Octopode Birthday

Hi Everyone

Today I have a birthday card to share:

I started by creating the background - using a square of card I smeared paperartsy fresco paints in pansy, rose and zesty zing all over it.  I then stamped over this with the hexagon stamp by dreamies using versafine in smoky grey.

I printed out the Jolee image from The Octopode Factory and coloured her using promarkers.  I then added the happy birthday sentiment to the background using black archival and stamps from waltzing mouse.  I mounted the background onto black card and then adhered to a 6x6 scalloped card blank.  Finally I fussy cut Jolee and added her to the card with foam pads to give her more dimension and make her pop from the busy background.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge - this week the theme is 'Make a Card' click HERE for all the details
• Smudgy Antics Blog - the theme here is 'Use Fussy Cutting' click HERE to visit their blog
• Inkspirational - this time it's an Anything Goes challenge - click HERE for more info

Thanks for stopping by today,

Claire x

Dictionary Challenge - Letter T

Hi Everyone

Total last minute for me this time - I don't quite know where the time disappeared too!!

But today I created my pages for the letter T over in the dictionary challenge at The Craft Barn blog - click HERE for all the details for this letter.

My word this time is TRAIN:

I started by masking the definition and then covered my pages with paperartsy fresco finish paints in the following colours; guacamole, tinned peas, hey pesto, hyde park, limelight and zesty zing.

I used the brick wall stencil from that special touch with fresco pumpkin soup and smoked paprika on the background.  Next I added the white chevrons using fresco snowflake and an Andy Skinner stencil.

I then used stamps from the Stampendous railroad set with black versafine ink to add the images of the map, timetable, ticket and trains.

I unmasked the definition but decided it looked too stark against the background so I added some of the fresco translucent paints (zesty zing and limelight) to blend it in to the background.  I then added a border around the definition with a pencil and smudged it with my finger.

To finish off the pages I added renaissance treasure gold around the edges with my finger and smudged it around.

Thanks for stopping by today, please feel free to leave a comment so I know you dropped by!

Claire xx

Splodgeaway - Through The Mask

Hi Everyone

Today I have a project on the Splodgeaway Blog..  Susan challenged us with a 'through the mask' challenge where we had to use something different with our Splodgeaway masks.  I decided to use my Paperartsy Fresco Finish Paints - these are great for doing the stencil bump technique.  

I created two ATC's in a few different colours:

If you want more details about how I created my ATC's hop on over HERE to the Splodgeway blog.

Thanks for stopping by today

Claire x

Birthday Wishes

Today i would like to share a card I made as a commission:

I created my card using Grace Taylor's Vintage Romance scrapbook papers, ribbon from my stash and the sentiment stamp is by Waltzing Mouse Stamps.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Inkspirational Challenge 30 - Sketch Challenge, click HERE for details
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge 29 - Anything Goes, click HERE for details
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Celebrate, click HERE for details

Thanks for stopping by, Claire x

Dictionary Challenge - Letter Y

So the latest letter over at The Craft Barn's dictionary challenge is Y.  There is a twist this time as well - you must use the colour yellow on your page.  For all the challenge details click HERE

My chosen word is YOGA and here are my pages:

I masked the definition of the word 'yoga'. I then used Paperartsy Fresco paints in zesty zing and smoked paprika to cover the pages using a piece of cut and dry foam.

I dried the pages and then added a thin layer of crackle glaze along the bottom of the pages.  Once dry I covered the crackle glaze with french roast fresco paint so it looked like the ground was all dry and cracked.

I traced an image of the yoga tree pose onto black paper and cut it out.  I removed the masking tape over the definition and glued the yoga image to my pages.

Thanks for stopping by today to see my dictionary pages!

Claire xx

Here Comes Summer!

Hi All,

It's my turn to share a card over at The Crafting Cafe today.  The theme this month is "Summer's Here" and we are sponsored by LEJ Designs who are offering four free images to the winner!

I coloured the digi image with promarkers and fussy cut her.  All the backgrounds are from a set of free papers that came with a magazine recently.  The sentiment is a stamp from Acid Drops and Whatnot which was stamped into a frame and cut out.  I mounted the sentiment and the digi onto the card with foam pads for a bit of extra dimension.

There is still plenty of time to join in the challenge this month - click HERE to find the post to link up your project, remember there is a chance to win four digi images from our sponsor!

Thanks for looking!

Claire x

Sketch Challenge - JUGS

Hi Everyone

I really loved the sketch over at Just Us Girls this week so have created a card to play along!

So here is the sketch: 

 

And here is my take on it:

I spritzed water onto a piece of card and added three different colours of Dylusions and dried.  I then stamped my feather image from Inkylicious in archival black randomly onto my colourful background.  I stamped the 'thank you' sentiment also on the background card using black archival.  I then used a circle die to cut out three circles with feathers and also the sentiment.

I used an embossing folder from Papermania to emboss a strip across my card blank and then attached my colourful circles.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Claire x