Laundry Backlog

I made this card using two sets of Lawn Fawn stamps. The fish, bubbles, fish food and 'fintastic' are from Fintastic Friends. The washing machine and soap powder are from Loads of Fun. The rest of the sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

I'd like to enter:
The Challenge  I took my colour influence from the cushion.
Mod Squad use water
Seize the Birthday  water
Shopping Our Stash  something for the biggest boy (It's my brother's birthday next week so this is for him.)
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Aud Sentiments birthday - and happy birthday to your challenge!

Dragonfly

I've been lucky enough to win some random-draw prizes in challenges lately, and the text and dragonfly stamps here (by Stamp It Australia) are from a set I chose with a store voucher.

I made the background with distress inks which I then soaked with Perfect Pearls water and let them run together. After stamping, I sprayed on some white mist ( Diylusions White Linen) - it goes on bright and clear at first but then fades a lot , so I'm not really happy with it. If you have any tips on a better brand of white ink spray, I'd be really grateful!

Finally, I gave the base card some texture using an embossing folder.

I'd like to enter:
Colour Throwdown - I actually made this card specifically for this challenge, after seeing the colour palette this morning. But now I look at it and think my colours are slightly out. This always happens to me when I do colour challenges!
Little Red Wagon  water
Allsorts  wings
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Whitewash

I chose this week's challenge at City Crafter : Whitewash.

For my DT card I cut the birds and sentiment on the Silhouette. I heat embossed a woodgrain stamp (Hero) , added a flower and then sprayed everything with white mist.....but it didn't really show very well! So, I got out some white acrylic paint and smeared it over it.

This week, Cammy  joins us as Guest Designer, so I hope you'll pop over to City Crafter, see what she and the DT have made, and enter your own whitewashed project.

I'd like to enter:

Allsorts  wings 

Ooh La La  feathered friends

Eclectic Ellapu  flora and fauna 

My Easter

Thought I'd share some of my Easter projects with you. Firstly, this layout I made today. This year, for the first time ever, it was too wet to hold our Easter Egg Hunt in the garden, so we had to do it inside. Not very photogenic!

I used the scraps and leftover embellishments from a very old Three Bugs in a Rug kit. The cloud (top left) was in my stash, and I stamped the umbrella (Hero Arts) , punched a circle around it and stamped the date. The title was cut on the Silhouette and I printed the journalling.  Inspired by the challenge at Use Your Stuff I popped up the embellishments. ( Actually I also popped up the I on the title but I don't know why I bothered, as it isn't very effective!) Finally I added some bronze sequins.

Here's a pic of a bunny treat box I made for my daughter (using an SVG cutting file):

Here's the paper bunting I made (shame about the garden!) :

And finally, here are the eggs the kids decorated:

If you celebrate Easter, I hope you had a happy and crafty one too.

Paper-Piecing on Kraft (Conquering Paper Mountain # 8)

He,he ....my partner has taken our son out, so I'm having a few hours crafting ....May even get dressed at some point.

Here, I used a very old Stamps Happen stamp and two techniques - my all-time favourite, paper piecing, and a new to me technique, pencils on kraft card.  I don't think these are the 'proper' pencils as these are just watercolour ones (used without water here!) , but I think it turned out okay.

I also used several sheets from a magazine freebie 6x6 pad by Bo Bunny, therefore helping to reduce my paper mountain. 

I'd like to enter:
52CCT paper piecing
Holly Jolly use your stash
Jingle Belles santa baby
Christmas Card Challenges Christmas card

Make My Monday - Going Round in Circles

 

'Going Round in Circles' is our new challenge at Make My Monday .

I made this card for my grandson's 11th birthday, using a free cutting file kindly given free here.  Some of you may be wondering what it is! It's a pokeball from Pokemon ( hope that helps!).

I die cut the numbers and stamped the sentiment - the 'awesome' is Waffle Flower but I can't remember where the small part is from.  Inside, I die-cut a character, Pikachu, from another free source (sorry I can't remember where!)  and stamped the circular sentiment (MSE).

My grandson was delighted with this card- although he did comment that there are some little white dots missing from Pikachu's eyes!

I hope to see you entering our challenge at Make My Monday.

I'd like to enter:
Cardz4Guyz  teenage kicks - okay I know 11 isn't strictly teenage - but I think this is the step up from a little kiddy's card.

Inkspirational Challenge - Umbrella Photo

Our challenge at Inkspirational is to be inspired by this picture:

For my DT card, I stamped a Unity stamp and then scanned the image into my computer. In Silhouette Studio I enlarged it, altered the lines with a sketch effect and added the first part of the sentiment. I printed it, cropped it and coloured it and added die cut letters.

Please come and see us at Inkspirational  - we have a wonderful Guest Designer Rae Ann, not to mention our fabulous DT - and join in our challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Casology  weather
Simon Says Weds  come rain or shine
Just Add Ink  photo umbrella
Use Your Stuff quote (from a Rihanna song)
Deep Ocean  fave colour combo - actually I love any colour teamed with grey.

City Crafter - On Cloud Nine

Our challenge this week at City Crafter is to add clouds to your project.  I used a Mo's Digital Pencil image and, using Silhouette studio, created sketched clouds and the sentiment.  I coloured it using alcohol markers and distress ink.

This isn't really a card - there's no back on it, as I don't intend to give it away. I will put it on my pinboard to remind me to 'go for it'.

I hope you'll come over to City Crafter, see the work of our Guest Designer Marie , and the rest of the DT, and enter your own cloudy project.

I'd like to enter:
Fussy and Fancy - Things with Wings (She's holding a toy aeroplane, which I cunningly made the same colour as her skirt..doh!)
Use your Stuff Inspired by a quote
Shopping Our Stash  clocks

Make My Monday - Something Fluffy

What's fluffier than a cute kiddie dressed up as an Easter bunny?  This image, by Jellypark, was coloured with alcohol markers.

Please come over to Make My Monday, see what the rest of the Design Team have made and enter you own project featuring something fluffy.

I'd like to enter:
Crafty Cardmakers  Easter
Eureka Easter
Simon Says cute and cuddly

Easter Parade

I got this new set , Strike up the Band by My Favorite Things and decided to make them into an Easter parade. I coloured the bunnies with alcohol markers and paper-pieced their jackets, and die-cut the word Easter. I decided to keep it unembellished in the hope that the daffodil-inspired colour scheme would make it Easter-y enough.

I'd like to enter:
Fantasy Stampers  Easter parade
Just Add Ink  just add e
Sweet Stampin  Easter
Challenge up your life  bunnies
The Male Room Easter