ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #522 - CHRISTMAS

Christmas in July here at ATSM - hopefully if you join in all year you will have made a great start on your Christmas cards.  I'm using one of my all time favourite  sets here.  I just adore the shine you get on those bells just from the way the stamps are cut.

The stamp set is an old one from Sunny Studio called Holiday Style.  It comes with these gorgeous branches too - which I've inked in Versafine Shady Lane and then I went over the stems with a marker pen.  The baubles are a three stamp set to create the shine and it can be a bit tricky to line them up but when you get them they shine perfectly.  I've added some extra red and white twine to them to have them hanging from the branches and added some red enamel dots. The sentiment is a simple one from the same set. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July 

Unicorn - No Design Paper 

Make My Monday - Christmas in July 

Peace on Earth - Christmas 

Avenue613 - Holiday

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas Sparkle 

Inkspirational - Christmas in July 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE - # 521 MAKE YOUR MARK

Welcome back to ATSM and a chance to get your colouring mediums out to play be they paints, marker pens, pencils etc.

I'm sharing a recent watercolour I created for a competition at a local event later in the month.  Wish me luck.  The paints I've used are Winsor & Newton - a mixed palette of lots of lovely colours.  I used my new Fumuui brushes to create the scene.  I don't really consider myself an artist as I normally rely on stamps but this was free hand and I'm pleased how they turned out. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Papercraft Challenge - Summer 

Allsorts - AG 

Inkspirational - summer mood board 

As You Like It - my first time creating free hand watercolour flowers and I loved doing it 

Ellibelle's Garden Party - from the garden 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers 

I mentioned above that my watercolour painting was for a local competition.  I'm delighted to say I won First Prize.   A huge achievement as I consider myself a crafter not an artist and it was among some pretty tough competition.  

INSPIRATION STATION - #87

Welcome back to another month's challenge at Inspiration Station and our prompt photo for you this month is Christmas in July. Where will you get your inspiration from?

I chose that back fence as my starting point using some old paper from Kaisercraft I had in my stash and aging it with some Distress Ink.   I created a snow scene with the middle panel and added a Tim Holtz Stag Die to the snowy background. I used some patterned paper for the stag which also had deer images on it.  I also added a deer charm.

I'm adding this into the following

613 Avenue Create - AG Any Holiday 

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July added sparkle 

We Love 2 Create - AG 

Krafty Chicks - Christmas 

Creative Knockouts - Christmas in July 

Craft Rockets - Animals 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - 4 legged friends 

FabnFunky - Christmas in July 

DAYDREAMER

Inspired by one of the challenge blog to create a card with the letter D I decided to use this lovely butterfly stamp by Sara Naumann for Paper Artsy ESN62.  My word for the D is Daydreamer.

I had a look through some of the gel press prints I had done recently with some leaves and found the perfect one for the background.  I added some stamping by Alison Bomber EAB42 and some background script from Studio Light stamp set.  The butterfly was coloured in with Prismacolor pencils.

I'm adding this into the following:

Girlz and the Art of Letters - letter D is for Daydreamer 

Crafts Galore Encore - AG 

Simons Says Stamp - Monday - Stripes on the butterfly 

We love 2 Create - AG 

Simon Says Stamp - Wed - AG

LOVE TO CRAFT - #93

Welcome back to another Love to Craft - those months just fly by.  I'm sharing a page from my new journal book I'm creating from an old book.  I've used most of the pages individually on various projects and as the book was getting thinner I decided to use the remainder of the pages and the book itself as my journal.

I've recently found Sam Poole's papers on her Etsy site.  I've not downloaded papers from Etsy before and I was surprised how easy it was and how I now have these lovely papers to play with over and over again.  I did have an issue when my printer started running out of ink and the papers came out purple but I used them anyway.  Info on my Instagram account. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZcco1CDFLM/?img_index=1

This page is my first page in the book.  I added a pocket also and a tag so I can journal on the back. I've used extra stamps from Tim Holtz - that lovely egg, and extra background stamping by Alison Bomber. I also added texture paste through a stencil which you can just see top right.  I stamped on some material under the egg so it was nestled in something soft! 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - #191 - COLOURING MEDIUM

Another month's challenge with Moving Along with the Times and this month we would like to see some colouring on your projects.

I have used an old stamp by Tracy Evans called In The Bucket.  I used Prismacolor's to colour it in.  I've put it in a frame as it is going to be entered into a local competition so wish me luck! 

PEARLY SPARKLES #121 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Welcome back to Pearly Sparkles and we are celebrating Christmas in July.  That's right get out those Christmas supplies ignore the heat possibly and get your Christmas tunes on in the background!

I've used some of Tracy Evans Boutique Designs for my card.  Her bauble stencil and the lovely poinsettia stamp.  I white embossed it onto Kraft card and used Primacolor pencils to colour it in.  The Bauble stencil was created with a white pencil.  I added an extra Tracy robin just because!