Anything goes with PanPastels at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, Its challenge time at PanPastel UK and this time we want to see what you can create with your PanPastels!! Its an 'Anything goes' theme so there's lots of scope to play along to be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous goodies from our generous sponsors Premium Craft Brands. I've made a canvas using the gorgeous A4 Butterfly Stencil and lots of PanPastels. You can find links to the goodies i've used at the end of this post :-)

I began by applying Maimeri Light Modelling Paste through the butterfly stencil with a palette knife and then added more LMP through a harlequin stencil. Once that was dry I added colour with my Pearl PanPastels, adding a little Ultramarine Blue for some depth. I sanded the background a little to lift some of the colour from the stencilling and then I sealed the colours with my own spray fixer made by diluting Maimeri Matte Medium with water (about 3 parts water to 1 part matte medium) in a spritzer bottle. While the spray was wet I dusted on lots of the gorgeous Course White Pearl Medium for loads of extra sparkle and shimmer.

I coloured two pieces of stampbord with my Pans and stamped the sentiments with Black Memento Ink and popped them on the canvas to finish off.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity: texture

Creative Moments: Anything goes/ anything but a card

Deep Ocean: Anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack: flowers and butterflies

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

Simply Create Too: no digis or stamped images

Stamps and Stencils: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

Pearlescent Pan Pastels	White Coarse Pearl Medium	Mask Stencil A4 Butterfly	Maimeri Light modelling paste	White Blending Mop Brush
ultramarine blue	Stampbord Assorted sizes	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set

Summer fun Inspiration at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, well yesterdays rain has gone and we've got lovely blue sky and sunshine so its perfect weather for some fun in the sun lol. You've still got a week to enter our Summer Fun challenge at PanPastel UK and if you pop over to the challenge blog, there is loads of inspiration from the DT and the winners announcement from our last challenge too! As always there is a fab prize from our generous sponsor Your Creativity Store too

My card was a very quick one this week, I inked up  the lovely Blackbird mask with versamark ink and embossed it through my Grand Calibur before adding colour with my PanPastels. I used Lavinia stamps and memento inks around the edges and added some glitter to the fairies wings. I don't think my little birdy knows what to make of those fairies playing lol.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge: embossing

Cards Galore Encore: anything goes

Crafty Little Fairies: summer fun

Lavinia Stamps: add glitter

Our Creative Corner: summertime

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx

PanPastel Tints	bright yellow green	Raw Umber PanPastel	Blackbird maks	Hansa Yellow
Hansa Yellow Shade	Burnt sienna shade

Go Grungy inspiration at PanPastel UK

Good morning my lovelies, how's your weekend going? Awful weather here so I've been having a play in my craft room and trying to pretend I don't have to go back to work tomorrow lol. I've sooooo enjoyed my week off but at least we've got another long weekend coming up next week so I've got something to look forward to. My project today is for our 'Go Grungy' challenge at PanPastel UK, you've still got a week to enter and our lucky winner will receive a fab prize of goodies from Premium Craft Brands.

I've made an 8x8 card, distressing the edges with Raw Umber shade panpastel and stamping a fabric texture stamp from Indigo Blu here and there. I used a sheet of copier to create a heart shaped stencil and popped that over my card blank before applying Maimeri Light Modelling Paste through a Pronty Stencil.  The LMP is coloured with a touch of Magenta PanPastel. Once dry I went around the edges with Raw Umber PanPastel

The little lady is a stamp from Crafty Individual stamped with versamark and then I applied more Raw Umber PanPastel and layered it up with a tattered angels butterfly. The ginormous sentiment is from Indigo Blu, stamped with Potting Soil Archival Ink, and then distressed with PanPastel.

