ATC Challenge - Wings

I have just found time this week to squeeze in an ATC for the ATC Challenge Blog. I stamped the Inkadinkadoo image, coloured with Promarkers and then used different colours of Stickles on the wings and highlighted areas with a silver gel pen.

Summer Sunset

I made this card using Creative Expressions Lost Garden set of stamps. First I created the background with Distress Inks and Cut n dry foam, then stamped the images and highlighted areas with Promarkers and a white gel pen. The poem extract is from The Coming of Night by Emily Dickinson.

Challenges I am entering :

The Stamp Man - Summer Colours

Saturday Challenge - Create A Scene

Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

Victorine Originals - Summer

There's Magic In The Air - Make A Scene

Vintage Christmas

Sorry - another christmas card I'm afraid! This time its a vintage card. I used a Father Christmas image from Crafters Companion Vintage CD which I decoupaged. The background paper I highlighted areas with a glue pen and glitter. The embellishments are by My Craft Studio Klever Konstruction which you heat to mould into shape. Lastly I added a piece of bakers twine.

Challenges I'm entering

Sugar Creek Hollow - Vintage Christmas

Ooh La La Creations - Oh Christmas

I'm on the DT!

Well what a week I have had, one of the most exciting pieces of news was being selected for the Alphabet Challenge Design Team - my very first! The theme this week is O for Only Three Embellishments, so this is my card. I used a digi stamp from The Paper Shelter store and the three embellishments I used are bakers twine, a butterfly and a button. I can't wait to see everyone's take on this theme and I will be visiting your blogs to comment. So do join in!

Christmas Lights

I LOVE Christmas and can never wait to get into Christmas crafting! At Winter Wonderland this week, they wanted you to make a card featuring Christmas lights. I used a My Craft Studio Winter Whimsies digi stamp and coloured it with Promarkers, added glitz to the lights with Stickles and added buttons too. Along the side I twisted a piece of wire and again added a greeting from the My Craft Studio CD.

Other challenges I am entering :

Saturday Challenge - Christmas is coming

Jingle Belles - Bling on the Holidays

Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas Cheer / Any Christmas card

A Tag with Trees

This weeks's theme at Try It On Tuesday is a tag with trees. I created mine by stamping the image and embossing with white embossing powder. Then I used Cut n Dry foam to rub Distress Ink over the top. The stamps are by Crafty Individuals. I stamped the sentiment onto old music paper and cut out. Finally I punched a hole in a scrap of paper and added more Distress Ink through it to created the sun.

Other challenges I am entering:

Allsorts - Anything but a Card

WOYWW and other things!

Its a while since I have entered WOYWW, not a lot as changed still a "creative" mess and lots of Tim Holtz techniques going on!

I also have a couple of mentions today - firstly to my two new followers Twisted Witch and Miranda from Mir'acle art Inspirations. Pop along and see what they are creating!

Secondly I wanted to mention Raeven Nest who from next Monday is starting an Art Journal group on her blog. Looks like it will be fun.

Travels in Italy

Italy is one of my most favourite places in the world - the views, the language, the people and the food! I used a Crafty Individuals stamp set and paper to create this card. I cut the stamped images into individual squares once I had tinted them with Distress Ink. I then edged each piece with gold UTEE.

Challenges I am entering :

Fashionable Stamping - Anything

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Sir Stampalot - Whatever you Fancy

Tag with a Face

There are two challenges this week asking for tags - Tag Tuesday with the theme of using a face and Simon Says Stamp - A Tag. I created the background for this tag using watercolour card and Glimmer Mists. I then stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder. This powder is from Papermania and I love it as it gives such a metallic shine. The face I created with air drying clay and a mould from Crafty Notions. When it had dried I painted it with Stamps Away Mica Paint.

In a Garden of Friends

With the summer holidays in full swing, I am snatching precious moments for crafting! I used my new stamps from The Paper Company to make this card. I stamped the image and then coloured the flowers with Promarkers. Then I highlighted the flower heads with Glossy Accents. I tore out the image and distressed the edges before mounting it onto card with the sentiment.

Challenges I am entering with this :

Allsorts - Anything

Craft Us Crazy - Anything

PaperCreatorCrafts - Flowers

Make It Monday - Anything

Less is More - Feeling Fruity

The challenge at Less is More this week is "Feeling Fruity" I really enjoyed the freedom of making a simple card! I used Adirondack Espresso Ink to stamp the Hero Arts grapes and coloured the image with Distress Inks.