Dream - Mixed Media Journal - Open Studio Challenge

Hi! It's been such a busy week and I had planned to blog this a little earlier but there are never enough hours in the day to get it all done! So here I am, in between folding loads of laundry and starting on some commissions - quickly typing and drinking coffee, lol. 

Have you seen Finnabair's new Open Studio group on Facebook? No? Well you can find it HERE. It's chock full of inspiration, tips and ideas and there is also a little challenge - all of the details of that are HERE. 

It's been so long since I entered any challenges so I had a little bit of a play around... 

 There is a little too much to detail exactly what I did so I will give a quick run down of the supplies I used. 

7 Dots Studio - Domestic Goddess papers

Gesso

Modelling Paste

Lace

Tissue paper

Gelatos - Tangerine, Metallic Blueberry

Dylusions Sprays - Squeezed Orange, Black Marble & London Blue

Silks - Black Ice, Bolivian Blue & Azurite

Twinkling H2O - Copper Penny

Make it Crafty Doodle Dream chipboard word

Derwent Ocean Deep charcoal pencil

Tim Holtz Mini Mister (which I had to refill a gazillion times so I am on the lookout for a bigger spray bottle!!) 

I also make another entry which I will be back later to share. 

Back to the laundry.. 

Sandie

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Make it Crafty Valentine's Hop

Hi and welcome to the Make it Crafty Valentine's Hop!! This will be my last DT project for Make it Crafty, it's time to move on to pastures new. I had a blast and I shall miss my teamies so much. 

You should have arrived here from the very lovely Delphine's blog. If not, then jump on back to Daria's blog, where the fun begins :) Hop along with us to see the inspirational LOVEY DOVEY projects designed by the MiC ladies which are sure to win your heart! There are also some spot prizes along the way so make sure you comment on each blog as you go ;) 

So today I have altered one of the amazing 3D kits designed by Miss Zoe herself, the Circle Shadow box. My wedding scene was created using Over the Threshold and Wedding Church images. 

First I painted all  my chipboard embellishments. The chippies sets I've used are Tree Branches, Oriental Bird and Spring Swing. Once they were painted up I set them aside to dry.  Then I painted the background with pale blue acrylic paint and added some clouds. 

My images were coloured with copic markers before trimming them out with a scissors. 

Wedding Couple -

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Dress - BV01, BV20

Suit - W1 through W9

Shoes - W5, W7, W9

Tie - BG 13, BG18

Church - 

W1, W3, W5

E09, E18, E97

Y21, Y26, Y28

YG03, YG63, YG67

I layered up the tree branches, the church, some grass, a white fence, more grass and then finally the wedding couple. Then I arranged the rest of my painted chippies around the front of the shadow box, adding some pins, pearls and a felt flower. 

Next on the hop is Stephanie

Here is the list of ladies participating in the hop today - 

Daria

Bron

Amanda

Rhea

Mary J

Our Guest - Emily

Julie

Franz

Delphine

Sandie - That's me :)

Stephanie

Barbara

Make it Crafty Christmas Event and Crafty Ribbons Advent Event

Good morning!! If you are here for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps December release hop you will find it HERE
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There are only 16 days til Christmas!

The MiC gang thought it would be fun to have a ‘grown up’ advent calendar as we count down the days til Christmas full of inspiration just for us creative minds! Each day a sneak peek will be revealed on the MiC store blog with a link for you to follow “to open the door”.

All you have to do is stop by the store blog each day to open the next door!

Make it Crafty are also sponsoring the Crafty Ribbons Advent event today. You have the chance of winning a $25 store voucher from Make it Crafty and it's so easy to enter. You will find all the details HERE

PLUS Zoe has Christmas Candy full of lots of crafty goodies that you don’t want to miss out on!

AND THERE’S MORE GIFTS

But what’s even more exciting is that you will have a chance to win the Make it Crafty goodies that I have played with today!!

By leaving a comment on this post you could win

Cute Christmas Fairies Digi Stamp Collection

The comments will stay open until the 31st of December and the winners will be announced in the New Year on the MiC store blog. You can join us for all 24 days – giving you 24 chances to win some MiC goodies! If you join us late, simply go back to the start and catch up!

