Crafts Galore Encore: Rabbit with Sunflower

 

 Hello

Today sees that start of a new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. 

The theme is always 'Anything Goes' and you can enter up to 3 different projects.  The challenge runs all month until mid day (GMT) 27th February.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Polkadoodles.

Here is what I made:

The DT were given images to make sample projects from. I used Rabbit with Sunflower which is a pre-coloured image. I decided to add a little extra colour to it with Polychromo pencils. I fussy cut it and adhered it to a stencil stamped inky background., using oxide inks I die cut the sentiment and used the same green textured card as a mat.

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That's all for now.

Many thanks to NIkky at Polkadoodles for her generous prize of 3 digis for our random winner.

Please pop over to Crafts Galore Encore to see the DT's wonderful designs and to enter our challenge. 

We'd love to see your creations.

Remember the challenge is always 'Anything Goes' and so you can create any type of project - it doesn't have to be a card and you can enter up to 3 times.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Polkadoodles Challenges #2 AG 06/02

Allsorts Challenge #816 AG  14/02

A Gem of a Challenge AG 20/02

Critter Crazy Challenges #95 AG 25/02

Crafty Animals #91 AG 26/02

A Perfect Time to Craft AG 26/02

Mirtillamente Challenge #40 AG 27/02

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Crafts Galore Encore: Rory's Kitty

  Hello

Today sees that start of a new challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. 

The theme is always 'Anything Goes' and you can enter up to 3 different projects.  The challenge runs all month until mid day (GMT) 30th August.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Heather Valentin from Colour of Love.

I used Rory's Kitty to make a birthday card.

I coloured the image with Polychromo pencils and die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.

The background was stamped with a stencil using various blue Distress Oxides. I made an inked mat for the image and die cut some flowers and flourishes from card brayered with acrylic paints. The sentiment is a shop bought one.

Many thanks to Heather from Colour of Love for her generous prize for our random winner.

Please pop over to Crafts Galore Encore to see the DT's wonderful designs and to enter our challenge. 

We'd love to see your creations.

Remember the challenge is always 'Anything Goes' and so you can create any type of project - it doesn't have to be a card and you can enter up to 3 times.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* Path of Positivity: Pattern Play

 

Hello

Welcome to the June Path of Positivity Challenge.

Our challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is to design a project that is inspired by a pattern.

Honours and Prizes include:

• $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

A pattern is a repeated decorative design.

Immediately Tracy Scott, the artist and stamp designer, sprang to mind. Tracy loves pattern play and designs stamps with this in mind. I chose two hexagon stamps from her Bee and Hexagon stamp set (TS059) and this is my design:

I repeatedly stamped the two hexagons, alternating the design each time. I coloured firstly with Inktense watercolour pencils, then when it was dry, I added depth with Polychromos. Some white highlights were added, I matted onto black card and heat embossed the sentiment. I like the simplicity of this and I love how playing with the hexagon shapes gave triangles and star shapes too :)

That's all for now.

We would love to see your creations! 
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!
The link up is here: Challenge #113 Path of Positivity.

 

Many thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring the challenge.

I'll be back with a another Path of Positivity project in a couple of weeks time.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                                                                                            

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Use Your Stuff #485 AG 10/06

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2223 11/06

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #207 AG 17/06

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: New Puppy

 Hello

Let me please welcome two new followers, Sue Kimmet and Gabriele Patton. Thank you ladies for showing interest in my blog!

Today is my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and I have used a set that was released a few weeks ago, but I didn't get around to using it until now. The set is New Puppy and Janet made this digi set to commemorate the arrival of her new puppy, Olive.

I coloured the image with Copic markers and added Polychromo pencil on top. The background was one I already had in my box, made using an AALL & Create heart stencil and PaperArtsy Infusions with some Brusho Gold added in. I added gold and white splatters, some heart stamping around the edges and a hand drawn border. I used a torn piece of AALL & Create washi tape as grounding then cut the sentiment into strips and adhered them directly onto the background.

New Puppy

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

***Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group***

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape. 

A list of stockists can be found here.

This is me and Casey - a personalised digital stamp from Janet Klein. 

Order yours here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2204 AG 30/01

* A Perfect Time to Craft #1 AG 27/01

* We Love 2 Create AG Mixed Media 28/01 TOP 3

* INTAAS #125 Get Inky 30/01

Creatalicious Challenges #227 AG 30/01

A Place to Start Jan AG 31/01 Rising Star

* 613 Avenue Create Jan AG 04/02

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #174 AG 05/02

* Corrosive Challenge Jan AG 05/02

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Path of Positivity: Meowy Christmas

Hello!

Today is the start of a new Path of Positivity challenge.

The challenge lasts for the month of December

This month the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of 

Give/Help Others.

Prizes this month include:

• TWO images from All Dressed Up, our guest sponsor for this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants. 
• ONE image (value of $5 or less) from Scribbles Designs, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch based on all qualifying entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight

So if you are following the theme this month, we would like you to design a project that focuses on Giving To or Helping Others. A giving heart is a joyful, positive heart and the holiday season is a perfect time for reflecting and thinking about what we can give to others.

This year I lost my kitty, Casey. He was 14 and had been being treated for Hyper Thyroidism for a couple of years. He was the sweetest, gentlest kitty you could meet. He strayed into our garden one winter and seemed to like it. At first he lived in the bushes and stole food from our other cat when no one was watching :) During a particularly bad, cold snap, he developed an eye infection and we took him to the vets, who confirmed that he had no ID chip. We decided to adopt him. This was sorted through the Cat's Protection Society. They do such wonderful work, taking in stray and unwanted cats and rehoming them and we will always be grateful for them allowing us to have time with our darling boy! Each year we donate to their charity so that other kitties can have a better life. My project reflects this.

I used the beautiful Meowy Christmas digi stamp, kindly given to me by our sponsor, All Dressed Up. I used Copics and Polychromo pencils to colour the image. I used a Sizzix circle die to cut the image and added some acrylic ink spatters. When the splatters were almost dry, I sprinkled white embossing powder over and heated it - this gave me some lovely, textured snow flurries.

I used patterned paper for the background and added some heat embossed snow flakes. Kraft card was used for matting and some lovely velvet trim was added along the left hand side.

Many thanks to All Dressed Up, this month's guest sponsor,

and to Scribbles Designs as the ongoing sponsor of the challenge


We would love to see your creations! 
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!
The link up is here: Challenge #97 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

I'll be back with a another Path of Positivity project in a couple of weeks time.

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                                                                                            

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

All Dressed Up Challenges #123 Christmas/Sparkle 14/12

Creatalicious Challenges #224 AG/Christmas 14.12

Cut It Up Challenges #240 Holiday Cards 15.12

Critter Crazy #57 AG 26/12 

A Place to Start #12 AG/Blue Christmas 31/12

Crafting Happiness #125 Christmas 31.12

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: Live Joyfully

 

Hello!

Today at Vera Lane Studio there is a new digi set release. It is the adorable Live Joyfully set.

I coloured the images in my favourite greens and turquoises using Copic markers and pencils. The background was made by inking Janet's AALL & Create stencil, #97 Starry Night, with Twisted Citron and Broken China Distress Oxide inks. This was spritzed with water and stamped onto white card. I added some text, in Broken China, using Janet's #338 Background Noise stamp set. The edge of the background was inked in black and more Background Noise added, also in black ink.

The little bird comes from the La Dolce Vita set.

Live Joyfully

That's all for now.

I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane.

It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2040 AG 12/10

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #143 18/10

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Oct 28/10

* Classic Design Challenge #10 AG 28/10

613 Avenue Create Winged Things 30/10

* Get Creative #96 Favourite Colour Combo

* Love to Craft #51 Oct 30/10

* Friendship Challenge #58 Use a Sentiment 31/10

* AALL & Create: Cutie Window Wallet Book

Hello!

For my guest designer post for AALL & Create this week, I have created a wallet-style mini book. I love creating mini books and Janet Klein's little cutie stamps from AALL & Create are perfect for this. 
This wallet has an acetate window in the front cover and an accordion inside. I must credit Gwen Lafleur for the inspiration to make the window wallet. The wallet closes with raffia twine thread through the cover. To make the punch holes more sturdy I used a Versamark pen and heat embossed around the holes, Pretty wooden beads were threaded onto the end of the raffia for a boho look. 

Here are the accordion pages. 
The first page features The Adventurer #295

 Next is Oh Boy #316



Then, one of my favourites, Wish #360 with a part sentiment from All Good Things #296 and a bunny from Bunny and Bunnies #354.



And next is Trail Blazer #381 - I love this little dude and the saguaro cactus!



And finally Bunny and Bunnies #354.



Step by Step:

1. On a brayer painted tag measuring 8 x 4 inches (PaperArtsy Frescos in Haystack, Butternut and Cayenne) I stencilled through the lovely Elegance #90 stencil using Distress Oxide inks to match the painted background.
2. The tag was scored and folded at 3.5 inches and 7 inches.
3. A window was die cut from the front section, and I stamped with Roundly #366 and Mesh #262. The edges and folds of the cover were inked in black. I added some white embossing to the front cover using the splodgy stamp from Background Noise #338. White paint splatters were added.

4. Five pieces of 3.25 x 3.5 inch card were coloured by smooshing in Distress Oxides. Bold Alphas #336 were heat embossed in white and Background Noise #338 was stamped around the edges in black.  White paint splatters were added.
5. An accordion was made from two pieces of card (3.75 x 9.75 inches). Each card was scored and folded at 3.25 inches along the long side. Two of the sections, one from each piece, were glued together to form the accordion). Holes were punched in three places for threading the trim through. They were reinforced with heat embossing, but a ring reinforcer would work just the same. 
6. Acetate was adhered to the back side of the front cover to act as the window.

7. A selection of Janet Klein's cuties were stamped, coloured with Copics and Polychromo pencils and fussy cut. They were affixed on the cards with washi tape for grounding. 
8. The completed cards were attached, using red tape, to the accordion.
9. The last picture was placed so that it would show through the front cover window.



The one inch flap, at the end of the tag, folds over the accordion pages, the twine goes through the back of the front cover, then beads were attached (leaving enough length to wrap the twine around the book a couple of times and tie in a bow).

Background Stamps:

#262 Mesh

#336 Bold Alphas

#338 Background Noise

#366 Roundly

Janet Klein Stamps

#295 Adventurer

#296 All Good Things (sentiment)

#316 Oh Boy

#354 Bunny and Bunnies

#360 Wish

#381 Trail Blazer

Stencil: 
#90 Elegance

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 
AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 
AALL & Create Facebook Page  and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge Use Favourite Tool 12/08

Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Blending Tool

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #139 AG 15/08

* Try Stampin On Tuesday #469  Make Own Background 16/08

* We Love 2 Create #8 Mixed Media 20/08 TOP 3

* Crafty Creations #412 AG 31/08

* Creative Inspirations Summer Fun 31/08

613 Avenue Create Use Washi Tape 31/08 TOP ROCKER

* Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday Aug Letter  B 31/08
Book, Blotches, Beads and Bunnies

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