Country View Crafts Challenges - Christmas

Only 10 sleeps to go!  I love the festive period and I love to decorate my house and door.  Here is my second project for the Christmas theme:

To create this card I used the following products:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Christmas Cut Outs

Sizzix Tim Holtz Yuletide

Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fade Pine branches

I love this wreath - the different layers created so much dimension.

Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thank you so much for joining me throughout the year.  I wish you and your families a very happy Christmas and New Year.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Christmas

It's Chriiiiiissssstmas!!!!  I cannot believe we are in December already.  But, I do love Christmas. This month's challenge is Christmas themed.  Here is my first project:

This is a shaker card and so much fun to make.  I used the following projects:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Harvey

Sizzix Tim Holtz Layered Plaid 

I find Harvey so much fun to use and cannot stop creating different versions of him.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to join in with this month's challenge.  I would love to see you join in with the challenge.

I will be back later in the month to share my second project with you.  Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and Happy New Year.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Tags Only

Today I am sharing my second tag for the November challenge

To create this tag I used the following

Sizzix Tim Holtz Pumpkin Duo Dies

Sizzix Tim Holtz Feathery Dies

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide sprays

Tim Holtz Crazing

Can you tell how much fun I had getting messy! lol!

Thank you for joining me today.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team and to join in with the challenge.

Happy crafting!
Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Tags only

Happy November.

This month Jo has chosen Tags as the Country View Crafts challenge.  I had forgotten how much I love creating tags.  

Here is my first tag

To create this tag I used the following products:

Aall and Create Tracy Evans Scatter Kindness stamp set

Lisa Horton Crafts Ornamental Die 

Stamperia Stencils

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Sprays

Pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And while you are there I hope you join in with the challenge - you know, you may be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to spend in the shop.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Anniversary Celebrations

Today we are celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary.... 21!!!  I can barely believe it either.

Here is the card that I made for Dan

I decided on a simple design using the fabulous Aall and Create Tracy Evans Heart Medley stamp.

I'm sure Dan will love it!

Thanks for joining me today.  Happy crafting!

Miriam

A Very Happy Birthday

Today Dan is celebrating a 'big' birthday.  Where the time has gone, I will never know.  We have been celebrating his bog day for the last few weeks and still have more plans to come.

Here is the card that I made for his big day - I bet you can't guess how old he is.  Lol!

So, there we have it.  A simple but colourful card to celebrate a special day!

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Halloween or Harvest

Wow, some fabulous inspiration so far.

Here is my second project for the October challenge

Here are the products that I have used:

Aall and Create Bipasha BK stamp

Tim Holtz Distress ink - Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness and Prize Ribbon

This was a really simple card but so much colour thanks to the wrinkle free distress technique.

Make sure you pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the team.  And while you are there, I hope you are inspired to join in with the challenge.  You never know, you may be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to spend in the shop.

Country View Crafts Challenges - Halloween or Harvest

Happy October!

This month was my turn to choose the Country View Crafts challenge and I chose Halloween or Harvest.

Here is my first card for the challenge

The colours in this card reminded me so much of the cooler days.

Here are the products that I used to create this card:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Pumpkin Duo

Tim Holtz Ideology Phrases

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Prize Ribbon, Rustic Wilderness, Crackling Campfire

Lisa Horton Crafts Background Stamp

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the amazing inspiration from the rest of the team.  I really look forward to seeing your creations.

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Seasons of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

I hope you are enjoying the inspiration from the design team this month.

Here is my second project for the Seasons of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness challenge:

The products that I used to create this card are:

Tim Holtz Halloween 2022 Mica Sprays

Aall and Create Bipasha BK Basic Fruits stamps

Aall and Create Tracy Evans Numerator Stamp

Tim Holtz Noteworthy Stamp set

Aall and Create Washi Tape

Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils

This was another fun card to make.  Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  You can also join in with the challenge and be in with a chance of winning a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Thanks for joining me today.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Welcome to the September challenge for Country View Crafts.  The challenge this month has been set by Deb Wainwright from the DT.