I made a banner with my MiC goodies. I've also used some fabulous Make it Crafty Chipboard embellshiments from the Christmas Borders and Cog Snowflakes collections.

The whole banner.. 

I made the rosettes on each of the circles by cutting a 1.5" x 12" strip of patterned paper and scoring it at every 0.25inches - it was one of those ideas that seemed great at the start but by #5 I was questioning my sanity!! lol. 

Fairy Star

Fairy Tinsel

Fairy Bauble

The Merry & Bright title is made from white foam Thickers. 

Fairy Gift

Fairy Twinkles

Fairy Bear

Well that's it from me today. I hope you enjoyed today's window & good luck!

Sandie

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DT Quixotic Paperie - A Christmas Elf Banner

Hi everyone!! We are having a  FESTIVE THEMED WEEK over on the Quixotic Paperie blog and today I am sharing  a banner I made featuring the Christmas Elves Collection from Make it Crafty. 

I've used Make it Colour Blending card and copic markers for my images. 

Socks

Rocky

Floppy

Zippy

Tinkles

Duffy

I  hand cut the ribbon pennants. My patterned paper is from Echo Park and I've stitched them down onto the base. Then I layered on some white doilies, which I'd cut from one of my doily dies, lace and baker's twine before adhering the images with 3D foam dots. I then tied the pennants together with deep red ribbon, and I tied little bells in between them. 

I also added some Make it Crafty lasercut chipboard from the Holly Decorations set which I've coloured with pencils and added some glossy accents to. 

Don't forget - On Saturday 24th November there will be a festive themed giveaway so make sure to check back in at the Quixotic Paperie Blog

Challenges -

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge - Punches & Die Cuts

Paperminutes - Pennants

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes!

Sandie

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DT Make it Crafty - Ho Ho Ho!

Hi eveyrone!! It's my turn to share some inspiration over on the Make it Crafty blog and today I have another Christmas card for you. These Make it Crafty Santas are among my favourite ever and, this year, there will be a lot of people receiving cards featuring them ;) 

I made an A6 card (105mm x 148mm) with a wine red cardstock base and papers from Authentique. All of my papers have been machine stitched onto white cardstock and adhered to the card base with DS tape. 

 I used copic markers to colour him up, then I trimmed him out and adhered him to the papers with 3D foam dots.

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00. E11, R20
Suit/Hat: E24, E43, E46. W1, W3
Belt: Y01, Y13, Y17. C5, C7, C9
Boots: C3 through C9

I used one of the new chipboard snowflakes and heat embossed it with Sparkling Snow embossing powder from WOW! (camera is being very uncooperative of late, so I can't catch the glimmer)

I finished off with two sentiments from Waltzingmouse Stamps and a little ticket from My Mind's Eye Holly 

Jolly Die Cuts.

Mic Products Used:
Cheery Santa Rubber Stamp
Cog Snow Flakes

Challenges:

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes 

Stamping Sensations - Traditional Christmas

Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by today.
Sandie
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Hip Hip Hooray - It's Zoe's Birthday!!

Hi everyone. Today I have a very special post for a very special lady - Make it Crafty's own Zoe McGrath!! The design team have all come together to wish the 'boss' a day full of surprises and happiness. 

Miss Barbara, of Little Miss Muffet Stamps has outdone herself and has designed a fantastic image called.. yep, you've guessed it .. Zoe! Well, Zoe Hatter to be precise. 

Here is my card - 

We thought it would be fun to share the excitement of today and as a fun way to get everyone involved we have a surprise for YOU TOO! 

Zoe Hatter will be available as a freebie for today only!!

If you want to play along, just email Barbara at (ForgottenScraps at gmail-dot com) and as long as it's September 27th anywhere in the world then the offer is still open!! Then share your creations on the Make it Crafty's Facebook Page!! Simples.

Can't wait to see what y'all come up with!!

And to Miss Zoe - I hope your day is as special as you are. xx

Sandie

Quixotic Paperie - Spooky Halloween 'Mini'

Hi everyone! I am just bursting to share a 'mini' mini album that I created for Quixotic Paperie's Spooky Halloween week. I love incorporating my favourite stamps into my minis and that's exactly what I've done with this one. 

