Inkspirational Challenge - Dip

Here's my DT project for the 'Dip' challenge at Inkspirational .

The heart was made by dipping a cardboard heart into white embossing enamel in a melt pot. After it was set and cooled (well, several weeks later, actually!) I dipped it into glue and then again into glitter. The heart-rate monitor thingy was traced from a graphic I found online and cut on the Silhouette Cameo. I stamped 'lots of love' and added texture with an embossing folder.

I hope you'll come over to Inkspirational and see what our fabulous DT have made, and enter your own project.
I'd like to enter:
Allsorts touch of sparkle
Simply Create sparkle
Less is More tactile

City Crafter - Postcard from the World

This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog,  Kirsty wants us to postage, postmark or a travel theme.

For my DT card I made a card that I had been asked to make for a French Language teacher.  I stamped the postage-stamp style rubber stamp onto a background painted with Twinkling H2Os in the colours of the Tricoleur.  I created the sentiment and cut it on my Silhouette. 

Our Guest Designer this week is Kathy Schweinfurth, so I hope you'll come over to CCCB and see what she and the rest of the DT have made, and enter your own postage-themed project. 

I'd like to enter:

Paper Artsy colour mixing

The Craft Barn clean and simple 

Alphabet Challenge k for kindness

Cut it Up red, white,blue (sentiment cut on Silhouette)

Casology - journey

Happy Birthday Stella

It's time to wish Happy Birthday to my lovely City Crafter team-mate Stella. 

This is the card I sent to her...I just hope she receives it as last year, my card to her got lost in the post!

I embossed Avery Elle butterflies in silver on black. The background is a Penny Black stamp , watercoloured with sparkly paints and the sentiment is Clearly Besotted.

Have a great day Stella!

I'd like to enter:
Cardz4galz  no patterned paper
Aud Sentiments anything goes
Broken Fairy embossing

Teacher Treat Bags

School finishes for summer on Friday. I made these treat bags (chocolates inside!) for my son's teacher (male, guitar-player)  and TA (female- not sure if she likes pineapples!).

I cut the bags on the Silhouette Cameo. The pineapple was a pre-cut diecut from a scrapbooking kit. The guitar was cut on the Silhouette.

I'd like to enter:
Die Cutting Divas- anything 3d

Gracias

My daughter asked me to make a 'Mexican thank you card'.  Why Mexican? 'Because their wedding had a Mexican theme.' I'm guessing that was a 'classy' Mexican style, rather than cacti in sombreros! So, rather than go all-out for the stereotypical icons,  I tried to make a card with a Mexican feel.

I cut the sun,gecko and sentiment on my Silhouette Cameo electronic die-cutter and used scraps of patterned paper (not actually a Mexican pattern!).

I'd like to enter:
Stick it Down sketch
Time Out 'always bring your own sunshine'

City Crafter - Typically Tropical

You can blame me for this week's jump-on-the-bandwagon-of-a-trend challenge at City Crafter :

Typically Tropical 

Say yes to pineapples! Exotic flowers! Even flamingoes! Every time I've been shopping in London recently, this theme is everywhere! 

For my DT card I used a set by My Favourite Things , which I coloured with markers. I cut out the letters for ALOHA on the Silhouette Cameo electronic die-cutter, coloured them with Distress Ink and stamped them with the pineapple stamp. 

Our Guest Designer this week is Karren J, so I hope you will come over to City Crafter and see what she and the rest of the DT have made, and join in with your own tropics-inspired project. 

I'd like to enter:

Cupcake Inspirations tropical 

Stempelgarten summer holidays 

The Heart Desires tropical theme 

Paper Minutes make me happy

Extreme! Bedding Inspired card

with my new bedding 

This week I took entering challenges to another level and all because of the challenge at Shopping Our Stash.  The challenge was to make a project inspired by your bedding.... which made me realise just how uninspiring my bedding was!

But out shopping on Saturday I spotted the lovely bedding shown in the second picture above. Honestly, I do need the bedding, I didn't JUST buy it so I could join in the challenge!

I painted the tag with a mix of Paper Artsy paints and stamped it with stamps by Paper Artsy, Waffle Flower and Concord and 9th. I added highlights using Ranger black and white liquid enamel.  I stamped the word 'dream' (Concord and 9th) , as a little joke on the bedding theme!

I'd also like to enter:
Love to Scrap  anything goes
Craft Stamper ag with a stamp

Inkspirational Challenge - Photo Inkspiration

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is to make a project inspired by this photo:

Fo my DT project I inked a background and used stamps from Penny Black and Kaisercraft.

Our Guest Designer is Jane Willis  and I hope you'll visit Inkspirational and see what she, and the DT have made, and enter your own project.

I'd like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps  Make your mark
Pinspirational  photo
Simon Says Stamp Weds create a scene

Sea Stories - Mermaid

sparkle shot

This is the final card from my card kit swap  with Nonni and Pia. 

The  only item from the kit is the mermaid diecut which I coloured black and them embossed with sparkly holographic embossing powder.  I punched a circle for the moon. The background is watercoloured using Lindy's Stamp Gang magical powders.

I'd like to enter:
Mixed Media Card Challenge sparkle
Challenge up Your Life watercolour
Cut it Up anything goes
Crafting when we Can movie - little mermaid

Sea Stories - Bon Voyage

Here's another card from my card kit swap  with Nonni and Pia. 

It's very simple but I quite like it!

I stamped the sentiment (Kaisercraft) and then used the same ink to colour the diecut anchor from the kit. I embossed the base card for a 'weathered' look.

I'd like to enter:
CASual Fridays  twine/monochromatic/no pp
Crafty Creations cas
Cute Card Thursday embossing
Allsorts  one for the boys