CR84FN 40

Evening all, as Dixon of Dock Green would say! Oh dear, showing my age lol!

Today I've spent a bit of time tinkering about with my crafty stuff, in between ironing etc, and made a card for the CR84FN challenge which wants Brown, Kraft and Red.



And here's my take:




I've use a white card base from Craftwork Cards, and distressed it with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

Then I created a panel of kraft card, and stamped a pattern fromWaltzingmouse Stamps Picnic Patterns in Barn Door Distress ink. I then stitched around the edge in some gold thread, but, due to the coarseness of the thread, it kept shredding. So, my lesson of the day is - Do not use gold thread in your sewing machine lol!

Then stamped the focal image, from Hero Arts, in Vintage Sepia Ink, and stitched onto some patterned paper from October Afternoon.



The little sentiment label is Papertrey Ink, stamped in the gorgeous Barn Door distress ink.



I adhered a selection of flowers on one side, some from Prima, and some from Hobbyhouse, and a little kraft coloured bow in twine from stash.

The crochet ribbon is from The Ribbon Reel, and the little red pearls added to the decorative edge are from Kanban.



Inside, I added some more paper from October Afternoon, and a label using WMS Picnic patterns and Papertrey Ink.


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Picnic Patterns - Waltzingmouse Stamps; Friendship Jar - Papertrey Ink;
In The Garden - Hero Arts;

Ink: Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap, Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Barn Door; Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: Petal Point card - Craftwork Cards
Kraft card - Woodware; Neenah White Cardstock - Crafter's Companion; Patterned paper - October Afternoon.

Other: Sewing Machine; Platinum Stickles; Prima Flowers; Hobbyhouse Flowers; Spellbinders Labels 4; Crochet Lace from the Ribbon Reel;
Friendship Jar Label Die - Papertrey Ink.


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

PDCC 103, WMSC 68, Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Hi all, it's been a while! I have had a bit of a creative block, but hopefully this will soon pass ggrrr!!

I've finally completed my entry for this week's Waltzingmouse Challenge, again, like last week, I've been mulling it over, and not gotten any inspiration at all! Well, this morning, I had a go, and I'm really happy with the results.




Here's this week's sketch:

And the colours I used, or so I thought.... Rust, Storm, and Deep Sea...



It wasn't until I uploaded the pictorial inspiration from The Play Date Cafe, that I realised my take on Rust was not as deep an orange it should be. Oh well, this is how it turned out!


I used a white linen card base, and cut a panel of a deep grey, pearlescent card stock, and ran it through a wood-grain embossing folder.




I then clear embossed some musical backgrounds from Waltzingmouse Stamps onto some orange Core'dinations, and stitched in grey around the edge.


The label is stamped in Weathered Wood Distress Ink, using Say it With Style stamps from WMS.

Then cut two grey felt flowers using a Mariannee Creatables die, and some leaves, which I then distressed with the Weathered Wood ink. The flower centres are called Sparklets from Kaisercraft, and they are sooo pretty and sparkly - I had to get some in all the colours they had in the shop lol! Underneath the sentiment I adhered some crystals from Prima in a deep blue.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Play Date Cafe

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Supplies used:

Stamps: Say it With Style - Waltzingmouse Stamps; Musical Backgrounds - Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Ink: Weathered Wood Distress Ink; Versamark Dazzle - Frost.

Paper: White Linen; Core'dinations; Pearlescent card from stash; Neenah Classic Crest White card from Crafter's Companion


Other: Woodgrain Embossing Folder - Craft Concepts; Prima Gems; Kaiser Sparklets; Grey Felt from local craft store; Marianne Creatables dies; Sewing machine; Clear Embossing Powder.


That's all from me for today, I may be back tomorrow with a little something, if my mojo plays ball!

Pauline

Less is More

Morning Limettes, well another week has flown by, and here we are again, with a fabulous challenge set by Chrissie and Mandi, for Less is More. As my daughters would say - 'Check it!'


"Being the second week of the month it is One Layer

An easy one for you it's

The ♥ can be singular, multiple, any colour, but, MUST be a one layer card, with no aditional layers stuck on, apart from the odd embellishment or ribbon!"

Woo-hoo! I can see a large number of participants this week, and here's mine:



A one layer card, stamped with a variety of hearts from Waltzingmouse Stamps Sweethearts set, in tuxedo Black and Ladybug Red, added a smidgen og glamour dust to the red hearts and wrapped some black bakers twine from The Ribbon Reel. The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo.

Right, that's all from me as we are off to visit my in-laws in The New Forest, and won't be back til tomorrow, so will get round to all you lovely Limettes then!

I'm also entering this into CES Challenge.

Pauline xx

PDCC 102, and a Few More!

Hi all, today I have a bottle gift tag for a few challenges.

The tag is inspired by the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge, which I have been mulling over all week - finally got round to completing it this morning using the funky colours from this week's Play Date Cafe Colour Story.

Below are the inspiration pics:

The Play Date Cafe:


Waltzingmouse sketch Challenge:


For Your Inspiration - this gorgeous picture of a Cathedral interior is echoed in the gothic arches and apertures on my tag.



Here's my take:



I have used Core'dinations Fuschia Fizz as the base, and embossed with a Cuttlebug script folder, sanded back to reveal the core, and then distressed with Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain inks.


Then cut a label using Nestabilities Labels 3, and black embossed the stars using the star stamp from Waltzingmouse Stamps Midnight Feast.





Then using a Nellie Snellen die, cut the green frame from some Wild rose Studios paper. Then Black embossed the Bat Wreath from WMS Hocus Pocus set, distressed with some more Frayed Burlap, and layered the frame on top. The Bat Wreath fits PERFECTLY inside the Nellie Snellen die cut frame, something I love about Claire's stamps - they don't just fit spellbinders!




