Week 316 - Allsorts Challenge "Use a Stamp"

Good Morning Everyone!

 

Welcome to another week and I hope that you have all had a good one.

This week at the Allsorts Challenge it is my turn to host and I have chosen

 

 

Use a Stamp of your choice

(but not a digi!)

 

As you all know I love stamping and thought it would be great to see lots of your fabulous creations using your stamp of choice so please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to take part.

We are kindly being sponsored by

 

 

This is the project I have chosen to show you -

 

 

This is the card that I made for Kate (our Daughter) for her 22nd Birthday.

(it does look as if it is floating off the easel but there is some cotton lace at the bottom of the design!)

This is a closer photograph of the main image

 

The stamps are from Paper Artsy and are from the Elizabeth Borer collection from the Eclectica range.  We are pleased to be able to stock these stamps in our shop and on our website letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk and remember p and p is free over £10.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge site and have a look at the fabulous designs from the Design Team.

I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend and if you have time please leave a comment for me and let me know what you think of this project.

Thankyou, as always,

for popping in.

Bye for now

Jo x

 



Week 315 - Flower Power!

Good Morning!

Hello to you all and thankyou for popping in. 

 As always on a Saturday morning we have the launch of a new Allsorts Challenge and today is no exception.

Our lovely Team member Tracey has chosen a fabulous challenge for us all and I think it will be a very busy week -

She has asked us to show a project with the title -

 

Flower Power!

I am sure that we all can find something that we have made or are thinking of making with flowers on it and this is the project I have decided to show you -

 

We made this mini canvas in a class a couple of weeks ago and I thought then this will be ideal for this weeks Challenge.

As usual the photograph has not given it justice as there is so much detail on it.

I began by covering the canvas with Tim Holtz newspaper print tissue paper and then painted it with a mixture of acrylic paint and gesso.

In the background I have chosen to use a Tattered Lace die - Birdhouse row - I used smooth white cardstock and coloured some of the detail but left some white so they pop out nicely.

The bolder flowers are a mixture from several JOFY stamps from Paper Artsy and, as you know, these really are some of my favourite stamps.  I coloured these with pro-markers.

The canvas was  7" x 5" in size and this makes a lovely gift to anyone that you would like to give more than just a card.

We all enjoyed making these.

We are sponsoring this weeks Allsorts Challenge and if you are chosen as a winner you will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend on our website

letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk

You will also find all of the products that I have used in the project.

Do remember that all orders over £10 are p and p free!

 

Today is also our gorgeous Daughter Kate's 22nd birthday but she is spending the weekend in Ireland so we will be having some tea together on Tuesday when she gets home. She is rather partial to Guiness so I am sure she will find some there!

Happy Birthday Kate! xx

 

Later today Mark and I are travelling up to Preston and staying over ready for a demonstration day at the fabulous Inspirations - home of Hunkydory! so if you are in the area on Sunday please pop and see me - I don't get out and about too much now so it would be lovely to catch up with some friendly faces. The times for the demonstration are 11 until 3.30 pm.

Must close now and get my bits and pieces packed, I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend whatever you decide to do and please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of todays project.

Also please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to check out my Team members projects - always a joy to see.

Thankyou so much for popping in,

bye for now

Jo xx

 



Week 307 - Allsorts Challenge - Quick and Simple today!

Good Morning!

I know, before you say, I didn't post Thursday! :( Our lap top decided to totally stop working and it had to take a trip to the Lap top Doctors! I have my I pad but that didn't seem to want to play at blogging either! So to make up for it I have 2 projects to show you today and the first one is for my Allsorts Challenge post and it is my turn to host this week and I have chosen ~

 

Quick and Simply Does it!

 

and this is my project -

 

I have made this for a friend who has been a bit poorly so I hope it cheers her up.

I have used some of my very favourite stamps from Paper Artsy and the set I have used is from the very clever JOFY.  We have a lovely selection of Paper Artsy stamps on the website. They are so easy to use and are already mounted so you can get started straight away.

I have used Spectrum Noir Aqua Tints to create a background on watercolour card and I have also painted the flowers and grasses in the Tints too. They are so easy to use.  A little Vintage photo distress ink around the edges brings the eye into the main part of the project.

A little tag, which is on the stamp set, just adds a greeting. 

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to have a look at the other team members project and have a go at the Challenge we have some lovely sponsors with great prizes this week.

 

As promised here is a second project for the day -

 

 

This is a project that we did in class yesterday and we were using Sheena's Perfect partners stamps, dies and embossing folders.  Mark has been busy putting all of  these lovely goodies on the website so have a look if you fancy having a play, they are gorgeus to use (the picture has a little bit of shine as I have used pearl card). I embossed the folder and added inks to make a background and then cut the branches and leaves out and layered them over the embossed image.  This gives a lovely 3d effect with such little effort.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at both projects.

 

Please leave a comment if you have time - recently I have had several of my blog friends ask how do you leave a comment so I hope the following makes some sense as I explain how to do it :-

 

At the end of each blog post, you will see the word "comment" and it will show how many comments have been left. Just click on that word and it opens up another page where you can read everyone's comment and there is a box in which to type your own comment. You will then need to choose an identity from the list below this. You don't have to have a google account, if you have tick that box, if not pick "anonymous" however, you must add your name to the end of your comment or I will not know who it is from. You then need to press PUBLISH and this will then show in the comments on my blog.

I really appreciate anyone taking the time to leave a comment, I feel that it is all worthwhile!

I must dash now, a busy day ahead and hope that you enjoy your weekend,

Hope to see you again on Tuesday,

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

 

Week 304 - Feature a Creature

Good Morning Everyone,

Thankyou for popping in today and I apologise for being away so long.  I would like to start off today's post by thanking everyone for their kindness and love sent following my Dad passing away. It has been such a comfort to know that everyone has made time to pass on their condolences.
Welcome to all of my new followers - I really appreciate you taking to the time to have a look at what I am getting up to.  I only need another 2 to make 600! so who will you be! 

It is good to be back at work and now back doing my blog - it is something I really love doing.

Today's post has been thought of by our lovely Allsorts Team member Tracey Mouse and she has asked us to -

Feature a Creature!

I feel that we are going to have fun this week checking out all of your creatures that you feature!

This is the project I have decided to show you -

 My featured creature is the Bee and this card has been made up using lots of my favourite goodies and the main one is a favourite of mine I have been wanting to use so I thought it was time.

The stamps are from Paper Artsy from the fabulous JOFY range and we are really pleased to have these and other Paper Artsy stamp sets on our website - letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk  

I started by creating the background using grunge paste through a honeycomb mask and also stamped with the honeycomb stamp from the set.  I then added colour with distress inks to get more texture. 

I have used the other stamps in the set to bring the whole story together.  I used Spectrum Noir pencils to add definition with colour.  The sentiment and some paper banners finish the card off.

I am really pleased with the end result and hope that you do too.

Don't forget that this weekend you need to put your clocks back! and to celebrate the official start of Spring we are offering a 10% discount on all orders on the website from today until next Friday and all you need to do is add the code at the end of your shopping - the code is SPRING15 

and don't forget that all orders over £10.00 are free P and P! 

We have been getting some fabulous comments about how satisfied the customers are and especially the speed of the delivery and range of products so why not give us a go and check it out yourself!

Thankyou so much for popping in today and remember that I am now back blogging everyday of the week with a 'T' in it so look out for Tuesday and Thursday posts too.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to have a look at the other Team members projects and perhaps have a go and enter to be in with a chance to win some great prizes.

Hope you can pop in again on Tuesday

Enjoy a lovely weekend

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

Week 271 - All Sentimental

Good Morning Crafters,

How are you all today?   It has been a busy week following a very successful Birthday celebration last Saturday.  Sheena was  absolutely amazing and demonstrated her fantastic new range of Christmas design stamps and embossing folders.  I would have like to have shown you some photographs but I am waiting for Mum to send them through from her camera as she was in charge of taking the photographs on the day!

We always run a raffle for special events at the shop and the profit from the raffle goes to one of our local charities.  We raised £93.00 this time and we are going to send it to the Emergency Blood Bikes - Lincolnshire section as they are in need of funds to keep giving us this amazing service.

the first prize was £150.00 hamper full of crafting goodies and one of our lovely customers Heidi Rice was the lucky winner and this is a picture of Mark and myself presenting it to her on Tuesday.

