Arty Girlz weekly challenge #61 to use a quote or verse

This week The challenge on Arty Girlz is to use a quote or a verse on your creation.



Heres my card which is very pink LOL i have used papers from Paper Artsy a few prima flowers and glitter glue. The verse on the paper reads In all things of Nature there is somthing Marvellous

Arty Girlz weeklychallenge #48 Add shapes to your project

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Im away from tomorrow (22nd) until tues /weds of next week so appoliges if i dont comment on your blogs, i will catch up when i get back.


This week challenge over on Arty Girlz is to add shapes to your project.

This week challenge is sponsored by the very talented Andy Carolan who is a freelance designer who specialises in cartoon illustration and products for the card craft industry. Andy is proud to have produced many varied illustrations for Joanna Sheen’s popular product range.
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Andy has also produced the fantastic Card Toonz CD Roms and has kindly provided two of them as a prize for one of our participants to win The CD's contain a collection of cartoon character toppers, backing papers and banners that will help you to celebrate any occasion in style
If you would like to purchase these fantastic CD Roms you can find them HERE

so pop on over to Arty Girlz and join in the challenge for a chance to win these fab CD Roms

Andy sent us both a CD rom to use in our examples this week ~ Thanks Andy :)


I had the card Toonz professional nuttyness cd rom. These cd roms are great fun and have lots of cute images backing papers ect. which are great for quirky fun cards for all ages.

I just printed off the images and 3d decoupaged them on the first one i used retanges as my shapes and on the second one i used scolloped circles.

Arty Girlz challenge #37 PAINT sponsored by layers of color

Over on Arty Girlz this week We have 'Paint' as the challenge theme, so go and grab your paintbrushes and have some fun!

This challenge is sponsored by Layers of Color who have offered this fabulous set of stamps for one of our participants to win

Julie and i were also lucky enough to be sent a set each to play with, Thank you Laura :-)

Laura is also our guest designer this week you can see what Laura created on Arty Girlz and also on Laura's blog HERE

Here's what i did

I stamped the flourish tree on a cream card blank randomly around the edges then stamped the Happy Birthday.

I used water colour paint to add a touch of colour in red and yellow to the flowers and also did a wash of green around the edge, then stamped the scalloped circle stamp on scrap card twice then used the water colour paint again to add a hint of red and yellow to the dots. I tied a sheer ribbon around the card and fixed the circles with foam pads for a raised effect.

For this card i stuck some pretty blue flowered scrap paper on a card blank.

Then i stamped the flower baby on baby blue textured card stock then i used white acrylic paint on a dry brush and swooped it around the edge of the card stock and highlighted areas of the stamped image with the white paint, i also swooped the paint around the patterned paper to. (picture not showing up the paint to well sorry)

I stamped the bottom plate on scraps of the baby blue card sock and cut it out and added raised dots of the white paint around the edge, Stamped NEW BABY at the bottom of the card and stuck the plate over the top.

I stamped the scalloped circle stamp 4 times on the scrap baby blue card cut them out and made slits in them and slid the card with the baby image on in to them added foam pads to the back of each circle and fixed it to the card. nice raised effect.

Lastly i added little prima Flowers and put dots of white paint in the centers.

That was long winded wernt it LOL

Arty Girlz challenge #36 wings Introducing skatty kats with guest designer claudia

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is 'Wings' and that is the perfect theme to introduce you to Skattykats who have just released their fantastic hand drawn "Stylised Ollies"

You can purchase these stamps for an amazing £7.99 at the moment so in effect they are less than £1 per stamp - what a bargain!! ~ check out skatty kats

We also have another treat for you ~ the very talented Claudia Rosa is our guest designer for the 'Wings' theme. so pop on over to Arty Girlz to see Claudia's wonderful creation.

And don't forget we also now have an on going recycling challenge which we would love for everyone to join in with at any time check it out

Here's what i did

A hangie thing i punched 3 large circles used inks for the background and stamped the owls. punched small holes and added the natural string.

for the card i used the branch stamp for the the flowers stem added a big blossom . stamped the owl cut it out and inked the edges then used rangers gloss over the top and stuck it to the center of the card. stamped the greeting on white card inked the edges and stuck it to the card front.

The last picture is 2 little charms i made using shrink plastic used random ink on the back stamped the owls added hole for the jump rings at the top and bottom, then shrank it and added th jump rings and the little beadie shell things

Ary girlz challenge # 35 RECYCLING

The weeks challenge on Arty Girlz is Recyling which was suggested by Beverly.



Did anyone notice the info on the side bar when you could have a sneek peek to see what this weeks challenge was, keep an eye out for that we will be doing that from time to time ;-)



Any way this is what i did, i used a meat balls tin thoroughly cleaned and label left on, then i stippled paint on the tin for texture, added the image which was from the bag i got my donut in from MC Donald's cut that out glued it to my tin added small bits of red Dottie ribbon to the tin and a key from a corned beef tin well it is recycling you know LOL...

Arty Girlz challenge #34 Travel/places.... SPONSORED by katzelkraft

This week challenge over on Arty Girlz is Travel /Places which was suggested by Nancy

we also have a fab sponsor this week

who have offered this fantastic set of unmounted rubber stamps as a prize and Julie and i were also lucky enough to receive a set to , to use in our examples this week. Thanks Béatrice

Katzelkraft Offer fast international shipping and also have a great range of products for the avid craft as well as there superb stamps.

Here's what i did

This is a 6x6 piece i used papers from paper craft 4 you pad for my backing. stamped the script in the middle. i stamped the tower and stamped another one cut it out and used foam pads for a bit of dimension i did that for the butterfly as well. i cut the flowers from the same paper stack, and the lady is a rub on, then stamped the words.

For this card I used inks for my background on white card, used my lightest colour first and built up to the darker colours i cut a circle from scrap paper for the sun and placed it on the light colour before i did the darker colours . stamped the tower in black then drew the lines , backed it on black card and mounted it on a lemon card blank and stamped Paris.

For this Atc i stamped the Paris scene in black then clear embossed over the top, used inks for the sky and added a hint of colour to the water, cut my lady out and placed her at the bottom, lightly stamped the post marks at the the top then over stamped with the Paris stamp.

for this card i covered my card in a paper from Bitty scrap pad soft serenity pad then used assorted papers form the paper craft 4 you designer pad cut out a frame then the papers ribbon form another sheet and the bow from another sheet i stamped the Paris scene in the middle of the card

Arty Girlz challenge # 33 3D sponsored by Bootiful stampz

The challenge this week on Arty Girlz is 3d Thanks to Jane who suggested the theme. The Arty Girlz challenge this week has been sponsored by Bootiful stampz .

Sally has kindly sent us 5 stamps for a prize this week 2 Maggie stamps and 3 bunny stamps and she also sent the same to myself and Julie to use in our examples this week THANKS SALLY so pop on over to Arty Girlz to check out this Weeks fantastic prize join in for a Chance of winning.

This is the fabby prize you could win.

HERES what i did

I covered the square card blank with paper from my scraps cut a piece of white card and sponged blue ink over it and rounded the corner and stamped Maggie with a dress on to it then ran a thin black line round the edge. cut another piece of card slightly bigger rounded it off and inked round the edge in black and layered them together.

I stamped another Maggie on some scrap card and water coloured her in (think i need practice at that LOL) cut her out and added foam pad to the back and stuck her over the image i already stamped. I added the little blue flowers also available from Sally's shop and drew the stems in. sponged another piece of card with the blue ink and stamped for my friend and added another flower.

For the Baby card i cover my card blank in paper from the America paper company layered some pink card stock on white stamped the Boot Bunny on some spotty paper cut the boot and paws and nose out then stamped again on white card and cut Bunny's face out i layered it all up with foam pads for 3D look and stuck it to my mat added some ribbon round my mat and stuck it all to the card added the flower at the top with a tiny epoxy sticker with baby on in the center and added a tiny red button heart at the bottom.

For the TAG i covered it in freebie paper tore some handmade paper and stuck it to the tag, stamped coloured and cut out Hat Maggie and added her with 3D pads added a big flower with a brad in the center to the top and added some ribbon from my stash.

For this card i covered my pink card blank with freebie papers a strip of the yellow then the lilac on top stamped the Pocket Bunny on to a scrap of the yellow paper and cut out the pocket did the same on white card for Bunnies face and paws then added a rub on for the sentiment.

For the Present Maggie i made some plant taggie things don't know what you can call them LOL.


I made these for my mum shes been planting seeds and plugs so I made these so she can write the names on the sticks and mark where the seeds are. i bought some lollie sticks from Woolworth's, stamped the present bunny on to some Basic Grey paper and cut it out , then i laminated the bunnies and cut them out i also laminated some big blossoms and cut them out as well then i stuck my sticks to the flowers with foam pads then on the front i added foam pads and stuck the bunny on

Arty Girlz challenge #32 Open Theme sponsored by Trimcraft

This weeks challenge on Arty Girlz is is an OPEN THEME so you can create what ever you like,

This week Arty Girlz has been sponsored by who are launching a fantastic new web site on the 1st of May you can pre-register now for a chance of winning £1000 worth of craft vouchers so get yourselves over there. (click the banner)

This is the fab prize you can win this week over on Arty Girlz which Trimcraft have sponsored, 2 packs of 8x8 Laura Ashley papers Traditional and contemporary with 2 packs of matching ribbons and a set of 4 Traditional wood mounted stamps.

Julie & I were also lucky enough to receive the same as the prize to use in our examples for this week.

Here's what i did

Form the contemporary paper pack I covered a card blank with the mixed background paper, cut out 2 large circles from card stock and 2 from 2 different sheets of paper, slightly offset my card stock circles behind the Patterned Paper ones, and glued them together on the outer edge I used glitter glue to make dots and added some to the Patterned Paper in various places . Added the ribbon from the contemporary pack and a happy birthday rub on.

From the Traditional pack I used a sheet of the paper to cover my card blank then cut 6 large circles from 6 different sheets of paper to make my flower petals by fan folding the circles, and cutting the folded paper in half each half makes a petal so there's enough to make 2 flowers if you want.

Glued them together to make a flower. I stamped a large white brad with one of the stamps from the set in black and also a small circle that I cut from the scraps, cut out a leaf and stem from the scraps to make the stem for the flower then glued it all to my card, then used ribbon from the tradition pack and stuck it to my card in staggers and placed the small stamped circle on top.

I painted a paper mache plant pot white then in lilac I stamped the image on the bottom of the pot 3 times around the bottom then used parts of the flower stamp to randomly stamp around the top of the pot, inked around the edges and base. when the ink was dry I added a coat of crackle medium all over the pot for a cracked effect which isn't showing to well in the pic. In all honesty a paper mache plant pot is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot so i put my pens in it LOL.

Art girlz challenge #31 Make your own backgrounds

The challenge this week on Arty Girlz is make your own background we also have the very Talented Paula as our guest designer check out Paula's blog HERE.

We also have a fantastic sponsor this week the lovely Jennie sent Julie and myself some Gorgeous stamps and some of white chipboard shapes to play with

The stamps are deeply etched and stamp beautifully, the white chip board shapes include tags flowers wings etc . and are just fantastic.

Here's what i did .

An 8 x10 canvas

I used acrylic paint for my background randomly stamped the images , printed my image and attached her to the canvas and applied gesso over the whole thing ,painted the chipboard flowers and gesso'd over the top and added tiny little clear Jens to them.

A Tag

I used one of the large white chipboard tags for this i water coloured the background then stamped with the circle stamp. printed my image which was black & white and used water colour paints over the top i love doing this at the moment you get a picture that looks like a real water coloured painting i have not added any ribbon to this at the moment as i didn't have the right kind.

Altered Domino

I used alcohol inks for the back ground stamped the key image highlighted in silver krylon and edged the side in silver as well.

A medium Tag

I'm not sure what i was doing with this one LOL i covered the tag and wing with a gold oil pastel crayon used alchole inks over the top then rubbed the gold off its got a lovely shimmer which the camera isn't picking up then i used the stamps and randomly stamped the watch,key and words, i punched a hole through the tag and wing and secured with ribbon , told you i wern't sure what i was doing with this LOL

A card

I made the card just to throw in the mix and before you all tell me off i know its not my own back ground LOL but i liked it LOL i covered the card blank with freebie paper from a mag used a chipboard flower and threaded the ribbon through used foam pads to attach then added the same ribbon on the card and a rub on on the bottom.

Arty Girlz challenge #30 Ribbons

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is Ribbons and we also have the fabby Molly Day Dream sponsoring the challenge this week with a beautiful selection of ribbons and embellishment as a prize so pop on over there to join in and have a chance of winning some goodies to.

The Lovely talented Jane is our Guest designer this week, thanks Jane, you can find Jane's lovely work on her Blog Here



Here's mine its an ATC called my blue shoes and is up for Trading if anyone is interested please let me know . The ribbon was an RAK from Emma

I used a small rose corner stamp for the background and randomly stamped it over my base in blue then aded a little gold. Mounted the picture on blue card stock and added it to the base then added my ribbon using staples.

The ATC has now been traded thanks Fiona..

Arty Girlz challenge #29 BLACK & WHITE

This weeks challenge on Arty Girlz is black and white.

we also have a fabby prize sponsored by Fiona from fiona stamping up blog pop over to Arty Girlz to see what it is.

Also we have the talented Rosie Rowe as our guest designer this week so check out her fabby work.

