'And Now Your Watch Has Ended'

 

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.

This week is our lovely Lorraine's turn to host and she would like to see 'Embellish It'

So I'll explain about this weeks make, it's not a morbid card, it is a very sentimental card to me.  It is for my Son's Birthday on the 24th October, he would have been 26 years old. We still celebrate his Birthday as if we would have if he was still here with us.  So he was really into Game Of Thrones, and loved crows which featured in the series too.  Every day we go to the cemetery and we always see Crows, we joke when there is a cheeky one that comes quite close to us, we say I bet that's our Scott.

So to create this I started with the background, using various sprays, particularly my new Distress Mica sprays from the Tim Holtz Halloween collection. I created an arch from a piece of card and used it as a stencil to ink around.  Then using a brick stencil I inked through it around the outside of the archway.  I stamped my main image the Crow and embossed him in clear embossing powder so he stood out a bit more.  Then in the arch I stamped in chipped Sapphire ink the Crafty Individuals Inky script.  I added some branches.  I die cut a wrought iron fence and added that after I rubbed it with a bit of gilding wax.  I also added gilding wax to the stone cross.  I took some plain white flowers and sprayed them with the same inks, and added a brad to the centre of each.  It's a real shame you can't see the mica on the picture, it looks fabulous.

I also stamped on the envelope to go with the card.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-

Crafty Ribbons a voucher for £10

And also we're giving away :-

Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterflight

This is for the following challenges:-

1. Through The Purple Haze - #185 - Anything Goes/Halloween

2. Crafty Creations - #426 - Anything Goes

3. Crafts Galore Encore - #92 - Anything Goes

4. Dream Factory - #96 - The Birds

5. River Of Creativity - #6 - Wildlife

Recipe:-

Stamps - Crafty Individuals - CI-500 Gothic Crow, CI-436 Inky Script, Lavinia Hazel Tree, 

Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks, Versafine Clair, Distress Mica Stain, Dylusion Spray, Distress Oxide spray, Charcoal Pencils,

Tools - Stencil - Bee Crafty D'inkables, Iron Fence Die,  Embossing Powder, 

Embellishments - Gilding Wax, Brads, Flowers, 

Thanks for popping by my blog.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Winter Bauble Scene

 

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.

This week is my turn to host and I would like to see 'Winter Scene or Snow'

Here is what I did, I started with a Bauble template and my favourite oxide Speckled Egg, such a pretty colour for Winter scenes, I then stamped my scene inside the shape.  I created the snow with a white Posca pen.  For the corners I stamped in speckled egg the Lavinia Mystic Swirl.  And finally added a silver bow to the bauble and Glamour dust to the snow.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-

This is for the following challenegs:-

1. Crafty Creations - #414 - Anything Goes

2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make It sparkle

3. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - ~43 - Anything Goes

Recipe:-
Stamps - Lavinia - Mystic swirl, Sentimentally yours - Silhouette scenes, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair,
Tools -  Bee Crafty Inkables template, 
Embellishments - White Posca, Glamour Dust, Ribbon, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Playing With Inks

Thank you for popping by today, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and Penny black & More @ Allsorts challenges, if you didn't get the chance to join in last month's challenges these could be the ones for you.

At Stamping Sensations this month the theme is 'Make It Feminine' So get out your girly stamps and join in. The card above I made using Sentimentally Yours box kit 2, I loved having a play with it, bought for me by my Daughter Jodie.

We have sponsorship this Month from two sponsors

Bee Crafty are offering a £25 store voucher.

And

 JMC Designs who are offering digital images , I have used one of there images below called Starlight Dakeri, coloured with Spectrum Noirs, and the background was made using Brusho's.

And of course, the Design Team have created some stunners to inspire you. Please do pay them a visit to their individual blogs - it means a lot to know you appreciate their efforts.

And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Animals, Birds and Butterflies' So that gives lots of choices.  This fox is so cute , I couldn't resist.

We have prizes from Penny Black and Stamp Addicts, definitely worth getting your animal stamps out for isn't it!!!!!!

Are you wanting some inspiration, pop on over to the challenge blog and then you can see all the wonderful creations from the rest of the talented team.


Recipe:-
Stamps - Penny Black - 30-305 - Smile All Day, Sentimentally Yours box kit 2 - Sentiment, JMC Designs - Starlight Dakeri, 
Papers - Bee Crafty - Patterns Of Nature, 
Colouring Mediums - Distress Inks and Oxides, Spectrum Noirs, Brusho's, 
Tools - Spellbinder border dies, embossing powders, 
Embellishments - Pearls, ribbon, 

Thank you for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Simplicity!

Happy New Year my lovely blogging friends, I hope you all enjoyed your festivities and have had a great New Year.  It's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Susan's turn to host and she would like to see 'Something New' so it can be a new craft item or a card for a new job, house or baby etc..........

As a Christmas present I received a set of Bee Crafty stamps so it was obvious to use them for this great theme.  I started stamping the floral corner, then colouring with Spectrum Noirs and Promarkers.  The stamped dots are from a Stampman set, but I think it fills in the spaces nicely. I added the Bee Crafty sentiment and then stamped the butterflies on seperate card, then cut them out, coloured and stickled them.


Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer and sponsors:-

DigiStamp Boutique with a voucher to spend online

Stix2 with this fabulous pack

Recipe:-
Stamps - Bee Crafty, The Stampman Funky Flowers, 
Colouring Mediums - Spectrum Noirs, Promarkers,
Embellishments - Stickles, 


Thanks for popping by my blog.
Happy crafting
Tracy x