Go Figure At That's Crafty! Challenge Blog

Hello again and welcome to my inspiration for our new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog which has the theme of Go Figure so we'd like to see entries with numbers on - how easy is that!

I came across the tag that I used as the base for this creation in my unfinished bits box. It was a mop up tag from a play session with my Gelli plate and some DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in shades of green and yellow.
I stamped the umbrella man image from the Tim Holtz Sideshow cling stamp set on to the tag with Archival Jet Black ink . I then stamped on the numbers from the set using Archival Fern Green ink using first and second generation stamping.
I finished off by hand writing on the text with a fine black Sharpie pen and tied some cord through the top.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend and hopefully see you soon.
Fliss xx

One For The Boys At That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, I hope you're keeping warm in this somewhat unseasonable weather. I'm definitely wishing for the Spring to come back!

I'm over at That's Crafty! today with a card for the boys in your life which I hope you'll like. It features my treasured Brusho Crystals and my new set of Tim Holtz stamps.

You'll find all the details over at the blog and i'd love it if you hopped over to take a look.

I'll be back in a bit as we have a great new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog and I have some inspiration to share.

Fliss xx

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend. It's gone very cold down here in the South with a rather strong northerly breeze so I'm wondering where the Spring has gone!
Today's post is to let you know that we have a new challenge over at Make My Monday and this week I chose the theme which is April Showers Bring May Flowers and in the case of my garden that's actually tulips which are really late flowering this year!
My inspiration, however, has a hydrangea which I suspect will be a long time coming!

I stamped the gorgeous hydrangea, leaves and butterfly from the Stampendous Hydrangea Garden stamp set on some Gelli printed paper from my stash and added some detail with Prisma pencils. I then cut them out with the matching die set.
I assembled the elements on a white card blank, using foam tape for added dimension.

Very quick and easy, huh!

Have a great day and a good week.
Fliss xx

What If......? For That's Crafty

Hello everyone, I hope you've all had a good week. Things are still hectic down here as I've got a huge amount of work to get through by the end of the month so I've got very little time for blogging.

It's my turn to post over at That's Crafty! Blog todayand I'm sharing a quick and easy journal page which I hope you like. It's very bright and cheery - here's a sneak peek and hope you'll visit to see the whole thing.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend and see you soon.

Fliss xx

About Face! at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog

Hello again and welcome to my inspiration for today's new challenge at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog with the theme of About Face!
I interpreted the theme literally to mean creating something with a face on as it gave me the chance to ink up one of my favourite Stampendous images and this mixed media panel was the result - warning, it's rather girly!

 
My substrate was a white/grey board 8x10 panel which is one of the fab That's Crafty! surfaces.
I first stamped the Stampendous Glance image on the right hand side just below the centre using Archival Olive ink. I made a mask for the image and secured this over the stamping.
I coloured the panel by brayering on Paper Artsy Frsco Finish Acrylic paints in Blush and Haystack. Once I had done this I removed the mask from the image.
I then used the Hole In The Wall Repeat Dinky Stencil with Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Rose paint to create the brick wall pattern and toned it down a little by sponging on some Blush paint.
I stamped the remaining space on the panel with a script stamp and a trellis type image (mine are Kaisercraft but there are similar designs in the online shop) using the olive Archival ink.
I stamped the Stampendous hydrangeas on some papers from my Gelli stash which were made with various Paper Artsy acrylics. I used the Archival Olive ink for stamping. I then used the matching die set to cut the images out.
I painted the main image with the Blush and Rose paints then used a grey pencil round the edges to emphasise the face. I then added the flowers and leaves with foam pads for dimension to finish.

If you haven't yet entered one of the challenges, the prize is a voucher for the online shop where you'll be spoilt for choice.

Have a great weekend.
Fliss xx

Happiness In Bloom At That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, really sorry to be awol again and will try to do better but I'm running to keep up with everything going on at the moment and hoping to slow down soon!
This is to point you in the direction of my post today at That's Crafty! where I'm sharing a quick to make tag with one of Sir Tim's lovely Flower Garden stamps and a stencilled background.
Here's a sneak peek and I'd love it if you hopped over for all the details.

Hope you like what I created and it was really fun to make too.

I'll be back in a bit with news of the new challenge at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog so watch this space!

Fliss xx

Colour My World At That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, I hope you've all had a good week. I'm still in Swanage at the moment on my few days break which has been lovely despite the rather mixed weather but we've still managed to get out and about most days and there has been sunshine although it is still very windy and rather cold.
This post is to let you know I have a prject to share over at That's Crafty! today which is an art panel using one of the surfaces, in this case an MDF panel, with my newly acquired Paper Artsy stamps by Darcy.
It's one of my favourite colour combinations too so I hope you like it.

You'll find all the details over at the blog as usual if you'd like to hop on over to see how I created it.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.
Fliss xx

Watercolour At Make My Monday

Hello everyone, by the time this post pops up I'll be on my way to exotic Swanage for a few days break which I'm sorely in need of as things have been really hectic lately and I could do with a rest! I'm hoping a change of scene will help and of course, no cooking or washing up!!!
We have a new challenge for you today at Make My Monday and Shawna would like to see your creations involving the use of Watercolour.
Here's my inspiration which is my brother in law's birthday card.

 

The image I've used is by Just Inklined and I printed it out on to mixed madia paper. I then coloured it with a mix of atercolour pencils and Prisma pencils, painting the sky with watercolour paint.

I added the painted panel to a navy blue mat and stuck it to my card blank. 

That's it - done! 

I'll be back at the weekend and until then, have a great week.

Fliss xx

All Things Bright And Beautiful

Hello again and welcome to my inspiration for That's Crafty! new challenge today with the theme of All Things Bright and Beautiful.
I've gone down the route of bright plus creatures small for my journal page.

I coloured my page with DecoArt Media Fluid acrylics using Hansa Yellow Light and Medium, Pyrrole Orange and Grren Gold.
I then stencilled on the dragonflies which are a That's Crafty! Dinky Stencil using Yellow Green Light.
I stamped on the border image from Craters Companion Splats & Accessories Set 2 with Archival Cactus Flower ink. I stamped on the text from Tim Holtz Handwritten Thoughts with the same ink.
The butterfly (Carabelle Studio) was stamped on with Archival Olive ink and added a little colour with Green Gold.
I stencilled on some bubbles with the Bubbly All Over Dinky Stencil with the orange and yellow green light paints to finish.

I hope you decide to enter as theres a fab prize of a voucher for the online shop for the randomly drawn winner.

Have a great weekend.
Fliss xx

Enchantment For That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, apologies if I haven't been round this week but I'm in the wars yet again with a scratched left eye this time so the glasses have had to come out again until it recovers so I'm squinting at the screen! Any spelling errors are cause I can't see properly, she says, tongue in cheek :D

I'm over at That's Crafty! blog today with a mixed media art panel which I hope you'll like. Here's a sneak peek and you'll find all the details over at the blog if you'd like to hop over and see how it came about.

I'll be back in a while as we have a new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog.

See ya later!

Fliss xx