Sun Burst

Hello to you all, I won some Pan Pastels some time ago and been scared stiff to give them a try...Well here is my first make using these fab colouring mediums. The stamp is from Chocolate Baroque one of the Landscape Edges and I used Permanent Red and Diarylide yellow for the sky. I need to buy myself some more colours now.xxx

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Pan Pastel "Anything Goes"

A Male Card

Hello to you all. I have a male birthday card to share today. I have embossed some grey card then cut out the 30 mounted them onto a flag banner and added a sentiment onto a tag.

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4 Crafty Chicks "Anything Goes"

Moving along with the Times "Birthday Boys"

Paper Pretties "Texture"

Party time Tuesdays "Anything Goes"

 

 

Eastern Grasses

Hello to you all,I have used some Chocolate Baroque stamps for today's make. I  stamped the brick wall then masked this off to stamp the grasses.All stamped with Frayed Burlap distress ink the sky has been inked with Faded Jeans.xxx

Some more Shabby

Hello to you all...A friend saw my card yesterday and asked if I would make a similar one in pink,so here we are, I did need to add a little blue though. I have white embossed the image(Home Sweet Home) by Chocolate Baroque and distressed with Spun Sugar and Faded Jeans distress inks cut out a heart aperture and fixed the image behind....The top card has been distressed again with Spun Sugar and I have used the  some texture paste over a Tim Holtz  Burlap Stencil .xxx

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Amusing Challenges "Anything Goes"

Dream Valley "No Designer Paper"

Make it Monday "Anything Goes"

Pan Pastel "Anything Goes"

Freebie Stamp

Hello to you all.....My share today has been made for someone quite special, I know she will like the style of this....The stamp that I have white embossed came free fro m a magazine,for the backing I have used a script stamp and I also put it through a script embossing folder.xxx

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Suzy Bees "Ribbon and Bows"

Brown Sugar "Embossing"

Challenge and Candies "Monochrome"

Ribbon Girl "Anything Goes"

Country View "Monochromatic"

Crafting for all Seasons "Girly"

Fantastic Tuesday "Make it Feminine"

Ella Bella

Hello to you all my card share today uses an Indigo Blu stamp "Ella Bella" I have silver embossed this and inked my card with Shaded Lilac and Chipped Sapphire distress inks....The backing paper is from DCWV Floral Foliage, I have put some Coredination card through an embossing folder and rubbed some pewter gilding wax over.xxx

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Brown Sugar "Embossing"

Challenges and Candies "Monochromatic"

Jellypark Friends "Buttons and Bows"

Stampin for the Weekend"Happy Birthday"

ABC "D is for Dazzle"

A bit Shabby

Hello to you all, my share today uses an Indigo Blu stamp that I have clear embossed with black Versafine ink. I have inked up the edges with Bundled Sage and Faded Jeans distress inks...The backing paper is from My Minds Eye  and the fab embossing folder I used is from Tim Holtz.xxx

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Delicious Doodles "Must use Ribbon"

Sister Act "Anything Goes"

4 Crafty Girls "Anything Goes"

Divas by Design "Anything Goes"

It's All Black and White

Hello to you all, I have used a Penny Black stamp for my share today this is called "Daisy Fields",I have just inked  with black Versafine and clear embossed. I should have highlighted the black card that I put through an embossing board but I only thought of that after I had stuck every thing.  I hope you like it.xxx

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4 Crafty Girls "Anything Goes"

Aud Sentiments "Any Sentiment"

Creative Knockouts "Birthdays"

Digi Stamps 4 Joy "Add Ribbon"

Divas by Design "Anything Goes"

Country View Crafts "Monochrome"

Creative Inspirations "Ribbon"

 

 

Shabby Poppy

Hello to you  all, my card share today uses an image from Lexie over at Scribble and Scrap this is called Vintage Poppy. I have printed this twice one slightly smaller so I could layer it up. I have coloured with Promarkers and layered it onto some Coredination card. I have then inked the backing card with Faded Jeans distress ink and  put it through an embossing folder. The postcard sentiment is from Little Claire  love these, I have also inked the edges of this. I hope you like it.xxx

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Cards and More "Blue and White"

Just Inspirational "Anything Goes"

Papertake Weekly "Add a Bow and Use a Die (Deckle Edge)

Passion for Promarkers "Ribbon Lace or Twine"

Sweet Stamps "Anything Goes"

This weeks Tag

Hello to you all, I have my weekly tag to share today, I started with a white tag, I inked this up with Frayed Burlap,Faded Jeans, Rusty Hinge and Bundled Sage distress inks. I then stamped the Chocolate Baroque  Rose stamp over the top with Chipped Saphire.

