Vintage Cracker

 

Hello again everyone. Please scroll down for my earlier post today.

 

I bought these pre cut crackers last year and really wasn't sure then how I wanted to do them. After a bit of thought today I decided a vintage theme would suit me more and this afternoon provided a little play time!!

I coloured the card with distress inks and stamped and embossed some holly in bronze.

 

I put this vintage image on the front and decorated the sides with some die cut flowers and leaves from another piece of coloured card to match the cracker:

 

I'm really happy with this one and will be making some more now for a display near the tree.

I am entering this project into the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz challenge #43- Anything But Cards
Moving Along with The Times challenge-No design or Digital papers
Crafty Creations challenge #246-make it yourself (background colour and stamping)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today.

See you again soon

Catherine

Snowflakes are Angel kisses

 

 

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good week so far.

 

Todays card is something a bit different for me and not really something that I feel in a comfort zone with! The WOW card!!! I have been trying lately to experiment with this and here is one that I feel happy with.

I have used embossing folders for the backgrounds and the snowglobe stamp is from Stampography(Kraftyhands)

The sentiment is from Stampendous. I have added glitter to the snowglobe image but find these cards hard to photograph well so I am hoping you can pick it out on the roofs and trees!!!

The snowflakes are from a Memory Box die.

 

The sketch I choose for this one is from Papertake Weekly #59:

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

 

Creative Inspirations challenge 238 - Bingo(Snowflakes, Pearls, stamped image and Glitter, White , Ribbon/Lace)

Papertake Weekly challenge- sketchie free for all(I have used sketch #59 as above)

Simon says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today.

 

See you again soon

Catherine

Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge

 

Hello again everyone . This is my second post for today. Please scroll down to my earlier post for my Halloween mini album.

 

Today there is a brand new sketch challenge starting over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp. 

This weeks sketch is by Francessca:

 



 

Please pop over to the challenge blog here and check the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team. We would love you to come and join in with us this week too.

 

I have been using my brayer again and love the gold embossing on the background. The main sentiment is also stamped and heat embossed with gold. I have also cut some flowers from some of the left over brayered card.

 

Thanks for visiting me today

See you again Soon

Catherine

Poison

 

Hello everyone.

 

Today I have a mini album I have made for Halloween. I have used the papers from Tim Holtz paper stash - Laboratorie. I made this album with top opening pockets and I am going to use them for photos of the children over the Halloween years.

 

I have added some metal embellishments to the front cover here and a bottle. Inside the bottle I have rolled up a skeleton image. Hard to photo close up so hope you can just see it!!

 

 

This is the closure to my book using ribbon and spiders web:

 

 

There are 12 pages to this album. I have selected a few to show you here:

 





I was making this thinking "I don't think I would like to come to tea with any of these people!!!" Would you?

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafts 4 Eternity challenge R#147 - happy Halloween
Try it on Tuesdays challenge - Halloween
Left of Centre creative challenges 107 -Halloween or creepy

Hope you have enjoyed looking at this project from me for Halloween. Thanks for visiting me today.

See you again soon

Catherine

Sweet Stampin Challenge time



 

Hello again everyone and I am back for my second Dt piece today. Please scroll down for my earlier post.

 

Today is the start of a brand new challenge starting over at Sweet Stampin.

The theme for this weeks challenge is:

"Wood, Trees and Leaves"

 

Please pop over to the challenge blog here and see the fabulous work from the Design Team.

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

 



and

 

I decided to use my brayer and the foliage Big'n'Juicy ink pad for my background. I also embossed with gold some leaves.

The main image is again the tree stamp from Sheena Douglass.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog challenge #65 -Autumn

 

We would love you to come and join in with us this week with our challenge.

 

Thanks for visiting.

See you soon

Catherine

TreeMendous at Allsorts

 

 

Hello everyone  and thanks for stopping by today.

Saturday means the start of another brand new challenge over at Allsorts challenge blog. This week is the turn of  Brenda to host the challenge and the theme is:

 

"Treemendous-any kind of tree"

 

Please pop over to the challenge blog here and check out the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

 

Digi Darla

 

and

 

Yours and Mine Papercrafts

 

                                         

 

For my card I have used a stamp from Sheena Douglass. I love this big image of the tree. I have also used a stamp from Inkylicious in the background and used my distress inks for colouring.

 

We do hope you will come along and join in our challenge with us this week. We would love to visit your blogs and see your creations. 

Thanks for visiting today.

 

See you again soon

x Catherine

Laboratorie

 

Hello everyone.

I have made a Halloween card today using the new papers from Tim Holtz (Laboratorie). There are lots of old photos inside and this man really looks to me like he could be in the laboratory mixing potions!!!

I have added some spiders web for dimension and a charm. There are great periodic table symbols in the stash and I have chosen the "Arsenic" one and added one in the corner.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Make My Monday challenge - Halloween
Dream valley challenges 68 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by and visiting

See you again soon

Catherine

Man About town(1)

Hello everyone .
Have had a little time to myself today so made this card.
I have used the option of the sketch from this weeks Creative Inspirations challenge.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations challenge#237 - Anything goes and option of a sketch(Top 3 Spot)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

See you again soon

 Catherine

White christmas

Hello again everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog today.

This card uses Adirondack inks for the background and white embossing powder. The sentiment is from Woodware stamps. I have die cut some snowflakes and covered them with micro beads with pearls in the centres.

I am entering the following challenges:
Sketchy Colors challenge #183- White and Green
Sketch Saturday challenge #281 - sketch

See you again soon

Catherine

Creative Chemistry - Day 4

 

Hello everyone .

 

These tags are from day 4 of Creative Chemistry. These techniques all involved using Alcohol inks. 

 

I have used my favourite Butterflies stamp.

 

Here are the techniques and tags:

 

Faux Patina

 

Tinted Tinsel

 

 

Ombre

 

Monoprint

faded layers

 

 

Thanks so much for visiting me today.

 

See you again soon

Catherine

The Season of Autumn

Hello again. Please scroll down for my earlier post today.

I have used the sketch from Sweet Stop sketches this week for this card. The card has used distress autumnal colours and the background has been stamped and embossed with leaves. I have also die cut some leaves and used crackle accents and distress crackle.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop Sketches challengeSSS233 - sketch with a spin(Fall)(spotlight spot)
Crafts 4 Eternity challenge #R146 - Autumn Leaves
Creative inspirations challenge #236 - Autumn/fall colours

Thanks for stopping by today .

See you again soon

Catherine

Ribbons and Bows at Allsorts.

 

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today. Hope your all well.

 

It's Saturday and that means a brand new challenge is starting over at Allsorts challenge blog today.

This week is the turn of Helene to host the challenge and the theme chosen is:

"Ribbons and Bows"

 

Please pop over to the challenge blog here and check out the latest challenge.

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

 

and

 



 

I have used some of the Tim Holtz Christmas papers and an image from Pion Designs. At a recent craft show I bought some of the red ribbon roses and thought it fitted this card well with the red ribbon also. 

 

See you again soon

 Catherine

Believe

 

Hello everyone and here I am for a second post for today.

 

 

Here is a Christmas card I have made using some of the techniques I have been learning on the Creative Chemistry course.

 

The background uses the distress marbelling technique which I love for a nice background and you could never make the same one twice!!

 

I have used my all time favourite vintage Santa image from stamper's Anonymous and I have used the new distress glitter on the holly sprig.

 

This card is for the following challenge:

 

Sketchy Colors challenge #182 - sketch

Simon Wednesday challenge - Christmas /Happy Holiday



613 Avenue Create challenge #41 - Anything goes with added twist(pile it on)

Addicted to Stamps challenge#67 - Christmas is coming

Challenge 4 Everyone #31 - Anything goes

 

Hope you like my card and thank you for all your lovely comments you leave on my blog. I really do appreciate them..

