Mojoholder Challenge 115

This week over at Mojoholder, our guest designer is Nancy Van Den Berg. I was very disappointed with this page in the end. I had it visualised in my mind long before I put it to paper & it didn't really quite come out right. I wanted to use this paper as it is glittery & pretty & the cardstock hinges (cut out using my grungeboard ones as templates) were supposed to make the page look like a book but it never really came off. The photo is one given by a friend, she stayed in this hotel in Las Vegas. I made a smaller title of rubs ons that says the stuff of...

and ends ... and dreams with the word Fairytales between but you'll need to get close to see them.

Full Materials List;

Bazzill Cardstock, Heather. White, for scalloped edge (made using corner rounder)

Patterened Paper, Die Cuts With a View- Once Upon A Time.

Grey cardstock for hinges, Earth tones Co ordinates. Brads- Papermania.

Title - Papermania Cardstock Stickers.

Small words & sentences, Doodlebug Simply sweet Rub Ons.

Stamps - Snag 'em duos, Papermania.

Blossoms - Prima.

Gems, Papermania.

Happy Father's Day! Dad.

I made this card using Black Magic Co-ordinates cardstock & the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, run through my Big Shot. Stamp is PaperArtsy.

Mojoholder Challenge 114

Here we are again, Friday night is Mojoholder Night & our guest this week is the talented Laura Price Fiore. Pop over to the mojo blog & see the other designs & check out Laura's blog while you are at it.

I received my latest Studio Calico kit early this week, Soda Fountain so I used the kit to make the June page of my "Year of Studio Calico" album using the back of the 6" Jenni Bowlin calendar that came with the Christmas kit. My thoughts turned straight to summer when I saw these papers & memories of childhood holidays spent in strawberry fields with our grandparents came flooding back.

Materials List;
Patterned Paper, Ducks in a Row/ Sleep Tight - October Afternoon
Early Bird - Cherry Pie - Cosmo Cricket
Hello Hen - Studio Calico
Teal flat back pearl gems- Opaline - Basic Grey
Pinwheel Stamp- Studio Calico exclusive stamp
Porcelain alphabet- Basic Grey
To make the tiny pinwheels, I stamped the design once on the front & once on the back of two double sided sheets of paper. Then I cut away bits of the design & glued them onto the other to give the appearance of doublesided pinwheels.

Mojoholder Challenge 113

I'm back again this week with another bright & colourful, fun page featuring my step-niece Lucy. I really had got low on ink, but my order arrived last Saturday morning in time for this week's Design Team page. Pop on over the blog to see the original page by talented crafter Frances Sylvia and see what the other DT girls did.

Materials List;

Background paper; October Afternoon, Hometown-Depot Park. (SC kit Sept.08.)

American Crafts Elements -Dandelion photo turns & brads.

Green cardstock- papermania- scalloped with corner rounder.

Numbers 1, 2, 3 and flower centre- Sassafrass Chipboard stickers (SC kit. May.09)

Red Blossom- Prima.

Title Word - Heidi Swapp - Play.

Border hand stitched using DMC embroidery thread.

Lucy was a bit nervous of the bouncy castle, hired for brother Oliver's birthday, but after seeing all the big girls & boys having so much fun she took her first step up to the top. Once back down she grinned from ear to ear and spend hours on it.

Mojoholder Challenge - 112

Crikey its already this time of the week, where has the last 7 days gone!!! Well we mojo girls are back again with a fab guest designer, Danielle Flanders. Pop on over the mojo blog & she the rest of the Design Team pages.

I loved this design & stepped out of my comfort zone to scrap something quite bright & funky. Mind you I had just the right materials. For more information see below.

All items from the May Studio Calico kit, Playground except the Hambly clear border stickers which were in a previous Studio Calico Kit.

This page was made for the ongoing album "A Year of Studio Calico" and for those who have not seen any of this album so far, the actual page is the 6" Jenni Bowlin calendar that came with the December kit.

Materials List;

Patterned Paper; Sassafras Anthem -ticket & Anthem - Classic. (both doublesided sheets)

Title - Cardstock Alpha Stickers Black Ledger - Jenni Bowlin

Orange Chipboard Bracket - Sassafras Self Adhesive Stickers.

