New Baby

A new baby card was required this week as my dear friends daughter has had her second baby girl, making my friends third granddaughter so this gave me the opportunity to make a cute card something I don't do nearly enough of and with hardly any distressing in the making. lol.  I used my nestabilities to cut and emboss all the scallops I then inked around the edges of the main circle with the die inplace, cut the border and threaded my ribbon, inked the larger flower (I did say hardly any distressing ) and added a pearl to smaller one.
As I have used dots in my card I will be joining in at Simon Says Stamp and Show which this week is Polka Dots.

Ingredients
Stamped pram image is from the Artful Stamper;
Ink Pretty in Pink; Paper polka dots, card, sweet baby and congratulations stamps , circle punch, ribbon Stampin' Up!

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SNOW PEOPLE

Hi everyone are you snowed in we are 6" has fallen  altogether and although looking out of my window is like winter wonderland I can't get to the main road today so Christmas Shopping has been postponed until tomorrow hopefully ...... yes you heard right still have some to do not panicking ....much mostly food and DD was off work due to snow yesterday and walked to shops and she reported manic shoppers everywhere so she went home again, Oh well it is Christmas! I will do battle with the shops tomorrow and take DH to carry everything.

In between housework (only done at special times) and getting ready for the onslaught of family Christmas day if they can get here, baking and generally being a home goddess ....... one has to do ones duty at this time of year....... I have been crafting and making cards.

This one is for my Grandson who is very excited and I spoke to him on the phone today and we talked about Father Christmas coming in his sleigh and this year there is enough snow for him to glide over and he will not have to fly... also Rudolph will need plenty of carrots as it is very cold...... he was squealing with excitement by the time we had finished our conversation and was off to look at the roof in case Santa's sleigh had been there already as there would be tracks in the snow, (he is nearly 6) ahhhh bless so I expect DS was very pleased I called..................... anyway enough gossiping here is my card "snowpeople" love snow people which I will be entering into the Gingersnap Creations GC81 Snowpeople challenge. I made a shaker card which he loves cut out shape with nesties embossed the acetate with a Sizzix swirl folder, which I think makes it look like your looking through a frosted glass, the card was also embossed with same folder, stamp  is one I have had for years and years and there is no name on it, coloured with copics pens had to put red in somewhere as it it his favourite colour, ribbon and scallop punch Stampin' Up!

Better go now and ice the Christmas Cake will try to post others tomorrow if I have survived the shops!!!

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AUTUMN LEAVES

I love Autumn and all the gorgeous colours in the leaves, it has been quite windy here this week and there is a carpet of leaves everywhere you go, don't you just love kicking through them and seeing the colours fly - or is that just me being a kid again!!!!  This led me to my entry for this weeks Sunday Stampers challenge how could I resist; with images of carpets of leaves in my head  I cut the leaf shapes with my new Nestabilities die (made me get them out of the packaging - how bad is that!!) onto various colours of card and inked with DI while they were still in the die (after cutting and embossing ) with rusty hinge vintage photo, barn door, crushed olive.  The background was crackled using adirondack dabbers in bottle and citrus with the paint and pva technique shared by Hels here I think and in Craft Stamper Mag ages ago - thanks Hels :-() for sharing. The verse is from a  nature stamp set from Stampin' Up!



Close up of Verse same hanging colour looks darker because flash was bouncing back so switched it off



Thanks for the challenge Hels really enjoyed it
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TATTERED FLOWERS

Wow week #13 already at the CC Challenge at Studio L3 set by Linda,  you will see from my blog that I have not been posting lately which is due to family stuff not leaving anytime to craft - see sad face :-(  

 I missed out on week #12 chipped enamel so those of you crafters with eagle eyes will see that I have combined the two on the latest page of my CC challenge book.

Background was made using DI wild honey, victorian velvet, tumbled glass, bundled sage and pumice stone onto watercolour paper, then I used the negative of the small flower from TH tattered florals die to sponge in wild honey, tumbled glass and victorian velvet, then stamped swirls in pumice stone.  Flower cut from tattered florals die and technique followed. For the metal frame and brad I followed technique for week #12, hope this ok with you Linda as I didn't want to miss doing a week - I am hoplessly addicted to this challenge!! lol;

Items used Tim Holtz Stamps; Distress Inks ; Alterations Die; others Nestabilites Die; Stampin' Up! metal frame and brads; Classic Ink;

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Week #11 CCC

 Simply Simplify.....................

Another week another page for the CC Challenge book I am making, challenges set by Linda over at Studio L3.
I have kept it simple this week just using the technique. DI's used are wild honey,chipped sapphire, antique linen and stamps Tim Holtz sets visual artistry collections.
Page inked first with wild honey and flourish stamped over then added chipped sapphire, for the tag I inked with antique linen and wild honey, then added chipped sapphire. then added philosophy tag "simplify" with brad and foliage from TH idea-ology.

