Inkspirational Challenge - Peacock

We have a 'photo inkspiration' challenge for you at Inkspirational, and here's the photo:

For my DT card, I inked and stamped a tag and then stamped the image of the peacock  ( brand unknown).
Behind it, I layered a panel of resist stamped card and a part of a doily. The background panel was coloured with ink and water.

Please do visit us at Inkspirational , see what our DT have done and meet our Guest Designer, Pauline. 

I'd like to enter
Creative Knockouts whimsical wings
Delightful Sketches layers
Red Rubber Inspirationals  stamping
Tuesday Throwdown anything goes
Sugar Creek Hollow  tag, you're it

Chevron Balloon

I was inspired by the picture at Use Your Stuff  to make this card. Sorry the picture is a bit shadowy - I will miss the deadline if I leave it till the light is good! I'd also like to enter the banners and balloons challenge at Incy Wincy. 

Festive 48 - Week 33

I've used another Heather Ellis image here, coloured with Promarkers. The swirly snowflake backgound is a Justrite stamp and the 'noel' was cut on the Silhouette.

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 by linking up ONE card each week. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

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

I'd like to enter:

QKR Stampede monochrome 

Completely Christmas  anything goes 

Simply Create Too monochrome

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Happy Birthday Pia

Happy Birthday to my Inkspirational team-mate, Pia .  Hopefully, she will have already received this card in real life.

This card was mostly made from things I had lying around. The bird is an ADFD digi that I had printed off some time ago and never used. I sponged it with distressed inks and sprayed it with water.  The yellow background was made when I was trying out the kiss stamping technique. All I had to do then was ink a mat using one of the ink colours I'd used on the bird, and stamp a sentiment.

I'd like to enter:
Red Rubber Inspirationals  just wing it
Seize the Birthday  anything goes
Crafting from the Heart  anything goes
Through the Purple Haze  anything goes
The Squirrel and the Fox spring

Get Well Puppy

I know a puppy is not traditional for 'get well' but when I saw this image I thought it was a nice symbol of the health and energy we'd like a sick person to regain. I also thought it might work well for a man.

The puppy is a pre-coloured image from My Craft Studio Setting the Scene CD and I added the text to the bowl.  I use some scrap patterned paper and I doodled some frames.

I'd like to enter
CD Sunday  get well
Come and Get it  anything goes with a sentiment
Crafting when we can doodles
 4 Crafty Chicks  masculine

Make My Monday - Tag or Topper

This week's challenge at Make My Monday is Tag or Topper.  As you can see, for my DT  project., I made a tag. I coloured the white inner layer with Distress ink and stamped it with script and heart stamps - it's very subtle - a bit too subtle for the photo I think! Then I used die-cuts from a sheet of Fancy Pants printed die-cuts I impulse bought years ago and have never used. I used every distressing trick in the book - inking, crumpling, scratching and frantage-ing ... I'm surprised anything survived!  Finally I added lace and a brad.

We'd love you to come over to Make My Monday , see what the rest of the DT have done and join in the challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Crafty Creations  Dig deep (the Fancy Pants die cuts)
Creative Knockouts  tag you're it
Scrapping 4 Fun  technique - distressing and frantage

Secrets of the Garden

Well, if I had a fairy in the garden, I would probably keep her secret so that people wouldn't think me mad!

Here I used a digi from Crafts and Me.  I coulered her by sponging her with two pink and one yellow distress inks. The torn background was made using Fresco paints and a Paper Artsy stamp on waxed tissue paper. The text 'secrets of the garden' is from the same Paper Artsy set as the flower. I also used pearls , a chipboard heart sprayed with glitter, roses and 'wink of Stella' on the wings ( doesn't show in photo).

I'd like to enter:
Crafty Cardmakers fantasy
Try it on Tuesday  use your stash - first use of the Paper Artsy stamp set , Fresco paints and tissue paper
Aloha Challenge In the garden
Shopping Our Stash   chipboard (heart)
Inky Chicks fairies

Knitting

When I saw this Heather Ellis digistamp, I knew I could use it for the photo challenge at City Crafter . 

I think this card would be perfect for a friend who knits. Unfortunately, I don't have such a friend! 

I coloured the image with Promarkers and paper-pieced the dress. 

As well as City Crafter, I'd also like to enter: 

Craft Hoarder's Anonymous button it up

Scrapping 4 Fun  technique challenge (paper-piecing) 

Stempelgarten  paper-piecing 

Brown Sugar  kraft 

Marmalade Cats

Well, I've just completed my first week back at work after my four week summer break - it has really helped that the weather has taken a turn for the worst, so not too bad to be back in the college.

For this card, I used an old Magenta stamp - I stamped it on a piece of scrap inked paper left over from my Inkspirational DT project, cut out the cats and cosied them up together. The grid is a Kaisercraft stamp - it's a long stamp so I masked it off to make it square and added a sentiment.

I'd like to enter:
Craftroom Challenge  cats
Papergirls  Challenge  make your own challenge - messy(inked paper) , 3 images (3 stamps), make a card.
Tuesday Throwdown furry friends
Addicted to Stamps  cas

Festive 48- Week 32

This week I have resist embossed a Hero Arts text background and made a rosette. The centre of the rosette is a Echo Park sticker, which I've glittered.

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 by linking up ONE card each week. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

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

I'd like to enter:

Holly Jolly  non traditional colours

Hobbycutz fancy folds

Creative Card Crew embossing 

Addicted to Stamps holiday 

Sweet Stampin  Christmas 

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