Country View Crafts Challenges - I do like to be beside the seaside

Hope you are having a great August.

Here is my second project for the challenge:

For this project I wanted to make something bright.  I had lolly pop sticks in my stash for some time and decided this would be perfect - lolly pops remind me of beach trips in the summer - being from Cardiff we used to regularly go to Barry Island - fond memories.

For this project I used:

PaperArtsy Stamps - JOFY

PaperArtsy Stamps - Ink and Dog

`PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic chalk paints.

I was really pleased with the end result.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the inspiration.  And don't forget to join in with the challenge - you might be in with a chance of winning a gift voucher for the shop!

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - I do like to be beside the seaside

Happy August to you all. 

With a new month comes a new challenge over at Country View Crafts - this month is 'I do like to be beside the seaside'.

Here is my first project for the challenge:

To create my project I used the following:

Tim Holtz distress ink - Duck Egg Blue and Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz ephemera
Stencil
PaperArtsy Gwen La Fleur stamp

Thank you for joining me today.  Make sure you pop over to the blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And don't forget.  By entering the challenge you could be in with a chance of winning a gift voucher to spend in the shop!

Happy crafting!
Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenge - Do What Makes You Happy

Welcome again - I can't believe we are half way through July.

For my second card I chose to combine 2 of my loves - Tim Holtz and gin!

For this project I used the following products:

Tim Holtz Abandoned paper stash

Sizzix Tim Holtz Happy Hour Dies

Coredinations Tim Holtz card stock

Tim Holtz Essential Sayings Stamps.

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the design team.  There is still time to join in with the challenge - you could be the lucky winner of a £20 gift voucher to spend in the shop!

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Do more of what makes you happy

Happy July.

This month's Country View Crafts challenge is 'do what makes you happy'.

For those of you that know me you will know that I have an addiction to all things Tim Holtz - so I created something that made me happy!

I used lots of different products and just created without thinking.

I used:

The Professor 2

Mini Glitch

Digits stencil

Collage paper

This was really good fun to make.

Pop over to the Challenge blog and see the amazing inspiration from the design team.  And make sure you join in with the challenge to be in with a chance of winning a voucher to spend in the online shop.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Craft Challenges - Summer Fields

Hi there.

Today I am sharing my second project for the fabulous Summer Fields theme.  Here is my project:

This was a labour of love but worth the time. 

I started by washing a card panel with Fresco Acrylic paints.  

I decided to use PaperArtsy Kay Carley stamps for this project as they are perfect for summery images.

I then got my trusted Stamping Platform out and started to stamp the images.

I stamped the images one by one and while leaving everything in place I painted them using the opaque paints.  Once they had dried, I stamped them again - and because I hadn't moved anything, it stamped perfectly.

Look how perfect that detail is again.

This is how my finished panel looked before I put the card together.  

Although  had stamp then colour individually, as opposed to stamp all the colour all, it was definitely worth the finished result.

Thanks for joining me today.  

Make sure you pop over to the Challenges blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Junk Journal Using Recycled Packaging

Evening all,

I have a project over on the PaperArtsy blog tonight.

Pop over to the PaperArtsy blog to see how I created this journal using materials I had saved from packaging.

Thanks for joining me.

Happy Crafting!
Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Summer Fields

Happy June,

I can't believe we are almost half way through the year.  I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Here is my first project for the fabulous Summer Fields theme over at Country View Crafts Challenge blog:

I started off with a really simple Distress Oxide background.

It actually remind me of a hot dusky evening as you pass a field.

The flowers are die cut from  Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz die.  They were simply coloured using Distress Oxides.

To finish I mounted my flowers onto teh background.  I loved how it looked as though they were shining on a hot summer evening.

To finish I added a Lin Brown quote from PaperArtsy.

Thank you for joining me today.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the other DT members.

Happy Crafting!