Time For Tea

I've had a teapot template for quite a while and have never used it so I decided to take it out of it's wrapper and use it for my latest DT project for Creative Expressions. I used the Heartfelt Creations Bella Rose stamps and die set.

I coloured the pot with antique linen and stormy sky Distress ink and edged it with tea die. I used stormy sky and the small rosebud stamp to decorate the pot. I embellished the pot with hand made flowers, die cut leaves and part of a doily. I used Quickcutz alphabet dies for the letters.

Time for another DT piece for Creative Expressions using the Heartfelt Creations Bold Bella stamps and Dies.

I started by colouring the edge of a white card blank with aged mahogany Distress ink, then I distressed the edge of some Gecko Galz wendylady background paper and coloured the edge with the DI, then I attached the ribbon and matted it to the card. I embossed a piece of white card with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then brayered some worn lipstick DI over the top to pick out the tiny roses, I attached it to the card and added some lace. I die cut the leaf flourish with some green card and coloured the exposed area with bundled sage DI before I took it out of the die. I coloured a piece of card with aged mahogany and stamped the little rose bud then attached a fragment with some Glossy Accents.

Vintage/Shabby

It's time for another Craft-Room challenge and  it's Mervi's turn to choose the theme and she has chosen Shabby/Vintage.

The sponsor for the challenge is Crafty Individuals and the prize for the draw is stamp No. CI 310 and the 7 Shades of Summer background paper book.

 

I used a Crafty Individuals stamp for my main image but you don't have to use Crafty Individuals products for your challenge piece.
I distressed the edges of various papers and attached them to the card. The image was stamped with aged mahogany Distress ink and I used it on the distressed edges of the papers as well.
The hats are a Gecko Galz digi that I coloured with pencil. I embellished the card with roses, lace, pearls, I made a couple of stick pins and stapled some pieces of ribbon to the card.

The Design Team have made some lovely samples so please take a look at them on the Craft-Room Challenge blog. I'm looking forward to seeing the lovely pieces that you make for the challenge.

Vintage Deco Pages

We've started a deco book swap at the KCUK Yahoo group and these are the pages that I've made for Ann. Her theme is Vintage using browns and creams.
These are the pages that I made for her.

The stamps I used for this page are
Crafty Individuals for the main image.
Elusive Images for the background.
The Artistic Stamper for the flower.
Stamps Away for the butterfly.
I used vintage photo and walnut stain Distress ink.
I used an old book page, pearls and some lace to embellish the page.

The stamps that I used for this page are
Crafty Individuals for the main image.
Stampers Anonymous/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art set for the background.
I used vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink.
The embellishments that I used are a doily, an odd scrap of patterned paper, some roses, pearls and I made a couple of stick pins.
I don't know who made the beauty stamp.

I also made her a bookmark using vintage photo and walnut stain Distress Ink. The background stamp is by Inkadinkado and the main image stamp is by Crafty Individuals. I covered the bookmark with acetate.

Everything's Coming Up Roses

  

This month the Creative Expressions DT have been sent the fabulous Heartfelt Creations Bold Bella Rose stamp set and Bella Rose dies to work with.

This is the card that I made.

I stamped the leaves onto some background paper with bundled sage Distress ink.and then matted it onto some white card that I'd edged with bundled sage. I attached the ribbon to one corner before matting the background onto the main card blank. I coloured the rose stamp with Whispers felt tips and sprayed with water before stamping onto white card, I did this three times, then I die cut them and attached them to the card. The die cut border was made with a Spellbinders die from the Fleur De Lis set.

Anniversary card

 

I used  Gecko Galz products for my card.

I started by covering a card blank with GG fresh linen background paper. I printed the GG digi image two times. I matted one image onto black card and attached it to a doily and then to the card. I coloured the edge of the doily with stormy sky Distress ink before attaching it to the card.. I coloured the butterflies on the other image with Sakura glitter pens and used a waterbrush to spread the ink, then I cut them out and attached them to the main image. I embellished the card with flowers and black gems.

More Garden Chic

Here is another card that I've made for Creative Expressions using the Eco Green Garden Chic stamp set.

 

The ink I've used is tumbled glass and mustard seed Distress Ink.

I used a Crafters Workshop mini tile texture mask  for the background. All the stamped images have been matted onto black card. I added bakers twine.The flower was made with a wonderful gadget called a flower loom that was a free gift in the Simply Homemade Magazine No 12. Looking at it I wished I'd used a button in the centre of the flower instead of the large gem.

Craft Room Colour Challenge

Sadly the Craft Room online store is closing so this is the last challenge that the store will be sponsoring. The randomly drawn winner of this challenge will receive Andy Skinners Batik Garden stamp set. Why not pop over to the Craft Room and grab a bargain as there is a massive 40% discount at the moment.

The latest Craft-Room challenge is a colour challenge and the colours to use are BROWN ORANGE and CREAM.

