Sunday 12 January 2014

Quotes and Lyrics - a new challenge at The Craft Barn

Hello Everyone!

The Craft Barn have a new "Quotes and Lyrics" challenge for 2014 - I enjoyed last year's dictionary challenge soooo much so I'm hoping I can keep up this year too.

So every other week Izzy will issue two words - you can make whatever type of project you like - but you have to include some sort of quote or song lyric in there associated with either one or both of the words. To find out more about the challenge click HERE

So for the first week the words are SMILE or UP - I went with the word SMILE:

This year I have decided to go with an ICAD (Index card a day) format as I found this really handy pack in Tesco that come on a book ring and I thought it would be perfect for this challenge:
So for my first ICAD I coloured the card using Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Victorian Velvet Distress inks.  Next I used the flower power mask from Splodgeaway and misted with water to lift some of that colour out.  I stamped my image from Paperartsy Hot Picks 1008 straight onto the ICAD using onyx black versafine.  The girl now had loads of flowers on her face so I bleached them out using water and dabbing, then to enhance her a little I used a white pencil to highlight her eyes and teeth then coloured her eyes with Tumbled Glass and her lips with Victorian Velvet Distress ink.  Finally I added my quote from Mother Teresa using a black micron pen.

Looking forward to seeing what other quotes and/or lyrics will come up throughout the year!

Thanks for stopping by,
Claire x

19 comments:

  1. Love your idea of doing ICAD's - this first one is lovely!

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  2. Fab take on the challenge, love the background

    Sam xx

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  3. Must try to get some from Tesco, what size are they pls?

    Love what you have created & your words are beautiful:-) xxx

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  4. Fantastic idea to use the tags and a great start to the new challenge

    Love Chrissie x

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  5. Yes the record cards are perfect for these.
    Great start, with a beautiful quote.
    Thanks for playing
    Izzy

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  6. Great idea and I love the girl stamp. It's going to make a lovely project that you can flip through and hopefully make you smile!!

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  7. The cards are a great find. I've just joined and am looking forward to seeing everyone's work

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  8. A great idea - fabulous first tag.

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  9. Visiting from The Craft Barn - your index card is excellent. Looking forward to seeing what you do on your cards each fortnight :o)

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  10. Fabulous quote, great idea to use the index cards.

    Sylv xx

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  11. I like the card idea it will make an exciting "book".

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  12. A fabulous quote to use and perfect with that stamp! Thank you for joining in xxx

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  13. Mother Theresa gave the world some fabulous quotes! Beautiful pages!

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  14. Love that stamp! And you've already chosen how to organise your pages...

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  15. Lovely quote, love your artistic face, and the index cards are such a lovely idea!!! :)

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  16. Love that stamp and your use of record cards. I think that was the hardest thing this time for me - choosing the format for the challenge.

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  17. Love how you've portrayed the quote Claire but even more impressed with your index card. What a great idea, I'm off to check Tesco out now:)
    Val x

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  18. Hi Claire, love your make. What a great idea to use ICADs....love this PaperArtsy stamp...x

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