Spring is in the Air

Hello, how are you? I hope you are coping with your 

lockdown situation, staying safe and well. 

Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges 

#127 Spring is in the Air - chosen by Cathy

Please check out the blog for details and to see the 

inspiration by the Design Team.

I blended 3 Distress Inks, splashed with water,

then dried the card. Tulips stamp was by Dimension Fourth.

I painted the tulips with mica paints and

splashed several times with green paint. 

I love the big bold sentiment by My Paper World.

My best wishes, please stay safe. Happy Crafting,.

Nail Polish Technique

Hello, thanks for visiting my blog, it is appreciated.

Today we have an exciting challenge beginning on

Back to Basics and Beyond Challenges

Have you tried the Shaving Foam technique? Well this is

the same but it gives amazing strong results. 

Please don't miss visiting the blog, for details, links and of

course the fabulous inspiration from the DT. 

My thanks to them all

I have had a fabulous time playing with this technique.

I paid a few pounds for the Nail polishes but it will not 

be wasted.  I will be buying more colours, for my next session.

Thank goodness for Poundland. Look at 

my results with watercolour card and photocopy paper. 

For my card I used a strip of the watercolour card and

die cut a circle from a piece of photocopy paper

Matted onto black card, the sentiment is by 

My Paper World.

I do hope you will give this technique a try.  It is 

stepping away from comfort zones, it did me, but 

I thoroughally enjoyed doing something different. 

Salt Technique

Hello everyone, I hope you are well. Thanks for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at Back to Basics and Beyond

Meg has chosen  Salt Technique --

Don't worry if this is a new technique or an old one

your not sure of, there is a direct link to a simple 

tutorial on You Tube, so no excuses for not having a go. 

Please pop over to see the fabulous inspiration by the DT,

also for the few rules and details. 

This is the Salt Technique - close up.

You can see where the salt has soaked up the colour, and

has left behind the pattern.

I made a 5x7 card. I used TH Distress Inks

Abandoned Coral, Twisted Citron and Fossilized Amber

Blended onto the card, followed the instructions as

mentioned above. 

Stamps used - Sentiment - My Paper World.

Butterflies - The Works

Poppy seed heads - Crafter's Companion - Fairy Magic. 

Pencils used to highlight areas on the poppy heads.

Why don't you go and try it , I guarentee it is fun.

No Patterned Paper

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today begins a new challenge at

Cardz 4 Guyz.  Julie has chosen - No Patterned Paper.

Your chance to play with inks, embossing folders or even go CAS.

The Design Team have a varied selection to inspire you.

I created the background with three watercolour mica paints.

The stamps are Woodware - Grasses, My Paper World - Grasses

and from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque)  the large Hope sentiment.

Have fun, looking forward to seeing the entries. 

2 Images on One card

This week at My Time To Craft we are being challenged to provide Two Images on One Card. At first it seemed an easy challenge, then for some reason my creative juices just froze, even we on the Design Team struggle at times, but not to be beaten, for a challenge is exactly that, a challenge we must meet head on.

Core-Ordinations card, 

White Cardstock

DI Shaded Lilac and Milled Lavender

Paper World Stamps - Grasses

Sheena Douglass - Flower Power stamps

Go Kreate birthday greeting and die.

I do hope you like this card, enough to inspire you to enter the challenge, looking forward to seeing your cards. have fun everyone. 

My Fat Pages Book - Fashionable Stamping

For our challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenge for the next two weeks we would like to see ANYTHING BUT A CARD- but remember there must be some stamping on view,  DIGIS are a NO NO!
I greatly enjoyed visiting the blogs the last two weeks to see some amazing and beautiful Vintage creations.
I created the back and front of my book ready in preparation for when I start receiving the monthly Fat Pages of the swap I am hosting on the Do Crafts ATC forum. If your interested I am also (seperately) hosting a swap on my blog. For my book, I decided to use something strong to be able to hold 12 months pages. I have had some grungeboard for ages and not used it, time to use it I decided. I first embossed it with  a snakeskin pattern embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. Then I sprayed it with Cosmic Shimmer Mist Aqua Lagoon and Sprinkys Colour Spray - Amethyst. I then stamped a grasses spray from a new set of stamps from My Paper World, the butterfly was stamped seperately, then adhered to the book. I used a cameo  button, lace, ribbon and flowers to decorate, along with, of course a bit of glitter here and there, along with a few pearls. The label holder is attached with brads, the label was typed. The inside and back are as the background on the front, for it will be holding 12 decorated pages from 12 folk, exciting stuff.
I again look forward to visiting your blogs, I know there will be some exciting creations to see. have fun.