Wednesday and thursday2 days of challenges

Hello all
I have decided that today and tommorow I am going to attempt to do as many challenges as I can so I have a list to start
My time to craft Ribbons DONE 2
Created by hand Charms DONE
Mixed media monday Paint DONE 2
artbuzz schoolgirl DONE
Cardvarks Hot DONE
daring cardmakers Wood or silverwear DONE 2
Gothic Arches Chair
take part tuesday Forest DONE
wednesday stamper Diva DONE
sketch this sketch 49 DONE
That was my starting list its now Thurday and I still have two challenges on original list,Gothic Arches and Artbuzz but I am off to find more challenges to do today. I will put the list below this

Artygirlz 3d DONE
Cardmakers United Paint chips and photo DONE
Lilypad challenge circles DONE
Funky fairies Going dotty DONE
Think Monday think atc. Black and White DONE
Paper minutes sketch 12
ISMAKI sketch 18 DONE
Theme Thursday Tea or coffee


So here is my 1st completed peice (sorry about the poor picture makes it look out of shape)

This is for Mixed media mondays paint, Daring cardmakers Wood and Take part tuesdays Forest
I used permanant marker and drew the shapes in dashed lines. coloured with watercolour paint. then wrote in permanant marker words that I associte with the shape For eg bark,brown, bough,tree,wood. on the trunk of the tree . Sun hot warm,sunny on the sun etc

Here ios my second peice

This covers challenges Mixed media paint, daring cardmakers wood, My time to craft ribbons ,created by hand charms
I used pearlescent acrylic paint in dark blue, aqua and green, watered down with lots of water in a small essential oil atomisers (bought from ebay in pack of 10) as a spray onto plain cardstock. then onto Pearlescent wave pattern card(same card used in Sundays free project download (shows through really well in real life) then on the wooden button. Charm is the fish obviously, ribbons I plated three ribbons and also used the ribbon in the button as fake stitching > I also used 3 sets of dovecraft alphabet stamps > I must admit that i always regreted not having more alphabets, but now Trimcraft and Dovecraft do small clear and woodblock alphabet sets for 99p Im going to have loads (so they can also work for examples for my competiton. LOL)
Well here is item 3

Thia covers Caardvarks Hot challenge and Wednesdays stamper Diva and Sketch this Sketch 49 .
Used Cherry Artes paper Image from Tuscan Rose collage art CD (1 I think) I used the trimcraft Studio G Alphabet stamps again and a Trimcraft Studio G clear stamp from a flower set for the embellishment. I did nt want to hide the paper so the writing is on dotty Vellum in child like writing it says mummy says when I grow up Im going to be a proper little

Here is thursdays 1st Item and 4th item in total


Which completes the challenges Artgirlz 3d,Artbuzz Schoolgirl, Ismaki Sketch 18 and Cardmakers United Paint chips and Photo

Here is item 5

Which completes My time to craft, Ribbon challenge again Lily Pad challenge Circles, Funky Fairies Going Dotty challenge and Think Monday Think ATC Black and white Challenge

Due to unforseen circumnstances I have to go out and don't know what time I will be back and I still have 3 challenges in my list. However if you include the challenges I have done more than once . I have completes 17 challenge items in two days although I did nt start til 12.30 on Wednesday and finished at 5pm and started at 12.30 today and finished at 5. If I get back in time to complete the remaining items I will . If not I think I have done ok with this challenge


Don't forget . I have free downloadable projects and free downloadable papers scattered through my blog. Also you still have 7 days to comment on my blog for the great blog candy prize and 7 days to enter the competition to win Loads of Dovecraft Laura Ashley Goodies including papers and stamps

WOW 2 prizes Competition and Blog candy PLUS Trimcraft opens Social network for crafters 1st May

Wow have had a pre opening look at the Trimcraft Crafters Social network today .

There are pages and pages of great projects with instructions. Demonstration videos to watch. You can have your own gallery, there is a forum where you can swop tips or just chat about our favorite topic CRAFTS .You can find out about Trimcraft demonstrations, in fact you can even contact the demonstrators if you have any questions about previous demonstrations. What more can we want from a social network for crafters. It officially opens tommorow 1st May, and you will probably find me there tomorrow chatting away , so see you there.

