The Luck of the Irish

This is my mixed media card for the Green challenge in honour of St. Patricks Day at Crafty CardMakers this week.  I had fun designing my card around Tom Holtz bird crazy stamps. 

I coloured the birds with Copics and created the background with PanPastels.  The rainbow, blades  of grass and pot of gold are rubber stamps from my stash of stamps that I know longer remember where I got them.  I found the St. Patrick's Day digital hats free online and sized them to fit my birds. The sentiment is also a digital image.  

Hope you will join our green challenge at Crafty CardMakers.  Please pop over to our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations of the rest of the design team. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a creative day. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenge - St Patrick's Day
Dragonfly Dreams - Use a Die Cut
Di's Digis Designs - Use 2 or more dies 

Crafting-With-Friends -  Anything Goes

 Craft for the Craic  - The Luck of the Irish
Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes

Cut it Up - St. Patty's Day

Shades of Green

It is a shades of green challenge at Incy Wincy challenges this week and I have used an image from Kenny K Downloads called  Cool Trucker for my card.  

I have used this image a few times for birthday cards for the males in my family.  I coloured the image with my Copics, added some die cut gears and a sentiment from my stash of unmounted rubber stamps. 

Hope you will join our shades of green challenge this week. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

Retro Rubber Challenge - Sketch

I decide to join in the challenge at Retro Rubber  this week.  It is a sketch challenge and this is the sketch.  

I have just found this challenge blog and  I have enjoyed the challenges I have joined in.  I am excited about a chance of using some of my stash of rubber stamps.  One of the rules of the challenge is you always had to use a stamp older than a year and include the age (or approximate age) of the stamp in your blog post. 

My stylish ladies are a set of rubber stamps I probably had for about ten years.  They are unmounted so I no longer remember who's stamps they belong to.  The sentiment is Stampin Up and was dated 2006. 

Thank you for stopping by and check out the Retro Rubber Challenge.  It is time to get inky. 

Your Favourite Technique Challenge

This week at Come and Get It Challenges the theme of the challenge is "use your favourite technique". Odd Ball Art is one of the sponsors this week and I have used their image called  Big Eye Girl ~ Patsy Image No. 17 & 17B .  

My favourite technique is to create my background with my gell plate using acrylic paints, stamps and inks etc. Making my own backgrounds allows me to use different colour combos on my cards.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to spot by the Come and Get It blog to see the beautiful creations of the other team members have created to inspire you. Hope you will join in the fun. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Catch The Bug - anything goes 
Crafting with Dragonflies - girly cards 
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes 
Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes

Altered Kleenex Box

Time for another challenge at Creative Artiste and my project this month is an altered Kleenex box. The Theme of the challenge is anything goes with a twist -  add some chipboard. 

We are proudly sponsored this month by




I painted my Kleenex box with gray gesso then added some chipboard pieces (butterfly, heart and flowers).  To fill in my piece I used dollar store bling and old jewelry to the box with Heavy  Gel Medium. I also add some diamond shaped wood pieces that I got from taking a part an old trivet.  One I was satisfied with my pattern I sprayed the box with several colours of ink sprays then when I completed the box I added a clear acrylic paint to protect it.

This is the box I started with.

Here is a few different views of the box.

This was a fun messy project that took we a couple of weeks to complete.   I think this project will find a home in my bedroom.   Thank you for stopping by.   Please pop over to the Creative Artiste Blog to see the other projects the design team created to inspire you.

Have a creative day. 

Green is the Colour

It is the March challenge at Patties Creations Challenge Blog and the theme is "green".   I have use a stamp from Pattie's collection of digital images called Leprechaun Hat with Shamrock.  I used several shapes of green and gold Copics to colour  my image along with gold glitter.   

I layered my card on gold designer paper and added some gold coins and a sentiment by Sugar Loaf Inc. to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by Patties Creations Challenge Blog to see the beautiful projects the design team have created to inspire you.

March Mixed Media Challenge at Altered Eclectics

I made these mixed media House for a challenge this month at Altered Eclectics.  I used many different products for houses.  I retrieved the wood for my house out of my husband's wood scrap pile.  He nicely cut me some roofs.  I had lots of fun making the houses although it was a bigger job than I thought it would be.  The shelf is 3 feet long and the tallest house is a foot in height. 

Here is a closer look at the houses.  

On my white house  I added a die cut tree, bike (made by my hubby) rubber stamped numbers and little girl, name tiles and a clock.  

 The on the green house I used crackle paint on the roof and model paste on the door frame.  I also added some rubber stamped flowers and, tiles, wooden hear and a button for the door. 

 On my red house I drew my windows and my door and painted them, added the Tim Holtz number, gear for the door handle, stamped Owl's nest, and a owl I found at a thrift store that I altered.

On my last house I used a stencil on the roof and sides of the house.  I painted on the doors and windows and decoupaged the grass that I drew, stamped the door and added house number and door knob.  

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you will join us this month at Altered Eclectics.  Have a creative day.  

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks -Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door- Always Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Just Keep On Crafting - Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes

Stamps and Stencils - Splatter, Spritz and Smooshing

The Sisters of Craft- Always Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes