That Craft Place Challenge

Its Sunday and that means it's time for a That Craft Place challenge and the theme this week is animals ...

I went for butterflies!!!  I do like my butterflies, and I wanted to create something pretty, fresh and spring like.  I covered the tag with the papers and then stamped the butterfly stamp over the tag.  To make the ink paler I stamped it onto my craft mat first and then on to the tag.  I created the layered flower using the Joy flower die, and pinched the petals in to give it dimension.  I die cut the butterflies and leaves, added the punched border and some seam binding.

Supplies: 

Image: Papermania Urban Stamps butterflies

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium:

Papers: Bazzill Vintage Market place,

Embellishments: pearls, pearl pin, seam binding

Tools: Joy flower die, Memory Box butterfly die, Spellbinders 
Martha Stewart border punch

Challenges: 

Crafty ribbons - anythng goes with ribbon
Divas by design - use metal (pin)
Chocolate, coffee cards - bring on spring
Daring cardmakers - springing into spring
Fuss n Fancy - spring days
Stampin for the weekend - anything but a card
ABC challenge - Just as you like
Sweet Stampin - girly
Totally Gorguss - something blue

 

Hobbycutz Challenge

Its  time for a Hobbycutz challenge

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is Clean and Simple and a sketch.

I used one of the butterfly cut outs and aged it using aged wine and aged aqua frantage.  I went for a reasonably white on white card, creating the text background using the Bronte Border from Visible Image, and embossing white cardstock.  The sentiment is from Visible Image.

Supplies: 

Image: Hobbycutz Butterfly cut outs

Visible image Bronte Border
Sentiment: Visible Image More than Words set 7

Colouring medium: Frantage, Chipped sapphire distress ink

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: Frantage, Chipped sapphire distress ink

Challenges: 

DutchDare - CAS
Card making Mamas- no patterned papers

ABC challenge - Just as you like
Totally Gorguss - something blue

 

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Don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge. 




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Easter CAS card

 I try to make my Mum and Dad a religious focused Easter card - this lasercut cross from Hobbycutz is perfect for Easter, or a sympathy card.

 I frantaged the cross using aged wine frantage (I LOVE this stuff!!) and simply matted it onto embossed white cardstock. I matted the cardstock onto SU eggplant cardstock before stamp the gothic corner from Visible Image directly onto the embossing and adding some white ribbon and a knot.  What I need is a 'serious' Easter sentiment stamp, not just the fun round ones i have from Crafty Sentiments!!

Supplies: 

Image: Hobbycutz Easter cross, Visible image Gothic corner

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium:

 Papers: 

Embellishments: frantage, ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Creative Inspirations - Easter

CraftyCreations - Easter

Divas by design - use metal (gold fragemtns in the frantage)

Crafty ribbons - anythng goes with ribbon

DutchDare - CAS

Little Miss Muffet - Easter

 

Distressing ...

 I have done a couple of tutorials for the That Craft Place Inspiration blog on using distress inks to create backgrounds.

SO I made a tag and a card to demonstrate how you can use inks ...

I love the colours on this - I used Victorian Velvet, frayed burlap, vintage photo and faded jeans, and applied the inks using a blending tool. You can find all the details out here on how I made the background.  I simply stamped and masked the butterflies before adding the tall grass.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Large butterfly, butterfly, tall grass

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Distress inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: seam binding

Tools: 

Challenges:

This card was made using the "wet" technique, and you can find out how I did it here.  I ghost stamped the crckled background over the card and stained the cog charm with alcohol inks.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Men's Collage Crackled background

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Distress inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: seam binding, webbing

Tools: 

Challenges

 

Katie and that dreaded colour!!

 Today I am showing you Katie from Visible Image Stamps.

I coloured Katie in using my pens and then paper pieced the butterflies.  I am not a massive pink fan, as you may know, but these papers matted onto black are liveable with!!  Not as pink as they could be LOL!! It loooks all summery, especially with Katie attracting those butterflies - I can't wait for the weather to warm up a wee bit!!   I added the ribbon, bow, button and pin, and some lace uder the fishtail banner.  Very girly, but not, if you know what I mean!!!

