Courage ...

A quick post this afternoon to share a tag inspired by two challenges - The Male Room Challenge, anything but a card; Color Hues, Yellow and Blue

 

It is a very wet and windy day in the UK so crafting seemed to be the only way to spend the day ... not that I need an excuse!!

The Male Room Challenge #148

Color Hues Challenge #13

Stay Safe!

Steampunk inspired ...

 Today I have something different to share with you on my blog ... I have been dabbling more and more in mixed media projects, quite a contrast from my Clean and Simple card style.  Most of these projects I have shared on my Instagram account but today I thought I would share two tags on my blog.  I was inspired by the current challenge at the Male Room Challenge where the theme is 'Steampunk' - I have limited resources that fit this theme but I thought I would give it a go and ended up creating two tags.

I enjoyed creating the tags - I'm not sure how well they fit the challenge but it was quite liberating to not be quite so clean and simple!

The details of the challenge are:

The Male Room Challenge #147

Stay Safe and Keep Crafting!

Time ...

 ... and it is still raining as it has done most of this week ... not my favourite kind of weather but it does mean that I can justify spending a lot of time crafting!!  So I thought I would share one of the cards I made today:

This card was inspired by The Male Room Challenge (see details below) using the colours from the current Color Hues Color Challenge of Blue and Orange.

I used:

AALL and Create Lotza Dotz stencil

Tando Creatives Cogs Group stencil

UNIKO Simply Said and Today, Tomorrow and Always:TIME stamp sets.

Tim Holtz Scribbles and Splats dies

Distress Inks - Carved Pumpkin and Faded Jeans

The challenges are:

The Male Room Challenge #143 

Color Hues:the color challenge #4

I hope you are all keeping well.

Rainbow Stripes ...

Good Afternoon!  I hope you are all well ... if you are in the UK I hope you are managing to make the most of the wonderful weather.

I'm on holiday from work (the paid type) and I'm trying to catch up with all the household chores in between spending time away with my family.  I'm just back from visiting family in Lincolnshire and tomorrow I am heading to Edinburgh, with my daughter, for a long weekend to see my son - it's ages since I saw him and I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am!!  So in a break from chores and to help the day pass quickly I decided to create a couple of cards ...

A one layer wonder ... two stamps, eight ink pads and a pokey tool!! ... and all completed in less than 10 minutes (9 minutes and 40 seconds!!)

I'm entering the following challenges:

"Less is More" #376

Inkspirational #166
 

The Male Room #91


Enjoy!

Graffiti Wall ...

It's an early start for me this morning ... it is the last day of my two week break from work and I need to make the most of it!!  I had planned to do so much during my time off ... and yet there still seems to be a lot left on the 'to do list'! 

I finished these two cards yesterday but ran out of time to share them with you ... another reason for getting up early!  The first:
 

The second

I first stamped three panels with a selection of words.  I then die cut the centre of one of the panels using a brick wall die.  For the first card I lined up some of the bricks onto the base and adhered some with foam to add dimension.  On the second card I lined up the 'mortar' grid from around the bricks an adhered it to the panel.  Both panels were then adhered onto a Kraft card.

I used:
STAMPlorations - Blossom Overture, Mixed Media Elements, Hello You, Old Type and Joyful
Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke, Ground Espresso
Distress Oxide - Broken China
Marianne Design - Brick Wall

I'm entering the following challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #133


The Male Room Challenge #58 - hopefully a brick wall counts as architecture!!


STAMPlorations


Enjoy!

One for two ...

How exciting - it's Friday!!  I'm sure this week has been longer than normal it has certainly taken me longer than normal to create this card!  I've been working on this card on and off every evening this week but it finally came together last night, hopefully it was worth it!

I started by created a background using distress inks and then used a stencil and texture paste to create the leaves.  I originally planned to leave it at that and put the panel onto the card but it just did not look right - so I took the scissors to it!  I fussy cut the leaves, machine stitched the hessian to the centre of some coloured cardstock, added the sentiment, adhered the leaves with foam squares and then mounted the panel using dimensional tape onto the card base!

I was inspired by the challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge



I will also enter the challenge at The Male Room where the theme is AUTUMN/FALL.

I used:

Sweet Poppy Stencil
Distress Inks - Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo
Golden Gel Light Molding Paste
Simon Says Stamp - handwritten sentiment stamp

Enjoy!