Cherish each moment!

Hit is the Summer Holidays so plenty of Crafting time. I am trying to build up a stash as I donated about 500 cards to friends to raise funds for Macmillan cancer , Christians Against Poverty and premature babies so my personal stock is very low.

I brought this I image from Crafts and Me a Digi stamp designed by my friend Teri who runs Delicious Doodles. I liked the fact it was Dad with child rather than Mum.  A simple card really I printed image to fit a 5:5 by 5:5 square card. I then coloured with alcohol pens creating a rather retro wallpaper with pens. I stamped the sentiment by just rite stamps (love this company). I matt and layered onto a 6 by 6 square card.

So challenges I am entering are:

2 sisters challenge- Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's challenge - Celebrate (new birth)

Totally Papercrafts - Inspired by a song  ( cherish by Kool and the Gang)

 

Love Grows Happiness

Hello I am just showing you a card I made to rebuild my stash that has depleted. I used two fantastic Digi images from the store  Crafts and Me. 

I used The Embrace and A walk in Paris. I combined them on the graphics package. I printed onto centura pearl and coloured in with alcohol pens and metallic markers.  I matt and layered and mounted onto centura card base.

challenges I am entering are

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

one Stop Craft Shop - Keep It Simple

Just For Fun-Anything Goes

 

Native American Earrings

Hi there just posting my DTmfor the new challenge on Beading Friends Forever. Our August challenge challenge is split into two parts. You can enter both parts or just one part. Check out all the rules over at the challenge.

As always we are sponsored by the wonderful Beads Direct. Who are offering the winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in store.

I made these Native American  Earrings. I have a passion for bead embroidery currently. I used Lacey stiff stuff fixing my cabochon onto it. I then used a selection of seed beads to create the circle and finished wit some ultra suede at the back.

The second part of the challenge is odd count peyote stitch.

Following the tutorial from beadaholique

 

Come and join us if you are new to beading this challenge gives you a great way to learn the very relaxing skill.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Delicious Doodles Anything Goes

Good Morning to you all! Hope you are having a super summer. I have been busy with the kids taking them to activities and the park. Today I am going to watch Bradie and Max perform at the Summer Bubble Theatre which they have been attending all week. I am looking forward to it.
I am also showing you my DT card for our "Anything Goes" Theme at Delicious Doodles. As always Teri is giving away 5 of her gorgeous Digi stamps to the lucky winner.
I love this image "Leaping Dolphins" and have used it on this CAS card. I printed the image twice. I coloured in each image. I sprayed one image with spray and sparkle from Crafters Companion. I cut out and decoupaged the dolphins which I sprayed with a gloss acyclic spray. I added a sentiment and I matt and layered onto cardstock.
Hop on over to the challenge for all the details of how to enter!

Challenges I am entering are:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Summer time!

Hello well it has finally arrived Summertime is here and this is our Delicious Doodles Challenge theme for this week.

I made this card for the challenge using two delicious doodles images. Virgo who reminded me of a girl in a prom dress and Cross and Roses. I used this image to make a tattoo as I am not making the card for a Virgo. The beauty of digi's xxx

 

I printed onto centura pearl and I coloured with pro markers. I used some DCWV papers and a ribbon. The flowers at the bottom are dies.

 Challenges I am entering are:

Crafty Creations  - Summer

 

All about the Scenary

Hello I am sorry I am a bit late posting my Delicious Doodles creation today. I have been busy at a school outing. We went to the woods today. I am exhausted lots of fun had by all though. I then had to drop my eldest daughter at a church trip and have only just returned.

My card is based on our new Challenge theme All about The Scenary. I used Sunset At Sea which I coloured with Distress inks I added some fine glitter to the sea. I then used Spell binders to create a frame and matt for the image an anchor die and some twine and sentiment.

Challenges entered are:

Just add ink - just Add Water

 

 

Floral elegance

Hi just for fun today I am sharing this make. I am mid flow with all my teacher thank you makes. This is a sneak peak of Floral elegance which is to be released at the weekend over at delicious Doodles . I printed onto centura pearl card stock coloured with alcohol pens and then used a spellbinders die to make the vase. The stamp is just rite stamps.

 

Challenges entered are

Can u Digi it - summer smiles

Digi make over challenge

 

Very Excited today to announce...