The little sentiment label is the die cut centre from the frame, and the sentiment is from Halloween Party stamp set, using two different sentiments and masking off the bits I didn't want.



Finally added some black gems, a black felt flower and green brad, some green ruffled ribbon from The Ribbon Reel, and used a martha Stewart gothic arch edge punch along the bottom.

I will also enter this into Paper Issues, and Tuesday Throwdown which wants Halloween projects.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

CR84FN #39

Morning all, today I have another entry for CR84FN challenge, which has these beautiful autumnal colours as the inspiration:



I have made a card using a sweet little MFT Pure Innocence stamp, coloured with Promarkers.


She is layered onto some yellow polka dot paper from Craft Creations and some brown patterned paper from a paper stack I can't remember!


The kraft doily is an MFT die, and was embossed with a woodgrain embossing folder.


The background has been embossed with a damask folder onto some yellow Cor'dinations, and sanded back to reveal the inner core.

Finally added a little orange chiffon bow, gems and some Sahara Sand chalk ink around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

PDCC 101

Evening all! A very quick post from me tonight as I'm getting this in just under the wire for The Play Date Cafe Challenge, which ends tonight.

Here's this week's colour story:


Wine, smudge, leather parchment. Well, I won't lie to you, I found this quite a difficult challenge!



I have made a card using some borrowed Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, from Ruby McGuire herself! I promise you will get them back Ruby honest!!



The background panel has been embossed with a woodgrain folder from Crafts Too, and the pretty flowers stamped with Colorbox Cherry Red, which was the closest I could get to a wine colour.

The dark grey ribbon is a colour akin to smudge (I hope!) and the kraft label and Sahara sand distressing around it's edge are representing leather and parchment!

I have added some parchment and wine pearls for some shimmer, and the sentiment is stamped in Distress Ink Weathered Wood.

That's all from me as my internet is very patchy right now!


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Harvest Berries, Think Big Favourites 3 - Papertrey Ink

Inks: Colorbox Cherry Red, Distress Ink Weathered Wood; Versamagic Chalk Ink Sahara Sand.

Paper: White Linen card base, white Core'dinations; kraft card.

Other: Wood embossing folder - Crafts Too; Seam Binding - The Ribbon Reel; Wine and Parchment pearls from stash.


Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

The Ribbon Reel Challenge 12 Big Witch Off!!

Morning all, today brings us another bi-weekly challenge from The Ribbon Reel. We have a fab inspiration picture set by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, autumnal colours with ribbon or twine.



I have made a matching card and treat bag with the theme of two arguing witches using some Waltzingmouse Halloween stamps and some pretty paper from Teresa Collins World Traveller paper stack.



For my card I have cut a panel of paper from the World Traveller stack, and layered it together with some patterned paper I stamped using the bat wreath motif from Hocus Pocus by Waltzingmouse Stamps.


Then using Winnie the witch from Halloween Party Stamp set, stamped her twice in Tuxedo Black, and fussy cut round her. I then turned one of the witches over, and coloured her in using a black Promarker, then did the same with the other witch to keep the colour the same. So I have 2 opposing witches - my original idea was to have them both on the same card, casting spells at each other, but they wouldn't fit!


So I mounted Winnie onto a stamped oval, hand cut out (must get the co-ordinating Spellbinders for this stamp set!) and attached some ruffled Ambrosia seam binding behind the oval frame.


Layered this onto some Lace and Bakers Twine and attached to the card. The sentiment is also from Hocus Pocus, and is layered onto some doily distressed with Tea Dye and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks.


Added a paper rose from The Ribbon Reel, layered onto a seam binding triple bow and Bakers Twine, and added some stickles to the rose. Finally added some more stickles to Winnie's dress, shoes and hat, and some spider gems for fun!

As I had a spare witch, I thought I would decorate a paper treat bag, from Waltzingmouse Stamps.



Created the oval label in the same way, and mounted this onto a paper bag.



Stamped the sentiment from Midnight Feast by WMS, and stamped in Tuxedo Black the gothic style text on the bag, then distressed with Tea Dye and Spiced Marigold inks.



Wrapped some twine around the top before adhering the sentiment label, and she's good to go!

I hope your feel inspired to join us this fortnight over at The Ribbon Reel, check my other teamie's designs, there are some real eye catching beauties to be seen!

TRR DESIGN TEAM

• Keilly Mulvihill - Keilly's Little Blog
• Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
• Clare Buswell - Clare's Creation
• Pauline Pollington - Craft Obsession
• Zuzana Obert - Jelly Welly
• Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog

Very sadly we are saying goodbye to Clare Buswell at the end of October, really sorry to see you go Clare, but this means there is a vacancy. Keilly will be holding a Design Team Call at The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog, so pop by there if you're interested.


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Midnight Feast, Hocus Pocus, Halloween Party, Cameo Ovals, Text - It, all Waltzingmouse Stamps


Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Walnut Stain, Dried Marigold - Ranger Distress Inks.


Ribbons: Baker's Twine, Ambrosia Seam Binding, Crochet Lace all From The Ribbon Reel.

Papers: Teresa Collins World Traveller stack; White Linen Card Base.

Other: Paper Rose - The Ribbon Reel; Spider Gems - Memory Box; Stickles -Ranger; Paper Treat Bag - Waltzingmouse Stamps; Spiro Die Cutters - X-Cut;. C u tters - X-Cut;


I will be entering these projects into


Stamptacular Sunday

Crafty Catz

Top Tip Tuesday

Cupcake Inspirations

The Shabby Tearoom


Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline