Craft a scene: Winter scene with the option of a trishutter

Good afternoon all! Well I suspect you're getting tired of my posts right now so I'll keep it short! Lol!!! At Craftascene we are launching Decembers challenge - and this month the theme is a winter scene - and there is the option of creating a trishutter card. I've done that - although I've had some comments from people who have seen the card already that it was such a gorgeous scene it was a shame to cut it up! Lol! I understand where that view is coming from but I actually quite like the effect! What do you think?

The stamps are from a set by Sheena douglass when she was at Creative Expressions - I think its called vintage Christmas. I've done most of the colouring with promarkers and also added some glitter - the snowflakes are cut using spellbinders dies. I cut the tri- shutter using my hougie board. It was relatively simple to make!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges!

Totally Gorjusstotallygorjuss: Snow
AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: Winter wonderland
I love promarkers:ilovepromarkers AG
Simon says Stampsimonsaysstampblog: AG
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2December Extra
countryviewchallenges - whoo-hoo-its-nearly-christmas- bah humbug

I wonder did any of you notice my getting a GDT post on the Pan pastel (premium brands) challenge blog? I'm there for the month of December - its really exciting stuff and I'm well chuffed to have been asked! I'll blog the piece I made tomorrow although it was on their site already today!

Big Hugs from me and thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx

Anything goes at Crafty sentiments

Good morning lovelies! How are you today? I hope you are well and standing up to the cold - its been perishing here - but bright and blue so thats always nice - had a great run yesterday morning - bracing - but definitely blew the cobwebs away!

Today I've got a card to share with you that I've made for the crafty sentiments design team - the challenge over there this week is anything goes and don't forget they're having an awesome die as the prize. Full details here. Here's my card:

This one uses a stamp called angel that you can get her here. She's a joy to colour - one of my fave Crafty Sentiments Images for sure! I've coloured her with promarkers and cut her out using a spellbinders die. The paper is from papermania and the ribbon from Creative Expressions. The flowers are WOC.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lexislexiscreations: Christmas
totally gorjusstotallygorjuss: Childs Christmas
sweet stampi,n'sweetstampinchallengeblog - a cause for celebration
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: For a child
CHNC extra craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2- AG
polkadoodles:polkadoodle Inspired by a carol - deck the halls
SFTW:stampinfortheweekend Feeling festive
charismacharismacardz: Christmas
MAWTTmovingalongwiththetimes: Music

Thanks for dropping by today - and before I go I must let you know the winner of my last little candy - it was comment number 2 and thats you craftinsuzie.  If you could email me your addy Susan I'll get the parcel out to you today!!!! I do like it when somebody who comments every day wins - but thanks to all of you who do comment whenever you can - I wish I could send you all something!!!!

Big Hugs and hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx

Crafty sentiments digi release blog hop

Good morning lovelies! I hope you are well and happy today! Today over on the Crafty Sentiments inspirations Blog we're running a blog hop for the release of 5 new digis. This will continue tomorrow too. To qualify for the prizes you must be a follower of the Inspirational blog leave a comment on there and then hop

and leave a comment on all blogs on both days

COLLECT A LETTER FROM ALL BLOGS - then email the phrase answer to  Scattyjan_814@msn.com and leave a message on the inspirational blog to say that you have.

3 winners will each receive one of the new digi's and one lucky winner will win the chance to be a GDT for 2 months- if you'd like that prize pop GDT after your name on the message you leave on the inspirational blog. Enjoy the hop. Winners will be announced on the 28th December. 

Here's what I did:

The diecuts are all from Marianne dies except the branch which is spellbinders and the daisies and the sentiment there are from stamps by Little Claire. I've coloured the digi image in with promarkers fussy cut her and added her to the scene I created.

You should have got here from  Caz  and the next on your hop list should be Audrey. My letter is T!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Come and get itcomeandgetitchallenges: AG with a digi

OSAATonestitchatatimechallenge: Bingo - green, blue, dies

Fab n funky fabnfunkychallenges- AG

Delicious doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: No dp

aud sentimentsaudsentimentschallengeblog: any sentiment
cutiepiechallenge-cute-scenes-and-backgrounds

Hope you enjoy hopping! Big Hugs Rachel xxx

Thankyou at Creative Inspirations - and another little claire stamp club card

Good morning all! Well wasn't it cold yesterday? My Little Penny had a beautiful day though - she never stopped talking about it when she got in. She was paddling a canoe on Lake Windermere - and running through the forest - taking rubbings of leaves and generally having a ball. What a fantastic day it sounded like! Its Lucy and the juniors turn today - I hope they have as much fun!!!!

This week's challenge atCreative Inspirations is Happy Thanksgiving / Thank You Cards!