Hi there I am so excited to announce that I have been asked by the very lovely and talented Marcea to be on the DT for the new and fresh Beading Friends Forever Challenge . I have always loved beading and could not miss an opportunity so of course I said YES straight away.
Today sees the start of our challenge for July. We have two different challenges for you to enter. You can enter both parts or just one part. Check out all the rules over at the challenge.

As always we are sponsored by the wonderful Beads Direct. Who are offering the winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in store.

The theme this month is to make a beaded flower. There are lots of tutorials and patterns out there. I chose to follow this tutorial for the Lady Vera Pendant by Off the Beaded Path.

I made my flower into a brooch.

The Tutorial that has been chosen for July is from Beading For Perfectionists: Herringbone stitch basics with a twist

I have kept my bracelet all one shade of plum. I used 4mm cube beads and 8/0 seed beads to make this  rather than the sizes recommended in the tutorial.

From the Front

Flat

From the back

Come and join us if you are new to beading this challenge gives you a great way to learn the very relaxing skill.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Use a Charm

 Good Morning to you all. I hope everyone is having a good June. Such a shame our weather has not brightened up. Nevermind I have made this bright card for the new challenge starting today at the wonderful Delicious Doodles Challenge. We want you to Use a Charm in your project. I had this cute dolphin charm in my stash and wondered what to team it with. I decided to use two of Delicious Doodles summery images... Beach Huts and Deckchair. I used distress inks to paint them and I used some twine to hold my charm. I used two embossing folders to create my textured matt and layer. I used Crafters Companion chevron 6 by 6 folder and Cuttlebug argyle.

Challenges entered are:

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

All Creatures Great and Small

Yay the sun is out this Friday morning and it is time for Team B to inspire you at the Delicious Doodles challenge. this weeks theme is All Creatures Great and Small. I chose a larger creature from Teri's awesome collection of animal images. this image is Tiger. 

I printed off my image large enough to sit nicely on an A5 card. I painted with distress inks. I then embossed a pie e of white card with a leaf stencil. I painted some of the leaves. I mounted onto card and added a sentiment.

Challenges I am entering are:

Aud Sentiment - Anything Goes

Digi stamps for joy - Masculine
 

leather and Beads

Hi I am excited to share my bracelet with you for the Beading Friends Forever Challenge tutorial. the tutorial is In the Garden Wrap Bracelet. it says it takes 6-8 hours but I did mine in about  2-3 Hours. 

I used brown leather a button from my stash three colours of s-lon  some bronze miyuki cube beads and som 8/0 seed beads. I slightly altered the Bollywood style macramé by using less seed beads than the tutorial.

 

 

 

Macramé new technique for me

Hello the sun is fairly reluctant to committ to staying out in London today. I decided to try Macramé this afternoon. OMG love this technique it is very relaxing and great effects can be made. This is a simple bracelet for the multistrand component of the Beading Friends Forever challenge. 

I used blue leather cord, white S-lon , 6/0 and 8/0 seed beads from my stash and the button from my stash. I do not have a thread zapper yet so I used a lighter. I am waiting for a few supplies from the sponsor Beads Direct so I can do the tutorial part of the challenge. 

 

Beading Friends Forever Challenge

Hello where did that sunshine disappear too. We had a trip to The British Museum today to see Mummy's and Roman Coins. There is so much inspiration in there. I exchanged some club card vouchers so we popped into ASK by Tower Bridge on the way home Yummy!

So today sees a new challenge at Beading Friends Forever. I love this jewellery challenge. this quick but very elegant necklace has been made for the multistrand part of the challenge. I have just ordered some leather and s-lon for the tutorial part of the challenge so I will share at a later date with you all. I ordered from the sponsors Beads Direct who are a great company for all your beading needs.

This necklace was made using some beads from Beaders Companion that I have had in my stash for ages. I also used some Tibetan beads from my stash. I used two lengths of Beadalon, two crimps and a toggle clasp. I simply strung the beads and attached to toggle with the clasp. When on the neck this sits at two levels and looks really elegant.

 

 

White on white

Happy Friday time for another challenge at Delicious Doodles for Team B. Wow I love the theme White On White something I have not tried in the past. I loved it so much I made two cards for new babies.

