Cock a doodle doo

Goodly morning to you all! Can you believe its Monday again already - are you ready for another mad week? I don't know where time goes - do you? Its performance week this week - we've got dress rehersal tonight and performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. I suspect this week is going to go even faster than ever.

Today I've got a card to share with you that I made using the chocolate Baroque steampunk birds set. As soon as I saw the cockerel I thought of kelloggs cornflakes and this card is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me.

I started off by using a mask from That special touch - I used wild honey distress inks onto card and covered it - then stuck the mask on and applied spiced marmalade  and barn door distress inks into alternate stripes. I stuck this to black card and stuck this onto a card. Then I stamped the cockerel onto card and also onto TH metal tape. I coloured part of the cockerel with my speccies then fussy cut parts of the metal tape and applied is to the image. Finally I fussy cut the whole bird and stood him atop a large wooden cog from That Craft Place. The sentiment is another one from the dylusions word set that I use so often!

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

PIOpileitonchallenge: Wood

AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: For the boys

charismacharismacardz: A boy thing

sparklessparklesforumchallenges: Show us your new stash - stamp

tuesday throwdowntuesdaythrowdown: stripes

I hope you have a great day - and thanks for dropping by! Big Hugs from me! Oh and if I appear to have not been by for a week - I'm experiencing some difficulty with commenting on some sites - the side bar on the comment form freezes and I can't scroll down to publish my comment - its only a few of you that it has been affection - really sorry if I've been missing you - I only hope it sorts itself out soon!

Hugs

Rachel xxx

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

Proud as a Peacock

Good morning lovelies! Well I was going to go to my fitness class today - but since I'm doing gardening club at lunchtime and there's so much cleaning to do before Shaun's mum arrives tomorrow - I'm giving myself the day off class. It feels good!

Todays card was made at the crafternoon with my mum on Tuesday - such fun!!!

I started by using a piece of imagination craft card and the peacock feather background mask by that special touch. I used versamark through the mask then removed the mask and added WOW powder - the blue sparkle one that I bought at chloe's stall in Doncaster. I heat set the powder and that created the background.
Next I used a piece of cream card and added  versamark through the dreamweaver peacock  stencil and then repeated the blue sparkle powders and heat set. Then I added more versamark and used a green verdigris embossing powder and reheated. Then I cut out and added the gems and added the topper to the background. After matting and layering I added the feathers and then added the large gem. So what do you think? I'm a happy bunny with this one!

I'd like to enter this card into the wowembossingpowders decadence challenge and the sunday stampers (pinkleart) bird challenge - there's not much stamping though - only the sentiment lol!!!! I'd also like to enter this into the simonsaysstampblog-emboss-it challenge.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you leave - I hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

for a friend

Morning lovelies - I hope you are well and if not here's a hug xx

It was strange with the girls being at school yesterday but I managed to fill the day up - lol!!!! I had a 71/2 mile run that took far too long. I guess I'll manage the great north this year but I won't be going for any personal bests.

I've got a plaque to show you today that I made for my friend Megan's birthday - its not until the 13th but she doesn't look at my blog so I know I'm safe.

The plaque came from a win over at 'a heck of a challenge' who are sponsored by everycraftsapound - well I found all sorts of goodies to alter in their shop and would recommend you having a look a it. 

I've worked on lots of layers with this plaque. I made the background in a number of steps - first I used distress paints smooshed onto my craft mat and then onto my plaque. This formed the background. After drying I added patches of distress ink - seedless preserves and broken china. Then I used a script stamp from papermania and stamped it around the edges in seedless preserves DI. Next came the layer of sparkle medium - I used the colour amethyst that you can get here from imaginationcrafts. The stencil I used is one from 'That special touch'. I tried to mirror both sides because of the sentiment  so used the stencil first one way and then flipped it over (after cleaning) ad used it the other way. Whilst this was drying  I made the sentiment. I used distress ink on Neenah card - seedless preserves and broken china again smooshed it around until blended. Then I stamped the LOTV sentiment on top in versafine ink. I die cut the circle and then added the gems and added it to the piece. I'm really pleased with this one and I hope Megan likes it! The butterfly stamp is one of my faves from an old craft stamper magazine that went missing on my desk for a few months and turned up just when needed!

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

SFTW:stampinfortheweekend Summer colours

Delicious doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: Anything floral

allsortsallsortschallenge: all in the sentiment

sunday stamperpinkleart: friends

countryviewcraftscountryviewchallenges: layers

ourcreativecorner - forgotten things ( my craft stamper butterfly stamp has been lost in action on my desk for quite a few months - I was able to use it when it miraculously reappeared just in thime to be addd to this piece)

CBNcraftybloggersnetwork: Things with wings

Lexi'slexiscreations: ABAC

Simon says stamp Monday challengesimonsaysstampblog-stamping-all-stars - fave things - Distress inks

Before I go I've got a couple of photos to show you from our holidays:

these were all taken near St Michael's mount at Marazion near Penzance. Such a lovely day was had by all!!!

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks in advance for any comments you choose to leave - I love to read them and they really do make my day!

Big Crafty Hugs

Rachel x

CCAYR: September - Christmas Fairies

Evening all! Hope you've had a great day! I've been busy washing and food shopping but I did manage to get a run in this morning - boy did I know about having had a week off! Lol!!!!

There's a new challenge starting today at christmascardsallyearroundCCAYR. The theme for September is Christmas fairies. Here's what I did:

I used the mask from ,that special touch, to draw with - I wanted icicles from my white glitter paper and using the mask thats what I got - although I think if I'd done them freehand it wouldn't have been much different!!!! The image is, of course, from Mo Manning and has been coloured by promarkers and I've glitterised! The image has been cut with a spellbinders die and then distressed whilst still in place in the die. The sentiment is LOTV.

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

CHNC:craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2September extra
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: Lets get inky/painty
cute card Thursday:cutecardthursday Things with wings
DP2mosdigitalchallenge: Goodbye summer
Jellyparkjellyparkchallenges: Things that fly
Hobby House challengehobbyhousechallenge: The hobby house artists
Sparkles Christmas Challengesparklesforumchristmaschallenge: Non - traditional colours
OSAATonestitchatatimechallenge: Christmas

Thanks for dropping by - hopefully I'll have some holiday snaps to show you tomorrow! There's some goodies!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx