Preparing for Christmas at Christmas Cards All Year Round

Afternoon to you! Hope its a good one! This is my third and final post for the day - over at Christmas cards All year Round christmascardsallyearround there's a new challenge starting called Preparing for Christmas. I decided to make a card based on cooking preparations:

This card is made using two stamps from LOTV - the cake decorating and the recipe stamp. The image was coloured with promarkers. I then used a spellbinders die to cut out the image and added a charm too. The sentiment is from Britannia dies. The flowers are WOC and papers from stash!

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

CHN extra challengecraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2: AG
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: Use three main colours - red, green, white
totally Gorjuss:totallygorjuss Traditional Christmas Colours
Glitternsparkleglitternsparklechallengeblog: Add some metal
OLLCBooh-la-la-creationschallenges: F is for Festive season
cypccraftyourpassionchallenges: add a little charm
LOTV ideastoinspire anything goes

Hope you've had a great day - hope to see you again soon! Big Hugs! Rachel xx

Siobhan and Martin's card

Hello Lovelies - how are you? I hope you're fine and well and having a good weekend. We're all good - we'll be losing 'Nana' today which will be very sad. Its always lovely when she comes to visit us! Still - hopefully it won't be too long before she comes again!


I've got a card to share with you today that I made for a commission. Its a wedding card for a lady in my village. She wanted it for a very flamboyant lady and her husband to be - it sounds like a very unusual wedding - hence the very unusual card! But I do like it!

I started off using copper sparkle medium from Imagination Crafts through the peacock mask from That special touch and created the paper that I then die cut into hearts  and mounted on an orangey mirri board also diecut into hearts. I added the bride and groom name. Then I die cut the card shape and used distress inks to colour the base of the easel. The top of the easel was also die cut and I mounted the hearts onto this overlapping them slightly before adding the kingfishers cut from a delicious doodles image and coloured with promarkers and the butterflies - also cut from the same image and coloured with promarkers. I added the Maribou Orange feathers to the side - the bride is having three orange feathers coming from a head-dress and a theatrical orange gown! The flowers on the base are WOC and I added them around the edge of the card. The Congratulations was also stamped and added to create the lip behind which the easel could sit.
The lady in the village was ecstatic with the card. I just hope the bride was too!

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

I love promarkersilovepromarkers: Anything goes
Happy Campershappycamperscc: Show us your flowers
Charisma: charismacardzFave colour combo - blue and orange
Crafty Ribbons:craftyribbonschallenge AG with ribbons
Delicious doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: Bling
Pattiespattiescreationschallenge: Animals
Fussy and fancy:fussyandfancychallenge Punches and dies
Sweet Stampinsweetstampinchallengeblog: Glamour and Glitz
Ladybug Craft Ink:ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog No squares
Tuesday Throwdowntuesdaythrowdown: Things with wings


I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and thanks so much for dropping by today. Big Crafty Hugs!

Rachel xx

A Little Claire card

Morning all - thanks for your kind comments on my card yesterday - it really does make me feel happy to hear what you think. Thankyou!

I've got a little claire card to show you today - their current challenge is holidays - well this card represents a 'staycation' for me - a holiday at home!

I love this image - I've stamped it and coloured with promarkers then used DI tumbled glass to create the sky background. The image was then cut with a spellbinders die and mounted onto green. This was then mounted onto LOTV paper and the sentiment is also LOTV. The flowers are WOC.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Holidays:littleclairesdesigns Little Claire
Tuesday throwdowntuesdaythrowdown: Best friends
Creative momentscarabbiemomentsofcraft: Birthdays
Crafty Little Fairiesliliofthevalleythursdaychallenge: Cute and cuddly
Cute card Thursdaycutecardthursday: pretty in pink

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

Happy Crafting!

Rachel xx

Imagination Crafts Inspiration Post

Hello there! Can you believe its been a whole two weeks since the Imagination Crafts Challenge Blog began? Well it has - which means its time to show you another piece to try and get you to join us before the end of the month. It is anything goes but the rules do state that you need to use an IC product to be considered for the massive £40 prize of IC goodies! If you don't use one you are still eligible for a top 3 award so all to play for really!

Here's what I did:

I started with a mannequin and stand that I bought from the indigo blu stand at the Port Sunlight Show. I started by painting that with Pebeo acrylic yellow paint and allowing to dry. Then I added versa mark directly to the painted body in stripes and added black embossing powder and heat set. Then I stamped the dragon fly - part of a gilding stamp set from Imagination Crafts. I used the Imagination Crafts Hexagon mask and some versa mark then added some Frantage to colour the hexagons again heat setting. The wings were made by mixing sparkle gel from Imagination crafts with pebeo black acrylic paint and using the hexagon mask to apply the mixture onto acetate that I had previously cut into shape. Finally I added the WOC flower and the ribbon trim and painted the stand with black gesso and added the lettering. I had lots of fun making this - its a bit different for me - love to know what you make of it!!!!

