Monochrome

Hi, welcome to my blog, today begins a new two weekly

 challenge at Cardz 4 Galz

The challenge is Monochrome - at one time all we ever saw was

black and white but now I am happy when we see various colours

used for this challenge.

Please do check out the blog to see the wonderful creations from the DT.
I used a scalloped circle card for my base.
Used a Spellbinder die for my circle.
To create the yellow shades I used Tim Holtz technique called
Wrinkled Free Distress. To see a more detailed description check out
the previous post.
I heat embossed the stamp with Clear embossing powder.
The stamp is Meadow Flowers by Woodware stamps.
I watercoloured the flowers with the same Distress Inks used for the background.
I know yellow isn't to everyone's taste, but it is a lovely stamp. 

Stitching Faux or Real

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog, I hope your well, 

and keeping warm, it is so much colder here in the UK.

For the next two weeks at Make My Monday (MMM) our 

challenge is for us to see on your project 

Stitching Faux or Real

Plaease do go to check out the blog for details and inspiration.

For my card which I hope will inspire, I used an A6 black card

to place my Spellbinders Label Die cut piece of black card.

I used a Sakura white pen to create my white faux stitching around

the label and the punched circle greeting.

Using Versamark and Stampendous White E.P I stamped 

the Funky Flowers from Kanban.

I die cut two Marianne butterfly die, embossing as above.

The Smile stamp is from my stash, including the pearls added

 to the flowers and butterflies. 

A sketch at MMM

Hello again, thanks for your visit. Today at Make My Monday for the 

next week our challenge is a sketch, as seen below.

It's always interesting to see how sketches are interpreted, 

Please pop over to see the wonderful samples from the DT.

For My Card

A white scallop edge card - striped paper added top and bottom.

Patterned paper edged with green card.

Circle - Spellbinder die - stamped with a 'Potted plants' stamp

from Little Claire stamps range. The stamp was masked twice

to extend the design.

Coloured with Promarkers. Greeting stamp from LOTV. 

Butterflies - Marianne Dies. 

All the papers are from 'Garden Party' paper pad from Papermania. 

Have fun 

Create a Summer Scene

Hello everyone, I'm back to crafting. I have so missed being able to create, but my mind has been elsewhere.  My husband has recently been very ill, but after heart surgery he is now recovering and will hopefully be able to return home soon. My mojo has returned. I would like to thank Jacqueline and the girls on the MMM Design Team for their support and understanding during the last month or so. Back to Business.

This week at Make My Monday,  the challenge chosen is for you to Create a Summer Scene, thank goodness we in the UK are experiencing some warmer days. I made a wall plaque recently for an arranged swap, which I am using for my DT piece, for it's first outing onto my blog, I created this onto a piece of mountboard,  which is the material used when framing pictures etc. I used several of the yellow - orange colours of Distress Inks, stamped for the background a crazy pavement background stamp. and also rubbed  Distress Ink over a piece of bubble wrap, which I pressed onto the board. After drying I started adding the stamps. I used black, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain, I added a small piece of mountboard to lay on a  butterfly. All, escept the bees, are from Inidgo Blu Meadow and Nature 1. The flowers were made with both a Spellbinder die and a Marianne die for the smaller flowers. Have fun with your project, remember to create a summer scene, which can be any project you wish and of course any size. For fun here is an extra project, 

as an example of a small sized scene. All stamps used are from Hobby Art  Coastal set.

Create Own Background

It's time at Make My Monday for you all to get messy, we would like you to CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND. If your a regular visitor to my blog you may remember a recent card I added which had been created using Shaving Foam and Inks.  (here)  I did warn you there would be more to come. This all came about from a request at my card class. It had been a year or so, since I had used the technique. More details are on my blog as mentioned above. Plus don't forget the many videos available on You tube. 

I digress - I asked my hubbie to go to Morrison's where they are selling Shaving Foam at 26p a can, yes, it's true. He went to the self service machine with 10 cans, the shop assistant there looked at him and smiled. He turned round and said "My wife uses a lot!". I still to this day, don't know if he is winding me up or not.

N.B. UK is Shaving Foam US is Shaving Cream

Back to business - in the shaving foam, I added a few drops of Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint Refill Inks.

The background paper here is the result, I also stamped the flowers from Sheena Douglass onto a second generation sheet from the foam. Added a few stamped leaves and a couple of die cuts to embellish. The greeting stamp is from Hobby Art Ltd. Have fun, you don't have to get messy, but I find it can be great fun. 

Through the Window- CD Sunday Challenge

Here we are again, at CD Sunday Challenges The challenge this week is Through The Window, so many possibilities as to what we can see through a window. I recently purchased a CD from E Bay called 100 Through the Window images, which fits in perfectly for this theme which was chosen by Carol. Carol is providing the prize for this challenge, please pop over to the main blog to find out more of the details. I used a sheet of pretty paper from a paper pad free with a magazine, Printed and cut out the window frame, fussy cutting I believe it is now called. I added two lovely swirly die cuts and a few flowers to embellish. The With Love stamp is from a Words set of stamps from Sheena Douglass. I do hope you like this challenge and most of all have fun.