I've added faux pearls, a seam binding bow, a little rose made from Light Modelling Paste in a silicone mould, the clay heart was left over from another project.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar: anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Big stamps

Sister Act: anything goes

Sweet Stampin: No designer paper

Through the craftroom door: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, have a great day and hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

Stencilling at Premium Craft Brands

Good morning folks and happy Sunday to you! This week at Premium Craft Brands Challenge we're having a few changes and our challenges are going to be every two weeks to give everyone more time to enter and to give us more time to share some top tips and tutorials. There are loads of exciting new products coming up too so all in all its a very exciting time in PanPastel Land!
Here's my inspiration project for our 'Stencilling' challenge

I found this long thin canvas at the Works, a real bargain and perfect for this project. I created my background with PanPastels, mixing the colours (you'll never guess which colours I used to make the purple shades ... Magenta and Turquoise! great fun as its like alchemy when the purples start to .emerge). I stamped here and there with an Indigo Blu harlequin stamp and versamark ink before brushing with some silver PanPastel.  I've used one of the gorgeous Pronty Stencils in the corners with Maimeri Iridescent Paste. The gorgeous stamps are from Lavinia Stamps, and I've added lots of stickles in various shades for some sparkle.

The Chipboard letters were coated with Maimeri Iridescent Paste and Pewter PanPastels, sprinkled with a little glitter and some blobs of rock candy crackle paint.

I just love love love this quote, my lovely friend Annie made me a beautiful note book with this sentiment and I just had to use it on this canvas. I've printed it out on the computer, cut it out and edged the words with glitter. The sentiment reads: Art is the only way to run away without leaving home and its by Twyla Tharp.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: things with wings

Crafting for all seasons: Sentiment as the focus

A Creative Romance: Lets get sentimental

Add a little dazzle: canvas

Divas by Design: rubber stamps

Tuesday Throwdown: anything with wings

Thanks for visiting today, have a lovely day

Claire xx

Use a Stencil at Premium Craft Brands

Good morning my lovelies and a big warm welcome to my new followers, its great to 'meet' you and I hope you enjoy visiting my little corner of blogland. Its time for our new challenge at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel Challenge and our theme is Anything Goes but the DT were challenged to use one of the gorgeous stencils from Premium Craft Brands.

I've made a little heart shaped box using a template from the Dreamees Templates and More cd - I'm totally useless at making boxes and stuff so I love this cd. I've used the Flower Curl stencil, one of my favourite stencils and Light Modelling Paste. I've added some colour with Permanent Red Tint and Light Gold PanPastel

I've added lace, ribbon and pretty bead trim from The Ribbon Girl and then popped on some pretty paper flowers, a pearly swirl and a die cut butterfly.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

A Creative Romance: show us some love

Allsorts: love is in the air

City Crafter: love story

Crafting for all Seasons: girly

Crafty Hands: shades of the same colour

Everybody Art: Hearts

Incy Wincey: ribbon and pearls

Lexi's Creations: fancy folds

Suzy Bee's Blooming challenge: flowers

I've been a bad blogger lately so apologies if I haven't been to visit for a while. I'm snowed under with work paperwork so as soon as its all done I'll catch up with my visiting. Thanks for popping by, have a lovely day

Claire xx

Celebrations at Premium Craft Brands

Good morning my lovelies, don't you just love Sunday mornings? I love pottering around in my pjs while lunch is cooking, must nicer than going to work lol. This mornings project is for our new challenge at Premium Craft Brands where our theme is 'Anything Goes' but the DT were challenged to grab their metallic PanPastels and create something with a theme of Celebrations.

