Friends Forever

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Well what a fabulous day it has turned out to be today!  The sun is out, the sky is blue and hubby is a happy little bunny!  Two washer loads are done and out on the line and I have my window opened in my craft room and waiting for a canvas to dry before I can decorate it.

Today I would like to share a canvas I made earlier in the week for our weekly challenge in our Mad Crafters Giggle Facebook Group.  I so enjoyed getting inky with this one.

Recipe

1.  Painted the canvas first with clear Gesso from Liquitex.

2.  I then stippled Sparkle Medium in Blue Sapphire over the whole of the canvas, once this was dry I used Imagination Crafts Flourishes Mask and PanPastels Magenta to add detail. I then went over the entire canvas with Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire

3.  The butterflies are from Sheena Douglass' Paint Fusion Butterfly stamps set and painted with Pebeo Paints.

4. I added two silver corners and an assortment of flowers and leaves along one side.

5. To finish off I have added a sentiment and pearl swirls as butterfly trails.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday's #104 - Always Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Monochrome 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #81 - Sentiment "Friend"

Delightful Challenges - Celebrate Friendship

Milk Coffee Challenge - Load on the Flowers

Divas by Design - Friendship

Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog #7 - Blooming

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Fairy Moon Dust

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

A good crafting day today, got a lot of crafting done and dusted and a couple of other project ideas written down so I have plenty to keep me going this weekend.  I love it when my ideas start to gel and I know what I am doing LOL!

Anyway here is one of my ideas that has been itching to be made into a card!

Recipe

1.  8 x 8 white square card

2. First layer is white card which I have designed using Imagination Craft Apple Blossom Stencil and PanPastel Violet Tint.  To set the PanPastel I have sprayed Spray and Sparkle Iridescent spray.

3. I then mat and layered the topper (this is preprinted and designed by Lavinia Stamps) onto Purple pearlscent card.

4.  On the topper I have stamped in Memento Ink London Fog the rabbits, I then stamped the fairy with VersaMark and used WOW Magical Mauve embossing powder.  The leaves were embossed using WOW Sparkling Snow.  I wrapped white and gold ribbon around the topper before layering.

5. I wrapped white lace along the bottom and added 3 buttons, a butterfly was added to the topper and a sentiment to finish off the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lavinia Stamps #3 - Pastel Colours

Crafty Ribbons #46 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Happy Campers #16 - Use Lace

Stampavie and More #194 - Ribbon and Lace

Crafty Sentiments - Buttons

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One for the Men

Good Afternoon Crafty Friends, Followers and Friends

Friday woohoo, bank holiday weekend too.  We haven't any plans this weekend we are going to see what the weather is like before we decide on what we are going to do.  I know hubby has a lot of bulbs to plant so fingers crossed he can get out and plant them.  Me mmmmmmmmmmmm now what shall I do?  Yes that is right playing in my craft room, well it would be so rude not too!

Here is today's card for you, I have used a combination of CD crafting with my stamps and distress inks.

Recipe

1. 8 x 8 cream scalloped square card.

2.  Papers are from Kraftyhands CD's which I have distressed with my paper distresser.  The polka dot card has been distressed with DI Brushed Corduroy and the gingham card has been distressed with DI Wild Honey.

3. Onto the polka dot and gingham paper I have stamped the chicken wire with Distress Embossing Ink and used WOW Embossing Powder Regular Bark the stamp is from Kaiser Crafts.  The clock is from Personal Impressions.  I have brushed over the clock face with Distress Crackle Paint.

4.  The image I have printed off from Kraftyhands Man about Town CD and distressed the edges with DI Vintage Photo and then painted the topper with Distress Crackle Paint

5.  I have added a bicycle charm.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Quoth the Raven #21 - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions #109 - Distress

ABC Challenges #29 - Stamped Background

Card Mania Challenges #21 - Spots and/orStripes

Kaboodle Doodles #171 - Stripes and/or circles

Stamps + Fun = Creativity #152 - Card for Boy/Man

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Wish

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

At last managed to get some project done today. Whew!  Got inky fingers but thoroughly enjoyed myself.  I can't show you what I have been working on yet but I can show you this little tag I have made for a challenge on one of the Facebook groups I am in.

Recipe

1. On the base of the tag I used the Acorn Mask from Imagination Crafts and using Distress Ink Wild Honey I stencilled the image onto the base. I then distressed the image using PanPastels Orange.

2.  Using the 3 trees mask I inked through the mask with Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

3.  I then used Fran'tage aged black embossing enamel on the bottom. I then used my embossing pen on the sides of the trees and Cosmic Shimmer Gold embossing powder.

4.  I then distressed the edges of the tag with Gilding Wax in Cast Bronze.

5.  The sentiment I distressed the edges with DI Vintage Photo and then added Cosmic Shimmer Gold embossing powder.

6.  To finish off I wrapped some rafia around the base and added 3 pearl gems, added the humming bird charm with a brad and string and raffia at the top.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers #91 - Pick 3 Technques (Embossing/Distress/Masking)

Incy Wincy Designs - Metal Mania 

Addicted to Stamps and More #46 - Anything Goes 

Moving along with the Times - Embossing

As you like it Challenge - 2 Favourite Colour Combination (Brown and Gold)

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Wild Flowers

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

A quick post from me this morning as I have lots of crafting to get done today and also start some other projects that have been buzzing around in my head for a while.

Today's card is another one using Wild Flowers Stencil from Imagination Crafts.

Recipe 

1.  Base card is 8 x 8 dusky pink square

2.  I have added a border strip across the middle which I have wrapped Rik Rak ribbon around and tied a faux bow and added a flower charm.

3. The next layer is green and white polka dot card which I have curved the corners with my X-Cut

4.  The topper is patterned glossy card from Imagination Crafts designed by Lavinia Stamps.  I have used the Wild Flower stencil and used Sparkle Medium Sage Green on the flowers.  On the dragonflies I have used Sparkle Gel and once dry dusted over with PanPastels Magenta.  Again I have curved the corners with  X-Cut corner punch.

5. To finish off I have added flower buttons, sentiment and Card Candi

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons #52 - Pink

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges #172 - Ribbon/Lace

Fresh Brewed Designs - Flowers

The Paper Shelter #113 - Charm

Whimsy Inspiration #59 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today

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Tilly the Reader

Good Evening Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

Well what a day! So many plans for today but have been side tracked (excitingly so) but can't say anything yet.  Managed to get one card made LOL.

My head is a buzzing with ideas and projects I need to get done but I just can't seem to make them gel!  It is driving me mad!  Do you get days like that?  Anyway here is my card for today.

Recipe

1. Base card is from my stash which I cut down to measure 21 cm x 28 cm and made a stepper card scoring at 3 cm, 6cm 14cm and 17cm

2. I have added white ribbon to the bottom and attached the words Happy Birthday from the Tattered Lace Dies using pale blue pearlescent card

3. Using Spellbinder Labels 29 I cut out pearlescent card and adhered to the centre step.

4.  Tilly from Fredericka CD by Polka Doodles was printed onto Ultimate card and coloured with Graph It Markers then cut out using the above Spellbinder die.  I then distressed around the image with PanPastels Ultramarine Blue Tint.

5.  To finish off I have used pearl swirls on either side of the stepper.

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

CAS on Sunday #8 - Pretty Pastels

HobbyCutz Challenges - More than one Fold

One Stitch at a Time #164 - Use a Digi

Thank you for stopping by Today

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Sparkle Butterfly

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors

We have sunshine here today, don't know how long it will last but fingers crossed.  A bit windy and wouldn't you know it it is bank holiday weekend this weekend and the weather doesn't look very promising.  Oh well will just have to craft then won't I? :)

Today's card was made using Imagination Crafts Stencils and Sparkle Medium.

Recipe

1.  Shaped card which I have distressed with PanPastels Magenta Tint

2.  First layer is green polka dot mirri card cut out using Spellbinder Grande Circle die

3.  The topper I have cut out using Spellbinder Decorative Circle using patterned card designed by Lavinia stamps.  I stenciled the butterfly using Imagination Crafts Butterflies stencil using Sparkle Medium Antique Pink.

4. I added a string of silver balls with some flowers, clear gems and a sentiment to finish off my card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Rhedd and Rosies Challenges #7 - Blooming Lovely

Bearly Mine Challenges #87 - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs #54 - Die cuts and/or punches

Get Inky Challenge - Die Cuts

Whoopsi Daisy - May Flowers

Songbird Challenges - Flowers

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