Mr. Easter Bunny

Time for another challenge at Crafty CardMakers this week and the theme of the  this challenge is Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs. 

My Easter card was made with a digital stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil and a rubber stamp by Whispers. I coloured my stamp with Copic Markers, Wink of Stella and Diamond Glaze.  To complete the card I added a glitter ribbon, ribbon and a sentiment. I love the bright colours of Easter. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a creative week.  Remember to stop by our challenge blog to admire the creative works of our talented design team.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes - Optional Easter Time
Card Envy - No Pattern Paper
Colour Inspiration Monday -  Handed Coloured
Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - Fantasy 
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes - Optional Easter
Gem of a Challenge - Easter

Bunny Play - Inspirational Post

I am back with another image and card  from LeAnn's Digital World 101.   

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Here is another view of my card.

  The image is called Bunny Play and can be found on Esty in LeAnn's shop.  The image was coloured with Copics and I added some brads, Diamond Glaze on the glasses and a sentiment.  

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I am entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with Critters

Animal Friend Challenge - Spring

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes

Creative with Stamps Challenge - Bunny

Go Green Challenge

Go Green is the theme of the challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and I am the host of this week's challenge.

I used an old rubber stamp from my collection by Stamps, Happen, Inc for my green inspired card. The stamp is called Willow Flower Fairy.  I coloured the image with Copics, gelli pen and Posca paints.  I thought this was the perfect stamp for a green themed card. 

To complete my card I added a copper butterfly and some pearls. 

Hope you will join us for this weeks challenge.  Pop over to our challenge blog to see the inspiring cards of our talented design team.  Thank you for stopping by. 

Just in Time for Easter

This image is just being released by LeAnn's World 101 and I was excited to colour this easter image.  The image is called Daisy's First Easter. I thought this little lady is so cute.  I am making about 20  Easter cards for family and she is just perfect for the little girls.

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You can find this digital stamp here in LeAnn's Esty Shop

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Bookworm - Inspirational Post

I am back with another image and card  from LeAnn's Digital World 101.   

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I created this card for one of my nieces that loves to read.  The image is called Bookworm and can be found on Esty in LeAnn's shop.  The image was coloured with Copics and I added some brads, Diamond Glaze on the glasses and a sentiment.  

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Welcome to LeAnn's World 101

I am excited to announce that I am on the design team of a new group on facebook called LeAnn's World 101.  LeAnn is a digital stamp artist  that has designed a group of beautiful images for your cards and other projects.

LeAnn's World 101 images can be found on Esty right here 

If you join our facebook group this week this cute image is a freebie. YOu can find our facebook group here.  

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Altered Bottle with Shine

This is my project for this month's Creative Artiste.  Our sponsor this month is Hannah Oxberry, Mixed Media Artist.  Make sure you visit her blog and shop for creative ideas.

I decided this month to try another effect to alter a glass bottle.  I used chalk paint and acrylic paint for the first layer on my bottle and choose lighter colours because I really need spring to be here. To give the bottle some shine I used a combination of gold, copper and silver leaf along with a couple of mica powders. 

  Some other views of the bottle.

I embellished the bottle with a rubber stamp by the Old Island Rubber Stamp company , a metal heart, lace, beads  and a crystal from an old wall hanging.

Thank you for stopping by and remember to stop by our challenge blog to be inspired by our lovely design team. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Mixed Media
Mixed Media World - Mixed Media
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Altered Eclectics - Mixed Media/Altered
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes
The Creative Studio - Spring and Butterflies

Garden Notebook

Time for another challenge at Eclectic Ellapu.  The theme of the challenge is Spring has Sprung.  I decided to recycle an old scrapbook and make it into a note book to be able to log my garden planting. 

I used a combination of silk flowers and leaves for my project, jute string and a gelli polate print for the cover pages.  I hand stamped the title to the book and added oges for writing my note.

Closer Look

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us in the spring challenge this month. 

Altered Tin

I am back with another mixed media project for Altered Eclectics.  This month I decided to alter this large 6 sided tin I found at a thrift store. 

This is what I started with

After I had sanded the tin I painted it with gesso and added a collage layer of papers from an old drafting manual. Next I stenciled  a design on three of the tin's six sides and then used a wash of acrylic paint in greens and browns to give it an antique effect.  

My final steps were to add large leather circles to the sides of the tin from a 1970s belt that I found at a thrift store.  I used a buckle from the belt on the lid. I thought the pieces from the belt continue the industrial feeling of the piece.  I painted the belt parts with paints to give the project a more of an antique feel. 

More views of the project.

Old metal and leather belts pieces are great finds in thrift stores for mixed media industrial and steampunk projects. I think my tin belongs on a shelf in an old barn. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to view the inspiring project of our design team.  Hope you will join us. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Mixed Media
Mixed media World - Mixed Media
SanDee & amelie's Steampunk Challenges - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
The Male Room - Recycle