Here is my first project for the challenge:

This project was created in a very relaxing afternoon and i found it very calming to make.

The products that I used to create this are:

Tim Holtz Halloween 2022 mica sprays

Aall and Create Tracy Evans Scatter Kindness stamp set

Aall and Create washi tape

Faber Castell Polychoromo Pencils

I really had fun creating this.  Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And while you are there why not join in with the challenge.  I always love seeing your challenge entries.  And don't forget that just by entering you will be placed in the draw to win a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Thanks for joining me.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Happy Birthday

Hope you are having a great August.  

Here is my second project for August:

After making a clean and simple card for my first project I thought I would give it another bash!  Here is what I used to create this card:

Lisa Horton Crafts Framed Sentiment Dies

Lisa Horton Crafts Glitter Euphoria Card Stock

Black Card Stock for mat and layers

Gold gems

Cake stamp (from my stash)

It is so easy to make a great card using the sentiment dies.  They are perfect for slim line cards too!

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And while you are there, why not join in with the challenge.

Have a great rest of August!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Happy Birthday

Happy August.  I hope that you have all been enjoying the wonderful warm weather we have been having.  

The theme for August is 'Happy Birthday'.  Here is my first project:

I love how clean and simple this card is.  Here is what I used to create it:

Lisa Horton Crafts Birthday 3D Embossing Folder

Lisa Horton Crafts Glitter Euphoria Card Stock

Black Card stock for matting and layering

Aall and Create Tracy Evans Friendship Florals rubber stamp set 

So there we have it.  A, for me, very clean and simple card.

Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team - you are in for a treat.  I hope that I have inspired you to join in with the challenge over on the blog.  Don't forget, one lucky winner will be chosen and will win a gift voucher to spend in the store.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Travel

I hope you are enjoying the inspiration from the team.  Such a fabulous challenge.  Here is my next project for the Travel challenge:

Again, I used lots of Tim Holtz goodies:

Paper Stacks - Destinations

Stampers Anonymous Paris stamps

Ideology Word bands

Ideology mini paper clips

Ideology Snapshots

I had a great time creating this card.

Do pop over to the blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And while you are there, why not join in with the challenge.  You never know, you might be the lucky winner of the gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Travel

Happy July.  It's that time again to share my project for Country View Crafts challenges.  This month the theme is Travel and boy do I long for a relaxing holiday and the smell of holiday air and fish being grilled on bbqs.  

Anyway... enough of the day dreaming, here is my first project:

I used lots of Tim Holtz Ideology for this card:

Tim Holtz Ideology Snapshots

Tim Holtz Paper Stack Destinations

I wanted to give it a theme of a postcard memory.  And I think that I have achieved that.  

Pop over to the challenge blog  to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And while you're there, why not feel inspired to join in with the challenge.  You never know, you could be the winner of the gift voucher to spend on line.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Seeing Stas

Welcome back.  I cannot believe we are half way through the month already!

Here is my second project for the month:

This was a very simple but colourful card.  Here is a list of teh products that I used:

Aall and Create; Janet Klein; In The Stars stamp set

Various alcohol markers

See, very simple product list!

Do keep popping over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And, if you feel inspired, why not join in with the challenge.  You never know, you may be the lucky winner of the gift voucher!

Thanks for joining me.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Seeing Stars

Happy June.  I hope you enjoyed the inspiration from May.

The challenge over at Country View Challenges this month is 'Seeing Stars'.  Here is my first project for the month:

I loved making this card, it was so much fun. 

Here is a list of the products that I used:

Katzelcraft 'Cats on Wall' A5 rubber stamp set.

Aall and Create 'Lotza Stars' stencil

Aall and Create; Janet Klein; In the Stars stamp set

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Moon Mask

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

White Posca Pen

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  I really hope that you are inspired to join in with the challenge this month.  I love seeing everyone's projects.  And don't forget, if you join in you are entered into the prize draw to win a gift voucher to spend in the online store.

Thanks for joining me today.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Cats and Dogs

Welcome back. Today I am sharing my second project for the Cats and Dogs challenge, again I have used a cute kitty stamp.

Here are the products that I used to create this card:

Aall and Create Janet Klein stamp set

Tim Holtz Doodle Stencil

Tim Holtz Distress Sprays

Sizzix Hexagon from the free set included with the Sizzix Switch

Tim Holtz Texture Paste

This was such a fun card to make.  If nothing else, I only used snippets of the backgrounds that I created which means I have more left to make other projects.

Pop over to the blog to see the amazing inspiration from the rest of the team.  And while you are there, why not join in with the Cats and Dogs challenge.  You never know, you may be a lucky winner.

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Cats and Dogs

Welcome to May.  I can't believe we are almost half way through the year!

The theme for the Country View Crafts challenge this month is 'Cats and Dogs'.  For those of you who know me you will know that I adore pussy cats.  A few weeks ago we adopted a new pussycat after losing ours last year.  Needless to say we are run off our feet learning the character of the new little one, her name is Mia.  

Mia

Anyway, back to the challenge.  Here is my first project for the challenge:

To create this card I used the following products:

Aall and Create Bipasha BK Hocus Pocus stamp

Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fade

Tim Holtz Deckle Edged Trimmer

White Posca pen

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylic paint

A very simple card but bags of character in that wonderful image from Bipasha BK.

Do pop over to the challenge blog where you can see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And I hope you are inspired to join in with the challenge.  Such a fun theme.  And don't forget, by entering a project into the challenge, your name will be put into the hat for one lucky winner to win a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

A Very Rare Play Day

I thought I would pop by and share a few makes that were created a little while back, all of which were inspired by Tracy Evans and other crafters (apologies, I wrote names down at the time and have since lost the post-it note).

All of my makes are using Tracy Evans designed stamps for Aall & Create.  

Here are my makes:

There is something special about losing yourself in a crating session.  And for me, this has happened less and less over the last couple of years.

My first three cards are all very similar, using the same master board background that was cut down.

Tracy's images are so beautiful that they made a great focal point.  I adore these images.

This card is far more colourful and made for my dear friend, Lucy, for her birthday.  Lucy loves bright colours and, I'm pleased to say, she loved her card.

All of my products were purchased from Country View Crafts.  The Aall & Create stamps can be found here.  

So, there we have it.  When I do get chance to 'play' it does me the world of good and I can completely relax and unwind.  And I can certainly say that I truly love creating with Tracy's stamps.  

Country View Crafts Challenges

I hope you had a fabulous Easter and have been enjoying the Spring inspiration this month.  

Here is my second project for the month:

Products Used:

Lisa Horton Crafts Layering Stencils and Embossing Folder

Lisa Horton Crafts Ultimate tool

Tim Holtz Salt Water Taffy and Villainous Poison distress ink

This card was so simple but effective to make.

It has been a great month of inspiration and it's not over yet!  Thank you for joining me.  Pop over to the Challenge blog  to see the inspiration from the team.  And don't forget, if you enter the challenge you will be entered into the draw to win a gift voucher to spend in the online store. 

Thank you for joining me today.  

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Spring

Happy April.  It feels so much better now Spring is in the air.

Here is my first project for the April challenge:

Easter always springs to mind when I think of Spring.  Here, I have used gorgeous Spring colours and the new Tim Holtz Sizzix goodies.

Products used:

Tim Holtz Ranger Salt water Taffy and Villainous Poison Distress Oxide ink pads.

Tim Holtz Sizzix Simple Plaid die

Tim Holtz Sizzix Bunny Games die set

So much fun piecing the dies together.

Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And while you are there, I hope you are inspired to join in with the challenge.  You never know, you might be the lucky winner of a voucher to spend in the online store. 

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Mother's Day

Hello again,  

I hope you all enjoyed the launch of this month's Mother's Day challenge.  Here is my second project (and it contains a lot of colour)

I know I don't often use a lot of colour so pushed myself out of my comfort zone.  

The products I used are the following:

Aall and Create Tracy Evans stamp

The background is an old (I think) Hero Arts zig zag stamp

Wow! white embossing powder

Distress Ink

Butterflies and sequins from my stash.

I loved painting the large flower using the distress inks too.  It has been a long time since I relaxed and coloured in this way.

Thank you for joining me again.  I hope that I have inspired you to join in with the challenge over on the blog.

Have a great March,

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Mother's Day

Happy March to you all.  And the start of Spring (hopefully).

Here is my first make for the Mother's Day challenge over at Country View Crafts:

To create this card I used the following:

All and Create Tracy Evans stamps

Stencil from my stash

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint

White and navy card stock

This was a proper mindfulness project - making the masterboard background really helped me lose myself in my crafting.

Thank you for joining me today.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And while you are there, why not make a project and enter the challenge.  Don't forget, that there is a voucher up for grabs for one lucky entrant.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Hearts and Flowers

Welcome back.  I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration from the team for the hearts and flowers challenge.

Here is my second card for this month's challenge:

The products I used are:

Black cardstock

Brayer

Blue and green acrylic paint

Aall and Create Scripted Hearts stamp

Faber Castell Polychromo pencils

Flowers (from my stash)

I loved creating this.  And Polychromos are my favourite pencils to colour with.  

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the design team.  I also love to see your challenge creations so hope that you join in with the hearts and flowers challenge.  You never know, you might even be the lucky winner of the gift voucher to spend in the online shop - good luck!

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenge - Hearts and Flowers

Happy February.  The challenge topic for this month is 'Hearts and Flowers'.  Such a fun topic with lots of possibilities.  

Here is my first project for the month:

To create this card I used the following products:

Lisa Horton Crafts Stitched Hearts background die 

Lisa Horton Crafts Nested Hearts dies

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Chalk acrylic paints

Tim Holtz Simple Sayings stamps

Lisa Horton Crafts Sparkle gems

Paper flowers (from my stash)

I had a great afternoon creating my background, it was very relaxing.  I love using the stitched hearts background die too.  The small stitched hearts are adorable and it's a great way to create  a background too.

I do hope that you pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And why not enter the challenge.  You never know, you may be the lucky winner of the prize draw.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Sparkle and Shine

I hope you are all having a  great start to the year and have been inspired by the fantastic makes for the first challenge of the year.

Here is my second project for the Sparkle and Shine challenge:

To create this card I used the following products:

Lisa Horton Crafts Ornamental Lattice Die

Lisa Horton Crafts Stitched Alphabet Dies

Lisa Horton Crafts Glitter Euphoria Cardstock

Lisa Horton Crafts Sparkle Gems

Paper Flowers

White Posca Pen

This was so much fun to make and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't capture the sparkle!

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And while you are there, why not join in with this months challenge - there is still plenty of time.  You never know, you may be the lucky winner of a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Your Year To Sparkle And Shine

Happy New Year.  I hope you all had a happy and safe festive season.  

Today is the start of a new year of challenges over at Country View Crafts.

Jo has chosen the theme for January and very fitting it is too - full of sparkle and shine.  Here is my first project:

This was a very simple card to make, and fitting to get back into the swing of crafting after so much seasonal crafting.

The products I used are:

Lisa Horton Crafts Padded Quilt 3D embossing folder

Lisa Horton Crafts 'Happy, Perfect, You' Stamps and Dies

Lisa Horton Crafts Euphoria Glitter Card

So, with only a few products I was able to create something full of shine and sparkle.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  And if you feel inspired I would love to see you join the challenge.  Don't forget, by joining in you will be added to a prize draw to be in with a chance of winning a gift voucher to send in the store.  

Thanks for joining me today.

Miriam