Here's mine

It's a 12x12 layout of my DH's mum when she was younger a bit of a stunner dont you think LOL, i used black and white card stock, punched the flowers and doodled the stems, the flowers at the bottom i punched out and drew the leaves and stems and cut them out. The white letters were in my stash

Arty Girlz challenge #28 Triangles

The challenge this week over On Arty Girlz is Triangles and we also have a fantastic sponsor this week to which is StampAttack. And you can win a gorgeous plate of rubber stamps by joining in with the Arty Girlz challenge so go check it out .



Carol from StampAttack also sent Julie and I a plate of Gorgeous stamps to play with so here what i did with mine.

I cut a large piece of mount board into a triangle shape and used distress inks for my background stamped the image's with brown stazon and added little blue flowers and tied cream ribbon round the stems and for the hangie loop.

For this card i cut a triangle shape from card stock to make the blank covered the front with K&Co papers (think that's what they are ) stamped the image on to the front twice and the word joy which is also on the stamp, then cut a square of card in cream stamped the image again added brown ribbon round the edge and the charm and stuck it to the card.

For this hangie I cut a large triangle from mount board again and used whispers inks for the background. stamped the image added spotty brads and wound paper string around them and used more paper string for the hanging loop.

For this set of 3 ATC Triangles ( you used a standard size ATC and find the center and cut the sides off) I used blue green and orange for the back grounds stamped the image added the little dome stickers and words and run round the edge with silver krylon pen .

Arty Girlz challenge #27 CHOCOLATE

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is chocolate go check it out as you can only have one other colour with it. we also have the lovely Sam Morris as our Guest designer you can check out Sam's Blog HERE
we also have a fantastic prize up for grabs this week from Ribbon mad so go check it out the challenge for a chance to win a beautiful selection of ribbon.





Here's mine a chocolate and orange Layout the 12x12 card stock is Bazzil it a peachie orange colour I have no idea what the papers are sorry they were scraps, they were inked round the edges with brown ink, and the chip board cog and circle's are from my stash and were inked brown the letters were also in my stash and also inked brown the photo was matted on to brown card stock and is of my son on a round about at a fun fair in Spain some years ago. I always journal on the back of my layouts and usually leave little messages and well as times and dates and stuff like that so that why you don't see much writing on the fronts of my Lay outs.



A LITTLE NOTE

As some of you may or may not know i have recently moved house and only just starting to find my stash and starting today we are having the whole house rewired so just to let you know if i don't comment on your Arty Girlz submissions its because i have no power LOL but i will do my best to catch up so please don't think I'm ignoring you all hugs crissi

Arty Girlz challenge # 26 DOODLING

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is Doodling and we have the lovely Jane from Doodles and scraps of me blog sponsoring the challenge by offering up a fabby prize to be won so pop on over to Arty Girlz to find out what the fabby prize is and get doodling.


Theres also another image for you to snag on crissi's swap shop (my other blog )

Here's my Doodling it's a 12x12 Layout .

I cut the photo up and arranged it Mosaic style punched white Flowers and added tiny yellow primas to every other one, then doodled the swirls between the flowers and added doodled lines as a boarder. the photo is me by the way lol.

Arty Girlz challenge #25 STARS

This week challenge over on Arty Girlz is STARS
we also have the very talented Emma as our Guest Designer



And there's more we also have a fantastic prize up for grabs which has been donated by Beverly from crop till you drop so pop on over to Arty Girlz and join in for a chance to win this fabby prize which is a card making kit. Julie and I were also lucky enough to be sent a kit each to play with and let me tell you there's loads and loads of papers embellies, Ribbons and also sorts in this kit. I have tons of papers and embellies left so no doubt you will all be seeing a lot more of this kit.
and probably more of me to as I HAVE NOW MOVED WOOHOO so once my craft stuff is unpacked i will be able to join in with some challenges and just make a mess as usual, LOL


so here's what i did with some of the kit


This was more of a play on the word Stars its a board canvas of Fred and Ginger they were true stars. The papers are from the kit i just love the music note paper so are the star brads. Fred and Ginger were from the net and cut out and mounted with 3D foam pads the twill ribbon with the musical notes on which is in the center if from the kit and i used my side kick from the words Shall we dance and the big metal question mark is from the kit as well just love that.

This card doesn't have any stars on it at all LOL i just liked it, it was in the instruction booklet that comes in the kit and its for the inside of a card but i liked it as an actual card so just thought i would throw this one in to the mix LOL everything is from the kit.

This set of ATC's were made using left over paper from the canvas and previous card and i stamped a flourish on the paper and the images are from a CD.

Everything for this card except the stamped "just for you" is from the kit including the card blanks which you get 10 of, I cut out 3 decreasing stars covered them in the paper and sanded them for a distressed look and also did that around the edges of the card. I stuck the stars to the card with 3d foam pads. I love this funky retro look paper but there is loads of different types of paper in the kit