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Monday, 8 May 2017

#187 Pearls and/or Gems, Winner and Top 5

I had the opportunity myself to go round all your entries this time and what an amazingly talented lot you all are! I am sure Josephine agreed with me and here are her choices for Winner and Top 5 of our Pearls/Gems challenge:-

66 Meraj Zaidi

and her top 5 are:

88 Meg

Congratulations to you all. Don't forget to collect your badges from the sidebar, and we look forward to seeing you back here at 12 Noon for our new challenge.

Monday, 24 April 2017

#187 Pearls And/Or Gems

Josephine is hosting our challenge today, and the theme is Pearls and/or Gems. We would like to see lots and lots of pearly pearls or blingy gems, or both.

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it has some luscious pearls or sparkling gems.

Please remember our 15 total challenge rule!

Some inspiration from our fabulous DT

Josephine

For this challenge, I've used a new die from Hobbycraft which was branded Intricut. It's really pretty, and cut somewhat more easily than other large lacy dies I've bought in the past. I've backed it with a contrasting mat, and then added pearl gems to various parts of the cut. I completed the card with some ribbon and a stamped sentiment which I embossed in white.

Angela

Hi Angela here to show you what I've been up to for the new challenge. A new Masterboard using Oxide inks, stencils with gel medium, Memory box dies for the main image had tiny matching gems added to the flowers and brads. The black card blank was also stamped using the Oxide inks.

Judy

Judy here. This is my card for this week challenge. I used a pretty fairy rubber stamp from a Canadian company called Enchanted Hallow Rubber stamps. The stamp is called Crystal. I used copics for the colouring then added a Wink of Stella along with the pearls to give the card some glitter.

Glenda

Wow pearls and bling, how fabulous is that! I used a little bit of pearls, rhinestones and Chrystal Drops stickers for this fairly simple card. I embossed the white background, coloured the image with Prismacolor Markers and added some ribbon for two of the corners. The meow is from the same clear stamps set as the image.

Mary

I have used a House Mouse stamp called cupcake jump and added coloured pearls which match the sprinkles on the cake around the edge of the image.

Pam

I chose to use pearls for this challenge. The lattice and butterfly dies are Cheery Lynn Designs. A My Favorite Things Die was used under the butterfly. I embossed it for a little more interest. The flowers were made with a punch. The pretty sentiment is from Tina Wenke with Stampavie.

chanya13 Agnieszka

Hello, today I prepared a card with pearls for the First Holy Communion.

Jackie

My card was an art deco stepper card with lots of bling... and highlighted with pearls.

Maike

I wanted to create a wedding card with a vintage yet modern feel to it. I used stamps from a German company called Klartext and also this lovely wedding cake from Lawn Fawn. Pearly are not my strong suit, but I feel that the pearl hearts at the bottom add an extra special touch to the card.

Marlene

I have used an LOTV Stamp, added Lots of Pearls, coloured the image with Promarkers and a LOTV Sentiment

Lin

I used a Carabelle stamp, some paper from Clarity and an old coca cola can with alcohol inks, and lots of tiny gems. See my blog for details

June

I've used a Woodware stamp for the main focal point, the sentiment is one from Altenew and a die from the Indian Ocean Collection - Tag Duo/Creative Expressions. I added pearls to the flower stems and a border of duo pearls to complete

Margaret

Hello everyone. For this challenge I have created a Birthday card using Megs Garden digital papers and two lovely blooms with gem centers. I have accented the chippie with some pretty pearls and have also added a sprinkle of German Glass Glitter.

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#186 Things With Wings, Winner and Top 5

Thank you for all the gorgeous entries into our Wings challenge which was hosted by Mary. She has picked her winner and top 5 as follows:-

Mary hosted our Things with Wings challenge and her winner and Top 5 are:-

69. Sherri Thacker

and her top 5 are:

34. Kleido

39. Diane Louise

49. Marina

60. Hazel (Didos)

80. Coops

Congratulations to you all. Don't forget to collect your badges from the sidebar. We hope to see you back here at 12 Noon for our new challenge.

Monday, 10 April 2017

#186 Things With Wings

Mary is hosting our challenge today, and the theme is Things With Wings. Anything with wings will count, birds, butterflies and other insects, fairies, aeroplanes, even hearts as long as they have wings!

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it has wings.

Please remember our 15 total challenge rule!

Some inspiration from our fabulous DT

Mary

I used a print of a blue tit I drew using watercolour pencils. The background was embossed using a Tattered Lace folder and then sanded.

Josephine

I've used stamps from Crafty Individuals and Kaisercraft, coloured with Coloursoft pencils and a flower made using Sizzix and Crafter's Companion dies.

Judy

I used a die and stamp from a recent set called Dragonfly Dreams by Stampin Up. I used Brushos on Yupo paper for the background of the card and Brushos on watercolour paper for the dragonfly.

Glenda

I used a digital image from Sugar Nellie Loves and a sentiment from Playing with Paper . The image was coloured with PrismaColor Markers and the little birdie was die cut from a Heartfelt Creations die set called 'Garden Romance'

Margaret

For this Challenge, I chose to create an Art Journal page. Created the background with gesso, texture paste, Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals, 2Crafty Chipboard and a variety of stamps. The butterflies and clock are free printables from the web which were fussy cut and I also added lots of prills.

Jac

For this challenge I moved right away from paper crafting and made some jewellery. Recently my daughter showed me how to make shamballa bracelets, so after ordering a few vital bits and bobs I set to and made this set and I have to say I love with how it turned out, I hope to make a necklace using the same technique to complete the set soon.

Pam

This little creative fellow has made a beautiful aeroplane from a cardboard box. He is Max is Flying High from Sassy Cheryl. Wow! Sweet memories of simple times when all that was needed was a cardboard box and a little imagination.

chanya13

Hello, for this challenge I made a card for wedding. I added butterflies, chipboard and handmade flowers from foam. At the beginning my flowers were white, I coloured them with pastels.

Angela

Hi all, I'm here today to show you my "Things with Wings". I used Finnabair stamps by Prima and Tim Holtz die and tapes but not before colouring the card with some gorgeous Oxide colours. Completed the design with one of my favourite stitch stamps by Crescendoh.

Kimx

I chose a beautiful, but very large butterfly stamp from Chocolate Baroque for my card. I stamped and embossed the image onto vellum and then did some dry embossing on the reverse to give the image some extra dimension. More details on my blog.

Maike

A different kind of a winged animal, but a cute one, don't you think? This dragon is from a My Favorite Things set and the stars are as well. Love the stitching around them.

Jackie

You say Wings... I say Butterfly! My card was made using the some backing paper from my stash, and some diecuts using plain white card.

Peggy

This is a digital image from the March Monthly Colouring Class by Kit and Clowder. I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils. I thought he fit this challenge perfectly.