Sunray Thanks

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I recently bought a new sunray stencil, and had to have a 'play', I stencilled it using four colours starting with the red , grading it out to orange and then a deep yellow and a pale yellow.

The stencil itself was smaller than my paper card, so I put a piece of gold tape top and bottom to fill up the length I required 

I used the same gold tape to cover a snippet of card to die cut the sentiment - I layered that over red, orange and gold layers to match the rainbow

The die cut was then mounted over the leaf spray, which had been cut from dark green card and heavily 'winked'.   This panel was then mounted onto a dark blue card base

I glued a white panel edged with red inside, and then added another piece of gold tape. 

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #511+512 - Anything Goes

Pixies Snippets Playground Challenge #413 - Anything Goes Using Snippets

A Gem of a Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

A Bit More time To Craft Sept/Oct Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

Arty Diva's September Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #275 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore October Challenge #92 - Anything Goes

Die Cut Diva's October Challenge - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge # 429 - Anything Goes

Love To Craft October Challenge #63 - Anything Goes

Stitched, Not Stamped

Welcome.

This is a photo heavy post showing a couple of canvas work projects I have recently completed.

The first was a wee sample that was in a box of bits donated to our local Embroiderer's Guild that I volunteered to finish and make into something

It started as just the blue stitching, so I added the yellow 

The edged it with some Palestrina Knot stitch, 

Lined it and added some wool fabric for the needles, and a button and loop completed the project, a wee needle book. Approx size 4x4 cm.

The second project was a teaching module from the ANZEG, our national body.

It was supposed to be a larger piece, stitched into a square pincushion, but yours truly decided on a biscornu shape, so my stitching was done on two smaller squares of canvas, and joined, corner point to side centre, to give a 3-D octagonal shape.

I started with some bright yellow canvas, which to a point dictated my autumnal colour scheme.

Most threads were solid colour, but here you can see some of the variegated colours

There was a variety of threads used, and below you can see some metallics under the stranded cotton.

The centre button was one from my stash - which includes buttons from my mother, grandmother and mother in law... 

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Craft Challenge - Week #40 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge #497 - Anything But a Card

Crafting Happiness Challenge #115 - Non Card Entry

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Touchy Feely

Scrappy Hexagons

Welcome 

There is a new challenge over at Word Art Wednesday , this time sponsored by 

Studio Katia, 

who are providing the winner with a generous $30 voucher to their store.

I decided that I wanted a bold card that highlighted the scripture.

I started by embossing the orange layer with a net pattern,

I then cut various scraps of card into hexagons and fiddled with them until I was happy with the arrangement, and left it overnight to be sure!!

I then layered all the panels onto gold paper before adhering them to the orange and then the grey base of the card.

The inside was finished with a narrow strip of gold washi. 

I am linking this to:

Cards 4 Guyz Challenge #280 - Add Some Metal

Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #39 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #115 - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #412 - use Snippets

Make My Monday Challenge #158 - Embossing - either way

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2139 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Touchy Feely

What's the Occasion?

Welcome

And a special welcome to Louise from the blog PunknScrap, who is my newest follower.  

Thank  you Louise for choosing to follow me. 

This card turned out to be a bit quirky - but it was appreciated and enjoyed when given.

I started with two unmarked wooden stamps I had left on my desk to use - I bought them second hand, years ago, off a local auction site (TradeMe) .

When I figured they would fit behind the Peek a Boo die cut, I stamped them onto the pale mauve card.  There was a single line frame around the part image that I had to mask out. 

Below the framed image I silver embossed a sentiment ( a magazine freebie)

Touches of silver dotted and pale mauve washi were added to the focal panel

I also embossed a couple of overlapping heart circles in the bottom left corner - they are very faint, and I was a bit disappointed that they did not show up more.

The focal panel was matted over the mauve layer, and then onto the white base

The inside was finished with the appropriate sentiment and some more washi.  I added a layer of cardstock for a sentiment panel as the card front was fairly heavy with the layering. 

I am linking this to:

NBUS Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #39 - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #611 - Baby/Family

Creative Knockouts Challenge #420 - Tic, Tac, Toe

Centre vertical row. Embossing, image, sentiment
D.L.Art September Linky Party - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #578 - All Occasions

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #38 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #155 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #509+510 - Anything Goes

Scraps and Packing Tape

Welcome

Thank you all for your support - I am well on the road to full recovery and working from home this time - thankfully!

The theme for this months swap in the small local group I am in was to use strips of  paper as your background.  I am in awe of how some folks interpreted this - mine was fairly simple - but colourful.

I had spent an afternoon recently gluing waste strips of paper to an A4 sheet of paper, so I trimmed out a piece to fit this card front, and mounted it over dark blue card stock,

Some of the strips are alcohol ink trimmings, glitter, and metallic card, and some tidy pieces from stamping failures.... and my stack was not much reduced at all 😮

The dragonfly (unidentified die) was cut three times and layered,

As was the word die cut, (a Memory Box die).  The top layer in both was cut from card covered with clear packing tape, which gives a 'faux embossed' effect.

The inside had a final trimming added to it.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Creations September Challenge #425 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #223 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start September Challenge #9 - Patterned Paper

Crafting Happiness Challenge #114 = Anything Goes

Dream Valley challenge #225 - 2 or More Patterned Paper

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Rainbow, Multi coloured, and/or Monsters

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2138 - Anything Goes

The Paper Funday September Challenge #33 - Anything Goes

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #56 - Anything Goes, opt Twist Autumn Colours

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #509+510 - Anything Goes

Anniversary Love Birds

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I made this card some months ago, and had it on my file which I have with me in hospital... yes the 'bug' I had was not what the family had, but rather a massive chest infection.... but I am starting to recover!!

I started with a Brusho background on watercolour paper that I made one day when playing with them

I stamped the love birds and flower spray from a freebie magazine set, and coloured with watercolours.

I tried to stamp the floral spray directly onto the background, but messed up, hence it is stamped on white and fussy cut.... The sentiment was also from the set.

I cut the image with a hexagon from an infinity set by Hero Arts, and mounted it over dark green

From memory I also used some Brushos Pearl SprinkleIT powder, which shows here as a slightly deeper green, but in real life, it sparkled beautifully.

I ran a deep green ink panel around the edge of the  main panel which was mounted over a dark green base

I used an old anniversary stamp on the inside, and a snippet of the background paper cut into a banner shape, and edged in the same deep green ink. 

I will link this to:

Creative Fingers Challenge #215 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #509 +510 - Anything Goes

Colouring In Scrapland September Challenge - Anything Goes Option

Crafting Happiness Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #105 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2138 - Anything Goes

Stamps + Creativity = Fun Challenge #394 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crreafty Friends Challenge #166 - Anything Goes

We Love Chocolate Baroque September Challenge - Anything Goes Opt of Celebrations

A Gem of a Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Black, White and Spots

Welcome

It's time for another challenge over at  Word Art Wednesday

Our sponsor is Pretty Little Studio, with a $20 voucher to their store.

This week's scripture is a wonderful blessing, and Karen W has designed it beautifully for us, and it is free, over at the Word Art Wednesday Challenge

This was a very simple card to make, with the scripture die cut, and mounted on black, card, and then over the black and white polka dot paper

I added some string for some interest

And some washi tape to the inside.

My apologies for  not being a round much for the past few days - I think the family have shared a bug with me, and I have been a bit "off colour".

I am linking this to:

Crafting Happiness Challenge #113 - Anything Goes

A Place to Start September Challenge #9- Patterned Paper

Dream Valley Challenge #254 - Make it Digital

Stamps + Fun = Creativity Challenge #394 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Challenge - Dots+/or Stripes +/or Checks

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2137 - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity Challenge #94 - Anything Goes Opt Twist Meditation or Quiet

A Gem of a Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #165 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #37 - Anything Goes