Enjoy

 I am a friend of recycling items in the craft room. Especially tags. I have a collection of beautiful tags in my craft drawer. Some are just too pretty which is why I haven't used them yet. But today was apparently the day...

I was intrigued by a couple of challenges and wanted to fit them together. How does circles, colorful, recycle and adding a charm sound to you? To me it sounded like just the ticket, as I always have so much leftovers. Either from projects that I made too much fodder for, or items that didn't fit a certain project and were discarded, or the cut-offs from die cuts.

 

I started by covering the tag with gelli print strips (cut for a project in 2024). I then stamped circles onto the background (stamp by Rubberdance, last used in the previous decennium) and spent an inordinate amount of time trying to fit the pink circle cut-outs onto it until I resorted to a die-cut of a round balloon (the balloony bit is hiding under the vase). The flowers in the vase is a die by Nellie's Choice. I had cut it ages ago from a neon colored post-it and darkened some areas with ink. Today it found its place.

 

Lastly came a pretty brad as my charm, and the little but important word 'enjoy' as this is going to accompany a tasty gift.

Entering this in these inspiring challenges:

Tag-along and ATC's: Circles

Die-cut Divas: Recycle, re-use & repurpose - I used a clothing tag as my base

GRC: #56 alles mag of gebruik een bedel - ik heb een bedel gebruikt

Crafters' Cafe: AG/ optional Lots and lots of colors - I am playing with the Option

The Neglected Stuff: September - all the used items have been neglected for years

Daisy greetings

 The cards I make are usually rectangles, but today I wanted to make a square. 

I was inspired to select colors from my gelli printed papers to match the hues in two inspiration photos. I found several possibilities, but in the end I only picked three of them for my card, one bright, one pastel and one somewhere in the middle. I think the image has more impact this way when the flower does not have to compete with its background.

The Dainty Daisy die (Crafters Companion) is one I have not found a way to use yet. Perhaps it needed a square background? I die cut it twice out of white card stock, then cut the petals of the second one apart and used only the half. I glued them over the bottom part to make the daisy look fuller and more dimensional.

 

I am entering this in these challenges that play well together and I used as my starting point:

AAA Colourful: #29 Colourboard  

 

Just Us Girls: #828 Moodboard week 

 

Fab 'n Funky: #639 Summer Flowers 

Crafters' Cafe: AG, optional blooms - I went with this option 

Creative Moments: #283 Pastels or brights - I say: both! They support each other.

Thank you for your visit! 

 

Pink and silver

 I was in need of a gift box. Earrings a small, so I figured the gift box should be much larger than the gift itself. I took my color cues from Color Hues current challnge - pink and silver just felt very apt for this gift.

I started with a pink gelli print. It was made with acrylics and TH fir tree stencil, it seemed very apt for a Christmas gift. 

I also used a mirrored silver card stock for the flower detail on the front and added a silver sparkle and a white die cut leaf to soften it up.

 I also adhered a piece of pink tissue paper to a rectangular piece of silver card stock which sits on the bottom of the box. The tissue is wrapped around the bottom part and so it stays always in place. The tissue is longer than the package itself, so it wraps over the gift.

Lastly I attached a length of silver twine as a closure.

Thank you for your visit!

Entering in these lovely challenges:

Color Hues: #77 Pink and Silver 

Crafters' Cafe: Feminine

Paperminutes: #826 Gescheckschachtel - Gift box 

Creative Artist Mixed media Challenge: #100 - my 2nd entry

DieCut Divas: Have a wonderful time of year - my 2nd entry

Take flight

I prefer fussy cutting to flat stamping. This floral stem was first stamped, then fussy cut. I added it to a stenciled background and colored it in with Oxides. Then I stamped the moth, fussy cut it and adhered it on top.

The sentiment is from Tim Holtz remnant rubs and reads 'Take flight'.

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I'm entering this in:

TagTuesday: Flowers /floral

Stamplorations: August Summer challenge: Anything goes

The Crafters cafe: #271 Anything goes

A monochrome birthday card

Yhis time I was inspired by a couple of topics ans wanted to see what it would look like if I would combine rectangles, monochrome and the use of stencils. Also I needed a birthday card that would not be overly sweet.

I selected orange as my color. 

Then the stencil part: I spritzed Distress ink Spiced Marmalade through a geometric stencil. Then I took that same stencil and created another sheet of paper, now with orange acrylics. When the paint was dry I sponged the white space with mustard seed Distress ink.

I opted for squares which I cut from that paint stenciled paper and arranged my card. I layered two of the squares with die cuts and stamped the text. 

 

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It reads: "To the most wonderful 35 year old in the world".

 

Entering in:

Friendship challenge: #67 Vierecke wollen wir sehen Ich habe Vierecke verwendet

Fab and Funky: Monochrome - orange

Country View Challenges: Use a stencil (or two) - used just one

River of Creativity: #3 No hearts or mushy stuff not mushy at all!

The Crafters' cafe: Layer it up (2nd entry)  Four layers, I think...

Gather moments

 ... and don't forget to enjoy them as well!

Again I played around with several challenges. Today I combined the themes 

Summer -  Enchanted garden - Musical - Layering

I started by tearing strips of sheet music and adhering that to a giant tag. I then painted it over with diluted chalk paint and stamped on with a round stamp. My first thought was to include numbers and letters (as per one other challenge) but then I decided that would be too much.

For me flowers represent the quintessence of summer. The air is heavy with their scent, the sun is hot and the insects are lazily buzzing around.

I then stamped six different flowers, fussy cut and watercolored them and arranged as a central panel. Lastly I applied the TH remnant rubs and a silk ribbon.

entering in:

Everybody Art Challenge: # 495 Summer

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Lazy days of summer

Tag Tuesday: Musical

Incy Wincy designs: Enchanted Garden

Crafters' Cafe blog Challenge: Layer it up