Arty Girlz weekly challenge #38 FACES

The challenge this week on Arty Girlz is FACES.

we also have the very talented Ilonka as our guest designer you can find Ilonka's wonderful creations on her blog HERE.


so click HERE to join in in with the faces challenge.


Here's mine

I matted white card stock on to black then mounted it on to a card blank. I stamped the faces 3 times stamp is from cats life press, cut out and matted on to back card stock stuck them to the card punched 2 flowers in black added a black brad to the centers and added them to the card.

Here's a couple more that i did

I stamped a cream card blank in blown with a stampin up sanded background stamp. Then stamped the autumn leaves flourishes . cut a small square of parchment card stamped the sanded stamp again on top and went round the edges with a brown ink then stamped the face cats life press on a scrap of the parchment card mounted it with foam pads and attached to the square added the looped brad.

I covered a card blank with patterned paper cut a strip of purple card and a small square went round the edges with a silver krylon pen also did this on the card to. mounted the image which is from crafty individuals to the square but first went round the edge with the krylon pen , added the strip to the card and mounted the square on top of that.

Toppers Tags & ATC's

The challenge this week on Toppers, Tags & ATC's is Glitter

so you have to have Glitter on your Topper, Tag or ATC.

go check out the challenge.

HERE'S MY ATC which is up for swaps if any one wants it.

I used basic grey paper, stamped my image's on white card stock then cut them in to circles then added glitter to the star at the back 3 dots at the side and on the dot of the i

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 #15 Embossing

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ..........

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is Embossing go check it out to join in.

here's mine....

I bought a pack of 3 plain wood photo frames from Wilkinson's for £1 "BARGAIN", I'm in to photo frames at the moment, any way i painted it cream and embossed it with gold powders and Autumn leaves elegant flourishes stamps . I still have some things to do inside the frame as its for a photo of my Dad , (the photo is smaller than the frame ) perhaps some nice backing paper or something im not sure yet.

Arty Girlz challenge #7 Rainbow Colours

This week on Arty Girlz we have a guest Designer the lovely Cynthia Rainbow lady she kindly agreed set this weeks challenge for us which is to create a work of art using just THREE colours from the Rainbow spectrum which are RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO AND VIOLET.

I chose Yellow Green and Blue, I made a set of 4 ATC's using jut these 3 colours.

I just dabbed my ink pads over my ATC blanks in random order for my background, i must admit this is one of my favourite ways of doing a background , then stamped the image in dark blue with a Paper Artsy stamp then added some gems and flowers on the ATC's

Arty Girlz challenge #5 stitches

Our theme this week on Arty Girlz is Stitches xx---xx Go check it out

I cant sew to save my life so i made some simple cards with very simple faux stitching,

Here they are.

Julie and i will be away from Saturday for a week , I wont have access to the internet but Julie will have limited access so Julie will be uploading next's weeks challenge. we will catch up with every one when we get home im looking forward to doing that LOL a week with no crafting (shock horror)

4x4 friday numbers

This weeks challenge on 4x4 friday is numbers here's mine
I used assorted Paper Artsy stamp and studio G for the flower, added blue gems to the flowers and cut up a blue skeleton leaf and added it to where the foliage is to help cover the ladies Modesty although they don't seem bothered about it at all LOL


Im getting excited now as im off on my hols on saturday so after about wednesday i wont be doing any more challenges :-( (she says) as i really will need to get on with tha packing and what have you. so be warned after wednesday ish i will be rambling on about my holiday and i will show you some pick's of where im going .

Oh and dont forget theres a new challenge going up on Arty Girlz tomorrow as there is every tuesday hope to see you there

Wednesday Stamper "Inchies

Todays challenge on wednesday stamper is inches

Heres what they said "The Moo cards were very popular so we thought we would try INCHIES this week. I don’t think you can get any smaller; so the challenge is to create your smallest masterpiece this week and let’s see them! (Inchies are 1×1 inch squares.)"



Here are my inches .. i just stamped different colour ink pads over my squares for the back grounds and used cherry pie art stamps .

Gothic Arches challenge Flowers

This weeks challenge on Gothic Arches is Flowers

This is what they said......"This weeks theme at Gothic Arches is “Flowers”…what do you think of? a bright spring day with tulips blooming? a summer field of sunflowers? autumns harvest of mum plants? whatever comes to your mind we would love to see it in the form of a gothic arch."







