My Craftroom Door

This is a little bit late but I've been away for the weekend and it was done a little last minute. This is my 1st project at DT member for

Altered Eclectics

It's going to be fun making more mixed media items they are fun to do.

The theme is always Anything Goes.

I have done something quite simple really as it was a bit last minute to get it ready for this challenge.

It's a door hanging that I plan to use on my craft room door. This was just a piece of board, that I covered with a decorative paper and distressed round the edges. I have stamped on the corner, the wording and the leaves. I put eyelets through the corner and tied the canvas ribbon to for hanging purposes. The paper flowers I have hand made with different textured papers and coloured them with distress inks. A simple first project but I hope you all like it.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Deep Ocean - Flowers Everywhere

TTCRD - ATG

Artistic Impressions - ATG

Crafting from the Heart - ATG

Not Just Cards - ATG

Love to Create - ATG

A Beautiful Mess - ATG

Crafting with Attitude - ATG

Crafty Girls Creations - ATG

Stamps and Stencils - Trash to Treasure

Fairy Gift

It's time for the mid month reminder, by a Merry Maiden, for the current

12 Month of Christmas challenge

The theme is as always anything goes with the twist of

Gifts galore.

I have used an image from our sponsor this month, Sami Stamps, called Gift for Fairy. which is available to buy here.

I have coloured her with Prisma pencils and a little glitter using Crafters Companion glitter pens.

The back ground papers are from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles . They really are very good and easy to use, I have just layered them up with matching pink backgrounds.

I've made a couple of parcels to decorate the corner, they are really simple to do, and a die cut greeting also coloured with the glitter pen.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Winter Wonderland - pink or blue

Flown

It's time for a new challenge over at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

The theme this month is use stencils, flowers

I've done a canvas for my inspiration piece. The background has been coloured using panpastels. Some details have been added using stencils and stamps.

There are lots of die cuts added, a string of butterflies, leaves and the birdcage. The flowers have been stamped and die cut, and have a pearl in the centre.Finally a very dramatic bow across the corner.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Beautiful Mess - ATG

Brown Sugar - ATG

Crafting with an Attitude - ATG

Stamps and Stencils - Spring is in the Air

Simon says Stamp - ATG

Artistic Inspirations - ATG

Craft-Dee Bowz - use bow

Not Just Cards - ATG

Love to Create - ATG

Christmas Layers

This is my first card as DT member for

12 Months of Christmas challenge

I am really pleased to be joining the team, but it is different to be making christmas cards at5 this time of year.

All the papers are designed by Lisa of 12 MOC. The image is from our sponsor which is 

A Day for Daisies,

I have coloured the image with Prisma pencils and decoupaged the flowers heads. The layers are backed with red and craft card. Finally I have die cut a Christmas greeting.

I would to enter this card in the following challenges

Crafting from the Heart - ATG

Craft your Passion - ATG

Our Crafty Corner - ATG

Christmas Card - ATG Xmas

Digi Designs - Lots of Layers

Crafting with Friends - ATG

Jingle Belles - Vintage

Crafty Girls Creations - ATG

Crafty Hazelnuts - ATG Xmas

Crafty Hazelnuts - Patterened Paper

Just Keep on Crafting - ATG

Sparkles Christmas - Traditional Xmas

 Sisters of Craft - ATG

7 Kids College Fund - ATG

Lantern Heart

It's time for a new challenge over at

The Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge.

The theme is

Any Thing Goes

( option use chipboard, stencils, diecut toppers)

This is my project for this months challenge. It is a chipboard lantern. I have textured the surface with texture paste, then given it a base coat of acrylic paint.

I have then used distress inks gathered twigs,vintage photo, frayed burlap, pine needles and wild honey, I have rummaged around my garden to find some twigs, moss and stems to make the base of the decorations.

I have then coloured silk ivy leaves with the same distress ink. then finished off the decoration with a little stone heart, a metal butterfly decorated with glitter and a battery candle for safety. I really enjoyed doing this, finding all the bits, and pleased with the result too.

Please pop over to the challenge to see some great inspiration from my fellow team mates.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Crafting with Friends - ATG

Crafting with an Attitude - ATG

Crafty Girl Creations - ATG

Julia Spiri - Anything but a Card

Inspiration Destination - ATG

Altered Eclectics - ATG

Anything But Cute - Love

Just keep on Crafting - ATG

The Sisters of Craft - ATG

TTCRD - ATG

Love to Create - ATG

I love alcohol

welcome to my canvas inspiration for this months challenge at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge

The theme this month is Anything Goes.

I thought I would take a step back in time to a technique I haven't done for a long time. Many years ago I used to go to a craft shop that has now closed and had some fantastic times their learning lots to do with alcohol inks and I have loved them ever since.

This is a very messy technique but worth the mess. Put down a water proof mate to catch the excess ink that runs off you will be using this later. Take a canvas,even the cheap ones you can get, and submerge it in water so that it is wet through ( see told you it was messy ). Then you take the alcohol inks and drop spots of ink onto the canvas, have the canvas at an angle so the inks will run down. The water lets the inks spread and run and create their own patterns so you will never do two the same. then you just put it to one side to dry.  See it's really easy.

Then it's just decoration time. The large flowers are lengths of plain ribbon, white is best, the just put it into all that ink you have on the mat to colour it in the same colours. When dry run a cotton threasd along one edge and gather it up to make flowers. Then there are small silk flowers, fluffy yarns, bits of rusty wire anything you fancy really arrange onto your canvas as you wish. I hope you all like it, I enjoyed getting messy again, 

I would like to enter this canvas in the following challenges

Crafting with an Attitude - ATG

Crafty Girls Creations - ATG

7 Kids College  Fund - ATG

Altered Eclectics - ATG

Anything But Cute - ATG

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - ATG

World Wide DT challenge - ATG

We love to Create - ATG

Floxglove Frenzy

I've rushed to make this card for a challenge and missed getting it in by a couple of minutes. Never mind I'll share it anyway because I really like it.

This has been stamped in distress inks using the Clarity foxglove stamps. The image has then been layered up with 3 shades of coordinating card. The simple sentiment was hand written and a long tailed bow to finish. Never mind maybe next time I'll get there in time.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Brown Sugar - ATG

Just Add Ink - Just add Nature

Aud Sentiments - ATG

Crafty Ribbons - Fabulous Flowers

7 Kids College Fund - ATG

Inspiration Destination - ATG

Simon Says Stamp - ATG

Crafty Sentiments - ATG

Fan-tastic Tuesday - ATG with flowers

TTCRD - ATG

Craft-dee Bowz - Use a Bow

Clarity Stamps - Love