A little bit of sewing

Morning all! I hope you are well and happy. Thanks so much for the lovely comments on my hanging yesterday - you're so kind! Just to let you know we managed to raise £499.45 for Macmillan yesterday so thats really amazing! So pleased!!!!

Today I've got two sewing themed cards to share with you - the first features the Makey Bakey mice from Crafters Companion - I just love this image particularly - had to have it!

The embossing folders are also from crafters companion - the A4 patchwork folder and the 8x8 buttons folder both from the everyday range. The diecuts on the front are from spellbinders and the one on the side is sizzix. The mice were coloured with promarkers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafters Companion Embossing challengecrafterscompanion:
Totally Papercraftstotallypapercrafts: Stitching
cardmaniacardmaniachallenges: use buttons


My second offering today is one i made for the Joanna sheen forum cardswap - the theme this month was patchwork.

this image is from the paper shelter and I've used the crafters companion patchwork embossing folder again. Colouring again is by promarkers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
TPSthepapershelter: Stitching real or faux - the image is stitching - but there's aux stitching on the one above...
Divas:divasbydesignchallenge Monochrome

Thanks for dropping by today and for any comments you may choose to leave. Hope to see you again soon! Big Hugs rachel xx

fun with the melt pot

Morning all. How're you doing? Hope you're okay! I'm having trouble with blogger - well its not blogger its my computer - when I try to load up pictures into a post it doesn't want to know and just doesn't do it - now luckily there is another computer in the house so I can save my pictures on my memory stick and go and use other said computer - but its very annoying!!!! I hope I find a way around it soon!!!!

Todays card has been made with a few challenges in mind. Over at the Sunday stamper the theme is diamonds - so I've used some sparkle medium and an Imagination crafts mask and added diamonds. At our creative corner  the theme is words - so I've got bookprint, stamped print and also the words at the top of the card (from a word stamp set by dylusions) . Countryview Crafts are also doing sayings - so I've got the words at the top of the page. And at the Fashionable stamping challenge the theme is bookprint/script so I've got that. Crafty Individuals also has an open theme this month - the focal stamp is from them.

The Crafty Individuals fairy was stamped with sepia Archival onto a background I created using antique linen distress stain and a spritz of water. The flowers were made using the 6 petal flower from the tattered florals die set via the method shown on Hels blog here. I also dipped them into hot UTEE in the meltpot to give the high shine faux porcelain look. The butterfly is a crafty emblie that got the sparkle medium treatment.

The back of the card was distressed with tea dye and then I used a script stamp and the tea dye again to overstamp. The sparkle medium is both antique bronze and diamond - although most of the diamond has been covered by the florals.

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

Sunday Stamperpinkleart: Diamonds
Our Creative Corner:ourcreativecorner6 Words Words Words
Countryview Craftscountryviewchallenges: Sayings
Fashinable stamping challengefashionablestampingchallenges: Script/bookprint
Crafty Individualscraftyindividualsblog: Open theme
Divasdivasbydesignchallenge: Bingo - distressing, lace, flowers.
PTWpapertakeweekly: AG with the option of vintage
LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Lovely lace
Inky Chicksinkychicks: Lovely Lace
AIartisticinspirationschallenges Bingo - lace, pearls, layers
Stamping sensationssirstampalotchallenge: Wings and things with a touch of vintage

wow - thats a lot of challenges for me!

Anyway - hope you have a fab Friday and that whatever you've got planned goes well. My girls are on their final day of Jujitsu camp - they've had a blast - the smoothies they made yesterday were put into lolly moulds and they'll get a homemade ice lolly today - sounds good eh?  Me? Well I'm running again this morning - come rain or shine - and then it will be time for a little bit of blogging and housework before picking the kidlets up!!!

Big Hugs! Thanks for dropping by and I hope you like what you saw today!

Big Crafty hugs

Rachel xx