Desert Island Crafts Challenge - Challenge #10 and C.I. "Vintage (with a heart)

It's the 15th of the month which means it's time for another challenge at the Desert Island Crafts challenge blog and this time we're working with my itinerary.

I used:

• lace
• decorative pins
• something metal
• 3 different stamps
• distressing
• stickers

I'm also entering this for the current challenge on the Crafty Individuals blog (where I was lucky enough to win some fab blog candy last week!). The challenge is "Vintage  -with a heart" and of course Crafty Individuals products have to be used.

I started with a plain white board book which I coloured with Ranger distress inks and then stamped over the top with a Crafty Individuals stamp. I then added an image from a C.I. book (part of the blog candy) and then lightly added gesso over the top. I used some white rub-ons, a clock stamp in the corner, a metal sticker, lace and pins.

I stuck the inside of the pages together after cutting out a niche in which I placed a heart charm. Again the pages were coloured with distress inks, overstamped with a C.I. stamp, a C.I. image added along with white rub-ons, stickers and embellishments.

The back cover of the book was stamped with another C.I. stamp in distress ink. I tied a piece of lace through the book spine and added pins.

Materials used: board book, Ranger distress inks, C.I. People and Places 2 image book, C.I. 237 stamp, CI 214 stamp, CI 255 stamps , Fancy Pants lace, Studio K metal sticker, Marcella by Kay metal sticker, Making Memories alphabet stickers, Pink Paislee Artisan element, Basic Grey rub-ons, Claudine Hellmuth gesso, other lace, decorative pins, charm and ribbon.

More tags!!

More tags today LOL! I'm enjoying myself just playing around with stuff and creating. I've decided to get off the laptop and create more this year....I have a ton of stash that needs using!!

I'm using some of my Crafty Individuals printed images for these tags and going with the gesso again...have I mentioned how much I'm loving this stuff at the moment?!

Materials used: Dovecraft paper, Claudine Hellmuth gesso, Heidi Grace stamp, grey Memento ink, Crafty Individuals printed image, 7Gypsies chipboard key, K & Co acetate butterfly die-cut, Hobby House rhinestones, Fancy Pants grosgrain ribbon.

Also used: organza ribbon, ric-rac, staples.

Materials used: Docrafts paper, Crafty Individuals printed image, Heidi Grace flourish stamp, black Versafine ink, Prima flowers and lace, Distress Stickles, Fancy Pants lace.

Also used: ric-rac, vintage buttons.

 Back tomorrow with more tags!!

The Play Date Cafe - PDCC64

Loving the colours at the Play Date Cafe challenge this week.

I decided to make a tag for this challenge as, let's face it, I have enough cards already made to last a lifetime LOL!!

I've also just discovered Gesso and love love love it so have been playing around with it today.

Materials used: DCWV paper, Crafty Individuals printed image, Pink Paislee Artisan Tape, Claudine Hellmuth gesso, K & Co die-cut, Ranger distress ink, Prima flower centre, Prima heart stamp, Memento brown ink.

Also used: organza ribbon, beaded string, cotton lace.

Caardvarks - Lacy Days & DCM - Tweetie Pie

Here's my card for this week's Caardvarks - Lacy Days and also Daring Cardmakers - Tweetie Pie : Materials used: Dovecraft card, DCWV Mariposa paper, Papermania Capsule paper, distress inks, Crafty Individuals stamp, black Archival ink, Ranger alcohol inks, glossy paper, Fancy Pants chipboard, Viva metallic paint, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Fancy Pants lace, Prima journalling stciker, Pink Paislee rub-ons.

Pins from stash.

A canvas

I love crackled effect on items but have had dubious success with Ranger Distress Crackle Paint and C rackle Accents so when I saw this post by Effie I just had to try out some Viva Croco crackle. I'd seen it in the shops months ago but hadn't bought any but this convinced me! It is absolutely fabulous stuff!! I bought a pack of six canvases each 10cm square and here is my first completed one. The tassels were all handmade by me and were so quick and easy to do using a flower loom. Materials used: Viva Croco crackle paint, Crafty Individuals image, hand-dyed lace from Ebay, vintage lace, tassels made from crochet perle cotton. Roses, leaf and pins from stash.

CPS card #153

Another sketch site I haven't played along with for a while is CPS so here's my card for CPS #153: Materials used: Papermill card, Papermania papers, Crafty Individuals stamp(bird), Artistic Outpost stamp (sentiment), sepia Archival ink, distress inks, Prima flowers and centre, HOTP brads. Vintage lace from stash.

DCM - February's stone...Amethyst

How long is it since I've joined in with the challenges over at Daring Cardmakers? Absolutely ages, that's how long!! I'm really in a stamping and cardmaking mood so think I'll be trawling through my fave sketch and challenge blogs over the next few days. At Daring Cardmakers this week the challenge is to make a card inspired by Amethyst and as a bonus there's a prize of a Martha Stewart punch provided by Craft Obsessions. This card is my first using Promarkers so forgive me if the colouring isn't up to scratch!! Materials used: Papermill card, distress inks, handmade paper, HOTP paper, Provocraft paper, Crafty Individuals stamp, black Archival ink, Promarkers, alcohol ink. Metal embellishment and organza ribbon from stash.

First card of the month..

using one of my new Crafty Individuals stamps. I love, love, love the stamps this company makes!! Materials used: Papermill card, Chatterbox paper, Distress inks, Crafty Individuals stamp, Archival ink, Karen Foster paper, Daisy D's paper (2005 magazine freebie). Buttons, hemp thread, lace, printed twill and stranded cotton all from stash.

Recycling old jewellery - IACW

Here's my post from the It's A Creative World blog today:

Back in the 90's (and the days of being a rock chick!) I used to wear huge dangly earrings and various bracelets and bangles. I kept them all in a tin with various other bits and bobs that I didn't want to throw out. Today I found that tin again:

I decided to try and use some of the jewellery on craft items and first up I made a card and used part of an old earring as an embellishment.

I cut off the dangles from the bottom and also the actual part that goes through the ear before glueing the rest of the earring to the centre of the flower. For my next project I started with another earring and this time used a variegated perle cotton to cover it in blanket stitch: When this was finished I threaded some more perle cotton through the ring at the top and added beads to it before removing the ear-piece. I then added the earring to a textile ATC I'd made as an embellishment.

Have you got any old costume jewellery lying around that you could use? I'd love to see the results if you do.

(EDITED TO ADD) Materials used for card: Papermill card, HOTP papers, Delish Designs background stamp, Stampbord, Distress inks - black soot, mustard seed, worn lipstick and dusty concord, black Versafine ink, Crafty Individuals stamp, Prima flowers, Crafty Notions Rainbow Drops. Antique lace, beads and earring from stash.

Materials used for ATC: antique white felt, dyed silk fibres, KARS metallic thread, Anchor variegated perle cotton, old earring and beads.

New stamp !!

I bought some gorgeous Crafty Individuals stamps from Artist Trading Post and made a card yesterday but can't show that one yet as it's for this week's ICSketches card so here's the one I made today: Materials used: Papermill card, My Mind's Eye paper, Distress inks -peeled paint and shabby shutters, Crafty Individuals stamp, black Versafine ink, All Night Media inks, Fancy Pants ric-rac, Prima flowers, Distress Stickles, Crafty Notions Rainbow Drops. Lace, black guipure lace butterfly, vintage glass button and beads from stash.