That Craft Place Challenge

Its time for a new That Craft Place challenge and we have a brand, spanking new DT for you, and they are all fabulous!!!!  This fortnight's theme is Anything goes ...

I made a box card ...

It looks fabulous, and quite complex to make, but it is really quite easy.   The flowers were created using grungepaper and fabric, and I added pearl brads, and some love gem swirls to the front.

The flower on the inside is set into silicon so it stands proud of the bottom of the box.

And this is how I did it:

You will need cardstock 13x28cm, scored at 13cm and 15cm
4 x 11.5cmx 18cm pieces of cardstock, scored every 2cm.
Decorative items - tape/tissue/design paper, flowers, brads, gems - anything you want really.

Concertina fold the 4 p11.5x18cm peices of cardstock like this ...

You really need to creasde the folds to keep them tight.

Now you need to assemble the 'box' - take 2 of the concertinaed strips and add wet glue or glossy accents to one of the edges of each.  You the need to slide them together so they form an L

Repeat for all the pieces so you have a square.
I prefer to use glossy accents as it dries much faster - if you are using wet glue you may want to let each corner dry before doing the next.

Now to decorate - I decided to use tissue tape, so I covered a square of cardstock 12.5cmx12.5cm with the tape, and also stripes of card to cover the binding and the tops of the 'box'.

I then used distress inks to colour the cardstock and tape, and let it dry. Distress inks give quite a subtle colour - stains will give you a darker effect.

 

Then I covered the box tops ...

and lined the box in purple cardstock, before gluing the box frame down.

Onto the decoration - I decided to use a couple of flowers, so I cut flowers out of covered and stained grungepaper, hession and linen.

I layered them up, using the fabric ones as well, srunched them up and distressed the edges using walnut stain distress ink, and then added a large pearl brad.

 

Supplies: 

cardstock

Tim Holtz tissue tape

Distress inks

grungepaper

blending tool

hessian and linen

brad

gem swirls

Challenges:

Hotshot - anything but a card

Tim Hotlz - tattered flowers challenge
Come and get it - anything but a card
The cupboard Trilogy - a mothers love
Allsorts- for a lady
One Stop Craft - mother's day
Glitter n Sparkle - Mothers day/ladies card

 

Visible Images - Max

I have some really exciting news - I am now part of Visible Image Stamps design team :)  Mark designs
some fantastic clear polymer stamps, including backgrounds, and they stamp up really crisp images.

 So here is Max ...

 I thought I would make a tag for a change, and a boy/grungy one!  I coloured Max in using my pens and then cut him out.  I stamped the metal plate background over the whole tag - as the stamp is clear acrylic it is easy to line up to get a repeating pattern.  The tag was distressed and inked round with black soot distress ink.  I die cut the clock and fence using grunge paper, and then coloured them using black soot and silver alchol ink.  The metal tag was embossed and covered with the same alcohol ink, and gently sanded.  I added some stickers to it and dabbed black soot distress ink over it.  Finally the seam binding was distressed with black soot and the tag tied through it.

 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 isLove.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible images Max, Metal Plate background

Sentiment: Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

Colouring medium: promarkers 

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

Hair: Warm grey 1-5

 Clothes: midnight blue, twilight sky, grey green, soft aqua

black, cool grey 2-5, ice grey 1,2

Papers: 

Embellishments: Tim Holtz weathered clock, picket fence, metal tag,

Tools: Tim Holtz weathered clock, picket fence, alcohol inks, sizzix embossing folder

Challenges: 

Anything goes - make it manly

Bearly mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - tag

Dutch Dare - Tag you're it
Addicted to stamps - addicted to stamping
Crafting for all seasons - dies and punches
Crafts and Me - dies and punches
Stampavie and more - Tag it

 

That Craft Place Challenge

The theme for the ThatCraft Place challenge this time is Remembrance

I matted the photo from the Battle of the Somme onto red and black cardstock, and cut the flowers out.  I stamped the grungey background on to the white cardstock and stamped the flowers with a script stamp.  Having distressed the edges of the flower petals with black soot I layered them up.
 

Supplies: 

Image: WW1 photo, Tim Hotlz grunge set, Hero Arts script stamp

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: versafine black ink, black soot distress ink

 Papers: red, black, white cardstock

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Tattered flowers die

Tools:

 Challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle - remembrance, poppies

delicious doodles- remembering 

 

Basic Grey Challenge

The theme for the Basic Grey Challenge this time is

Anything Goes.

We are sponsored by

I simply stamped the 2 baubles in verafine ink onto kraft cardstock, cut them out adnd then popped onto the dp.  I added some gold thread to give them the illusion of hanging - very simple and quick.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Tim Holtz Classic #10 stamp set

Sentiment: Magnolia

Colouring medium: 

Papers: Basic Grey Apsen Frost

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

 

Spell

 The theme for this week's Totally papercrafts Challenge is Halloween ...

