Distressed Flutterbies

Good morning folks,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend despite the dreadful weather. Just a little reminder today that there is only a week left to get your entries into the 'Cloud' challenge over at Totally Tilda so get a crafty wriggle on.
I have another cloud card to share with you today using the beautiful Tilda with Hawaain Flower. This is my first finished project using the fabulous Distress Markers and I have to say I am absolutely loving them.

The gorgeous DP's are from the Plumeria collection by Basic Grey. The fabulous cloud die is from Memory Box and the sentiment is by Hero Arts. The butterfly border is from Sizzix by Tim Holtz and I have layered it with glittered acetate. Everything has been faux stitched and then distressed with Pumice Stone DI.

Little close up of Tilda

Distress Marker Recipe:
Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany
Hair: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain
Dress: Stormy Sky
Shoes: Weathered Wood
Flower: Victorian Velvet
Leaves: Shabby Shutters
Butterflies: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Vintage Photo
Shadow: Tumbled Glass

I am entering this into the following challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room - #117 'Sweet Summertime'
Midweek Magnolias - #14 'Anything Goes'
TOMIC - #53 'Anything Goes'
Deep Ocean - #27 'Sewing Faux or Real'
Stampin for the Weekend - #11 'Bugs and Butterflies'
Sweet Stampin - 'All Stitched Up'

Happy Crafting
TTFN
Clare
xx

M is for Magical over at ABC

Wowzers! Blogger has messed things up again. I had this post scheduled for this morning, happily went off to Thetford for the Sincerely Yours Papercraft Show and came home to find Blogger had completely ignored my simple request.
Anyway at last here is my creation for the latest fab challenge over at ABC. This time it was down to me to choose the theme so I decided on M is for Magical! So dust your wands off and get creating anything with a magical theme.

I just had to use the fabulous new wizard Tilda and created her very own Hogwarts castle with the equally gorgeous new Princess castle image from Magnolia. I just fancied decorating a bag this time so I added some bunting in true Griffindor colours and some great DP's from the Kanban Mechanica Steampunk range. The little gold edging stars are the trim from a ribbon I've had for ages and the rosette is a Tim Holtz die with an LOTV sentiment in the centre.
As always I coloured everything with my beloved Promarkers, but the stormy sky was created with chalks.

I really hope you enjoy this challenge so good luck and I look forward to seeing all of your entries.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - #125 'Swirly Whirly'

Stampin for the Weekend - #6 'Anything Goes'

Simply Magnolia - Dies and Punches

Bye for now

Clare

xx

A Little Bit of Steampunk!

Hello all,
Just a quick post tonight. I wanted to share with you a card I made for a workshop called 'Shimmer and Shine'. I wanted to show that you can put a bit of glitz into a card for a male. 

The shimmer was added by using the yummy Graphite Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to create some of the cogs and the shine was created with silver pearl card for the rest of the cogs.

Materials Used:

DP's: Craft Creations and Coredinations

Embossing Folders: Steampunk by Tim Holtz

Stamps: Clocks and Sentiment by Hero Arts

Dies: Sprockets by Spellbinders, Cogs 'On The Edge' by Tim Holtz
Everything was distressed with Black Soot DI.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - #95 'Emboss It'
Totally Gorjuss - #93 'Round and Round'
Charisma Cardz - #32 'Distressing'
Craft Your Days Away - #26 'Birthday Celebrations'
Simply Create - #50 'Time to Distress'

ABC DT J is for Jewels and Sugar Nellie Wow Competition

Good morning everyone,
Well it's time again for another challenge over at ABC. We have reached the letter J so we would like to see your creations using Jewels and Gems. We are sponsored by the fab Simon Says who is offering an amazing $25 voucher to use in their online store.
I have chosen to use the gorgeous 'Artistic Goddess' from the wonderfully quirky new Simply Sassy collection from Sugar Nellie.

I am entering this card into the fabulous Simply Sassy Competition that Karen is running over on the Sugar Nellie blog? You really need to get over there and have a go as there are some amazing prizes up for grabs. The main prize is the new fantastic Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine which I would love to win. Also Karen is looking for a new member for the Simply Sassy DT and I absolutely adore this range, they are really funky. Anyway all you need to do to enter is to create a White on White card and add any one of the Simply Sassy images which must be coloured. You can find out all about the competition here

I have coloured this beauty with ProMarkers and for the background I have used loads of Cuttlebug embossing folders to give texture to what could be a very plain backdrop. Lots of flourishes and bling to finish and voile!

G is for Glitter ABC Challenge DT card

Good morning!
Sorry I haven't been around for the last week but I have been busy preparing for my hubby's 30th birthday which is on Saturday, so I am expecting a housefull of guests for the weekend.
Anyway I did manage to find time to create my DT card for this fortnights ABC Challenge. The theme this time is G is for Glitter, another nice easy theme to get stuck into. We are also being sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says so all the more reason to join in.

I chose to use the beautiful Chinese Tilda from the Bon Voyage collection. I teamed her with the equally beautiful Magnolia Tree paper which gave me the inspiration for my colour palette. Everything has been edged with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and then plenty of Stardust Stickles has beed applied. I also sprayed the whole card liberally with Pearl Glimmer Mist to make sure that nothing went unglittered!
I am entering this in the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 53 'Sparkle'
The Shabby Tea Room - #33 'Consider it Cased' (I chose to case Clare's wonderful colour palette of pink, duck egg blue and cream)
A Spoonfull of Sugar - #127 'Lets get Punchy' (I used nestabilities and a Sizzix Sizzlits die)
Creative Card Crew - Let's Punch It!

ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Cool Grey 1,3,4,5
Kimono: Pale Pink, Baby Pink
Trim, Sandals and Parasol: Tea Green, Grey Green
Dress: Ivory, Vanilla
Parosol Handle and Wooden Struts: Sandstone, Cinnamon
Cherry Blossom on Dress: Cinnamon, Baby Pink

Pink & White Magical Mondays DT Card

Morning all!
Wow another weekend gone where is the time going? Today sees the start of Magical Mondays challenge and this time the theme is Pink and White. We are sponsored by the fantastic Lili of the Valley this time and 2 wonderful stamps are up for grabs.
I have chosen to use a Sweet Pea stamp for my DT card the lovely 'Bookworm Fairy'. Once again coloured with ProMarkers and matted onto Prima DP's from the Watercolour collection. I used the fab sketch from Passion for ProMarkers for the layout then added flowers and bling from my stash.



I am entering this in the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #124 'Whateva!'
Sweet Stampin Challenge #38 'Pretty in Pink'
Passion for ProMarkers Challenge #63 'Tracy's Sketch'
Stamp and Create Challenge #4 'Flowers'
Bookworm Fairy close up
ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Baby Pink
Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Wings, Clothing, Book & Lantern: Pale Pink, Baby Pink, Antique Pink
Eyes & Shadow: Cool Aqua
Worm: Pear Green
Pages: Vanilla, Sandstone