Friday, January 18, 2013

Love Is.

This is another of the gifts that I sent Bee in the Advent Swap last month. I wanted to make a heart shape plaque so I gathered the necessary items together below.

 
I could just have bought a heart shape MDF but when you have items in your stash that will work just as well use them up. I cut the shape from 3 pieces of thick card  and stuck together. Covered in torn up serviettes using PVA glue and left to dry off in the airing cupboard.
 
 
My local hardware shops sells the Dulux tester pots which I find are ideal for covering and saves on using up my more expensive Jo Sonja paint tubes. I have chosen a pastel pink called Dusted Fondant. I punched two hanging holes and picked out the lettering I needed from a selection of grunge board ABC in my stash.
 

The finished plaque with pink lace, netting, cream fabric roses and edged with Inka Gold. Ribbon for hanging has shown up as rather a funny colour but it is in fact pale pink to match the paint.
 
Entering into the following:
Crazy 4 challenges: Shape it up. No square cards.
Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes.
Cupcake Craft: Anything but a card.
Make it Monday: Any paper craft. #123
The Shabby tea room: Antique roses.
Whimiscal Designs: Anything goes.
Crafty Ribbons: Love/Romance/Anniversary.
Craft us Crazy: Celebrate Love or the colour Red.
Crafty Catz: Anything but a card.
 
 


Monday, January 14, 2013

Word Search.

I had a Male Birthday  card to make this week for someone who is Football mad. I couldn't find a digi I felt was  suitable so created this card instead. Another blue card but these are   the teams football colours that he supports. 
The light blue is actually the back of an old envelope which came in the post (which of course everyone  keeps) that just happened to be the correct colour blue and the buttons were taken from an old top of Fluff's little bruv that had been safely stored away.
Don't you just love it when a Stash comes together!!!!!

The light blue was adhered to a piece of thick card and then distresed around the edges before being glued onto the card.
I created the grid in excel , deleted the grid lines and then posted into word, shrunk down and printed off. There are another 10 words hidden within the grid. Can you find them?
 
Entering into the following:
Shopping Our Stash: Use your old Buttons.
Divas By Design: Anything goes.
Simply Create : Link up # 17
Cute cards Thursday: Beat the Blues.
Wags  & Whiskers:  Celebrations.
Catch the Bug: Anything Birthday.
2 Sisters Challenge: Celebrations.
Hiding in my Craft  Room:  Super scraps Saturday.
Penny's Paper - Crafty : Anything Goes.
Pixies Crafty Workshop: Use your snippets #55.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Wimpy's Got Mail!

Can one of you please tell Wimpy his got Mail? Cos I  don't like to!!!
 
Hope your Weekend is full of Craftyness.
 


Friday, January 11, 2013

Blue your Cares Away.

I really wanted this card to work as there were several challenges that I wanted to combine  into one.
The image is by OOh La La Creations from their Passion for Fashion CD. I love the sheer elegance of these ladies. The backing paper is also from the same CD.
Cutie Pie Challenge have a sketch this time which caught my eye. I normally shy away from these type of challenges but I have decided I must bite the bullet  and get over my adversions. I think I have stayed true to the sketch. Cupcake Craft have a challenge this week asking for Monohromatic Blue creations. Again blue is not a fav colour with me but needs must so I bit another bullet!
 
The rhinestones, lace and ribbon are all from my stash. The flowers are cut from lace  (if there are any gentlemen reading, please leave the page now )  on an old bra which was much too pretty to just  throw away and was also in my stash. You can see a close up below.


 
Entering into the following:
Oh-La-La Creations:  Happy Birthday.
Cutie Pie Challenge: Sketch time.
Cupcake Craft: January Blues.
Craft Your Passion: Vintage Shabby Chic.
Totally Gorjuss: Anything goes with ribbon.
Crazy 4 Challenges: Ribbons & Bows.
Live and Love Crafts: Something old in Vintage style. (embellishments are all old).
Digi's Galore: Somthing New. (New CD.)
Pause Dream Enjoy: Use Ribbon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Thursday, January 10, 2013

On a Winters Day.

