Calling all Crafters!

Friday, 5 September 2014

SNS September Card #1

A new sketch challenge starts at SNS today - We do hope you will join us!!

My card is a little bit different as I turned the sketch upside down...

And my inspiration came from a trip to the Giant's Causeway in Ireland!

It is an amazing place with hexagonal rock formations of basalt.

This is my card:

Ingredients

Ivory card base

Grey corrugated paper

Grey paper with a sparkle, red ribbon and black sequins from Lelli-bot

Sentiment paper from Kaisercraft paper pad.

Happy Crafting!

Sunday, 31 August 2014

August ATC's

I am really getting withdrawal symptoms!!

I have now been away from my craftroom in India for two months!

My 'makes' are defined by what little I have to hand at the moment...

Anyway the theme for August's ATC UK Swap was

'At the bottom of my Garden'

I live in an apartment in India so have no garden - just a balcony...

so I 'borrowed' the garden from the National Trust property at Ickworth.

My daughter and I were amazed by the fantastic stumpery - which to us seemed pretty eerie...

My ATC's were each made by matting a trimmed photo taken at Ickworth

onto a 2.5 by 3.5 in rectangle of DP from my UK mini-stash.

I then added a butterfly sticker from the NT shop.

I am going to link this to A Step in the Darkness - Anything Goes - I think this is a little bit dark!

This next one was of some of the beautiful baby cyclamens blooming everywhere! I will link this to

Wicked Wednesday 121 Beautiful Blooms

I love all the wild flower meadows that have been cultivated in recent years - this is within the walled garden at Ickwork - beautiful!!

To this ATC I added some decorated paperclips which I think came from Tesco!!

I am always really pleased when my ATC's arrive at the swap -

Sue always displays them beautifully!

Happy Crafting!!

Friday, 22 August 2014

LOC #42: Sponsored by The Stamping Chef - Stitching (Real/Faux)

Left of Center

A fairly simple card to inspire you today...I am really missing the stuff in my craft room!!

I was lucky enough to use The Stamping Chef's All Girl

which I printed on cream card and coloured with Promarkers.

I then used embroidery thread to stitch a wavy line around the image.

I matted and layered onto cerise card and a cream card blank.

Finally I added a couple of cerise buttons...

Please join us at Left Of Center!

I will also link this to Stamping Chef Challenge 43 - Anything goes!

LOC is very happy to be sponsored by The Stamping Chef.
Another of LOC's sponsors is SLSlines Digital Stamps

They have just started a new blog and have a design team call if you are interested1

Happy Crafting!

Thursday, 21 August 2014

A Friendship Hop for Lisa!!

Our Lovely Lisa Tyrell

has been back and forth to hospital for weeks

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH HER WELL!!

Get better soon Lisa!

We have all made a special creation for Lisa - please hop around to have a look!!

And especially see Lisa's latest blog...

I am but a facebook and crafty friend of Lisa's - but I am totally inspired by her creations -

her colouring is amazing!

I am currently visiting the UK - my home is in Mumbai, India along with all my craft supplies - so I am working with a limited stash...My card is pretty simple as a consequence!

I started with a dark red tri-folded card blank with heart shapes cut along one side.

I chose two Markers and used then doodle around the hearts and decorate a strip of white card to go along one side. (One day I will really try to get into Zentangle...)

Lisa likes a touch of the dark side - so I also used some Lelli-Bot toppers and embellishments to complete my design...(I was delighted to win these earlier this year in a draw!!)
An oval inside...