This week's prize is from BUNNY ZOES CRAFTS and is a £10 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

 Here's the card I made for this challenge:

I've used a magnolia Tilda stamp - coloured with promarkers. The papers are all LOTV from the Always and forever pad and the flowers are WOC. The sentiment stamp is from whimsy stamps and the image is cut with a spellbinders die. 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle doodleskaboodledoodles-thanksgiving: Thanks

WDcutedaisymay: Thanks

PIOpileitonchallenge: Thanks

Totally Gorjusstotallygorjuss: 3 patterned papers

Jellyparkjellyparkchallenges: Thanks

CLFcraftylittlefairieschallenge: You don't bring me flowers!

This second card I've got to share with you today is another one done using the Little claire stamp club stamps. I've coloured it in using promarkers.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges: 

Incy Wincyincywincydesigns: Easel

polkadoodlespolkadoodle: shaped card

PFPpromarkerchallenge: Checks

Thanks for dropping by today and I hope you'll join in with the C.I. Challenge this week! Big Hugs to you all and hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Baking pie at Crafty Sentiments Inspiration and more from Little Claire

Morning Lovelies! How are you? I hope you are well and good. I'm feeling good and ready for a shopping trip with my mum - asda this week I think! Oh the joys! See you soon mum!

Over on the Crafty Sentiments inspirations blog I've got a post today using a stamp called Baking Pie from the recent Christmas release. I've teamed the image up with a Little Claire stamp that I coloured up whilst down in Bristol

The Baking pie image that you can get here and the Little Claire image have both been coloured with promarkers. I fussy cut the CS image and added her to the base of the card I got from the Little Claire stamp club. I think the two stamps go nicely together - don't you?

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
aud sentimentsaudsentimentschallengeblog: feminine
fab n funkyfabnfunkychallenges: AG
TPSthepapershelter: For someone special
IDICrobynsfetishchallengeblog: Colour challenge
Penny'spennyschallenges: add a sentiment

I've got another little Claire club card to show you too - another made in the travelodge in Bristol.

sorry the pics aren't brilliant - at least they're there - had such trouble loading them up!

Thanks for dropping by today and thanks for all your kind words yesterday! Hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Blue at Crafty Sentiments and my morning at coffeepot

Good morning to you! How are you? Good I hope! I'm still reeling from the PTA meeting I went to last night and all the things that need to be done before the christmas fair on the 30th! Deep breath and as Kath Stewart would say big girl knickers time!!!!

Over at craftysentiments today the new challenge is Blues.

The prize up for grabs is this fab stamp just right for your christmas creations !!

If you use a Crafty Sentiments Design image you will be entered 3 times and be in for a chance of being our Crafty Sentiments favoutite !!  Just put a #3 after your name when entering.

Here's what I did using the image wizard charlie that you can get here

The image has been coloured with promarkers. The stars were double sided sticky shapes that I've stuck down and added glitter to. I've also created a faux frame around Charlie. 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

TPCtotallypapercrafts: Use glitter

charismacharismacardz: AG

I love promarkersilovepromarkers: all that glitters

I've got some pictures to show you of our makes yesterday at coffeepot too.

The shapes were from the MDF man - a mixed bag of 15 holiday ornament shapes for £5. What a bargain. we decopatched the shapes then added the diecut 3D snowflake from Tim Holtz sizzix range. Simple but effective I think. 

Thanks for dropping by today and I hope you've enjoyed your visit. Hope to see you again soon.

Big Hugs 

Rachel xx

CCAYR Challenge: Winter Wonderland

Hello there! Another scheduled post! My second today! Its time for a new challenge over at Christmas Cards all year around and this time the theme is Winter wonderland. We're looking for cards with a snowy influence! Here's my card:

I've had my brayer and sparkle medium out again - this time I've brayered die cut Christmas trees ( die'sire brand).  The image is LOTV and I coloured it with promarkers. The papers are also LOTV as is the sentiment.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

simonsaysstampblog: AG
craftyribbonschallenge: G with ribbon
paulaholifieldcrafts-albc-sparkle-and-shine
Crafters Companioncrafterscompanion-christmaswinter Christmas
Polkadoodles:polkadoodle AG Christmas
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2. 2: AG
cute card Thursday:cutecardthursday Sparkles

Thanks for visiting! Hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs Rachel

Bingo at Creative Inspirations

Good morning all. I'm hoping Mr Blogger plays ball and this post works. I hope to do links before hitting the road but most of today will be spent enroute to Bristol. Not sure where we're going to stop on the way but it will be somewhere!!!! Hopefully we'll be able to make a day of it before getting to our travelodge this evening. Thats going to be something very new and exciting for the girls too - bless them - hope it all goes well!

 Over at Creative Inspirations this week's challenge is Bingo! 

This week we have 2 prizes and the first of which is from BEARLY MINE DESIGNS and is a £10 GIFT VOUCHER!

The next prize is from our regular sponsor J&C CREATIONS and is another £10 GIFT VOUCHER!

Here's what I did - I used the line snowflakes, white and frantage to make Lucy's card for Christmas. She just adores pandas so I try to find panda images for her cards.

