Hello. Welcome. I have been a little preoccupied with one of my hens today, who is hatching chicks as I write. Very exciting. I have seen one tiny little head, and heard peeping, but it's a bit like a sneak peek. Have to wait for the full reveal. Must be patient. Very difficult. But don't want mother hen to stand too soon. Got to give them all the best chance to hatch. Will keep you posted.
So this is what I fitted in today amid the excitement. I started the background for the challenge at Mark's Finest Papers where they want die-cut designs. I used Spellbinders Gold Circle 1 die set. All of it. First time I've used this so wasn't sure what I was going to get. Some of the dies cut and some just emboss. So just to see I used all at once and ended up with a lovely detailed doily cut from one of my brusho backgrounds.
So I have the pretty doily and I added Kadoodle Pirate Dan. He is coloured with Promarkers and watercolour. I stamped DRS Script Happy Birthday and black embossed.
On my purple base card I stamped DRS Interlocking Squares and embossed with dark green powder. I cut Cheery Lynn Compass and placed behind the doily. The corners are Cheery Lynn Mini Rum Punch doily cut in 4. It seemed a bit unfinished so I tried this....
I smudged the edge of the card with Versamark and embossed with Wintergreen Pastel embossing powder. I've had this so long and hardly used it. I was afraid it might be dead, but it melted just fine. Must use these bright colours on darks more often.
Joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 188 - Creative Corners
DRS Designs Challenge 177 - Over the Top
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 265 - Making Die Cut Designs
The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge - For The Man in Your Life
FSC Challenge 99 - Use a Person or Persons
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Hello Welcome. Yesterday I was asked about my Altered Playing Card deck and had to sheepishly admit that I still had 6 cards (and Jokers) to complete. So I picked one of Claudine's posts that I had bookmarked as unfinished. You can see Claudine's cards HERE
Week 22 Claudine added elmer glue to her cards. I used wood glue and two shades of green Dylusion sprays. The card on the right I had squiggled the glue and it really shows up with the Jade spray. On the left I somehow managed to get lots of little bubbles which actually are nicely highlighted by the green spray.
I added some cool washi tape I bought at IKEA the other day. The markings are green and perfectly matched my background. I also did some stamping with a tiny, but very cool Prima stamp.
Looks a bit like a summer picnic. The tea service and tea bag are all Viva Las Vegas stamps. They actually come on wheels but I cut them off during the fussy cutting. The circles are Sizzix swirl embosslit die. The words are also Sizzix dies. I cut them black but they vanished a little against the tape so I added some white pen.
I've used the same tea themed stamps and Wheeley Winged Cat from Viva Las Vegas stamps. The cat lost his wheels as well, but retained his crown. I added some bits of the same washi tape and more Sizzix letters. The film strip is also a sizzix die and I added small London themed pictures from a Crafty Individuals image book.
Joining the fun at
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Royal
Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
VLVS June Challenge
Domino Art Challenge 14 - Any Theme, Any Game
Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Dies and Punches
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Hello. Welcome. It's been a busy day and there was an invitation to go eat cake so, of course, I did LOL. It was very nice cake. Then I decided I needed to do a bit of colouring for the 30 day colouring challenge. But I found this guy,
and this happened
The boy is a Panduro stamp, stamped on some Basic Grey paper which fitted the Waffle Flower challenge colours. I've used the MFP sketch. Looking at the Waffle Flower inspirational photo the chest of drawers with the knobs reminded me of dots, so I dug through my embossing folders. No dots, but did find Sizzix retro circles. I embossed the two panels, white on white, and added my little footballer. The sentiment is from Marks Finest Papers Paper Doll Francis set. I stamped it with Old Paper distress and then black archival.
Joining the fun at
Speedy Fox And Friends Challenge 264 - Sketch
Waffle Flower Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make It Masculine
FSC Challenge 99 - Use a Person or Persons
But I did find 5 minutes to colour. I stamped Unity Harmony Girl twice, fussy cut and got busy with the watercolour pencils and waterbrush
Obviously feeling less bright today. The one on the right is just many shades of grey. Interesting...
Linking up to The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge - Day 3
Thanks for dropping by. Hope you found some time to craft today. Hugz
Hello. Welcome. I have decided to play along with Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Colouring Challenge. I thought it might be inspiring and motivational to try and colour for at least 5 minutes a day. So here's today's yesterdays!! 5 minutes.....
So I found this Unity Stamp Co. About a Boy image I had already stamped and black embossed. I fussy cut him and coloured with sharpies. I added some gold to the buttons. OK, maybe not quite 5 minutes. But colouring. Then I decided I wanted to do something with him. I found this wild retro wall paper, a sample acquired many moons ago, stuck it to a base card and added my boy. One feels he needs a sentiment, but 20 minutes of searching and nothing presented itself as perfect so..... Mayhaps he will remain mute.
Joining the fun at
The Unity Stamp Co .Challenge 28 - Colour
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
HIMCR Challenge 201 - Freestyle
The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge - Day 2
The Unity Stamp Co. Friends With Flair
Thanks for dropping by. Hugz
