G is for ..........................

Garden

Hi everyone and welcome to my new followers and thank you for joining me on my crafty journey.


It's time again for the Alpha Challenge at The Craft Barn and this time it is the letter G lots of choice with this letter so after reading through all the words only two really jumped out to me Garden and.............well you will have to wait for my other choice as it is still under construction.......
I used Distress Ink,  Distress Markers and stamps from Creative Expressions - Wild Flowers.

I coloured the background with distress ink mustard seed and shabby shutters, stamped around the edges with the little effect stamps within the set in vintage photo and wild honey stamping some second stamp

the stamps were coloured using distress markers which I find very relaxing a little huff and they stamp like a dream and I love the effect like a watercolour image

I added stickles glitter onto the flower heads and seed heads and onto the butterfly wings

when I stamped the butterflies I coloured the stamp in a light colour stamped and then without cleaning stamp I added another colour and so one I liked the effects.........no I wasn't being lazy lol
You may be able to just see the glitter on the edges of the wings looks great in real life!

 

All the stamps used have come from the one set except for the word "Garden" which is a very small alpha set.
 Thanks for looking at my "Garden" page which reminds me of the wonderful summer days we enjoyed, which are already seeming a distant memory with darker nights and the rain we have been having.


'till next time

Frosty Christmas..................

Hello everyone long time no blog.....I won't bore you with all the reasons just to say life has not been
to kind to me and mine just lately needless to say no crafting mojo!  I have however managed to make a few Christmas cards for my nearest and dearest and would like to share some of them here and also join a challenge or two as I have missed playing along.
So out came my Spellbinders, Embossing Folders and Tim Holtz stash and this Christmas card was born.......

Card blank was stamped  around the edges with the crackle stamp from TH Mini Holidays 4 plate and Embossed using white embossing powder, then edges were inked with faded jeans DI and also a little pearl paint from Adirondack Acrylic Paint dabber was added around the very edge of the card.

Main Ornament was cut from silver mirri board and run through an embossing folder, this was a bit bright for me so I sanded it and then rubbed some of the pearl paint over and wiped off again when nearly dry, the 25 was embossed with another white and silver combo powder, the main panel was embossed with the same harlequin embossing folder and faded jeans DI applied to the raised areas.

Spellbinders dies were used on the side border and the mirri board behind the sentiment which was from the same TH set as before, I then covered this with Creative Expressions micro beads.......which give a frosty look , ribbon was dyed with faded jeans DI and crumpled, and snow flakes added, lastly I added a few faux pearls with pva pearl and distress stickles to the edge of the main ornament.

Inside of  the card was stamped with crackle stamp and embossed in white, greeting in Chipped Saphire DI. snowflake stamp faded jeans.

I am playing at the following challenge

Joanna Sheen Challenge  - with Love at Christmas
Happy Daze Design Team - December Challenge ...In the Bleak Midwinter

Recipe for my card

Stamps - Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Holidays,
Dies Tim Holtz Alterations Dies-
Mini Snowflake;
Mini Reindeer & 25 - Movers and Shapers
Carved Ornaments #2
Distress Stickles;
Spellbinders
Iron Works Accents;
Creative Expressions
Clear Micro Glass Beads
Double sided sticky tape sheet,
Pearl PVA
Embossing Folder
Darice - Harlequin
Embossing \powder from my stash unknown make
White
White Twinkle
Snowflake stamp FREE with Craft Stamper Magazine

Till next time

Decoration............in Wonderland

Crafty Individuals Challenge.........Winter Wonderland
Hello everyone long time no blog,,,,,,,,,,,,I haven't had much crafting time lately  Mom has not been too good so I have been spending  lot of time with her and sleeping in the evenings...............anyway I had another light bulb moment at the weekend and wanted to make some Christmas decorations for Me!!!
 I like to decorate my doors with hangings and so with this in mind I set about routing through my Spellbinders Dies and started cutting.  I have been fiddling I mean designing lol for a few evenings until I finally settled on this one.  I will be making about 6 and they will all be slightly different the Stamped image will stay the same with a few variations I'm thinking.

For the stamped image I have used CI 056 from Crafty Individuals which I then realized meant I could enter their challenge for November I really thought I would have to miss this one. Hope it fits the challenge ok.
This was inked in grey memento ink onto white card and then inked over with antique linen distress inks, I also inked the other die cuts with same colour.
snowflake was cut out using Tim Holtz papers and the flower behind the organza rose was from his tattered flowers die inked with stormy ski. I added a touch of glitter to the Angels wings ( I really like this image) and to the edges added rose and hat pins and ribbon  (creative expressions).  I'm very pleased and hope to finish all the others soon...... will blog them all when I have done so.

Thank you to everyone who takes the time to visit me and leave lovely comments they are all very much appreciated

'till next time
bye for now

Angel..........

I have wanted to play over at Crafty Individuals for some time but not owning many of their products I have not had anything to fit in with the themes - until this month wah hoo!  The theme this month  is Winged Things and I have a Crafty Individuals stamp that fits!  I'm loving the new stamps and papers and I need them to come to live with me, so don't think it will be long before I have more CI products to play with :-))

I had been playing with a technique in November Craft Stamper Crinkled Ink by Jo Capper Sandon, I won't describe the process as that would be unfair, pop over to craft stamper and find her link there, but it is a technique revisited for me that I had forgotten about so I had fun and got inky too :-).  So armed with a background  I then stamped my image CI 056 Angel onto this background, then stamped snowflakes with distress inks added the words peace and glitter to the wings and the snowflake which  was cut with Nestabilities and was sitting on my desk saying use me! use me! lol.  On reflection I think it may be a little too large but I liked the effect so I ran with it. 

 Its official I have made my first Christmas Card...............!  Hope you like it

Close up - now you can see the glitter and background!

I will also be playing at

Gingersnap Creations Turquoise blue and purple

 Simon Says Stamp and Show Things with wings

Crafty Card Makers - anything goes

Products used

Crafty Individuals Stamp Angel,

stickles glitter glue

Creative Expressions Snowflake and Sprigs and word peace from Christmas Swirl

DI broken china, dusty concord, milled lavender

Card Stampin' Up

bye for now

Vintage Sewing Room......

.....Altered Frame
I have been playing with my new Tim Holtz Alterations Die - Sewing Room and the newTexture Fades eembossing folder Pattern and Stitches and some new -  to me - stamps Vintage Sewing Plate from Creative Expressions and  I love love love them all.  I just knew I needed the dress form as soon as I saw it, the ideas are spinning around in my head so I'm sure this won't be the last project I do with it, you will probably get fed up seeing it!!! LOL

Sooooo the first project I knew I wanted to do was alter a frame as I had bought some Viva Terra and Viva Inka Gold ages and ages ago for just this purpose,  and Try it on Tuesday challenge blog  this week the challenge is Alter a Frame with a fab prize donated by the Craft Barn, now I have meaning to play over there for a while now but time is always against me and I have only just made it this week with hours to spare !!

My frame was covered in Viva Terra and when dry I  lightly rubbed some Viva Inka Gold over the raised edges can you see the sparkle? I love the feel of this cream it's just soooooo soft.  Background paper is from Vintage Shabby Paper Stack which I thought looked like vintage wallpaper. The dress form is cut from Stampin' Up! Card Early Espresso and Crumb Cake which I ran through the embossing folder and inked over with DI tattered rose with vintage photo on the edges, cotton reels and buttons were cut from co-ordinations card stock and sanded, one is carrying pins and the others I wound with thread, edges were inked with same colours of DI. 
The flower was made from some lace I found in my sewing box and I lightly dragged  it through some worn lipstick and tattered rose DI which I had spritzed on my craft sheet and added a button. More buttons and some mini safety pins added to the frame.  The tape measure  I rolled up and tucked the roll under the dress form leaving a tail  as it unravels this I  made by stamping with archival ink and stamp from Vintage Sewing  onto twill tape from Stampin' Up!   Message is from same set.

 Thought you might like a close up of the word plaque which is soooo definitely true - in this house anyway!!
Hope you like my efforts It has turned out just as I hoped reminding me of how my sewing room  used to feel in another life before I found those little things called rubber stamps and started making inky things instead of sewing things, lol and this is another first for me - can you believe it is the first frame I have altered and I have many that I have collected from charity shops etc., so will have to do more.....

I will also be entering  the following challenges I don't usually manage to join challenges together and it wasn't my intention when I created this project but my creation seems to fit the bill on several blog sites which means I get to play at more places this week - fantastic!

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything but a card

The Stamp Man Challenge - Anything Tim

Just for Fun


Products used: Tim Holtz/Sizzix Alterations Die and Textured Fades embossing folder Pattern and stitches, Distress Inks, Paper Stash; Stampin' Up! card and buttons; Creative Expressions Stamp Plate; Viva Decor

Thanks for looking
bye for now

Lots of BIRTHDAYS......

January is a month of family birthdays DD is first which was last Saturday the 8th DH is tomorrow the 12th and mine is Sunday 16th  ( there is a clue in my blog name Capricorn Craft ) LOL and last  but not least our Grandsons is the 21st..... phew a houseful of Capricorns except for the last one he just missed being a Capricorn by one day............so today I am posting DH birthday card that has taken me days yes days to complete as I have had a bad back and sitting for any length of time has been a right pain in the ............back!!!

Music was my theme and as he is always browsing charity shops for old music books I have added part of a page from one of those books... don't panic he didn't want this one..... honest .. I distressed the edges, Stamp plate  is from Creative Expressions I just had to have this one as this boy looks just like my DH when he was a boy;  really it does , I have layered onto co-ordination's card which again I have distressed and cut with Tim Holtz On The Edge Die, stamped image is embossed in black and then DI inks Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass have been added,  Just a Note was stamped onto part of page from music book and distressed by crumpling and then touching edges with black soot DI. Buttons from and main card from Stampin' Up!

Have to finish now as I have been sitting long enough hopefully I can get back to crafting soon I was gutted to miss out on last weeks CCC !!

Bye for now