Masculine 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 where we would like to see your Masculine creations so it's one for the men and boys in your life.

I made my card by folding the largest size of Ranger kraft tag in half. I then cut a piece of mixed media paper and coloured the smooth side by applying blobs of acrylic paint to my craft mat, using mostly orange, red and yellow on one side with blue and green on the other, I spritzed it with water, dipped the card in and allowed the colours to run.
When the paper was dry I stamped on the main image. I then added a strip of bright blue hessian ribbon through which I pushed some antique bronze brads before sticking on my image panel. I added some Chit Chat stickers to finish.

I used:
Tim Holtz Sideshow Cling Stamp Set; Ranger Size 12 Kraft Tag; Mixed Media Paper; Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints - China, Tango, Yellow Submarine, London Bus, Granny Smith: Tim Holtz Chit Chat Sticker Book

Have a great weekend and see you soon.
Fliss xx

Nature Acrylic Tag At That's Crafty!

Hello everyone and hope you've all had a good week despite the extremely changeable weather which seems to have caused a lot of problems - definitely on my journey to work!
I have a tag to share over at That's Crafty! Blog today which is my first attempt at paint on acrylic and it was quite tricky so I think I need more practice!

I hope you like it and you'll find all the details over at the blog as usual.

I'll be back in a bit as we have a new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog and I'll have all the details.

Fliss x

Fairies at Make My Monday

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was very busy with family stuff as it was Fathers Day and there was quite a bit of visiting to do!
We have a new challenge today over at Make My Monday with the theme chosen by Joan which for the next fortnight is Fairies.

My inspiration features a beautiful image by Aurora Wings which was printed out on to thick smooth cartridge paper and coloured with Prisma pencils. I trimmed the image to a panel and added contrasting mats.
The paper is Polkadoodles  and I added a contrasting strip of card with a punched strip over the top. I embellished with some butterflies die cut ffrom glittery card and added a sentiment stamped on patterned paper, die cut and matted on contrasting card.

Have a great week and see you soon.
Fliss xx

Hope Journal Page For That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, I hope you're all surviving the rather odd weather at the moment. I just wish it would make it's mind up whether to be Summer or not!
I have a project to share over at That's Crafty! Blog which is a page in my A5 journal and features my newest Carabelle Studio stamp.

Isn't she lovely? You'll find all the details over at the blog as usual if you'd like to hop on over to see how it came about.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.
Fliss xx

In The Pink At That's Crafty! Challenge Blog

Hello again and welcome to my inspiration for the new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog which for the next fortnight has the theme of In The Pink so you can probably guess what we would like to see!

Here's my inspiration which I hope you like.

I just adore these cute Alice Palace bunnies from Crafty Individuals!

The background on my ATC was made in layers as I started something which went a bit wrong so I partially covered it up with Paper Artsy Fresco Finiah acrylic paint in Sherbert and then used the hearts Dinky Stencil with Orchid paint to add the pattern.
I stamped the bunny on stamping card and scribbled on colour with a grey and pink pencil, colouring the crown blue for contrast. I cut the image out a stuck this on.
The finishing touch was to use the Enchanted Dinky Stencil with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in Medium Grey Value 6 to apply the text at the top.

There's a great prize if you enter of a voucher for the online shop for the randomly drawn winner.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.
Fliss xx

Tell The Story For That's Crafty!

Hello everyone, hope you've all had a good week and have been enjoying some sunshine as we've had although some of it was very hot and humid. Shouldn't really complain though as it at least looks as if Summer might have decided to make an appearance at last!
I have a post over at That's Crafty today sharing one of my ATCs that I made for the last Hochanda shows and you'll find all the details of how I created it over at the blog.

Hope you like it and I'll be back in a bit as we have a new challenge today over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog.

See you later!
Fliss xx

Photo Inspiration At Make My Monday

Hello everyone, hope you're all OK and I'm a bit late with the challenge details for the new one today at Make My Monday which has a rather fab photo inspiration.

Here's my inspiration which is a bit of a rewind as I had no time to make anything due to being somewhat busy lately.

I remembered this one which had the look of the photo in some ways so I decided to share it again.

The background is made with Distress inks and a Carabelle Studio stencil and the cute Dina Wakley bird was stamped on some paper patterned by the same stencil. I added a sentiment from the same stamp set and some pretty ribbon to finish.

We've now gone fortnightly and have had to say goodbye to the lovely Marina too so I'd like to wish her well for the future here and thank her for all she's done for us.

Have a great week.
Fliss xx

Zingy ATC Storage At That's Crafty! Today

Hello everyone, I hope you're all keeping warm in this unseasonably chilly weather. I had to wear socks to bed last night as I was so cold I couldn't get to sleep! I'm also typing this with 3 layers on as without the heating it's somewhat chilly in the house. Really hope Summer makes an appearance soon.

I'm over at That's Crafty! blog today with a tutorial on how I created my ATC storage box for the recent Hochanda shows so if you're interested do hop over. It was really quick to decorate due to the dinky size but it will still hold quite a lot of treasured ATCs in great style.

As you can see I've gone for my current preferred bright and zingy colour scheme as I love orange combined with blue.

You'll find all the details at the blog as usual.

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.
Fliss xx