Coffee and Cream

I've made a card for the latest challenge at Try It On Tuesday - Coffee and Cream/Two Colours.

I'm also going to link it to the Craft Barns Two Weekly Challenge - All Around The House - I used instant coffee to colour my watercolour paper and also used my sewing machine that sits in my craft room not doing a lot.

I coloured some watercolour paper with instant coffee and water, when the paper was dry the coffee left on it was very sticky so I rinsed it of under the tap. I cut a pice of the paper to fit the card and stamped the La Blanche flower on the piece that was left. I cut the flower out. I put a piece of tissue wrap on the card and attached the flower and a heart [Clearly Impressed stamp] with some ribbon. The sentiment was done on my sewing machine, I frayed the edges of the material and attached it with staples.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

SPA - Leaves

Leaves is the theme for this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge.

I'm also entering my card in the Moo Mania and More challenge - Natures Beauty.

The background was made using Brushos, I stamped some skeleton leaves [Hero Arts] and some small leaves [stamp unknown] on it, I added some tissue tape, a strip of patterned paper, some white cotton and three leaves [La Blanche] that had been stamped onto Brusho coloured paper and cut out. I used a Stampscapes stamp for the quote.

Thank you for dropping by, enjoy what's left of the weekend.

xxx Hazel.

Book Print Tag

I'm sharing a tag with you today.
I sprayed the tag with some sprays that I'd made by mixing Distress reinkers with water, the colours were a bit too vibrant so I covered the tag with some tissue wrap. I stamped the La Blanche flower onto a book page, coloured it with watercolour pencils and glued it to the tag. I added some ribbon and flowers and a Stampotique stamp was used for the quote.

I'm entering my tag in the following challenges.
Go Tag Thursday - Book Print.
Try It On Tuesday - Book Pages

Thank you for dropping by and have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Floral Cards

Good morning all.

I'm not doing much crafting at the moment so I thought I'd share some cards that I made a couple of months ago.

The cards were all made the same way, I used two Impression Obsession stamps for the background. I used different colour distress inks on the stamps and sprayed them with water before stamping onto watercolour paper.  The La Blanche flower images were stamped onto copy paper, coloured and cut out before being glued to the cards. I added the PaperArtsy word and some ribbon that was attached to the cards with staples.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

A Gothic Romance

I'm hosting the challenge at Art Journal Journey this month and the theme I've chosen is If Music Be The Food Of Love. We've had a lot of wonderful entries, so if you have a few moments to spare why not go and take a look or enter the challenge.

I've been a fan of Matthew Bourne's since I first saw his Swan Lake where all the swans are men. I've been to see a few of his ballets but have only seen his Sleeping Beauty on film so when I found out it was on at Sadler's Wells over Christmas and New Year I knew I had to go. I wasn't disappointed - it was amazing and so romantic.

For my journal page I photocopied the flyer for the show and cut out some of the images.

I painted the pages with black gesso and stamped the La Blanche rose with VersaMagic ink. I wrote the words with a white Sharpie pen.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Autumn Colours

Last week I had a play with my alcohol inks on vellum and have made a journal page out of one of my samples.

The theme this month at Art Journal Journey is Autumn Colours.

I started with a piece of vellum that had green leaves printed on it, I dripped the alcohol inks and spread the ink by blowing through a straw, when I was happy with the result I stamped some leaves [La Blanche stamp] with black archival ink.

The words are printed on vellum and I've had them in my stash for years, I attached them to white paper with some brads and then attached them to my page with double sided tape. I drew the pumpkin, coloured it with coloured pencils and cut it out, I glued it to the page together with some punched out leaves.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Roses And Romance

It's time for another Craft-Room Challenge and this time it's Debi's turn to choose the theme and she has chosen Roses and Romance.

Our Sponsor is Crafty Individuals.

This is my DT card that I've made for the challenge.

I found some white velum in my stash, it had pale green music printed on it, I covered a white card blank with it and then I added some lace and seam binding that I'd coloured with bundled sage distress stain.
I used a Sizzix die to cut out the trellis.
The rose [La Blanche] was stamped onto some watercolour paper and coloured it with watercolour pencils.
I covered a Tando frame with some aged gold Frantage embossing powder and put a Gecko Galz image in it. I tied some seam binding to the frame and added some tiny roses and the sentiment.

