Winter Wonderland

Time for another challenge at Incy Wincy designs this week.  the theme of the challenge is Winter Wonderland.  I chose to use a image from our sponsor this week Stitchy Bear called Flat tire.  

I thought the design was a wonderful winter scene that fit our theme this week.  

I coloured the image with Copics and then covered the scene with small clear micro bead with a little glitter added.  I loved how it sparkled. The sentiment is by Just-Rite stamps.  Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

Anything Goes with a Sentiment

The challenge at Come and Get It this week is to create a card or project with a sentiment. How easy is that this week to join in?  I have used a digital image from one of our sponsors this week, QKR Stampede called Santa's List.   Perfect image for this upcoming holiday season. 

I coloured my image with Copics, added a couple of rubber stamped sentiments from my collection of unmounted rubber stamps. The Christmas tree is a Tim Holtz die.  

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a very creative week. 

Warm Wishes

This week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges it is an embossing challenge. I decided to use my new Tim Holtz bird crazy dies and stamps to make my card.

  I embossed my background with a snowflake embossing folder and coloured my image with Copic.  The tree  and sentiment are also Tim Holtz dies. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Hop over to the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges blog to be inspired by the beautiful card the design team has created to inspire you. 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Here is my card for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Incy Wincy Designs this week.   I used the diagonal line of kraft paper, free and Distress to create my Christmas card.   Here is the Tic Tac Toe board for this challenge.

I used an image by Doodle Pantry, our sponsor this week  Holly Stag to make my card. 

What a great image set the Holly Stag is. The set comes with coloured and uncoloured image, sentiments and 4 different Christmas papers to make your card. 

I used the uncoloured deer  image along with one of their Christmas sentiments.   I also added some snowflakes, pearls and a corner punch.   Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

Remember to stop by the Incy Wincy Challenge blog to see the projects that the other design team members created to inspire you. 

Frosty the Snowman

This week at Come and Get It Challenges it is a snowman themed challenge.  I used a image from one of our sponsors this week, Crafty Sentiments an image called Snowman Frame.  Isn't he cute. 

I coloured my image with Copics and glitter pens. Next I layered my image, added a die cut sentiment and some bells to finish the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.   

Critters Small and Large

Incy Wincy Designs this week has a Critters Small and Large themed challenge.   I have used an image from Fabrika Fantasy for my card called young deer. I thought this cute little deer would make a nice Happy Holidays card. Love his happy face.

I used several layers of paper from a Christmas themed paper pack from my stash, coloured the image with Copics, added some grass. and a die cut sentiment by Tim Holtz. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

Winter Holiday

This is a card I made for this weeks challenge at Come and Get Challenges. The theme of the challenge is Winter Holidays.  The image is called Lil Peanut's Christmas Tree and is by our sponsor Lacy Sunshine. Isn't she a cute image.  

The sentiment is a rubber stamp by Just Rite Stamps. The image was coloured with Copics and glitter and I added some snow to complete the winter holiday card. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Ribbon and Pearls Challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges

Hi! This is my card for this weeks challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges.  The theme of the challenge this week is Ribbon and Pearls.  I have used a free images from Dr. Digi, one of our sponsors of this challenge. The image is called baubles.

I had fun making this card and used an old technique using Future Floor Polish and glitter for the colouring of the Christmas ball.  I printed my image on acetate then turned the acetate over and added about a quarter size spot of Future Floor Polish and spread it over the back of the image. My next step was to sprinkle glitter over the floor polish and let it dry. I used used some Kooky Kolors (limited edition) that I purchased from the Art Institute Glitter House in Cottonwood Arizona. Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter come in a variety of colours and available online and at many retailers.   Once the image was dry I cut the Christmas ball out.  

I printer a second image on some paper that was complementary to the glitter, cut it out and glued it behind the original image.  My next step was to add the Christmas ball to some sliver paper that I had die cut and embossed.  I added a die cut sentiment next then layered everything on to my card base. 

 To complete my card I added my bow and pearls. 

I love how the card sparkles.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Pop over the Holly Jolly to see the fabulous cards made by the design team to inspire you.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything goes + Option:Pearls & Lace/Ribbon
Where the HeART is - Anything Goes/Winter Blues
Whoopsi Daisy - Lots of Layers
The Ribbon Girls - Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative/ Mixed Media Goes 

Happy Holidays

Winter activities is the theme of Incy Wincy Designs challenge this week and Bugaboo Stamps is the sponsor of the challenge. 