I began with the gorgeous Butterfly Stencil, I think this one is everyone's favourite lol. I inked over it with versamark on black card and then applied Rich Gold PanPastel. I removed the stencil, oversamped with a text stamp in Black Versafine and added some dots of gold glitter glue. I stamped the 'Celebrate' stamp with versamark and embossed with black EP. I made the flowers and leaves with black card, tattered florals and leaves and stamped them all with versamark before applying more rich gold PanPastel. The little roses in the centre were made with Maimrei Light Modelling Paste coloured with more gold PanPastel.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Card and Scrap: bling

Challenges and Candies: Monochromatic

Crafty Catz : Monochrome

Country View Crafts: Monochromatic

Feeling Crafty: butterflies

Red Rubber Inspirational: let your stamping sparkle

Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Don't miss Graph'It Markers on C&C

Good morning folks, just a quick heads up that the lovely Nikky Hall is on C&C tomorrow with lots of lovely Graph'It markers, the show is on at 11am so make sure you grab a cuppa and book your place on the sofa as Nikky has got some amazing demos lined up and of course lots of gorgeous samples to share.

This card is one of my samples for the show, the image is from Crafts and Me, coloured with my beloved Graph'Its and die cut with nesties. The background was made with my graph'it markers, a pronty 'leaves' mask and a spritz of Mix'it spray. Here's another pic of the image:

I've added red lace and dark green seam binding with a little toadstool charm and lots of flowers from my stash and to finish off some die cut butterflies with little pearls for their bodies. 

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations: anything goes

Bearly Mine: anything goes

Crafts and Me: anything goes

Everybody Art challenge: No Christmas cards

Fan-tastic Tuesday: punches and dies

LEJ Designs: Anything goes

Use your stuff: Ribbon

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Mixing it up with Graph'It Markers

Good morning folks, time for another challenge at Graph'It markers and this week the DT are making backgrounds with Mix'It Fluid to inspire you but the challenge theme is a nice easy one so pop over to the challenge blog to check out all the details and of course find out about the fab prize!! I've made a background using Graph'It markers, a Pronty mask and Mix'It fluid, its a really quick and easy technique - I've done a tutorial over on the Graph'It Colouring Challenge blog too if you want to check it out.

 The image is from the PolkaDoodles CD Angelberry Christmas, I love these angels they are so cute and quirky. 

Skin: 4170, 4155, 4115, 5115

Clothes: 5130, 5125, 5115 plus cool greys 9104, 9102, 9100

Background: 5160

I've also used 5125 to colour the pearls. Here's another pic of the image:

I've layered some die cut snowflakes up over the image, added some pearly swirls and a big bow topped with a pretty heart made with thermomorph and again coloured with my Graph'Its

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas: make your own embellies 

Fab'n'Funky: snowflakes

Get Inky: Christmas

In the pink: Its Christmas

Kaboodle Doodles: non traditional Christmas colours

Milk Coffee: Christmas in non traditional colours

Top Tip Tuesday: Snowflakes

Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas non traditional colours

Don't forget to pop over to check out my lovely teamies stunning projects, they have created some amazing cards again this week!

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope to see you again soon

Claire xx

Twit twoo with Premium Craft Brands and PolkaDoodles

Good morning my lovelies, don't you just LOVE owls?? They are so cute and this stamp from Polkadoodles is adorable (you can find him here) He works a treat with this lovely Owl mask from Premium Craft Brands

The background was made with yellow green PanPastel overstamped with Lavinia leaf stamps and Memento Inks. The image was coloured with PanPastels and a paper stump. I've die cut the image and layered it up over a lattice die cut and added paper flowers, ribbon, a button and a little owl charm. 

Inside the card I've used the same background and the gorgeous Pronty mask and Metallic PanPastels with another die cut to write the greeting on. I added some white gel pen to the owls' eyes and some sparkly gems to finish off.

Here's a better look at Mr Owl

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Anonymous Stamps: anything goes

Card Mania: autumn colours

Sparkles forum: animals

Stamp and Create: feathers/leaves

Sweet Stamps: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

A new challenge at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel UK Challenge

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? I always  love Sundays but this one is even better than most as I don't have to go to work tomorrow :-) Its also time for a new challenge at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel UK challenge and this week we're colouring embellies! There's a fab prize up for grabs from our lovely sponsor Berni at Your Creativity Store so hop on over and find out all the deets, you don't want to miss the gorgeous artwork from my teamies either!

