Imagination Crafts "December Mid Way Inspiration"

Good morning all.

We had  a lovely night on Saturday...lots of alcohol was consumed but not by me so apart from being tired yesterday I was perfectly well! I've now got to make 41 place name tags and a table plan for Wednesday...I did volunteer for my sins!

Eek half way through December already and only 9 chocolates left to eat...where are the days  going to! Here is my second inspiration post for Imagination Crafts.

Our theme is always anything goes and the winner will receive a £40 voucher to spend in the Imagination Crafts Shop.

I've used another of the Decoupage Stamp Sets - Snowman.

Image is stamped with versamark and heat embossed with silver EP, then I've washed the background with silver aquatint, die cut and layered onto a teal mat. Image is coloured with promarkers and I've used stickles on his hat, Background is a Die'Sire Create a Card die from Crafter's Companion which I've embossed then inked with Peacock Feathers DI. Sentiment is from the stamp set. Card is finished with a few gemstones from my stash.

Challenges entered:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas

Fairytale - colour combo light blue white + ? (I've added teal)

Patties Creations - Christmas cards

Wags n Whiskers - Merry Christmas

Delightful Challenges - bundle up

Dream it Up - quick and/or cute

Fashionable Stamping - heat it up

Imagination Crafts December "Anything Goes"

Good morning all.

We had a dry bright day yesterday so hubby and I went out and did a little shopping, managed to cross another couple off the Christmas present list so it wasn't a wasted trip. Supposed to be going to Edinburgh today where we'll hopefully cross the rest off.

I'm delighted to be here sharing my first inspiration project for the Imagination Crafts challenge.

Our theme is always anything goes and the winner (using a product from Imagination Crafts) will receive a £40 voucher to spend in the Imagination Crafts Shop.

I've used one of the Decoupage Stamps - Candle. 

I stamped in versmark and then heat embossed with detail gold EP. I then washed the background with the gold aquatint before colouring the main image with promarkers, die cutting and layering on gold mirri card. The sentiment and smaller images are all part of the set and are also stamped in versamark and heat embossed with gold detail EP.

Layers are attached with foam tape to give the card some dimension.

Challenges entered:

CHNC Extra - anything Christmas goes

Completely Christmas - something beginning with "S" (stamp, sentiment)

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Southern Girls - celebrations

Addicted to Stamps and More - holiday

We Doo Doobadoo - get festive

Paper Creators Crafts - all about Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers

Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes

Journalling Pad

Good morning all.

Yesterday was a total washout except for about ten minutes mid afternoon when we saw blue skies and a beautiful rainbow!

Another altered water colour pad to share today. No inanimate object in the house is safe from being gessoed at the moment...Hubby and the kids better watch out!!

I forgot to take a before photo but this is a bog standard A4 water colour card pad. I gave it several coats of Gesso then masked off the edges (although there has been some seepage!). The newsprint stamp from Clearly Besotted was stamped in two corners and also masked off. Next I got out the bold and bright set of aquatints and daubed the colours all over. Using a stencil from Memory Box and textured paste I stencilled the flowers bottom right. The main image is a stamp I got in a lucky bag, it's huge...I had to use a pyrex flan dish to stamp it as I didn't have an acrylic block big enough! I stamped in archival ink on tissue paper and used studio multi medium gloss to attach it. The journalling stamp also came in the same lucky bag, the other two sentiments are from Premium Craft Brands and are also stamped in versamark and heat embossed. The background has been stamped with various stamps from Stamping All Day, Indigo Blu and Premium Craft Brands in an assortment of distress and memento inks. The stencilled flowers were then sprayed with tangerine Sprinkys.

Challenges entered:

Bloggers Challenge - alter it

Crafts 4 Eternity - bright colours

Just Add Ink - add texture

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Anything but a Card - anything goes

Altered Eclectics - anything goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - anything altered art goes

Scrap it Girl - use watercolours, paint or gelatos

Snowflake Tag

Good morning all.

Spent yesterday battling with an unco-operative computer and a migraine...I think I won both battles eventually although it was touch and go!

A tag to share with you today.

Blank tag has been coated with Gesso before being painted with aquatints (the pale blue 05). I then used a Joanna Sheen snowflakes stencil to add some texture and sprayed this with a dark blue before removing the stencil. After leaving this to dry I stamped small snowflakes with Versamark and heat embossed with WOW blue lagoon EP. The glittery snowflake is from Asda, sentiment is from Tattered Lace, ribbon (which I've dyed with the same dark blue ink) and buttons from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

The Sailing Pineapple Blog - make a tag

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Vintage Stamping - anything but a card

Completely Christmas - anything goes (twist let's see some blue)

WOW - mixed media

Artist Trading Post - use a stencil

CRAFT - Christmas

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas with ribbon

Baffies Kreativladen - Christmas

Stamping with Loll - 12 tags of Christmas

Wish, Believe

Good morning all.

Yesterday was a little better...I got happy post in the morning...a stamp order and a goody bag I'd won on FB from Cowling and Wilcox which contained lots of sample sizes of various paint mediums and a couple of paint brushes, one of which was exactly what I needed to use with my aquatints!

 With a lingering migraine I hadn't managed any crafting during the day as I just couldn't concentrate but I did manage this last night.

I used the Grunge set of aquatints to make my background and used a little gesso around the edges and some water drops as a resist. The dies are Signature dies from Joanna Sheen and although bought a little while ago this is their first outing! The tickets are from LOTV and were one of my purchases at Harrogate. the bow and gem are from my stash. I did edge the topper with stickles which is still wet in the photo...hopefully it will look better dry!

Everything has been put on with foam pads/tape to give some dimension but it will probably still be flat enough to post.

Challenges entered:

4 Krafty Girlz - anything goes

Inky Impressions - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - things with wings

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes/make your own background

Pile it On - use two or more die cuts

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - anything goes twist stripes