Saturday, 26 February 2022

Kitty hearts - new ADU release

By    February 26, 2022 // 4 comments

 Hello crafting friends

In really hope all of you in the UK are safe and well after those storms, three in a row!  I started a new job last Monday and its been total chaos with the fall out from the weather!

With this bleak weather in mind I though I would go all out spring colour today... happy sunny yellow.

This is for the new release of the ADU images available here on etsy


There are three images in this release:


Bunny hearts

Heart balloons


Kitty hearts

They are all so amazing... I hope you will hop over to our Facebook page and check out some of the other inspiration, or even use on of these to join our FB challenge called use red/love or hearts.

Our blog challenge is also anything goes (using any all dressed up image) so you could enter twice for the chance to win some beautiful images from the talented Wendy Burns

I'd like to enter this into 

A bit more time to craft - anything goes
A perfect time to craft - anything goes
Classic design challenge - anything goes
Clever dexter - favourite technique (colouring)
creative sketchy girls - flowers
Alphabet challenge - yellow

I hope you like her - please check out the other work from our very talented DT, and check back here (or on my SM links on the right side of the page) for more designs soon.

Crafting hugs
Rachael 





Sunday, 13 February 2022

Monster celebration

By    February 13, 2022 // 5 comments

 Hi crafting friends

Welcome back for another make from the desk of the glittery pink craft room, today its a nice clean and simple one using a Tracey Hey stamp set called 'out of this world'



I stamped the cute alien (there's also the sweetest robot in this set) and coloured him using copic markers, then I fussy cut him out and edged around the cut image with black marker pen.

On the card front I used twisted citron distress oxide ink through a i-craft brick stencil.  I stamped the black squiggles and hearts.  These are also part of the stamp set, all finished with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you like him - he's so adorable! 

I'd like to enter this into:

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See you soon

crafting hugs

Rachael  

Saturday, 5 February 2022

One in a chameleon

By    February 05, 2022 // 5 comments

 Hello Crafters

Happy weekend!  I'm so glad that it is.  I have so many jobs to do, and yet I'm sure I will still find some time for craft, after all once the washing is in, it takes 1 hour 20 before i need to do anything with it!

Taking time to share this cute chameleon from Vera Lane on Etsy.


I coloured him in (it looks like a 'he I think!) with Copics and then fussy cut him out.

Using a 6x6 piece of white card, I scored down the middle making a small slimline card.  on a slightly smaller panel (2 3/4 inches by 6) I stamped the side with versafine black ink using a Tracey Hey stamp set called creativity.  To this, I added broken china distress ink through a bubble stencil.

The flowers are a Julie Hickey set called Fresh Florals.  They were stamped in Memento black ink and also coloured with Copics and fussy cut out.  I then layered the coloured images on the panel and stuck them down using a both glue and foam pads.
To make it stand out a bit more I inked black down the edges of the panel and added a few black dots in pen, and some clear gems.
The sentiment was one I printed on my computer and cut into strips.

I just love how this turned out!  He is just so quirky...

I'd like to enter this into:

Creative fingers - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Crafty calender - anything goes

Creative knockouts - lots of layers

Critter crazy challenge - Anything with a critter

Crafty animals - anything with an animal

Love to craft - Anything goes

See you again very soon

crafting hugs

Rachael


Friday, 4 February 2022

Last GDT post for colour crazy

By    February 04, 2022 // No comments

 Hi everyone

Its my last GDT post for colour crazy challenge and I'm using the very lovely All dressed up images who are sponsoring the blog challenge here:

New year, new me is a great stamp, not just for new year, if you remove the sentiment from the stamp like I have then you can give it to any of your fitness girl friends, and colour it match their skin and hair tones.



Our challenge runs for two weeks and is anything goes as long as its coloured.

I made this by colouring her with Copics and Prismacolour pencils, before fussy cutting her out.

I die cut a circle to add her too with foam pads.  I used a Kanban paper pad for the Blue heart background, as well as a grey striped paper strip, matted and layered onto the card front, finished with three pearls and a mama elephant tiny sentiment stamp

I hope you like it!

Crafty hugs

Rachael


Tuesday, 1 February 2022

ADU new challenge - Love.

By    February 01, 2022 // 2 comments

 Hello everyone

After a short Christmas break the dressie girls are back with another challenge on our All dressed up Facebook - this month the theme is love.... with Valentines day just around the corner, you can use this as a chance to make a card and tell someone what they mean to you (ahhhhhh). Running from the 1st Feb. until the end of the month there's plenty of time to get your entry in, for a chance to win some beautiful images from the alldressedupstamps Etsy page.

I used this cute image called some bunny loves me 



I coloured her using copics and a glittery gel pen for added detail.  I die cut her out.  The back ground papers are from a Nitwit paper kit called Cottage Garden I cut them to size and used my corner rounder on one of the corners.  I matted it on white card stock to make it stand out and added a white doily die cut.

To finish the card I added pink faux stitching around the edge and some enamel dots in the corners

I hope you like it!  please check out the other inspiration from my teamies over at Facebook, or if you prefer a blog challenge, on the 15th we re-launch this too.  Also keep your eyes peeled for some super cute new stamps in the release this month - they are simply too adorable for words! 

I'd like to enter this into:

thanks for dropping by - see you very soon

Crafting hugs

Rachael

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

up, up and awayyyyy

By    January 26, 2022 // 2 comments

 Hello crafting friends

Hope you are all OK.  I made a couple of cards this weekend, so I thought I'd share one of them...


I made this using MFT up and away stamp set, A Tracey Hey paper pad, distress oxides (scattered straw and abandoned coral).  Coloured with Copics and embellished with enamel dots.

After colouring the stamps, I fussy cut them out along with a patterned paper circle die cut, and white circle.  I coloured this by ink blending the scattered straw, at the same time as using a stencil for a bit of interest in the background.  The sentiment from the stamp set was heat embossed on a black strip of paper, and I added everything to the card

This teddy is so super cute!

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See you soon

Rachael 



Saturday, 22 January 2022

Scrap O'clock album

By    January 22, 2022 // 8 comments

 Hello crafting friends

I'm not sharing a card today, but an album I made using a template from i-craft called scrap o'clock.

This can be purchased here  I was lucky enough to be sent it by Oakwood direct to decorate up ready for showcasing on the Craft store on Sunday 23rd January. 

It came as chip board covers and thick paper pages, and can be decorated in a variety of ways.


The clock face and backing card are separate when delivered, so I used a shabby black background paper to layer under the clock face itself.

To decorate the clock face I used some green texture paint from craft treat (its like moss and has a gritty texture)  I painted this all over before using some white gesso and a dried brush to knock back some of the green.  To add a further aged look I used craft treat grey cement texture paint through an i-craft crackle stencil to add more interest.

I then painted the inner ring and hands black, then used silver gilding wax all over.

I added a combination of natural fibres, cheesecloth and dried flowers as a base before adding paper flowers from my stash at the side.  I added glue and glass glitter onto the flowers, as well as some stickles for shine

The bees were cut out from the same pad the backing paper came from.

It was then put together and I used ribbon and lace to tie around the jump rings.

This is a very different project for me, but I hope you like it! - I got very inky and messy and my craft room looked like my paint had exploded!

I'd like to enter this into:

See you soon

Crafting hugs!

Rachael 

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