Dragons Dream TIO #162 The Letter "C" and Metal

The lovely Helen has chosen the theme over at Dragons Dream this time, and would love to see the use of metal on your tags along with the letter "C".
I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin films with my Grandpa,  so he has a special place in my heart with happy memories, and of course he has to be my "C".
I kept to monochrome this time as the films were black and white, and of course he had to have an old fashioned streetlamp to stand under.
I used craft metal for my TH mini tattered flowers along with scraps of grey spotty paper.
We would love for you to join us in our challenge, just please remember to use at least one real stamp on your tag.
Elizabeth x

Kate Crane's Art Journal Challenge

Well better late than never! At long last I have finished my February pages for Kate Crane's journal challenge. I'm still not completely happy with these, but with so many layers of paint on there already, decided it was time to stop lol. Onwards with March xxx

Take It Make It Challenge March 2014 Mono Printing

Very excited this morning to be sharing my first piece as one of the very lucky DT members for the Craft Stamper's Take It Make It challenge.
The month's theme is "Mono Printing" using acrylic paints on an acrylic block to create a pattern.

I made a yummy mixture of Martha Stewart and PaperArtsy paints in Mermaid, Snowflake and the aptly named Easter Egg (pink Martha Stewart), smooshed them around with my fingers and made prints on to several sheets of card, including Kraftcard as I wanted to see how they looked against something other than white. I then had a play with stamping in to the paint for a different texture and ended up with some gorgeous pieces of card for use later on.
The IndigoBlu butterflies were stamped out using Archival ink, cut out and added to my chosen section of card, which is matted on to some corrugated cardstock, kraftcard and a black basecard, with some garden twine to tie the colours together.
I am so very proud to have been chosen as a DT member for the best craft magazine on the market, and to be in the company of some amazingly talented teamies, check out their blogs, and join in the challenge via the link on my sidebar.
Elizabeth xxx

Craft Stamper - Take It Make It Challenge

So happy to have been chosen for the "Take It Make It" team along with eight very talented crafters.  Can't wait to get cracking with the first challenge which launches this Friday at 9am on the Craft Stamper Blog, very giddy this afternoon xxx too excited lol

Dragons Dream TIO #161 The letter "A" and not a tag shape!

It's my turn to choose the theme over at the Dragons Dream TIO this time and I wanted something a little different. So along with the letter "A" I would like to see a "none tag" shape.
My little MDF heart was painted white and then a layer of Worn Lipstick Distress Crackle paint was added.  The Celtic heart is from The Heritage Stamp Co in Scotland and the typeface letters are from Docrafts.
My choice of "A" is Amour or in Welsh Carwriaeth, as I am part Welsh, part Irish and very Northen lol.
We would love to see you over at Dragons Dream, just click on the link on my sidebar.
Elizabeth x

Dragons Dream TIO #160 The Letter "G" and Birds

Over at the Dragons Dream TIO blog this time the uber talented Gabrielle has chosen the theme of the letter "G" and Birds.
My inspiration came from this Crafty Individuals picture of a "Gent" which co ordinated perfectly with a piece of Glenda Waterworths paper that I've had for years!
I used Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium through a Crafters workshop stencil for the bird element, then added a few leaf die shapes to finish it off, along with the stamped word "Gent".
We would love you to join in with our challenge, just click on the link on my sidebar and please don't forget to use at least one real stamp on your tag.
Elizabeth x

Imagination Crafts February Challenge "Love is in the Air"

"Love is in the Air" over at Imagination Crafts this month, and as I am on a mission to keep up with challenges this year, how could I resist a theme with that title!
The background paper is a piece of scrap spritzed with a gorgeous shade of iridescent mica powder, and mounted on to kraftcard.
The flowers are one of my favourite Imagination stamps, and are well loved and used so much that they never get put away (well that's my excuse anyway lol). They were stamped onto pink card stock using a Versafine ink, cut out and some old shell buttons from one of my Grandpa's shirts added for the centre.
And to add a little "Love" I used a little alphabet stamp set that was a gift, so no Idea where that came from.
Elizabeth xx
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