She was thrilled to have won and we are so pleased that she did. 

I also had some Birthday Blog Candy up for grabs and the prize was a choice of a set of Sheena's Christmas stamps and the lucky winner picked at Random is .................................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................

...................................................  Carolyn B !!!!

Thankyou Carolyn for the lovely comment and well done!  please email me on lets.create@btinternet.com and let me know which set of Sheena stamps from her latest collection you would like!

 

As it is a Saturday morning it is also our Allsorts Challenge and it is my week to host the Challenge this week and I have chosen ~

 

All sentimental

 

as a title for you to have a go at for the Allsorts theme.  I love to put a sentiment on a card design or a canvas and there are some fabulous sentiments available either by using a rubber stamp or  computer generated. 

 

The design that I have decided to show you is this one ~

 

 

I really enjoyed making this card - we made it in a workshop a couple of weeks ago when the theme was Crafters Companion Die-sire Dies. I love these very clever dies they really are so easy to use and create a fantastic result. The one that I have used here is called Enchanted.  I chose not to use the middle die section but used a die-d'lite frame to make an aperture so that the sentiment can be centered on the design. I cut the die out of craft card and then used chalk inks and inked through the die. The sunflowers are from Cheery Lynn and love using these as they are

 so pretty. The sentiment is from a set of stamps from Paper Artsy.

I hope that you like the challenge and you will have a go this week.  We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week giving away some great prizes ~

Buttons for Brains

and PPR Papercrafts.

Thankyou to them for their generosity.

 

Today is a busy day as we are at the Hunkydory show at Stoneleigh doing Make and Takes. We are expecting 60 people in each class throughout the day so I think we will be kept on our feet!

I will let you know how it goes!

In the meantime thankyou for popping by and please pop into the Allsorts Challenge Blog to have a look at the Design Teams gorgeous samples and this will inspire you for sure!

 

Must dash now and see the lovely people in the workshop room!

Take care and please leave a comment for me,

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

 

 

 



Week 262 - Allsorts Challenge - One Layer Card

Good Morning Everyone!

How are you all? I hope the answer is fit and well!

 

Well what a busy week since we last caught up. I had an excellent show on Create and Craft with the Hobby House goodies - the first show since February - I felt like the new girl!  Mark and I went to the Hunkydory show at Bolton running a workshop all day Friday and make and takes Saturday and Sunday.  This was a fabulous show and the organisation was first class. Thankyou to Ann, Dan and Adam and all of the Hunkydory Team for making us feel so welcome.

All of the crafters who attended enjoyed the show and are looking forward to next year!

 

I have some fabulous photographs which I will be putting on next week - we met some lovely people and some very special youngsters also.  Look out for these early next week.

 

This mornings job is to show you what I have designed for the Allsorts Challenge this week and it is my week to host.

I have chosen the theme -

 

"Make a One Layered Card"

 

and this is the card that I would like to show you -

 

 

I have used a mixture of some of my favourites stamps from Paper Artsy - these are from the JOFY collection.  They are such fun stamps to use as they are quirky, bright and so cheerful.

I forgot to send a very good and kind friend a birthday card ((I know!!!! bad) and I have made this to hopefully make up for it!

Hope that you forgive me Wendy!!

I used pro-markers to colour the stamped images and distress inks around the edges to create a soft outline.

The middle section where the sentiment is was masked off whilst I stamped the flowers and then I coloured this with Distress ink.

I finished the design off with glitter glue and glossy accents to highlight various areas.

A little bit of doodling on the edge of the border just finishes everything off.

 

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog to check out the other design members designs - they are all excellent examples of one layer cards.

Have a bash at it too - we have a lovely sponsor -

Craft Bug

http://www.craftbag.co.uk/

 

We are at Inspirations in Preston today doing a demonstration and if you are in the area please pop in - it will be lovely to see you.

 

Must dash now or the customers will be there before me!!

Take care and enjoy a lovely weekend.

 

Bye for now

Jo xx