I chose to use an image from Bugaboo called Little Penguin Winter -Skate.   I think this image is just perfect for a little Christmas card.   I used a stitch die my Lil'inker to make the card base and used a runner stamp by Just Rite stamps for the sentiment.   I coloured my image with Copics and added some glitter for the snow,  

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.  

Lots of Sparkle

I love this digital image from A Day for Daisies called Candy Elf  and chose it for this Lots of Sparkles challenge at Come and Get It this week.   A Day for Daisies is one of the sponsors for this challenge and I just love there cute digital images. 

I used a die and then used an embossing folder to add texture to the poinsettia  that I cut out of some shiny vellum paper and added some pearls for sparkle. I coloured the image with Copics and added some gold glitter to the Christmas Ball and some fluff to the balls at the end of her hat.  To complete mt card  I added a die sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - bright or sparkly colours 
Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes 
TIME OUT Challenges - Christmas + optional twist: use purple &/or pink

ABC Christmas Challenge -  'V' is for Very Cute

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 
Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes 
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut 
A Day for Daisies -  Add Texture

Love Heart

I made this tag for an upcoming tag swap at  Inky Fun Stampers this month and I thought I would share it with you. 

I used some cardboard from the recycle bin to cut out my tag then torn some of the paper on it to reveal inside of the paper.  I liked the effect.  I then used a couple of colours of Tim Holtz paint dabbers to colour the tag.   I then stamped the tag with a script stamp called Italian Scrip by Hero Arts. The butterflies are die cut from some of my gell print paper.

The hearts were drawn  and cut out. The back heart I used some blue paint, shabby blue embossing enamel then doodle some dots on it.  The front heart was cut out of  another piece of gell print I had made and I stamped the word "love" using a old Stampin Up stamp I have in my collect.   I also doodled some dots along the edge of the heart.  To complete my tag I  added some ribbon. 

I am entering my tag in the following challenges:

My Sheri Crafts - Tags 

Creative Artiste Challenge - Mixed Media

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes 
Let's Craft & Create Challenge - Ribbon or Twine

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Christmas Gift Bag

Crafting with Friends has another great anything goes challenge this week. Lacy Sunshine is the sponsor of the challenge. I have used their digital image called Frozen Lilac Flower Pot Pretty. 

I used a brown paper lunch bag as my base to the gift bag.   I coloured my image with glitter and Copics and then layered die cut snowflakes, Christmas tree and a poinsettia on the bag.  I sprayed the poinsettia with a light blue ink spray and then added some gems to give the bag some sparkle. I added glitter to my snowflakes.  To compete the project I added a sentiment from Just-Rite stamps. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have a very creative week.  

Please join us at Crafting with Friends  and pop over to the challenge blog to see the other projects of the design team.  

I am entering my gift bag in the following challenges:

Creative Artiste Challenge -  Anything Mixed Media 

Simply Papercraft -  Always Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude -  Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations  - Always Anything Goes 

Creative Moments -  Always Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Birthday Clown

It is time for the monthly challenge at Patties Creations.  The theme of the challenge is Happy Birthday and I chose to use this cute birthday clown for my card.  I just adore the image called Clown with Balloons.  Patties Creations' images can be found on Esty.  

My clown was coloured with Copics and a gell pen.  I added some die cut balloons and a die cut Happy Birthday to complete my birthday card.   Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the other design team members have created to inspire you. 

I am  entering this card in the following challenges:
Bloggers - Happy Birthday

PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations  - Always Anything Goes

Seize The Birthday - Must be Birthday Card  

Southern Girls -  Twine Tape Or Ribbon

Creative Knockouts - Lace Twine Ribbon

Water, Water......

 I am so excited to announce that I am part of The Mirror Crack'd design team.  What a wonderful group of very talented ladies I get to work with.  

For the purpose of defining mix media at The Mirror Crack'd it is a mixture of any of the following and more besides:-

Texture paste, Gesso, inks both spray and from ink pads, embossing powders, paints, chalks, gilding wax, and gilding flakes. Found items such as old keys, buttons (granny's button box is a great place to look for some fabulous old and intricate buttons), zip pulls, zips, recycled cans, bottles, boxes etc.

