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