21 Again....

I was 21 again yesterday LOL woohoo 21's a good age dont you think? I receieved some beautiful cards and present from my friends at Auntys forum Thanks Girls {{{{HUGS}}}} I will take a pic and post them when i take them down.

I will be going away on sat so i have asked julie to add my name on her comments for Arty Girlz in case peeps wonder why im not leaving comments, so fingers crossed she remembers , if she forgets can someone give her a Poke for me LOL.

Any way enjoy the rest of the week and next week everyone see you soon

crissi xx

Arty Girlz weekly challenge #44 Era's

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is Era's

so you could be inspired by the chic 20's glamorous 30's the war year's of the 40's, 50's Rock & Roll , psychedelic 60's or the flower power 70's you get the idea..... any era you like it is entirely up to you.

As always you choose your format so you could make Atc's, Cards, Layouts , Mixed Media , Altered art..... anything you like.This challenge is sponsored by The Artistic Stamper (click the banner on the side bar to visit there shop) they have supplied a Fab prize for one person to win ~ A fabulous sheet of unmounted stamps so pop on over to Arty Girlz to join in the challenge and also for a chance to win the unmounted stamps. Jennie from The Artistic stamper is also our guest designer this week you can find Jennies blog Here

Julie and i were lucky enough to also receive a set of stamps each to use in our examples this week Thanks Jennie.

Here's what i did........

For this card i stamped the image and coloured her dress red and used my one and only copic marker to colour her skin (boy these pens are fab) matted the image on to red and black card stock, added red prima flowers and put black beads in the center, and also made up little dangle beads for the bottom and the live it up is a rub on from the £1 shop..

For This card

I used inks to make the back ground, stamped the image and stamped the delight in life, matted it onto black card stock then glued and sprinkled micro beads around the edge, from the waste i cut a strip and stamped some flowers and cut it into a thinner strip and matted it to black card and put it on the card blank.

wings

over on Aunty's forum (see side bar) the teams challenge this month is wings i have seriously been lagging behind with the challenges so i made this card towards this month fingers, crossed i get to do more but I'm seriously lacking in inspiration and my mojo has run away, so if you find it could you kindly send it home please lol. The papers are from crafty Individuals and the stamp is studio G i think.

Arty Girlz weekly challenge # 43 Male/ Men

This weeks challenge over on Arty Girlz is to create something for a man or have a man/men somewhere on your project. Dont forget you can always join in more than once :-) and as always you can do anything you like a card, layout, Atc, Altered art, mixed media anything its up to you.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by Sharon Duncan craft who has offered one of her newly deigned stamp set 's as a prize this is the stamp set up for grabs. The winner will be randomly selected.

This is the stamp set you could win

click the banner to visit sharons shop

Sharon sent us both a set of stamps to use in our examples ~ Thanks Sharon

This is what i made i used freebie papers card stock, sharons stamps and brads to make these cards and also some text stamps.

Arty Girlz weekly challenge ~#42 ~ SKETCH

The challenge this week over on Arty Girlz is to follow a sketch so pop on over there to see the sketch and join in.



Heres my card

Tora the wonder dog & An Award

I thought i would introduce you to Tora the wonder dog she is the most silly daftest dog going im sure shes 1/4 human 1/4 cat and half dog she does the most funnest things and is the sweetest most lovable little doggie.

I was given an award by Jennie.... Thanks jennie , and to follow the rules I have to give it to 7 other bloggers.

But i dont do rules so im giving it to everyone that visits my blog as i just cant pick 7 LOL so please feel free to take the award and share with your fellow bloggers

So here are the rules if you want to play by them ..............

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate al least 7 other blogs

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls/guys you've nominatedI hope you enjoy and carry on the faith!!

Arty Girlz weekly challenge #41 Favourite song

The challenge this week over on Arty Girlz is favourite songs.

We would like you to use your 'Favourite Song' as inspiration for your creations this week. As always you choose the format so you could make an atc, layout, card etc it is entirely up to you..we looking forward to seeing what your favourite songs are.



Here's mine

I just cut a house shape from chipboard and used material to cover it and added little stitches here and there, added flowers at the windows and made a hangie bit with HOME on it and added flowers to that, so can you Guess what my SONG is and who its by? LOL

I think i will send a little RAK to the person that guesses my song and who it's buy just for fun.

woohoo we have a winner its danemi1 aka Elaine welldone Elaine you guessed right its Home by Michael buble ... thanks everyone for having a guess

Arty Girlz weekly challenge #40 NATURE

This weeks challenge on Arty Girlz is Nature we would love to see all thing to do with Nature on your creations.

Crafty Individuals have sponsored this weeks challenge so we have these lovely goodies up for grabs one of there 6x6 paper pads and and one of there unique stamps. so for a chance to win these fantastic goodies pop over to Arty Girlz and join in the challenge winners are picked at random. as they say you have to be in it to win it LOL.

you can visit Crafty Individuals shop by clicking on there shop banner, they have a vast collection of unique rubber stamp as well as the mini books, paper pads and lots more besides.

Julie and i we both lucky enough to receive a book and stamp each to use in our creations Thanks Malcom and Jean.

For the card

I cut some paper from the pad and layered it on to black card stock and mounted it on to a square card blank , stamped the stamp on to white card stock with black ink then sponged little spots of colour around the flowers and leaves then smudged black ink around the edge then mounted it on to black card stock and mounted it to the card slightly off center.

The Little Bird House

The little Bird house has been sitting around for a while now so i thought it would fit into the nature theme perfectly. I covered it with papers from the pad then inked the edges in black. for the roof stamped the stamp twice on to white card with ink purple ink, I cut the card so i had the top half of the image for one side of the roof and the bottom half of the image for the other side. stuck it to the roof and smudge black ink around the edges. lastly i cut a tiny Butterfly from one of the papers in the book and added it to the front with foam pads.

Master Boards

I made a master Board, this is a really cool way of making your own back grounds to use over and over, for mine i used an A4 piece of linen card stock, inks paint gesso and stamps.

I basically stamped the inks all over the card in different colours and blended them in, then i added some paint here and there and used gesso in places. when it was dry i stamped some images all over the card which were mainly Paper Artsy. with a cherrie pie and a stampin up sanded stamp. i also used a lid from a bottle to make the circles when it was all dry i put it in my scanner and print off a copy and scanned it into my comp as well. I'm keeping the original maybe to use on something or just for back up here's the original.

I cut up the photo copy to make the cards and Atc's below. the nice thing about master boards is you will get a different background depending how you cut it. Im defiantly going to be making more.

Here's the master Board






For this card i cut up a piece of the master board and mounted it on to purple card, stuck it to a pink square card blank. printed the image (one of my favourites) and cut it out and stuck it on to the card, i used a white gel pen around the edge of the image and smudged it with my fingers this gives a nice edge and a bit of depth. Then i stamped the life friend stamp studio G i think.

For this card i cut some more master board and stuck it to lilac card on a square card blank. cut out 6 inches from the master board added the image's and words and stuck these on an Atc card blank then mounted that on to lilac card stock then stuck that to the card.

for these ATC's i covered 2 Atc blanks with paper from the master board cut out the images and used the gel pen around the image as in the previous card. on the first one i stamped the her majesty and the little cushion and crown and on the second one just added a little flower in her hair.

Look what i have got

Look what i received in the post yesterday this Beautful 6x12 canvas which was created by Suzan Buckner. I bought this canvas from suzan's Etsy shop im a hug fan of suzans and im so happy to own an original piece of her work .

suzan is based in America and you can find her blog here.