Signs Of Life

Hello.  Welcome.  So glad you could join me.  A special hi to Dangina who has just joined my lovely followers.  I value you one and all.  Big hugs all round.  

We have just had a little storm with a bit of thunder and lightning just to make it interesting.  Some rain as well.  The plants are really enjoying that.  It's cleared the air a little although it's still roasty toasty in my little crafty space.  Working on my entry for The Craft Barn Q&L challenge whilst also taking advantage of inspiration from Kate Yetter who has been wowing us over at PaperArtsy this week.  Here's mine....

 

I spritzed with dilute FF Peacoat and some orange paint.  I applied DI Walnut Stain through a mask, sent to me by LaVon, that she had cut with her Silhouette.   Thanks LaVon.  The script stamp is from Crafty Individuals.  The lady is from PaperArtsy LPC001 coloured with ColourBox Chalks.  The quote is from Albert Einstein.  I thought it went well with my lady, who looks like she has somewhere to go, and also covers both the Q&L words.  I added a doodled border that I have decided to call Signs Of Life.  

 

I liked it so much I made another one.  The same but different.  Using a stamp from LPC003 and another quote from Mr Einstein.  Did you know Einstein translates as 'one stone' in Norwegian??  The mind boggles........

Joining the fun at

PaperArtsy 

The Craft Barn Q&L Challenge - Logic/Imagination 

Country View Challenge - Stencil It 

Papirdokkene Utfordring 61 - Vi To Hører Sammen 

Thanks for dropping by.   Got to go and do a bit of work now.  It's a bit late but luckily it stays light till around 11o'clock still so I should be able to see the pesky thistles.  Take care.  Hugs

If I Lived On The Sun I Would Be Golden

Hello.  Welcome.  Midnight crafting, because it's too hot and my brain doesn't realise it's time to stop.  Cheery Lynn wanted to see gold or silver and I feel very gold at the moment.  Hot sunny days make me think of desert sand, the sun, golden fields of grain.  Then I started thinking that the people that live on the sun must be golden too.  Yeah, uh, right....  I told you it's hot here.  My little grey cell is being broiled.  Despite the temporary madness an idea did arise

I used the same Gold Stardream card for my base card, the Cheery Lynn Tiny Bubbles Border die cut and to stamp my Prima Doll in a Peasant Dress.  I did give her a very stylish gold wallpaper dress with lace trim and half pearl headband.  Then I went a little mad and sat for a while gluing the large bubbles, which have been cut from the bubble border, to make a background.  Crazy?  Yes.  But I like it

Joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 142 - Silver / Gold
Bunny Zoe's Crafts July Challenge - Bingo Middle Down, lace, pearls, die cut
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 113 - Summer Fun
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - A Midsummer Challenge
Penny Black and More July Challenge - Dies and Punches
 
Thanks for your visit.  Back soon.  Hugs

Kraft CAS

Hello.  Welcome.  Feeling inspired and this is my second post today.  I was visiting the Joy Crafts blog the other day and came across this lovely card.   I wanted to try something similar but I don't have any white card at the moment that gives me such a lovely black that Liefs Ineke achieved.  So I resorted to some kraft I used the other day which did. 

  

So, kraft card stamped using black archival.  The flower stamp is Hero Arts Asian Elements.  The sentiment is a Kort og Godt stamp and translates as 'And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love'  1 Corinthians 13:13.   I added red rhinestones to the flower centers and doodled with a black pen.  

Joining the fun at
A Blog Named Hero Challenge 48 - Sheet Cake
Hero Arts - One Layer Challenge
Stampinback Challenge Juli - CAS

Thanks for you visit.  Love to hear what you are thinking or doing.  Off to feed the poor hot bunnies.  Hugs

Owl Be Seeing You

Hello.  Welcome.  I haven't been crafting much recently.  Quite honestly it's just too hot.  Yesterday it was 35C (95F) in the shade!  In the sun it was 45C (113F)!!!!!!   Welcome to Norway.  Me, the cat and the rabbits can't get enough shade.  Really hoping the temps will drop soon and maybe even a little rain???  Haven't seen much of that the last few months either.  Today, because it is temporarily a little cooler inside than out, I decided to try a few things I have been lazily thinking about.  

I have been following along over at the Dreamweaver blog where the last couple of weeks Lynell has been showing ways with the new owl dies and embossing pastes.  She is very open to ideas and has had lots of useful comments and suggested we try out a few of our own suggestions.  Great idea.  I suggested Iris Folding the large owl die so here's my take.  

I used Spellbinders large owl die to cut my aperture in silver card.  Not the best for photographing but looks great in the real.  For a change I was smart and using Tando Creative Bamboo Group stencil and Dreamweavers matte yellow embossing paste I added the perch and leaves.  I say I was smart because impatient crafter tried to 'save time' and ended up smudging one set of leaves beyond recognition.  So glad I hadn't done the iris folding.  So I started again and only ended up with a slight smudge which I have cunningly covered with the sentiment.  Hee hee.  By the by, I got the green paste by adding Pine Needles distress crackle paint to the yellow paste.  