The front features Perfect Poison & Halloween Trinkets from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I stamped Perfect Poison onto watercolour paper with Archival black ink and I used distress markers to colour her in. The papers I've chosen are Echo Park Apothecary. The skeleton paper is white but I've spritzed it with Apple glimmer mist to turn it green. I've machine stitched all the papers on the front of my mini-album. 

Distress Markers: 

 Skin: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy and Tattered Rose

Hair/Shoes: Black Soot

Dress/Stockings: Spiced Marmalade & Rusty Hinge

Bottle: Peeled Paint 

I also used the Archival black ink to stamp out the Halloween Trinket. Then I cut it out with the classic circle nestabilities and adhered it to the front with 3D foam dots. I inked some Make it Crafty Spooky Halloween chippies and stuck them down onto the cheesecloth and tag with wet glue. 

On the inside pages I've featured stamps by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and Make it Crafty. 

This sweet scary stamp is called Oddly Sweet-Monster Flirt from SCACD. I used the coordinating sentiment and a Halloween Trinket from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. 

Distress Markers used: 

Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord & Chipped Sapphire

I made some pull out tags for extra photos and journalling. 

This page features Slimy House from Make it Crafty. Again, I spritzed the background papers with Apple shimmer mist. 

I stamped the image out onto my patterned paper and left it uncoloured. The 'SPOOKY' sentiment and yellow pearls are from my stash.  I also added a pull out tag on this page. 

GIVEAWAY INFO!
We are having a Halloween prize giveaway. We will be giving away a spooky THIRTEEN small prize packages (the items pictured below are included in the general prize pot, but please note, the winners will receive one or two items chosen by me, not everything in the picture).  All you have to do is enter your name and details in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post - please only submit your name ONCE.  You do not need to have a blog to enter.

Winners will be drawn at random on Monday 1st October 2012 and announced here on the blog.

Sandie

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DT Make it Crafty - Season's Greetings from Tinkles

Today I want to share a Christmas card I made featuring Tinkles from Make it Crafty's Christmas Elves Collection. I know, it's not even Halloween and I'm all over Christmas, lol. I love make cards for both occasions :D 

Tinkles is available as a single image but if you buy the whole collection of Christmas Elves you will get a 15% discount on them. How's that for a bargain?!!

I stamped my image onto Make it Colour blending card with memento tuxedo black ink. I coloured her up with copic markers, trimmed her out and adhered her to the white doily with 3D foam dots. My papers are from Basic Grey and I've matted & stitched them to cardstock from The Paper Mill. 

Copics used:
Skin: E000, E00,  E11, R20
Hair: E23, E25, E27
Greens: YG91, YG93, YG95
Red: R43, R46
Bells: Y21, Y26, Y28
Belt: C5, C7, C9

Make it Crafty Products Used:
Tinkles
Make it Colour Blending card 

Challenges:

Divas by Design - Lots of Layers

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration - Anything Goes 

Have a great day!! 

Sandie

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DT Make it Crafty - It's a Good Day!

Today I am sharing a card I created featuring Melody from the new line of digital stamps called 60's Girlfriends over at Make it Crafty. There are 6 wonderful images in this collection and they can be bought separately or as a whole collection. Right now, if you buy the whole collection, you will get a 15% discount. Check it out HERE.

I merged Melody and the pillow, which come as separate images, in Paint.net. The pillow is a free extra that comes with Melody :) I coloured them up with Copic and Touch Twin markers. I followed Zoe's tutorial when it came to doing her hair. I still need a little practice.. I didn't notice I'd left the lid half off on my C7 and when I went in to do the fine strokes I got stickly globs instead! lol. After some damage control I saved it. 

Then I trimmed her out, and adhered her onto a white doily with 3D foam dots. I love loads of dimension on my cards.

I added some flowers to match her dress and a sentiment which I hand cut and also adhered on 3D foam.

MiC Products used:
Melody digi stamp
Colouring Tutorial E-Book

Other Products:

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - Waltzingmouse Stamps; Playful Pinwheels

Papers - Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Challenges - 

Touch Twin Challenges and More - Photo Inspiration

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

 Thanks for dropping by!
Sandie
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