TGIF! Bring on the weekend!

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... I knew it had been a while since I'd done any journaling but I hadn't realised that it was back in 2019 that I last took out my journal!! CRIKEY! So, I owe a debt of gratitude to the peeps at the Snippets Playground, for gifting me this perfect Inkylicious image, in one of their draws, which encouraged me to reach for my journal once again. It also encouraged me to look through my supplies and toss a few items which had dried up! Always good to keep things current and ready to use.

My journal page

Inked and with the sentiment stamped

Inked and stamped, ready for the photo

Materials used:

• Crawford and Black journal page
• Ink sprays used: Dylusions lemon zest, Crafty Notions pink, Tsukineko "fireworks" grape jelly and Cosmic shimmer mica mist light pink
• Inkylicious sentiment "Moments, Memories" - Jan 2022 - NBUS) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Generic date stamp, stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• StudioLight "grunge" image (from set SL341) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Photo printed off, from my computer, mounted on to 300gsm cream card and edged using a black sharpie pen

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Love to Craft - challenge No. 72 - ANYTHING GOES
2. NBUS - challenge No. 46 - USE NBUS
3. Try It On Tuesday - Jan 10th challenge - IN WITH THE NEW (Inkylicious sentiment)
4. Everybody Art - challenge No. 527 - ANYTHING GOES

And now for a card ....

My 6" x 4" card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, 6" x 4" (15 x 10cm) card and matching envelope
• Card in white and raspberry, for my card front, insert and envelope
• PinkFresh stencil (PFST-19 Simple Plaid - 2022) and a makeup brush used to apply Memento Rosebud ink
• Kaisercraft image (from Botanica - 2016) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Clearly Besotted sentiment (from "brushed sentiments" - 2021) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Cardz4Galz - challenge No. 190 - CAS (Clean And Simple)
2. Stencil Fun - January challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) WINTER
3. Ally's Angels - challenge No. 66 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Papercraft Challenges - challenge No. 90 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Krafty Chicks - challenge No. 647 - CAS (Clean And Simple)

Friday and probably the last of my "virtual" crafting weekend makes .... or is it?

Morning readers

If you've visited my blog since last weekend then you will know that I SHOULD have been crafting with some pals. Due to the current restrictions in place, courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic, that had to be rescheduled. We'd been so looking forward to a get together and I had acquired a set of stamps (identical sets, one for each of us - the set appears bottom right in the "materials" pic) so I challenged my pals to use these stamps over the weekend to make as many and varied projects as we felt able, in the time. We had a video chat on Sunday and it turned in to a show and tell! I've already shared a few makes (Monday and Wednesday) and have another make to share with you today .... I have managed (over the course of the weekend's crafting) to ink each and every stamp in the set .... YAY! Come on, own up, how many of us have sets of stamps with one (or more) image that has NEVER seen ink?, this was obviously a very useful set of images, I can see them getting a lot of use.

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• Orange C6/A2, 300gsm card and matching envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of black card, cut to mat
• Stamps used: Sparkle 'n Sprinkle set 777, Magazine free image set from Dina Wakley, background stamps 222647
• Inks used: Versafine Clair nocturne, Memento tangelo and canteloupe

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Lost Coast - challenge No. 100 - CELEBRATE IT
2. WaterCooler Wednesday - challenge No. 274 - ANYTHING GOES WITH A FEMININE TWIST
3. Penny's Paper Crafty - challenge No. 472 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Sisterhood of Crafters - May 27th challenge - FAVOURITE TECHNIQUE .. I do LOVE to layer stamps
5. Crafty Gals Corner - challenge No. 207 - FOR THE LADIES

And now, a journal page ... discovered it was my first foray in to journalling in 2020!! YIKES

Materials used:

• One page of my Crawford & Black journal (£1 from The Works)
• Using an egg shaped sponge I applied pan pastels in yellow and red (top only) over the entire page
• With my Paper Artsy stencil in place (PS034) I applied the red pan pastel through the stencil
• Dark Room Door quote stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Silicone stamps (from 222647 - my Crafting buddy set) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist, nocturne and tulip red inks

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Welove2create - June - ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES
2. My Time To Craft - challenge No. 433 - USE A STENCIL

In the latter half of 2019 I had a bit of a health scare and was advised to take up some form of exercise ... I chose walking. Turns out that I really quite enjoy my morning walks and .... apparently, I DO LOVE a footpath! Where we live is semi rural and there are some lovely walks around me and within easy reach. I took a familiar walk recently but spotted a stile/footpath so decided to take a detour! Wander with me, if you have a moment ...

