Anything Goes....perfect time to join in at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog!

Hello again,

Isn't January a long month!  Always a bit of had Christmas, long time 'till summer feeling about so it's a perfect time to join us over at Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog for a fabulous Anything Goes challenge and let your creativity run a muck!

Our delicious sponsor this time is Sassy Studio Designs and the image I got to play with is the gorgeous Latte Momma Sassy and here's the design I came up with...

Purple is not one of my fav colours so I challenged myself with this one to use purple tones and come out of my comfort zone...not 100% sure on it now its finished but the children assure me it looks ace so here it is lol :D

Here's what I used:
Image: Latte Momma Sassy by Sassy Studio Designs
Colour and image backing: Coloured with Graph'it Marker pens: hair tones 2105, 2120, 2140, 2160, 3160; Clothes: 9400, 9402, 9404, 6110, 6120, 6140, 6180
300gsm super smooth card from That Craft Place
Backing: papers from my stash...can't remember where as I'm still trying to use up the pile I have of bits and bobs!  Cosmic shimmer mica spray was used around the image (from That Craft Place)
Embellies: purple burlap - a find in the Pound Shop!, lace from stash, Flowers, wooden owls and pearls are all from my stash but check out embellies at That Craft Place especially MDF pieces!
Sentiment: Create with TLC .... TOP TIP if you haven't checked this one out yet you really must!  Paulette is so generous with her free sentiments and has fab designs too xx

Here's how:
No special tricks this time...matting and layering of papers and burlap is how I created this piece, placing the image to the side gives room for a whole host of flowers and bits and pieces.  I love using old brads (oh TOP TIP!  see I have got one!  I use old brads that I don't use any more..they seem to have gone out of fashion, by cutting the prongs off the back and then hot glueing them just as you would any flat back embellishment!  a whole new set of embellies to play with now lol).  Around the image I used cosmic shimmer spray in a tonal colour and I applied it by spraying it on my glass mat and then dabbing it on the image with an almost dry scrunched up baby wipe!
The insert is matching paper and that's about that.

Here's the close ups:

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and I hope you liked my make for today :D  Please start to follow me so that I can share more of my makes with you all x

Don't forget to hop over to the main blog to see what the rest of the team are up to and join us in the challenge - link is HERE

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Through the purple haze - #74 Spring
Penny's paper crafty challenge - #211 AG
Creative inspiration - #297 pretty pearls
Word Art Wednesday - #167 AG
Inspiration Destination - #17 AG
Creative knockout - #73 lots of embellies
Jo's scrap shack - #71 AG
Allsorts challenge - #274 Spring flowers
CCC digi creations - #17 digi and flowers
Sparkles forum challenge - January; raise a glass (or tea/coffee)

It's time for Bling! Join us at the Crafting Muskateers....

Hello Again,

It's the 2nd of the Month and that means it's new challenge time at the Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog and the theme this time is Bling!  So are we ready for a party!

The lucky winner of this months challenge will receive a fabulous crafty prize from Party Nights Creations :D

We're on a countdown to Christmas in our house so it can only be bling!  There's bling all over my crafty desk, the floor and most of us! So without further ado here is my DT bling inspiration.....

Now I think I may have gone for Bling overload lol but I do so loooove bling!

Here's what I used to make it:

Image: Snow Queen Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs coloured with my Graph'it Marker pens
Background and insert: Snowflake paper I made using London Grey Momento ink and 3 snowflake stamps from the Frosty Snowman clear stamp set from Inkylicious (see an earlier post with the skating snowman!  Crafting with company post)
Embellies: Rolled flowers made with a Creative Expressions die; Glittered Voile from The Range; White spiral stems from That Craft Place; Pearls from Hobby House; Star die and Flower edge die from Noor Designs! UK and touches of Versamark Brilliance ink in aqua (its a trio set)
Final touches; a touch of snow added by using Gesso mixed with cornstarch and placed on the flowers etc using a glue spreader....I love the effect it gives xx

Here's the close ups:

Thank you so much for stopping by and please leave a comment for me as I really appreciate your feedback xx  The follow me buttons are on the top right so you don't miss my next crafty creation x

Please hop over the the challenge blog - HERE - and see what the rest of the team have been up to :D

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Glitter and sparkle challenge - 113 use some snow (on flowers, stars and all around x)
The Pink Elephant - 279 photo inspiration
Through the Purple Haze - 70 all about Christmas
Love to Create - Get in Shape (I have used stars, rectangle, square and circle beads)
Not Just Cards - #7 AG
Just Inspirational challenge - snowflakes (hand stamped on backing)
Tuesday Throwdown - 223 use bling!
Creative Knockout challenge - 65 all that glitters (I've a lot of glitter sparkling away lol)
Creative Fingers - 58 AG
Art by MiRan challenge - 20 AG

Diva's do Tag it!

