Path of Positivity: Field Mice

 

Hello

Welcome to the May 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 nature.

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.

I decided to make a stamped scene with  a wild flower meadow and a couple of playful field mice.

I used Lavinia stamps and Versafine Clair coloured inks for the stamping. I added some graphite ink around the edges and at the base of the background so that the heat embossed Summer Flowers and Mystic Swirls would stand out more.. The background is mica sprays which have a gorgeous shimmer. The sentiment is a Tom Holts sticker.

Here is a close up:

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 #112 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

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:

Corrosive Challenges #4 AG 06/05

Sweet Stampin Animals 12/05

The Four Seasons Challenge May Spring 25/05

Unicorn Challenge #87 Flowers 27/05

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Live, Love, Bake

  

Hello

May is here and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Spun Sugar.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge. This time the challenge is to make an altered canvas.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free image.

I made an ATC:

I love this image from the Cute Clips collage set. The background is brayered PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints. I added some black stamping around the edges and tore pieces of washi tape for the image to sit upon. The Live, Love, Bake is a Gecko Galz sentiment.

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That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Spun Sugar challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 20th May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Spun Sugar"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #137 Mother Goose/Nursery Rhyme 13/05

Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake

Classic Design Challenge May AG 27/05

A Perfect Time to Craft #4 AG 28/05

Your Scrapbook Place May AG 30/05

Love to Scrap #160 AG 15/06

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Crafts Galore Encore: Bitty Bear Flowerpatch

 

 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 May.

This month's challenge is kindly sponsored by Manda from Last Minute Manda. I chose to use the adorable Bitty Bear Flower Patch clip art, from the Etsy Shop, for my projects.

I made a birthday card and a set of ATCs. The background is a stencil monoprint using shades of lilac Distress Oxides. I added some stamping and some die cut foliage. The fussy cut bears are grounded by a strip of ribbon. On the ATCs they are raised on foam tape for dimension.

Many thanks to Manda from Last Minute Manda 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:

Card

Allsorts Challenge #726 One for the Girls 05/05

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #204 AG 6/05

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2317 AG 07/05

Classic Design Challenge May AG 27/05

A Perfect Time to Craft #4 AG 28/05

ATCs

Creative Crafters #63 AG 08/05

A Gem of a Challenge #9 AG 12/05

Love2create #4 AG 27/05

Love to Scrap #160 AG 15/06

Your Scrapbook Place May AG 30/05

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Vera Lane Studio: Smarty Plants

Hello

Happy May Day!

Today is my Vera Lane Studio DT day. 

The artist, Janet, has a new digi set release today called 'Smarty Plants'. There is a cute little girl (with or without a hat), a garden fence and some veggies, along with a sentiment.

Here is my project:

I coloured the images with Copic markers and fussy cut them. The grass is from the 'Maui' set and the little bird is from 'Bright Day'. The background is stamped with one of Janet's stencils from AALL & Create using Distress Oxides. I added some stamping and doodled a border.

Here's a close up of the little gardener:

And here are the veggies by the fence:

Smarty Plants

Maui                                  Bright Day

  

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.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Allsorts Challenge #726 One for the Girls 05/05

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #204 AG 6/05

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2317 AG 07/05

Creative Crafters #63 AG 08/05

Double Trouble Challenge #137 Mother Goose/Nursery Rhyme 13/05

Mary, Mary, quite contrary

How does your garden grow?

Dream Valley Challenges #293 Make it Female 13/05

Classic Design Challenge May AG 27/05

Love2create #4 AG 27/05

A Perfect Time to Craft #4 AG 28/05

Your Scrapbook Place May AG 30/05

A Place to Start May AG 31/05

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Vera Lane Studio: Catch the Rainbow

  

Hello

Today is my Vera Lane Studio DT day. 

I used a cute digi set released a few weeks ago, called Catch the Rainbow, for my card.

Aren't they sweetest pair.

I coloured the digi stamps with Copic markers. The image background is a mop-up page from stamping with a stencil. I added some extra stencilling using an AALL & Create stencil and plenty of white paint splatters. AALL & Create stamping using Janet's Background Noise was added around the edges. The little squishes are popped onto  a black and white border for grounding. 

The frame is a stamped stencil smooshed over with various shades of blue Distress Oxides.

Catch the Rainbow

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.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft April AG 28/04

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2316 AG 30/04

613 Avenue Create April - Let's Stencil 30/04

Corrosive Challenges #4 AG 30/04

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #204 AG 6/05

Creative Crafters #63 AG 08/05

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Feathered Friends

 

Hello

Spring most definitely is in the air and we have our new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Feathered Friends.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge. This time the challenge is to make an altered canvas.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free image.

For my DT projects I made a collage card and a couple of simple journal pages.

Firstly, here is my collage card:

I started with a tissue paper layer and added torn book pages and ephemera from the Postage set. I tied it all together by inking the edges in Vintage Photo ink and applying crackle paste through a stencil over random areas. The birds are from Ephemera Romance (small blue bird with crown), Little Birds (bird in flight) and Garden Botanica (blue tit and nest) paper pack.  The flowers around the edges were cut from an image from Little Birds.

I added some stamping in black to fill some spaces.

I matted the collage onto black card and popped it onto a stencil stamped background made with Distress Oxide inks in shades of blue.

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2315 AG 23/04

The Four Seasons Challenge April Spring 26/04

Classic Design Challenge April AG 27/04

A Perfect Time to Craft April AG 28/04

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Next I made a simple journal page using a fun image from the Easter Tokens collage set. I love this quirky, bicycle-riding hen pulling along her cart of eggs.

The background is a monoprint made by applying Oxide inks onto an acrylic block, spritzing with water and stamping it onto white card. The image was fussy cut, inked around the edges and glued in place. I used watercolour pencils to ground the image and added lots of white Posca paint splatters. The sentiment, from Hoppy Easter sentiment set was die cut and attached and it was done!

Challenge Up Your Life Cute Animals 27/04 max linky

Pearly Sparkles All Creatures Great and Small 27/04

Crafty Animals #71 AG 27/04

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The second journal page is another Distress Oxide monoprint with added stamping in tone on tone colours and white paint splatters. The delightful image is again from Easter Tokens and the sentiment from the Hoppy Easter sentiment set.

Look at these gorgeous chicks in their Easter bonnets :)

Incy Wincy Designs Easter Wishes 25/04

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I made a set of ATCs for my 1st April project. If you wish, you can read about these here.

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Feathered Friends challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month.

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 1st May with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Feathered Friends"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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