Back to school

CFC113 challenge time is "back to school" so here is my contribution!

A free stamp inked in black & coloured with promarkers :-)

And whilst I was at it I made another one with part of the same stamp & then I added a briefcase also coloured with promarkers. A little fake stitching around the edges....

Moo mania challenge:HOME

Welcome to my new followers, I hope you enjoy the creations that appear on here :-)

I had so much fun making MOOs  the other day that when I saw the latest one I decided that I needed to join in again! 

Here are some of the photos of my "concertina"ed village!

This is it all folded up...

The reverse side has some strips of our "local" Michelin map (France)

 

The whole thing seen from the front...

And details of the panels...

1&2

3&4

5&6...

& finally 7

The houses are all Paper Artsy stamps, they were stamped & clear embossed, coloured with Promarkers, the cloud was a freebie stamp & the tyre tread (road) was too.. The little birds have been added with a Pitt pen, the sky has been coloured using several distress inks (tumbled glass, broken china & stormy skies)

After this little adventure...I decided I just had to make 1 more....

Promarkers for colouring the grass, sky & base/pole and some paper piecing for the bird & birdhouse.

What fun I had making these :-)

Just a moo...

Whilst blog hopping yesterday I came across a challenge site that looked like a little fun...MOOs!

Not something I have ever tried but I just happened to have some small stamps on the subject lying in the drawer right under my nose so it seemed like an omen.

HELLO is a ladybird stamp that came free last year with Papercraft Inspirations, they've been coloured with a felt pen, the background is diluted felts (2shades of green) that I've watercoloured onto the paper & then added some texture using an itty bitty stamp from the Kanban autumn trees collection- added the tracks & hello with a black sharpie

ENJOY LIFE has been made with stamps from the same free set, coloured with Promarkers  & the words stamped on are from Penny Black.

I am going to enter the ladybirds for the moo challenge, here's hoping my first Moo gets lucky!

1 year already

I wish the sun was shining - it's been a year since I started blogging & the sun has not even had the decency to show up to help celebrate :-(

So here is a little "post" that I made using a Darkroom Door freebie stamp, some distress inks, promarkers & Chocolate Baroque crackle stamp...

More stash recycling

Some carrots (Nit Wits) not used in my Easter bunny tag that have been applied to a rescued background 

a freebie stamp coloured with Promarkers on a salvaged background 

that has been over stamped with another freebie stamp :-)

Anita's Art stamp that I seem to recall was part of a subscription offer years ago that has been coloured with Promarkers 

Pink petticoat freebies

Yesterday saw me buy a magazine for the free stamps, they suited my mood if not the weather!

So a little play with my Nestie Persian Accents, Promarkers & paper scraps have resulted in these little blank cards.... I've blinged up the flower centres with some small gems :-) and the weather is almost matching the summer feel of these cards....

Enjoy the Bank Holiday w/end.....

Late february tag time

I eventually resorted to cheating so as to have this tag finished in time! Yes, I know... Not in the spirit of things but I desperately needed it to put on the front of an anniversary card!!!!

37 years tomorrow & still counting- where have all the years gone since Bill & I got married in Abu Dhabi?

So, to cut to the chase, I've coloured my tag with Festive Berries DI & then spritzed with paper, heat tool dried it....so far so good, I then used some Whispers for DoCrafts stamps (love set) which I stamped (using ColorQ in Merlot) in 2 bands across the tag & clear embossed.

I really could not find anything amongst my stamps (WHAT! I hear you all cry) so I decided to give the Tim Holtz stamp picture a try - I printed it off 3 times as I was happy enough with the size - I'm no computer whizz & could hardly ask Bill to do anything with it.....
So I coloured the base layer with Festive Berries, cut the playing out for the next layer, this got a quick brush with Frayed Burlap around the edges & I coloured the hearts with a Whispers strokes pen. The next layer, the queens, I have coloured with a mix of Promarkers & DI.

I had some Butchers twine in red/white which I toned down using Frayed Burlap, I also coloured a small piece of card at the same time, I cut an arrow out of it (freehand) & added a fine line to define it.
Whilst on a trip to Stirling last year I found a couple of packs of TH frosted mosaic tiles in a bargain bin....I finally got round to using one :-). I used some Chit Chat on the back, used Glossy Accents to glue down a piece of Festive Berries paper behind the whole tile.