The image is supercute and I thought was from the stamp fairy but I can't seem to find it online so now I'm not sure!  Its coloured in promarkers and then cut with an X-Cut die. The edges were distressed with DI and then the frantage added and heat set. I mounted this on a background embossed with a snowflake embossing folder - I think it was a darice folder. The baubles were free stamps from the recent simply cardmaking and papercraft magazine. I stamped them with versamark and added metallic lilac WOW powders and heat set.  The papers behind all this are from the snowman 12x12 inch paper set and I distressed the edges using a TH distress tool.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Glitternsparkle:glitternsparklechallengeblog add some black.
Twisted Tuesdaytwistedtuesdaychallenges: AG
LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: AG

Thanks for dropping by today and hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel x

New release at Crafty sentiments: Christmas rush

Hello lovelies - its time for me to show you the new release at Crafty Sentiments called Christmas Rush and you can get it here. It was in the shop on the 22nd but the day to show you this little beauty is today. Three of us from the DT (the mulled wine drinkers) were charged with coming up with a a common theme each and adding it to our projects. See if you can work out our common elements on the inspirational blog here. Here's my make:

This is a money box for helping me save for Christmas - woo hoo - I definitely need it! Anyway - so what have I done? The box was from the MDF man and was painted with gesso then pebeo acrylic paint. I stamped some script then used an imagination craft stencil called 'the clearing' with sparkle medium. The roof was tiled with sequins and the brass star on the front was covered with versamark and lilac wow powders were added. and heat set. The stamp was coloured with promarkers and fussy cut and added to the moneybox.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

WOWwowembossingpowder: Stars and stripes- I have one star and a striped roof)
Crafty Catz: craftycatzweeklychallengeSpots and stripes ( my spots are in stripes)
Crafty Ribbonscraftyribbonschallenge: ABAC
aud sentimentsaudsentimentschallengeblog: Christmas
Allsorts CBallsortschallenge: Treemendous
Sweet Stampinsweetstampinchallengeblog: wood, trees and leaves
craft-roomchallenge: stencil or mask

Thanks for joining me today and hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

AG with the option of a sketch at Creative Inspirations

Good morning all! Thanks for you kind comments on yesterdays post - its very good of you to take the time to come and visit - I do appreciate it!

Hope you are well? We are good although I'm glad I won't be getting weighed for a couple of weeks - I think the Great British bake off has been getting the better of me! I was so glad that Frances won - loved her canapes last week - they were just amazing! Yum yum!!!

Onto todays post ....

This week's challenge over at Creative Inspirations  is Anything Goes + Option of A Sketch! Here's the sketch:

This week's prize is from  MY MUMS CRAFT SHOP and is a £10 GIFT VOUCHER!

I was lucky enough to win one of these the other week and my goodies rolled in today - can't wait to use them - but I will have to wait until tonight - after Rainbows and after my little penny's rehearsal for the Alice in Wonderland play in the village.

Back to my card .....

I've made this for the winter birthday of my niece Evie. She's going to be 9 this year - growing fast!!! The image is from the stamp fairy and I've coloured her with promarkers and distressed around the edges with tumbled glass DI. The papers are from LOTV. The flowers are WOC and the gems from Chloe.

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:

PFPpromarkerchallenge: Give me a P - Plaid, (ski) poles, 

AIartisticinspirationschallenges: AG

As you like itasyoulikeitchallenge: Fave sketch and why - for me this sketch is so useful - most images will fit well with a central focal point and the 2 papers crossed behind the image look fab.

Thats all for today - got a lovely one to show you tomorrow - and I'll bring you the results of my candy win too! 

Big Hugs and thanks for joining me today!

Rachel xx

Hello baby at Crafters Companion

Good morning lovelies! I hope you are well. We're all good and definitely ready for half term which starts here on Friday.

I had a good day with my ladies yesterday - we did the shaving foam and ink background method again and then made butterflies using film and fibre and put the two things together to make bookmarks:

I had a lovely evening too - i went down to a pampered chef evening in the village at a friends house. It was a 'pink' evening so all the 'commission' went to breast cancer - and we did have a lovely time too!!!!

Anyway - onto my post for today - this months challenge at crafters companion is baby - so i've made a baby card for my cousin in america whose wife is expecting their second child.

The image is from the party paws range - the sentiment and baby stamp are all on the same stamp sheet. I've coloured the image with promarkers and used spellbinders dies to cut the image. There's twine in the buttons and the paper is from my stash. I'm hoping my good blog buddy carol hasn't got her promarkers out trying to colour in my wallpaper - lol!!! Brilliant idea carol - it is distracting isn't it?

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges;
Crafters companioncrafterscompanion; Baby
Totally Gorjusstotallygorjuss: String
Fussy and Fancyfussyandfancychallenge: Celebration

thanks for dropping by today and i hope to see you again soon! Big Hugs rachel xx