A Little Doodle......

Week #4 Calendar Page

The challenge for week #4 at The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge is to doodle.

 I have not had any time for crafting this week so last night I sat and doodled onto some paper as I didn't have a background ready.    Nothing came to mind so I attached the Calendar and
just let the doodles come, I always end up doodling when I'm on the phone  and all my  doodles always come out as butterflies and flowers.....

....... well no change there then lol.

Certainly has been a challenge this week for me to make anything so pleased that I managed to complete my 4th calendar page......hopefully next week will be a better crafting week......

'till next time
 

Oil Pastels...........

....Calender Page Week 3 - March
OMG this weeks Calendar page has been a hard "challenge" for me, firstly I have had a bug of some sort which has left me with no energy so today was the first chance I have had to play....The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge this week was to use Yellow/Green/White using oil pastels. Now I have never used these before so using DH's oil pastels I set off to make my page following the techniques shown last week....... as you will see from my calendar not my finest hour................ eeeekkkk

 

 

First I tried Michelle's method using a Tim Holtz Applicator..........not very successful at all not sure what I did wrong...........so I decided to  scribble 2 shades of green and 2 shades of yellow onto the card and blend together with the applicator and some elbow grease ...phew lol....... although it is not the smooth background I was looking for I went with the abstract look and scratched a "sun" at the top, stamp is one I have had for years  Marie Curie Cancer Care stamp by docrafts which I stamped onto a strip of card and clear embossed then using the pastels I coloured in the image and blended with my finger.......mmmmmmmmm....... I blended a little more colour around the image. As I said not my finest hour but at least I tried out the Oil Pastels will need more practise I think!!!!!

 

Last but not least thank you everyone who commented on my last Calender Page and all my posts I really appreciate everyone of them.....Thank You!

 

I'm popping over now to see how the other ladies have done with week 3 and catch up on some blogs

'till next time.



 



Calendar Page

Week 2 - Bright Colours





Here is my February Calendar page for Week 2 at The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge.  Last week The Craft Barn DT shared with us some amazing projects with Dylusions sprays and as I have not got any Dylusions Sprays  I decided to  use Luminarte Shimmer spray which instead of spraying on I have painted onto watercolour paper as I wanted a wash effect, colours used were persimmon and passion fruit this done I left my page to dry..........when I came back to it my mojo had left the room of craftyness.........

..........now I had a nice bright background but nothing to add to it then I had a light bulb moment......February.....Valentines Day........Chocolate...........

Heart is a Tim Holtz stamp stamped with Barn Door DI and over stamped with Black Soot on three onto a piece of the background which I then distressed the edges of the paper with my distressing tool and left them white and attached to the page. Keep Calm etc., was stamped onto white card  in Black Soot DI and edges distressed as before and inked .....stamp is a Stamposarus set. my Calendar is one I made and inked the edges with black soot.  The finished page was then mounted onto a piece of chipboard and holes punched.

I might need sun glasses on when I get to this page next year but I'm sure it will "brighten" a dull February Day......thanks to all the DT for your inspiration.

'till next time

Autumn Silhouettes

Hello bloggers on a dull wet and foggy day......My card to share with you  is bright and cheerful and yes I can hear you all shouting not the same stamp sets again ......I am just so in love with them and have made lots of inky backgrounds I can't help myself. :))

Today's card will be shared with a few challenges some of which are new to me and where I thought it  would be fun to play

The Stamp Man  October Challenge Butterflies, Birds, Bees
Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog #73 Autumn
Cupcake Craft Challenges #213 Autumn/Winter
Crafty Cardmakers #76 Indian Summer

Reciepe for my card - background was made with DI Barn Door, Rusty Hinge and Mustard Seed applied to white card with cut and dry foam.  Stamps~ I have used stamps from two sets Highland Silhouettes and Silhouette Grasses by Sheena Douglas which I  stamped with Black Soot DI for first layer and then stamped and embossed with Black EP, Owl was stamped embossed and cut out mounted on foam pad and settled on his perch, before mounting onto black card, Easil strip stop ~ same background and stamped in Rusty Hinge mounted onto black.

Thanks for looking 'till next time

Moonlight View

I am enjoying using the Silhouette stamps from Sheena Douglas so much that I would like to share another card with you........be warned you may see more yet as I have made lots of inky backgrounds just right for silhouettes.... Just a quick post before I settle down to watch Miranda and.....Strictly Come Dancing Yeah......can't wait!!!

Background made with DI faded jeans and dusty concorde, Island was stamped in dusty concord, stamped and embossed in black, I ran a piece of TH distress coordinations paper through embossing folder (not sure where from) added pink web net, the cute owl was embossed and cut out before he was placed on his perch.  Stamps Highland Silhouette and Silhouette Grasses - A Little Bit Sketchy Range Sheena Douglass,

I am joining in the following challenges

Anything Goes Challenge - Animals
Try It On Tuesday - Lots of Layers
The Artistic Stamper - The Natural World


Bye for now

January 2013................

.........Hehehe don't panic you haven't been asleep and woken in January 2013....The Craft Barn are hosting their Calendar Challenge again this year and I missed joining in last time so hopefully I am going to be able to make it to the end this year!!! Great Prizes and offers at The Craft Barn pop over and take a look!

 

Each week the DT are showing different techniques and products and the Challenge this week is to us Vellum.  After I had hunted down my Vellum which I love just have "forgotten" to use it much lately, I decided to emboss it with embossing folder and then coloured the whole thing with Alchol Inks which I have never done before!!! Great fun...

 

 



 

I have decided to make a page for each month for this challenge and have added big metal rings to hold them all.

 

It was quite hard to get into the winter theme as the sun was shinning through my craft room window and was very warm as I was crafting......anyway I chose the colours  Purple Twilight, Stonewashed, Aqua, Denim with a little bit of Gold mixative thrown in, Stamps TH stamped in Stazon, "Snowflakes" were Spellbinders Ironwork Motifs which I love as snowflakes.  I layered them up around a circle of card and velum for the centre of the large snowflake and added bit of  bling ......got to have bling in January........which is a busy birthday month in this family, firstly DD, then DH then Me( a big one this time>>>>how did that happen!!), followed by DD's partner, followed lastly by our Grandson, closely followed in February for DS, phew........sorry I'm rambling again.............

 

I will also be playing at Anything But a Card Challenge.....shiney,sparkly,blingy 

 

 

till next time 

 



Wise Owl......

October already I must have blinked and someone stole September. We are still clearing and sorting so not much crafting time for me over the last few weeks but hopefully I will be back crafting and blogging more this month ......today I sneaked into the room of crafty -mess......yes it is still untidy but my desk is cleared......and I made this tag with a new Stamp Set from IndigoBlu Hocus Pocus which I bought mainly for the Owl Image.....

 

Edited photo Tuesday morning although dull and raining a much better result.....flash altered the colours in the original one I posted

Photo colours could be better.......it was dark and the flash seems to have changed the colours a little....sorry. 
Background Distress Inks  Rusty Hinge, peeled paint, vintage photo . I stamped images in Adirondak Ink Esspresso, when dry I added splashes of DI rusty hinge and vintage photo with ink left on sponge, ribbon was coloured using rusty hinge and vintage photo.
Over at Sunday Stamper Hels is asking us to make something that makes us happy.........tags make me happy as they give me quick fix crafting when I don't have much time but want to craft, I also love Owls and New Stamps so making this tag made me very happy lol.

I will also be playing at The Cupboard Trilogy - Challenge #4 -Things with Wings

'till next time thanks for dropping in at my blog