Stunning steampunk

I'm afraid I'm scribing this rather hurriedly, as I'm in the process of trying to get my youngest to sleep in a bed rather than a cot. Trying is not the word, so far she's lasted 3 1/2 hours! Therefore please excuse any missed spelling errors, I purely blame my daughter!!!!!!!!!!!
But hey down to business. This week at TTPH it's steampunk week. Always a challenge but really interesting to see every body's  interpretation of it. To make our cards, we have the fab sponsor this week of Rick St Denis. An absolutely awesome designer, who's images are a real pleasure to work with. And here's mine.

Done on a basic cream 8x8 card, I started by randomly stamping text stamp and a clock stamp around the edge of the card, overlaying the blue matt paper, with added paper curls for pizazz and tore a strip of the burgundy paper to tie it all together. I coloured the image in sepia tones using Promarkers and added a couple of gilded wooden keys, some lace and made flowers by crumpling up paper and lightly inking over using an ink duster.

Join us at TTPH and have a go.

Ingredients:

8x8 cream base card - Craft UK Ltd

Image - Supplied by

Blue & Burgundy paper - Docrafts Gorjuss range

Promarkers - TBC

Inks - Ranger Adirondack Caramel & Cappucino

Dies - Spellbinders Persian accents & TBC

Keys - Santoro Docrafts

Gilding flakes - Indigoblu

flower centres - Craftwork cards Candi

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/d-for-diecuts.html

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/yay-its-our-first-blogaversary.html

        

TTPH Challenge #33

I've tried something a little different this week. Our sponsors were Digital Delights & Time for Tea Designs and with the Time for Tea image I've attempted paper piecing for the first time.

And a close of my paper piecing,

All the papers for the image were taken from various Serif Craft Artist graphic programmes.

Have a look at  to see what the rest of the team have come up with and to join in.

Ingredients:
Image - 
Backing card - Hunkydory
Die cut frame - Spellbinders
Flowers & Butterflies - Hunkydory

Challenges:
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-63-anything-goes-with.html
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/now-for-something-different.html
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/yay-its-our-first-blogaversary.html
http://emergencycrafterschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/flowers.html
http://sunflowerfielddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sunflowerfield-designs-march-challenge.html
http://sugarcreekhollow.blogspot.ca/2014/03/82-photo-inspiration.html
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-85-paper-piecing.html

http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/buttons-bows10th-challenge.html

Freebie time!

Don't we all love a freebie and this time we got to play with some freebie digi images from Crafts U Print.. We had to choose from and I chose this amazingly vintage style decoupage girl.

This, along with some other fantastic freebies are available to everyone, just click on the link below.

http://www.craftsuprint.com/mailing.cfm

We also had some fantastic digi's from Milk Coffee Stamps.

Two very different images, but equally wonderful to work with and get the creative juices flowing.

The team have come up with some amazing creations, which hopefully will give you some great inspiration to make a card, enter our challenge and may be even win some digi's.

Ingredients:

Vintage girl card

Image free from Crafts U Print

8x8 card base

Background stamp - JustRite Cling Sweet Lace

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye

Brown matt card - Papermania Colourstack

Burgundy ribbon - Hobbycraft

Milk Coffee Stamps card

Image - 

5x5 Kraft card base

Green doily - Xcut doily punch

Rainbow doily - DoCrafts Vintage Notes Filigree Heart die

Promarkers (oops forgot to note which colours used)

Pearlescent lilac backing card - Create & Craft

Green ribbon - Hobbycraft

Branch - Spellbinders Cherry Blossom die set

Flowers - my crafty stash

I am entering my cards into the following challenges:

http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/buttons-bows10th-challenge.html

http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/things-with-wings.html

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/challenge-149-away-with-fairies.html

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-80.html

Anniversary cards

Wedding anniversaries are like buses in my house, nothing for the whole year then both my parents and my boyfriends parents are within the space of 3 days! So to make life a little easier I've basically done the same card for both, just in different colour tones. I've kept the designs quite simple, simply because I love the February Clarity club stamp and wanted the focus to be on that.

Here's a close up of the stamp 

And great news is, both sets of parents loved their cards!

Ingredients:

8x8 card base

Cream & Green pearlescent card - Create & Craft 

Ribbon & Flowers - my crafty stash

Stamp - Clarity Stamps (February club stamp)

Embossing folder - Crafters Companion Embossalicious Elegance folder

Scalloped branch & flourish dies - Spellbinders

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/2014/03/march-2014-challenge-monochromatic/

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/team-b-with-delicious-doodles-and.html

http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/2014/03/march-challenge-something-green.html

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/stamping-dragon-design-challenge-lets.html

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/qkr-stampede-challenge-78-color.html

Challenges 4 Everybody - Bugaboo

Wow, March already! This year is already going so fast. On the positive side, new month means new challenge and this month we have the wonderful opportunity to work with Bugaboo stamps.

I'm still kinda in my alternative project mode and have done another tag this time. 

To join in this months ATG challenge go to:

Ingredients:

Bugaboo Butterfly Tag -Image supplied by sponsor

Spectrum Noir pencils - Background 56, 58, 47

                                     Butterfly 15, 66, 27

Backing paper - Docrafts Gorjus 12x12 paper pack

Glossing accents for bubbles 

Spellbinders Persian Motifs border die

Core'dinations Black Cat card

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Birdcage - My Paper Stash Country Garden Die cut Decorative Elements

Ink - Ranger Tim Hotlz Distress Ink Tea Dye

I am entering this tag into the following challenges:
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/color-challenge.html
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/yay-its-our-first-blogaversary.html
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/march-monthly-challenge.html
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/week-248-spring-is-coming.html
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2014/03/himcr-139-spring-colors.html
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/march-anything-goes.html
http://open-mindedcraftingfun.blogspot.ca/2014/03/challenge-5-use-something-green.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/using-stamp-or-digi-stamp-anywhere-on.html
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/r165-texture.html
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/things-with-wings-new-challenge-and-new.html