Thank you everyone that entered the Dance challenge, we had some lovely entries and I now have to go and choose my top three , not an easy task.

Faces ATCs

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

I'd like to share with you some ATCs that I've made for the Paperplay ATC swap.

The ATCs were made with Gelli backgrounds and I stamped some script [PaperArtsy] with Brilliance moonlight white. I stamped the faces [La Blanche stamps] onto tissue paper and used white ink on the back before adhering them to the ATCs, I then went round the edges with some guilding flakes. The Joy sentiment is Chocolate Baroque and the others are Creative Expressions.

Eyes Down At The Craft-Room

It's time for another Craft-Room Challenge and it's the lovely Mervi's turn to choose the theme and she wants you all to play bingo.

This is what she has to say about the challenge.
Are you ready for the new theme, let's play bingo! Just pick your favourite three, make an entry and let us know what your choices are! Otherwise you can create whatever your style is.

Here's the bingo grid or Tic Tac Toe's!

Our sponsor is Sweet Poppy Stencils, who is offering the winner a Hollyhock stencil, pot of Stencil Dimensions Glossy White Paste, and a paste spreader.

We are looking for Guest Designers - if you would like to join us as Guest Designer, just put GD after your name when entering our challenge.

For my DT piece I have made a card and it fits two rows of the bingo grid, they are Blue, Flower, Lace or Blue, Rubber Stamping or Butterfly - I stamped the butterfly on the background but it doesn't show up very well.

I covered a square card blank with blue patterned paper and stamped some butterflies then I adhered some lace. I cut a square piece of blue corrugated card and spread some distress stickles over it, then adhered it to the card. I stamped the image onto white card and matted it onto a piece of blue card, then I put some staples in the corner and adhered it to the card. I added some gems.

The flower stamp that I used is a La Blanche stamp.

I'm entering my card in the Artful Times Let's Ribble Challenge.

We had some wonderful entries for the Embossing challenge, Suzanne will have a difficult job to pick her top three.

As usual the rest of the DT have made some fabulous samples and would love you all to take a look.

Butterfly Deco Pages

I'd like to share with you the pages I made for Linda in the KCUK deco book swap, the theme of her book is Butterflies.

I used Distress inks to colour and stamp the background. I stamped the butterflies onto card that I'd previously coloured and cut them out, I put stickles on the wings.
The stamps I used are
PaperArtsy for the background.
La Blanche for the butterflies.
The Artistic Stamper for the sentiment.

For this page I coloured and stamped the background with Distress ink.
I stamped the butterfly image onto the background and a separate piece of card. I coloured the butterflies, cut them out and put stickles on the wings. I stamped the Butterfly Legend onto card and matted it onto some black card. I added a charm.
The stamps I used are
JustRite for the background.
Crafty Individuals for the butterfly image.
Wendie Rhodes for the butterfly legend.

I'm entering the top page in the Ali-Craft challenge - the theme is an Open theme.

Creative Expressions Texture/The Secret Garden

This is a canvas that I've made for the Creative Expressions 2012 Design Team call. They want to see some texture of some sort on the piece of work, I used texture embossing paste.

I started by spraying the canvas with various colours of Dylusions inks, when it had dried I stamped some crackle with a Tattered Angels stamp. I have an old copy of the Secret Garden that I found in a charity shop and tore out a page and adhered it to the canvas, then I added the texture with a Crafters Workshop stencil and some Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste. When this had dried I lightly coloured it with picked raspberry Distress ink and wiped off the excess with a damp cloth.
I stamped the image [Paper Inspirations] onto card that I'd coloured with different coloured inks and lightened the face with water then I adhered it to the canvas.
I die cut the grungeboard branch with the Bird Branch Sizziz/Alterations die. This was coloured with Distress stains and felt tips. I coloured some card with wild honey, worn lipstick and peeled paint Distress ink, then I die cut the roses and leaves with the Sizzix/Alterations Tattered Pinecone die. I made the roses and adhered them to the canvas.
The butterflies [La Blanche] were stamped onto coloured card, cut out and adhered to the canvas.
I then found the words that I wanted in the book and tore them out and adhered them to the canvas.

This is a closer look at the embossing paste.

I'm entering my canvas in the
Simon Says Stamp And Show No Rules Challenge.