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Challenges 4 Everybody "Anything Goes"

Pan Pastel "Anything Goes"

Stampin with the Dragon "Anything Goes"

Creative Knockouts "Tag your It"

Shabby Vintage ?

Hello to you all, I have been getting inky again trying to achieve a Shabby Vintage look....I have used one of the Home Sweet Home stamps from Chocolate Baroque...I simply white embossed the image and distressed with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress ink....The card itself I have stamped with another of the images from the set .  Next I put a piece of linen card through an embossing folder and inked that up with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress inks.

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Allsorts "Use Buttons and Bows"

Brown Sugar "Anything Goes"

Sister Act "Anything Goes"

Sassy Studio "Shabby Chic or Vintage"

Paper Crafting Journey "Shabby Chic/Vintage/Distressed"

Simon Says "Emboss It"

Crafters Companion Reminder

Hello to you all, my share today is a little reminder of the challenge we have over at Crafters Companion this month,you still have two weeks to get your

 "Hearts" makes in.

 For my card share I have used a Bebunni Image that I printed from the CD.I have put some white card through the Regal Damask embossing folder and just printed a sentiment from the computer.

This is my last post as a DT for Crafters Companion I decided I wanted to move on.

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A Little Bit Crafty "Celebrate"

Whimsy Inspiration "Something New"
Crafty Sentiments "Anything Goes"
Oldie but Goodie "New Beginnings" (Heart Die over 6 months Old)
My Heart Pieces "Anything Goes"

Little Claire New Release Stamps

Hello to you all Today I am sharing a couple more samples made using the newly released stamps from Little Claire Designs

Hot Air Balloon

I have clear embossed the stamps with black Versafine, then masked off the images to ink the background with Faded Jeans and Pine Needles distress inks....The backing card has been inked and stamped with Faded Jeans

Book Owl

This has been coloured with Promarkers the baking paper is Graphic 45 and some brown card put through an embossing folder.

Two nice big stamps from Little Claire - and two chances for 2 people to win 2 stamps each!

Please tell us which one is your favourite and we will draw 2 winners to each win both stamps on Monday 20 January, we'd love to know which one is your fave and why xxx

So pop over to Little Claire's now

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Jo's Scrap Shack "Anything Goes"
Simply Create Too "Anything Goes"
Sister Act "Anything Goes"
Artistic inspirations "Anything Goes"
Card Mania "Anything Goes"
Crafty Boots "Anything Goes"
Creative Creations "Anything Goes"
Through The Purple Haze "Anything Goes"

Little Claire New Release Stamps

Hello to you all, I am sharing a couple of samples using the new release stamps from Little Claire Designs.

Hot Air Balloons

 I have just used one of the balloons from the set and silver embossed the image and sentiment, my backing paper is Coredinations put through an embossing folder.

Book Owl

I have stamped up the image and coloured with Promarkers,I have then masked off a moon and inked up the sky with Faded Jeans Distress inks.

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Jo's Scrap Shack "Anything Goes"
Simply Create Too "Anything Goes"
Sister Act "Anything Goes"

Card Mania "Anything Goes"
Crafty Boots "Anything Goes"
Creative Creations "Anything Goes"
Through The Purple Haze "Anything Goes"
Inky Chicks "Anything Goes"

Wall Tag 3

Hello to you all,my share today is Wall Tag No 3. I intend to make a tag a week and pin them to my craft room wall.. For today's tag I have done a Tim Holtz layering technique,well my version anyway. I have cut tag shapes out of my chosen papers which are from a Kaiser Craft pad.....I sprayed these with water then distressed and curled them and left them to dry....I distressed the main tag with Bundled Sage and Barn Door distress inks then assembled it all....I added the cage and bird and cut the script from pieces of sentiments then added the leaves and roses.xxx

Competition over at Little Claire's

Little Claire Designs now have over 900 followers on their blog

And to celebrate

they are having a

 ‘Find-It’

 competition on the blog today,

 They will make a £5.50 stamp just £2.00 

 all customers have to do is find it to buy it…..

So what are you waiting for.....

Head on over

Here

to start searching