Splat!

Good morning all.

We had a gorgeous day here yesterday, albeit a little chilly...the forecast is good today too.

Didn't bother going shopping, did an online shop which will be delivered today and made a pastry free quiche with chips and beans for tea. Road tested the new iron while tea was cooking, it does feel a might heavy and clumpy compared to my old one but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Not sure it was a good idea to change the vacuum and iron at the same time though, my back is now killing me!

Got to have a play yesterday and decided to attempt the dreaded one layer card for "Less is More".

One simple design, two stamps and two DI inks....what could go wrong!!!

Lets just say this is attempt seven and even this one has a bent sentiment - two of the failed attempts are inside this card and four adorn the other half of the A4 sheet I started out with (waste not, want not!!)....so I will have to chop it up and layer it if I want to use it lol! 

Circle splatter stamp is from Bo Bunny, stamped in Black Soot DI and coloured with Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers. Sentiment stamp is from Imagination.

After a lie down in a dark room I spent the evening quietly colouring.

Challenges entered:

Less is More - use two 

Alphabet Challenge - R for round/rectangle

That's Crafty - keep it simple

Paper Pretties Wednesday - clean and simple

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Live Laugh Love

Good morning all.

A quiet day at home was had yesterday with a little bit of crafting and a lot of being lazy!!

A project to share today which I started ages ago but has been lying in my craft room waiting to be finished...you know the type!!

I was lucky enough to win this Imagination Craft's MDF kit from Linda. I started by painting all the MDF with acrylic paint. Once dry I added paper to the front from Prima's Fairy Belles collection. I used the cutout from the middle, reverse side up, beneath the aperture and stamped the sentiment which was a recent magazine freebie. I cut images from another sheet of paper to layer up the fairy, butterflies and flowers then added butterfly die cut from Marianne Design to finish. I even remembered to sandwich my recycled ribbon hanger between the two sheets of MDF before glueing them together!

I just need to find somewhere to hang it now.

Challenges entered:

Creative Corner - girly

A Girl who Crafts - anything goes

Altered Eclectics - anything goes

Country View Challenges - word play

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Red's Creative Spirit - anything goes

TokBobok - mixed media

Moving along with the Times - feeling a little vintage

Inky Chicks - fairies or angels

Loves Rubber Stamps - wings

All Crafts Challenge - anything but a card

Prevention is better than Cure

Good morning all. Well the rain finally caught up with us about teatime yesterday and hasn't stopped since! Hope you're all staying dry.

Thank you for all your comments yesterday and helpful hints on removing ink, however I've decided to adopt the "Prevention is better than Cure" route and found a pair of surgical gloves to wear yesterday!!

I needed a card for a swap using no more than three colours, here is what I did.

Stamp is from Imagination which I've stamped and heat embossed with white EP. Then I got inky with two shades each of blue and purple distressed inks...for some reason the purple isn't showing too well in the photo though! I added the darker purple to the dragonflies bodies and dark blue to the flower petals. The mat is a Martha Stewart punch which I've inked with the two darker colours. Sentiment is from Wild Rose Studio. I've added a few gems to the centre of the flowers to finish off.

Challenges entered:

A Gem of a Challenge - embossing

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Stempelsonnen Challenge - anything goes

Art Impressions - like an emboss

Little Red Wagon - embossing

Sparkle N Sprinkle - anything goes with glitter, EP or flocking

Dragonflies

Good morning all.

Decoupage stamp from Imagination Crafts, flittered onto black card. Dragon flies have been printed and heat embossed onto brayered card and layered up.

Challenges entered:

Carol x

Snowdrops

Good morning all.

Had a flying visit down home yesterday and sorted the third set of wedding stationery out...luckily this one is very small so won't be too onerous.

Sharing another of my makes using my candy win from Linda today.

Decoupage stamp from Imagination Crafts, coloured with promarkers and layered to give dimension. Backing paper from First Edition (which is at least two year old) which I've run through an embossing folder which was a magazine freebie. Simply finished with some gems. I'll add a sentiment later when I decide what to use it for.

Challenges entered:

Imagination Crafts - imagination in bloom

Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes

Oldie but a Goodie - spring has sprung

Twisted Tuesday - live a clean green life

Crafty Bloggers Network - nature

Crafty Boots - green

Created with Love - think spring

Kaboodle Doodles - embossing

Stamp and Create - ready for spring

Carol x

Celebrate in Style

Good morning all.

We had a beautiful day yesterday, I hope you did too.

It's my sister in laws birthday today and this is the card I made her.

Background created using Sparkle Medium and a stencil from Imagination Crafts, both part of my recent candy win. Stamps and backing paper were magazine freebies. I've paper pieced all the stamps using a coordinating paper from the pad. Ribbon and yarn are from Inkylicious; lace and charm are from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - anything goes

Paper Pretties - try a new technique (stencilling)

Inky Impressions - charm
Divas by Design - sparkle
Baffies Kreativladen - anything goes
It's all about Vintage - use lace
Crafts 4 Eternity - texture
Dream Valley - vintage
Ecleptic Ellapu - vintage
The Ribbon Girls - birthdays
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - anything goes
Craft room Challenge - 20th Century...inspired by early 1900's elegance
Craft-Dee BowZ - anything goes

Carol x

Happy Birthday

Good morning all.

Sharing one of my makes from Friday today. I was lucky enough to win some fabulous blog candy from Linda. My bundle included this decoupage stamp from Imagination Crafts. I think this will be hubby's birthday card...so another new card for him this year!!

I printed the image several times on both parchment and kraft card and coloured with promarkers. Papers are from Costco and Webster's Pages which I've matted onto teal pearlised card from Crafters Companion. I've used the additional stamps in the set for the sentiment, background and the bird peaking out of the birdhouse.

Challenges entered:

Card Makin Mamas - stack it up

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Jellypark Friday Challenge - things with wings

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

4 Crafty Girls - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes

Allsorts - spring is coming

Totally Gorjuss - happy birthday

Carol x