showing of me nesties!

Hiya
Well i'm back like I said, but it aint an easter card! I went up to my desk, but didn't feel like making them so made this instead. And.... I GOT NESTIES!!! Yippee! I bought them on Wednesday when I went to The Stampman, along with 2 more distress inks :) And I got to meet the lovely Debbie and have a little chat, but then i had to go :(
Anyways... here is my card! I printed the sentiment and then cut it with nesties, then made a frame with 2 different sizes, and stamped it with my lush prima swirl stamp. I don't know where the flowers came from, but i coloured them with black promarker to match the card. Then i finished it off with x-cut punched flowers and gems.
I'm entering it in these challenges:
Crazy Challenges - Simple and Elegant
Die Cuts R Us - One colour and white

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx

the start of something new.....

Hey!

Today's project is the start of a new adventure! I've been wanting to start an art journal for a while now, but i never got round to it, and I didn't know what to do or where to start. But then I decided that its for me, and I can do what I want, so I found a pack of cheap sketch books in my cupboard, picked the size I wanted, and got going with acrylic paints, stamps and doodling, and it was so much fun!

I created texture with white acrylic paint, then painted over that with different colours and used painted bubble wrap to stamp the spots. Next i stamped the title and some flowers, wrote the quote and doodled with promarkers, and added glitter glue to some of the spots for that extra something.

I'm entering this into:

ABC challenge - Q is for quote

Creative Card Crew - Going dotty

Crafty Creations - Spots and dots

(sorry about the dark photo ^^^)

I'm going to use it for a little bit of everything... things i've been up to, things that inspire me, doodles etc. I'm not really sure yet to be honest!

I should be back later with some easter cards.

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

teddy

Hiya everybody

Over the past couple of days, i've been making this...

I was bored on saturday night, and for some strange reason i decided i wanted to make a teddy. And when i think of something i'm not happy till its done! So i went searching for some material, and found an old brown towel that was about to be cut up for rags, found a free template on the internet, and got cutting, sewing and getting VERY frustrated. He is made with the towel, stuffed with the towel, and then a few bits of felt for paw pads. The eyes are buttons, and i got annoyed trying to stitch a nose, so drew it on with a pemanent marker!

He looks a bit odd but i like him :)

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

Simples!

Hellooooooo :)

Todays cards are just simple 4 simple ones to fill up my box. I used scraps of MME and papermania papers, crafty individuals butterfly stamp, flowers digi image (forgotten where from), x-cut punch, anitas gems, glitter glue and doodling.

Thanks for stopping by!
Rachel xx

flutterby butterfly

Hiya

Todays card is another purple mothers day card for an order. I don't know what it is about purple and mothers day, but i think they go to gether nicely :)

Made using:

Crafty Individuals butterfly stamp

(cut out from the background)

Papermania capsule collection papers

Computer generated sentiment

Flowers are old artificial flowers that mum gave me, coloured with promarkers

Everything else from stash

(sorry about the dark photo but i wanted to show the glitter)

I'm entering it in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Layout

Paperplay - Seeing Double

Gingersnap Creations - Frosting

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Recycling

Pile it on - One colour + neutral
Totally Papercrafts - Things with wings

Charisma Cardz - Beautiful Butterflies

Thanks for looking x

distressed box

Hi Bloggers

I've been having another play with my fab distress inks and this is what i've come up with. I was given some papermania bare basics boxes, so i thought i'd see how the inks work on them because they are brown, but it seems ok i think. The inks used are - peeled paint, broken china and walnut stain, then stamped with prima swirl and flower stamps, embossed a few times with a mix of clear and sparkly embossing powder. Lots of green tara flowers, attacked with distress inks, clear embossing powder and green flock and X-cut punched butterflies covered with glitter glue.

I've taken piccies from different angles because it looks different every way you look.

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx

lots of challenges

Hiya

Todays card is for LOTS of challenges, as i was trying to see how many i could make it for. The image is Daisy (again) coloured with promarkers and paper pieced, MME and papermania papers, x-cut punched butterflies, punched edge sent by craftingallday (thanks), flowers coloured with promarkers, everything else from stash.

All the challenges i'm entering it in:
Cupcake Craft - flower power
ABC - paper piecing
Creative Craft - thanks a bunch
Ooh la la - anything goes
Pollycraft - distressing
Practical Scrappers - white pens
Stamp with Fun - spring
Simon Says Stamp - mothers day/girly
Stamp Something - Something girly
Quirky Crafts - buttons
Kaboodle Doodles - Happy Birthday
Magical Crafts - things with wings
Lots to do - distressed
Crafty Angels - butterflies
Crafty Cardmakers - a feminine celebration
I Love Promarkers - shaped card
Sophisticats - flourishes and bling
Crafty Calender - flower power
By the Cute and Girly - spring is in the air
The Craft Garden - photo inspiration
Creative Card Crew - it's a celebration
Daring Cardmakers - aquamarine
Our Creative Corner - Sketch

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx

Have fun in your new home

Hey!

I hope you've all had a nice weekend? Its been nice and sunny here again and we even sat out in the garden for a cuppa this afternoon. (I won't mention the coat, scarf and gloves!)

Todays craftyness is a new home card for an order. The image was a free download from somewhere but i can't remember where... sorry, coloured with promarkers. MME papers, computer generated sentiment, x-cut punched border, small flowers and butterflies, and everything else from stash. I was trying not to use my distress inks before i get seriously addicted, but a little bit of 'peeled paint' sneaked in around the image...woops!

I'm entering it into these challenges:
Stampavie - Spring
Stamp, scrap and doodle - open challenge
Crazy Challenge - show me anything
Quixotic paperie - leave it out
No time to stamp - Punched border

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx

Sring is on its way...

Hey bloggers
I've had a happy day today for some reason, so todays card isn't quite as dark and dingy as normal :) Mum took me to the craft shop this afternoon to buy some card blanks (she's got her liscence back..yey!), and she treated me to a couple of things as i've run out of money... hehehe. I got one of the new x-cut border punches, which is FAB (and cheap) and a couple of other bits. And then when i got home i had 3 emails for orders, so i should have some money for the magnolia ink mag that Katy put behind the desk for me... yippeeee! Can you tell i'm happy??? lol
Anyway todays card is for the pink elephant and cute card thursay challenges, which are both to include green.
Made using:
Image sent by a docrafter, coloured with promarkers
MME papers
x-cut butterfly and retro flower punches
big flower sent by a docrafter
Computer generated sentiment
Everything else from stash
Distress inks and doodling... as always!

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

lacey

Hiya

I've just seen that i've reached *100 followers* yippeeee!!!... well 101 actually, so even better! Thankyou sooooo much everyone :)

Todays card is another 'a bit OTT with distress inks', they're just so much fun i can't stop using them.

Made using:

Papermania capsule collection paper

Cuttlebug d'vine swirls embossing folder

Prima swirl stamp

Laces from my grandma's ribbon box :P

Woodware punched roses

My new invention... lace flower thingy

Pins, pearl strings, brads, gems, button and card from stash

Walnut stain distress ink

I'm entering it in these challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Celebrations

Tuesday Taggers - Swirls and curls (sponsered by crafty individuals)

Stamptacular Sunday - Back in Time

Practical Scrappers - Chalks/Inks

Papertake Weekly - Buttons, bows, brads and bling

Creative Inspirations - lace, pins and pearls

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx