December Calendar

I've just made it for the Craft Barns December calendar challenge, the theme is Gold and/or Silver and Christmas Trees. December has been a bit fraught and I've not been able to do much crafting or blog hopping, things seen to be getting back to normal so I will be visiting you all in the New Year.

I used Brushos for the background, I sprinkled them onto card and sprayed with water. The PaperArtsy tree has been stamped onto coloured card, I cut out the pieces and glued them to gold card and then cut out the whole tree. I spread some gold Stickles onto the card and then glued the tree and presents, the presents and star have gold Stickles on, I also added red glitter glue dots on the tree. The calendar page and dates have been matted onto gold card.

A close up of the tree. The calendar is a lot more glittery than it looks on the photos.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

October Calendar - Orange, Pumpkins and/or Fruit

Orange, Pumpkins and/or Fruit is the theme for the Craft Barns October calendar challenge.

I coloured the background with acrylic paint and stamped the small pumpkins round the edge, I coloured them with felt tips. I glued some burlap to the background and brushed some paint on it. I drew the large pumpkin and stamped the small ones, coloured them, cut them out and glued them to the page.

Have a lovely weekend.

xxx Hazel.

September Calendar

Brown, Leaves/Trees is the theme for the Craft Barns September calendar challenge.

For the background I stamped some Dina Wakley leaves onto one of my Gelli prints then I stamped some Crafty Individuals trees and Stampers Anonymous birds onto a strip of another Gelli print. I added some die cut leaves at the bottom.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

August Calendar - Pink and Butterflies

My August calendar page for the Craft Barns calendar challenge is a bit grungier than my other pages.

I enlarged a photo of a hydrangea from my garden and printed it onto copy paper. I tore round the flower head and adhered it to the page. I then stencilled some modelling past with a Dreamweaver stencil and when the paste had dried I gave the page a light coat of gesso.

I sprayed the page with water and added some Dylusions ink.

I went round the edges with picked raspberry distress ink and stamped some butterflies and letters. I stamped and die cut the large butterfly and added it and the calendar to the page.

I used Stampers Anonymous stamps for the background letters and butterflies, for the large butterfly I used a Stampendous stamp and die.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

July Calendar - Turquoise And Beach Huts

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend.

Today I'm sharing with you the July calendar page that I've made for the Craft Barns calendar challenge.

The background was painted with acrylic paint.
I cut the beach huts out of a patterned paper and used a circle punch for the beach balls.
I coloured everything with Pitt Big Brush pens.
The seagulls were made with an Impression Obsession die.

Thank you for looking and have a good day.

June Calendar - Lavender and Dragonflies

Here is my June Calendar for the Craft Barns challenge, the theme is Lavender and Dragonflies.

I coloured the background by scraping a mixture of lavender, wisteria and chalk Fresco Finish Paint over the card.
I used Faber-Castel Pitt big brush pens to colour a PaperArtsy flower stamp.
The dragonflies were stencilled with gesso, when this was dry I coloured them with Inktense pencils and a water brush.

May Calendar - Magenta and Flowers

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.

I'm cutting it a bit fine this month with my calendar for the Craft Barns May calendar challenge, the theme is Magenta and Flowers.

I started by stamping and embossing the Woodware clematis, then I made some masks to cover the flowers. I coloured the rest of the page with magenta Pan Pastel. I used a baby wipe with a stencil for the leaves then I sprayed a fixative over the page. I removed the masks and coloured the clematis with Inktense pencils and a water brush.

April Showers and Umbrellas

Good morning all. The project I'm sharing with you today is for two challenges.
The Craft Barn's April Calendar challenge, the theme is Blue and Umbrellas.
The Mixed Media Monthly April Showers challenge, I took my inspiration from Mr Umbrella Man.

I coloured the background with Gelatos then stamped the small Stampers Anonymous Umbrella Men. I die cut the large Umbrella Man out of one of my Gelli prints and stamped some sript on him. I mixed some turquoise brushos with water and let it run down the page. For the quote I used a Doo Lally Pip stamp.

Calendar Challenge - March

Yellow and Rabbits is the theme for the Craft Barn's March calendar challenge.

I coloured the background with Brushos and stamped and embossed the Jofy flowers and butterfly in white. I used a black pen to go round the outlines of the flowers but I used a fine tipped pen and it doesn't show up very well. I coloured the flowers with felt tips,
I used a Crafty Individuals stamp for the rabbits although I think they might be hares, they were stamped on white card and coloured with felt tips and then cut out and glued to the page.

Craft Barns Calendar Challenge - February

Red and Hearts is the theme for this months Craft Barn Calendar challenge.

The base is a piece of red corrugated card that I'd dry brushed with white acrylic paint.
I stencilled some hearts with modelling past onto a piece of white card, when the paste was dry I wet the card with water and sprinkled some brushos over it. I stamped some script in black and added the word love [Dina Wakley stamp].
I found the white chipboard hearts in my stash and coloured them with fired brick distress ink and then I stamped the black script.

I'd like to enter my calendar page in the following challenges.
That's Crafty - Be My Valentine Challenge.
The Artistic Stamper - Love Challenge.

Craft Barn Calendar Challenge - January

I've decided to join in with the Craft Barns Calendar Challenge, for January the theme is Aqua and Snowflakes.

I used a baby wipe to colour the background with peacock feathers distress ink. The trees [Artemeo stamp] were stamped with evergreen bough distress ink. I glued bits of a lacy handmade paper at the bottom. For the snowflakes I used a mixture of Tattered Lace dies and a Martha Stuart punch. I put stickles on the snowflakes and handmade paper but the photo doesn't show it very well.
I shall probably matt the pages onto card but I'm not sure how I'm going to bind them yet.