I really wanted to do something different today, i have lots of paints pencils and all sorts and never use them mainly because im .....Afraid... LOL. so i got some acrylic paint and bits of sponge and swiped and splodge the back ground. used various paper Artsy stamps and the flower image is from a fantasy cd (just love this flower) so printed and cut that out. the butterfly is from crafty individuals miniatures book, i cut the butterfly out and rolled the wings over my fingers so it has a 3d effect but it's stuck down as well. I quite like the background and will defiantly use my paints more

Daring cardmakers dare

Today's dare on Daring Cardmakers is to design a post card

This is what jane said "Hello Happy Darers !!! It's Jane here ! It's my turn to dare again .........and I'm still on the postal theme ......yep thats right - I want you to design a post card - and whats more I want you to actually post it! Aren't I mean ? Honestly, its not as bad as it sounds- just a bit more thinking 'outside the square'.....excuse the pun :0)."

I stamped the background with the free stamp in this months craft stamper mag, stamped the image (home and heart stamp from create it) cut her out gave her a dusting with chalk and a smidge with my brown cats eye ink pad couldn't live with it LOL, and stamped the friendships are the garden of life sentiment in the brown as well , run round the edge of the card with the cats eye pad and drew the little L in the corner's in brown.

Forgot to say im sending this is for my friend Julie shhhhhhhhhh dont tell her .......LOL

Arty Girlz challenge #3 Tags

This weeks challenge on Arty Girlz is Tags

we at Arty Girlz want everyone to come and join in with our challenges and share

your lovely work with us what ever your craft may be. you can find us Here

Here's mine 3 fridge magnets

I cut my tags with my sizzix using glossy card and also chip board, i inked the background of my tags with 3 shades of whispers ink i used a sponge to apply the ink, stamped my image in the darker blue ink randomly on the tags (the stamp is crafty individuals c1-001) then edged them in silver, I cut scraps of glossy card and stamped the words on and taped over the ink and edged them in silver and stuck them to my tags , then i attached the glossy card tags to the chip board tags and added ribbon and magnets on the back. Im going on my Hols soon so have luggage tags in my head.

A tag note book

I cut the tags with my sizzix. Rubbed 2 shades of orange and a yellow over the front and back covers, then stamped my image (cherry pie art stamps) in the darker Orange , punched my pages with my Bind it all machine and added the ring wire attached ribbons to the ring wire and through the hole of the front cover.

Wedneday stamper challenge

This week challenge on wednesday stamper is Fish

This is what they said. FISH come in many shapes and colours. It is one of nature’s most colourful creature. Let all those odd, funny, gorgeous shapes and colours inspire you.



so here's mine i did an Atc was in a colourful mood at the time lol

I used my scraps i think the paper is Blond Moments? I covered the Atc with the paper, then stamped 3 fish from my see D's stamps Boys Toys on various other blond moment papers cut them out, the used my see D's morsel whimsical garden stamps to stamp the weeds and the bottom then dabbed tiny bits of glue around the bottom and added flower soft for a little bit of depth, then smudged a bit of orange ink round the side, and edged with a green marker

Arty Girlz challenge #1

The Arty Girlz challenge blog new Tuesday challenge is stamping, where you can make what ever you like as long as it involves stamping.

This is what i made a Honeycomb Tag book which was make using money envelopes (the kind you put the kids diner money in)

I cut the flaps off 4 of the envelopes, then glued them together with the fronts facing each other this is where the honeycomb bit comes into play you glue in an oval from top to bottom so the side's are not stuck together. see pic 2.

Then i cut 2 piece of card the same size as the envelopes but a tiny bit longer the font and back stamped my design on them and inked the edges in brown.(these are the front and back covers), then i glued them to the front and back of the envelopes, then a strip i cut of pattern paper to wrap around the spine inked edges and glued this in place.

For the tags i cut brown card to size (to fit inside the envelopes) and sniped the corners for the tag shape added ribbon on the ends with a stapler, and cut a thin strip of the pattern paper inked the edge with brown ink and added this to the ends and stamped the flower with brown ink





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