I've made a little 8x8 canvas, i got it from the work and I wish I'd got loads as its a lovely size to work on. I began by adding Panpastels in Magenta Shade and Extra Dark, with just a light dusting of Rich Gold PanPastel. Next I used a Pronty Mask and Maimeri Light modelling paste which I coloured with more metallic PanPastels . The main image is a Prima Doll stamp, coloured with Graph'It markers and again I added a touch of Rich Gold PanPastel to add a shimmer to her skirt and jacket. I gave her some wings, made with a PaperArtsy stamp and then got busy adding lots of die cuts. 

I added the birdcage, again coloured with gold PanPastels, the ribbon and lace was also coloured with my PanPastels. Next came lots of little die cut butterflies coloured with Magenta shade PanPastel and finally the rose. I made the rose with tattered florals die cuts embossed with a dotty folder, again I added Magenta Shade and gold pans, you can see the shimmer a little better here:

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

A Little bit crafty: sparkle and shine

Addicted to Stamps and more: anything goes

An Inky Situation: People

Crafters Cafe: lots of embellishments

Crafty Creations: dies/punches

Creative Knockouts: sparkle

Thanks so much for visiting today

Claire xx

Sing your Song

Good morning my blogland buddies, hope your week has got off to a good start despite the weather, omg its  a bit wild here lol.  Today's card is one made a while ago that I forgot to post, the background was made with PanPastels and a gorgeous Pronty birdcage mask (from Your Creativity Store)

The sbird cage stamps are from Chocolate Baroque, as are the little birds which were made with Maimeri Iridescent medium buttered on to the stamp which I'd inked with black stazon. I made the flower using the same technique using a stamp from Paper Artsy. I've added some die cut twigs and stamped the sentiment which is also from Chocolate Baroque.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge: feathered Friends

Inkspirational : anything goes

Sugar Creek Hollow: birds of a feather

WordArt Wedneday: anything goes

Word play Saturday: anything

Well I'm going to brave the elements and go to work, hope you're keeping  warm and safe in this terrible storm we're having

thanks for popping by today,

Claire xx

Time for a new challenge at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel Challenge

Good morning folks, how's your weekend going? I got loads of jobs done yesterday so I won't feel guilty having a lazy play day in my craft room today. I'm going through one of those phases where you start loads of stuff so i've got bits and bobs drying all over the house lol. As its Sunday its time for a new challenge at Premium Craft Brands PanPastel UK Challenge and this week we're using Autumn Colours on our projects. As always there is a fab PanPastel Starter set for our lucky winner from Berni our lovely sponsor at Your Creativity Store. Pop on over to the challenge blog and find out all the deets and of course check out my teamies fab projects too.

I've made a canvas for my DT project, its one of those projects that nearly ended up in the bin soooooo many times lol. I began by using Maimeri Light Modelling paste through a couple of different stencils, once that was dry I set too sticking all manner of bits and bobs on with Maimeri Matte Gel Medium - i've used die cuts, ribbon, bead string, some old earrings, some little square plastic tiles, gems etc etc.

 Next I added a liberal coat of Maimeri Matte Gel all over and while it was wet I used a duster brush to sprinkle on PanPastels. I used all Autumnal shades - Phthalo Green, Yellow Green Shade, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and then lots of Metallic PanPastels. I just loooooove the Metallic PanPastels!!!  Once it was dry I went over with my brush again, blending all the colours together to create a distressed metallic effect.

Lastly I added some black and then some Silver PanPastel to highlight all the texture, its so hard to get a decent pic as the Metallic Pans are so shimmery?

I added a sentiment to fnish off, I thought this quote was pretty appropriate lol, its from Chocolate Baroque and is one of my favourites.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

All Crafts: anything but a card

Artistic Stamper: alter something

Crafty Ribbons: anything goes with ribbon

Creative Moments: lace/anything goes

Quick Quotes: stamping

Word Art Wednesday: anything goes

Thanks so much for visiting today, have a lovely day

Claire xx

A fab new challenge at Premium Craft Brands Challenge!

Good morning my lovelies, I hope you're having a fab weekend with lots of crafty playtime. We've got a fab new challenge starting at Premium Craft Brands (aka PanPastel land) with a fab prize, some scrummy blog candy and my talented teamies have created some amazing projects too so pop over and have a wander round. Make sure you're following the blog too as there are lots of exciting things up our sleeves and you're not going to want to miss out.

For this weeks challenge I've made a card with a background created with PanPastels in shades of blue using the A5 Delicate mask. I stamped the scene (using Sheena Douglass stamps) and watercoloured with PanPastels, adding some drops of Maimieri Glassy Gel for raindrops. I gave the fishy a coat of Glassy Gel too and popped him on some foam pads. The sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque and to finish off I've added a little oriental coin charm and a tassle.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz: anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge: anything goes

Happy Campers: show us your flowers

Left of Centre: Water

Moving along with the times: anything goes

As its Sunday I've got a ginormous pile of ironing to tackle so I'd better go and show willing

Thanks for visiting, have a lovely day

Claire xx

Make it Blue at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, hope you're having a good weekend so far. After a totally crappy week at work I haven't done much at all but hopefully I'll motivate myself to make the most of my day off today. Anyway we've got a new challenge at PanPastel UK and this week our theme is 'Make it Blue', as always there's a fab prize up for grabs from Premium Art Brands and we've got a DT call at the minute so pop over to the challenge blog to find out all about it.

I've been playing with some fab new products to make this card. Premium Art Brands have some fab new goodies on the way. I've used the lovely Winter Spruce stamps for the background, I began with Ultramarine Blue tint PanPastel and stamped the spruce tree with Versamark before applying burnt sienna PanPastel  over the top. The owl is a stamp from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with Graph'It markers. I used my Gelli plate with one of the new masks to create the cute owl background. I'm pretty new to the gelli plate and so far I love it, great fun! For this print I used some Ultramarine Blue PanPastel on the card and then some scrumy new Maimeri acrylic paint. I've used kraft card for matting and layering and just added some brown seambinding ribbon to finish off

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Bloggers: backgrounds

Cards and More: anything goes

Craftin Boutique: anything with an owl

Crafty Creations: kraft

Thanks so much for popping by today

Claire xx

Glitz and Glam at PanPastel UK

Good morning folks, its starting to feel a bit chilly here and now Strictly and X factor are back on TV it can't be long to Christmas. Premium Art Brands have some gorgeous new goodies to help inspire you and I've used a combination of all the new goodies for my card for this weeks challenge at PanPastel UK where the theme is 'Glitz and Glam'. As always there's a fab prize and the coveted winners badge up for grabs too.

When my last package of DT goodies arrived it felt like Christmas morning lol, I've used some of the gorgeous new metallic PanPastels for this card. I love the Pewter and Silver with the cool shades of turquoise PanPastels so I set to and created a background using my PanPastels. I added some texture to the edges of the background using the Perfect Poinsettia stamps, I applied Maimieri Light Modelling paste to the stamp and stamped all around the edges. Once it was dry I applied Silver and Pewter Pans. I created the flowers using the same colours of PanPastels and layered them up with silicone glue, adding dewdrops in the centres. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, stamped with Teal Memenot ink and die cut with a spellbinders die.I just added some sparkly wired gems to finish off

I'm entering this card in the folllowing challenges:

4 Crafty girlz: anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More: anything goes

Aud Sentiments: any sentiments

Christmas Stampin all year round: layers

Lady Anne's: anything goes

thanks for popping by today, its always lovely to see you and to read your kind comments

Claire xx

Don't forget to check out my blog candy if you've got a minute, lots of Polkadoodles goodies up for grabs!