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Katie

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Prima

Embellishments: ribbon, lace, button, pearl pin

Tools: Dienamics fishtail stax

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - diecuts

Paprecrafting Journey - ribbon or lace

Stamp with fun - sketch

Dream Valley - pearls and lace

Bunny Zoe - girly

Sweet Stampin - lots of layers

Creative Craft - for the kids
Joanna Sheen - come rain or shine (I went for summery days)
Partytime Tuesday- anything goes
Ladybugs Inc - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter  -anything goes

 

Visible Image Bradley

 Today I am showing you Bradley from Visible Image Stamps.

I coloured Bradley in using my pens, and then created the stippled background for him.  The dp is MME, really old MME, but I still love it :).  I stamped the sentiment from the more than words set 7 onto some of the dp and coloured the card candy to match the image.

Supplies:

Image:Visible Image Bradley

Sentiment: Visible image More than words set 7

Colouring medium: promarkers

Skin: coral sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair:Warm grey 1-5

Clothes: midnight blue, french navy, reef blue, duck egg, oasis, cool aqua

Papers: MME Stella Rose Hattie

Embellishments: card candy

Tools: Dienamics Fishtail stax

Challenges:

Creative Card Crew - masculine

Cupcake craft - cool men

Stamps+fun=creativity - monochrome

Challenges4everybody - anything goes

Come and get it - sketch
I love promarkers - anything goes

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

Its time for another Crafty Sentiments challenge, and the theme this week is Easter.

I used Rosie's Egg and coloured her in using my pens.  I used these fab digi papers, I have had them for years and still LOVE them, especially the gingham, can't do without a bit of gingham!!  I added some layered ribbon nd flowers, pearls for the flower centres and a bow.  The sentiment is also from Crafty Sentiments.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Crafty Sentiments Rosie's Egg

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

Oldie But a Goodie - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Easter Parade
Stamptacular Sunday - fuzzy friends
Stampavie and More - Easter
The Paper Shelter - let it be spring
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring
Creative Craft - for the kids
Glitter n Sparkle - animal friends
Challenge 4 everyone - anything goes
Craft you passion - make it cute
Incy Wincy - pastel colours

 

Visible Image DT post

 Today I am showing you Isabella from Visible Image Stamps.

I coloured Isabella in using my pens and cut her out.  I created the background using a mask and textured paste, and then inked over it using balck soot distress ink and my gold dabber.  I added some aged black and aged wine frantage and heated it.  The laser cut fence has been frantaged and I finally added the sentiment, Live your dreams, but cut the live bit off.  Its distressed with dusty concorde distress inks.


 And for more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge.  This month's theme is Spring.

Supplies:

Image: Visible image Isabella

Sentiment: Visible Image Live your dreams

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers:

Embellishments: Hobbycutz lasercut fence, frantage

Tools: textured paste, distress inks

Challenges:

Happy Campers Collective - add dimension

Make it Monday

 

Basic Grey Challenge

Its time for another Basic Grey challenge and the theme this time is Easter.

I used this adorable Crafty Sentiments Benson Bear image called  Nature Watching and coloured it using my pens.  I raided my Basic Grey stash and found these older 12x12 papers, but they are perfect for spring cards.  I kept the layout simple and just added some gingham yellow ribbon and a sentiment.

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Supplies: 

 Image: Crafty Sentiments Nature Watching

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments easter Circles

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Basic Grey Romani, Gypsy, Oh Baby girl

Embellishments: ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:
Oldie But a Goodie - Easter
Papertake Weekly - Easter
Creative Inspirations - spring colours

Stampavie and More - Easter
The Paper Shelter - let it be spring
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring
Little Miss Muffet - happy Easter
Sincerely yours creations - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Easter parade
Alphabet Challenge - C for coveted
(these papers, so hard to get them now, and one of my favourites!)
Fuss and Fancy - spring days
Simply Create - Easter
2 Sisters - easter/spring
Sweet Stampin' - lots of layers

 

007 Bradley from Visible Image

Today I am showing you Bradley from Visible Image Stamps.

I coloured Bradley in using my pens and then cut him out.  Having cut the black circle out I created the Bond style background, using black promarker and fired brick distress ink.  I simply popped Bradley onto foam pads and added him when the ink was dry.

 And for more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge.  This month's theme is Spring.

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Bradley

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: promarkers

Skin: coral, sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair:  raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose

Clothes: black, cool grey 1-5
Burgaundy, crimson, ruby, lipstick red

Papers:

Embellishments:

Tools:

Challenges:

Creative Creations - the letter B (Bradley, Bond)

 Bearly Mine - anything goes

I love promarkers- anything goes

ABC challenge - just as you like it (anything goes) 

Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark

 

Passion For Promarkers Challenge

  Its time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and the theme this week is butterflies.

I coloured Katie in using my promarkers and flexmarkers, before stickling the floor and butterflies.  I love this dp, really bright and cheerful, very spring like!  I added some ribbon and a bow, flowers and pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Katie

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair: cool grey 1-5

Clothes: gold, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
verdigris, duck egg, cool aqua, soft aqua

Papers: MME Everyday Flair

Embellishments: ribbon, paper flowers, pearls, punched butterflies

Tools: Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Challenges: 

One Stop Craft - anything goes
Crafty Boots - flowers

Flutterby Wednesday - any winged creature
Happy Campers craft collective - flutterby butterfly

My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring has Sprung

Fuss n fancy  -flowers

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

ABC challenge - just as you like it (anything goes) 

Glitter n Sparkle - spring colours/Easter
Creative Creations - the letter B (butterflies)
Craft your passion - ribbon/lace
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Creative Crafts - for the kids
Everybody art- Spring
Ladybug Crafts Ink - spring
Partytime Tuesday - spring colours (photo)

 

Visible Image DT sample - Edgar

Today I am showing you Edgar from Visible Image Stamps.

I coloured Edgar in using my pens and then stamped the small feather from the Free Your imagination stamp set round the image.  I then stamped the larger feather from the Free your Imagination set onto shrink plastic and made two feather charms to add to the twine.  I die cut the flourish and covered it with shabby wine frantage and heated it - love thevintage look you get from frantage :)

 And for more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge.  This month's theme is Spring.

Supplies:

Image: Visible image Edgar, Free Your imagination stamp set

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Prima Engraving

Embellishments: twine, shrink plastic charm, flourish

Tools: Tim holtz Flourish die, Stampendous Frantage (shabby wine)

Challenges:

One Stop Craft - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Crafty Ribbon - 1 for the boys
Stamp with fun - anything goes

ABC challenge - just as you like it (anything goes) 

Make it Monday
Love to Create - anything goes

 

That Craft Place challenge

 Its Sunday and that means it's time for a That Craft Place challenge and the theme this week is Wedding.

 I made a paper bag album to give as a gift.  I created a button bouquet on the front using lots of buttons, lace, seam bindung and pearls.  I wired the layers of buttons together to create 'flowers' and then used silicon glue to stick them together.

 Inside I decorated the first and last double page eaclty the same, cuting the patterned shape from the design paper and creating a pocket for the journalling tag.    Lots of flowers, pearls and seam binding, but plaenty of space to add photos or memories.

 In the centre I used this gorgeous Visible image sentiment, very romantic, and this beautiful Kraftin Kimmie stamp - they do look elegant.  I cut die cut corners and added flwoers, seam binding, pearls and pearl stems.

And the last page.

 

Supplies: 

Image: Kraftin Kimmie Happily Ever After

Sentiment: Visible Image Fairytale ending

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Papers: 

Embellishments: buttons, seam binding, pearl swirls, crystal stems, pearls

Tools: Dienamic layereed rose die, Tim Holtz tag die, Spellbinders fancy labels die
Spellbinders Botanical Swirls and accents

Challenges: 

One Stop Craft - anything goes
Crafting by Designs - wedding

Fuss n fancy  -flowers

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

ABC challenge - just as you like it (anything goes) 

 

The Hobbycutz Challenge

 Welcome to another Hobbycutz challenge.

