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Creative Warriors Inspiration Team - New Term #14

  This is my next inspiration for the Creative Warriors Inspiration Team  with  Michelle Grant Designs You will see our inspirational creati...

Friday, 28 June 2024

Gecko Galz Steampunk Challenge

  

This is my make for the Gecko Galz


with a freebie image.  


I am participating in ICAD 2024 producing an index card each day during June and July.


Today's prompt is 'steampunk'.




I started with a blue index card, brayered it with gesso then paint. I used a baby wipe to wipe off paint through a stencil (Scrapbookingncraft). I used a Posca pen to emphasis the cogs when this had dried.
I added the image from Gecko Galz - printed twice and trimmed. I added the second hat on dimensionals.
I added several metal embellishments.
I  distressed the edges with vintage photo distress ink.


Happy Crafting!



Wednesday, 26 June 2024

WOYWW #786

            

It is Wednesday so I am linking to WOYWW. By now I expect that you know that Julia decided to bow out - after 15 years! - so the Stamping Ground is no longer the place to link.

Instead go to Sarah's blog at Sarah's craft shed

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #786

I received another lovely 15th Anniversary card and ATC... from Julia

Here is my work table today:





On my desk easel is my journal page that is today's featured page.

In the foreground I am sticking some rubber stamps to EZ mount. I won the packet of job lot stamps in a cat lovers hop ages ago and am just making them useable and seeing what they are...


I finished off week three (keeping to the theme of Typography) of the ICADS:







This vintage postcard was an image from Vintage Image Crafts in Facebook.



The crystal image is an advertising picture from Crystal World that we went to the other day. It has many crystals, fossils and dinosaurs!





I then started on week 4 and decided to try and keep with the theme.



These are the ones I have made so far:


I used a received commercial greetings card to collage these tulips.


The background is acrylic paint - lime green then ocean through a Paper Rose stencil.


This used Rabbit Hole and Tonic stamps on coffee stained paper.



This ICAD uses a fold that I recently used on a birthday card:






I now have to do strawberry...

Anyway that's all from me today. Hope to visit you all later...when we have returned Ollie home...

Happy WOYWW!

Addicted to Stamps and More #471 Make Your Mark


 
This is my Make Your Mark project...for the Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

I used a cream card blank to start adding a mat of teal card. I then added two patterned paper banners and a pixel art duck that I coloured with markers on a square grid and die cut to a circle. I added faux stitching with a fineliner on all edges. Finally I added the pearls and sentiment diecut.


Later I also added these images to ICAD #32






 Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team-mates!



Happy Crafting!


Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Creative Warriors Inspiration Team - New Term #4

 


       This is my next inspiration for the Creative Warriors Inspiration Team 

with Michelle Grant Designs

You will see our inspirational creations on the Facebook Group

Today I have used an image from Colour Me Crazy Collab pack



I have been having trouble with my printer - so I had to find an image in my MG folder and this image of the girl in hat turned up. I trimmed this with a circular die...


But first I made the background. My little grandson loves bubbles and this was my inspiration.



I used a brayer to add gesso and paints and then wiped away the circles using a baby wipe.




When dry I added black and white posca penwork and splatters of white.



I then added the image along with sentiment and Images from Michelle's Full Circle paper pad from Bee Arty. I cut these in circles and added vintage photo distress.


Happy Crafting!

Sunday, 23 June 2024

Outlawz Songs and Rhymes June 23 - July 6

 

  

Have you found the new home of the Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge yet?

I do hope you will go and check it out! 

This challenge has no sponsors, but you do have the opportunity to win a top 3 badge.


Now on to the challenge!

 

Our Song/Rhyme this fortnight is chosen by Lorie




I was inspired by the idea of my country... This is a simple mixed media card using an embossed background with the colour of the eucalypts. I added a foliage tag and the bird image - a sticker from a parcel from Bridget Farmer. I added a brown doiley.


If you haven't already, please join our 
to stay up with all the challenges.
Thanks for playing along!



Happy Crafting!

Friday, 21 June 2024

Color Dare Challenge #606


This picture shows my make for the




Do pop over to the Color Dare Challenge and take a look at my teamies' makes.

This picture shows the challenge - 



I started with white card to make a trifold. I die cut the main die from the centre of this. I then added the background behind this - a splattered ink page - with die cut jelly fish attached.
In reality, the ink colours match the challenge colours plus neutrals.



Hope you will join the Color Dare Challenge...


Happy Crafting!