Christmas Easel Box for Unstampabelles

Hello friends and followers!

A warm welcome to Georgiania Carson, my newest follower!

I'm honoured to be Guest Designer at Unstampabelles Challenges this month.

As the name suggests all projects must be created without any stamps or digis. 

The theme for the November challenge is ... Resistance.

You can interpret the theme any way you like. 

Normally for this theme, I would stamp an image and use embossing powder as a resistance and ink over it, but as I couldn't use stamps, today I decided to be different, think 'outside the box' and make an Easel Box. The resistance element for this is the stopper sentiment on top of the box - it keeps the easel open by resisting the effect of gravity! 

 The box was relatively easy to create following the step-by-step photographic instructions from the lovely Beccy, over at Beccy's Place which you can find here. 

Here is what I made:

I went with a Christmas theme, as we are getting close to December.

My easel box was made using just one 12 x12 inch piece of white card, one piece of A4 holly card and one piece of A4 green shimmer paper.

Beccy has done all the hard work, so I followed her instructions in order to construct the box and easel.

For the topper, I die cut a doily out of a piece of cream shimmer card. The flowers are made from white card, die cut with a Heartfelt Creations Majestic Blooms die. The die cuts were inked in a coral red and shaped using a stylus and foam pad. They were assembled and a yellow gem was placed in the centre of each flower. The leaves, die cut from green shimmer card with a Spellbinders set, were arranged around the flowers along with natural dried flowers from Anna Marie Designs.  Glue was applied with a Quikie glue pen and Crystal Snow from Inkilicious was added as a finishing touch.

The topper was adhered to the easel front on foam pads.

The sentiment is from a Papermania pack.

The inside of the easel has a holly banner and a Spellbinders Label Twenty die attached on foam pads to raise it up, so that it will act as a stopper (or resistance!!) for the Easel.

Thanks for stopping by today!
xoxo

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I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Jingle Belles Mele Kalikimaka 16/11
Simply Papercrafts #40 AG 17/11
Winter Wonderland Challenge  Add Ribbon or Lace/ Christmas Flowers 17/11
Daring Cardmakers Gift Bag or Box 18/11
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #307 Use Coral Colour 18/11
Imagine That Creative Playground November - Christmas is Coming 2/12
Sweet Stampin' Christmas November AG 9/12
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge November 29/11

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Sunflower Sprite: GDT for Crafty Boots

Hello crafty friends!

Today I'm delighted to be sharing a card I made as Guest DT for Crafty Boots Challenges.

The theme is "You are my Sunshine" and you can make any project you like - it doesn't have to be a card, using whatever materials and supplies you prefer.  
The challenge is open until 12 noon GMT on 11th Sept.
I hope that you'll join in the fun!

I was Challenge Winner at Come and Get It and I got a Top 3 Award at Crafting With an Attitude                           

  

Also I was Designer's Choice at Cute as A Button.

I used the beautiful Sunflower Sprite from Aurora Wings.

I coloured the sprite with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, then fussy cut him leaving a thin white border. He is mounted on foam pads onto a Spellbinders Label which has been inked in Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade. The die was left in place whilst the inking was done and this left a crisp white border.

The background paper is from Trim Craft. It has a thin yellow ribbon wound around twice on the left hand side with some paper flowers and foliage. The flowers were made with a Heartfelt Creations Majestic Blooms Die; they were colour washed in Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade, then shaped and a grey pearl was added to the centre of each one. The foliage is from the Sweet Dixie Pretty Petals die set and was colour washed in Bamboo Leaves and Crushed Olive. Natural dried flowers from Anna Marie Designs were added too.

A small X-Cut tag has the Tim Holtz's chitchat words 'you are my',  and the word 'Sunshine' was die cut 4 times and glued one on top of each other, and inked in Mustard Seed.

I'd like to thank the Crafty Boots team for asking me to be guest designer this week. It really is a great honour! 

Please hop over to the Craft Boots blog to see all the other wonderful DT creations and entries. It would be lovely to see your 'take' on this theme!   

Thanks for stopping by today and I'd love to hear any comments you have!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Great Impressions September - AG (ends 31/9)
Crafting with an Attitude #19 September - AG (ends 25/9) 
Imagine That #8 Easy as 1, 2, 3 (ends 30/9)
Scrapbook Stamp Society #99 AG with option of handmade flowers (ends 11/9)
Cafty Awesomness September - AG (ends 30 Sept)
Creatalicious Challenges #98 - AG (ends 24/9)
Cute as Button challenge #26 - AG (ends 29/9)
Digistamps4joy #128 - AG and Colour Twist (ends 30/9)
Doodle Pantry #21 = Anything Digital Goes (ends 25/9)
Petal Lu Challenge #21 - AG (ends 25/9)
The Sisters Of Craft September - AG (ends 30 Sept)
Come and Get It Challenge Flowers (ends 10/9) 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #41 AG (ends 17/9)
Corrosive Challenges #9 September - AG (ends 30/9)
Scrappers Delights #59 AG (ends 30/9)

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My Besties at Crafts Galore Encore

Hello!

I'm over the moon to be writing my first post as part of the DT for 

Crafts Galore Encore.

This month we are sponsored by the lovely Sherri Baldy, creator of My Besties. 
You can visit her at My Besties Shop.com or at her Etsy Store.

 Sherri is offering these 3 digi stamps , as used by the Crafts Galore Encore DT, as prize for the winner:

We hope you'll play along.

The theme this month is 

use a digi or stamp anywhere on your project.

I used Img 875 which you can find here.

I coloured the image with Spectrum Noir markers. Pink and green is one of my favourite colour combinations. A Cottage Cutz stitched rectangle die was used to cut around the image which was then matted onto pink and green textured card.

The background paper is from the Nitwit Collections and is called Time for Tea. The image was attached on foam pads. Die cut Tattered Lace Spring Wreaths were entwined around diagonally opposite corners. I made two flowers with the Spellbinders Create a Gerber die, and coloured them with Memento ink in Rose Bud and Bamboo Leaves. 

A die cut Cheery Lynn Pierced Banner was attached with the sentiment.

Skin: FS1, FS2, FS3, TN2, PP6

Hair: TN1, EB1, EB2

Eyes: GB8, GB10

Lips: CR9

Jacket & Shoes: PP1, PP3

Waistcoat & Tunic: LG1, LG2, CG2

Shirt & Trousers: IG1, IG2, Blender

Flowers: PP1, PP3, PP5, CG2

Thanks for looking! 

Hope you'll play along at Crafts Galore Encore's August Challenge. Please pop over to see the DT's wonderful designs.

We'd love to see your creations.  
Click here to link up your project :-)

 Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

My Besties UK August Challenge


Come And Get It - Lovely in Pink


Just Us Girls #353 Girly Project


Crafty Gals Corner #82 AG


Inspiration Destination Challenge #96 AG


Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #38 -AG


Brown Sugar Challenge #209 AG


Crafting With Friends #26 AG


Kraftin Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday - AG






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Poppy Sprite

Hello

I used the gorgeous Poppy Sprite digital stamp from Aurora Wings for my card today.

I decided to make a simple gatefold card to reveal the Poppy Sprite inside.

I used digital paper from Pixel Paper Prints for the background and adhered white die-cut doily halves as a backdrop for the image. The image was coloured with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut with a Cottage Cutz stitched rectangle die. It was added on foam pads for some dimension. The sentiment is a glitter sentiment from Papermania and this too was attached on foam pads.

  

The front panels had the same patterned paper which was decorated with white die-cut borders and corners from the Spellbinders Parisian Accents set. I added two die cut flower embellishments, each with a clear gem centre, as a finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Aurora Wings Challenge #33 Tic-Tac-Toe

I used centre down row - colours and 2 out of the 3 embellies

 

Crafty Boots Challenges Picture Challenge

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #82 AG

Inspiration Destination Challenge #96 AG

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - AG

Through The Craft Room Door AG

Silver Moonbeams

Hello

Here is a card I made for a Silver Wedding Anniversary.

The image is from Gecko Galz, from a collage sheet called Moonbeams. I framed it in pink glitter card and matted it onto a black, die-cut, stitched rectangle. 
I used black card as the background and added a Spellbinders Shapeabilities ornate frame called 'Floral Affair' in silver. This die cuts and embosses. The image was added on top of the frame, at a slight angle, on foam pads. Punched hearts were added to the corners and a Tattered Lace 'Blossoms' die-cut flower was created in pink, silver and black. A Papermania tag sentiment finished it off.

The inside was lined in pink paper. A black border was die cut with a border punch for the edge of the card. Hearts were added in diagonally opposite corners and a computer generated verse was printed, die cut and attached.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

I'd like to enter this to these challenges:

Gecko Galz July Challenge - Moon and Stars



One Stitch At a Time Challenge 267 - AG with Dies


Broken Fairy Challenge AG with a twist Embossing (Dry or Heat)


Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Punches and/or Dies

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge 24 - AG


Die Cut Divas July Challenge - Make it Glitter

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