Along the top I have added a strip of ribbon (stash) and some heart buttons that have their shanks removed.

I just need to mount this onto a card and I am all set for tomorrow's celebration. Hopefully I will not wake feeling like this queen because....oh no! She is upside down! TOO LATE TO CHANGE HER NOW :-(

A late March tag!

I was never going to manage to do this tag in time for Tim's challenge but I did want to make the set again this year, so having done April & January....it was time to make February & March.

Well February still has me stumped but I'll get there eventually; March was a challenge as I have none of the ingredients but there is always scope when you use your imagination!

I don't do cute as a rule but as the only Easter items/stamps I have are on the cute side here is what I came up with....

Some free NitWit checkered papered for the background, a Nestie (labels18) coloured with Antique Linen DI - I stamped around the edges in Peeled Paint DI using a couple of flourish stamps ( Stampology & Designer Flourishes). The rabbit has been stamped & embossed, then coloured with Promarkers, I did 2 layers to get a dimensional effect ( the stamp is from the "Floral Flourish" freebie pack of issue 9 Creative Stamping).

I snipped into several strips of handmade green paper to create the grass & snuck a strip of Easter eggs/ butterflies that came off a card that I received a few years ago! The March stamp is part of a set of date stamps that I bought in the USA. Some eyelash yarn was all I needed to finish this off.

Definitely not my usual style!!!!
So as I seemed to be on a roll....I made a couple more- again with NitWit stamps this time, the pink one is coloured with Promarkers & then placed behind a Nestie with a window cut in it, a short length of ribbon that was just crying to be used (only just long enough!) that I have tied around the image, another short length used to make a loop at the top of the tag.

I coloured some recycled take-away foil dish that has been run through the ribbler several times in various directions & have then punched flower shapes from. These have been attached to the tag using brads over the top of a band of the eyelash yarn which here is the grass.

Then, for a final effort, more NitWit paper & stamp. Still using Promarkers for the colouring & the same Nestie with a window, I attached the frame to the tag with brads after fastening a length of organza ribbon around it. A topper that came with the papers running along the bottom & a carrot topper at the top as a "ribbon".

I shall use these last 2 as toppers for cards to the grandchildren next year :-)

Bet you are all surprised that I can do "cute"!!!

More fun with Lynne Perella

Snowflakes falling from the sky...so more time to play instead of clearing stuff in the garden!

TOP HAT plate 2: I have used paper from Raspberry Road Christmas collection, Promarkers , ribbon & brad, stencilled through sequin waste

TASSELS plate 4: the papers are Prima botanicals and colouring done with Promarkers

FRINGE plate 3: here the papers are from the Fancy Pants Beach Babe pack, more Promarkers colouring & brads plus the yellow paper has been cut as a circle and then punched using a Martha Stewart Corner punch.

MEDALS plate2: Prima botanicals over stamped in Victorian Velvet DI using the Tim Holtz papillon plate, I have used Spellbinders Persian border and coloured with Promarkers & metallic water soluble pencils, brads

DL CARD plate 4: cuttlebug embossing folder, watercolour paper, Promarkers and some tiny orange seed pearl bling

Playing with Lynne Perella & scraps

The Paper Artsy lynne Perella Plate 3 face has been coloured with assorted promarkers & distress inks and then mounted on a selection of papers that I had left over from other projects. I plan to send these off to France with other cards as a thank you gift to a very dear "ex" neighbour- hard times have meant that she had to sell her holiday home, I going to miss our chats over the garden railings!

Try it on Tuesday

I am finally back from my travels, have more or less got my workroom under control and have got into Halloween mode!
Pumpkins at the door, jellies on the windows & sweets in stock- I have even managed to make a couple of tags. Tim Holtz October tag is now posted & here is the one I made for TIOT.

Skulls stamped onto tissue paper which I scrunch glued to a blank tag, coloured the skulls with promarkers & the background with distress inks, I have also got some "blood" splats that are a paper artsy stamp. The skeleton & his background is also coloured with promarkers then mounted onto some pearlescent grey pape. Halloween is a Chocolate Baroque stamp which I have used some midnight sparkle embossing powder on. The googly eyed skull came from my grandson!

ATC Halloween

Felt rather autumnal after a walk round our local national trust property this morning and decided to make a few ATCs!
A Tim Holtz embossing folder, some orange card, Martha Stewart & Chocolate Baroque stamps, distress inks & Promarkers ... Here is what happened