Peaceful Greetings

Welcome

I would like to welcome two new followers to my blog, 

Angela Conkin of  Heartly Handcrafted

and Diane Hasthorpe of  Tawny Inspirations

please pop over to their blogs to see their wonderful work.

I made this card in response to a challenge, but never got it linked up ...  a not uncommon occurrence I believe!

I sponged the 'sky' in Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans DI 

After the ink dried (assisted by the heat gun) I embossed the image with detailed silver embossing powder, some of which caught on the sky and when heated, it now looks like millions of tiny stars in the background.

The last detail was to fill in the capital letters with a silver pen.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

That Craft Place Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Anything Christmas

Penny Black Challenge - Anything Goes

Mt Perfect Life - Any Christmas Card Goes

Jelly Park Challenge for December - A festive/Christmas card

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Humphrey's Animal Antics

Welcome

This fortnight's challenge from CCC Digi Creations is Animal Antics. 

I loved this image from our wonderful sponsor Oak Pond Creations.

 It reminded me of a wonderful children's book that I own, Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer.  Humphrey is a camel with serious attitude!!

I coloured both Humphrey and the background with chalks,

Then 'sat' him on a red (with a silver pattern) blanket to ground him.

Love the expression on his face!

I even gave the 'blanket' a fringe.

Although the photo looks as though the sky is light, IRL it is quite dark, hence the stars.

I enjoyed making this card, and hope you have enjoyed it too.

I am linking this to:

Sister Act Card Challenge #83 - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Fun Friday Challenge #66 - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #120 - Anything Goes

A Crafty Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge - Hand coloured image

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Chalk- n-Stock November Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Sunshine Wishes

Welcome

I made this card for a young person who was recovering from surgery, and I wanted to cheer up their day.

I started this with a piece of white card painted with Sparkling H2O's

 

I then stamped the snail image (from Whippersnapper Designs - which was a RAK from the lovely Michelle  of Inspiration Blooms) with Tuxedo black ink and then water-coloured it. 

The corner treatment started with a grosgrain ribbon across the corner, then a narrow sateen ribbon, the flower and a matching sateen ribbon bow.

The sentiment (and the sun and cloud image) are from a retired Craft's Meow set called Sending You Sunshine.

The card was finished with a few pale blue rhinestones after mounting it on a red base.

I am linking this to:

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #189 - Anything Goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday Challenge #61 - Anything Goes with twist, Add Ribbon

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #158 - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #55 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Dragonflies - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #121 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May you day be blessed.

Sprays, a Mask and a Flower

 Welcome

I would like to welcome a new follower, Dangina Martinez.  She is a wonderful card maker, and I encourage you to pop over to her blog to look at her wonderful work.

I got out to the studio today and had some time to play :-) - time is in fairly short supply at the moment with our enlarged family!!

I started by applying a mask to the card and sprayed it with red pepper and gold shimmer spray to form a centre panel.

I cut out a spiral flower from a dictionary page with a spellbinders die, and coloured it with distress inks before shaping it, and then touching it with some gold paste.  I am really enjoying using these pastes.

 I had demolished another project recently, and used the flourishes from that for this card, They had been embossed with TH Green Crackle Embossing.

I used my trusty Kiwistamping stamp for the gold embossed sentiment.

I am linking this to:

Art by Miran Challenge #18 - Anything goes

A Crafty Mess Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #157 - Anything Goes

Showcase Your Style Challenge #1 - Bingo (Sentiment, Red, Embossing)

Vandicrafts Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge #99 - Recycle or Re- Purpose (the swirls)

Paper Creators Challenge #32 - Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenge #69 - Word - Shine (the gleam on the petals)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Colours of Autumn

Challenge up Your World Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Gone Fishin'

Welcome

I wanted  a fishing theme for this card as it was destined for a keen fisherman.

The image was from... I went to look for this and found a lot of my files have corrupted and I am not sure, but think it came from Graphics Fairy, as she has a good selection of Retro images on her site. 

The image was coloured with chalks/pastels, the edges distressed and sponged with Tea Dye DI.

The image panel was mounted over some T.H. Embossed Kraft card, and finished with a sentiment tag and fish charm, before being mounted on the blue base.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Add A Sentiment

Through The Purple Haze Challenge #66- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Good 'Ole Days

My Craft Spot Challenge #156 - Metal

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenges #1 - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #116 - Anything Goes/Happy Birthday

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #188 - Anything Goes

Paper Minutes Challenge #346- Show us Real Men

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed

Tagging Along

Welcome

Made for the CCC Digi Challenge #12 - use a Digi and a Tag, this tag uses the Angel Petals image from our sponsor Art By Kathryn 

I printed her out on watercolour paper and painted her with Twinkling H2O's.

After painting both the image and background, I masked her off and over stamped the background with a script stamp inked with Platinum Planet.

The overall shimmer on the card is fabulous. I then sponged the edges of the watercolour of the paper and mounted onto a fractionally larger black card.

The final touches were the ribbons, one of which I coloured with Broken China DI, and silver cord and three silver stars.

I am linking this to:

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #52 - Any Digi Goes

Card and Scrap Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Glitter 'n' Sparkle Challenge #109 - Anything But Square

Anything But A Card #41 - Anything Goes

AAA Cards Challenge - Play with Watercolours

Avenue 613 Challenge #96 - Anything Goes (with optional Twist)

Come And Get It Winter Challenge - Photo inspiration

Thank you for visiting - any comments you leave are deeply appreciated.

May your day be blessed.

I'm Late, I'm Late.......

Welcome

I am back, and as we adjust to having extended family living with us, it's somewhat shambolic around here :-), subsequently I am late for this posting, and another one which hopefully I will get done tomorrow.

Thankfully I had made this tag for the Creative Craft Cottage Challenge # 29 in advance.  The challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge with a suggested colour palette.  I took two colours from the palette and made a tag.

The white base was covered with tissue paper I had swiped with Bundled Sage D.I. after crumpling it - I Stamped the Eiffel Tower on the tissue, then also rubbed some Gold and Bronze Inka Gold Rub.

A strip of washi tape was added to one side of the tag before I layered it onto the pink backing. A pink die cut sprayed with silver shimmer paint, two tags stamped with Crushed Velvet, some silver braid and rhinestones, some ribbon and it was finished.

I love how this turned out.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156 - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #1 - Anything goes

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog November Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisters Of Craft November Challenge - Anything Goes

Really reasonable Ribbon Challenge #105 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

One Crazy Stamper November Challenge - Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Card And Scrap Challenge #85 - Layers

A Girl Who Crafts Novber Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting - any comments you may leave are deeply appreciated

May your day be blessed