#lovely Plum Crazy Tag

Re-edited: I am absolutely thrilled to say that my tag has been chosen as one of the winners of the Dusty Attic's November Moodboard challenge!!! Yay!!  :)

Hello my lovelies,

I hope you're managing to keep away from the wind and autumnal chill and are crafting away something fabulous instead :).

I'd like to share a little tag I created, having a deep plum v autumnal vibe in mind.

I don't get much time (or mojo, sadly...) to craft these days but I was totally bowled over with the Dusty Attic's November moodboard inspiration photo. I love all things purple and the yummy plums on the collage got my creative juices going. Oh, and what about that yummy looking cake with the beautiful leafy crust? So 'Thank you' Dusty Attic for such a delicious inspiration to get me crafting again! Yay! :)

I just couldn't resist it, so I thought I would try to create something for their November challenge. The DT are actually all playing with notebooks this month but that wasn't where my creative muse was taking me, sorry! And since she's a very capricious lady I had to follow the path she was leading me on lol :).

The patterned paper base of my tag includes some stamping and  'double (or triple even?) embossing'. First, I debossed the tag with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then I embossed the impressed image with Garnet Grenat embossing powder. Then I added some stamping with the Brush Stroke stamp and embossed it with Rose Gold powder.

I also decided to paint some artificial leaves with DecoArt paints to wrap my bouquet of 'harvested' flowers, berries, foliage and frilly grasses.

The flowers and the tag were tinted with Merlot spray ink and I generously sprinkled my harvest bouquet with Mini Prills and Twinklets Diamond Dust. I also added a #lovely chippy from the Dusty Attic Hashtag Sayings #2 set. I heat embossed it with Honey Miel and Rose Gold powders.

Main supplies:
Stampendous: Brush Strokes stamp, embossing powders in Honey Miel, Rose Gold, PEARLustre Garnet Grenat
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares - Black, Dual Tip Glue Pen, Extreme Double-sided Tape
Dusty Attic - Hashtag Sayings #2
DecoArt: Metallic Lustre - Champagne Ice, Americana acrylics in Country Red, Royal Fuchsia, Dioxazine Purple, Bittersweet Chocolate, Snow White
Distress Inks: Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Aged  Mahogany, Forest Moss, Black Soot
Memories Most - Merlot

I might have gone a bit crazy with my embellies but hey, who was I to argue with my creative muse if that's what she craved?! lol :)

That's all from me for now, my Friends! Thank you for stopping by and for any lovely comments you may wish to leave to let me know you've been!

Have a very creative week!

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I'm also entering the following challenges:
Frilly and Funkie - A Harvest of Gratitude challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
A Vintage Journey - Paper Stash

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Autumnal Wishes With Watercolour Brusho Background

Good morning Friends! Can you feel it? Yep, autumn is definitely here! To celebrate its arrival and the glorious colours it brings I decided to create this autumnal birthday card.

And as it happens, today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I am sharing a step tutorial for this Autumnal Birthday Card. 

I'd love it if you found a few moments to check out my tutorial and if you do, please let me know what you think :).

Supplies:
3D Foam Leaves, Home & Hobby Extreme Double-Sided Tape - 1/2" Permanent, DODZ™ - 3D, DODZ™ - Small, Quick & Easy Dual Tip Glue Pen, Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Pigment Powders Gold and Brown

Other supplies:
Yellow and terracota cardstock, green patterned paper scraps, watercolour paper
Stencil - Designs by Ryn, Hibiscus
Rubber Stamp - Anita's
Spellbinders - Spiral Blossom One die (for the big rose flower); Martha Stewart Pine Branch punch
(Dylusions), Spiced Chai StazOn Mini (Tsukineko), gold permanent pen
Ribbon (May Arts), distressing tool, paper flowers, gems, water mister

Media:

Brusho crystals, Barn Door and Fired Brick Distress Inks (Ranger), White Linen Ink Spray, DIY pigment sprays (gold and brown)

Do you like my today's offering? This is the first time I played with my new Brusho crystals (a birthday pressie from my BFF). For more details on how I made this card be sure to check out my Autumnal Birthday Card Tutorial.

