Upcycled Jar

Welcome 

I made this the other day when I wanted a wee gift for a friend

I had recently emptied this jar, and removed the label, but the jar was still slightly sticky, and this sparked the idea...

I wrapped it in lace,  adding some double-sided sticky tape to help hold it on

I then found some double sided paper and used a NBUS Nellie Sneddon folded heart die to make this pleated heart - this was not my first attempt - there were no instructions with the die and so a few 'oops' occurred in the making. Of course, since then I have found instructions online!!

The paper underneath the heart is the other side of the pink.

The ribbon is from my stash and matched perfectly

...and I found a card in my stash that matched perfectly!!

The jar was filled with sweets and gifted the next day, and was very much admired and appreciated

I am linking this to:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #208 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #599 + 600 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #24 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2324 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start June Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #2 - Anything Goes - non-card

Crafting Happiness June Challenge #143 - Anything Crafty Goes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Mixed Media Goes

DL Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #325 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies June Challenge

Solo Seagull

Welcome

I would like to extend a welcome to my newest follower, Anke of Anke's Stamp Magic.  She has a lovely blog showcasing her beautiful work.

Today post is  the reminder post for We Love Stamping Challenge for June, where the theme is Anything stamped goes, with an optional twist of CAS.

The image was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, as was the sentiment.

The image was coloured with Polychromo pencils, and a wobbly frame drawn around the card with a fine line pen

The inside was finished with some strips of gold Washi tape

I am linking this to:

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #24 - Anything Goes

Krafting Kimmie Stamps Challenge #669 - Men/Boys and or Brown

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #236 - C is for critters

Alphabet Challenge - F is for flying (anything)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #599 + 600 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2323 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #207 - Anything Goes

Little Bit of Rainbow Challenge (BB88)- Water Water Everywhere

Creative Fingers Challenge #257 - Anything Goes

leigh SB Designs June Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Industrial Grunge Meets Steam Punk

Welcome

Warning - Photo Heavy Post!!

I will try and keep my words few :)

This was made for a  Steam Punk fan.

The background was created from a textured card, embossed with a Tim Holts Industrial folder which I had wiped Versamark ink over before using, then I brushed copper Perfect Pearls over the embossed panel.  Love the grungy result.

The ephemera are from a local (New Zealand) design called 3/4 Designs

The vertical stamp was embossed onto a snippet of smooshed card - I think it was Catherine Pooler Queen for a Day ink, very very dilute.

The details on the flowers is fantastic, so here is a close up

A close up of the texture in the background panel

The insert also had some ephemera.

Again, a close up

I enjoyed making this, and the recipient was appreciative of it too.

I am linking this to:

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #23 - Anything Goes

The Corrosive June Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #500 + 600 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2323 - Anything Goes

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesdays June Challenge - Anything Goes

Fab N Funky Challenge #575 - Use a Sentiment

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start June Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness June Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #207 - Anything Goes

Stormy Weather and Torn Paper

Welcome

I was intending to post again before now, but the 'flu had other ideas... 

This was made before it attacked me, and it has been received.

It was made for the June challenge in our New Zealand Swap group, where we were challenged to use the torn paper sponging technique.  The sponged background was supposed to be monochrome, but I made an oops... 

I started by taping off the area I wanted to use, and after tearing some paper, brushed ink , working from the top down with the green, and then bottom up with the blue of the clouds, moving the paper around to add variety of 'shapes', and adding more or less ink to add further interest.

When I had finished the inking, I came to the conclusion that the sky looked rather stormy, so on the hills I added some trees and some brown to represent the slips and damage that  occurred in New Zealand earlier this year, some of which occurred due to deforestation of hills. 

In the foreground I stamped two trees from an old set I own, from a now defunct company.

The greeting was stamped in the same Over Coffee (Catherine Pooler) ink, and then clear embossed.  

It is a NBUS Hero Arts stamp  

I echoed the tree stamping on the insert,

and the envelope.

I am linking this to:

Crafty Catz Challenge #641 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #732 - Birthday's, or Opt Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #23 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #12 - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #2323 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #599 + 600 - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness June Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #296 - Summer Colours/Anything Goes

(Our summer was a summer of rain and storms here in New Zealand)

Jan's Digi Stamps June Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #207 - Anything Goes

Punky, Funky Flower

Welcome

I had fun with this card. 

I wanted to use the flower from the Punky Hearts set by Chocolate Baroque Stamps, and this is what eventuated - the card is for a younger woman.

The background was made by inking up the 3-D Altenew folder Gem Pattern with Memento Delicata Golden Glitz ink before embossing the background panel

I then stamped and embossed the image using Espresso Bean ep., on a snippet of white card, and painted using some green mica paint and Lindy's Grab A Guy Gold Shimmer Spray that I had sprayed into a palette, before fussy cutting it.

The sentiment (a very old stamp) was embossed with the same ep, and painted with the last of the spray

I glued the base of the flower stem to the background, but popped the flower head up on foam dots.

The cog wheels were die cut using a piece of gold paper glued to a snippet of thin card.

The lace was some in my stash

I also layered some gold snippets under the top left and bottom right corners of the main panel

I stamped the inside panel using the same image and the off the page technique

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The envelope was also stamped with the floral image

I am linking this to:

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #455 - Anything Goes using snippets

The rose and sentiment panel were all snippets of white card,  cogs were cut from a white snippet covered in gold, and there are snippets of gold paper under the corners of the main panel

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #500 + 600 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digi Stamps June Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations June Challenge - Something For Girls

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday June Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2322 - Anything Goes

Double D Challenge - Lemon-ade or the colour Yellow

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Flowers

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #22 - Anything Goes

Card in a Hurry

Welcome

I needed a card in a hurry, and also wanted to use this NBUS cover die ..

(I cannot access it to give the brand at this point - will add it tomorrow)

The background is a piece from a calendar page

The centre was solid, so I added a piece of lace, and then a red oval diecut with the white embossed sentiment on (from a Rare Earth magazine freebie set).  A few pale blue flat back pearls completed the the card front, which was mounted on a red base.

I finished the inside with a trimming from the calendar piece

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 2322 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #22 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #207 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #597 +598 - Anything Goes

A Place To Start June Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Cup Cake Inspirations Challenge #570 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #295 - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff Challenge #485 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #70 - Anything Goes

CAS Sympathy

Welcome

It's time for the start of the June challenge At We Love Stamping, 

where the theme is Clean and Simple, with the option of Anything Goes

This was a very difficult card to photograph as I used a deep navy blue card for the main panel, but the camera kept wanting to 'flash' because of the dark colour.

The image was a NBUS from a red rubber set by  Indigo Blue, called Wild Meadow, which I stamped and silver embossed, along with the sentiment - a magazine freebie

On the right side and across the base I scored three lines for interest

When I mounted the blue panel on the white base, I popped a small panel  of silver paper under the top left and bottom right corners of the main panel - unfortunately the camera did not pick it up at all.

The inside was finished with an off the edge stamping of the flourish I used on the outside 

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #597 + 598 - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #22 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations May Challenge #207 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #256 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week #11 - Anything Goes

CAS on Friday Challenge #258 - Embossing

LeighS-B Designs June Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #666 Week One - Stamp Act