Christmas Craft Creations - Tartan/Plaid

This month we are thrilled with the theme of Tartan/Plaid for our April creations.

I had a concord and 9th stamp set that I have used before but I never really loved it.   I really enjoyed playing around with distress inks, Catherine Pooler inks and water colour paper to end up with a nice blend and fade.    Im really enjoying playing with the products I own vs adding more to my stash.

That said I did get the new Tim Holtz colours.. I mean duh thats a no brainer.

Im looking forward to seeing how others use this theme this month.

Head on over to the challenge blog and show us your creations.

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Christmas Craft Creations - Slimline

                                                    

So I continue my “shop the craft room” rule for the year vs “buying new products”.  And I must say I love how the plan is forcing me to look into my supplies.     Today I grabbed my water pens that I had filled with Dylusion sprays years ago, some long lost stamps and I paired those with some slimline dies including watercolour card.

I really love how it turned out, I had forgotten how vibrant the Dylusion spray is, and how pretty it is as it pools in water as it dries.   I even dug out my Tim Holtz travel stamp press after watching his new release online. 

So what will you create this month in our Slimline Card themed challenge.  We very much look forward to seeing your creations over on the blog.  

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Blue and Silver - Christmas Craft Creations February challenge

Well that month has passsed by quickly.   The December/January period for our family saw us in back to back isolation.  Firstly my youngest daughter was a close contact at work (the week our premier decided to get rid of masks..and then my middle daughter was a close contact at her church beach mission (the second year in a row they had to pack up and come home, 2020/21 they evacuated due to fires, then 21/22 due to Covid contact).   So my annual leave saw me sitting at home bingeing on way to many tv shows and chocoate.  Thankfully though, everyone was fine, no positive cases in the house and we all were safe.  The bonus being my craft room is getting some use too.

So.. back to things of craft and challenges!

Christmas Craft Creations are looking for Blue and Silver projects.  I got my inspiration from Instagram and I think a Gina K story.  If I can find the original inspiration I will definitely link it.

For this card, I went in search of items I hadn't used for a while, this included die's and zing embossing powder.   A recent binge in instagram was talking about using embossing powder to create new effects, So I added embossing ink to a whole panel of card and dumped on different colours of zing embossing powder to try and create an interesting background, I was hoping for something similar to a sky scene.. I got close.    I also die cut some snowflakes out of white heavy white card and threw on several layers of silver embossing powder.

Despite this not being my normal type of card, I did enjoy using products that were once forgotten.  I think if I do this type of card again, I will add more in terms of layering on the frame to give a more 3d effect.  Or perhaps a clear layer and some sequins for a shaker, stay tuned.

Now its your turn to show us your flair using Silver and Blue for our Christmas Craft Creations Challenge.

Head on over to the challenge blog and link up your projects!

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Getting back in the craft room - Christmas Craft Creations.

Its been a long while since I created for a Design Team, life got busy and crafting seems to be the most obvious area of my life to slow down in.  This was a mistake as craft of any kind, calms my mind and allows me to just have some quiet time, no responsibilities and just "me time"

So the lovely team at Christmas Craft Creations held a DT call and I saw this as my sign to jump back into to crafting "with purpose"

This months theme for the challenge is Stencilling, as luck would have it stencils have been in my tool box for some time in the last month, so I have a lot to share.   However I created a card showing off a technique I learnt years ago using white pigment ink and then any coloured ink, I used Distress oxides.

To create my background piece, I used Kraft card stock and a heart stencil.  Adding white pigment first, then wiping the stencil before the next step.  Overlay the stencil back in place but offset slightly and then add any colour of your choice.  I let this dry in the craft room vs using a heat tool to speed up the drying process.    Its a fun way to get use out of a stencil and the bonus is you get to use all your favourite colours creating a background.   I think this would look great with a snowflake effect.   The Xmas tree is white embossed and the little penguins were added using X-press it copic card as the card stock.

 

The team over at Christmas Craft  Creations is looking forward to seeing your projects.   

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Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour Challenge

I recently played with coloured powders that react with water - Nuance brand.   I have never really used these to their full advantage but they create the most amazing vibrant patterns and backgrounds, I have even seen people use them on a brush like paint.  

 I created the background using a stencil, powders and a heavy dose of water spray that has shimmer powder in it.   I love that the background lends itself to a large simple sentiment.

What will you create for the challenge this month?  We certainly look forward to seeing your watercolour creations over on the challenge blog.

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