Embossed Tag Card

Over at Artful Times Challenge Blog they are asking us to get our embossing folders out.  My entry started out as just a tag but I decided to mount it on a card.

The image is part of a large image from a set called Floral Fantasy by Inky Doodles and is coloured in with ProMarkers. The sentiment is by Marion Emberson. For the challenge we had to use at least two embossing folders.  I used three - Cuttlebug swirls on the black Spellbinder label, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots on the tag itself and Darice Swirls on the background black card.  The butterflies are made with Sissex Embosslits - Beautiful Wings.  I inked the tag with Dusty Concord and Peacock Feather Distress Ink, ripped it and took a section out, inked the edges and then glued it onto a black tag. The main card and image are inked with the same inks.  The ribbon is white seam binding coloured with the Dusty Concord DI and I have added glamour dust to the image.  The colours are a bit more vibrant in real life and the sparkle really stands out. Thank you so much for looking - do pop over to Artful Times and see the wonderful creations by the Design Team and the other fab entries.  Take Care.  Christine xx    

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I hang my head in shame!  It's my first post this year and my first for a month!  Well I won't dwell on that, I will just show you my desk, ooh and wish Happy New Year to anyone that I haven't already caught up with!

I am not sure where I am going with my project yet but am starting with the A4 mask and will see where I end up.  Inspiration has been absent for a while so am going to throw myself into something today and see what happens.  I received the mask and the set of flower stamps behind for Christmas - the Distress Ink Pad rack too which is brilliant!  Just behind the Grand Calibre are a couple of stamps I found online in the sales too.  Now to start crafting!  To join in the desk hop, just pop along to Julia's and see what everyone is up too - its fab fun!  I will be popping round a little later to visit you all.  Thank you loads for popping by.  Take care.  Christine xx

Happy Christmas!

Sorry I have not been around much this month - I have been a really bad blogger!  I haven't posted or more importantly, visited my lovely blog friends as much as I should!  I will try and get round to see you all as soon as I can.

I wish you an Amazing Christmas, New Year and Holiday Season - have loads of fun with your family and friends.

Thank you for all your support and encouragement through the year, I appreciate it so much!

Take care.  Huge Christmas Hugs - Christine xxx

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I am a bit late but I made it for WOYWW!  If anyone is not sure what this is then hop over to Julia's Place to find out and join in the fun.

Absolutely no craft going on today I am afraid!  I have been out for my M.E. Support Group Christmas lunch which took over the whole day, not that I am complaining!  It was fab, lots of yummy food and we had a real laugh too.  Anyhoo, back to my desk - On the left is a wall hanging that my good friend Julie made for me to hang in my craft room.  The wooden music shapes are blog candy I won from Tando Creative and just above them are some Velcro fasteners I won from Hope and Chances - I have been very lucky this last week!  I am behind with my Christmas cards and still have quite a few to make so the Snowflake card is a simple design so I can get some done quickly.  You can see a pile of Snowflakes already stamped, embossed and matted.  The ticket is from a concert I went to in Brighton on Friday.  A brilliant chap called Rodriguez.  There is a documentary film out about him at the moment called 'Searching for Sugarman'.  His tour is under the same name and he was amazing!  The film and the concert are both well worth seeing if you get the chance.  Tomorrow I must clear my desk and get those cards made!  Have a good week and thank you for visiting.  Take care.  Christine xx

Another Gesso Background

Here is another card with the Gesso background that I learned from Craft Stamper.

The lady stamp is Crafty Individuals and the sentiment is Penny Black on Spellbinder Labels 4.  Those gorgeous little roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I made this card for my good friend Julie at Paper Pathway.  Its scary making cards for Julie cause, as you can see if  you visit her fab blog, she is soooo talented!  I hope you have a nice day, mine will be spent making Christmas cards after I have caught up with all my blog friends - I am a bit behind at the moment! Take care and thank you for visiting.  Christine xx

Snowy Mouse

I would like to say hello and thank you to my new followers and also thank you to all of my followers for your continued support, it is so appreciated and means such a lot!

I fell in love with this Penny Black Xmouse ornament stamp and just had to buy it!  The snowflakes are from the Crafters Companion stamp set Let it Snow.  The stamping is all with black Versafine and embossed with clear powder and the little mouse is coloured with Promarkers.  The snowflakes are coloured with Salty Ocean Distress Ink watered down and painted.  The same ink is used to blend around all the edges, I used a blending tool and Splodgeway mat which makes it so easy!  The Spellbinder is labels 4 and I have added loads of Glamour Dust for sparkle.

I would like to enter this into the Blue and Silver challenge over at Splodgeaway, pop over and see the fab projects the design team have made. Take care, Christine xx

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I didn't make WOYWW last week so am glad to be back.  In fact, I have been a very bad blogger, this is my first post for ages!  Note to self, 'must do better'!

Today I am making Christmas cards using the Penny Black Xmouse Ornament stamp, its so cute!  The blue ink is Salty Ocean Distress Ink and I am using my Splodgeway mat for blending.  My Grand Calibur is to the left, Promarkers lurking behind that and a tile with more of the ink on, which I spritzed with water and used to paint the centres of the snowflakes which are from Crafters Companion Let it Snow stamp set from a few years ago.   If you would like to join in the Wednesday fun Julia's place is where to be. Thank you for visiting my desk and take care.  Christine xx