Hi there readers,
Today sees the start of JULY - not even sure what exactly happened to June but ..... over at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog there's a new "ANYTHING GOES" challenge, we'd love to see you join in. Can be any type of craft you like, for instance ... as a member of their Design Team my last month's make was a crochet blanket! This month sees me creating four little matchbooks (3" square) with enclosures, for a swap arranged by a pal ..... and here they are
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| The back of one of my matchbooks |
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| The front of one of the matchbooks |
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| My batch of four matchbooks |
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And the contents of the matchbooks: one ATCoin, Three mini playing card,
One Mickey Mouse paper clip and one clear acrylic disc per matchbook |
Materials used:
- 300gsm card in pearlescent grey, black and white
- WRMK nesting rectangle dies, nesting squares and nesting circles
- Chevron card in pink/white and yellow/white
- Using the pink and yellow colour schemes I stamped using the following inks and images:- Kaisercraft grid, chevron and crackle, Altenew "trendy circles" (a recent prize) and Katzelkraft mini 075 (a recent birthday gift) and the following inks: Memento:- tuxedo black, dandelion, tangelo and rosebud
- The Katzelkraft images were coloured using a mix of alcohol markers and polychromos pencils and highlighted using Sakura gelly roll gel glitter pens
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| Stamps and inks |
In addition to my matchbooks being my submission for the LTCCB challenge post today, I'll also be entering them for the following challenges:-
- More Mixed Media - June challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) PURPLE .. inks/alcohol markers/coloured pencils/stamping/layering
- WeLove2Create - challenge No. 7 - ANYTHING (mixed media) GOES
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 108 - ANYTHING GOES
- 613 Avenue Create - challenge No. 222 - ANYTHING GOES + optional MORE THAN ONE FOLD ... each matchbook features three
- Corrosive Challenge - challenge No. 6 - ANYTHING GOES
And, in case you were curious, here are the matchbooks I received back in the swap .... thank you ladies, they're fabulous
How are all you lovely people coping with the recent weird weather? We've had rain, rain and more rain then temperatures in the mid 30° (centigrade) on Saturday .. I KNOW and it was Glastonbury weekend when it pretty much always rains, right? And then yesterday? We went from the sublime to the ridiculous.... from drinks in the sweltering sunshine
To this, on Sunday morning
11 comments:
Looking at your post on train home from Brighton! 4 fabulous matchbooks and each one so different. Love them.
Weather certainly v hot . . . We haven't had as much rain or cloud tho.
Xxx
I haven't heard of matchbooks before but they look like fun and you made four beautiful examples Kathy and received four lovely ones in return. I know what you mean about the weather. It was very hot and humid on Saturday and I was practising in the afternoon then singing in a concert in the evening, but luckily the venue was quite cool, and yesterday we did have some sun but the clouds rolled in by about 6pm though still humid. Today much cooler and grey skies! x
Love the idea of matchbooks and the selection of contents-fabulous coind and cute image on the front -love the swaps too.Same weatherwise here too absolutelt roasting Sat then cool and blowing a gale here yest and today
carol x
love the matchbooks. Great idea.
I think your matchbooks are fab, so much detail in them. Sam (fellow DT member) x
These are really cute, Kathy, what a great idea for a swap. The weather certainly can't make up its mind - back to hot and sunny today. xx
Your matchbooks are a cute and creative idea. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Kathy, I love your matchbooks! And the swaps are pretty awesome too! Thanks for joining us and good luck with your entry! Be sure to join us for another challenge soon!
Hugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
Hi Kathy just popping back to say-Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create
Carol DT x
Fabulous and fun..
Thank you so much for joining in with us at 613 Avenue Create..hope you will play along again..
Luv CHRISSYxx
https://welove2create.blogspot.com/
Wow I love it, thank you for sharing It with the DT from We Love To create, just fabulous and good luck Hugs Corryxxx (DT)
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