Handmade Harbour - I'm on the DT!

I have been a fan for some time of the fabulous digital stamps from Wendy at Handmade Harbour. So I was over the moon to be accepted on her Design Team.

My first challenge with the team is to add ribbons.

I chose the Campervan Stamp and coloured in with Promarkers. I added I Love You to the number plates and then added ribbon to the bunting.

I can't wait to take part in more challenges with Handmade Harbour and I hope you will join me there!

Crafting A Scene

Happy Monday everyone! Once again over at Craft A Scene, they are sharing one of my projects I made for my Guest DT spot.

I made the background by swooshing card through Distress Inks diluted on a splodge mat. I then used a stamp from Kanban that I have never used! I used Perfect medium and embossed it with WOW Embossing Powder - Ebony. I added Perfect Pearls to the toadstools and using a Marianne Creatables stamp I stamped the dots and embossed with WOW! White embossing powder.

Why not enter this month's challenge with one of your favourite techniques?

Love is in the air

The most romantic day of the year? Not here in the South it is wet, windy and storm force gales predicted! So I will be enjoying a much needed day of crafting.

As it is Valentine's Day I thought I would share a card I made for my ETSY store using a bargain stamp I purchased in the sale after Christmas.

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper before colouring it with Distress Markers. The sentiment reads "Life is a breeze when love is in the Air"

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Crafters Cafe Challenge - Hearts
Make My Monday - Love
Rhedd and Rosie Challenge - love is in the air

Crafting A Scene

I was asked this month to be a Guest Designer at Craft A Scene. This month they are asking for a favourite technique when creating a scene.

One of my favourite techniques is to create a background using distress ink and silhouette stamping. Above is the first card I created using Distress Inks and Stamps by Creative Expressions.

I hope you will go over and join in with the challenge this month.

Other Challenges I am entering:

Artistic Stamper - Use Distress

Alphabet Challenge - Z for Zesty Colours

Working with Vellum

I hope you are all surviving the wet and windy weather here in the UK. Living on the South Coast is very windy at the moment!

I am sharing a card with you which I have made for Moving With The Times challenge blog. Hazel was kind enough to ask me to join the group. So do pop along an join in with the challenge which this week is to use vellum or parchment.

I was inspired by an article in Craft Stamper to make this card. I stamped onto the parchment and then embossed on the wrong side with a ball tool. Once this was done I blended Antique Linen Distress Ink over the back. The paper is from a beautiful freebie with Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine this month. I used some dyed seam binding and pleated it to decorate.

Other challenges I am entering:

Rhedd and Rosie Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

The Crafting Cafe Challenge

Today it is my turn to share my DT card at The Crafting Cafe Challenge blog. 

This month our fabulous sponsor is The Stamping Boutique and we had the choice of some gret images to work with.

I chose Rocking Horse and came up with this card.

I printed the stamp onto cream card, having recoloured the outline to brown to give it a vintage feel. The backing card was embossed using a folder and I rubbed over the raised areas with a Distress Ink Pad. I used Distress Markers to colour in the image and then diecut it using an X-CUT die.

I created the embellishment using a paper flower, buttons and ribbon. The sentiment is stamped in Distress Ink and mounted onto a die cut.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us at The Crafting Cafe for our Anything Goes Challenge.

You have until the end of the month to enter!

I am entering the following challenges with this card:

Allsorts - Buttons and Bows

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Stampin With the Dragon - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Where does the Time go??

Firstly a belated Happy New Year to you all!

I realised that it's been nearly a whole month since I've blogged! With Christmas and our new addition to the family  - a little puppy - life is hectic!

So I just had time to make a quick and simple card for Less Is More this week. The theme there is one layer hearts. I've had this stamp set from HunkyDory since June and its the first time out the packet!!

Back Soon!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges :

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Anything New

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Exciting news for me.....

I am now part of the Design Team over on the Crafting Cafe blog. 

I am really looking forward to working with all the design team and getting to share my makes with you.

Here is the project that I created for my first DT Project. Using Sketch no 1 (on the Crafting Cafe Blog) as a template I created a background using two holly stamps and coloured them with Promarkers. I used Wink of Stella markers to add a glitter effect to the leaves and berries. I mounted the panel on to black card to make it really stand out.

It would be great if you would join in with our challenge - you will find it over here

I would also like to take this chance to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Other challenges I am entering:

2 Creative Chicks - Christmas / Winter

Cards Galore - Christmas

Feeling Crafty - Christmas

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog - Clean and Simple

Let It Snow

Here's hoping we will see some snow in the South of England this year! With Christmas fast approaching and more presents to wrap than Santa I decided to keep things CAS.

I made this card using a stamp set which came with one of the stamping magazines. I used two different colours of Distress ink - Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean.

And that is it!

Challenges I am entering :

Addicted to CAS - Snowflakes

Sweet Stampin Christmas - Let It Snow

Fab n Funky - Snowflakes

All is calm, All is White

Its very rare that I use white on white in my projects, but I am pleased with the result. The inspiration started at The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge. I am so hoping that I can finish this challenge, but as the big day gets nearer the days get busier!

I took inspiration from Linda's tag in the form or the three small tags, the snowflakes and flowers. 

First I embossed the background with a snowflake embossing folder and my Sizzix machine. Then I applied Perfect Medium and WOW! Embossing Powder  - Hologram Sparkle. The tags were cut with a die and the snowflakes punched from silver mirri card. The letters are Thickers which I have had in my stash for some time! I mounted the tags onto the background with foam pads. The flower embellishment was made from the same embossed card stock and vellum, cut with the Tattered Floral Die. I finished the card off by mounting it onto grey card and then Silver Centura Pearl.  So now its onto stage 8 of the challenge!

I am also entering these challenges:

Crafts Galore  - Christmas

Crafty Musketeers - Layers

Christmas Card Challenges - No Stamping

Glitter 'n' Sparkle - Add some Glitter and Sparkle

Crafty Hands - Sparkle and Bling

Simply Create Too - Snow or white only