A new home!

Hello there all! Well I'm so glad so many of you liked my card yesterday! That die is a beauty isn't it - you will definitely be seeing a lot more of it in the future!!! I've got quite a different card to share with you today - I had to have one of the new Lavinia zentangle stamps - and my card is my first play with it.

I've used radiant rains applied with a sponge to create the background - I used a red and a yellow and did some mixing too to get the dominant orange - it really does sparkle. Then I stamped and masked the mushroom house before applying the bayleaf mask/stencil from Imagination Crafts. I have used sparkle medium green which is also from Imagination Crafts. When dry I paper pieced my stamped image - I used black wow powders on red card and gold wow powders on blue card. Finally I stamped the LOTV sentiment.

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

Lavinia December Challengelaviniastamps: Anything goes

Thanks for looking today - I'm only doing a short post as I have three to do for tomorrow! Busy days these mid month ones!!! Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Trees trees trees at Craft a scene

Good afternoon all! Well here I am - back home and feeling refreshed - although the pink sweatfest I attended from 10 - 1 today has largely sapped much of my energy - lol!!!! Still it was good fun and I needed a good workout after all the eating I did whilst away!

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Craft a scene where this months theme is trees trees trees - one or many - its up to you! I'm sure this one should be popular - trees really are a fabulous topic for cards - you could even go festive with this one!

I made a card for my uncle Gordon who will be 70 at the end of the month.

The main stamp is the Majestic oak from Sheena and I've also used Sheenas crackle stamp and corner edge from the ageing beautifully set. The background was made using radiant rain colours applied by sponge and also some distress inks applied with cut and dry foam - once dry I used versamark on the stamp then added the wow powders and heatset. The sentiment comes with the tree set.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
simonsaysstampblog: AG
mmcsmymumscraftshop: autumn colours
Patties Creationspattiescreationschallenge: birthdays
.C.R.A.F.T:trimmiescraftchallenge for the boys
CFAS:craftingforallseasons Autumn colours




I do hope you like my card and will try to join our challenge this month - you can find the full details here:
Thanks for joining me today and I look forward to seeing you again soon xx


Hugs

Rachel xx

spooky times ahead

Good morning all! Well its a marathon day for me today with three posts so hold onto your hats! The first one is a midway reminder for the challenge over at the Imagination Crafts Challenge blog -here. The theme this month is Halloween - we'd love to see what you come up with and love it even more if you use something from Imagination Crafts - that would enable you to be in the chance of winning an amazing £40 spend in the Imagination Crafts shop - a prize I myself would dearly love to win!!!!

Here's what I did for your midway inspiration:

Some drink mats/coasters - perfect for a Halloween party - or for general use if thats your thing lol!!!

I used radiant rain sprays and also dylusions sprays to create the backgrounds and black stars sparkle medium plus a mask from Imagination crafts for the shapes.The letters were stamped onto the colourd surface.  I have sealed the surface of the coasters with spray and shine from Crafters Companion to try and protect them for when they get used!

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

FSC: fashionablestampingchallengesUse a mask or stencil
ABAC:anythingbutacard Orange and Black
CVCcountryviewchallenges: Something spooky
Glittern sparkleglitternsparklechallengeblog: add some orange
Lexi'slexiscreations : Halloween
Incy Wincyincywincydesigns: Halloween


Thanks for dropping by - 'll be back in an hour with a post from Crafty Sentiments. Hope to see you then! Hugs Rachel xx

Off to Harrogate and a soul flying!

Hello there lovelies! Are you well? I hope so. I'm excited as I'll be heading over to Harrogate to the craft show there today with my mum and lots of ladies from her craft club. We usually have a wonderful day so I'm sure we'll have fun! Will let you know tomorrow!!!!

Today I've got another card to show you I made using the sheena technique from Thursdays card. This time though I went for an inky whole panel. I used distress inks festive berries, scattered straw and barn door and smooshed them over my reverse side of centura pearl and then added radiant rain sprays using a sponge. Once dry I ran the panel through Sheenas embossing folder - A4 maple leaf - then smoosed over the raised leaves in black staz-on. I added a stamped seniment from indigo blue and some butterflies and dragon flies from indigo blu that I had stamped and cut out.

I've made this for my October swap partner as part of the Joanna sheen Forum. I hope the recipient likes it!!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Indigo Blu sep/oct challengeindigoblu - things with wings
Creative moments:carabbiemomentsofcraft Autumn
seema crafts:seemacrafts Autumn colours
LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Things with wings
Tuesday Throwdown:tuesdaythrowdown colours of fall
simon says stamp monday challengesimonsaysstampblog: focal sentiment

Thanks for dropping by today - looking forward to seeing you again soon and reading any comments you may leave!!!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Halloween at Imagination Crafts

Pinch punch its the first of the month!!!!! Good morning to you! I do hope you are well and happy -not sure where September went but its definitely October here!!!! The wind has been quite strong and I ran in swirling leaves yesterday - a big change from the weekend!!!

I've got three posts today - my first is for Imagination Crafts - they have a new challenge starting over at the imagination-craftschallenges where the theme for this month is Halloween!!!!! Here's what I did:

I had lots of inky fun creating the background with colorwash sprays and radiant rain sprays applied in a number of ways - mostly spritzing or applying with a sponge. Then I added a white circle and used my imaginationcrafts Stencil and sparkle medium to create the witch and bats. Looking at it I ought to have filled the stencil gap in on the witches body - but you get the idea!!!!
To enter the challenge you can produce anything to do with Halloween - however, you will only be eligible to win the £40 of Imagination craft goodies if you use some imagination craft goodies to enter the challenge.
Have a look here to see what the rest of the DT did!

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

Pan pastelpanpasteluk: AG
ATSaddicted-to-stamps-challenge.: Create a scene
2 sisters CB2sisterschallengeblog: AG
AGOAC:pinkgemchallengeblog Use some black
CRAFT challengestrimmiescraftchallenge - inspired by a book -' the witches by roald dahl.

Thanks for looking - I'll be back in an hour with the latest challenge from Crafty Sentiments.
Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Craft a scene: Dusk to dawn

Afternoon all! Well I'm getting a bit more organised now although I'm still not organised enough to upload any holiday pictures yet - that may well have to wait until tomorrow - but I can tell you it took a good 10 hours to get back yesterday - with only two stops!!!! We thought it was going to be worse though because it took us over 5 hours to go 140 miles - its always impossible to get out of Cornwall!

Anyway - back to today! I had lots of inky fun making this card - it uses stamps from Sheena Douglass - the moon/clouds and the landscape are both in the same set. I stamped and masked the moon then I made the background - using some dylusions sprays added with a sponge and then some radiant rain sprays - again added with a sponge to make up the background. Once dry I added the main stamped images and highlighted where the moon would shine using a white pen.

The challenge at craftascene starts today and is entitled Dusk to Dawn. We would like you to craft a scene with moonlight/dusk/dawn as the time of day.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Simon says: simonsaysstampblogAG
Card crafters circle:cardcrafterscircle For the boys
the male roomthemaleroomchallengeblog: The great outdoors

Thanks for dropping by and for all of your lovely comments - its so nice that so many of you managed to drop by when I was on holiday too - it really made my week lovely!

Big Hugs and hope to see you again later!

Rachel xx