PLUS You still have 14 days to win these two great DOVECRAFT LAURA ASHLEY prizes

COMPETITION PRIZE

Laura Ashley Traditional 12 by 12 paper pack. Clear stamps, Ribbon stickers and dome stickers kindly sponsored by ART AND CRAFT WORLD who have some of the best prices on craft products around.
To be in with a chance of winning just enter any craft item you have made using at least 1 Dovecraft product enter here COMPETITION POST if you are a non european you can enter using DCWV, Hampton art stamps or a Bind it all.

and we e also have a DRAW PRIZE as well

6 by 6 Dovecraft Laura Ashley Contemporary paper, Contemporary woodblock stamps dome alphabet and dome stickers
just comment on any post between now and 14th of May and you will get 1 ticket per post you've commented on.

Anyway have had 5 mins to try a couple of challenges and have combined TAKE PART TUESDAY Romance challenge with Wednesday Stampers Stripes Challenge
The background was stamped using one of Crafty Individuals stamps which I inked with stamping pens and then blotted to distress it



Don't forget if you comment you are in with a chance of winning the Dovecraft Laura Ashley Blog candy prize. Or enter a craft item to win the other wonderful Dovecraft Laura Ashley prize

I also have another free paper for you


if you like it you can download it free here
FREE PAPER DOWNLOAD

Introducing my grandson , Scrapdragons and Sisterhood of scrap and Take part Tuesday challenge entry

Hello all.

Thought for once I would do something totally unrelated to either the make your own metal embellishments challenge (which I do have another example for you of a layout using the make your own metal embellishments techniques. This is a layout I did a while ago. Thoughts on my daughter getting married I printed the title reversed onto paper . Then used this to trace the outline. Then embossed squiggles around the edge and a smaller squiggle inside)

or the Dovecraft Laura Ashley Competition. So went searching for challenges. I fancied doing some Scrapping as I haven't done any for a while anyway I came across,

Scrapdragons and their challenge was paper peicing and the Sisterhood of scrap whos challenge was Sun and its also another entry to the Take Part Tuesday Polka dots challenge as there were not many dots on my other entry.

So anyway went to print off my selected photos, put my new printer cartridge in my printer and it didn't fit.

Not to be put off I decided that I could do the layout I was thinking of as a digital lo with a digital paper peicing so here is my entry

This is my beautiful grandson Jake who is just 3 months old. These are two of my favorite photos and knew that these were the ones I wanted to do the layout with.

If you like the paper peicing you can downlod it in pink and blue or in the other colourway orange and blue
FREE PAPER DOWNLOAD

so thats it for today. Bye for now

Dovecraft Laura Ashley Competiton Example, Challenge example, Take part tuesday and Artygirlz Challenge Entry

Hi all

I have a couple of examples for you the 1st one is both an example for the Dovecraft Laura Ashley competition. You can enter any crafted item that you have used 1 dovecraft product on if you are European (Other internationals can use one of the following DCWV, Hampton art stamps or Bind it all due to lack of availability of Dovecraft outside Europe)
COMPETITION ENTRY POST HERE

This card uses the Dovecraft Laura Ashley traditional 12 by 12 stack, dome stickers, and ribbon . The paisley stamp used was from The Dovecraft Laura Ashley clear stamp set stickers from the competion prize (Mine though not the actual prize LOL). Ifyou like these papers, and don't want to wait to see if you have won, you can buy them from the competition sponsor ART AND CRAFT WORLD who have great prices on loads of great items.

My card is also an example for the make your own metal embellishment challenge
INSTRUCTIONS,CHALLENGE RULES AND ENTRY POST HERE if your challenge entry gets picked as my favorite you get 5 extra draw tickets in the challenge and blog candy draw.
Last weeks challenge Shaker box game challenge winner is Rosie you can see the winning card on Rosies blog so Rosie 5 more draw tickets for you.

I also have another example for the Make your own metal embellishments but this time it is also an example for Take part Tuesday (Polka dots) challenge and for Artygirlz challenge Make your own backgrounds

The whole background was made by stamping metal embossing foil with stazon. Then embossing as per my instructions. The stamps I used where Dovecraft Clear stamps Best friends set. I added hand drawn polka dots to my card flower and finished with an embossed metal flower.
I also have a freebee paper for you again

If you like it you can download it free here
FREE PAPER DOWNLOAD

Don't forget you can also get Blog candy and challenge draw tickets for entrering the competiton. challenge,, commenting on my blog or spreading the news about the competiton and challenges on your blog. (If you do post about the competiton or challenge on your blog please make sure you post a comment on my blog telling me)

Competiton closes on 14th May

Challenge finishes 28th May when a new challenge will start . Draw will finish on the 14th of Maywhen the winner will be pulled from a bowl (or hat)

Anyway thats all for today