Hello everyone,

Me and the rest of the Divas by Design Design Team have been set the challenge this time to come up with a Tag or a card with a Tag on it...so here is my crafty make:

The image is called Frozen Heart and is from Sassy Studio Designs, isn't she wonderful!  I have coloured her with my Graph'it Marker Pens and layered her onto black card to make the image pop.  That gave me the idea to use just monochrome on the rest of the card so that the image would really shine :)

The colours used on the image are:
Skin: 4120, 4155, 4170, 4135, 4145
Hair: 1230, 3110, 3150, 3190
Clothes: 7220, 7240, 7260, 7140, 7150, 7115, 7119, 9503, 5160, 5110, 5125, 3150

To add a little something to the tag I have edged it with satin (an old duvet cover from a charity shop!  This is my continuing search for crafty alternatives!) and I have also added a strip of the satin as a ribbon at the top of the tag.
The tag itself is white cardstock stamped with a text stamp all over and then glued to the card base.

The cardbase itself is a patterned piece of heavy weight paper (from a pad purchased in Lidl!) and then I have added die cut flowers with buttons and as you can see from the photo I have torn the backing paper and added a rather sexy button up piece of satin (from the bottom of the duvet!) which I rather love!

Perfect pearls were also used in flower formation around the design to add a touch of bling to the satin sheen :)


I really hope you can join us this time over at the Divas by Design Challenge Blog and I really look forward to seeing your entries :)

Thank you once again for stopping by and if you have a mo please leave a comment as I love your feedback :)

Happy Crafting :)

Sandie xx

I would like to enter my design into the following challenges:

Sisters of craft - anything goes Sept
Crafting from the heart 34
Crafty Girls - 25 AG
Fan-tastic Tuesday - AG 51
We do Doobadoo - 13 texture (paper and satin ruffles)
Brown Sugar challenge - 109 AG

Let It Go - Aud Sentiments mid-challenge inspiration!

Hello all,

I am happy to announce that I am now (alongside being with my wonderful teamies at Polkadoodles) a bew design team member for Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog and I would like to thank the team for allowing me a spot for this coming term on the design team.

It gives me a chance to play with some wonderful digi stamps from a range of sponsors and for the current challenge with Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog the fabulous sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs:

Sassy Studio Designs

The theme is - Let It Go; make a project with your favourite season adding a sentiment!
For me winter is the season, jumpers, walks in the frosty forests when the ground is so pretty and frozen!

I have used as my main image - Snow Queen by Sassy Design Studio

Isn't she just fabulous!  Such fun to colour and a real challenge to get the double layering of her dress!!!  I hope I've done her justice :)

I coloured her with my Graph'it Marker Pens in the following colours:

Skin: 4120, 4115, 4155, 4170, 4145, 4135
Hair: (decided against blonde!!) 4170, 3110, 3150
Dress: 7220, 7240, 7260, 9100, 9102, 9103

For the backing:
Silver card to layer
White 160gsm paper, stamped randomly with a snowflake stamp (from my stash, we all seem to have them!) using momento ink in London Fog
The overlay piece is 160gsm white paper, put through my Big Shot with an Xcut quilted embossing folder; I then lightly rubbed momento London Fog ink over the design

The final touches to make the 'frozen' design complete includes strips of ribbon, buttons, flowers (cut on my sillouette), perfect pearls and flowers and beads all from my stash.
The sentiment - WARM WISHES

So, thank you as always for visiting and remember there is still time to enter the challenge over at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog and I hope that you will join us!




Happy Crafting and please leave me a comment as I love to hear from you all :)

Sandie :)

Challenges:

Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes 49
Digitally Sweet Challenges - recipe, 2 designer papers, 3 embellies 101
The Stamping Chef - anything goes 43