Challenge 50 Artful Times

Hello to you all and I must apologise for not being a regular visitor to all the wonderful blogs  I follow, but I have just stated a new job, it's supposed to be part time ! but I have been offered extra shifts and the injection of extra money is most welcome

Now back to the challenge in hand it's ANYTHING GOES

For this I have some more things to show I have made for the Charity shop window

A pine wall hanging painted with pink blue and pale green, a little bit of bead trim and some butterflies, I've kept it simple so it will have mass appeal and hopefully sell

Also a cushion and some draw string bags

Having never made a heart shaped cushion before, I learnt what looks a good shape in paper doesn't make a nice shape when sewn ! hence the ribbon pulling the two sides to sides together

Now pop over to Artful Times and see what amazing things Neet and Chrissie have come up with 

Challenge 49 at Artful Times

Hello and a Happy all be it very wet Valentines Day to one and all


At Artful Times we are challenge you so make or decorate a box, so a good excuse to eat those choky's if you were lucky enough to receive some.


My little box came from the charity shop  and has gone back to the shop for there Valentines window display.

First I painted it pink, then stamped with a script in grey which shows nicely through the transparency, for the sides I've added stickles to some recycled metal butterflies also from the charity shop and added some die cuts which have been embossed with a white glitter powder

Neet and Chrissie and I look forward to seeing what you do with your boxes

Chinese New Year

It's that time of year again when Neet challenges you to make something to celebrate the Chinese New Year. which this year is the year of the horse, but panic not Neet says you can use any image as long as it oriental/Asian

 

An ATC now I'm not a paper person but  I do love oriental papers and I bravely cut some to make the border, the little horse is from a See-D set from many years ago

 



 

A card with the winkle free technique in marmalade and festive berry and a stamp from Non Sequitur

 

 

Now pop on over to Artful Times for more inspiration from Chrissie and Neet

 

Blue moon tag

Hello , Happy New Year and welcome to the first challenge at  Artful Times, where  shades of blue is the order of the day,  you can of course make what ever takes your fancy I have gone for a tag but do check out what Chrissie and Neet have made

 

I have used 3 shades of blue paint a stencil from Dylusion  and arch stencil from Stamps Away.

The face is paper clay painted blue with mica powder mixed in to give a clam serene look, a piece of dried foliage from the garden painted blue with distress stickles and an old text stamp from Tim Holtz embossed with blue powder

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit

Hope you are inspired to join us at Artful Times

 

Artful Times for Christmas

Hello and it's lovely to be back with Neet at Artful times and Chissie of Jumbled Crafts who will be helping us as well, so between us we hope we can get your creative juices flowing and inspire you to join in.
A very easy challenge so no excuses, we would like to see your favourite Christmas card you have sent or received.

For my offering two CAS card with the same snowman from Gorjuss stamps borrowed from my friend Becky

 

 lots of masking and the fab free stamp from Novembers Craft Stamper, the glasses and tash have been embossed the cap stamp unknown stamped and cut out and an other unknown little birdy stamp just for the fun of it all coloured with distress markers

 

 

 

Same stamp but a different hat from PSX embossed in sparking white and coloured with white acrylic paint  and H2O's lovely and sparkly

So there you go folks nice and easy for Christmas

Have fun and we look forward to seeing your favourite

 

Merry Christmas

 

I'd just like so say blogger is still playing me up and not publishing it's been like this since reader changed any suggestion as to how to fix this annoyance would be very much appreciated

 

Thanks for popping by

 

 

 

Scraps at Artful Times

I'm sure none of like to waste a single scrap of paper and have boxes full of them, with that in mind and Finnabair's classes still fresh in my mind (we used the scraps left over for the journal pages) I decided  to make a mini page, nowhere near as full on as the one we did in the class but this is going to be a topper on a card.

 

If your using up your scraps on a project then pop along to Artful Times and join in the challenge and if your layering it up pop along to Country View Crafters challenge

 

Thank you for popping by :)

 

 

 

One for 3

Have you seen it's a technique challenge over at Artful Times and at Fashionable Stamping it's Flora and Fauna and at Ali Craft  it's butterflies so I have combined the three.
Despite how wonderful the weather has been I've not seen that many butterflies about, so thought I would make some of my own.
The technique is masking and just takes a little planning for me, first on scrap paper
then onto the card

 

I finished off by masking the whole design and adding a soft green ink to make it really pop against the white of the card

 

 

Ower Mrs

Now when I saw the challenge at Artful Times was white on white I thought phew I'm not on the team at the moment, but would you believe it as I was playing with some polymer clay I had one of those light bulb moments ! :)
I'm not sure how you would describe it  but I am pleased how it's turned out, the polymer clay was baked on the wooden heart and then stuck on

 

 

 

Challenge 30 at Artful Times

Sadly this is to be my last post for Artful Times as I have decided to take a break from the commitment of the challenge, but I shall still be about so please continue to support Neet at Artful Times

Now on with the challenge which for the next fortnight will be "Vintage" and I took inspiration from Brenda and Yvonne  as they make such wonderful layered cards

I started with an embossed and painted background then an inked paper doily, the Crafty Individual image has been stamped many times and decoupaged  all finished off with lace

Challenge 29 Artful Times

It's Blooming Marvellous over at Artful Times, flowers galore especially with all this wonderful sunshine we have been having :)
Another card from me with a background stamp from Judi Kins coloured with ink duster and distress inks my face a flower are from both from Inkylicious, first stamping the face and then masking and stamping the flowers on a separate piece of card, cut out and adhered to the background.

 

Challenge 28 at Artful Times

Now here's a surprise for you Artful Times are going clean and simple for the next fortnight.
Here's my offering

 

Just stamped and coloured with distress inks and a little sakura glitter pen

 

Have fun and look forward to seeing your CAS creations 

Challenge 27 Artful Times

This is sure to get your creative juices flowing as we are asking you to use stencils and or masks .
I started by randomly stamping some text and flowers, then painted the background with a pale blue and yellow paint, then using a prima mask, cut n dry applied green distress ink. Next using a brass stencil and more distress ink added the butterflies and outlined them with a black pen and some gold doodling, stamped the orange and dusted with perfect pearls, lastly stamped the text on paper coloured with the same paints cut it up and stuck it to the background.
It measure 7"x7" and was for a swap till I realized I had made it to big duh !!

 

Look forward to see you at Artful Time

 

I'd also like to enter this at Fashionable Stamping where they have a journaling challenge

Thanks to Brenda I'd all so like to enter Country View Craft Challenge of butterflies