Happy Autumn/Fall everyone!

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I would like to enter the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Wonderful Watercolour
Vintage Stamping Challenges #37 - Use a die
JUGS #314 Trend Week - Use a stencil
Country View Challenges #32 - Add some texture
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #104 - Changing Seasons
Frilly & Funkie Challenge Blog - Autumn Splendor

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Grungy Masculine Birthday Card

Hello my Lovelies! I hope you are all keeping well. Thank you so much for your heart warming comments on my previous happy news post - happy news feel so much happier too when they are shared, don't you think? :)

Just popping in to let you know that today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I'm sharing this Grungy Masculine Birthday Card. I hope you will find a moment to check it out :).

Supplies:

Quick & Easy Dual Tip Glue Pen, Home & Hobby E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips, Adhesive Sheets 4x6", Crafty Foam Tape - Black,

Other supplies:

Papers - Echo Park Times & Seasons; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alphabet Soup Grungeboard
Hero Arts - Woodgrain Pattern stamp
Inks - Coffee Archival, Broken China, Brushed Corduroy Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain Distress Inks (Ranger Inks)
White and chocolate cardstock, brads, suede twine (May Arts), vintage metal plaque, faux moss.

Thank you for stopping by today and any kind words you'd like to leave - your comments are always so appreciated!

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Roses Of Friendship With A Vintage Charm

Hello Friends! First of all a big 'thank you' to everyone who's visited and left such kind comments my 'Be More (Steampunk) Dog' layout. It's really heart warming to know that you haven't given up on me :), despite my sporadic blog visits at the moment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart...

Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I am sharing this lovely Roses of Friendship card. I would love it, if you could find a spare moment to check out all the details :). The inspiration for my card was my auntie's beautiful cottage garden and this lovely photo from the Shabby Tea Room's Challenge this week:

This card was a bit of an experiment with the Adhesive Sheets 6x12", Gilded Mica Fragments and Spellbinders Grateful Lattice die which I used to create my shimmery trellis background. I just love how the Wild Roses seem to be climbing up the golden trellis.

The vintage charm and frame embellishments are from the Works. The seam binding ribbon was died with distress markers using a technique I saw on Tammy Tutterow's blog.

The papers I used are called Vintage Floral and were free with the February 2015 issue of Making Cards Magazine. The 'cherish precious friendship' words were cut out from an old packaging from Prima flowers. They are printed on a clear acetate and I found that Adhesive Sheets are fantastic for adhering transparencies. You get a strong, even, edge to edge coverage - so no messy excess glue showing anywhere :).

I had no idea how this card would turn out. Because of my recent health troubles and the bucket-loads of pain killers I have to take, my creative planning seems to abandon me quite often. But I am quite pleased with the result here. Hope you like it too! x

Supplies:

Adhesive Sheets 6x12", Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix White, Home & Hobby E-Z Runner® Grand - Permanent Strips, DODZ™ - 3D

Other supplies:

Stampendous: Cling Wild Roses, Friendship Assortment Perfectly Clear stamps, Gilded Mica Fragments; Spellbinders Grateful Lattice die

Core'dinations Tim Holtz Kraft Core Shattered cardstock, patterned papers, Ganache StazOn Mini ink, Liquid Pearls, Inktense pencils, seam binding ribbon

That's all from me for now. Thank you for popping in today. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the weekend!

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Challenges for this card:
Craft Stamper March Make It Take It - Anything Goes Challenge 
Shabby Tea Room Challenge #247 - Pop Of Pink
Simon Says Monday Challenge - B is for...Bling!
Country View Challenges March - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Things That Fly
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #93 - Springtime
Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Bring On The Bling!

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Do Come For Tea - Shabby Chic Style

Hello Friends! It's Tea Time at Stampendous HQ this week! Beautiful tea cups and tea pots are being shown in their finest stamped glory. Here is my humble offering :).

Supplies:

Stampendous cling Teapot Posies, cling Kettle On, Coffee Mug Perfectly Clear™ Stamps, 
Sea Green Ultra Fine Jewel Glitter, MG01 Crystal Micro Glitter, 
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko® 
Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle 

Adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Pennants, 3D Thin Foam Squares - white, 3D Foam Leaves, DODZ™-3D, Creative Photo Corners - White, MyStik® Permanent Strips 

Plus: Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®, Alpha chipboards, old book pages, patterned papers, doily transparencies (from recycled packaging), ribbon - May Arts; Inks: Cloudy Sky StazOn by Tsukineko®; Tea Dye Distress Ink by Ranger; Distress Markers


Instructions:
1. Prepare 6"x6" card blank from kraft cardstock
2. Trim a floral background panel slightly smaller than the card base and adhere with MyStik.
3. Stamp the Teapot Posies in black onto an old bookpage and colour in. Gently blend the colours with a water brush. Tear the page around the image and mat onto kraft cardstock. Add faux stitching with a purple fine liner.
4. Stamp the Kettle On with Cloudy Sky ink onto patterned paper and mat onto floral & kraft background. Add to the card over Thin Foam Squares.
5. Cover Foam Leaves with Sea Green glitter and adhere to the card. Add a lace flower and a ribbon bow and adhere with DODZ 3D.
6. Cover three Foam Pennants with Crystal glitter and adhere to the card to create a small banner.
7. Finish the card with 'tea' and 'time' words from chipboard alphas as shown, embellish with gems and chipboard clock face.

Apologies for a short post and for being so quiet lately but I've been a bit under the weather. Hopefully full blogging and crafting mojo will resume shortly!

Thank you for popping in today and for any kind words letting me know you've been. 

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Linking to:
The Weekend Re-treat - Link Party #103
Aud Sentiments Challenge #123 - Anything Goes
Scrap & Craft Inspiration #1 - Anything Goes
Red Rubber Inspirationals #204 - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe #100 - Stitching
Word Art Wednesday #167 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #60 - Anything Goes

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Big Creative Blog Hop Finale - Stampendous, Dreamweaver and Core'dinations!

Hello everyone! A very special welcome to my newest followers (thank you for joining in!) and also a big thank you for your sweet comments on the last post with my Fall Zinnia card with jigsaw puzzle background.

I hope you are enjoying this week's blog team up of the three fantastic companies Stampendous, Dreamweaver and Core'dinations. 

Today we have a big blog finale but if you have missed the fun earlier this week, be sure to check out these posts:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

During this week's long blog collaboration we've been inspiring (and tempting!) you with some of the most essential crafting products - cardstock, stencils and stamps of course. I'm sure you'll agree that no respectable crafty tool box should be be left without them! :)

Now, we couldn't just tempt you with these awesome products without offering a little giveaway prize, could we? Nah, that would be unkind! So of course we have one. In fact, we actually have three! Here's what you might win:

For a chance to win simply leave some love on the participating blogs throughout the week. The more comments you leave, the bigger your chance of winning. 

Here's my offering for today. When I saw this Splats stencil, I immediately thought of the little mess/devastation that my cat Kropek recently made at home (I shall spare you the full details! lol). 

Before I knew it I was looking through my collection of feline stamps and I found this adorable Bonjour Kitty. Oh là là! The French look with a little beret and a scarf reminded me of street artists on Parisian's Montmartre. One thing led to another and I ended up with a messy feline artist keen to colour outside the lines :-) lol.