Tah dah!!  Even more shiny papers cos we like to give the photographer a hard time!!  Me likey.  The papers are all from my stash.  I love iris folding with a bit of pattern and texture.  The sentiment stamp is from Crafty Individuals and I have inked my edges with VersaMagic Tea Leaves and DI Mowed Lawn

Joining the fun at
DREAM It Up - Stencils are to Die for
Country View Challenges - Stencil It
Tando Creative Challenges - Come Fly With Me
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hoping to get another couple of projects finished before it gets too hot in my little crafty space, although it is hotting up fast!  Take care.  Hugs

Making The Simple Complicated

Hello.  Welcome.  The weatherman got it right!  We are melting.  Me and my furry friends.  Gotta feel sorry for the fur balls.  It's just too hot to be a bunny.  Even in the shade.  What really gets me is one throws itself down, flat out, and the others come and lay right on top so you end up with a pile of rabbits.  I keep expecting the one underneath to try and escape or die of heat stroke but it hasn't happened yet.  Bunnies do it together.   

It's time to check out the inspiration from PaperArtsy and this week Joanne Wardle made a balck and kraft CAS card.  Love it!  Mine?  Not so CAS.........

So working with a black base card and a kraft panel I used my most favouritest Cheery Lynn border die, Tiny Bubbles Border.  Then I stuck the kraft panel and the die cut onto the black base card.  Nice

 

I stamped flowers and stems using PaperArtsy JM34 and ELB04 using black archival ink and fussy cut.  I love this kraft paper.  Look at that lovely black.  It stamps so perfectly.   The sentiment is from STAMPlorations Subway Art Builders Create set.  And because I had abandoned the idea of CAS and single layers I decided to use a clear Wink of Stella all over my flowers.  Love the black and tan.....

Joining the fun at

PaperArtsy 

STAMPlorations July Challenge - Stamps and Glitter 

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 141 - Beautiful Borders 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spots and Dots

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you are having a fantastic weekend.  Keep safe.  Hugs

Happy Little Chapie

Hello.  Welcome.  It appears summer has returned after being away for a couple of days and the weatherman says tomorrow it's going to be 30C.  Yippeee!  Here's a little result of some midnight crafting.......

I used MME Penny Lane as a base card.  The other papers are all DCWV.   I cut a circle using Sizzix dies.  The stamps are from PaperSmooches Cuteasaurus set.  

Joining the fun at
STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge 15
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spots and Dots

Thanks for your visit.  Have a great weekend.  Hugs

Cherry Picking

Hello.  Welcome.  Just not enough hours in the day at the moment.  Had to fit in a couple of unscheduled hours cherry picking because the birds and the wasps are stripping the trees and we won't get a look in.  What with trying to get enough water to the vegetables to keep them alive and growing, feeding the rabbits and hens, keeping an eye on the chicks that are hatching as I type and now I have a load of cherries to do something with.  Busy, busy.  Crafting?  Maybe just a little snuck in between jobs.  

OK, over at PaperArtsy there are just too many gorgeous projects.  It's the same ever week.  If you haven't checked it out you should.  I really liked  Keren's stencil technique so here's my take.  

I used Pronty 30x30 Fantasy stencil and DI Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn.  I loved this stencil when I saw it but this is the first time I have used it.  It's got letters, so I says to myself, make sure you ink the back so the letters will be the right way round.  OK.  Did I?  Of course not!!  Ah well, call it ART lovey.....

I inked straight to a card but Keren had mounted her panel with a white border so I cut out a pleasing bit.  I also wanted to scale down a bit because my shrink plastic embellishment is quite tiny.....

I found a piece of paper in the scraps with a nice diagonal grid on and cut a tag.  I stamped the moth from PaperArtsy USNT4 in Mowed Lawn and covered with Wink of Stella.  I liked Keren's microscope slide so I wrapped the edges of my tag in silver foil tape and filled it with glossy accent.  Then added another moth stamped on Chatsworth paper and cut using PaperArtsy Moth die.  While waiting for GA to dry I stamped the moth onto clear shrink plastic, die cut, coloured with DI (colours see above), shrank and then painted the back with white acrylic.  It's only 1.5 x 2.5cm.  So cute

It all went together like this.  I decided it needed a hot pink mount and some scarf yarn.  That's what it says on the packaging.  Well actually it says Skjerfgarn, so next time you are in Norway and feel the overwhelming need to knit a scarf you know what to ask for LOL. 

Joining the fun at
PaperArtsy
Country View Challenge - Stencil It
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Start From Scratch 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's Be Clear 

Thanks for your visit.  Hope you are having a great weekend.  Hugs