Male theme at PanPastel UK

Good morning, we've got a new challenge starting at PanPastetl UK and this week we'd like to see projects with a male theme. As always our lucky winner will receive a PanPastel starter set from our lovely sponsor Berni at Your Creativity Store so don't miss out :-). I don't have many male themed stamps, and love to create sea/sky effects so this was a great excuse for me to create a nautical card. 

I began by created the background using a Pronty Alphabet Mask. I laid down some turquoise PanPastel and lightly brushed some Raw Umber PanPastel through it, I overstamped with some text. Next I created the little seascape using PanPastels in various shades of blue and turquoise. I cut a porthole shaped frame and added some dots of cosmic shimmer glue.

The Embellie was made using Maimeri Iridescent medium coloured with PanPastels in shades of brown, buttered onto one of my favourite stamps from the Stampman, I inked the stamp up with gold stazon first and  left it for a couple of days to dry

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To finish off i've added a nautical knot using some string and an old button

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Stamper: makes for me

Crafting for all seasons: Masculiine

Get Inky: boys/men

Milkcoffee: Male inspired

Sisterhood of Crafters: masculine

Top Tip Tuesday: masculine

Totally Gorjuss: for dad

Well as usual on Sunday morning there is a ginormous pile of ironing calling my name so i'd better scoot and get it done so I can grab some time in my craft room. Have a lovely day and thanks for popping by

Claire xx

Spirograph Mask and PanPastels

Good morning, folks and a warm welcome to my new followers.  Monday morning so I'm back at work, yuk!!!! but before I go I just wanted to share a card made for the recent Sensational Stencilling show on C&C. I've used the Pronty Spirograph mask for the background but unfortunately the pic hasn't picked up the detail.

I applied Ultramarine Blue PanPastel through the Spirograph mask with a duster brush and sealed with hairspray. The image is a digstamp from Sweet Pea Stamps, she's been coloured with Graph'It makers. To create the effect of transparent sparkly wings, I painted over her wing with Oyster Twinkling H2o. I've used blue card to mat and layer and added a little blue seam binding bow. The daisy was made by using Maimeri Light Modelling Paste in a silicone mould, coloured with PanPastels.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

My Time to Craft: Fairytale

Alphabet Challenge: I is for image

Chocolate Coffee and Cards: fantasy/ fairies

Little Claire's: open challenge

The Hobby House: anything goes

Well I'm off to work now, hope you're enjoying the sunshine :-)

Thanks for popping by today, 

Claire xx

Anything goes at PanPastel UK

Good morning my lovelies, hope you're having a good weekend and enjoying the sunshine. For a change my garden is looking tidy (well if you ignore all the holes Barney has dug in the lawn) so I'm hoping the sun will shine and I can sit outside and read. I always think crafting outside sounds lovely but it never seems to work somehow, pens roll off to be eaten by Barney, the wind blows my stuff all over - you get the picture lol. Anyway I'm rambling on and I should be telling you about our new challenge at PanPastel UK where our theme this week is Anything Goes. As always our lucky winner will get a fab PanPastel Starter Kit from our generous sponsor Berni from Your Creativity Store

Its a nice easy theme so I've made a quick and easy card. I've use kraft card and one of the gorgeous Pronty Masks to create the background - Maimeri Light modelling paste through the mask , coloured with Permanent Red Shade PanPastel. I stamped the swirly heart (from Chocolate Baroque) on some more kraft card and embossed with WOW Vanilla White EP . I die cut the heart with a circle die and edged it with some gorgeous gingham trim from The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I just loooooove gingham!! To finish off I've added some little heart shaped pearls in the corners and a heart embellie. I made the heart by using more light modelling paste, this time in a silicone mould and again coloured with Permanent Red PanPastel.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons: circles

Charisma Cardz: tons of layers

Crafting for all Seasons: Wedding or anniversary

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

Have a lovely day and thanks for popping by

Claire xx