 

See you again soon

x Catherine

Spooky

 

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

 

I have made a card for Halloween and used this stamp of the haunted house in the moonlight from Penny Black. I bought this a couple of years ago and love bringing it back out at this time of year.My backgrounds have been made using distress paints and inks.

 

I have added some Halloween ribbons with bats and spiders on. The little banners are cut from a Spellbinders die. The "Boo" is from a Sizzix die



I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday card sketch challenge #315
Papertake Weekly challenge - happy Halloween Hues
Creative Creations challenge #21 - Halloween
ABC challenge 49- Halloween
Creative card Crew challenge #47 - Sun, Moon,Stars
Creative Craft Challenge 2 challenge #21 - Anything goes blogaversary
Oldie But a Goldie challenge - Spooky
Lexi's creations challenge 101- Halloween
Sparkles Monthly challenge#49 - Halloween or colours
My Mum's Craft Shop challenge 10 - Halloween

See you again soon

x Catherine

Time For Day 3 Creative Chemistry

 

 

Hello everyone. Hope your all having a good week so far.

 

Here are the tags I have completed from Day 3 Creative Chemistry. Lots of techniques in using Distress products differently.

 

 

Here are each one:

 



 Smudged Stamping

 

 

 Brayered Stains

 

 

 Photo Tinting

 

 

 faux Cracked Glass

 

 

Distress glitter Rock Candy

 

 

 

So a bit of a seasonal theme for this one for me but I love them and great learning from the course.

 

Hope you like my tags I have made and thanks for visiting today.

 

See you again soon

x Catherine

12 tags 2013 - October

 

Hello everyone. Hope you all have some good plans for the week ahead.

 

I have made this tag to join in with the 12 Tags 2013 - October with Tim Holtz on his blog.

The colours and sparkle real attracted me to this one and so strange as glitter is really so not a thing of mine. I must say I really like the new distress glitter and very little flies around all over the place!!!!

 

I have done the background with the distress paints and die cut from grungeboard some of the Sizzix dies. I painted them in acrylic paint and then used the rock candy glitter on top. I then coloured over them with my distress inks. I stamped the spiders from Stamper's Anonymous - Halloween Cutouts stamp set.

 

This tag is for:

 

12 tags 2013 - October tags Tim Holtz blog

 

I hope you like my tag and thanks for visiting today.

 

See you again soon

x Catherine

Trick Or Treat

 

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good weekend. The weather is pretty miserable here in North Yorkshire at the moment.

 

For this card I have used the stamp set from Stamper's Anonymous (Halloween Cutouts). I love the image of these children.

 

For my background I have used the Distress Paints and the marbelling technique. I love the way these colours have blended together.

 

I have added some spiders web and some glittered bats.

 

This card is for the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations challenge#235 - Happy haunting

Sketch Saturday challenge #280 - Sketch

Stampin For The Weekend challenge - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly challenge - Two by Two(Bats)

Crafty Calender October challenge - Halloween

Ali Craft challenge #5 - Halloween

Crafty Catz challenge # 202 - Halloween

MAWTT challenge - spooktastic times

 

Thank you for visiting me today and see you again soon

x Catherine

Day 2 at Creative Chemistry 102

 

Hello again everyone. Please scroll down for my earlier post today and details of the Allsorts challenge this week.

Well I have completed Day 2 of the online Creative Chemistry 102 with Tim Holtz. There were a lot of techniques  but all so informative and great to use.

So here are the tags individually and their technique:

Mixed Media Layering

 

 

 

Embossing With Stencils(on card and on co-ordinations card)

 

Embossing Through Stencils

 

 

Stencil Stamping

 

Stencil Sketching

 

Ink Monoprint

 

Paint Monoprint

 

 

As you can see there are a variety of techniques learned in this lesson and hope you like my attempt at them.

 

thanks for visiting me today and see you again soon. Hope you all have a good weekend

x Catherine