De Stempelwinkel - Chat Noir

Ok, so hands up, who is ready for the weekend?
 Its once again my turn over at De Stempelwinkel, Follow the link to see the full project and a whats what of what I did x
And remember they have daily posts from the Dt show casing the awesome range of stamps available. There really is something there for everyone x.
Thanks for stopping by xx

Haunted Design House - 13 elements

It's that Monday time again and we are starting another challenge over at Haunted Design House.
We have a bit of a tester this time round, We are challenging you to use a total of 13 layers/materials/embellishments.Now this one had me ripping my hair out last night, the best part of the eve was spent making something that just did not look right in the end so wound up in the bin.
 Luckily I had Edward here ready to go.
 Here is my break down of my 13, I might be stretching slightly but hey ho ;)
1.) Base card for Tag
2.) Material for the texture finish (see Andy Skinner Book Of Ruination)
3,4.) Black andGrey Decoart Acrylic Paint
5.) Treasure Gold Topaz Rub n buff stuff.
6.) Card for Edward
7.) Tim Holtz Chit Chat Sticker 'Imperfection'
8-12.) 5 different shades of Copics
13.) The clear embossing over Edward.

Ok I did say I was pushing the limits of our 13 challenge but that's just how we roll in the dungeon ;) lol.

Luckily Edward fit this challenge, he can also be found over at Lily's Octopode Factory Etsy shop as the sample for the Edward Scissor Hands Digi Image.

Head on over to the Haunted Design House to see some great pieces from our talented Design Team and how they have interpreted the theme.
 Thank you for stopping by and hopefully we will see you joining in??
xxx

The Octopode Factory - Summer Themed Challenge.

Welcome. Its great to have you stopping by, Id like to say a big thank you for being here.
 Well another two weeks have passed and this means it is time to start our new challenge over at The Octopode Factory and with all the nice weather we have been having here in the UK, Well my little corner of the UK has been nice ;) It is time for a summer themed challenge.
Follow the link to see what the rest of the DT have created and of course as always I would love to see what you can come up with. You do not have to use an Octopode image but if you do your name goes into the prize draw twice.You can grab the digi images in The Octopode Etsy Shop and a lot of the images are available in rubber too, best to contact Lily via her blog HERE.


 For this challenge I decided to do another art journal page, as you can see I am making my pages separately , I really hate getting bleed through from new pages onto old pages that have been finished, this way I can just collect them all together and bind them later on.
My page has been cut from mount board and sprayed with Dylusion sprays, I have mainly gone with yellow but thrown in a little orange and a tiny bit of green as well.I have used a sentiment from Dyan Reaveley stamped in black archival and I have also used one of her leaf stamps stamped in pale ochre archival ink.
The Octopode images I have used are the Steam Punk Sun, Dorothy and several of the Octopode flowers.
They have all been coloured with Copic's, fussy cut and clear embossed before being glued into place. I finished off by using black soot distress stain around the edge.
Thanks again for stopping by and a big thank you and welcome to my newest followers, it is lovely to have you here. xx

Exterminate!! Tando-Creative altered advent calendar

 Happy Wednesday, Second post for me today so thanks for sticking with me, as always it is so great to have you stop by.x

 Now this project goes back a little while, Whilst at the Ally Pally craft show in April having a good look round I got to chatting with Di Oliver of Tando-Creative and Helen Pigott from Its Crafting Time who had been discussing alternate uses for some of the Tando range and that the xmas advent calendar looked a lot like a Dalek, I think it was right place at the right time as I was then given the challenge of turning the tree into the Dr Who villain.
 A little while later I received the kit and set to work figuring out what I needed to do. The kit it's self goes together really easily, this little pic shows how the tree looks un painted and the next one is of a tree fully painted up as an advent calendar, I gave mine a Tarnished Brass finish using Decoarts Acrylic paints and  one of Andy Skinners  on line workshop finishes from Time Worn , details can be found on his blog.
I needed to make a couple of sections for the conversion and after a couple of fails found the right way to make the sections I needed, the dome is from an old telephone bell and the mesh has been cut from some magic mesh and glued down after being painted with decoart paints. The arms are kebab sticks and a tooth pick has been used for the top arm thing.
I wish this had been my idea but I had so much fun creating this, I can already see ways of making it better.
 Now if you do not know who Tando-Creative are follow the link to their blog, they are a UK company that produce brilliant chipboard parts and kits, there should be a product range on their blog as well as a list of suppliers.


I would like to enter this into the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp And Show, they are having a 'Kraft' theme, Im not 100% sure what that is but chip board was mentioned and this has been made from a chipboard kit so hopefully that counts x

Anything But A Card are having a 'Masculine' challenge.

Crafty Cardmakers are having a 'Steam Punk' challenge.

The Stampotique Designers Challenge are having a 'Anything But A Card' theme, I looked at the rules and could not see anything about having to use a stamp so hopefully all is good.

Left Of Center are having an alternative or Embossing challenge.

Punk You Girl Are nearly finished their first challenge, the theme is 'Anything Goes' and they are a new alternative challenge.

De Stempelwinkel - Dali Tag

It's my turn over at De Stempelwinkel and I am sharing a Dali inspired tag. Head on over to see the full tag and some more pics as well as what I did. x  Thanks for stopping by xx

I would like to enter this into the challenge over at Left Of Centre their challenge is Embossing or alternative.