I will pop by and have a look at as many as I can this week.

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CCC WEEK #7

Here we are again another week and another CC Challenge from the lovely Linda at StudioL3, for those of you who may have just dropped in or been on another planet maybe CC is A Compendium of Curiosities book from Tim Holtz, hop over to Linda's blog and find out about all the fun we are having. Oh and I almost forgot some fabby news about prizes etc.

This weeks challenge is Tinted Vision Fragments, so I have made an ATC for this weeks page in my book,which was taken from TH paperstack Retro Grunge they are already sized,  Fab; which I have stamped and inked within an inch of its life; LOL. I've made it easy this week as I don't have much time to play and used stamps from TH collection Regal Flourish, Lion was stamped in black versafine as were the corners, DI barn door was used for the flourishes around the Lion, edges were inked with barn door, black soot. The fragment was....................nope sorry can't say ( you will have to get the book and join in.) Alcohol Inks used were red pepper, pebble, pitch black then this was attached with glossy accents over the lions head.  When dry I added some distress crackles to the edge - not sure now if it needed it -  oh well to late!
Background (book page) was cut with Nestabilities die and DI scattered straw barn door and black soot were applied.

Background music page was DH's find at a car boot and he left it lying around - what can I say he may never see it again -  rofl.

Thanks again for all the comments and support last week, there was some fab art again by everyone. I will try and pop by as many blogs as possible to see this weeks fantastic art and leave comments.

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UNDER WATER SCENE

GC Colour Challenge 60 - Shades of Blue

Well after todays stress related project see earlier post - trying to alter a few things on my blog and blogger on a go slow I retreated to my little crafty space and created a wall plaque and let the stress of technology fade away for now as I still have to fix my blog - but not today!!!

This idea came to me when I found the seahorse die cut last week - heaven knows where it came from it was lying in a box of stash just waiting to be found again, I adore seahorses and would dearly love to see one in real life. So with no idea what I was going to do with him/her I reached for my trusty DI's in tumbled glass stormy skies and broken china and swooshed the seahorse into the mixture and when he/she was dry I glittered with Cosmic twinkles sky blush, then I made a background on a watercolour board with the same mixture of DI's as before with chipped sapphire and faded jeans added to the mixture, then that was it no more inspiration and it sat on my desk just waiting - then while rummaging in my very untidy room today I found some stamps which I am ashamed to say were just shoved ooops I mean placed in a box not sure who's they are or when I had them but there were two that looked like seaweed - ah light bulb moment and away I went this afternoon stamping seaweed in all of the above colours, then I inked a TH grungeboard flourish (now seaweed) with tumbled glass, broken china and stormy skies and glittered with the same cosmic twinkles, which has changed colour on the darker inks, now my seahorse had a home and I tucked his/her tail onto the seaweed to live happily ever after on my wall. (not quite sure where yet)

Sentiment is TH stamp from shabby french set cut with nestibilites die.

This is the first time I have used watercolour board for a hanging and am pleased with the results

Now I have loaded up onto blogger the seahorse looks very light but I took the photo in an horrendous thunder storm and the flash wanted to play so the seahorse is showing up lighter than it is, as flash reflected on the glitter.

here is  piccy below without flash but that's too dark wish you could see what I can see in real life.

 

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JOURNEY

I had small opportunity to play last night so made a Tag for Hels challenge over at Sunday Stamper. 

So I started with making a background with worn lipstick, broken china, mustard seed, shabby shutters and chipped sapphire DI - I must have needed a  bright fix as the day had been so gloomy and humid lol; I cut out a tag shape and nestabilities shape for sentiment and flower.  Stamped the background with an assortment of stamps from guess who - yeah you all guessed right - Tim Holtz,  distresed the number strip and added a fragment to highlight JOURNEY this weeks theme, the flower was cut from same background from a lighter section scrunched up after spraying with water.

I like how this turned out as I was determind not to do an vintage grunge tag as always seems to just happen when I make a journey tag with Tims stamps

Thanks for popping by to have a look

Wow you should see the mess I made last night my desk is an horrendous mess  - perhaps I should post on WOYWW - am I brave enough - watch this space!!!!!!!

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COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES WEEK #6

 Here we are again as happy as can be - omg can you see me skipping along singing this song - no, well good job its not a pretty site!! LOL.  Another Monday has come and gone which means another challenge for CC from  StudioL3 and the lovely Linda who has made Monday a joy and I can't wait for each one - I'm wishing my life away here I know but its all in a good cause - ART. 
This weeks challenge is to....................... nope sorry you have to have the CC book and then join in all the fun it's a great book from the Master himself Tim Holtz and packed full of gorgeousness.  Enough waffle now and on to my piece for this week, I am making a page for each technique which I shall bind together at the end - except for last week I just had to make a hanging so will have to do last weeks challenge again - oh what a chore - not!!! I loved it; to add to the book.
I have used the TH alterations Die Hanging Sign cut in grundge board and DI rusty hinge - it does what it says on the lid and stormy sky and aged mahogany. The W6 (week 6) and flowers are grundgeboard from nature plain pieces pack were done...... in the technique..... and the background is one I made ages ago with DI and swooshed the inks onto the card, this was cut with a nesties labels die.

