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Monday, 2 March 2015

Ribbons and Pearls...A challenge begins...

Hello Again,

Its the 2nd of the Month so it's challenge time over at Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog, as always it's a Monthly challenge and the theme this time is Ribbons and Pearls, so make sure you add some ribbon and pearls to your make.

Our sponsor this month is Crafty Ribbons who generously provided the DT with some gorgeous ribbons to use (total lushness!) so I have included them in my project...

Layered design to frame the central image

Gorgeous green and ivory spotted ribbon from Crafty Ribbons

Here's the how's:
The image I chose to use is Balloon High by That Craft Place Etsy Shop and I have coloured her with my Copic's.
She's then matted onto the green paper I have used in the backing and then again on white to frame her.
The backing is a simple cross layer's design. Top Tip: if you cut your card down by 1" you can then take a horizontal mat across your card and have it hang over by 1/2" either side! This gives structure and an interesting feature to your design!
The backing papers are all from American Crafts, and the base layer is actually green foiled but it doesn't really show in the pic's.
I have used the added horizontal structure to showcase the beautiful ribbon from Crafty Ribbon and I have used a pearl slider (from That Craft Place) to add detail.
As a final 'pearl' addition I used a pearl string along the bottom of the second layer.
All other embellishments are from That Craft Place

Here's the close ups:

Matching paper inserts, I use the off-cuts when ever I can to avoid waste!

Shabby Green Frantage again! There is nothing I won't cover in Frantage!!!

Balloon High by That Craft Place

Sentiment is also from That Craft Place Etsy Shop - scrabble tiles

Added dimension by simply gluing the sentiment at either end and pushing it up in the middle!

I rolled these embellies in Antique Silver Buff It and the rolled it in a small pile of Frantage, then heated with the heat gun!

Thank you so much once again for taking the time to visit and if you don't already follow me please click the buttons before you go. I love reading all your comments so if you could leave one of those too that would be ace xxx

Don't forget to hop over to the Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog to see what the other DT's have been up to and too enter this Months challenge - Ribbons and Pearls

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Sisters of Craft - March, AG
DigiDesign Resort - 28/2 Birthdays
One stitch in time challenge - #231 AG with Birthdays
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - March
Brown Sugar Challenge - #135 AG
Creative Craft Cottage - #34 include a sentiment
Creative Knockout - #78 lots of layers
Make My Monday - 2/3 Girly Birthday

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Betty Boot's New Release...number 1!

Hello again,

Wow! What a new release for our Betty Boots! You must must must check out That Craft Place Etsy Shop to see all the gorgeousness but we also have showcase posts by the design team to show off all the new designs. This is the first of two showcase posts (but I am showing off two more designs with my challenge posts today to keep you busy! So four, yes 4, post from me today! phew!

So, on with number 1...

Whisper Betty mounted onto a paper mache heart with fridge magnet attached

Fussy cut with a border to add definition between Betty and the background

Isn't she just lush!

Here's the what and hows:
Image: New release, Whisper Betty from the Betty Boots collection from That Craft Place Etsy shop, also available at these links:
That Craft Place - shop full of lush crafting goodies
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Challenge Blog
https://www.facebook.com/groups/271008489659989/ TCP Facebook Shop!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/184329015068367/ TCP Natter & and Chatter FB group
Other stuff!:
The backing is primed canvas, I drew around the heart and then cut and trimmed to size. I coloured the background with Brusho paints by wetting the canvas and then sprinkling the Brusho powder in tiny amounts onto the wet canvas. The colour spreads and mixes to give a vibrant backing.
The canvas is adhered using gloss medium (from That Craft Place) and then I stamped Betty Boots in black Archival ink.
I then adhered Whisper Betty using the same gloss medium (lazy lol) and then coated the whole thing with the gloss medium. The edges are covered in Cosmic Shimmer gilding wax and then also covered in the medium. I did put on two coats to protect it.
The flowers are die cut from old book pages and then covered in Cosmic Shimmer mica powders after soaking them first! Dried using the heat gun (no patience lol) and then I added rolled paper flowers to the centre. The pearl finished off the flowers.
The heart and the butterfly are punched from the left over canvas after cutting out the heart (hate waste lol)) and then layered up to give them dimension.
Final touches of pins and charms and there you go :D

Here's the close ups:

The layers of the butterfly really show the texture of the canvas, its why I chose to use it

Great pic to show the texture

Once placed the flowers, hear and butterfly were also sealed with the Gloss Medium

Brusho's give such a vibrancy

Whisper Betty

I left the brush strokes when sealing with the Gloss Medium to add texture, and its quicker lol

They will kill me but here it is on the fridge! The pic is of my twins, about 3 yrs ago!!! They're 15 now lol

Thank you so much for stopping by and please don't forget to check out the main blog for the rest of the teams new release makes, they really are uber talented :D
Here's the links again:

That Craft Place Challenge Blog

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Don't forget...this is 1 of 4 posts today! Press home and then scroll down and up to check out the others :D

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Lil patch of crafty friends - #5AG
Glitter and Sparkle - #126 AG
Not Just Cards - #13 AG
Tuesday Throwdown #233 AG
Inspiration destination - #22 AG
Creative Fingers - #69 AG
Scribble and Scrap - #39 AG
613 Ave Create - #113 AG

Sunday, 15 February 2015

Singing in the Rain - it's a movie themed challenge...

Hello again,

It's challenge time over at That Craft Place Challenge Blog and the theme this time is Movie Inspired!

Oh my, don't know why but I did stress over this one! Then it dawned on me I had already coloured the perfect image that screamed a classic film! So here's Whatever The Weather featuring the gorgeous Sugar and Spice by That Craft Place (Etsy Shop)...

Sugar and Spice - Whatever The Weather

Match the insert papers...

Here's the what and how's:
Image: Whatever The Weather by That Craft Place, click the name to take you to the Etsy Digi Store; Coloured with Graph'it Marker Pens this time on 300gsm super smooth card from That Craft Place
Papers and stuff: All the brands used are available from That Craft Place shop; papers are Papermania, used for the die cuts and the insert too; Die's used are Di'sire and I've added flowers and lace trims. The sentiment is an old one from Craftwork Cards.
Top Tip: layer lace and trim over one another, adding both may seem a waste but gives added detail to your finished project :D Also, check out stationary shops for funky paper clips, its often cheaper than some of the named crafty brands!

Here's the close ups:

The theme is 'movie inspired' and so it's Singing in the Rain for this gorgeous image...

Thank you so much for stopping by and please don't forget to follow my blog so you don't miss my next post :D

Here's the links again from this post so you can check out the shop and what the rest of the uber talented DT's have been up to....
That Craft Place Shop
That Craft Place Facebook Group Shop! yes they sell on FB too :D
That Craft Place Challenge Blog

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #4 AG
Papertake weekly - hearts and flowers
Inspiration Destintion - #20 AG
Sister Act card challenge - #93 AG
Crafty Hazlenuts Patterned paper challenge - February
Scribble and scrap - #38 AG
613 Ave Create - #111 AG
Digidesign Resort - lots of embellies
Crafting for all seasons - #95 have a heart
Bunny Zoes Crafts challenge - for the girls

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Monochrome Challenge at That Craft Place...

Hello Again,

It's time for a new challenge at That Craft Place Challenge Blog and this time the theme is monochrome! I am growing in confidence with my colouring but monochrome still scares me so I hope you will be kind when you take a look at my DT inspiration make!

I have gone for golden sepia tones so I could keep my normal skin tones! Just a little cheating lol

Here is my monochrome inspiration:

I totally adore it now its done, and you'll have to trust me that the lustre of the gold is far more impressive in person!

Here's what I used:
Image: Sugar Jump by That Craft Place Etsy Store
Other supplies:
Coloured with my Graph'it Marker pens
300gsm super smooth card for my marker colouring; gold Pinflair Buff It; Creative Expressions edge die; Craftwork Cards paper pack, Postcards from Paris; wooden small frame; mini pegs and bling; ALL available from That Craft Place

Here's how:
A simple design that grew and changed as I made it! I'm sure you can all relate to that lol
I cut a 8x8 card base down to 6x6 (again so it still fits the envelope when I hang over lol) and on white card I cut two pieces of 6 inch white card with the edging die and over laid then on the base so they hung over (if you have an A4 die cutting machine you could do it all on one piece of card!)
I then cut the backing paper (from the gorgeous paper pack Postcards from Paris) to 6 x 6 inches and glued it to the front of the design in the centre of the two edges.
I then then layered the edging die cuts up by using both edge cutting pieces of the die and cutting one more white and two Kraft card pieces for each side and then layered them on slightly off set.
I added vintage linen distress ink to the sides and then the totally awesome gold Buff It by Pinflair (not covering everything but more in a random style)
The image is layered on Kraft card and then white card and again I went to town with the gold Buff It (I adore this product as you can see lol)
Then I added the mini pegs, put mini hearts on the pegs and on the card in a random fashion and then I covered the wooden frame in gold Buff It. Once done I added the sentiment by glueing it to the back of the frame and raised it up on the card at a fun angle.
The final touch was to add the postcards to the top and these are just hand cut from the off cuts of paper and tucked in adding height.
Top Tip: my glass cutting matt is vital when I do these over hung designs. As I start to build out and over the base card I always have it laid on my matt in the marked section for 8 x 8 inch (my matt has size marking for various card sizes). It ensures that I don't go too crazy with the size especially if the finished piece is for posting :D

Here's the close ups:

Thank you so much for popping by and I really hope you have enjoyed my crafty inspiration today. I would very much appreciate it if you followed my blog (buttons on the top right sidebar) so you don't miss my next crafty make :D

Useful links for this make:

That Craft Place - shop full of lush crafting goodies
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Challenge Blog
https://www.facebook.com/groups/271008489659989/ TCP Facebook Shop!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/184329015068367/ TCP Natter & Chatter

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Lil Patch of crafty friends - #1 AG
Scrappers Delights - #37 AG
Word Art Wednesday - #164 AG
Buckwells Crafty Challenge - January AG
Imagination Destination - #14 AG
Crafty Catz weekly challenge - #260 AG
Craftyhazelnuts patterned challenge - January AG
Scribble and Scrap - #35 AG
CCC Digi Creations - #16 Digi/embellish
Loves Rubber Stamps - Something old, something new; New edging die that I am totally in love with and old cardstock

Sunday, 21 December 2014

Anything Goes...That Craft Place Challenge take a peek...

Hello Again,

Well, it's almost the big Festive Day but before we get covered in wrapping paper and boxes I would love to share my DT inspiration for That Craft Place Challenge Blog
The theme is Anything Goes so let your creativity run wild and come and join us!

Here's my make...

Happy Christmas to one and all :D xxx

Here's what I used:
Image: Sugar Plum from That Craft Place
Sentiment: Christmas Style Scrabble Tiles from That Craft Place
Backing: still on a mission to use up some of my stash, the paper is a DoCrafts collection from many moons ago, but for new designs check out That Craft Place shop
Embellies: White Gesso, cosmic shimmer embossing powder (mint), flowers, beads, Crown from Dutch Doobadoo, lace and a bulldog clip! That Craft Place has a full range of fabulous embellies and mixed media supplies

Here's How:
I matted the backing paper onto a double layer of blue then green card to add colour to the design, and then did the same for the next layer, offset to add height.
The image is coloured with Graph'it Marker pens on 300gsm super smooth card (From That Craft Place) and then again double layered and offset. I sprinkled cosmic shimmer mint embossing powder around the image and heated from underneath to add the fairy dust effect (you'll have to trust me that the shine is amazing in real life!).
I then arranged the embellishments randomly to the edge of the piece. I like the jumbled look! And then I used a glue spreader to add white gesso randomly all over the place - my version of snow!
Add an insert of matching paper and voila!

Here's the close ups:

Thank you for visiting and I would love you to leave a comment and become a follower of my crafty tales:D

Don't forget to check out That Craft Place and here's how:

Useful links for this make:

That Craft Place - shop full of lush crafting goodies

That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Challenge blog
That Craft Place Facebook Shop a place to buy
That Craft Place Natter & Chatter Facebook Group a place share and chat

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Sisters of Craft - Dec AG
Scrapbook Stamp Society - AG Christmas #56
The Craft Garden - Dec, Christmas
Sweet Lilac Flowers - Dec AG
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge - Dec AG with Patterned paper
Cards and scrap challenge - 87 Christmas
Avenue 613 - 103 AG
Cheerful Stamp Pad - 103 Signs of Christmas
Scribble and Scrap - 34 AG
Art by MiRan - 21 AG

Sunday, 7 December 2014

And now....First DT piece for That Craft Place....

Hello again,

I am very excited today to share my very first DT piece for That Craft Place! I was smiling from ear to ear when they asked me to join and may just have shrieked out loud to a room full of teenagers who were then laughing at me! But never mind all that.....I'm here to start off the challenge and the theme is Christmas which is good because my desk is full of holiday bits and pieces lol.

So, here we go! Here is my make...

I'm loving the contrast between the rich green and the red!

Here's what I used to make it:
Image: Sugar's Doggie's by That Craft Place - and 50% of the profits of this one go to Manchester Dogs Home so a great reason to check it out and buy :D
The image is not 'technically' a Christmas image, but I like the idea of being able to use our digi stamps all year round and why not...I think she makes a great Christmas card for anyone who adore's their fury friends :D
Coloured: with my Graph'it Marker pens - my fav red combo of 5255, 5270, 5280, 6150 and a little 5210. I loved flicking strokes on the little doggie's so much so I almost got carried away lol
Background: red card stock from my stash; DoCrafts Christmas paper from a few years ago that I had in my stash BUT check out the new range at That Craft Place
Embellies: All from my stash of goodies; a huge range of embellies and MDF/greyboard shapes big and small can be found at That Craft Place

Here's how:
Nothing special on this one, as I decided to keep it simple (sometimes the most effective!). I cut an 8"x 8" card blank down to 7" x 7" so that I could hang over the edges and not have to make a box! A great tip especially if posting, it gives dimension out but not up!
I made the insert with backing papers and layering white card on top to write the greeting, an effective way to get the inside to match.
The image is printed on 300gsm super smooth card stock from That Craft Place and I would not use any other now, the blending is totally awesome on it :D I have double layered the image onto plain white card stock so that the focus remains on the image.

Here's the close ups: