DT for Creative Inspirations: One for the Girls

Morning all! I do hope you are all fit and well? I'm good and very happy - I've been playing with alcohol inks - but that's another days tale! I also got the CD through the post from Katy Sue Designs that I won over at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge at the weekend - what fabulous service is that - thanks to all involved!

Can I just say Welcome to my new followers and hello to my existing followers - just made the 150 mark - so thankyou very much - it means alot to me. xxx

Today sees my first post for a new design team to me - Creative Inspirations. I was thrilled to get the email from Natalie asking me to join  - so here I am! Anyway the challenge is to create a girly card - you can get full details here. The prize this week is a £10 voucher for bunnyzoescraftss:

Here's my card:

The image is of course Saturated Canary - its a stamp given to me by the lovely Elaine over at Wheelers Craftiness - so thanks Elaine - she's just gorgeous. The papers are bazzil basics and the flowers WOC. I've added ribbon and a charm from the Ribbon Girl too. I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

http://pinandtack.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-5.html: Anything goes
bearlymine-challenges: Anything goes
LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Add metal - pins and pincase plus charm
Cardmania:cardmaniachallenges Oh so girly
Digidarla:digidarlas AG
comeandgetitchallenges: Tie a ribbon round it
totallygorjuss: Spotty

On a sad note I made this card for my friend who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer - she has a mastectomy to cope with next week - fingers crossed that all goes well for her.

Thankyou so much for visiting  and for any comments you may leave - I hope to see you again soon!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

GDT Post for Crafty Sentiments: Winter fun

Good morning all - I hope you're keeping warm? Its looking chilly out there - but I guess I can just wrap up!

Over at craftysentiments challenge blog they're starting a new challenge - its called Winter fun - and remember if you enter using a Crafty Sentiments image you get entered twice into the draw for winner.
My card uses the stamp Jasmine Warm Cuppa that you can get here.

I've made a little background for the card using my brayer then added the cherry blossom branch from spellbinders - then Jasmin who has been coloured with promarkers. She looks like she's having fun sitting up there on that branch with a snuggly warm drink! 

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

artisticinspirationscrafts: Anything goes

bunnyzoescrafts: Anything goes

jandccreationschallenge: Something old, something new - I've used my trusty old brayer and my new cherry blossom branch die

thesquirrelandthefox: Anything goes

willowsketchiechallenge -theme -  in the Garden

Thanks for dropping by today - and I hope to see you again soon! Hugs Rachel xx

A workshop, 4 cards and some snow

Good morning all - as I sit scheduling this post there's about an inch of snow lying and more falling - I wonder what it will be like in the morning when this post goes live? If you've got snow wrap up and stay safe!!!

On Saturday I was lucky enough to go to a workshop at Inspirations in Preston with Sarah McCrossan - who ran a workshop on indigo blu stamps - specifically the set Bloomin' great - I think that was the name - the workshop was great fun - we were there 10 til 4 and made 4 cards - here they are:

Cards 1 and 4 involved making up a background by stamping with different DI - bundled sage, spiced marmalade, pumice stone, antique linen and rusty hinge. Card 2 is my personal favourite - this and card 3 involved papers from Kaisercraft. Card 3 involved using whie staz on on acetate to form a wrap - its really much prettier in the flesh so to speak! Anyway - it was really good value - £30 for the whole day plus you got to keep your set of indigo blu stamps - fantastic!!!!! Sarah was a great teacher too - thanks Sarah and to my mum for a lovely day xx

Todays card for challenges is one using an image from delicious doodles - I was lucky enough to win 4 images from over there and this is the first opportunity I've had to use one of them - more in the pipeline!

Its such a gorgeous image I'm sure I'll be using it on a few more Christmas cards. The image has been coloured using promarkers and then cut out using a grand die, I've cut the card out using another big die from Go Create - and matted it with a layer cut likewise. The flowers are woc and the cheesecloth and charm is ribbongirl. The sentiment is LOTV.

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

Patties Creationspattiescreationschallenge: Fun in the snow
Delicious Doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: anything goes using fave colours  (blue)
Cute card Thursday:cutecardthursday Beat the blues
MAWTTmovingalongwiththetimes: Floral Delights
Pixiepixieduststudiopixiechallenge: Winter
Fan 'n' funkyfabnfunkychallenges: winter
Sisterhood of craftersthesisterhoodofcrafters: Baby its cold outside
CHNC: Monthlycraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2: Anything goes
ABC Christmas challengesabcchristmaschallenge: A is for animal
Jellyparkjellyparkchallenges: Winter animals

Hope you have a fabulous Monday and thanks again for visiting - hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

second GDT post for Christmas card Challenges

Morning all - wow - this year is already flying! Can't believe it!!!! Already time for my second GDT spot for Christmas card Challenges. This week the challenge is to make a Christmas card using silhouettes. My card is here:

I've used a set of stamps from claritystamp detailing the nativity. The card was cut using a die and I've matted and layered the card and stuck to an orange and black colour scheme. I've used a peach coloured base card and built up the outside with distress inks - spiced marmalade, scattered straw and a little walnut stain. I've used the edge of the foam and not blended to get a sort of saw tooth effect. Well I had fun making it anyway!!!!!

