Fashion

I had a little bit of free time this weekend so I headed into my Happy Place to make a mess with little bits of paper, which makes a change from stamping.

I've used some neglected old but gorgeous Graphic 45 Couture papers to make a tag for the current challenge at Tag-along (and  ATCs) which is Fashion.  I bought these papers but then I was reluctant to cut into them, which is crazy - so I feel a tiny bit less guilty when I look at the stack that's left.

I am also entering this at:-

 The Neglected Stuff challenge                                                                                                                     Love Those Pretty Papers

Avril x

 

Make it colourful at Try it on Tuesday

It's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight it's Make it Colourful.

I've used a rainbow background that's been in the 'box' for ages.  I stamped my Andy Skinner 'girl' directly onto the coloured background and used bleach to remove the unwanted colours.  When dry I then coloured the image and painted stickles over the dress and her wings.

The DT have some lovely samples to show, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the challenge details.

A couple of challengers for my card -

Ally's Angels - A/G

Allsorts - Colours of Summer

Crafts Galore Encore - A/G

Moving Along with the Times - Feminine

Avril xx

 

Summer Blooms at We Love Stamping

It's time for a new challenge at We Love Stamping and this month I chose the theme of Summer Blooms, but if you want you can always go with A/G.

This month we have prizes from Buddley Crafts - just remember to be eligible to win you must include real stamping on your project.

I've used one of my favourite stamps, although it probably only gets used once or twice in the summer months, the roses from Tim Holtz Lady Rose,  which were stamped onto an inky  Peacock feathers splattered background.  The leaves took the colour well using Inktense pencils, but the flowers - hmm not so good, so I stamped them again, coloured and fussy cut and applied over the originals.  I masked the rose spray and then stamped an old IndigoBlu crackle stamp, again using Peacock feathers Di for some interest on the background.

The rest of the DT have some lovely inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main challenge page for all the details.

Some challenges for my card 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms  - Anything Floral

Allsorts - Colours of Summer

Avril xx

Tagging Along

Phew! after a very busy week, although I should say month, I've got round to uploading this tag for the challenge at Tag-Along and ATCs. Their theme this month is Favourite Colours - I have a few 'favourites' one of which is green.

The background is a mop up and I've stamped Lavinia Flowers Divine set which I've coloured with some old Sparkling  H2Os paints and then stamped Bumble and Hum, coloured with Intense and added Stickles to their wings and some Orchard grass to ground the little scene. I added some Lavinia words - one of which was to hide a black smudge!

A bit late entering, but better late than never.

I'm also entering at Crafty Catz - A/G

                                Ellibelle's Garden Party

                                Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Avril x 

 

Summer Blooms at TioT

 The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Summer Blooms.

Like most folks, I've got a few floral stamps - difficult decision - what to  choose.  

I've used Inkylicious Sketched Florals, which were stamped onto a pink inky mop up background, I added more pink  through a stencil for extra interest. The flower heads were also stamped onto watercolor paper and coloured with Picked Raspberry Di, fussy cut and added.  The sentiment was a magazine freebie.

The rest of the DT have some lovely samples to inspire you, so please pop over to TioTs for all the details.

Thanks for calling in, it's a busy week with twins, but then 2 weeks off as they're away on holiday, although I'll miss them, I'm looking for to the 'me' time.

Avril x 

Mid Month at We Love Stamping

We're half way through July (can you believe it) so its mid challenge reminder at We Love Stamping where the theme is Summertime or if you prefer you can always use the A/G option.

There are two prizes of  Lavinia stamps this month, just remember to include real stamping on the front of your entry and give a brief details of products/stamps used.

For my card I inked my card base with DIs and then built up my Summer meadow using

 Lavinia  Forest Flower, Wild Flower, Silhouette Foliage Set and Orchard Grass along with Bumble and Hum.  I coloured the Forest flowers with Glitter gel pens and the bees with Intense pencils adding Diamond Dust stickles to their wings.

The rest of the DT have some lovely inspiration for you so please pop over to WLS.

A couple of challenges for my card

Beautiful Blossoms - Blossoms

Unicorn Challenge - No Designer Paper

Dream Factory - Bees

The Four Seasons challenge - Summer

Thanks for calling in. Avril x

 

Animals at Try it on Tuesday

Our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Animals - Real or Imaginary.

Although my Highland Cow is real, they don't usually look like this, but I have seen a lot of multi coloured images around. 

The verse I've used is from Inkylicious and I thought it went so well with my fun cow.

The rest of the Design Team have some great samples to inspire you, so please pop over to TioTs main page where you'll also find all the challenge details.

Avril x