Passion for Promarkers

 Its time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and the theme this week is colours of your flag ...

I coloured Harriet from Crafty Sentiments in using my promarkers.  I matted her onto this fab navy blue and red gingham paper and simply added lace, ribbon, a bow and pearls.  Finally I popped a sentiment on it.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Harriet

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Papers: Pink Petticoat gingham

Embellishments: ribbon, raffia lace, pearls

Tools: 

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Red White and Blue
Great Impressions- anything goes 
Lisa B designs - Red, White and Blue
Papertake Weekly - old, new, something blue
(old digi papers, new digi image, blue colour and paper)
Digi Galore - on holiday

Simon Says Stamp - patriotic

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

 Its time for another Crafty Sentiments challenge, and the theme this week is Christmas in july ...
We are starting to show you sneak peeks of the July Crafty Sentiments release - are you feeling Christmasy?  I hope so as we have 12 simply gorgeous, cute Christmas stamps for you.

Do pop over to the inspiration blog as there are details on how you can win an early Christmas present!

I have made Christmas door hangers for the girls - this is Beth's.  I covered a chipboard door cover in design paper and then coloured this adorable image in.  Having cut it out I added it to he hanger, and also added a journally tag, so Beth can add some wishes if she wants.  I die cut her name out of red cardstock, and added red pompom trim.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Time for Presents

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Bo Bunny Rejoice, Simple Stories

Embellishments: pompom ribbon

Tools: Tim holtz Vintage Market alphabet die

Challenges:

Fab n Funky - anything but square
My Heart Pieces - use your favourite thing (copics)
Allsorts - favourite things (copics, Visible image stamps)
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Stamp with fun - celebrate

The Crazy challenge - anything but a card 

Cupcake Craft - anything but square

Whoospi Daisy - Christmas in July

 

Crafty Sentiments Christmas Release

We are starting to show you sneak peeks of the July Crafty Sentiments release - are you feeling Christmasy?  I hope so as we have 12 simply gorgeous, cute Christmas stamps for you.

Do pop over to the inspiration blog as there are details on how you can win an early Christmas present!
I am showing you 2 stamps today ...

The first one is Oh tree ...

 Having coloured the image in using my pens I cut it out.  I made this simple little gift bag and decorated it with Basic Grey Wassial papers and some chipboard snowflakes painted white and stickled.  I added a Crafty Sentiments sentiment and some gingham ribbon.

Using hohoho i made a door hanger for my daughter's bedroom ...

Having coloured the image in using my pens I cut him out.  I colvered a chipboard hanger with this Bo Bunny Rejoice paper and added a journalling tag.  Having popped the image on I added some pompom braid and finally diecut Ellie's name.

Challenges:

Cutie Pie - cute and cuddly
Make it Monday
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Fab n Funky - anything but square
My Heart Pieces - use your favourite thing (copics)
Allsorts - favourite things (copics, Visible image stamps)
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Stamp with fun - celebrate

The Crazy challenge - anything but a card 

Cupcake Craft - anything but square

Whoospi Daisy - Christmas in July

 

Visible Image DT post

 Today I am showing you a tag I have made using from Visible Image Stamps.

I stamped up, coloured and cut out Max, before stamping the skulls from the Max Rocks set all over the tag.  I then masked them off and stamped the grungy border from the Jake Skates set round the edge.  Keeping the skulls masked I stamped the wall from the Max Rocks set over the tag (although I could have used the brick wall), and then stamped the stars from the Jake Skates set.  I stamped up the sentiment from the Max Rocks set and cut it out, before popping Max onto foam pads and adding him.

 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 Inspired By a Song.

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Max Rocks, Visible Image Jake Skates

Sentiment: Visible Image Max Rocks

Colouring medium: copics

Papers:

Embellishments:

Tools:

Challenges:

Make it Monday
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - no designer paper
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Fab n Funky - anything but square
Crafty Ribbons - birthday boy
Cute Card Thursday - stars/stripes
My Heart Pieces - use your favourite thing (copics)
Totally Papercrafts - lets hear it for the boys
Allsorts - favourite things (copics, Visible image stamps)
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Creative stamp friends - tag

That Craft Place challenge

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

Something a little different from me again - I made a lace flower by simply stitching along the edge of lace and then gathering it into a circle and fadtening it off.  I used a section of the rose ribbon trim that lisa sells, cut it off and sprayed it with fired brick distress ink to stain it.  Having stitched it onto the lace I added a brooch pin to the back and then fastened it on a piace of flet so it can be easily removed to wear.  Finally some pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium:

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Cupcake Craft - anything but square
Bearly Mine - anything goes

Creative Card Crew - no designer paper
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
One Stop Craft - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments July release

 We are starting to show you sneak peeks of the July Crafty Sentiments release - are you feeling Christmasy?  I hope so as we have 12 simply gorgeous, cute Christmas stamps for you.

Do pop over to the inspiration blog as there are details on how you can win an early Christmas present!

Today I am showing you Christmas Story ..

Isn't this so sweet?  I coloured the image in using my copics, and then matted it onto Bo Bunny dp.  I added some spotty ribbon, and some flowers and berries.  The sentiment is also from Crafty Sentiments.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Christmas Story

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium:  Copics

Papers: Bo Bunny Rejoice

Embellishments: flowers, berries, ribbon

 Tools: 

 Challenges:

Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes 
My Heart Pieces - use your favourite thing (copics)
Crafty Catz - its child's play
Allsorts - favourite things (copics, Crafty Sentiments stamps)
Simply Create - Christmas in July

One Stop Craft - anything goes

Visible Image DT post

 Today I am showing you something a little bit different usingstamps from the Time After Time set from Visible Image Stamps.

I used the stamps to decorate a paper mache mask and wing ...

 Having painted the mask using gold acrylic paint, I used the crackled and gears stamps from the Time After Time set to add detail to the mask.  

I added charms attached to key chains and lots of frantage ...

Stamping onto uneven surfaces is quite easy if you are using unmounted stamps, and the great thing about these Visible Image stamps is not only are they made of polymer, but they are also clear so you can see exactly what you are doing.  As they are quite thick etched stamps they easily stamp up when bent and plied with so you can really play around with them. They also have the advantage of being quite tacky so they stick well to your fingers!!

I inked up the stamp with it on my fingers ...

 Then simply placed it where I wanted it to be and rolled it across and eased the stamp round the curves on the mask.

I repeated this all over the mask - and applied different amonts of pressure so I got partial stamping, and sometimes stamped again before adding more ink so I had a shadow or ghost effect.

 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 ...

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Time After Time set

Sentiment:

Colouring medium:gold acrylic paint, versafine ink

Embellishments: aged black frantage, Tim Holtz key rings, light bulb, penny and watch charms

Tools: heat gun, Tim holtz gears die, mask, and wings

Challenges:

The Crazy challenge - anything but a card 

Cupcake Craft - anything but square
Sweet Stampin - Not cute

Joanna Sheen- don't be square

Come and get it - masculine
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Fab n funky - anything but square

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

 Its time for another Crafty Sentiments challenge, and the theme this week is red, white and blue.

Annabel Sail with me seemed a perfect choice as red, white and blue are very nautical colours.  I coloured her using my pens and then simply matted her up onto navy and red cardstock.  I doodled round some white cardstock, and added some wide red ribbon and navy flat backed pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Annabel Sail with me

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:
Craft your passion - red, white and blue
Paper Playtime - red, white and blue
Lexi's creations - summer holidays
Stamps+fun=creativity - summer
Whoopsi Daisy - Lets get girly
Sweet Stampin - Not cute
My  Mum's Craft Shop- just for the girls
Bearly Mine - anything goes 
 Creative Card Crew - no designer papers
Partytime tuesday - patriotic themed

 

Visible image Monthly Challenge - Inspired by a song

Its a new month and so a new challenge over the at  Visible Image blog.  The theme this month is Inspired by a Song - remember you don't have to use a Visible image stamp, but you must use some form of rubber stamp, no digis please.

I chose Wherever I Lay My Hat by Paul Young.

I struggled and struggled to get a clear photo but the acetate just would not behave!!!!  I used the House of Zandra  Alter me top hat   and cut it out using black cardstock.  Inside the box I stamped the wings from the Time after Time set using versamark and then embossed them using gold frantage.  I stamped the large pocket watch from the Time after Time set and frantaged it before cutting it out.  The cameo was pink to start with, and I simply poured gold alcohol ink over it and rubbed it into the cranies.  I also alcohol inked the angel so he looked aged.  I sprinkled frantage around the box and melted it before adding the cameo over than angel wings and the key.   I coloured Edgar in using my copics and cut him out.  I assembled the hat, putting acetate over the window and then added the webbing and ribbon, before popping Edgar on.  I die cut and frantaged the gears and cogs and added them, some flowers and a hat pin.  I fastened a key fob through one of the cogs and added an old penny and the little watch charm to it before added the cog and flowers.


For more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page.

Supplies:

Image: Visible image Edgar, clock and wings from the Time after Time set
House of Zandra - Alter me top hat

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: copics

Papers:

Embellishments: purple webbing, satin ribbon, Tim Holtz key rings, 
key, cameo, angel, watch charm, hat pin, beads, dragonfly

Tools: House of Zandra template, Tim Holtz gears die, gold alcohol ink, gold frantage

Challenges:

Make it Monday
The Crazy challenge - anything but a card
Creative Creations - Shaped cards
Cupcake Craft - anything but square
Sweet Stampin - Not cute
Addicted to stamps - lovely lace
Stampin for the weekend - anything goes
Come and get it - masculine
Dream Valley - make your own embellishments
Joanna Sheen- don't be square

Visible image DT post - Create and Craft Samples

 Today I am showing you a couple of sample I made using the Create and Craft sets from Visible Image Stamps.

This one uses the Molly Rules set ...

You get 6 stamps in the set - Molly, the sentiment, barbed wire, splat, heart and skull.  She sold out on Create and Craft before the end of the show, but hopefully Visible image will be making more of this amzing set.  Molly is coloured in using my copics and I distressed the background before stamping splats round it.  I stamped the barbed wire onto the MME dp and then stamped the skull and hearts and cut them out.  Finally I added the sentiment.

And this is Katie Kisses ...

I stamped Katie out and coloured her in using my copics.  I added some liquid pearls and stickles to the butterflies.  I stamped the flower border round 2 sides of the cardstock and again coloured them in using my pens.  Having stamped the sentiment I added some teeny pearls to it, and to the centres of some of the flowers.  Finally i tied the ribbon and bow and added 2 flowers from the flower border to the corners of the image.

 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 isVisible image has character - you have just a few more days to get your entry in.

Challenges:

Creative Card Crew - no design paper

Crafting for all seasons - make it girly
Crafts and me - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Flutterby Wednesday - summer
Divas by design - pretty pearls

Everybody Art-  butterfly