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

Polka Doodlepolkadoodle: Summer Fun
TPCtotallypapercrafts: All of a flutter
Sisterhood of Craftersthesisterhoodofcrafters: B+W+1
IDICrobynsfetishchallengeblog: Things with wings
Crafty Friendscraftyfriendschallengeblog: Inspired by a song: Don't worry - Bee Happy!


Only one more to go today! Hopefully this should be the last manic Monday for a while! I'm seeing my ladies for a workshop today too - so hopefully I'll remember my camera and show you what we've been up to. Brushless water colour is the order of the day!

Guess who I bumped into yesterday at Doncaster?


 


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

Hugs

Rachel xx

Crafty Sentiments: Girl Power

Morning lovelies - I'm scheduling this on Monday afternoon - I usually schedule on an evening but I'm off out to the chinese again with those lovely Rosemary Conley class ladies - we are naughty - no wonder I never lose any weight these days!!!!

There's a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments today and the theme is 'Girl Power'. The prize is a voucher for the Crafty sentiments shop:
 
 Here's what I did:

The image is called Jasmin lets swing and you can get her here. I've coloured her with promarkers and cut her with a spellbinder grand circle die. I've used tumbled glass DI to colour the edges of the die. The paper is from K and Co and the flowers are WOC. The heart die is from spellbinders Die lites and the floral branch is from Memory box. The lace was from my stash.

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

CYPCcraftyourpassionchallenges: In the garden
Lexi'slexiscreations: Summer holidays
ATS:addicted-to-stamps-challenge Gorgeous lace
that craft placethatcraftplaceblog: Flowers
didigidesigndisdigidesignschallenge: Summer fun
2 sisters2sisterschallengeblog.: summer fun
divasdivasbydesignchallenge: distressing

I hope you have a great Tuesday - thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Crafty Hugs

Rachel x

GDT for the Cutie Pies: Paper Piecing

Hello there again! How's your day going? Mines okay - managed my run again this morning - so thats got to be good! I've already got 10.2 miles on the weekly clock and its only Monday lunchtime (managed 6 yesterday - yoo hoo!).Just wanted to say hello to followers old and new - there's a few new faces on my list - I hope you enjoy sharing my crafty journey and that you're not disappointed!Thanks for coming along for the journey!

So I guess you've already seen somewhere that the challenge at the Cutie Pies is paper piecing - I just love this techique and enjoyed using a crafty sentiments stamp to make my card. Here it is:

Isn't she adorable? The stamp is called  Catwalk and you can get her here. She is coloured with promarkers.  The papers came from a giveaway from the lovely Kath - thanks again Kath and the blingy buttons are from the Hobby House. The die cut is spellbinders and the flowers are from WOC.

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

OSAATonestitchatatimechallenge: Not square
Crafty Catzcraftycatzweeklychallenge: AG
A creative Romanceacreativeromance: Not Square
charismacharismacardz: Pink and green

Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you choose to leave! Big Hugs Rachel x

Before I go just wanted to tell you about a candy thats going on with the Imagination Crafts Challenge blog:





The challenge blog kicks off next Monday and as a celebration there will be a £10 voucher to giveaway to one lucky person on that day. All you need to do is:
become a follower of the imagination-craftschallenges Blog
Add this picture to and advertise in your sidebar with a back link to the Imagination crafts Challenge blog.
Leave a comment on the challenge blog.

Here's hoping you can understand that!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

DT post for Creative Inspirations: New baby/card for a child.

Good morning lovelies - wow wasn't it a scorcher yesterday? We had a fabulous day! I spent it painting my mums bathroom for her - its not perfect but I think its okay!

This week's challenge theme at Creative Inspirations (cinspirations)  is New Baby / A Card For A Child!
Create something to celebrate a new baby or a card that would be suitable for a child to receive.

This week's prize is the chance to be our GUEST DESIGNER FOR JULY!

This is what I made:

I needed to do a baby girl card for my local shop and so this was the inspiration for this particular card. I bought this stamp about 8 months ago - but haven't used it yet - shame on me - still I think now that I have it will get a lot more use! Its so cute - Its from LOTV of course!The dies I've used are Marianne and the charm is from The ribbon girl.The flowers are WOC. I have coloured the image in promarkers.

I would like to enter this card into the challenges listed below:

Card Maniacardmaniachallenges: Kraft
LOTVideastoinspire: Use a sentiment
Ribbon Girlribbongirls: Pink shades
ALBCpaulaholifieldcrafts: Something sweet

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon!!! Big Crafty Hugs!

Rachel xx