Black Tab Sticker - Jenni Bowlin.

Pink Paislee - Fascinating Press Ons.

I really enjoyed working with the bright colours they went perfectly with this photo I took on Cleethorpes Beach in April last year.

Mojoholder Challenge 111

This week's Guest Designer is Nicole Stark. You can check out the Design Team work & a little bit about Nicole over on the mojoholder blog.

I went with an 11 x 81/2 page this week. I managed to find this photo of the farmhouse my sister lives in. Only two weeks more & I can buy some ink. I must not go over budget or it will have a knock on effect for all my plans in June & July.

Materials List; White Bazzill cardstock.

Green Spotted paper (unknown as was given a while ago)

Black Magic Colorcore cardstock spellcaster embossed with a provocraft texture embossing file & sanded to allow the green core to show through as the pattern.

Green Trim, Making Memories, passport.

Fabric & paper flowers, Making Memories.

Green textured brad, Lemongrass collection, Crate Paper.

Stamps; Journal Spot-Studio G & Corner Scroll- Stamp Away

Title - Moxie, Quickutz

Mojoholder Challenge 110

This week's guest designer is May Marix Marte. Pop over to the Mojoholder blog to see her page & the rest of the design teams. As always with lifting, I just see an idea & go off on my own tangent. I loved the circular design but only used it as an element. I also decided to make it using items from some of my Studio Calico kits.

Materials List;

Kraft cardstock.

Crate Paper- Lemon die cut (Oct '08 SC Kit)

Paper - Jenni Bowlin Vintage Blackbird (Feb '09 SC Kit)

Hambly Vintage White Rub Ons (July '08 SC Kit)

Rub on title- WHSmith Commercial Script (I kept my title small so it didn't dominate my design)

Scalloped Journal spot - Rebecca's Scrapbook stash (sadly no longer)

Versamagic Chalk inks - Gingerbread & Tea Leaves.
Photo - Taken during my sister's wedding. It is Langley Castle. Hexham, Northumberland. It made a fabulous wedding venue and we were all made to feel like royalty the whole day.

Mojoholder Challenge 109

Its Mojoholder time of the week again and we girls on the DT had the pleasure of lifting the fabby Lizzy Wurman. I started off really chuffed with my piece but ended up actually hating it!

Materials List;

Cardstock Bazzill -pale blue.

Paper; October Afternoon - Night Light Katie coverd in Artists' Gesso & inked with Rangers Broken China Distress Ink. Sassafras - Vintage Yummy - Memory Lane (brackets)

Colourbox Queues - blue ink Peacock.

Felt flower & patterned flower, brad, word stickers - Studio Calico kit embellies.

Blue Dragonfly chipboard- unknown.

Hambly stick on borders.

Title - small foam letters- Craft Work Craft Stickers - The Range

Photos taken by my Dad in Australia in 2003.

I still have no ink for the printer and 3 weeks to go before I can get some! But it will be worth the wait knowing ALL the bills are paid :0)

Mojoholder #108

This week on the Mojoholder Design Team we are lifting the wonderfully talented Chris Millar. I have to admit that my budget is way too tight right now after paying out for tons of bills & my printer has completely run out of ink. So this week I had to use a photo a friend took for me as she knows I adore squirrels & would love to have got this close for a shot of him. I made another page for my Year of Studio Calico using materials from the April kit & also from older kits (tree)

Materials List;

Jenny Bowlin 6" calendar page.

Paper, Studio Calico Happy (double sided sheet from the April kit)

Sassafras Paper Whimseys - flower & circle

Maya Road Cherry Blossom & Birds-chipboard tree, (Feb kit) inked with Colourbox fluid chalk ink Dark Brown

Making Memories tiny alphas (Dec kit)

Capture the moment words from a stamp by Technique Tuesday & Ali Edwards (Swan Lake add on kit Dec)

Art to Share

I heard today that my artwork had reached there destinations so now I can share the full pieces.

The first, I sent to Suse is made using reds and golds with vibrant purple Alcohol inks, mixatives and gold embossing. The stampbord tiles are coloured with alcohol inks & stamped with PaperArtys stamps.