Key supplies used:

Stampendous: Bonjour Kitty, Color Outside and NK Studio Wired cling stamps; Aged Scarlet Embossing Enamel

Dreamweaver: Splats stencil

Core'dinations: Core Basics Kraft and White Cardstock, Core Essentials French Roast, Paprika & Coconut Cream

Adhesives: 3D Foam Pennants, 3D Foam Squares - White, Dodz™ -3D,
E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips

Papers: 7Dots Studio Dreamer, Ribbon: May Arts 

How to make this card:

1. Prepare your kraft card blank

2. Cut a panel from patterned paper, slightly smaller than the card blank. 

3. Ink and distress the edges. Make a small tear along the bottom right edge. 
4. Tuck in a small piece of sanded Paprika card under the tear. Adhere the whole panel to the card.
5. Emboss a small piece of Paprika card the the brick folder and sand the raised edges. Use it to create a small banner from 3D Foam Pennants and an additional background panel. 
6. Ink the Kitty stamp with PITT pens and stamp onto white card. Colour the image in with Inktense pencils. Stamp the image again on a Post-It note and fussy cut (to create a mask).

7. For the background, mask the Kitty and sponge PanPastels and Distress Inks through the Splatter stencil.
8. Stamp the Wired circle off the edges and around the Kitty. 
9. Add shading with chalks and pencils. Add small splatters with watered down black watercolour paint.
10. Trim the stamped panel to size, distress the edges with ink and seal the image with hair spray. 
11. Dab some Boss Gloss in bottom right corner, sprinkle with Aged Scarlet and heat emboss.
12. Mat the image with Coconut Cream and French Roast card. Adhere to the card base.
13. Ink the sentiment with PITT pens and stamp onto patterned paper. Sponge splatters through the stencil and heat emboss with Aged Scarlet (as in step 11). Trim to size and mat with French Roast card. Adhere with 3d Foam Squares.
14. Make a ribbon bow and adhere to the card with DODZ - 3D.
15. Finish the card with the banner and gems.

Here's the list of today's participating blogs:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Kristine Reynolds *

Jamie Martin *

Asia King

Wendy Price

Tenia Nelson

Janelle Stollfus

Lea Kimmel *

Pam Hornschu *

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Core'dinations Designer - Tami Mayberry

Continue your blog hop at 

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

I hope you've enjoyed my little contribution and be sure to check what other amazing projects have been shared. Have fun hopping along and good luck in the draw!

Happy Friday everyone! Big crafty hugs




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Challenges for this card:
Frilly and Funkie - Autumn Colours
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - O is for: Oh là là!
Craft Stamper Take It Make It October Challenge - Multi Colour Stamping

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Owl Be Watching Over You

Hello Friends! How are you today? 

I am very, very happy today - especially after seeing new followers who so kindly chose to hang around my blog :-). Thank you so much!

With the nights drawing in earlier and earlier and smoky scents floating in the air one can't help but start thinking of...Halloween!

Although we don't really make any Halloween preparations at home, there is something really mesmerising about this event and I am always fascinated by all the creatively ghoulish and scary-licious projects shared in the blogland.

And in the spirit (or ghost??? lol) of this event, here is my offering for you today.

And while I'm on the subject of ghoulish makes. Stampendous October 2014 Blog Challenge is now open and the theme is Halloween Haunt. Be sure to link all your beautifully scary creations to the challenge linky tool and you may also have a chance to win some delicious Stampendoulicious treats!

For my Halloween tag I used Distress Inks and acrylic paints to create the background. Then I stamped and heat embossed with Black Detail Embossing Powder the Tombstone Owl and I threw in a few stamped bats for a good measure (from Tricky Words and Halloween Diamonds Perfectly Clear sets).

I stamped the Tombstone Owl again onto white card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it in with Distress Markers. Then I fussy cut parts of the stamp and added them to the card over the Black Thin 3D Foam Squares.

The frame was die cut from a black 3D Foam Creative Sheet using Sizzix Victorian Cameo die set and fully covered with Maroon Micro Glitter. 

I also couldn't pass on the opportunity of some Frantage treatment using the encrusted jewel technique with my all time favourite mixtures: Aged Wine Embossing Enamel and Copper Mix Lux. Oooh, I love that lush sparkle!

To finish my tag I added a May Arts ribbon, a Bat Doodle and a Halloween sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed my today's offering! Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments!

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A Sunny Trip To Serengeti Gift Set

Hello everyone on this beautiful Friday morning! 

Actually, I hope it's beautiful, as at the time I am scheduling this post the weather people are suggesting the snow is on the way! Brrr!




I would like to send a warm welcome to my newest followers - and my heartfelt thanks for joining in my creative adventures. 

And I'd also like to say 'thank you' for bearing with me lately. I'm so busy with redecorating at home that I haven't had time to do my blog visits and I really miss seeing your beautiful work. But I hope to catch up on all the good stuff soon! And in case you've missed my last post, I'm going to teach a Fran-tage workshop at Sparkle Dreams in Swindon on May 17th. I hope you can join our creative play. You can find all the details HERE.

Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I am sharing a tutorial for this gift set. I'd really appreciate it if you visited the post here.

The gift set includes a card and a box to go with it. I made it as a birthday present for my friend's daughter who absolutely adores elephants. I had to think quite long and hard how to capture this and finally decided on creating a warm Serengeti scene.

I had a jolly good play with my lovely adhesives, stamps, Fran-tage and inks. The whole set took ages to complete but I was quite happy with the final result. And the best thing is the recipient really loved her gift - so I felt my job was well done! lol :)

Do check out the steps I took for this project and below I've included the full list of supplies for ease of reference.

Supplies: E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable, E-Z Dots® Repositionable, Kraft Creative Photo Corners, Crafty Power Tape, black Thin 3D Foam Squares, 3D Foam Pennants, DODZ™ – 3D, 4×6″ Adhesive Sheets, 3D Foam Squares – White, Small, Keepsake Envelopes, 3D Foam Leaves.

Other: Serengeti, Coffee Mug & Vintage Lowercase clear stamps, cling Crowscape, Fran-tage Taupe Colour Fragments, Copper Micro Glitter (all Stampendous);

Cardstock and papers (Ambrosia collection) - Bazzill Basics; Distress Inks various colours (Ranger Ink); crinkly ribbon (May Arts); flowers (Prima Marketing).

Thank you for popping in today and I hope you have a super creative weekend!

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Challenges for this project:
Floral Fantasties - 5th Blogaversary Celebration (fave items Fran-tage in any shape or form!)
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #67 - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Make it Sparkle
The Paper Shelter #147 - Animal Magic

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Make Magic – Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Some Odd Girl Blog Hop Day 4

Good morning crafty bloggers and happy Thanksgiving to all!

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Some Odd Girl have been sharing beautiful projects on their blogs Monday through Friday this week. If you follow along and comment on each of the posts along the way, you'll be entered to win some sweet swag from both companies! 

There are two happy boxes of adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and two $20 gift certificates to the Some Odd Girl shop to be won! Cool, isn't it?

Today I am playing with this magical stamp Fairy Magic and I'm wearing my adhesives on the outside to add lots of magical sparkle.

I've started by stamping the fairy onto cardstock with Black Memento ink. Then I coloured it with SpectrumNoir markers - you can see the steps and marker numbers below.

I die cut the image using a die from the Spellbinders Gold Majesty Circles set. To make the card, I used cardstock from Core'dinations and papers from Crafty Individuals paper book. 

I also dabbed some Boss Gloss over the Ivory Creative Photo Corners and heat embossed them with Vintage Lilac Embossing Tinsel from Stampendous. On both sides of the card I added butterflies embellished with glitter dots - DODZ™ - 3D and Royal Purple Crushed Glass Glitter.

On the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog today you can see my full tutorial for this card. Below you can see all the adhesives I used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Some Odd Girl will be sharing projects on their blogs Monday through Friday, and if you follow along and comment on each of the posts along the way (that's 10 comments you'll need to make, folks!), you'll be entered to win some sweet swag from both companies! There are two happy boxes of adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and two $20 gift certificates to the Some Odd Girl shop to be won!

Here are the main blog links:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Some Odd Girl

Be sure to make your way around to both blogs each day this week and you have until Sunday, December 1st at midnight EST to squeeze in all your commenting - we'll be announcing the two lucky winners on Monday, December 2nd! 

Thank you so much for popping in today and your lovely comments! And happy hoppin'!

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Challenges for this card:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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