Gardner Gayle in Wellies

Hello All,

I had a look at the challenge for Saturated Canary and really fancied playing along, I have really wanted to do more "Altered Art" for a while. I normally do a notepad or gift bag. This is my first attempt at something a little different. Certainly needing a lot more practice at this type of thing. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I certainly had a lot of fun.

This is my daughters very first set of Wellie boots, and they started life like this:

As a pair:

  I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary  - Alter it
Creative Inspiration - Pearls, White, Flowers
Totally Papercrafts  - No Squares Allowed

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Under the Umbrella

Hi All,

Please don't go into shock!! 2 posts in a week!!

This is a card I made a wee while ago, but been so busy I have not got round to blogging it yet!! The papers are "My minds eye" and "Tilda" I have used my newly purchase Stamping Bella stamp .... so love this image!!  ..... I had not intended to be quite so heavy handed with the distress ink .. so splashed on some water to try and go with the Rain theme, to try and make it look deliberate rather than hours of coloring turning into a disaster!! ... then a sprinkling of frantage and some resin roses to finish.

I would like to enter this into the following challanges:

Creative Inspirations: Anything Goes
MAWT - Shaped Cards
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Totally Papercraft - No squares allowed

Thanks for looking
Hugs to all
Juls

Show Us Your first Nellie!!!

Hello All,

Well, I am so behind at the mo its shocking!! I knew that building an extension would be stressful just didn't realize quite how much so!! ... Also got some majorly stressful things going on with work so that's my reasons for my absence in blogland!!

Onto the more pleasant things in life .... like craft!! LOL, over at the sugar bowl we have a new challenge running, this time we have a little theme of  "use your first sugar Nellie stamp" ... So which stamp began your Sugar addication!! cant wait to find out!!

Have to say it was fun dusting of an older stamp .... I do love this little sweetie, I bought this from one of my little trips to Elgin, along with 2 other Elizabeth Bell stamps .... I now have over 100 Nellies!!

Please check out the challenge over at the sugar bowl, hope to see you there.

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stamping for the weekend - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl challange 108

Hello All ..... time for my monthly post LOL

I am sorry normal service will resume soon!! We still in the process of building the extension its a family affair, and its going great, we are currently staying in a holiday cottage while the work goes on.

So its time for another challenge at the sugar bowl. This is a bit of a random creation that just kind of happened there was no plan. I was clearing up from an evenings crafting, and saw the little photo cell stamp ... I had just been to Elgin (supposedly tile shopping for the extension - but managed to fit in a little trip to the house of sugar) ... and so I have these Leanne Ellis stamps Catch a Falling Star Fly Free Talking to the birds on my desk. I stamped and coloured them.

The next night I then had to find paper to match my colouring, so came across these WRMK papers ... I had to make a tiny piece of orange paper go rather a long way!!

Please hope over and check out what the other sweeties have created, and please do join us for the challenge, which is create anything you like, using your fabulous Nellies .... I cant wait to be inspired by you all, As always there is a prize of 4 fabby SN stamps up for grabs, 6 if we get over a 100 entries.

Thanks for looking hugs to all

Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hello All,

Wow I cant believe its been a month since I posted, and it is already time for another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl!!

For my card I have used "Room to Bloom" which you can get here  (this is a new image for me, it fell into my basket the last time I popped in to visit the girls in Elgin). I have coloured the image using my copic pens ... and teamed it up with some papers from My Minds Eye.

So I look forward to seeing you in the sugar bowl ... cant wait to see what you will make and inspire me with this month!! Its worth entering as there is a yummy prize of 4 sugary stamps up for grabs and all you have to do is use a Sugar Nellie stamp!!!

As always
Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sugar Bowl Challange

Hello All,

Well life with a toddler whilst trying to build an extension yourself is proving rather hectic!! ... so I apologize for the lack of posts from me recently.

Its time for another challenge at the sugar bowl, and as always Karen has offered a fabulous prize of your choice of 4 sugar Nellie stamps, 6 if we get over 100 entries!!! so what are you waiting for lets get inking and show us your fabulous cards!!

I have used a the Leanne Ellis image - Cup of Tea, which you can find here I have kept this one nice and simples! I have coloured her with copics and added a sentiment, to make a little notelet card.

Thanks for looking
and I hope you join us
Hugs Juls

Joie De Vivie

Hello All,

Well this card I didnt really have a plan for ... it just kind of evolved.

Whilst clearing my craft space, I came across cards that I had started, but for some reason or other I had obviously fallen out with and pushed to one side .... I found this one it had a chocolate baroque image stamped and embossed in one corner .... So I decided to work with that, I colour tinted the edges of the card with distress ink - tattered rose, then I built up the background with some Bo Bunny stamps and various colours of memento inks.

After that ... I pulled out this Julie Nutting stamp, as its a new purchase and I was desperate to have a play ( I do have a book of hers "Fashion Collage" ... I attempted this look in a smash page that you can see here - I loved doing it but found it very time consuming, plus I have not really mastered getting the proportions of the model right! - who would have thought I took art at school!!! So its so great to have her stamps! )  ..... I then rummaged in my scrap bag to find a few papers that I thought would co-ordinate, and then created her outfit. I have coloured her in with Prisma pencils and have created her hair using acrylic paint. With the remainder of the scraps I had pulled out my stash, I created the Paris topper, using a stampendous stamp. I created the little clock flowers using a kanban stamp, I tinted the edges with a rub on wax and added a metal brad .... the sentiment was another find from my clear out ... I found a book sentiment based ephemera .... I then put a good sprinking of frantage everywhere, a few paper clay leaves, some pearls and gems, and this is this is the finished result.

I would like to submit this to the following challanges:

Simon Says - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Fashion Is my Passion
Mixed Media  Colour Challange - Yellow Peach & Pink
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Crafts for Eternity - Heavy Metal
Creative Romance - Dont be square

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls