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