Just For Fun - Anything Found

Its Thursday so that means its Just For Fun day!

My apologies for being absent from the challenge the last couple of weeks. My hubby has been in hospital and my time has been spent going to work and then to the hospital - not had any time at all to craft. Thankfully he is now back home and recovering well.

Its the final week of re/upcycling challenges. This week its to use anything found be it natural or man made.

I have used a piece of wood that was ready to go to the recycling yard - we have just had a new wooden staircase built.

I have stamped my stampendous agapanthus cluster on the wood and then used my "wood burny tool" thats my technical name for it! to burn the image onto the wood.

Hope this qualifies for this weeks challenge.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Metal

Its challenge time again over at Ruby's Rainbow and this fortnight I have the pleasure of choosing the theme.

I have chosen "Metal".

I have used a mirror I got from IKEA which cost about £1.

Aluminium has been coloured and put through the cuttlebug and sanded back to reveal the original colour, all stuck with strong glue and then leaded window tape used to edge everything.

Before



After



We would love to see how you use metal!

Sparkles Forum Challenge - Remembrance Sunday

The latest challenge over at Sparkles Forum Challenges is "Remembrance Sunday".

I have made a diptych ATC, one side is the famous poem "In Flander's Fields". The other is an image I found of a soldier standing by a grave and some poppies in the foreground.

I have been to the battlefield cemetaries in Belgium and been to the Menin Gate at Ypres and heard the last post played. It moved me to tears to think of all the soldiers that bravely gave their lives for us.

We shall remember them!

Ruby's Rainbow - cute and cuddly

Its challenge time again over at Ruby's Rainbow.
The theme this fortnight is "Cute and Cuddly".

I have made a card and my image is a papermania stamp of Daisy coloured with pro markers.

Less is More - One Layer Week - Hearts

Its One Layer Week over at Less is More.
This week Chrissie and Mandi have asked us to use hearts.

A very simple card from me this week - I used a stitching template and pierced through the card and then added faux stitching with a red pro marker. I added the sentiment and then 3 small gems.

Just For Fun - Recycle month

Its recycle month over at Just For Fun. This week we are being asked to use books or magazines in our projects.

I have made a bookmark. I made some beads out of an old holiday brochure and put them onto a metal bookmark.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Christmas Songs

This month's challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge is Christmas Songs.
I have chosen "Oh Christmas Tree".

I have been out to a craft show today and bought these two stamps from Little Claire. They are both coloured in with promarkers and glamour dust has been added and finished off with some ribbon.

Less is More - Eye Colour

I had a week off from LIM last week - not because I was on holiday or anything - MIL was taken into hospital (again) and it wasn't looking too good at one point. Thankfully she is now on the mend and hopefully coming out of hospital in the next couple of days.

This week Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to use our eye colour in our cards. My eyes are Hazel so thats a brown/green mixture

I have used my Martha Stewart deep edge punch with brown paper and added a few gems in brown and green

Still got to add a sentiment - not sure what to put on it as yet!

Just For Fun - Anything but a card

This weeks challenge at Just for Fun is Anything goes but it has to be anything but a card!

I have used my brand new - just delivered craft stamper freebie stamp and used it on some stampboard which I have had to stick together to make a 2 inch square. I coloured the background with distress inks. Stamped the image with Staz-on and then scraped some of the inks away.

Craft Room Challenge - Anything Christmas

The current challenge at Craft Room Challenge is "Anything Christmas". I have made a card for this challenge - stamped image is from papermania and I can't remember where the papers are from the top of the card is embossed with a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. The oval nestie is covered in glitter to give a wintry feel.

It can also be entered into Sparkles Forum challenge which is Anything that sparkles

Rubys Rainbow - For the Boys

Over at Ruby's Rainbow the theme for this new challenge is For the Boys. It was great to see so many entries for the last challenge - all fab creations.

I have made an ATC. Coloured my Edwin with Football with promarkers in shades of grey. The background is some football backing paper and I used my DYMO labeller to stamp "Football Crazy"

Just For Fun - More than Four Edges

This weeks challenge at Just For Fun is to create something that has more than FOUR edges.

I originally decorated a cube but it looked so much like one I had made previously that I went back to the drawing board and came up with a jigsaw piece.

Its coloured with distress inks and then a little bit of double stamping to emphasise the wording and then a few splodges and dots added and finally a Tim heart.

Less is More 1000 card challenge 6

This is my 6th and final card for the challenge at Less is More this week. Its made with a snowmen stamp I have had for years once again coloured with promarkers and a bit of glamour dust added.

Good luck with the challenge Chrissie and Mandi

Less is More 1000 card challenge 5

Card number 5 for the Less is More challenge is made with another freebie stamp this was a docrafts freebie a couple of years ago - coloured with promarkers and glamour dust added.

Less is More 1000 Card Challenge 4

A very simple card this time for the Less is More Challenge - made using a Dawn Bibby stamp coloured with promarkers and the addition of glamour dust and a star to the top of the tree.

Less is More 1000 card challenge 3

Card number 3 for Less is More is made with some of my fave stamps! Coloured with promarkers.

Less is More - 1000 card challenge 2

Here's card number 2 for the challenge at Less is More - the butterflies are made with a kaleidacolor ink pad and a rollagraph stamp.

Less is More 1000 card challenge 1

Chrissie and Mandi at Less is More are hoping to have 1000 cards on the challenge this week - and anything goes as long as its CAS.
Here's my firstcard a simple cream DL card with yellow ribbon and stamped yellow flowers that were a craft stamper freebie

Just For Fun - Shades of Green

This weeks challenge at Just For Fun is "Shades of Green".
An ATC from me this week - green card for the base, peeled paint and olive green inks to make the background an imagination stamp of a fern stamped with a green ink and finished off with two green eyelets.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - For the Girls

This fortnights challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow is "For The Girls".
I have made a tag for my DT piece. I have used a stamped image that a friend gave me some time ago so not sure what company the stamp is from. Its coloured with pro markers and mounted onto a tag which I made some backing paper of "Bras" to work with the sentiment.

Sparkles Challenge - White and one other colour

This is the first time I have entered Sparkles Challenge which runs fortnightly. The new challenge theme is White and one other colour. I chose pink!
I was originally making an ATC so used old rose ink with a script background, added my hand made rose then coloured a flourish in pink. I added some pink flower gems and then decided it needed something else so I covered a card in my background paper and made a tag and stamped the birthday wishes in distress ink.

Just For Fun - Vintage

This weeks theme over at Just For Fun is "Vintage".
I have made an ATC. The image is from a pack of images I have had for ages and the atc is cream card and I have used catseye chalks to add an old feel to it.
Sorry its a bit blurry - the sentiment is 3d and thats what is making it blurred on the scan.

*****EDIT***** Got a better picture now!

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

Well I don't really know how to say this but...........



These are my first two christmas cards I have made this year!

They fit into this months theme over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge where the theme is "Santa".

Craft Room Challenge - Home Decor

Craftroom Challenges theme this fortnight is "Home Decor".
I have used some wooden building blocks and covered them, inked them and then added the letters h, o, m, e. I added a hand made rose and leaves to the top.
Not too sure if this is the type of thing they wanted this time but its my interpretation of the theme!

Less is More - One Layer Week

Its one layer week over at Less is More. Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to see double this week on our one layer cards.

The top card is one of my favourite flower stamps - had it for years and can't remember where from and I have added two butterflies. There is room for a sentiment which will be added at a later date.
The bottom card is stamped from a freebie set I got ages ago.

They are both coloured with some whispers pens I forgot I had and found them in the back of a drawer when I was having a tidy of my craft room the other week.

Craft Your Days Away - Make your own Flowers

Just saw this challlenge on the lovely Shaz's blog for Craft Your Days Away and they are asking to see your hand made flowers on your projects.
I have used a deep box frame for my project and coloured it with adirondack paint dabbers then added some chalking through sequin waste. I added some metal embellishments to the frame too. For the flower I used my tattered florals die and cut 3 of the large flowers then made my rose from that. I'm really pleased with the end result. I just hope that my frame fits in with the challenge!

Less is More - Colours - Metallic

This week at Less is More, Chrissie and Mandi are challenging us to a colour week - this week they would like to see "metallics".

I cut some flowers from the tattered florals die using some TSS metal. I added a sticky crystal to the centres. The greeting is a peel off (not used those for ever such a long time)
Apologies once again for the naff scan - still not got my camera!

Just For Fun - Words

The theme this week at Just for Fun is "Words".

I have made a tag using T!m stamps, distress inks and a little metal for the heart.

Rubys Rainbow Challenge #11 A Recipe

It challenge number 11 over at Ruby's Rainbow and this time its a Recipe.
3 Designer Papers
2 Brads or Buttons
1 Flower

I have made an ATC.
My papers are all from my stash that I have had for ages, one brad is the flower centre and the other brad is the key. My flower is made from grungepaper and it is inked to colour it.

Less is More - Recipe Week - Take 3

Its recipe week over at Less is More.
Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to look back at the last 29 weeks and choose three themes.

Firstly, apologies for the terrible scan - not been able to use the camera and to be honest even if I could have I don't think I would have got a good photo as the weather has been awful this weekend.

Here are the weeks I have chosen:
Week 4 - 3 squares
Week 15 - Embossing
Week 16 - Butterflies

Just For Fun - Black, White, Silver and one other

Over at Just For Fun its Sams final week of colours. She has steadily been adding the colours for us each week, now we can add the final colour. I chose purple!

I have made the ATC I made for last weeks challenge but reversed the embossing. I made the backing paper using alcohol inks.



Here's the ATCs together




Just need to parcel them up to send to Zoe for the swap this month!

Craft Room Challenge - Masking

This fortnights challenge over at Craft Room Challenge is to use "Masking".
It's my cousins birthday this weekend and she will be 40 so I have used my stampendous stamps to mask the back of the card. They are coloured in with promarkers. The numbers are papermania.
Hope she will like it!

Less is More - Things that move

Its theme week over at Less is More and Chrissie and Mandi have challenged us all to show things that move.
I have used a hedgehog stamp that was a freebie on a craft magazine years ago. He is coloured with promarkers. A very quick one layer card!

Just For Fun - Colour month

Its colour month at Just For Fun, over the last few weeks Sam has been asking us to use more colours on our projects. This week she is asking us to use Black, White and Silver.
I have made an ATC this week and used some black and white backing paper. I coloured a piece of metal with black sharpies and then used my CB to emboss the design. I sanded it back to show the silver.

Ruby's Rainbow - Stitching, Faux or Real

Well I'm very very excited today, Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog have been asking for new DT members and guess what????


I'm one of them!!!!!

Here's my first DT piece for them, the theme is Stitching and it can be real or faux. I have made my card using faux stitching which is done with a red promarker, cut the letters on my CB and added the backing paper. The hearts and straight line were from a papermania stitching stencil.

Craft Room Challenge - White on White

The current theme over at Craft Room Challenge is "White on White". I have made an ATC which could easily be turned into a card topper.
I stuck on some handmade paper and then added the die cut flower and added gems to it. I found some sticky flower ribbon and added some white eyelets.

Just For Fun - Black and White

This week at Just for Fun - Sam is asking us to use Black and White. I have re-created my wall hanging from the last challenge and added black to it.




This is both of them together




I think I prefer the black and white one!

Less is more - one layer and ink!

Its one layer week again this week at Less is More but this time Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to use ink in a different way than normal.

I have used this months craft stamper free stamp and stamped it with staz-on inks in timber brown, pumpkin and olive green and then used my distress ink re-inker in scattered straw as a watercolour paint and painted the centre of the leaves.

Less is More - Colour Week

Its colour week this week at Less is More and Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to use the colours on our national flag. Mine is the Union Jack so its red, white and blue for me.

I have made a very simple card this week using my in stitches embossing folder and then colouring some prima flowers with distress inks in fired brick and faded jeans. I added a pearl to the centre of the flowers and added the thankyou stamped in faded jeans.

Hope to get round to as many blogs as I can today and tomorrow as I'm off on my hols on Monday!

Piccie isn't the worlds best today - its scanned in mainly because the camera is packed away ready for Monday!

Just For Fun - White on White

This weeks challenge at Just For Fun is "White on White".

I have made a wall hanging from an offcut of mountboard and covered it with sticky backed canvas. I added an embossed piece of card done with my new "in stitches" embossing folder. I made some paper roses and punched some leaves. I found the swirly flourish in my bits and pieces box, then added the white gems. I used my crop-o-dile and added the white eyelets and then threaded through the white ribbon.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Gems

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow - the challenge is to see lots of GEMS on your work.

I'm pretty quick off the mark today mainly because I go on my hols next week and wanted to get the challenge in as soon as I could.

I have made two cards this time.
Top Card - new papermania stamp (bargain 3 for 2 at the moment) coloured with pro markers and lots of gems added.
Bottom Card - Stampendous stamp - Ranunculus Field - coloured with distress inks (peeled paint and worn lipstick) and gems added to the centre of the flowers.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.....

The theme over at Craft Room Challenge is "Summer Holidays" - I have used an old image of beach huts that has been in my stash for such a long time and stamped the craft stamper freebie of the shells and coloured them with pro markers. The background is coloured with broken china and scattered straw distress inks.

This can also be entered into the Try it on Tuesday challenge which is Beach.

Less is More - Feeling Fruity

Its lucky dip week over at Less is More and Chrissie and Mandi are asking if we feel fruity?
Here is my card - I struggled a little with this one. I raided all my stamps and this is all I could find which is an old Craft Stamper freebie coloured with pro markers.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Vintage

The latest theme over at Ruby's Rainbow Challenge is "Vintage" and they are having a DT call too.
I made an ATC this time - images are from Crafty Individuals.

Just For Fun - Fabric or Fibre

Its the final week of materials month this week on Just For Fun.
The material this week is Fabric or Fibre - as simple as that!

I have made a canvas (Thats my fabric!) coloured it with adirondak dabbers and then stamped the image (a very old craft stamper freebie) onto tissue paper and then glued it onto the canvas with mod podge glue. I wound some fibres around the frame and added a metal leaf!

Less is More Recipe Week

Its recipe week this week at Less is More, Chrissie and Mandi are asking us to use buttons or ribbons on our cards.

I have made four this week following the same design but adding different sentiments. I have used a different ribbon on each card and a prima flower and a button. Then stamps are from a set I got a while ago from Personal Impressions.