MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - #187 - BIRDS AND/OR BEES

Welcome back to another challenge at Moving Along with the Times.  Our challenge his month is birds and or bees.  I use quite a few birds on my projects so I thought I would go for the bees this time.  I don't do well with insects but bees and butterflies I can cope with.

This is a great set by Aallandcreate by Bipash BK.  I stamped the image first and then stencilled around it - it's supposed to be Spun Sugar Distress Oxide but it came out more brown than pink.  I coloured in the honeycombs with a Distress Oxide Marker Pen in Wild Honey.  I used a yellow sparkle pen for their wings. 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - #186 FLORAL

We are back with another challenge for you at Moving Along With The Times and this month we want to see your floral projects.

I've used a stamp by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs with these lovely snowdrops on them which I received for Christmas.  I've been out to my garden to check on the progress of my real ones and I can only find one!!! 

I created my background with Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Oxide giving it a light covering.  I then stamped the various snowdrop words as the background.  Some were from this stamp set - others were from an old set from Tracy.  I stamped the flowers onto a panel and added that to the background. A perfect card for spring!  

I'm adding this into the following:

Ellibelle Garden 

SSS Wednesday AG

Creative Inspirations AG

I spy with my little eye - something new - new stamps 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES #185 - STENCILS AND/OR DIES

Welcome back to another challenge from Moving Along with the Times.  This is my choice for the  challenge this month and I would like to see you using your stencils and /or your dies. 

I started off by using the lovely vase stencil by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs.  I used Distress Oxide in Antique Linen for the vase.  I then added some extra stamping from a very old Cherry Pie stamp to give the vase some extra interest.  The berries and the cyclamen is from Tracy's set Berries TE55 and I added the little mouse at the bottom. The extra foliage is from another Tracy Evans set. I used a metal die for the sentiment. I used Prismacolour pencils to colour in the berries and flowers. 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - #184 SANTA

Welcome back to another challenge at Moving Along with the Times - I hope you can find the time to play along with us at this busy time of the year.  Our theme is a nice simple one at this time of year - Santa!

I created a canvas for my piece - I used some Tim Holtz paper strips as the background for my collage - so many wonderful vintage images it's hard to choose a favourite if you love vintage like I do.  I stamped and coloured the Santa image another one of Tim's and added him with an Ideaology label.  I also added some die cut greenery and some extra wooden embellishments from my stash - the star, the bells and the Christmas tree.   I added some extra greenery die cuts under Stanta's feet. 

I'm adding this into the following:

We Love to Create - Mixed Media 

Polkadoodle - AG 

CRAFT challenge - AG 

SSS Wednesday - AG 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES CHALLENGE BLOG DESIGN TEAM MEMBER

I'm delighted to be on another Challenge Blog as Design Team Member under the brilliant supervision of Helen Nile - welcome to Moving Along with the Times which Helen has recently taken charge of.  Our theme for this month of September is Butterflies and/or Dragonflies.  

My Tag started off on the gel press with a print taken from a fern taken from my garden.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint on the press to get a faint impression. I then added extra stamping in the background.  The butterflies are all from Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies dies which were cut from another gel press playtime using Tim Holtz inks.

I added various stamping and ephemera and added some to some linen which was affixed with some brass brads - remember those?  I finished off the tag by scribbling around the edge as I can't sew.

I'm adding this into the following:

Tag Along - things with wings 

Dragonfly Dreams - Lots of Layers