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.

Pugs in a pocket

 

This year I have decided rather than to do a journal page each month I am going to make a journal pocket instead. I made my own mixed media background using paint, ink through stencils on A4 card and then turned it into a pocket.

The stamped images are by Funky Fossil…loving the Pugs! They were coloured using Promarkers pens. I even stamped one onto shrink plastic and used it on a mini moo to go inside my pocket. There is an altered paperclip and a tag as well.

Sharing over at Allsorts  Passion for Promarkers and Crafty Calendar challenge.

Direction

 Starting  a new fabric journal for 2024.

Designed my own image and stitching ideas.

 Tried something new, tinted my stitching with wax crayons.

Sharing over at CRAFT challenge.