The second piece went to Chris and is made with softer colours of pink and blue alcohol inks, skeleton leaves and silver embossing. The stamp is one I bought several years ago from Lakeland Ltd. The background flower stamp is by See D's. The bits and pieces are just in my stash.

Both Suse and Chris are forum friends and very creative ladies so pop on over to their blogs with a cuppa & browse. I made them both a tag to bear my RAK message but it was too late to take photos I needed to parcel these up before I convinced myself I had room on the shelf for them!! I am in the process of making myself a larger piece so can be content with that for now ;)

Weekend Creations

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, I have been playing with a few things. Two items are altered art backgrounds that I can't share just yet, but have included two sort of "sneak previews". Below is the big project I am creating. It is the front cover of an A4 book. The book is full of blank pages which will have all my rubber stamps in it. I store my stamps in a cart. The cart is not in the same room as my craft stuff as there is no place for it. So when I am creating I often forget which images I have. Having them all stamped into a book will help & perhaps even prevent duplications when buying new ones. I seemed to have hundreds of stamps but I have been collecting them for almost 5 years.

This is a close up of a textured background piece I am working on. It is almost in its final stages & I can probably share next week once it reaches its destination.
This is a larger close up of another background piece I am working on. It is full of soft colours & silver. Again it can be shared next week once it reaches its destination.

I am on a roll this weekend & I have a third piece started, but it is still raw, as in no inks yet. It is a piece for myself & I hope to work it slowly building up the piece. I ran out of the net ( old bag for putting wash tablets into the washing machine) so am a bit peeved. I am using masking tape, clear tape, skeleton leaves & glue. What I really like is how each piece is so totally different from the next.

Mojoholders Challenge 107

It is so good to be back again. I have missed my weekly DT pages. Glad to be feeling so much better now & really fired up to craft. This weeks page over on the Mojoholder's blog is by a talented lady Sherry Steveson. Pop on over & take a look at the rest of the design team's pages.

Materials list;

Paper- 7Gypsies Notting Hill, Carlton.

Heidi Swapp, Invisibles - Butterfly shapes coloured with Rangers Alcohol Inks; Wild Plum & Eggplant.

Butterfly Stamp- Studio Calico stamped in Versamagic chalk ink pads; Eggplant & Pink Petunia.

KI Memories - Celebrate life chipboard flower.

Title - Hope - Making Memories metal word coloured with Rangers Alcohol Inks; Lettuce & Pesto.

Click on the picture for a larger image as I uploaded this the wrong size!!!

Jo's Birthday Card

It was Jo's birthday at the beginning of the week and I made this card for her. It was rather quickly done as I wasn't well at the time but I am pleased with it all the same. Patterned paper, Basic Grey Periphery pad. Stamp, Paper Artsy. Flower from Studio Calico kit. Blue crystals, Papermania.

Getting my hand back in..

to crafting!! It has been a long while since I made altered art & I got so frustrated at throwing away ruined pieces that I decided to pack up all my craft stuff out of sight. It was the best thing for me to do because my thought processes began to work & I let the ideas flood. I couldn't see my craft tools so I couldn't get all hung up about nothing coming together as I didn't try to do anything. Then I got ill & its been 3 weeks since I even did my scrap pages.

Back in August last year we did a forum challenge to make a set of 3 things & I made 3 identical tags in 3 different colours. Today I set about making backgrounds for all 3 & they will be placed in clip frames that once housed some very old cross stitch pictures.

The light isn't that great on them because it is so sunny the camera doesn't like it, but tough because it is high time we saw some sun light again :0)
The top & bottom backgrounds are made from Rangers Alcohol Inks on watercolour paper. Top colours are Red Pepper, Raisin & Wild Plum. Bottom colours are Wild Plum, Stream, Lettuce. Blending solution was used on both. The middle background is torn pieces of scrap papers painted with a thin layer of gesso. Once dry I added Rangers Paint Dabbers in Lemonade, Willow, Peach Bellini & Pebble. To finish I added some Rangers distress ink in Peeled Paint & Spiced Marmalade around the edges. The stamps I used were Crafty Individuals, Heidi Swapp & some Stampers Guild ATC parts. I also used a script large background stamp by Hero Arts & some small prima flowers which I stamped with the script to add a continued theme to them. If you click on each picture you can see a larger version.

M.I.A

I have been missing from blog world for a while. I caught a Gastric Flu bug on 1st April & it has totally wiped me out. I ended up taking time off work & I was far too ill to care about crafting. I feel better now & hope to get back to my Design Team duties soon. All I did make was this card for one of my work colleagues, Lesley who had baby Gemma Marie on Friday 27th March. This card got made just days before I was too ill to blog it!!

Mojoholder Challenge #104

Well its Mojoholder time again, pop on over the blog to see our interepretations of this weeks great page by Kimberley Garofolo Neddo, who I might add is this month's guest designer for the new Studio Calico kit Jack & Jill out tomorrow.

This page is in celebration of Patricia Margaret Burt, mum to Tracy & I who passed away 35 years ago on 7th March. I made this page on Mother's day to honour her & the anniversary.

All items are from my March Studio Calico kit Garment District. I made it on the back of the 6" Jenny Bowlin calendar from my December kit as an ongoing project, "A year of Studio Calico".

Materials list; Paper Stitchy business, Studio Calico, Stickers, Patchwork fabric by American crafts, Garment Fabstrips Studio Calico, Reader Chipboard Buttons, Jenny Bowlin, title Rockabye foam stickers, American Crafts.

Mojoholder Challenge #103

I had a fabulous birthday, yesterday & did absolutely nothing!! And today, I did the same again. Ireally needed some time off work. I started almost 8 months ago I can't believe it. So this weekend is all about chilling out & trying to shake off this cold that started hitting me on Wednesday night. I don't think I have slept right for a week & I am rather narky.

Right it is DT time again & on Mojoholder you will find a sketch for this weeks great page by Tammy Tutterow. I loved it instantly but am down to the dregs of ink in the printer so came up with another solution.

I have gone for new this week as I promised myself that when I used up some old I was allowed the new stuff out the box :0) I got this incredible pack for Xmas.

Materials;

Cardstock, Bazzill Robin's Egg.

Paper; Crate Prudence Collection, Discretion, Consideration & a small piece of Virtue for the journalling.
Glitter Border & Glitter Shapes, Crate Prudence.

Pink Paislee Pop Fashion Icons, butterfly & small title "My favourite".

Title "Stamps", Quickutz moxie alphabet font.

Stamps all by Craft Individuals.

Happy Birthday to....

ME!!!!! :0) Here are a few handmade cards I received this morning. There are quite a few more but we play a birthday game where each person has to guess who made the cards so until the guesses are done I can't share.

Anne

Val

Rachel (Taniwha)

My scrap shoppin girl friends.

I also got a gorgeous sunflower card from Pauline a member of the gang who is almost finished at uni, having gone back to learning to become a teacher.

Also a shout out for Ange (hairbear) another one of the bunch who passed her mock maths exam, well done proud of you hun :0)

Mojoholder Challenge #102

Crikey Ladies! It's that time of the week again, where on earth did those few days go! Well it's the weekend & time to create so pop on over the mojoholder blog & check out this week's page by a fab scrapper & photographer, Maria Kress. The bright colours are so funky. I just couldn't get the star to work for me so I went with a bracket instead and the other DT girls also picked some different shapes. That's what I love about reveal night, seeing all the different variations on the same design.

Bit of a mix of old & new again this week.

Paper is Pink Paislee Office Lingo- bottom line, fast track & the orange bracket shape.

Title made up of American Crafts- Thickers Fabric Alphas Dolce. October Afternoon- Night Light Newsroom and Making Memories Tiny Alphas Brown Ledger.

Apricot blooms source unknown. Red bloom Dunhelm.

American Crafts Vinyl Thickers Vera Sunflower Accents, corner detail.

Studio Calico buttons & ribbon curl. American Crafts Flair Badges, Friends.

Floral Stamp from a craft magazine. Ink; Versamagic Chalk - Pumpkin Spice and Staz On Pumpkin.

The photo by kind permission of Den & her mum, Margaret. It was taken in Australia.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Have a very special day, love Paula.xxx