The main image is from Papermania Wellington CD and I brought it into Silhouette Studio, added the text and cut it out in a label shape. I hand cut out two flowers and the tag and stuck them on with 3d foam. I was inspired by the song 'tulips from Amsterdam' and cut the windmill on the Silhouette. The background paper is from a CD called Sunshine and Laughter, which came free with a magazine.

I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday  All about spring
Cuttin and Stampin Challenges Spring is here
Stampin for the weekend  Flower power

Card for a Sad Occasion

Sadly, my daughter asked me to make a card for her friend who gave birth prematurely and lost the baby soon afterwards. My daughter said she didn't want a traditional sympathy card - she wanted
'something pretty and colourful'.

I used some Prima papers I got free with a magazine. The yellow birds are from a stamp set that came with the paper pack and the birdhouse is from another magazine freebie. I die cut the doily - the cardstock isn't red as it looks in the photo, but a raspberry pink, and stamped 'thinking of you'.

I'd like to enter:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges Build it up
Digi Darla sympathy
Crafty Cardmakers come fly with me
Tuesday Throwdown  Winged fairytales
My Time to Craft sympathy