Inspired by the Funkie Junkie week 9

Hello there! How are you? Good I hope! Well I did something yesterday that I've been toying with for a while .... I took out membership of the Great North run - that means that I get a guaranteed place for the next three years! Woohoo! I'll still be able to fund raise but not have to have a certain target to reach - which will considerably relieve the pressure at a time when things are tough! I just hope its not something I live to regret!!!

Well today I've made a card inspired by the thefunkiejunkie-12-tags-of-christmas challenge week 9 that you can see by following the link. This is a fabulous challenge and is sponsored by the thefunkiejunkie boutique. I've taken inspiration from the blue and silver and the flowers and hearts - I think thats about where the similarities end!

 

I made the background using faded jeans and tumbled glass distress inks blending them together using cut and dry foam. Then I did some stamping with a script block - in stormy sky and dried everything. Next I used versa and some sparkling silver wow powders to create the snowflakes then cut the flower using tattered florals and the leaves in tims foil tape from the tattered leaves. The hearts are wooden shapes that I've had for ages - about three years - I coloured  them with a silver ink pad. The Merry Christmas is a peel off!!!!

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

thefunkiejunkie12 tags of Christmas week 9

simon says stamp wednesday challengesimonsaysstampblog: Make your own background

fab n funkyfabnfunkychallenges: a touch of frost

rhedd and rosiesrheddandrosies: Use old stash - my wooden hearts are about 3 years old!

Divasdivasbydesignchallenge: Feeling festive

mmcsmymumscraftshop: Christmas/winter

Hope you have a great day - its going to be another manic one for me today - I've agreed to help the brownies make christmas cards tonight and  me being me I've designed cards with diecuts involved - now after finally cutting 26 large snowflakes,  and 15 sets of three trees I still have another 11 sets of trees and 26 snowmen to do - should be a fun morning then!!! Lol! Hope you have a great day and I'll hopefully see you again soon! Big Hugs !

Rachel xx

Creative Inspirations: Contemporary Christmas

Good morning all! I hope you are happy and feeling well! Thanks so much for your kind words about our Christmas tree - Lucy and Penny were well chuffed that you liked what they did!!!! Big Hugs xx

Today I'm back with a card - the new challenge over at Creative Inspirations today is Contemporary Christmas. I've been back to wor Sheena's majestic oak again - love this stamp - and this time I've done it like a negative - which to me looks kind of snowy and funky at the same time - what do you think?

The more I look at this the more I wish I'd left the snowflake off - but I still like it anyway!!! I did the tree first by stamping in versaark and adding white opaque wow powders - I also swooshed along the bottom area of the card with versa mark and added the powders there too before heat setting.  The background was made using distress inks - seedless preserves and peacock feathers. Then the card was simply mounted on simliar colours of card to the DI and I cut the snowflake with die'sire dies and bobs your uncle!!!

This week's prize for the challenge is from MY MUMS CRAFT SHOP and is a £10 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

I think they're also offering a discount code too - check the blog post here!

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

Bearly Mine: bearlymine-challengesChristmas sentiment
LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Christmas
Kaboodle Doodleskaboodledoodles: Start of winter
Lothian Craftslothiancrafts: Christmas
mmcsmymumscraftshop: Christmas/winter
squirrell and the fox:thesquirrelandthefox Winter
Heck of a challengeheckofachallenge: Colourful Christmas

Off for a run at 9.30 - I did one yesterday too - it was hard going - feels like ages since I've been. Hopefully since I'm running with two other ladies it might be a little easier today!!!

Big Hugs and thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

No card today!!!!

Hello there! Well this is one of those rare days when altho' I've got things I could show you - its not what I wanted to show you .... so I'll just let you see the Christmas tree that my little girls chose and decorated on Sunday .... what do you think?

Have a happy Tuesday!!!! Hugs rachel xx

GDT at Pan Pastels

Goodly morning to you! Phew! I've just about recovered from all of those posts yesterday - I do hope you have to but thank you all for any comments you left - it really does make my day to hear what you think! You're all very kind! In my last post I mentioned the GDT  that I got for the month of Decemeber at the panpasteluk (premium Brands) challenge. I was chuffed to bits when Nikky asked me to do it - of course it didn't take too long to think about! Lol!! Anyway, this first post is for this weeks challenge - which is winter wonderland. The DT were asked to use metallic pan pastels plus one other colour. Now metallic pan pastels is not something I own as yet - so I decided to die cut some ranger metal foil tape then emboss it using an embossalicious - or is it darice? embossing folder. The background was simply made using pan pastels and then I added the trees using an imagination Crafts mask and black stars sparkle medium. I also added silver liquid pearls.