Our theme this month is water. 

Splish, splash, splosh!
Water is such an integral part of our lives, the weather, rain, snow or storms. The landscape, the ocean, rivers and waterfalls. In our homes, cooking and cleaning. So many sports involve water, leisure and pleasure!
Show us your inspiration, what will you create?
We are intrigued, will it be a scrap page, a canvas, a card, a 3D project or a tag?

Some of the products I used to make my canvas are:

Gesso
canvas

modeling paste

acrylic paints

spray inks

rubber stamps

digital images

dies

real shells

artificial shells

distress ink

buttons

pearls

cheese cloth

small alphabet tiles

PLEASE REMEMBER ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA/ALTERED ART IS ACCEPTABLE EXCEPT CARDS

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a very creative month. Pop over to The  Mirror Crack'd challenge blog to see the designs and projects of the rest of the design team have created to inspire you. 

I am entering this project in the following challenge:

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 
Crafty Girls Creations  - Always Anything Goes 

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes 
Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

The Strange Things

This week at Forever Dark Challenges Shadow Clocksy  is the sponsor of our challenge and I used an image called Litith Digital stamp for my art journal page. 

I used a print of none of my gelli plate images for the background then I printed on top of the image a digital paper that was a picture of wire mesh. Lilith was coloured with Copics, watercolor crayons and a gell pen. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us at Forever Dark this month.  Hop over to our challenge blog to see the creations of our other design team members.  

I am entering this art journal page in the following challenges:

Try It On Tuesday -  Lots of Layers 
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Purple & White
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards Art Journal Pages

Welcome  back to another challenge at Not Just Cards. Like always the challenge is "anything goes". 

I have used an image by SLS Lines, one of our sponsors, for my first art journal page called Goth Girl with Top Hat.

To make this journal page I started with my Gell plate, added some stencils images, rubber stamped skeletons heads, die cut arrows, locks and keys.  The Goth girl was Copics and a Gell pen.  To complete the project I added some stenciled words.

For my second art journal page I used an image from Shadow Clocksy  Digis  called Biohazard Girl.

To make this journal page I started with one of my my Gell plate images added some eye and a sentiment.  My image was coloured with Copics , The sentiment was a quote by Ghandi.

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative week. Hope you will join us this month at Not Just Cards.  Pop over to our challenge blog to see the other projects of our very creative design team,

I am entering my projects in   the following challenges

SLS Lines

Try It On Tuesday -  Lots of Layers 
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly W - Anything Goes
Art-Journal-Journey- Autumn Colours
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

Shadow Clocksy Image

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Purple & White
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Halloween
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Anything but Cute Mixed Media Challenge - 31 Days of Halloween

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges - Anything Goes

Oddball Art Stamps - Halloween or Harvest

Always Time for Tea

It is a anything goes challenge at Incy Wincy Designs this week.  One of my favourite challenge themes. Rick St. Dennis is our sponsor this week and I made this art jopurnal page with his digital image called The Insane Mad Hatter. 

The background of my card was a photo of a Gell Plate print I had previously made.   I coloured my image with my Copics and added a computer generated sentiment and a clock which I had rubber stamped and coloured with Distress Ink. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Check out Rick St.dennis' image on Esty and the other projects created to inspire you on the Incy Wincy Design blog. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Try It On Tuesday -  Lots of Layers 
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges - Anything Goes

Joy - Mixed Media Board

It is time for another challenge at Altered Eclectics this month.  My mix media board is my project for this months "anything goes" challenge. 

Here are a couple of close ups of the project.

Some of the products I used on this project were:

several colours of blue and silver ink sprays

white, silver and blue acrylic paint

Cheese cloth

lace

assortment of snowflakes, poinsettia, roses, bells and butterflies

broken angel ornament

pearls and buttons

1/4 moon

scrapbook letters

shabby blue embossing enamel 

goose bumps sprays

Lots of fun making this project. Thank you for stopping by.  Remember my favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

I am entering this mix media board in the following challenges:

The Mix Media Monthly - Texture

Creative Artiste Challenge - Lace and Pearls

The Mirror Crack'd - Wall hangings

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - Always Anything Goes

Creative Fingers -  Always Anything Goes 

Winter Wonderland -Anything Christmas Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes