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

Here Come The Boys

Hi All

Today I'm sharing my DT card for The Crafting Cafe.  The theme for June is 'Here Come The Boys' and this month we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles!!

Delicious Doodles are offering a great prize for the winner this month - four images of their choice!

Hop on over to the blog HERE to see all the challenge details and to join in!

So here is the card I've created using a Delicious Doodles image:

I printed the image onto High Elegance card twice from SplodgeAway - this card is great for colouring images - it is just silky smooth!

I then coloured my image of a Scottish Castle using Inktense pencils and used a water brush to blend them.  I coloured the little wooden boat again on the second printout, cut it out and mounted it onto the first image with foam pads.

I mounted my image onto navy cardstock and then onto cream.  I then added the navy ribbon and bow before attaching the whole panel onto my card blank.

Thanks for stopping by today, please don't forget to come and join in the challenge this month!!

Claire x

The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge

Hi Everyone

The challenge over at The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge this time around is 'Boys'

To see all the details for the challenge please click HERE

Here is my project to join in with the challenge:

I used a 6x6 piece of mount board and a baby wipe to paint the mount board with three different colours of acrylic paint.

I then stamped with black archival down the left side with a clarity stamp and doodled inside the stripes to give a 'zentangle' type look.

I then used some Tim Holtz music tissue paper on the background and used some stencil waste with yellow ocher acrylic.

I printed out the Andy Warhol image from The Octopode Factory and coloured him using water soluble crayons, I fussy cut him and added him to the mount board.

I'm hoping to do a whole series of these, this one is the first, and then punch holes in the side and create a book out of them by adding jump rings - well that's the plan anyway!!

I would also like to enter my mount board project into the Anything Goes challenge over at Anything But A Card - all the challenge details can be found HERE 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, please feel free to leave me a comment so I know you dropped by :)

Claire x