Saturday, 26 March 2022

You're tweet

By    March 26, 2022 // 3 comments


Hello crafting friends

Today I'm sharing a super cute birdie card from a stamp set by Catherine Pooler called 'Toucan do it'

I love anything tropical and this set has a parrot, toucan and this gorgeous cockatiel, as well as some beautiful florals.



 I used picked raspberry distress oxide and a dotty stencil in the background and then used a grungy heart stamp from Craftyroo designs to add the black detail.  I then stamped and coloured the cockatiel and some of the flowers from the set, before fussy cutting them out.  I layered them onto a scallop frame die from Lawn fawn (I cut it three times and layered it up for dimension) , continuing to layer up and stick the elements with a combination of glue an foam pads.

Isn't he/she just totally adorable!!

I'd like to enter this into:


Thanks so much for stopping by - I would love you to leave me a comment, and to check out my other social media channels for more inspiration (the link is on the right)

See you all very soon
Rachael



Tuesday, 22 March 2022

ADU new release March 2022

By    March 22, 2022 // No comments

 Hello Crafting friends

It is time again for the new release images from All dressed up, and as usual they are simply stunning!!

I made this card with my image called field of flowers, and she is perfect for a colouring session as you can colour the whole scene behind her if you wish.  



I aligned her  my Craftartist software and type up a sentiment to match underneath her,  I printed her out and coloured her using a combination of copic markers and Prismacolour pencils.  The paper pad is from crafters companion and the dies are my favourite flower set from My Favorite things.

Here all all of the images which are available here from Etsy

Field of flowers

Spring hairdo

Spring pony


Aldo - check out our Facebook challenge - it runs until the end of the month with the theme something girly - or for an anything goes challenge, head over to the blog (or... why not enter both!!) as long as you are using an all dressed up image, you can enter for a chance to win some images of your choice.

Also check out the other inspirational cards rom the rest of the DT.  

Be back soon with more crafting inspiration 

Hugs

Rachael



Thursday, 17 March 2022

Monkey around

By    March 17, 2022 // 4 comments

 Hey everyone

So glad to see you - sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks.  I started a brand new job on the 14th Feb and its been rather hectic.  I now have to travel more and have more responsibility so I find myself exhausted every evening!

I made this cutie using a mama elephant stamp set, with tropical leaves from lawn fawn and the back ground stamps from Tracey Het.


All coloured with Copics and fussy cut out.  I used the 'having it all' stamp set from Tracey Hey in the background and inked along the edge.  After die cutting the flowers and foliage, I coloured these with Copics too and layered the card together with glue and foam pads

I hope you like it!

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Thanks so much for stopping by - I would really love it if you would follow my page - or if you prefer other Social media, links to Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest are just on the right towards the top of the page.


See you soon

Rachael


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! 

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However you have made it here - I would really appreciate you clicking on the links at the top right of this page and following me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest, and also click on the follow button for this blog.

Please leave me some love - I read everything, and it makes my day to get happy mail (rather than groupon vouchers, or notifications or tax refunds when the tax man doesn't even have my email ha ha)!

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


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