The final item I added was the caption - capture lifes moments! This is another TH product!

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

ABACanythingbutacard: AG with a holiday twist
PIO:pileitonchallenge P is for - pan pastels, purple,
totally gorjusstotallygorjuss: snow
AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: Winter wonderland

We got our christmas tree yesterday and i took a piccie of it with my chublets!  However - I forgot to save the picture onto my stick - and the computer with it on is now closed down - so the photo will have to wait until tomorrows post!!!!

Big Hugs and thanks for dropping by today - hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx

Craft a scene: Winter scene with the option of a trishutter

Good afternoon all! Well I suspect you're getting tired of my posts right now so I'll keep it short! Lol!!! At Craftascene we are launching Decembers challenge - and this month the theme is a winter scene - and there is the option of creating a trishutter card. I've done that - although I've had some comments from people who have seen the card already that it was such a gorgeous scene it was a shame to cut it up! Lol! I understand where that view is coming from but I actually quite like the effect! What do you think?

The stamps are from a set by Sheena douglass when she was at Creative Expressions - I think its called vintage Christmas. I've done most of the colouring with promarkers and also added some glitter - the snowflakes are cut using spellbinders dies. I cut the tri- shutter using my hougie board. It was relatively simple to make!

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

Totally Gorjusstotallygorjuss: Snow
AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: Winter wonderland
I love promarkers:ilovepromarkers AG
Simon says Stampsimonsaysstampblog: AG
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2December Extra
countryviewchallenges - whoo-hoo-its-nearly-christmas- bah humbug

I wonder did any of you notice my getting a GDT post on the Pan pastel (premium brands) challenge blog? I'm there for the month of December - its really exciting stuff and I'm well chuffed to have been asked! I'll blog the piece I made tomorrow although it was on their site already today!

Big Hugs from me and thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx

Merry Christmas at Imagination Crafts

Hello again! Second post of the day and its only 8 am! Imagination-crafts  are starting their new challenge today and you can check out all the inspiration from the other DT members here. Before I show you my piece just wanted to let you know about the design-team-call that went out yesterday - why not have a go? Its a great DT to be part of!!! I'll certainly be re-applying myself!

Here's what I made for the post today. A plaque and card both using the stamp set called Christmas holly that you can get here - and the stencil called holly swirls that you can get here.

So first of all the MDF plaque is part of a set that you can buy from Imagination Crafts  (here) - to make this I first gesso-ed the frame then covered it with metallic gold ink from an ink pad before applying the stencil - I mixed some green acrylic paint with sparkle medium and applied this through the mask. once dry I went over the berries in red acrylic paint. The christmas tree came as part of the set and I painted it with green acrylic paint and when dry added the stamped image using versa and heat set using gold wow powder.

The card was made using mica powders from Imagination Crafts. I used versa through the mask then the powders and again added the red this time using a promarker. Then I stamped the image on another piece of card using versa and dusted with mica powders. I stamped the holly tree image using memento ink and then coloured in promarkers and added the gems, fussy cut and added to the image.

I hope you like my 'set'. And that you will join us in the challenge - please remember that only those entries using IC products will qualify for the chance of the prize of £40 to spend in store!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
2 sisters2sisterschallengeblog: AG
Simon says Stampsimonsaysstampblog: AG
Lexislexiscreations: Christmas
Craftyhazelnuts christmas challenge: craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2December extra

Hugs

Rachel xx

CCAYR: Christmas Stockings

Good morning! An early first post for me today - with three posts to squeeze in I like to spread them out as much as possible! Just to let you know the fair went well yesterday - don't know how much we raised yet but will let you know as soon as I do! Thanks so much for all your well wishes.

So its time for a new challenge over at CCAYR - and this month the theme is  Christmas Stockings. My card uses a stamp from the walter and winnie collection - not sure if this is walter or winnie but its pretty cute lol!!!

I've coloured the image with promarkers and added glitters then cut the image using a die and stuck it onto a Craftwork card blank ontop of some festive papers that came free with a magazine. I've added pins and ribbon from my stash and gems too.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
2 sisters2sisterschallengeblog: AG
Jellyparkjellyparkchallenges: Christmas
TPCtotallypapercrafts: Ho ho Holidays
CRAFTtrimmiescraftchallenge: Show us your metal
I love promarkersilovepromarkers: AG
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge:craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2 December extra


Crafty Hugs

Rachel xx