November Journal Pocket

 A couple of snowy days were a great excuse to stay indoors and craft so managed to get my art journaling done for November.

The basis of my pocket was an envelope template, working on cardstock I inked using Distress Inks, stencilling and stamping using PaperArtsy stamps.

The main images were coloured using Promarkers and coloured pencils. These were added to my pocket by making little card, tag and altered paper clip.

Sharing over at We Love Stamping, Allsorts, Creative Fingers, Krafty Chicks, Creative Inspirations, Aud Sentiments and Love to Craft challenges.

Creative Artiste GDT

 I am really pleased to be a guest designer over at Creative Artiste challenge this month for their mixed media challenge #110 which is as always ‘anything goes’.

I created this little pocket to store a couple of artist trading coins.

The cupcake rubber stamps are by Crafty Individual. 

The stamps used in the background were by Prima, PaperArtsy and an old star stamp which was a freebie on the Craft Stamper magazine years ago. I also did some stitching using my sewing machine.

I used paint, inks and coloured using Promarkers.

Do hope you will hop on over at join this month’s challenge at the Creative Artiste challenge blog.

Also entering my project into the following challenges:

Creative Fingers, Mix it Up , Love to Craft and Krafty Chicks

October Journal Pocket

 

Put the finishing touches to my mixed media journal pocket for October.

I inked up some new Funky Fossil Designs  stamps as the focal point. They were coloured using Promarkers. My pocket was creating using stamps, ink, paints and stencil…plus a touch of washi tape.

Sharing over at Crafty Calendar, Creative Fingers , Creative Artiste, Creative Inspirations and Crafts Galore Encore challenge.

September Journal Pocket

 Inky background using three autumnal shade of Distress Inks and a couple of stencils. With lots of over stamping and a touch of washi tape.

Used a brand new set of rubber stamps by Crafty Individuals I was given for my birthday as the focal images within my pocket. I made an ATC to tuck in the pocket, an altered mini moo paperclip to embellish it and also a little hair slide closure on the front. 

Sharing over at the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations, Paper Fundays,  Craft Inspirations, Love to Craft and  Mix it Up!

August Journal Pocket

 

Mixed media background using paint, inks, stamping and washi tape.

Brand new images Stampotique by Katzelkraft coloured using Promarkers.

Made a double pocket journal to place my tags into and added a focal quote in the middle of my mini journal pocket.

Sharing over at Stamping Sensations, We Love Stamping , Creative Fingers and Crafty Calender challenge.

Guest Designer.

 This week I am pleased to be guest designer over at C.R.A.F.T challenge blog.

The theme is ‘Back to School or Anything Goes’!

Here is the little journal card I made using an image by Janet Klein for AAll and Create.

There are two sponsors for this new challenge and prizes up for grabs.

All Dressed up are the Star of the Month sponsors

Sheepski Designs are sponsors for this week’s challenge.

Please head over to the CRAFT challenge for more details!

Penny’s Paper Crafty GDT

Pleased to be asked to be guest designer over at Penny’s Paper Crafty challenge blog.

Their new challenge is as always ‘Anything Goes’ using paper!

 

And the sponsor for this challenge is https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

I got to use one of their digi images. 

Here is the cute little gonk surrounded by autumn leaves.

I created an inky background and coloured the image with Promarkers and coloured pencils.

I added some background stamping and washi tape too.

 

Head over to Penny’s Paper Crafty challenge for more details.

July’s Journal Pocket

 Put the finishing touches to this month’s journal pocket.

Created mixed media masterboard using paint, stencils, stamping and washing tape.

Made lots of little elements to go inside my pocket including a file card, envelope and altered paperclip.

Images designed by Kate Crane for Carabelle were coloured in Promarkers.

Sharing over at Creative Fingers, Love to Craft, Creative Artiste,and Mix it Up challenge.

Christmas in July

 Made this cute batch of cards using an image by Purple Onion Designs.

The snowman was coloured using Promarkers and I used some decorative papers from Funky Fossil in the background. Also I created the card band at the top using a blend of distress inks with a Dotty stencil too.

Sharing over at Passion for Promarkers, Stamping Sensations, Penny’s Paper Crafty,  Pearly Sparkles and Rudolph Day challenges.

Christmas Angel

 The Patchwork Angel stamp is by Woodware and I coloured her using Promarkers.

Adding a sprinkle of glitter on the wings and halo. I decided to add some patterned sparkly papers to the background of the card blanks. Another two cards done for my Christmas stash box.

Sharing over at Penny’s Papercraft challenge. Rudolph Day challenge, Holly and Ivy and C.R.A.F.T challenge 

June’s Pocket Journal

Here are all the elements I have made to put inside my Kraft card pocket. 

The pocket was stitched together using a sewing machine and decorated using washi tapes/stamping.

All the images are coloured using Promarkers and are by Stampotique. They were stamped onto patterned papers which have been inked/over stamped.

  Sharing over at Creative Fingers , Gem of a challenge, Creative Artiste and Crafts Galore Encore challenge.