I also completed my book cover which I did in W#4 challenge, see here with this technique by adding CCC which are grundgeboard pieces from nature plain pack; the paper I used was from an old book from a car boot , the book is a pre decimal conversion book for all those of you in the UK who remember decimialization - I do unfortunately; lol.  I also stamped corners in walnut stain for the background page which was cut using TH on the edge die.
A double wammy this week and I got to play on Monday!! even though I couldn't post till today as too late to take piccies last night.

Thanks for looking and for all the lovely comments you have left in previous weeks I'm off to have a peek at all the other entries now

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In Fragments......

Compendium of Curiosities- Challenge 2# Fragments Basic

Linda has set Week 2 challenge over at Studio L3 from Tim Holtz Book A Compendium of Curiosities, I am really enjoying these challenges and looking at all the beautiful art that is being created.  As we don't know what order the challenges will be set I had a rummage through my TH stash to see what I would need . I quickly made a list (not hard at all ) and ordered from The Artistic Stamper, super quick delivery meant I had my goodies before this challenge was posted and Yippee yes I had some fragments, also TH Paper Stack Retro Grunge and some Tissue Tape - isn't this fantastic tape!!!!  The challenge is to follow the technique in CC book (sorry can't share) Fragments Basic, so very reluctantly I cut - yes cut into my very new and very gorgeous TH papers - for this weeks entry.

 I cut shape with my large labels Nestabilities Die from the papers which already have a distressed look and stamped  a with Rusty Hinge DI and Harlequin stamp - it is so much in the background you can hardly see it, then I stamped the main design in black, I added a piece of Tissue Tape (really really love it!) distressed with Wild Honey and attached a Fragment to highlight a word which just happened to be,  lol - De Chocolat it is spelt that way.

I stamped crown and small butterfly onto contrast paper from the page with small squares so I didn't have to cut into a large page - just couldn't do it!! I know how sad am I !!!!
I attached the Fragments, distressed the edges of page with Black DI . Page 2 of my book completed -wonder what next week will bring!! Roll on Monday - never before have I wanted Monday to come so quickly LOL.

I have not used Fragments before - don't know why not, but will be again, Thanks Linda for a great challenge and the push to try something different.

 Stamps used TH Stampers Anonymous;Shabby French plate

DI Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge Black Versafine

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Sorry for the blurred photo!

Fathers Day

Two post in same day!! Last minute Fathers Day Card for DH (just in case the kids forget!!!!!!)  never.

 I wanted to play with my new nesties last night so I made some background paper by crumpling up the card and using Tim Holtz DI's then I ironed them with my craft iron (only iron I use willingly LOL) so I could stamp on them.  I used Stampin' Up! Stamps and card.. then light bulb moment you know the kind; I thought I can combine this with the Challenge over at Sunday Stamper which this week is numbers which will save me time as I was wondering how I could enter and Hels has some great candy on offer be a shame to miss it.....

I distressed the edges of the creamy caramel card with SU distress tool and added black embossing powder; shapes were cut with Nesties labels five; stamp sets SU; baroque motifs; sense of time; occasional greetings; Inks SU creamy caramel; DI chipped saffire; vintage photo; faded jeans; pumic stone.

better go and make Fathers Day card for my grandson to give to daddy - it will have to appeal to grandson more than daddy lol scratching head for ideas better get a coffee..............

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Water Stamping - Challenge 1

Now I love all things Tim Holtz and his new book A Compendium of Curiosities has fast become my most used crafty item it is always on my desk imagine my excitement when I spotted a new Challenge Compendium of Curiosities is being run by Linda Ledbetter at Studio L3 where each week a new challenge will be set using the techniques from Tims book - not in order either so the excitement mounts; well  I nearly burst as I had to wait until Monday 14th  for the challenge to be launched, then anticlimax set in as I have been soooooo busy I have only just tonight had time to play :-))   I am intending to bind  all my pieces together at the end into a book; I have cut all the card ready using my new Nestibility labels die not sure whether I will use my bind it all or just metal rings mmmm decisions decisions lol.  It seems some of you are also making books out of this challenge will be interesting to see them all when they are finished.
Distress Inks used were mustard seed, faded jeans, vintage photo; Stamps Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collention. We have been asked not to describe the technique used to be fair to Tim.

Here is my piece of art and I must just say a BIG thanks to Linda for hosting such a great fun challenge - roll on next Monday !!!! lol

Close up of the top as its not showing up so well in the main photo.  I stamped first with the technique and then over stamped with same stamp.

close up of the bottom I love how this stamp at the bottom worked with this technique.









Off to blog hop and see what everyone has made.

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