Purple Tag Art

Hello there,

I hope you all got a chance to enjoy the weather earlier in the week - I didn't see a scrap of it, was locked away in a nice air conditioned shop all day!  Although I did get chance to watch the fantastic lightening storm here on Tuesday evening, but thankfully no rain.

Just a quick post from me today with my DT project for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and this time Helen has chosen the theme of

'ANYTHING BUT SQUARE'

Here's what I made for a little inspiration ...

I love making tags and it is always an opportunity to use up some of my paper scraps. The gorgeous die cut frame is from the Crafter's Companion Downton Abbey collection (as is the little piece of patterned design paper).

A little stamped sentiment and lots of punched flowers to decorate.

Enjoy your day,

Hugz, Jan xx

Here Comes Summer at My Besties UK

Hello there,

I have a little tag to show you today for the 'Same but Different' post over at My Besties UK. Once a month the team showcase one of Sherri's gorgeous images and all make projects using that same image - I love how this shows so many different styles using just one image.

This month it was my turn to choose the theme and image, so this is what I made for my 'Here Comes Summer' theme using image 359. She is called 'Garden Flower Fairy Petals and can be purchased from Sherri's online store here ...

I do love making my tags, as you all know - but never do anything with them afterwards (I was thinking of making them all into a 'Tag Book' - but that's another project!)

The image is coloured with my Promarkers and has a little added crystal glitter on her wings. All other components are from my own stash.

I hope you will pop over to the blog - if you leave a comment for the design team you may just be lucky enough to win the digi to use on your own crafty projects.

Hugz, Jan xx

Something Spooky

Hello there,

Well, I made it to the end of the first half term and now have a week off to look forward to. I plan on getting my christmas stash out and making a start on all things Christmas in an attempt to get ahead. I will let you know how I get on.

Today we have a new theme over at my own challenge blog, FANTASY STAMPERS. For the next two weeks we would love to see your projects showcasing

'SOMETHING SPOOKY'

Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

I love working with my distress inks and decided to make a tag for this one. I began with a piece of white card and inked it with Seedless Preserve and Dusty Concord distress inks, taking care to mask out the moon area first.  I added a few hills in the background using torn paper and then stamped the tree with archival black ink (remembering to remove the moon mask first!)

I also stamped the witch and cauldron, together with a few pebbles at the bottom and some leaves around the left edge. I didn't have any stamps of bats, so I drew a couple in with my micron pen! I added Black Soot distress ink to the edges once finished and then mounted onto a piece of black cardstock.  I also cut a smaller piece of the inked card and stamped my 'Happy Halloween' sentiment and added to it to the bottom of the tag. 

I hope you can come and join in with our challenge this time - see you there.

Hugz, Jan xx

Steampunk Tag

Hi there crafty friends and followers,

I'm back today with news of our next challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week it's my turn to choose the theme. I decided on one of my favourites for male themed cards

'STEAMPUNK'

So, interpret as you wish - there are hundreds of possibilities for this one. Here's what I came up with for my DT inspiration ...

I decided on a tag, rather than a card - gives me a little more freedom. Believe it or not, this started out as a basic white tag! Then I gave it everything I had! 

First I inked the background using three different distress inks - Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold and Fired Brick. Then I added some Walnut Stain around the edges for definition - no project seems complete without some Walnut Stain!

Next I inked up part of one of my stencils with Versamark and positioned it over one side of the tag, before passing it through my Calibur. I added some copper embossing powder to highlight. Then I used my Clarity brick stencil and covered a portion of it with Walnut Stain ink, positioned it on the other side of the tag and passed that through the Calibur again (transferring the ink onto my tag). Finally I put the whole tag through an embossing folder and highlighted the results with a little blue gilding wax.

I stamped out several elements to use on the tag and coloured them with the same ink - those three fellows have been stuck to my noticeboard forever (can't even remember where they came from), but they seemed to fit today. A few stamped cogs, some black ink splats and some brass embellishments to finish off and voila!

I can't wait to see your Steampunk projects - I shall look forward to visiting your blogs this week.

Hugz, Jan xx

At the Beach

Good morning to you all,

Only three more days to go now - not that I am counting!! Lol.

I'm back today with our next challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week team member Diane has chosen the theme of

'AT THE BEACH'

Well, having searched through my stamps it would appear that I have very little beach themed stuff (note to self - must buy some!) So, here's what I came up with for my DT inspiration using my limited supplies ...

I decided to make a tag this week - I started by applying ink to the background using my ink dusters. I used three different distress inks (Frayed Burlap for the sand and Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans for the sky). Then a little stencilling with some Chipped Sapphire to make the diamond shapes. I stamped the shell (the only beachy thing I could find) using the Frayed Burlap ink and added it to the tag, together with a few real sea shells. I used some fibres to wrap around the tag and added a little lighthouse charm that I found in my stash before layering the whole thing onto some kraft card. The wording was produced on my pc and a little doodled border to finish off.

I hope you can come and play at the beach with us this week.

Hugz, Jan xx

Colour it Purple!

Good morning and Happy Bank Holiday Monday,

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend and the gorgeous weather on Saturday.

I'm back today with news of our next theme over at the

'My Besties UK Challenge blog' 

But first I would just like to say 'thank you' to everyone who joined us on our new look blog last time with a little bit of Hollywood Glamour - we had some fab entries and you can see the winners over at the main blog.

So, onto our new challenge - for the next two weeks our new theme will be

'THE COLOUR PURPLE'

Well, needless to say those who know me will know that I lurve purple! So here's what I made for my DT inspiration  ...

I decided to make some Tag Art this time and used my 'go to' shaped base tag which is covered with design papers from my stash - I find this is a good way to use up some of those little scraps we all have lying around.

I used Sherri's gorgeous image 313 for my focal point and coloured her with my Promarkers - you can find this adorable little girl at Sherri's on-line store HERE.

I also added a little sentiment which was printed on my pc, together with lots of purple die-cut flowers, some ribbon and fibres, and the lettering 'Dream' - I believe everyone should have a dream! Lol.

I hope you can come and join us for our new challenge - why not pop over to the main blog and check out what my teamies made for their DT projects, there is some fab inspiration and another special priced digi image available for your projects - just click HERE.

See you there,

Hugz, Jan xx

Love is in the Air

Hello,

It's Friday again, so it's time for another challenge over at Polkadoodles and this week our Nikky has another new brand new collection - Dollie Daydream goes East. This one is crammed full of oriental gorgeousness and has to be my current favourite.

Our challenge theme this week is

'LOVE IS IN THE AIR'

but the Design Team were challenged to use the new collection and we weren't allowed to make cards either! Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

Well, I made another tag - I love them (and I have a huge stash of them)! It's covered with lush lantern paper from the CD and then mounted onto gold mirri card, then a black mat. All the elements are from the CD and the gorgeous oriental Dollie is coloured with my Promarkers to match the lanterns in the background. I think my favourite bit is the tiny little scroll, which is also printed from the CD. 

Hope you can join us this time.

Hugz, Jan xx

All things Girly

Happy Friday to you all,

Well, that's week one over - I don't know about you, but it seemed to fly by for me!

It's time for our next challenge over at Polkadoodles and this week our Nikky has put together a brand new collection, which we all had the privilege of playing with. It's called 'Dollie Daydream Girl Talk' and is just perfect for our theme this week, which is 'GIRLY, GIRLY, GIRLY'. If you haven't ordered your copy yet, what are you waiting for? It's currently on offer at only £12.74!

Here's what I made for my DT inspiration using papers and elements from the collection ...

I have a new found addiction for making tags at the moment! This one is covered in paper and layered with different elements all from the collection.  The flowers are absolutely fab - if you are like me and can't make anything without putting a flower on it - then this one's for you. It has a whole section full of flowers that you can print, cut and assemble - all I added was a little bit of ink and a centre - don't they look fab!

Why not pop over to the main blog HERE and check out some more inspiration from my fellow teamies.

Hugz, Jan xx

Christmas at MMM

Good morning,

Well, that's another weekend over and another week closer to Christmas and I haven't even started my shopping yet.

As it's Monday, it's time for our next challenge over at Make My Monday and this week Laura has chosen the theme of

'ANYTHING BUT A CARD - CHRISTMAS THEMED'

So, we would love to see your Christmas themed projects this week - but remember it has to be something other than a card. Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

I love making Tags so this was an obvious choice for me. I used some 'freebie' stash that came with the 'Simply Cards & Papercrafts' magazine that I bought this week - I must say it's a great freebie if you haven't seen it yet!  The papers and 'Merry Christmas' sentiment are Kaisercraft and you even get a packet of the little tags too. So all I did was did my own tag template out and get sticking, plus a few embellishments of course!

I shall look forward to seeing your entries this week over at the challenge blog.

Good luck, Jan xx

Midweek Motivation at MMM

Hi there,

I'm back again with the next in my series of Halloween projects this week - this time for a little midweek motivation over at Make My Monday.  There is still plenty of time to play along with your spooky creations and here's a little more inspiration from me ...

This time I made a Tag to go with my Halloween collection using paper and sentiment from Polkadoodles Halloween download bundle and a cute digi image from QKR Stampede which I coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Graph 'It markers. I added a few other oddments from my stash and couldn't resist drawing a little spider hanging from the 'Trick or Treat' sign!

I hope you are having fun with our challenge this week.

Hugz, Jan xx

In the Pink!

Happy Sunday to you all,

I'm back again with my Sunday post for Sherri Baldy Art and this week I thought I would try something a little different.  I have made a tag using a close up of  image 692 - 'Lil Muffy Mopsy' as the focal point,

which you can buy from Sherri's on-line store HERE.

I simply made the image the right size to cut out with my nestie, then coloured her with my Promarkers - don't you just love her pink hair! All papers and embellishments are from my stash and the wording made on my pc.

Have you ever thought about just using part of an image??  I would love to see your creations using part of a Bestie image - just leave me a comment/link to your art so I can visit.

Hugz, Jan xx