Who remembers Bill and Ben the Flowerpot men? Didn't expect to meet them on my walk!

And, finally ..... sat in my garden the other evening ... imagine my surprise to look up and see ... a skywritten smiley - apparently, it made the news too!

Saturday chatter

Morning readers

I've a make to share with you today .... interestingly enough, it's NOT a Christmas card!!! Woo Hoo indeed!

My journal layout

Materials used:

• One page of my Crawford and Black journal (£1 from The Works)
• Inks used (some stamped and some brayered): Versafine Clair morning mist, nocturne, twilight, purple delight. Hero Arts neons in pink and orange. Memento rosebud, tangelo, London fog, Paris dusk and grey flannel
• Images used:Studio Light SL409, Creative Expressions CEC-851 "Inspiring Edges", Stamplorations  "Noteworthy"and Ranger Letter-It "Celebration"

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. More Mixed Media Challenge - December challenge - ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES + (optional) WHITE
2. International Art and Soul - challenge No. 73 - ANYTHING BUT A CARD
3. Love To Create - challenge No. 12 - ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES
4. Stamping Sensations - December challenge - ANYTHING (stamped) GOES
5. Creative Artiste - challenge No. 56 - ANYTHING (mixed media) GOES

And, yes, I confess ... it's another Christmas card - at this rate I'll soon be working on my 2021 quota!! I've been rummaging through my drawers of Christmas stamps and trying to use some neglected images - I own some lovely stamps but they've ended up at the back of the drawer. Now this one's not your traditional Christmas stamp which is why I went with a non traditional Christmas colour too - neon pink! Such a great company name too (Ducks in a row) ... I WONDER if they're still trading?

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of neon pink card, cut to mat with a narrow border
• Ducks in a row image (DR192-E "Noel") stamped using Hero Arts neon pink ink
• Elsewhere on my card and envelope I also stamped my Paper Artsy sentiment (JOFY17) using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Stardust stickles to bling up my uber CAS card!

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Try It On Tuesday - December 10th challenge - CHRISTMAS IS COMING
2. Sisterhood of Crafters - December 11th challenge - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
3. Penny's Paper Crafty - challenge No. 460 - ANYTHING GOES
4. CAS on Friday - challenge No. 170 - CHRISTMAS

Welcome to hump day Wednesday

Morning readers,

Hope your week is coming along well and that you are ready for the Bank Holiday weekend coming up!

I've found a little time to hit the Table of Craftiness with this colourful make below, time to deploy some underused Lavinia images that I've had a while as well as a fairly elderly sentiment stamp set!

My card

A close up of the image panel

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of purple card, cut to mat
• Lavinia Stamps graduated circles images stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink (I've had these circles for ages and found a make using them in late August of 2016)
• Imagine That sentiment (from "Write Big #2" - acquired in August of 2012) stamped using Versafine Clair morning mist ink
• Pro Markers used to colour: Magenta, Turquoise, Pumpkin, Lime, Orchid, Canary, Leaf Green and Aegean
• Kaisercraft purple metallic glitter gel pen - to add twinkle to the central circle

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Freshly Made Sketches - challenge No. 400 - SKETCH - see below .. oops, turns out I was too late for this one after all!
2. Imagine That - challenge No. 7 - ANYTHING GOES (using I.T. product)
3. Sweet Stampin - August 17th challenge - CAS (Clean And Simple)
4. Retro Rubber - challenge No. 117 - ANYTHING GOES with stamps older than one year - 3rd entry
5. Dragonfly Dreams - August 4th challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER
6. I Love Pro Markers - challenge No. 391 - ANYTHING GOES (using Pro Markers)

 

Started a journal page yesterday - it looked OK initially (in fact, I really quite liked it) but then I made a bad choice .... it was either the stencil, paint or both - either way, it went to hell in a handcart!! AKA "the bin"

It was fine till I added a large stencilled flower in orchid - one or the other
was a dreadful mistake and I couldn't put money on which was the issue

So, it was seconds out ... round two!

My journal page

Materials used:

• One page of my Crawford and Black journal
• Paper Artsy paints: banana and London bus - applied with a barely moist baby wipe
• Paper Artsy sentiment (take time .....) and flower border (from JOFY09) stamped using Ranger Archival onyx black ink
• Stampers Anonymous sentiment (Life ....), circle and oval design (by Wendy Vecchi "The Gift of Art" - SCS141) stamped using Versafine Clair tulip red, pinecome and purple delight - which needed to dry before the next step
• Peerless watercolours used to colour my flower border, aided by a waterbrush

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. More Mixed Media - August challenge - ANYTHING (mixed media) GOES + (optional) BRIGHT
2. Splashymix Challenge - August challenge - PHOTO INSPIRATION - see below
3. Creative Artiste - challenge No. 52 - ANYTHING (mixed media) GOES

Saturday .... it's the weekend, what's occurrin'?

Morning readers,

Firstly, let me welcome my latest follower, Sally, thanks so much for following my blog and leaving me a lovely comment, I hope you will stop by again soon.

Well, there I was ....... sat in my lounge positively ITCHING to use new stash on a journal page and .... next thing I knew this had happened - sleep crafting!? Whatever next? Aside from the chevrons and a background stencil, ALL of the images were from the same set of new stash! Woo Hoo! I love to ink up new stash before it makes it to the drawer - don't you?

My Artist Trading Card

Materials used:

• Two snippets of 300gsm white card, cut to 2½" x 3½" - to give a rigid form to my ONE LAYER ATC
• On one of my  pieces of white card I lightly brushed Memento London fog over the entire ATC then, using an Aldi stencils brush, brushed the same ink through two sections (diamonds/triangles) of my Dutchdoobadoo stencil (470.715.129)
• Stamps  used: StudioLight SL363 and Creative Expressions CEC851 (Inspired Edges" - I LOVE this new set and also the Creative Expressions chevron image which hasn't been off an acrylic block now in MONTHS!)
• Inks used: Memento London fog, sweet plum, rhubarb stalk and Versafine Clair morning mist

New stash set is on the left, the Versafine ink pad is also new

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Crafting By Designs - August challenge - ANYTHING GOES
2. Mod Squad - August 7th challenge - LAYER ME NOT 
3. Crafty Sentiments - August 6th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
4. Crafting With An Attitude - challenge No. 54 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Craft Rocket Challenges - challenge No. 62 - ANYTHING GOES

And another journal page because it had been an age .. bit like buses, none for ages and three (or, in this case, two) come along at once! This one was for the prompt "Something from your summer wardrobe" .. in this case flip flops and summer clothes to pack for my travels!! I WISH!

My Journal page

Materials used:

• One page of my Crawford and Black journal page
• Water spritzed over the page
• Brushos sprinkled and page tipped to spread, until I was happy with the way it looked
• Snippets of white card on to which I stamped the Fiskars flip flops and TGF clothes set (no idea of it's name or part number, I've had it since around 2009 so I suspect long discontinued, using Versafine Clair morning mist ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour images which, once done, I fussy cut out and edged using a pro marker in cool grey2
• Anita's suitcase (48721 23429), Fiskars luggage tag and "summer" + sentiment (from Fiskars Flip Flop set) and Travels (from CS6173 "My Travels") stamped directly on to the journal page using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Posca black paint pen used to doodle the border and arrows leading from the clothes to the suitcase!
• Crafters Companion Spray and Shine applied to the project, to protect the water based brusho's

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Papercraft Challenges - challenge No. 43 - SUMMER FUN
2. Addicted to Stamps - challenge No. 353 - HOLIDAY
3. Crafty Creations - challenge No. 395 - ANYTHING GOES
4. WeLove2Create - challenge No. 8 - ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES
5. More Mixed Media - August challenge - ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES + (optional) BRIGHT ... definitely bright!