I had fun at the workshop yesterday too - more on that tomorrow but it was fabulous fun and great value for money too! Thanks Sarah McCrossan for a fabby day!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
abcchristmaschallenge: A is for animal - there's at least two there!
songbirdchallenges: Paint it black - black +1
craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: No rudolph

Thanks for visiting today and I hope to see you again soon!

Big Crafty hugs

Rachel xx

Uncle Bernard's card

Good morning lovelies - hope you are all fine and well. I'm scheduling this post as I'm off to a stamping workshop in Preston today - its a stamping workshop using indigo blu stamps and its with Sarah McCrossen. Looking forward to it - will hopefully show you what we do later in the week.

Today I've got my uncle Bernard's card to show you - he's going to be 82 I think - anyway I've gone for something simple using the sketch from Here Come the Boys:

I made up a background using the free stamps from the current creativity magazine, cut some spellbinders cogs, some kraft and added a craftyemblies pennyfarthingand a creative expressions time piece. I think its up his street - but I feel there's something missing somehow! Nevermind - wanted to blog it anyway!!!

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

herecometheboysblogchallenge: sketch
totallypapercrafts: Ribbon
paper-craftingjourney: anything goes
DS4Jdigistamps4joy-sa: How time flies
kaboodledoodles: Vintage
CYPCcraftyourpassionchallenges: Vintage

Hope you have a fabulous day - will be late with commenting tonight but I will get there - promise! Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Rachel xx

Playtime

Morning all - hope you're well - I'm running behind at the moment - so if I didn't visit yesterday - apologies - I will try to catch up with myself today.

Today I've got a card to show you inspired by day two of the creative chemistry online course - its fabulous so far - really enjoying it and learning lots - anyway - those of you that have done it - this tag on this card was done using the brushless watercolour technique - so simple and yet so effective - what do you think?

The stamp is one from Penny Black - and i've used DI faded jeans, broken china and chipped saphire to do the brushless watercolour bit onto watercolour paper - I've then sprayed with silver spray and sparkle which makes it more difficult to see in photos but in reality it looks fab - well chuffed! The flowers are WOC and I've used a dylusions spray in the background of the card - London blue I think it was called. The charm was from my win over on the ribbongirl blog a few weeks ago - soooooo lucky - sooooo many charms!!!

Anyway, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge: January blues
disdigidesignschallenge: Try something new (brushless watercolour)
Sunday stamperpinkleart: Things that fly
CBNcraftybloggersnetwork: Flowers
Cupcake craftcupcakecraftchallenges: January blues
Creative momentscreativemomentsbloggersnetwork: Monochrome
TPS:thepapershelter Flower extra Vaganza

Thanks for popping by - and I promise I will catch up soon! Happy Friday!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Blog Hop day 3 for Crafty Sentiments

 Morning all! I hope you are all well and happy - I'm feeling very excited as this is my first ever blog hop at Crafty Sentiments - and I've got a honey of an image to share with you - but before I do - there are chances to win a prize - if you've been on the blog hop for days one and two you'll already know - if not - listen up for your chance to win three of the new release stamps that will be available in the shop from today. All you need to do is visit all the hop particicpants from all three days and leave some love in the form of a comment - also leave a comment on the inspirational blog which you must follow. The route of the hop is set out below - I'm right at the end! Its probably easiest to start at the inspirational blog but the route you go is up to you.

Inspirational Blog
Jan
Pinky
Dora
Audrey
Anne
Manderly
Suzette
Olivia
Caz
Jac
Rachel
Inspirational Blog

Okay so here's my card: its using the image called  Annabel sweet 16.

I've used two new dies that I got for Christmas - thanks santa - and also the image which is brand new - so I hope this card will qualify for some of the 'new' challenges out there. Both dies are spellbinders. The image has been coloured with promarkers. I've added a new crafty sentiments sentiment too and flowers from my stash.

I'd like to enter my card into the foloowing challenges:

craftingforallseasons: New
craftycalendarchallenge: what's new?
whoopsi daisy cutedaisymay: Diecuts and punches
CBNcraftybloggersnetwork: Flowers
Oo La Laooh-la-la-creationschallenges: Birthday
TPSthepapershelter: Flower extravaganza
Divasdivasbydesignchallenge: Anything goes
Penny's pennyschallenges: AG

So if you are following the hop plan you should now go along to the craftysentimentsinspirations inspirational blog and leave some love there! Thanks for visiting today - and check out those images at the Crafty Sentiments shop here.

Hugs

Rachel xxx