Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #221

Hello everybody and welcome to my crafty space!  Hope you are having a good day!!

It's time for a new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.
Angela  is our lovely host and the Theme is -
 EXPLOSION OF COLOUR!!
As always, whatever you wish to create is fine, as long as you use lots and lots of colour!!

For my DT contribution, I have created a simple tag.

I started with a piece of watercolour paper and used Distress Inks to add the colour.  The colours I used are Mustard Seed, Fired Brick, Forest Moss, Stormy Sky and Seedless Preserves.

Dried the inks a little with my heat gun and then daubed gesso through a Floral stencil by Kaisercraft, went around the edges of the flowers with a white gel pen and added a little stamping.

Once all of that was dry, I cut it to fit a 6.5" x 3.5" Craft Tag by Ranger and glued it down.
The flowers and leaves are by Little Birdie and I added some prills and micro beads in and around the cluster.

The die is Sevington Border by Memory Box.  This was a scrap left lying on my desk.  Thought it was time to put it to good use.

The sentiment was generated on my computer.  I have a page of little quotes and sayings which I typed out in Word and then printed off.  So handy when you need a quick little quote for something.

The ribbon for the bow was coloured with the same Distress Inks used for the background.

So, have I inspired you at all to join in with the Challenge?  Pop on over to the CCM blog and take a peek at the creations by my Teamies.  I'm sure you'll find plenty to inspire you there.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #221 - Explosion of Colour

Thank you so much for stopping by.  It is so lovely to have you visit and thank you for any little comment you may care to leave.
Have yourselves a wonderful day!
Take care and God Bless.
oxox Marg

You're Tagged - A Masculine Card

Hello my dear friends and welcome to my crafty space.
Hope you're having a great day.

I'm here to show you a masculine card today.  I made this one a few months ago but never got around to sharing it.

If I remember rightly, the papers are from Kaisercraft but I have no idea which collection they are from.

I cut 4 layers of paper to fit the size of the card and then tore the two top layers diagonally across.

Created a couple of tags from another sheet, added some twine and a little stamping ..

.. and tucked them in between the torn layers.

The ruler is a piece cut from a scrap of Prima paper and the sentiment is a cut apart from Kaisercraft.

For a little added interest, I attached the twine to the card with a couple of staples, slid on a paper clip at the side, and I was done!!

That's all from me today.  Thank you so much for stopping by and for any comment you may care to leave.  I do appreciate it.

Have a fabulous day my friends.
Take care and God Bless.

Mini Album Makers Guest Design Spot

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  Hope you are having a fabulous day!

I am so excited!!  Back in August, I entered a Junk Journal I had created into the Mini Album Makers Challenge and my little book was chosen as the favourite for that month.  Consequently, I was asked to create an album and tutorial to share on their blog as a Guest Designer and the post has gone live today!!

Here is a little peek at the album cover.

I do hope you will join me on the Mini Album Makers Challenge blog today where I am sharing a few of the pages and also how I constructed this little album!  Huge thanks to Autumn and all the ladies on the Team for giving me this opportunity!

Have a fabulous day everyone!
Take care and God Bless.
oxox  Marg

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 220 - Fairies or Other Mythical Creatures

Hi everybody and welcome to my blog!! 
Hope you are all having a wonderful day!!

It's time for a new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.  Jackie is our host and the Theme is Fairies or Other Mythical Creatures!

As always, anything you care to create is fine as long as it fits the Theme.

Must say, I do love this Theme but, when I started hunting through my stash to see if I had anything that would fit, I found absolutely nothing at all.  No fairy stamps, nor any type of mythical creature stamps, stencils or anything!!   Shock!!  Horror!!  What was I going to do??

Well, I did remembered this lovely Amigurumi pattern I saw on the net so, I went and found it again and crocheted this gorgeous little Unicorn!!

Isn't he adorable??
I had this lovely green coloured five ply wool that I had been wanting to use and I felt this would be the perfect piece for it.  It looks so nice against the white .. I love the combination.

He's only about 4.5" tall and sits quite comfortably in the palm of your hand.

I added some strands of blue to his mane and tail for a bit more contrast and interest and then decided to also add some beads for a bit of sparkle!!  Something to make him stand out from the crowd!

I love how it looks!!

I was going to trim his mane, because it looks a bit unruly at the back, but I decided to leave it as I quite like it that way.

I think he's a very handsome little fellow.

For anyone who may be interested HERE is the link to the free pattern.  I must point out that mine does look a little different from the original because I made some alterations to suit the wool I used and I wanted him to be a bit smaller.  I also created a simpler mane and tail.
I am actually contemplating if I should create a second blog just for my Amigurumis.  I have made about half a dozen so far.  All of them made with free patterns from the net but most of them I have adjusted to suit myself and I am wondering if I should share those adjusted patterns, always giving credit to the originals of course.  Not sure if there would be much interest.
I'll keep thinking on it!!

So, please do pop on over to the CCM blog and take a peek at the fabulous creations by my Teamies.  I am sure you will find heaps of inspiration to join in with the Challenge!

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #220 - Fairies and Other Mythical Creatures.

Thank you so much for popping in!!  I hope you have a fabulous day and can't wait to see your entries!!

Take care and God Bless.
oxox Marg

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 219 - Lace or Ribbon

Hello dear visitors and welcome to my blog.  So glad you stopped by.  

A warm welcome to my new followers too.  Very happy that you have decided to join me and I hope I can inspire you in some small way.

It's time for a new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and this time it's all about Lace or Ribbon!!  Well, this is a Challenge that is right up my alley!!  LOL!!   

Kim is our host for this Challenge and the Team have once again created some stunning inspiration for you.  

As always, you may create anything you wish, whether it be a card, a scrapbook page, some home decor or mixed media piece, whatever you like as long as it follows the Theme.

I guess you won't be too surprised that I have, once again, created a card.

 The papers used are from Kaisercraft's Pen & Ink paper pad and I distressed the edges with a distress tool and a little ink.

Added some tule between the layers ..

.. and lots of pretty lace as well.

The branches were cut with a die from Megs Garden called Greenery.

The gorgeous flowers and green leaves are by Little Birdie ..

.. and a lovely ribbon bow finishes the card off nicely, I think.

More of the same papers decorate the inside.

Done and dusted!!

I do hope you will pop over to the CCM blog and take a peek at the fabulous creations by my Teamies and that you will be inspired to join in with the Challenge.

For all the details and to link up your entry follow the link below ..
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #219 - Lace or Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by and for the lovely comments left on my last post.  I truly appreciate them. 

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.
 oxox Marg