 

The theme for this fornight is Easter gift boxes.  I made a little basket to hold Easter eggs, or maybe something more grown up for my Mum!!!

 

The basket is really easy to make - it is simply a square scored, cut and folded!  I added some patterned paper and punched the pretty detail out of the handle, before adding ribbon.  The die cuts, Swirly decorative corners/borders and Scrapbooking butterflies were painteed with white acrylic paint and then sprayed with Tattered Angels Concorde chalkobard and pearl glimmer mist.  Finally I added some pearls.

 

Supplies: 

Papers: Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl

Embellishments: Hobbycutz Swirly decorative corners/borders, Scrapbooking butterflies

ribbon, pearls

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, scoreboard

Challenges:
One Stop Craft - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - Easter

Stampavie - Easter

Bearly Mine - Easter

Flutterby Wednesday - any winged creature
Happy Campers craft collective - flutterby butterfly

My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring has Sprung
Creative Stamp friends - spring colours
Addicted to Stamps - bring on Spring 

Fuss n fancy  -flowers

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

ABC challenge - just as you like it (anything goes) 

Sweet Stampin - easter
Simply Create - Easter/bunnies
Glitter n Sparkle - spring colours/Easter

 

You can find my Hobbycutz challenge and blog hop post HERE

Hobbycutz Challenge

 

Field of Flowers

 I used one of the latest Crafty Sentiments Easter bunnies - Field of Flowers - and coloured her in using my pens.  The dp is Basic Grey, and I added a doilly, some ribbon and  bow, and some layered flowers with pearl centres.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards - I am thinking of using this for my one of my nieces' Easter card asd they don't really do religious or Easter related cards at Easter, and she has just been bought a huge bunny!!!

Supplies:

 Image: Crafty Sentiments Field of Flowers

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl

 Embellishments: pearls, ribbon

Tools: Dienamics layered rose

Challenges:

 Simon Says Stamp - sketch

The Paper Shelter - Easter

Stampavie - Easter

Bearly Mine - Easter

Crafting for all seasons - sring into spring

I love promarkers - ribbon and bows

Flutterby Wednesday - any winged creature
Happy Campers craft collective - flutterby butterfly
Moving along with the times - Spring is in the air

Papertake Weekly - 3,2,1

My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring has Sprung
Creative Stamp friends - spring colours
Addicted to Stamps - bring on Spring 

Allsorts - spring time
One Stop Craft - Spring
Stamptacular Sunday - to die for
Fuss n fancy  -flowers
Stamp and Create - fur or feathers

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

 

Moe recycling and lots of messy playing!

 I love getting messy and playing and experimenting - I am blame Karen for showing me Ranger's sticky embossing powder and opening up the uses of frantage!!

I was playing with plastic milk bottles, which is a novelty as our milk comes in glass bottles.   I wanted to see if I could heat the plastic to emboss onto it - and yes you can!!  So having cut the flowers, butterflies and butterfly border out I got playing!!!  I used 2 colours of frantage on the border - I love how the gold melts on this!!  I then stamped some text over the butterflies and added sticking embossing powder, melted it and sprinkled glitter over it - wow!!!! That's all I can say!! The flowers are coloured using alcohol inks.

Supplies: 

Image: Papermania Urban butterflies

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: 

 Papers: Prima Nature garden

Embellishments: pearl brads

Tools: Tim Holtz butterfly flight die, Tim Holtz Butterfly die, 

Tim Holtz mini Tattered flowers and Tattered Flowers

 Stampedenous Frantage in aged wine and aged teal

Ranger sticky embossing powder

Challenges:

Come and get it - out of the recycle bin
Flutterby Wednesday - any winged creature 
Happy Campers craft collective - flutterby butterfly
Moving along with the times - Spring is in the air