I haven't touched Scenes since this time last year so thought it high time that I got reacquainted with them.
Craft a Scene have a challenge this month  to create a snowy cottage scene. My scene is a digi from Delicious Doodles called 'On a Winters Day'.  As soon as I saw  this image I knew I  had to purchase it and a Red Cardinal digi  might just have accidentally  fallen into my shopping basket at the same time. (Some days I 'm all fingers and thumbs! Well thats the story I'm sticking to.)

I have coloured the image using Distress Markers and pearlescent chalks. A bit limited with my choice of pen  at the moment as I only purchased seven basic colours to try them out. Another seven are now on their way. (Don't tell baggage control!) The paper lace  panel under the ribbon is cut using a Tonic Studios pattern punch. I have layered up the image using two different blue card stock onto the white base card and rounded the edges on all. Sentiment was generated in word.
 

 
I tried taking a close up to show the pearlescent effect but the lighting is appalling even with two daylight bulbs on .
 
Entering into the following:
Craft a Scene: Snowy cottages.
Card Mania: Winter Wonderland.
Crafty Hazelnuts: A christmas card without Santa.
Simply Create too: Let it Snow.
Card Crafter's Circle: Theres no business like snow business.
Love to Create: Winter Wonderland.
Pan Pastel: Anything Goes.
Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes.
Glitter n Sparkle: Anything Goes.
 
 
 
 

Monday, January 07, 2013

Kitchen Plaque.

This is  another of the items that I made Bee in the Advent swap we partnered each other in last month.  Having looked through Bees blog for inspiration I spotted a post showing her kitchen with a Rayburn in it. I imediately  thought that a rustic plaque would be ideal to make and would fit in with the style of her room.

 
The plaque itself is made from very thick card covered in torn up serviettes and then given a coat of matt paint. I find the matchpots made by Dulux make excellent base coats on most of the items I make. Hanging holes were punched in the top before painting  and then  popped into the airing cupboard for a quick drying. I used grunge board lettering which
I painted using Jo Sonja acrylic paint in black. I then did a black line around the edge and rubbed in some Inka Gold. I couldn't resist making a little Bee. He is made from two circles of yellow card, thin mercer cord for his antenna, black felt for the stripes and clear acetate with punched sequin waste behind for his wings which were cut using a heart punch.  A piece of florist wire twisted together made the hanging.
 


 
Entering into the following challenges:
Catch The Bug: Anything Goes.  (Well had to enter this one didn't I !)
Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Use your snippets #54. ( Bee is made from snippets in stash).
Created with Love: Anything but a card.
Hand made Harbour:  Monday #98.
Pin and Tack:  Anything goes.
Lexi's Creations: Anything Goes.
Anything but a Card: Things with Wings.
Dream Valley: Anyhing Goes.
Craft my Life: AnythingGoes. no cards or scrapbook.
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes.
 
 
 




Friday, January 04, 2013

Pocket Book Calendar.

This is one of the gifts that I made for my partner in the  Advent Swap that we did last month.  A pocket book calendar for 2013.


Bee likes the colour blue so I pulled out all my snippets of blue patterned papers  and set about creating the pages. The papers were stuck onto thick card  and the edges coloured to match with promarkers. The calendar  months were stuck on matching paper for each page and then adhered to make a pocket.

 
I then made smaller tags  for each month  that had Notes on one side and Birthdays on the other to fit inside the pockets.
Punched holes in the top and finished each one off with pretty ribbon. Two book rings held the pages together.
 
Entering the following challenges:
Pixies Crafty Workshop: Use your snippets #53.
2 Sisters Challenge: Anything but a Card.
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes.
Crafters Companion: Anything but a Card.
Crafty Creations: Anything Goes.
Cards Galore: Anything Goes.
Sparkles: Anything Goes.