It's my brother in laws birthday this week so I decided that my DT piece would be his birthday card.
I covered a card blank with dark brown card and then matted various papers and card onto it. I wrapped some bakers twine round the stamped image before attaching it to the card and added a silver fish charm and the sentiment.
The stamps that I used are
Personal Impressions for the main image.
After Midnight Art Stamps for the sentiment.

I'm entering my card into the Just For Fun  Sporty For a Man challenge.

Why not pop over to the Craft Room Challenge blog to see the fabulous work that the rest of the DT has done and to enter your own work.

Blue Butterfly

My latest DT piece for Creative Expressions is a card using the butterfly and sweet pea stamps from the lovely Eco Green Garden Chic stamp set.

I started by stamping the sweet peas onto some blue and cream striped paper, I attached the ribbon before matting it onto a white card blank that I'd edged with blue ink. I stamped the butterfly onto a piece of white card and after cutting it out I spread Glossy Accents over it. The ink that I used is Brilliance mediterranean blue.
For the flower I used the Spellbinders flower creations 3 die and floral doily motif die.
I attached the butterfly and flower to the card and added black gems and a blob of Glossy Accents to the centre of the flower.

Acrylic Block Printing

KCUK's challenge this month is to use acrylic blocks to make backgrounds.
What you do is scribble felt tip pens onto an acrylic block, spray it with water and then stamp it onto card, it gives you a nice background to stamp on.
I used very old cheap felt tips that I have from when the kids went to school. These are some of the cards that I made.

  Stamps, Dina Wakley.

 Stamps, Hampton Art for the dragonfly and Hobby Art for the sentiment.

 Stamps, Penny Black for the iris and Stampotique for the sentiment.

Stamps, Personal Impressions for the daffodil and Stampotique for the sentiment.

Fairy Domino Book and Pendant.

These are my latest DT pieces for Gecko Galz. I used images from the lovely Pixie Dust Domino image sheet.

For the pendant I adhered the image to a piece of stampboard, punched a hole and triple embossed it with clear UTEE, I added glitter on the second coat of UTEE. I coloured the sides and back with a gold Krylon pen and then adhered the flower and leaves.

This is the front of my domino book.

For the front and back of my domino book I painted two dominoes with lake Eco Green acrylic paint and then adhered the images and triple embossed them with clear embossing powder.

For the inside I cut some card to size and coloured it with a selection of Distress inks then I stamped some images. I scored the card and concertina folded it. I distressed the edges of the images and adhered them to the card then I attached the front and back dominoes and some ribbon to keep the book closed.

This is the back of my domino book.

The stamps I've used are,
Carolines for the tiny fairies and fairy silhouette.
Stampotique for the mushroom.
Tattered Angels and Inkadinkado for the rest.

Busy Bee

This is my latest DT card for Creative Expressions using the lovely Eco Green Garden Chic stamp set.

I edged a white card blank with forrest moss Distress ink, then I coloured two pieces of card with an old paper Distress ink pad directly to the card. I used peeled paint, forrest moss and shabby shutters Distress stain dabbed onto the background stamp to give the background images a watercolour look. I stamped the lovely little bee and then distressed the edges of the cards and attached them to the card blank and then added a strip of hessian and ribbon. For the small image at the bottom I splatted some shabby shutters Distress Stain onto a piece of white card and stamped the image. I distressed the edges and attached it to the card.
I just remembered that I coloured all the distressed edges with frayed burlap Distress ink.

Linda Elbourne Workshop

On Sunday I went to a brilliant workshop run by Linda Elbourne at the Craft Barn We made a heart hanging using an Artemo wooden heart mobile and got very inky fingers.

I coloured the hearts with bundled sage Distress stain and edged them with rusty hinge Distress ink, then I stamped some script with black Archival and some flourishes with butternut Fresco paint. The butterflies and dragonflies were coloured and stamped the same way and then I added some gold Eco Green paint.

I'm entering my hanging in the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog challenge. The theme this month is Hearts.
I'm also entering it in the Sunday Stamper Heart challenge.

Cute and Cuddly

Time for another Craft-Room Challenge. The new challenge has been chosen by the lovely Julia and she has chosen Cute and Cuddly.
The entries for the Valentine challenge were fabulous, thank you everyone that entered.

For my latest DT card I stamped the House Mouse images onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I cut the candles and the cute little mouse out and matted the larger image onto pink card. I used a couple of Crafters Workshop templates and Distress ink on the background. The templates that I used are mini flower frenzy and mini circle explosion. I attached a piece of ribbon to the card before adding the images.
I'm looking forward to seeing your creations, why not pop over to the Craft-Room Challenge blog to see the fabulous samples that the rest of the team have done.

Garden Chic

Here is my latest DT piece for CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS using the Eco Green Garden Chic stamp set.

I started by covering a DL card blank with black paper, then punched notches in the corners of a piece of green card that was slightly smaller than the card blank, then I wrapped bakers twine round the card and attached it to the card blank. I then layered some hand made paper, black card and the green card that I'd stamped the image on and tied some twine into a bow. I added a silver bird charm.