Saturday and some crafty makes from me .....

Hi there,

What can I say? I LOVE to craft and I like to enter challenges with my makes .... Saturday is a day that I set aside some time in the morning, usually between bouts of laundry, etc! and make something which (HOPEFULLY) makes me happy. I have one such make to share with you today - this is an ATC made using an image given to me (by my dear hubby) a little while ago and which hasn't seen ink anywhere near enough ... hangs head in shame! I was watching a video on colouring with pencils and the artist basically used one pencil to colour her entire image ... well, I HAD to have a go at that too and set myself the further challenge to ONLY use my cheap Crayola pencils, also sadly neglected since receiving (a more recent gift from my hubby) Faber Castell Polychromos pencils ...... check it out and see if I just wasted an hour! Although, IMHO an hour spent destressing and colouring in is NEVER wasted!

My ATC

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippet of neon pink cardstock - which kind of made my choice regarding pencil colour too!
• Crafty Individuals C.I. 372 "corned bunnies" image stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Crayola magenta pencil used to colour the hare though I cheated and used more than one colour (pink, pale rose, raspberry and cool grey) as well as blending with Sansodor and a blending stump on the background! I also used Berol Verithik metallic gold pencil to colour the crown!
• Stamplorations sentiment (from the NOTEWORTHY set) stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• Paper Artsy splatter (my all time fave splatter - from HPXT01 set) image stamped using Brilliance pearlescent orchid ink
• Creative Expressions dotty background (from the ARTY BACKGROUND set) image stamped on to the neon pink layer (to form a border) using Ranger Archival mini vibrant fuchsia ink
• Stardust stickles used to draw a line border around the image panel

The magenta pencil is the one sticking out from the others

I'll be entering the above ATC for the following challenges:-

1. Craft challenge - challenge No. 421 - ANIMALS
2. Through the purple haze - challenge No. 127 - PINK
3. Little Miss Muffet - challenge No. 165 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Crafting with an attitude - challenge No. 28 - ANYTHING GOES

And now, since it IS Saturday ..... another make from me ...

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White C6/A2, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two white card panels cut to 9½ x 13.8cm
• One Red card panel cut to 10 x 14.2cm
• Two 8cm square (full cover adhesive) post its, stuck together and cut to shape using a fiskars finger trimmer
• With my trimmed post its in place (as a mask) I applied Distress Inks: candied apple and fired brick, using a Tim Holtz mini blender
• Leaving the mask in place I applied a thin layer of Crafters Companion spray and shine to seal the D.I.'s
• Kaisercraft mini grid image stamped using Memento potters clay ink
• Kaisercraft bubble wrap image stamped using Memento rhubarb stalk ink
• Paper Artsy splatter image (HPXT01) stamped using Ranger Archival mini monarch orange ink
• Sunshine Designs teaseal and Woodware sentiment stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. Simply Less Is More - challenge No. 334 - SKETCH
2. Addicted to Stamps - challenge No. 247 - MAKE YOUR MARK - 5th anniversary
3. Art Impressions - challenge No. 211 - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
4. That's Crafty - June 23rd challenge - KEEP IT SIMPLE

   

And, if you are interested, here is the video I was inspired by for the first project in today's post - it's by SplitCoastStampers - thanks peeps