fancy fold cards at Christmas card club

 Hello there - well I'm chasing my tail again and getting things made at the very last minute - this time I've at least got the excuse that I was away with lucy in Oxford. A lovely bit of nostalgia for me and a chance for lucy to see where her mum and dad first met.

So here are my makes - I used recycled cards and made them into fancy fold cards - two easels and two z cards.

Not the easiest to photograph but above are the z fold cards...and below the easels.

Mum made three cards this time... the first two used John Lockewood stamps and dies

and the final one was made using the same John Lockewood stamps and dies plus sue wilson tree dies.

Pretty fancy that bottom one isn't it?

I hope you have a good week!

Big hugs

Rachel x

never grow up!

 Hello there!

Well its been a busy week and now here I am at Countryview Crafts again with another travel challenge post. 

This is made using a piece of map that I have coloured and a stamped image from IndigoBlu. I have simply coloured the image using clean colour pens. 

You have lots more time to join up to the challenge which you can find here.

Never know - you might win a £20 voucher to spend in store!

Good luck!

Hugs Rachel xx

Travel at Countryview Crafts

 Hello there! 1st July! How lovely! Time for a new challenge at Countryview challenges where the theme is travel. Today I have a twofer train travel post.

Both cards were made using Hobby Art stamps, coloured using clean colour pens.

The theme is very broad so why not use this opportunity to stock up on some travel themed makes?

You can link up your project - and get full details here.

Have a great day!

Hugs

Rachel x

santas sleigh at Christmas Card Club

 Hello there! Well this last fortnight has slipped past me and I no longer have time to do a proper make for Christmas Card club - but I have managed to upcycle two that work with the theme of santas sleigh. And here they are.

Just a bit of matting and layering I am afraid - why am I so busy?

Mum has made a much better job of things - here's her two cards - the first one includes Lavinia trees and brittania sleigh die.

This second one she made using a free gift from a craft magazine!

Hope you all have a great Sunday!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Stars and splats

 Hello there! I am over on the Countryview Challenges blog today with a card I made for the current 'seeing stars' challenge. This is made using a paperartsy stamp set.

I started by stamping the stars then inked around them using distress oxide wilted violet. Next I coloured the stars then added the rest of the background stamping and finally the sentiment. 

You've got until the end of the month to join in with the challenge and you can be in with a chance of winning a 20 pound voucher to spend at Countryview crafts. Link up your projects here.

Have a great day!

Big hugs

Rachel x

Let it snow at Christmas card Club

 Hello there - well another fortnight has rolled around and now its Christmas Card Club - and the theme is Let it snow - I have made two 'new' cards and 4 recycled cards.

Here's the new ones - made using entirely Tim Holtz products.

Here are my recycling makes:

I die cut the sentiment at my mums - love all these wildlife ones!

Here are mums makes...

In this one she used the same die as me - X cut apparently. The background card is hunkydory and the stamp is circa.

In the second one its the same background card and die.

Looking forward to seeing what the other ladies have made!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

Seeing stars at Countryview challenges

 Hello there! Happy June - wow this year is really zipping by! Time for a new challenge at Countryview Challenges and the theme this month is seeing stars. I decided to get out my paperclay and make a moon and some stars and turn them into a canvas....

I had lots of fun making this - the moon and some of the stars came from a mould by finnabhair and the fancier stars came from a stamperia mould. Once they were dry I stuck them onto the canvas using superthick slap it on and left them 24 hours to set. Next I painted them in goldfinger metallic paint (IB) and I used several IB paints to make the background - raven black, park lane, a translucent purple one. Next I stamped some smaller stars in goldfinger then splattered the canvas using a wash of goldfinger mixed with white gesso. Then I added some silver Glorious and some white and gold frantage and heat set them. By this time i was getting happy with the outcome so then stamped and added my sentiment (from paperartsy).

I hope you feel inspired to join the challenge which you can find here

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs rachel x