Words - Craftymessers Challenge - 11 August 2012

Hi all and welcome to my crafty blog.

Today I am blogging my DT card for the Craftymessers Challenge Blog newest challenge starting today Saturday 11th. The theme chosen by teamie Judie is simply'WORDS'.

We were to create a DT project reflecting only words as the main feature of the piece and this is my contribution.  I do like this stamp from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous range and I think the sentiment speaks to all of us crafters.

Our Sponsor for our challenge this time is....Crimson Cloud they are offering our winner 3 pkts of Die Cuts of your choice.

http://www.crimsoncloud.co.uk/

"Crimsoncloud.co.uk is owned by Linda and Melanie, and is a mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge their joint passion of cardmaking and papercrafting.  

Linda, based in South Africa, is the designer - developing their exclusive range of stamps, die cuts, digital stamps, svg cutting files and card kits which reflect their styles of card making.

Melanie is based in Brighton, Sussex and runs the web based shop - only selling products that they have tried, tested and love using. New products are regularly being tested and added to the range.

For ideas and inspiration, check out the gallery on the Crimson Cloud website, or follow their blog on www.blog.crimsoncloud.co.uk with new posts and samples being added at least once a week."

Here is my card

Imagination

My card is 5x5 tent fold cardbase, matted with dark gray and mustard coloured paper. Decorated with rub-on flourishes and edges outined with a fine liner pen. Sentiment stamped onto distressed scalloped oval background and embellished with two brass brads. A yellow gross-grain ribbon to finish.

Recipe 

Kraft and Gray cardstock from stash

Basic Grey - Two Scoops backing paper

Brass Brads from stash 

Ted GmbH - Rub-on Flourish

Stampers Anonymous - Natures Discoveries Stamp

Memento  Ink - Tuxedo Black

Stampin' Up - Gross Grain ribbon - Yellow

Spellbinders - Scalloped Oval die

Fine liner pen

I would also like to enter this in to the  
Make it Monday Anything goes challenge. 
House of Gilly -  Add a Sentiment challenge.

Please take time to drop in at the  Craftymessers Challenge Blog and check out the DT work. The challenge runs for a fortnight, so there is lots of time to get your entry in. Looking forward to seeing your creations there.


Thanks for taking time to stop by and read my blog. Your time and comments are appreciated.

Angela xx

Sun / Moon - Craftymess Challenge beginning Saturday 14th July

Hi all and welcome to my crafty blog.

Today I am posting my DT card for the new challenge starting today over at the  The Craftymessers Challenge Blog .  The challenge, chosen by our teamie FIONA, runs for a fortnight and the theme is Sun and/or Moon.

 We have 2 Sponsors for this challenge, so there will be 2 Winners.... Sandie...is offering a  lovely rubber stamp and decoupage card kit by Micheal Powell.

And 

Is offering a voucher for another winner 

Crafty-Emblies is a new Company

They offer affordable emblishements and masks in wood and plastic. 

Go check them out!

You make each day feel brand new.

I've been wanting to try out Brayer techniques for a while now and inspired by this theme and my teamies, I gave it a go for this challenge.

First thing I noticed was I didn't have enough ink pads and the ones I had were not big enough!  I know, I know, I can hear you say "call yourself a papercrafter"...the shame of it. But this will be rectified soon as more colours and bigger ink pads are part of the next crafty shopping list.  Undaunted by my lack of kit,  I soldiered on with my current stock and got quite messy and inky in the process.. Great FUN!!!!

I started with a piece of plain white smooth cardstock with a punched circle masking the spot where I wanted the sun and started with the lighter colour blue. I loaded the brayer with ink, making sure that I left no gaps on the roller and starting off the paper, began rolling the ink lightly across the card. Working toward the middle, I repeated the process until I got the colour and the blend I wanted. At the opposite end of the card, I started with the darker blue, but this time before I applied the ink to the cardstock, I ran the brayer lighty over a piece of crumpled paper to lift off some of the ink. Then, when I applied the ink to the card it produced a 'ripple' effect on the water.

The background was created with a torn piece of paper masking out a mountain shape and carefully brayered in the ink. I used the piece of paper I'd punched the circle out of to act as a mask for the 'sun', which helped me to stay inside the lines and get a nice misty effect on the sun. To create perspective, I stamped some reeds in black ink in the bottom right hand corner and added three bird outlines with fineliner pen. The finished card was matted onto white and gold cardstock and then adhered to a Kraft cardbase.

Those of you you read my blog already know that I love getting inky and this was my kind of creative fun.

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed your visit and don't forget to leave you comment. Your time and comments are appreciate.

Angela x

Materials Used

White, Gold and Kraft cardstock from stash

Ranger Distress Ink - Pumice Stone and Tumbled Glass

Stampin'Up - Ballet Blue
Memento - Danelion

Stampers Anomymous -  Nature's Discovery Stamp
Verve -  All about you

Stylos Fineliner Pen - Black