Happy Birthday OOTH

Yes it's Out of the Hats birthday and to celebrate they have a game for you and for me it landed on steam punk something I usually shy away from, not because I don't like it I do, but because I don't think I can do it justice but I have tried.
This is the altered note I have made with embossing folders, die cuts, paint, rub-ons  and wire

 

Thanks for popping by and I would also liketoenter this for the Tando challenge of flowers

 

RSVP for the mad hatters

The  challange at Out of the Hat is to respond to their tea part invite , now I've no Alice stamps but hope I have made a card in the spirit of the theme .
Also Simon Says has  a totally mad no rules tea party and Fashionable Stamping want a suprise

 

Blogger is playing me up and I had to go all around the houses to get the photo in my post !

 

Challenge 20 at Artful Times

Hello and welcome to our first challenge of 2013

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year .

 

My choice this fortnight so grab those embossing folders and use two or more on one creation of your choice

I have made a tag using 3 folder , butterfly kisses from Craft concepts on the  dress form which was inked first, then the ink  applied to the embossing folder and embossed it really made the butterflies pop.

 Cuttlebug swirls on the leaves and waterfall from Couture creations on the background both done the same way applying ink to the raised embossed detail.

I have used distress inks with brilliance inks (moonlight white and copper) which really work very  well  on top of the distress as you  can see on the background waterfall folder

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I look forward to visiting you and seeing what you come up with :)

 



Make your own flowers for the Craft room Challange

If you are a reader of my blog you will know how I love to make flowers :)

This card shows 3 different flowers a tiny rosette flower a canvas flower and a tiny paper flower. The base card has been embossed with Craft concept folder, a piece of glossy card stamped and embossed with a daisy background from the Stampman and then brayerd just love the way it's left a halo of white around the little flowers.
There is lots of lovely inspiration on the Craft room challenge blog :)

A Month of Favourites at JFF

Neets turn to set the scene for this month at JFF with Favourites and the first is a favourite stamp ! what a hard task that is with so many to choose from, but with it being Autumn I could only choose this wonderful lady from Third Coast with the wind and leaves blowing through her hair if only I looked that good haha

Lookng forward to seeing what is a favourite stamp of yours
I would also lke to enter this in Make My Monday Autumn leaves which I haven't joined in for a while sorry girls

Day 2 of class

Yes I'm all behind most are now on day 7 but I have been busy in the kitchen and after a day of jamming I have made time to make a card using the embossing techniques of day 2 Ive used the paisley folder and chalk inks  on glossy card, die cut the butterfly in card stock and acetate and used the swiss dots folder and joined the two together with wire

Just for Fun Challenge

We are having Words at Just for Fun no not the disagreeable kind lol
We are asking you to make the words the focus of your creation this week,  when setting this challenge one song came jumped into my head and stayed there the whole day so now I shall inflict it on you tehe WORDS

Hope you have lots of fun with this challenge :)

It's the first of September and the abundance of Autumn fruits are waiting to be turned into jams jellies and chutneys so forgive me for not being as creative here but I'm in the kitchen with the pots and pan

White on white week 27 at Just for fun

Ever wake up in a panic knowing you have forgotten something well that was me today lol, it's dark and has been raining since the early hours, well at least we had 3 days of a nice hot summer :)
Right back to this months Challenge at Just for Fun set by Sam Add a Colour and for me the hardest month yet I'm so glad I have longer to create something than all you amazing follower who come up with something wonderful by the end of each week :)

For this white on white I have embossed white card stock and cut into squares a little white dreamweaver in the corner not sure why I did that lol the central square are thin strips of corrugated card painted white the bird cut with my Silhouette and painted with Viva mother of pearl topped off with punched and embossed leaves and a hand made paper rose

Have lots of fun and look forward to visiting you :)

I'm also entering this in the Crafts and me which is anything goes

Acetate embossing

Gosh think I must be ill, I've to today to post the frist being for the Craft barn Challenge where I had my wish granted and asked for ideas with acetate, so I have combined that with Gingersnaps Packaging .For the main part I have used the packaging and paper from a Tim Holtz product, embossed it and coloured with green stazon, the flower is also from acetate put the packaging this time coloured with AI's embossed with swiss dots then white stazon to highlight the dots (note to self make sure the rasied dots are not on the same side as the AI's. I now have a pinky tinge to my pad lol )and a base flower cut from a cereal box roughly painted with acyrlic paints then victorian velvet DI to cover the gaps

Think I shall use  this as a note book cover :)

Now when I made this flower there was another challenge I had in mind but could'nt remember where but have found it now, it's Make My Monday which is another new challenge blog you might like to checkout

Second is for Less is More where they want you to put it in a frame .

This is a sweet frame I've not used in a while and thought it would fit the challenge nicely , so I've embossed it masked it and stamped my image and coloured with DI inks

Phew after all that think I need some breakfeast :)

Welcome to the house of fun

Grungy Monday 6  and Linda has choosen Tims tag from day 8, 2007.
I have used a Sandel dabber with fired brick DI then embossed it with the brick folder inked with black soot.

Shaping up at Jff Challenge

Heavens it my choice for this month over at Just for Fun and what's this I forget to post it !!! lol
This month is shapes, each week a different shape to stretch your imagination.
My 5 x 5 page was inspired by the song windmills of you mind but ended up as balls of confusion, so get the wheels in motion and see what you can come up with a circles as the main focus of your art .

I have used one of Tim's Sizzix folders with chalk inks for my die cut circles and the curved ruler is from Paper Artsy the man I have no idea I bought a sheet of stamps at a craft fair but can't remember who made it !
Looking forward to seeing how you interpret this weeks theme .
Have Fun :)

Penny black says it with flowers

The challenge this Month at Penny Black at Allsorts is to say it with flowers , well I hope mine is saying spring is comeing :)

New home card

I really enjoy making this card with stamps from Crafty Individuals , they are stamped onto a shaving foam back ground cut out and layered onto pearlecant paper cut with a spellbinder and inked with distress ink, finished off with a ribbon and a cuttle bug board embossing folder inked and cut out .
Hope you like the finished result :)

Christmas Tag

Yes I have followed the 12 days of Christmas on Tim's blog, but not made any and the stamping onto an embossing folder was the technique that really inspired me to make this tag.
I have used a Penny Black poinsettia stamp with chalk ink and cuttlebug leafy branch folder and coloured using Tim's instructions, I also liked the ruffling with the tape but haven't got any so put some double sided tape onto the ribbon and ruffled that .

Hope you like my take on a Christmas tag
The Artistic Stamper
Penny Black at  Allsorts

Last Wedding card

I have used one of the cuttlebug boarder embossing folders on this card .embossed 4 times inked and then cut out, I then over lapped at the corners to make the square, Used the Nelli die to cut the shapes and just hilighted the edges with the same colour ink .

One for the girls and one for the boys

I got a bit carried away with this simple layout and the water splatered distress inks, the edges are done with cuttlebug embossing folders and inked :)

what no stamping

I often go to my friend Becky's and we are suposed to craft but we tend to chat to much lol
this time I took my embossing folders with me, we then set about embossing paper and card .
This is made from one of Becky's folder on blue pearlescent card and coloured with distress inks

hope you like it :)

Father's day card

I'm enjoying putting names on cards on a bit of a roll