Dragons Dream TIO - The colour purple and the letter "X"

Over at the Dragons Dream TIO Blog Julie Ann has chosen theme of purple and the letter "X" for our challenge.
I've made my tag from scraps of papers by My Minds Eye and an odd half doily, with a "hugs and kisses" sticker, and a stamped sentiment from Kaisercraft.
The white Prima flowers were spritzed with IndigoBlu metallic paints to change them into a gorgeous purple and pearls added to finished them off.
We would love to see your entries in our challenge, just follow the recipe and as always please remember to use at least one real stamp on your tag.
Elizabeth xxx

Take It Make It Challenge - Christmas with a None Christmas Stamp

As you know our Take It Make It challenge at the Craft Stamper Blog is all about making a Christmas image from a non-Christmas stamp, so here goes..................
 Per pick up a Penguin lol or rather a perfume bottle stamp from Joanna Sheen. I know I can't help my northern humour, and I love these quirky little fella's.

And by giving him some eyes in the loops of the ribbon, viola, a Penguin or three lol. They have some IndigoBlu gears for snowflakes, and I used the Kaisercraft Grunge font stamps to make the Noel.
So you still have plenty of time to enter, there's a fabulous set of stamps from The Artisic Stamper stamper up for grabs as well as having your work published in the magazine itself!
Elizabeth xxx

Dragons Dream #172 The Letter "P" and Cogs

This time around over at the Dragons Dream TIO it's the fabulous Gabrielle's choice of "Cogs" and the letter "P".
I'd been having a play about with a cog embossing folder inking it up with Distress Ink, and then running through the eBosser, love the effect this creates, texture as well as colour.
The stamps I've used are a mixture of Artemio and Kaisercraft, and the "P" well of course what else but Paris, well overdue a trip there!!!
So we would love to see cogs and something with the letter "P" on your tags this time around, and of course as usual at least one real stamp.
Elizabeth x

Dragons Dream TIO #169 - The letter "N" and a Stencil

This time over at the Dragons Dream TIO Helen has chosen the theme, she would love to see the letter "N" and "Stencils" on your tag, along with at least one real stamped image.
I've been playing with watercolour card again inking up and dripping water on to take some ink back off again, love how you get a different pattern every time. I then stippled Picked Raspberry through my stencil, added the IndigoBlu butterfly, and used a paintbrush to add a little more ink around the edges. Love the alpha grunge font from Kaisercraft, it's so useful and lives on my desk!
So there we are again another two stamp, two ink pad piece just to show you don't need much to start out stamping!!
We would love you to join in our challenge, just please remember to use at least one real stamp on your tag.
Elizabeth xxx

I'm also going to enter this in to Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge x

Craft Stamper's Take It Make It Challenge - Bottles!

Over at the Craft Stamper's Blog you will find the new Take It Make It Challenge for April - Bottles!!!
Decisions, decisions should it be wine, altered or perfume? Bottle box, tag or a card? The choice is yours as long as your project has bottles, has been stamped, and has a direct link back to your blog posting, so the DT can pay you a visit.
My background was made with Dylusions sprays with mica powder spritzed over, and in real life has a pink sheen over the turquoise. The stamped image has been coloured with Lyra Polycolour pencils, they blend so well but the mica still shows through.

 I added a little Black Soot around the edges, then matted onto black card, then to finish off a couple of Tim Holtz corners, love that little stamp.
You can find more inspiration on the Craft Stamper Blog from the rest of the Design Team and also in the new magazine which is out today!
Elizabeth x