 

Card Recipe

Images Panda Love and Zebra and Foal both from Delicious Doodles

Printable Shrink plastic

Circuit Cartridges

Embossing folders embossalicious by Crafters Companion and cuttlebug

Punches tonic butterfly and Martha Stewart border

Sakura sparkle clear pen

Ribbon  and lace stash

Spellbinders dies

Sentiments from stash

 

 Close up

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Digi makeover challenge Anything Goes.

Whoopsie Daisy -white on white

Simon says stamp challenge - Anything Goes

 

Just for fun

Hi what a miserable half term weather here in London. I am busy crafting I between chores and entertaining the kids. I  am sharing two cards made using the same image but in different colour ways. 

Card 1

Image - Friends  Forever from Delicious Doodles

Medium - alcohol pens

Paper - paper mania from Natalie and Amy

Card stash

Embellishment made using spellbinder die and  Nellie snellen die ribbons from Crafty Ribbons

 

Card 2

Image -Friends Forever from Delicious Doodles

medium - alcohol ink

papers - Marianne Designs from Natalie and Amy's store

Card - stash

Embellishment made using spellbinder die and Nellie snellen die ribbon from crafty ribbons

Challenges I am entering 

creative moments - Lots of Layers

Digi stamps for Joy - oh to be young again

 
 

Lace

Hello just quickly stopping in to show you my creation for the Delicious Doodles Challenge this week. I am running late so it will be very quick.
I used the awesome Leather and Lace and Celtic Frame from the store for this creation. I created a background using my gelli plate and acrylic paints and I used a piece of lace and some masks to create some texture in the background. I coloured my image with alcohol pens and then I went over the jacket with some crackle glaze to create a leather look. I did this with the gloves too. I added some lace around the border of the Celtic Frame for added texture. I mounted onto orange card added some eyelets and put onto a white scalloped card.

Back later to link up to some challenges xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Something for the boys

Hi hope everyone is getting some spring sunshine as we are in London. I am just sharing with you a project I have made for the Delicious Doodles Challenge this week our challenge is to create " Something for the Boys". I have made this wall hanging for a Father Day gift for my Dad.

 

 

I used my gelli plate with some masks to create the background.  I chose some photos of me with my Dad and older sister and one of Dad. I modgepodged to the canvas. I then used a technique with Modge Podge to transfer the Vintage Norton bike and Vintage car to the Canvas so it looks like a stamped image. I added some distress ink with stencils and attached the three canvases together

Challenges I would like to enter are

cards Galore/ - Tim Holtz Homage

 

 

 

 

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Colour combo Brown and Green

Hello it's Friday yeah!!! I am showing you my card for the Delicious Doodles Challenge . a great challenge this week we want to see Brown and green in your projects. I used A Scootish Castle available at the store. 

I coloured the image with alcohol pens and I then matted onto card stock. I then matted onto Teri.s Rose and Thistle paper green which is also in the store. I then added a lovely ribbon. I also added a  spellbinders die lites wrought iron gate die.

Challenges I am entering are

Forever Friends Challenge - Die cuts and Punches

Simon Says Stamp - Travel or Cityscapes. 

 

Playing with my Gelli Plate

Hi I am exhausted a long week. I went to Ally Pally last week and brought some bits and bobs including a Gelli Plate. I have made this card using it.

Card Recipe

Chevron and flower

embossing Folder - Crafters Companion

spellbinders  die lites birdcage 2

Gelli plate 6 by 6 -Clarity Stamps

pebeo acrylic paint

Lady Punch from Serif craft artist 2

Swirls stamp

Clarity stamp

Gold metallic promarker

I loaded up my Gelli plate with acrylic paint. I then used some card that I had embossed with Crafters companion embossilicious folders and my die lites nest ability to create a pattern on top of the paint. I then added some light and shade with some distress ink. I added some stamped images. I cut out a punch shape from a graphics package and added it. I glossed with glossy accents and added some glitter. I added a sentiment and some flowers from an embossalicious folder.

Challenges I would like to enter are

happy Campers Challenge Use a mask or stencil

 

New Jewellery blog

Hi just thought I would share the new Jewellery blog I have started with you. Please take a look at it and leave your comments.  My beading heaven is the blog here is a picture of my latest creation to whet your appetite x