I used this fab Kenny K image, and coloured her using my pens, adding some soft lime to her skin to spook her up a bit.  I followed Tim Holtz's basic ideas for his October tag, but created my own tissue paper using white tissue paper and a Kaisercraft stamp.I used distress inks and popiscle glimmer mist to create the background.  I used grungeboard letters, and added black alcohol ink to silver embossing powder.  Having inked the letters in black soot distress ink i added versamark ink and then the embossing powder - it created a really molten look to the letters.  I added a TH ticket stamp, ribbon webbing, stained seam binding and the witches hat charm.

 Supplies: 

Image: Kenny K Elf Queen

Sentiment: Tim Holtz Odds and Ends

Colouring medium: promarkers, distress inks, alcohol inks

 Papers: 

Embellishments: Spider web die, grungeboard letters,
silver embossing powder, seam binding, spider web ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:

Crafts and Me - fantasy creatures

Cutie Pie - Halloween

Digi Galore - Halloween

Forever Friends - Halloween

Digital Tuesday - Halloween

Everybody art - purple or orange

Twisted Tuesday - anything but a card + orange

Crafting for all seasons - spooky

Crafty creations - halloween spooks

My mums Craft Shop - so spooky

The Paper Shelter - Halloween

Divas by Design - use orange
Cute Card Thursday - something scary
Craft Punked - Halloween
Fabulous Friday - paints, mists, inks
Designed to color - undead images

 

BOO!!!!!

The girls were at a friend's house for tea, followed by Beavers so after finishing work I had a couple of free hours to play.  T!m has done his October tag ... now I know he loves alloween, but its not really my thing, but I did a big *GULP* and had a go, using what I had and adapting along the way!!  You can find his fab tag here.
As it is Wednesday now and so time for the weekly ritual AKA Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday,  I thought I would share my desk mid creating ... all inky and painty ...

And the tag on the way to being finished ...

  As I don't have TH tissue paper I made my own using white tissue paper and a text stamp, before crumpling it as i stuck it onto the tag.  I used cranberry, denim and twilight purple dabbers to create the background, before liberally spritzing it with Tattered Angels pearl glimmer mist and spot spraying it with popiscle glimmer mist.  Having dried it I added some ripened persimmon and black soot distress ink.  I diecut the fence and bird,  and painted them and the grungeboard letters with black dabber.  When they were dry I added stardust stickles to them and diecut house, before attaching them using glossy accents.  Finally I stained the seam binding using ripened persimmon, seedless preserve and black soot distress inks, and a liberal spraying of popiscle glimmer mist.  I attached a witches hat charm to finish it off.

 SO its not exactly the same ... but its similar!!

Supplies: 

Materials: white tissue paper, grungeboard, tag

acrylic dabbers, distress inks, glimmer mists

Stamps: Hero Arts text stamp

Embellishments: stardust stickles, witches hat charm

 Tools: iron fence, Movers and shapers bird and cage, cuttlebug

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar - all things spooky

Hiding in my Craft room - black, orange, purple

No Matter Which - Halloween

One Stitch at a time - Boo

Anything But a card - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - glimmer and  sparkle

Father Christmas tag

I thought I would blog the tag I made on Tuesday night.   I mised the tag with a bit of water and then swiped it through barn door and peeled paint distress stains.  Having dried it I swiped the tag through the stains again and then spritzed it with gold glimmer mist - the pic doesn't really show the sparkle and sheen on the tag.  The seam binding got the same treatment.  I stamped round the edges using a pine cone stamp from a TH Christmas set, and then stamped the TH collage stamp and sentiment.  Finally I made up the holly branch and pine cones using kraft coredinations cardstock, and sanding it up a bit.  I added some stickles to the branch, berries and cones.

Here's a pic of the tag before I decorated it - sparkly!!

Supplies: 

Image:  Stampers Anonymous Holiday Collections, Holiday Wishes

Colouring medium: distress stains

Papers: 

 Embellishments:  Tim Holtz Holly branch and tattered pinecones, stickles

Tools: cuttlebug

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - glimmer and  sparkle 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers - anything goes
Cards Galore - anything goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes

Totally Gorguss - punches and dies 

Everybody-Art- tag

Ohlala Creations - Santa
Anything But a card - anything goes

 

 

That Craft Place challenge

Its time for another That Craft Place challenge.

 For this we want to see your projects full of

BLING

Be it gems, glitter and anything else that sparkles we would like you to share it with us. 

This fortnight we are being sponsored by
That Craft Place

 I used this fab Gorguss girl and coloured her in using my copics.  The dp is Authentique Enchanted and I added a TH weathered clock.  I added pearl spray, coloured orange with my copic, a black pearl pin, layered mulberry paper flower with a pearl in its centre, again coloured using my copics and some black gingham and orange grosgrain ribbon. I added crackle accents to the clock in her hand to give it a worn look ... here's a closer look at the clock ...

Challenges:
Simply Create - anything goes
2 Sisters - Black, white +1

Snowman card

I have been all inspired by Erika's red, kraft and white Christmas cards - loving the look of them, so I thought I would have a play with the colour combination.

I matted up kraft and red cardstock, and added a kraft octagonal die cut.  The snowman is a Tim Holtz die, and I covered it with picket fence distress stain and the used my edgibility die to cut the chrevon/ricrac style scarf.  I added some red twine and tied the strands together with a bow, before cutting several Memory box snowflake corners and postioning them behind the octagon.  The scarf is attached with a teeny brad, and I added a black pearl for his eye.

Quite liking it - needs some work on it, but i do like the colour combo.

 Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp -  we're so trendy (chrevon scarf!)
Do you stack up - kraft and twine
Cute Card Thursday - Christmas in September
Simply Create - anything goes

A Tag and WOYWW

Well I have bitten the bullet and done my tim Holtz September tag ...

 

And mine ...

 

OK it looks nothing like his!!! I used the same techniques but was missing quite a bit of his stash so a little improvisation was needed!  I added the metal foil and the faux riveting, and then used eggplant, stonewashed blue and terra cotta alcohol inks to create the metallic effect.  While I waited for it to dry I die cut the butterfly and birdcage using the movers and shapers dies and grungeboard, and painted them using a silver dabber.  I splodged it on to create some texture.  When they were dry I went over with some of the alcohol ink mix to tarnish them.  I scrubbed over the tag using a scrubby thing from under the sink - no wire wool so its not really taken much of the ink off - but I like the effect.

 The seam binding was also stained using alcohol inks - it has made it quite rough and crispy - a different texture which works well with all the metal.  The sentiment was stamped onto a peice of grungeboard that had had the silver dabber treatment and rough cut out.  I used tissue tape, and then added all the elements, finishing with some spacers attached using teeny brads and some liquid pearl drops for the butterfly trail.  

And here's my desk ...

I haven't played along with WOYWW for ages - so lots of goodies on their that I got through the post ... flowers, dies and papers.  Ohh and my first Kraftin' Kimmie stamp.  Also some colouring and card assembling on the go!  Like to dabble with several things at once!!

Clean and Simple

I haven't joined in a Less is More challenge for quite a while, still doing the CAS cards but not really blogging them ... but I thought I would have a go with this one.

I used my limited edition Distress ink pads and stamped them straight onto the linen cardstock.  I stamped a Hero Arts script stamp over the top in versafine ink, and added a diecut butterfly with green pearls at its centre.

Hubby has been working all weekend - I am definitely an Olympics widow - seen him for about 3 hours in the last week ... so I am taking the girls to see the Lorax this afternoon before we pick him up from the station.

Challenges
Less is More - green and blue
Sir Stampalot - take flight
Cute Card Thursday - CAS
Sweet Stamping - books and text

Cas-ual Fridays - things you see in the sky

This and that

I made a couple of really contrasting cards yesterday ...

I coloured this gorgeous Sugar Nellie Simply Adorable (but very neglected!!) image, Rebecca, in using my promarkers.   The dp is Bo Bunny Welcome Home, which hasn't seeen daylight in months!!!  I added raffia lace, satin ribbon, a pearl swirl and some WOC flowers.

Challenges:
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Oldie But a Goodie - flower power
Incy Wincy - dust off
Bunny Zoe - swirls and lace


And then I decided to do the inspiration challenge over at the Allsorts challenge, using as similar stash as possible from that sent to the DT ...

I used papers from Memory box and distressed, tore and inked them up. I diecut the weathered clock from kraft paper and inked the edges.  The bird and cage are a TH shapers and movers die set, and the bird has been inked with walnut stain distress ink, and the cage coloured using vintage photo distress stain, rock candy crackle paint and walnut stain distress ink.  I stamped the Sugar Nellie little birdie and TH sentiments using sepia ink, before adding ribbon, buttons with twine through them and some flat backed pearls.

Challenges:
 Allsorts - a challenge for the DT
Craft your Passion - kraft and lace/ribbon
Simon Says Stamp and Show - no rules
Sir Stampalot - your crafty passion (distressing, everything Tim Holtz, kraft)

The Craft Garden, a play and WOYWW

I am so late posting my card for this month's Craft Garden challenge, got me months muddled up!!!  We have a photo inspiration for you ...

So here is my project taken from this month's inspiration photo ...

I went for the shapes (the rosette flower) and the colours.  Pansies also remind me of the freshness of spring and early summer, so with that in mind I used TH's spring and summer distress inks for the background (but not the pink LOL!!)  I stamped over the inked background the TH stamp using eggplant ink, before using 2 TH background stamps stamped in Tattered Angels glimmer mists to create the shimmery splattery (think rain!!) background.  I also stamped over the TH butterflies with the same sprays and stamps.  I stained my ribbon using the inks and added some pearls to the butterflies and tag.

And here is my desk mid creation - everything covered do those glimmer mists don't get everywhere!!!

 And another tag I made using the same techniques, just in browns and reds.  I tried stamping out the butterflies in glimmer mist down the side - hubby thinks it looks like some one has bled over it - he is so helpful at times!!!!

 So for the first time in months I am joining back in with Julia's weekly hop across the desks of blogland - my mojo has been seriously missing until recently, but it is fab getting back into the swing of creating and playing!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - tag or ATC
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
DutchDare Card Challenge - flutterby butterfly  
Simon Says Stamp and Show - spritz, spray or stencil