Crafts Galore Encore June Challenge #124 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

A mixture of sunshine and showers here all week, some of them were quite heavy downpours but hopefully the week ahead will start to look more like summer. After all, it is the 1st of June!

That date means a new challenge is starting at Crafts Galore Encore. You have a whole month to create up to three different projects with an Anything Goes theme, so nice and easy.

Here is my card....

Our sponsor this month is Beccy's Place who are offering a $10.00AU Gift Certificate to the lucky winner.

The Design Team were fortunate to be given some images to use and mine is called 'Make a Wish'.

I printed the image twice, once for the background and once more to colour with Copics. I used a Versamark Clear embossing pad and a stencil from The Crafters Workshop called 'Mini Numbers Collage' to 'stamp' rather than stenciling through it and then heat embossed with white embossing powder to create a resist for my inks. Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and Shaded Lilac were then pressed on to an acrylic block, spritzed with water and 'stamped' on to the background to create this watercolour background. A little stamping in black at the corners defined a frame. I then fussy cut the second set of candles and added 3D foam for dimension. Banner cut the sentiment which came with the image and die cut a Happy Birthday Sentiment to add to the sides of the card.

Have a great day!

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #658 - Use Your Favourite Tool/Product/Embellishment

 Hi Crafters,

We have an exciting new challenge for you starting today at Passion For Markers.

We'd like you to use your FAVOURITE TOOL/PRODUCT/EMBELLISHMENT plus your Markers on your project...here is mine

I love using my dies and embossing folders so I combined them with this fabulous image from our sponsor this week.

Dr Digi's House of Stamps

My background was created with a Crafters Companion Music embossing folder then several dies were used from my stash to frame the image which was coloured with Promarkers. I've added glitter and gems plus glossy accents for the cake icing and candle flames.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

To be added

Why not take a look at the lovely makes from the design team HERE then join in with us, you have a week to enter so plenty of time.

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge - #17 Candles

 Hi Crafters,

This weeks challenge is CANDLES and set by Mrs A.

I don't seem to have many candle images or stamps in my stash but found this Hunkydory panel which if you look very hard you can see the candle in the lantern behind the robin :o)

I added some snowflake printed ribbon and stamped and embossed the sentiment from a Phill Martin stamp set.

Please take a look at the cards from the other members of our team - their links are in my sidebar.

Happy Sunday folks !

Lorraine

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Christmas ATC Swap

 Hi Crafters,

I hope you have enjoyed the Christmas period as safely as you can. It was a quiet one for us and didn't feel much like Christmas at all but now with 2021 looming and a higher rate of infection than in the first wave we must all continue to do our part in keeping this dreadful disease at bay.

I have been spending time tidying and organising my craft room - it had turned into a disaster zone after the busy lead up to Christmas with all my card making but now I am pleased to say that I can see the worktops and all the draws and shelves are arranged neatly. It feels so much calmer and easier to create when I can find what I need without having to rummage for it :)

I'd like to share a set of Christmas ATC's that I had made for the Christmas swap at Charmed Cards & Crafts. I used my Distress Oxide inks to create the background, then adhered die cut snowflakes cut from glitter card. The candle, poinsettia and holly dies are all cut from 'smooshed' distress oxide backgrounds using Marianne Design dies which I have heat embossed to create some texture and detail. The sentiment stamp is from a Penny Black set called 'Carolling Penguins' which I have heat embossed with gold EP and then cut into sections to fit the ATC. I added Art Glitter and glitter gems to the centres of the poinsettia.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Celebrate

Make My Monday - #138 Create Your Own Background in an Inky Way

Double D Challenge - Poinsettia

Little Red Wagon - #581 Merry Christmas

Crimbo Crackers -#222 ATG

CHNC Every Saturday - #522 ATG Christmas

Country View Challenge - Anything Christmas

It was very cold here this morning but it has brightened up now and I'm feeling quite industrious so I'm off to get started on some Thank You cards and Birthday cards for early January. I'm hoping to pop round some of your blogs later too, see you then.

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge #7 Christmas Candles

Hi Crafters,

It's time to share another Christmas Card for our fortnightly challenge with the theme of

CHRISTMAS CANDLES

 Recipe

Joanna Sheen Die - Flickering Candles

Sentiment & Holly Stamps - Magazine Freebies

Embossed Cardstock - Limetree Crafts

I enjoyed creating this card, I've been waiting to use this lovely candle die for this challenge. I cut it out several times in the different coloured card and pieced them back together using the gold outline. I kept the scalloped square die on the card then inked and stamped the holly around the edge to give a border. A touch of glitter on the edge of the embossed background and my card was done.

Please take a look at the other team members blogs and creations, their links are in my sidebar under the Christmas Card Club tab.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Rudolph Day Challenge - March ATG Christmas

CHNC Every Saturday - #483 ATG Christmas

I hope you are all staying safe inside away from the Virus. It has seemed like a very long week to me. Although I have my craft to keep me busy my mojo has taken a dive and I feel frustrated that I could be using this time to get ahead but it's just not happening.

I will have to venture out to the shops next week as there are no delivery slots to be had from the supermarkets and essential things are running out, then it will be a quick trip to take supplies to my 88yr old mum, a wave through the window and back home again. Thank goodness for the telephone to enable us to keep in touch as she is scared by anything remotely high tech, bless her.

Stay safe everyone and hopefully we will be out the other side of this soon.

Lorraine

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