Week 321 - Allsorts Challenge

Good Morning my fellow Crafters!

 

I hope everything is good with you all and that the last week has been a kind one to you.

I am a very excitable person this morning as we go away for a week in the sunshine today with some very dear friends and I can't tell you how much we are looking forward to it. (Because of this I wont be around for next weeks blog but I am sure you will forgive me!

 

Today Susan has asked the Allsorts Teamies to make a project and  -

 

Add a Butterfly

 

Well, as we all know adding a butterfly to a project is not a difficult one for a crafter and we have so many choices in our crafty stashes from stamps, dies and toppers.  I thought I would share with you a project that I did a few weeks ago for a Friend's birthday and she said that she loved it and I was a happy bunny.

 

 

There is quite a combination of different crafty products as you can see.  The main focal point is the parchment butterfly which is a pattern that a lovely friend of mine Josie Davidson has designed and I traced it in black and coloured it in pearlescent paints and embossed to highlight. The background is grid work using one of the pergamano grids and this pattern is so adaptable to so many different projects.  The die cut is the Sweet Pea from Tattered Lace and the flowers have been made from paper clay using a Katy Sue mould.  As you can see I have matted a layered the background in cerise pink pearl card and white glitter.

I hope that you like it as much as my friend did when I sent it to her.

The team have made some fabulous projects over at the Allsorts Challenge so please pop over and take a peep and get some inspiration if need be. Why not have a go at entering the Challenge this week as we always have some fabulous prizes up for grabs, thanks to our great and generous sponsors.

Anyway, must dash now as our plane wont wait! and I will catch up with you again when I get back home.  August is a really exciting and busy month for the shop so will have lots to tell you about.

Thankyou, as always for popping in and hope that you can find a minute to leave a comment for me.

Bye for now

Jo xx



Week 320 - ~Allsorts Challenge - Use a banner or flag

Good Morning! and welcome to Saturday and Allsorts challenge day!

I hope that all is well with everyone and that the lovely sunshine is making everyone happy and smiley.

Today at Allsorts the Team have been asked to show you some projects using ~

 

 

A Banner or a Flag

 

Well this wasn't a difficult one for me as one of my most favourite and very well used dies is the bunting die from Joanna Sheen's Signature range and I used it on this wedding card which was an order a couple of weeks ago.  The wedding was held in a very pretty garden followed by afternoon tea in the gardens and the customer wanted me to reflect this in the design.

As you can see it has very pale, but pretty colours and I also used the Sweet Pea die from Tattered Lace which is so delicate.  I then embellished it further using a dainty punch .  The couple's die is also from Joanna's range.

The background is from Crafters Companion - one of the Create a card range.

 

 

 

I hope that you like the design and also that you take time to check out the other team members at the Allsorts Challenge blog.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend, we are spending a few days with our friends Caroline and John in Norfolk and we are really looking forward to a couple of days of just chilling!

I hope that the sun keeps shining and maybe we can fit a BBQ in!

Enjoy whatever you are doing and please leave me a comment to let me know what you think of the project this week.

Thankyou for popping in and take care.

Bye for now

Jo xx  

Week 319 - Allsorts Challenge - Strawberries and Cream

Hello my fellow crafters,

Thankyou for joining me for another Saturday morning blog post and another week has flown by but how lovely has that sunshine been.

For all of you Wimbledon  lovers I hope that you have been enjoying it and what a shame that Andy Murray has been knocked out :(  bring on next year!

Anyway! lets get on with the job in hand today and  the team have been asked to make a project using the title -

 

Strawberries and Cream

Yummy!

We could have either chosen to use the colours or the image and this is what I have chosen to do -

 

So I went with the image of the gorgeous summer fruit and cream and this is a very pretty topper from a set from the Hobby House. The topper already comes die cut in that lovely shape.  The background has been made using a Create a Card die from Crafters Companion.  The bunting has been made using one of my favourite dies from Joanna Sheen's Signature range - I have cut them in the pink and the blue and then layered both strings with a lime green which I have picked out of the background card.

The team at Allsorts have done a lovely job this week showing off all of their different projects so please pop over to the blog. We have 2 very generous sponsors this week so why not post a design and be in with a chance to win.

All of these dies and the Hobby| House toppers, as well as many other Hobby House products that we love are available on our Let's Create website and all orders over £10 are all free p and P!

I hope that you all enjoy a lovely weekend and please find a couple of minutes to leave me a comment if you like the project today.

Thankyou for popping in and hope to see you again next Saturday.

Bye for now

Jo x

Week 318 - How does your garden grow

Good Saturday morning to you all,

Well it is all going on this week - Wimbledon and Sunshine! two fabulous combinations!!

and I hope that you are enjoying one or the other or both!

 

Brenda has chosen this week's Challenge at Allsorts and is perfect for this time of the year -

 

"How does your garden grow"

 

and this is the project that I would like to share with you ~

 

 

This is a project that we did in class yesterday and the ladies enjoyed making this and 2 other projects all using Sheena's Victorian Floral stamps and dies.  As you can see we used the Sweet William set which is so detailed.

I chose Spectrum Noir Aqua markers to colour all the elements.  The card size is 7" x 5".

We have all of the dies and stamps in this range available on the website letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk

Mark has also put all of Sheena's Christmas embossing folders on the web and I cant wait to start playing with these and showing you what I come up with.

The Allsorts Team have made their usual excellent samples on the theme so please pop over to the site to have a look what they have made.

I hope that you have a great weekend and week ahead and that you can join me next week.

Thankyou so much for popping in and please leave a comment if you have time.

Take care and thankyou for popping in,

Bye for now

Jo xx