Postage Stamps

 Vera Lane Studio aka Janet Klein has been running a faux postage challenge recently and I have finally finished all 31 prompts. I have used a mixture of digital and clear stamps in my designs.

Lots of colouring with Promarkers and inky backgrounds. 

All the postage stamps details with stamped using a set by Crafters Companion.

Sharing over at Creative Fingers and Creative Inspiration challenge.

Christmas in May!

 Made another couple of Christmas cards this month for my stash box.

Used a set of stamps designed by Janet Klein for Aall and Create.

Went with a large faux stamp design, using an inky background and then coloured all the images in with Promarkers.

Sharing over at C.R.A.F.T, Krafty Chicks, Passion for Promarkers, The Holly and Ivy challenge and Rudolph Day challenge.

May’s Journal Pocket

I started this month’s pocket journal project by blending all these Distress Oxides and adding some water splatters. Then came some inking and blending with stencils add my favourite ink splat stamp by PaperArtsy.

To go inside the diaper fold pocket I made a little card, a mini moo altered paperclip and a little set of faux postage stamps. The images are all by Funky Fossil and were coloured in using Promarkers.

 Sharing over at Allsorts, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, C.R.A.F.T challenge and Creative Fingers challenge.

Girly Mandala

Inky background using a My Crafters Workshop mandala stencil which I blended with three colours of Distress ink.

The image by Stamping Bella was coloured using Promarkers and was layered up to create some dimension .

Sharing over at Passion for Promarkers, Allsorts and Ellibelle’s Corner challenge.

 

April’s Art Journal Pocket

 

This month’s mixed media journal pocket was created using paints, stencils, ink, lots of stamping, washi tape and alcohol markers

Tucked inside my pocket are some little tickets, journaling page and an altered artist trading coin paperclip.

The stamps I used were designed by Danielle Donaldson for Stamping Bella.

Sharing over at Lil Patch of Crafting Friends, Creative Artiste , Creative Inspiration , Krafty Chicks and Creative Fingers challenge.

Hoppy Easter

 Inked up another new image from a stamp set by Reverse Confetti.

I created the Easter egg card shape by die cutting using my Scan n Cut.

The background of the cards were layered up papers which I stitched using my sewing machine.

The images were coloured using Promarkers.

Sharing over at C.R.A.F.T, Paper Fun Days, Gem of a challenge and Creative Fingers challenge.

Christmas in March

 Keeping up with my Christmas card monthly make.

This month I inked up a new stamp by Purple Onion.

The background to my card was created using inks, stencils and stamps.

Went for a bold sentiment using glitter foam alphabet stickers.

Sharing over at The Holly and the Ivy, Ellibelle’s Corner, Crafts Galore Encore and Rudolph Days challenges.

Clean and Simple Easter

 A couple of clean and simple Easter cards I have made.

Coloured with Promarkers and some newly inked images by ReverseConfetti.

Sharing over at Allsorts, Krafty Chicks and Passion for Promarkers.

Spring Sunshine

 Not getting much of that in the UK. 

But at least working with the lovely sunshine yellow cheered me up at bit! 

Here is my journal pocket for March. 

Mixed media background cardstock using paints and inks.

Inside my pocket I made a button card (shrink plastic buttons) ATC, Mini Moo, tag and altered paperclip.

All the stamped images were by Janet Klein for Aall and Create.

Sharing over at Allsorts, Fab n Funky, Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping challenges.

Christmas Cookies

Started with a card and then inspiration struck to make a little Christmas pocket using the same stamp set by Janet Klein for AAll and Create.

Created my own inky background using gingerbread man stencil die cut from Scan n Cut. Lots of inky elements added. All the images were coloured using Promarkers.

 Sharing over at C.R.A.F.T,  Creative Fingers, Rudolph Days and Lil Patch of Crafty friend.

Heart Pocket

 Made my February journal pocket using mixed media backgrounds, which I machine stitched together.

Tucked inside the pocket are two quirky Stampotique images and also a heart die cut which I turned into  altered paperclip.

All these images and embellishments were all coloured using Promarkers.

Sharing over at Aud Sentiments (dies/love/sentiment) , Passion for Promarkers (red/hearts), We Love Stamping (Romance), Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Crafty Calendar (add a heart)and Paper Funday(no patterned papers) Challenges.

Snowman

 Going to try and continue making a Christmas card or two on or around Rudolph Day each month!

Starting with some Christmas snowman, a very old stamp but always a favourite!

Added some wintry blue glitter card and of course a sparkle of glitter/gems too. Images coloured using Promarkers.

I decided to go with a scrapling style card this month but fits into a C6 envelope.

Sharing over at C.R.A.F.T, Star Stampz, Christmas Craft Creations and  ABChristmas challenge.

Coffee Break

 I made this little card using a brand new AAll and Create stamp gifted to me at Christmas by a very kind friend. The image was coloured with Promarkers and I used some scrap mixed media background I had leftover. Finished off with a bit of stitching and some gems.

Sharing over at We Love Stamping , Fab n Funky and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge.