Oh Christmas Tree

I'm definitely a girl on a mission -  this is my take on Tag No. 4 of 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie style sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I loved Linda's holly background and used the TH holly stencil and Distress inks after randomly stamping a music score.  I die cut 2 trees, coloured one with Iced Spruce and Forrest Moss and layered them slightly offsetting to create a white 'snowy' outline. My stamped Christmas tree image is an old Inkadinkado stamp.
One of the great things about this challenge is that you can enter them in any order as long as you complete the 12, which is just as well as no. 3 is still in the think tank!

I'm entering this at Allsorts - Inspired by a Carol or Winter themed song (Oh Christmas Tree)



Avril xx

No. 2 of 12 Tags of Christmas

I'm on a roll, I've finished my second of the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie style  sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I made mine a card and took inspiration from Linda's gorgeous embossed background, and used a Jenny Bowlin Mini North Star stencil, when the paste and gesso was dry, I used Vintage photo to distress the edges and then Enchanted Gold wax over the stars and around the edges. My Santa from Artistic Outpost, was stamped with Potting soil archival on a Nestabilities oval frame cut from linen card for a shabby look.  I added a few glittery snowflakes and a cut apart embossed sentiment.

I'm on a mission to see if I can get another one finished today.

I am entering this at:
  Double D challenges -  Here Comes Santa
  Make My Monday -   Happy Christmas

Thanks for calling in, have a great day,
Avril xx

12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style

Yes, I'm late, but I'm earlier than last year when I started playing along with the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style,  a weekly challenge sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique
who are offering a prize of $50 and two runner up prizes of $25 to spend in the store.

Each week starting in September,  Linda posts an inspirational tag and this is my take on Week 1.
I was inspired by Linda's use of  the trees in the background and the deer, along with the foliage and sentiment at the top of her tag.

I've used the Tim Holtz Winter Tree Line to create the background and then the splatter stencil with embossing paste, sprinkling white glitter over while still wet.  I've defined my hill and foreground with Diamond Dust.

Well it's a start and a start on the Christmas cards - I'm so late this year!

Hopefully I'll get some time over the weekend to play catch up, Linda's up to week 9, so 8 behind!!

I am going to enter this at:
Moving Along with the Times - Christmas Animals

Avril xx

Colourful Life

Hello, it's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight the theme is 'Colourful' and as always, it's up to you how you interpret this.

I've used Rubber Dance Dancing Lady, stamped in Black Versafine onto an Oxide ink background.  The base layer was from the same batch, but with lots of added water for a paler effect.  I've used a French script stamp and used the Tim Holtz floral stencil, with Distress inks.  The sentiment was computer generated.

The rest of the DT have some fabulous inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the details.

Have a great day,
Avril xx

Life's Aims

Hello,  well this little blog has been a bit quite again, not much crafting going on -  but this time I've been off enjoying a little break to Budapest, it's such a beautiful place, with lots to do and see.

I really must make a start on making some Christmas cards  - but before I do, I've another journal page to share, again using an image from Oxford Impressions April in Paris.  This little girl looks so sweet - her life before her, what will her future hold?  Random stamping with the TH Papillion background (I know it's difficult to see) embossing paste through the Doily stencil, doily die cut and cut apart stamped words, all coloured with Distress crayons.

It's time to tidy the craft desk and make a start on those Christmas cards or I'll end up buying!

Thanks for calling in,
Avril xx

Nature at FSC

Time for a new challenge at Fashionable Stamping and for this month the theme is Nature.
How you interpret 'Nature' is up to you as long as the stamping follow the theme.

I've used Distress Oxides Fossilized Amber, Wilted Violet and Peeled Paint   for the background and then stamped the Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster and the IndigoBlu sentiment in Black Archival and heat set with clear EP.
There's a great prize for one lucky random winner from our Sponsor,  Ink Art Design.

The rest of he DT have some fabulous inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the challenge details.

Have a great day,
Avril xx

Home Sweet Home

Hello,  it's time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this fortnight, its Home Sweet Home, as usual it's up to you what you make as long as you follow the 'Home' theme.

I've opted for a New Home card, I had a browse on Pinterest and saw this sweet card and took inspiration from the little house.  I used embossing paste through a brick stencil, when it was dry gave it a coat of watery gesso before using Antique Linen Distress Crayon, the roof and door shapes were coloured with crayons.

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

Thanks for calling in, hope you have a great day,
Avril xx

Hopes and Dreams

Hello, more experimenting in my new little journal, again using the stamps from Oxford Impressions April in Paris.  I gave both pages a very watery wash with Tattered Rose distress stain and used Pumice stone for the stencilling and shading and distress crayons for colouring the stencilled roses and leaves.

Thanks for calling in, have a great day,
Avril xx