Country View Crafts Challenges - Things With Wings

Happy April!  Rachel has chosen the challenge of Things with Wings this month.  As I adore butterflies it was an easy theme to choose.  And boy did I have fun playing.

Here is my first project:

I haven't used alcohol inks for a long time and so had a great time playing and creating lots of backgrounds that I can use for other projects.

I used the following products to create this card:

Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo paper

Tim Holtz Alcohol ink Air Blower

Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks

Tim Holtz Ideology

Metal bits and bobs from my stash

Aall and Create Tracy Evans #729 Spread your Wings Stamp set

I really enjoyed creating this project.  It was so fun to create lots of backgrounds using alcohol inks.  Each one completely different to the other.

Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the amazing inspiration from the rest of the design team.  And while you are there, why not join in with the challenge - you never know, you may be the lucky winner for April!

Thanks for joining me today.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Birthday Cards For A Man

I hope you are having a good March. 

I love creating cards for men.  So this theme is perfect for me.  

Here is my second project for the challenge:

I used my go-to colours for this project and lots of Tim Holtz goodies.

Pop over to the blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.  I really hope you feel inspired to join in with the challenge - I can't wait to see your makes.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Male Birthday Cards

Happy St. David's day.  Here is my first project for the male birthday card challenge

I used lots of Tim Holtz goodies to create this card.

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the awesome inspiration from the design team.

Thanks for joining me.

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - 'Be Sentimental'

I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration this month.  It's certainly a fun challenge.  Here is my second project to share with you:

I was thinking about my young niece when I made this card - I don't normally do cute but I liked the finished design.

The sentiments is from an Aall and Create Tracy Evans stamp set.  

I also got a little carried away and created another small card:

Do pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team. There are still a few days left for you to join in with the Be Sentimental challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges 'Be Sentimental'

Happy February

The challenge this month has been chosen by Jane.  Here is my first project:

To create this card I used:

Tim Holtz Bold Sayings (CMS433) Rubber stamp set

Lisa Horton Crafts Geometric Foiling Plate

Emerald Creek Embossing Powder

The photos sadly don't do the card justice.  The embossing folder was so sparkly and pretty on top of the foiling.  A very simple card where the sentiment stands out.

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspirations from the rest of the team.  And I hope you are encouraged to join in with the challenge.  I love to see your take on the theme.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Time

I hope that you are enjoying the inspiration so far.  This is one of my favourite themes!

Here is my second project for the Time challenge

Here are a list of the products that I used to create this project:

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sizzix Tim Holtz Weathered clock

Tim Holtz Portraits

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamps

Gear from my stash

I love having a Tim Holtz craft day - playing with inks and stamps and Ideology.  So much fun!

Thank you for joining me today.  Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the inspiration from the design team.  I hope that you are inspired to join in with the challenge.  

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Country View Crafts Challenges - Time

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great festive season.

Today is the start of a whole new year of exciting challenges.  The challenge for January is 'time'.  Here is my first project:

I decided to create a book mark for all of my new books and I knew exactly what I wanted to use.

Products used:

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints

Stamperia stencil

Tim Holtz Texture paste

Tim Holtz quote stamp

Gears, charm and ribbon from my stash

This was really fun to make.  It has been a long time since I was able to spend a few hours escaping from reality in my creative zone.

Do pop over to the Challenge site and see the fabulous inspiration from the team.  And I hope that you feel inspired to join in too.  You never know, you ma be in with a chance of winning the challenge!

Happy crafting!

Miriam