Challenge #3 at Open-Minded Crafting

Hi and welcome back.

I have finally got my Blog back after a long 2 months,
It was taken out of my hands (I think I was hacked)
along with all of my emails.
Luckily I noticed straight away and managed to get them blocked
until it had all been sorted out.

So now it is time to catch up on all of my Crafty Makes
that I have been unable to do .

Hope you enjoy looking at them all...

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting Fun was:-

Our Sponsors that Month were:-

A Day For Daisies
 

Bugaboo Stamps 

KennyK Stamps 

Sassy Studio Designs 

My Project this

week is:-

Eva Pearl Digi Stamp

from KennyK Stamps

To begin with I used a pre-cut Square Dotted Embossed Scalloped Edge White Base Card

(stash)
Which I distressed the Edges using
Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and 
Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink
(both from Tim Holtz)

Next I printed off the Image 

on White DC Paper

And coloured it in using my Promarker Pens.

Satin
Blush
Putty
Dusky Rose

Antique Pink
Yellow
Sunflower
Lime Zest
Meadow Green
Leaf Green
Bright Green

Apple
Forest Green

Grass
Emerald
Lush Green
Pine
Holly
Cinnamon
Cocoa
Chestnut
Henna
Walnut
Shale
Cool Grey 1
Cool Grey 2
Cool Grey 3
Cool Grey 4
Cool Grey 5
Black

Metallic Gold

I then placed this behind the Green Paper 
which became the Frame.
To make this I used a Square of Apple Green Paper 
(Papermania)
which I lightly 'Aged' around the Edges using
Frayed Burlap Distress Ink
(Tim Holtz)
 Firstly I Die-Cut out the Center using Rectangle 1 Die
(MFD08 - Nellie Snellen)
Then I rounded off the Corners using 5mm Corner Punch.
(X-Cut)

On the Image I added Xmas Green Glitter,
Holographic Moss Green Glitter and
Iridescent Mint Green Glitter
(all from Glitter Magic)
to the Feathers on the Hat.
I also added some Iridescent Mint Green Glitter 
to the Hat Band and her Neck Ruff.

Next I added some Glossy Accents 
(Ranger)
to the Large Flower on the Hat and the Cup.

For The Sentiment I used a 'Good Luck' Clear Stamp
(Papercraft Inspirations)
with Tuxedo Black Ink.
(Memento)
I coloured each of the Leaves in using Metallic Gold Pen.
(Promarker)

On the Left Hand Side I  found some lovely Sunflowers in my Flower Box,
(stash)
which I clustered together on some Leaves.

Under them, and running up the side of the Card 
I added a Mint Green Feather
(Art Deco - Roaring 20's - Docrafts)

Finally for my finishing touch

I found some punched out Clover Leaves
(Embellishment Box)
Which I coloured in using Lush Green Pen.
(Promarker)
In the middle of each one I place a 
6mm Mint Green Dotted Rhinestone.
(stash)

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-
Crafting For All Seasons - #124 - Tic-Tac-Toe
(Flowers-Digi Stamp-Girly)
Crafty Boots - Monochrome Challenge
Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday - ATG
The Corrosive Challenge - #4 - Girls/Ladies/Women
The Crafty Addicts - #13 - ATG/Girly
Through The Craft Room Door - ATG
Tuesday Throwdown - #290 - Monochromatic

New Challenge #2 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun

So sorry,

This posting is a little late.

I had it all set up and ready to go,
but you know (as you do)
you end up saving it instead of publishing it,
and always when you are away from home
and unable to access proper Internet.
DUUHHH!!!!

Anyways this week has been a very good one,
and I have had some great News.
To start with I would like to congratulate
my Sister and Brother-in-Law
on the birth of their beautiful little Girl on the 9th.
I just can't wait to have a big hug with my new Niece Evie.

Also on the 10th
(on the other side of the Family,
my Brother and Sister-in-Law)
I get to wish my Nephew Samuel a Happy 2nd Birthday.
I just can't believe how quick the time has gone,
it still only feels like he was just born as well.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting Fun is:-

Our Sponsors this Month are:-

All Dressed Up who are offering

2 Images from their store

Ppinky Dolls who are offering

3 Images from their store

SLS Lines who are offering

3 Images from their store

Zuri Artsy Craftsy who are offering

3 Images from their store

My Project this

week is:-

Cupido Digi Stamp

from Zuri Artsy Craftsy

Closed

Open

To begin with I used a Sheet of A4 Pearlised White Card

(stash)

I then cut it out using the Box-In-A-Box Template
which I used from Papercraft Inspirations
(Issue 148)
 and then followed all the steps to make the Box.
I can't believe how easy this was to make.

To decorate the Box I used Glitter Heart Paper, 
Glitter Flower Paper and Striped Paper,
all from the Forever Love A5 Paper Pack.
(Forever Friends - Docrafts)
And for the plain card I used Dusky Rose Card
(stash)

Next I printed off the Image 

on White DC Paper

And coloured it in using my Promarker Pens.

Satin
Blush
Putty

Antique Pink

Apple

Cool Aqua
Burnt Sienna
Henna
Walnut
Cool Grey 1
Cool Grey 2
Cool Grey 3
Cool Grey 4

Metallic Gold

I then fussy cut him out and 
added Crystal Glamour Dust
(Deco Art)
to his Wings, Hair and the Arrow Heart.
I also added Glossy Accents
(Ranger)
to his Eyes.
then I attached Him to the Front of the Box.

For the Top of the Box I used my Brother Scan and Cut,
and using a piece of the Pearlise White Card I cut a
'With Love Always Heart' 
(Tattered Lace - No 1 Flowers and Foliage)
I then made a 'Posy' using 2 Medium Pale Pink Paper Roses
and 1 of each Small Mid Pink, Dark Pink and White Paper Roses.
(all from The Range)
Backed with a Medium White Leaf.
(Trimits)

Finally for my finishing touch

I went around each of the sides and added
 4mm Pale Pink Glitter Gems to each corner.
(stash)

And to the top I put one Gem in the opposite corner 
to the Flower Posy.
And on the Lid that was left plain
I added 3 in each of the corners in a triangle shape.

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-
A Gem Of A Challenge - #162 - Love Is In The Air
Crafty Cardmakers - #157 - Love Love Love
Creative Card Crew - #106 - Love
Creative Fingers - #102 - ATG
Cute Card Thursday - #412 - Sweet Valentines
Left Of Center - #117 - With Love
Pink And Main - #6 - Love
The Corrosive Challenges - #2 - Love Love Love
The Cutie Pie Challenge - #96 - All You Need Is Cutie Love
Unicorn Challenge - #6 - Lots Of Love

New Challenge #1 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun

Yes we are back,

and welcome to 2016.
After a nice long break we are finally back, with a little change.
We have become a Monthly Challenge Blog now,
so you have more time to enter your wonderful creations.

We also have some new DT members who are joining us this year,
and I would like to say a huge welcome to them,
I am looking forward to crafting with them.
Please pop by the Challenge Blog here and see all our Members
Old and New and if you have the time take a visit to them all.

As Promised here is my 2nd Post of the Day.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting Fun is:-

Our Sponsors this Month are:-

Doodle Pantry who are offering

a $10 Gift Certificate for their store

Imagine That! who are offering

a $10 Gift Certificate for their store

Polkadoodles who are offering

a $7.50 Gift Certificate for their store

Smeared Ink who are offering

 Images from their store

My Project this

week is:-

Venice Mask 5 Digi Stamp

from Smeared Ink

To begin with I used a Pre-cut 15cm Black Square Card

(stash)

I cut a 14cm Square of
Matte Gold Card
(stash)

for the next layer.

Next I printed off the Image twice

on White DC Paper

And coloured it in using my Promarker Pens.

Ivory
Lipstick Red
Red

Berry Red

Ruby

Poppy

Forest Green

Emerald

Lush Green

Burgandy
Metallic Gold

Then I cut the 1st Image out using my Something New.
Yes, for Christmas this year I got a Brother Scan and Cut
(and it is the best toy EVER!!!!)
I scanned the Coloured Image in and then cut it out.

To the Bells and the fancy 
Scroll Work on the Bottom of the Mask
I added Holographic Gold Glitter.
(Glitter Magic)

For the 2nd Image I just cut out the Face of the Mask and the Eyes,
then curled it a bit to give depth and decoupaged it up.

Next I choose a Ribbon Banner
(Pic Monkey.com)
in which I put my own Sentiment 'Masquerade Party'
which I wrote on the Computer.
(Engravers Old English BT)
with fading from Red to Black on the writing.
All Printed out on White DC Paper
Then cut it out in a 13cm Square with the
Banner in the Bottom Right Corner.

Now I tried a brand new Technique (for me)
on the Paper - Brayering.
So using my Roller and Red Ink
(it's a small Pad and I'm not to sure where I got it from)
and proceeded to get very messy building my layers up
till I was happy with the fade.

For a Festive/Party touch I added
1 strip of Green and 2 strips of Red and Gold
Wrapping Ribbons
(left over from Christmas)
which I curled and fixed together.
To add them securely to the card I used a
Red Metallic Spiral Brad
(stash)

And in the very bottom right of the Card
I added a 1cm Patterned Rhinestone.
(stash)

Finally for my finishing touch

I added Glossy Accents.
(Range)

to all the Bells, the Face of the Mask
and to the front facing parts of the Ribbon.

The Mask is a Base Shape
(The Range)
which was given a couple of layers of  White Paint.
Then when dried Red, Green and Gold Paints were used.
(all from Bob Ross Acrylic Paint Range)_
Black Promarker Pen was used to emphasis the 'Fake Crack'
down the Mask face.
The design was made by my Partner.

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-
Crafting By Designs - Jan - ATG
Crafting When We Can - #110 - Something New
Crafting With An Attitude - #11 - ATG
Crafty Calendar - Jan - Something New
Fab N Funky - #286 - Something New
Ike's World Challenge - #54 - New Beginnings (Top 3)
Inky Impressions - #281 - All Things New
Robyn's Fetish - #298 - Square Cards
The Crazy Challenge - #213 - Celebrations
Where The Heart Is - #5 - ATG

Challenge #41 at Open-Minded Crafting

This is the Last One.....

well for now as there has been a development.

Open-Minding Crafting Fun is having a break now
instead of closing down.
We are going to take the rest of the year off
and will be back in January
as a Monthly Challenge Blog.
So we shall be waiting for you all then.

So for now this is my last Card for this year.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting was:-

Kids Want To Have Fun

My Project for this

week was:-

Cook Girl Set Digi Stamp

from Lia Stampz 

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I chose a pre-cut Tri-fold Octangle White Card

(stash)

Then I cut some Red Card

(stash)

to cover each of the elongated Octangle Sections
 and also for the Top and Bottom Strips of the Card.
Next I cut out some Pink Cupcake Paper
(Alison Butler - Celebration Paper Collection 
- Crafts Beautiful)
for the Octangles.
For the Strips Top and Bottom I cut some Blue Spotted Paper
(stash)
Because the Spots were White I coloured each one in 
using my Antique Pink Promarker Pen.

Next I printed off the Images 

on White DC Paper.
1 of the Cook Girl and 
3 of the Cook Set

I coloured the Images

using my Promarker Pens.

                                               Satin                   - Skin

                                               Putty                  - Skin/Eggs

                                               Blush                  - Cheeks

                                               Sunflower          - Apron/Bowl

                                               Antique Pink     - Dress/Socks/Heart

                                               Crimson             - Dress/Socks

                                               Bright Green     - Apron/Flour Bag

                                               Pastel Blue         - Pot Water

                                               Aegean               - Apron/Bowl

                                               Sandstone          - Hair/Flour Bag/Eggs

                                               Caramel             - Hair/Spoon

                                               Chestnut            - Hair/Spoon

                                               Henna                - Hair/Spoon

                                               Walnut               - Hair/Spoon

                                               Cool Grey 1       - Hat/Pans/Whisk

                                               Cool Grey 2      - Hat/Pans

                                               Cool Grey 3      - Pans

                                               Cool Grey 4      - Pans

                                               Cool Grey 5      - Pans

I then cut out the Girl and one of the Cook Sets

in the Octangle Shape.
for the other 2 Cook sets I fussy cut them out 
to decoupage them up.

Next I wanted a cute 'Recipe' Sentiment
so I made one up, 
using the measurements from a
Cupcake Recipe, and changing the
Ingredients.
I typed it out on my Computer and
printed it in Red.
Then cut it out in an Octangle Shape.

Using the Scraps of the White DC Paper I had left over,
I Die-Cut out 4 Cupcakes
(Tea Party Dies - 1st Craft Edition)
Then to make each of the cupcakes I added 
Iridescent Yellow Glitter, 
Iridescent Mint Green Glitter, 
Iridescent Ice Blue Glitter, 
and Iridescent Pastel Pink Glitter
(all from Glitter Magic)
for the 'Paper Cups'.
Then added a 6mm Dotted Rhinestone
(stash)
in Yellow, Green, Turquoise, and Pink
for the 'Decorations'

To finish off I Handmade a Bow,
made from 5mm Turquoise Satin Ribbon.
(stash).

I also went around the edges of the Octangles
with the Images/Sentiment
with Antique Pink Promarker.
And finally I added Chameleon Flakes
(Glitter Magic)
to the Bowl of Sugar
to make it look like Sugar Granules.

I would like to enter this card in

the following Challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz - August - ATG
Crafts Galore Encore - August - ATG
Creative Ladybirds Creations - #6 - ATG
Sugar And Betty - August - ATG

New Challenge #40 at Open-Minded Crafting

Well this is some sad news,

Unfortunately the Open-Minded Crafting Fun Blog

is closing down its Challenges.

So this post is early, and is also my Penultimate post for the site.

I have had the pleasure of working with some

truly remarkable Ladies, 

and seeing their amazing creations.

Hopefully I will be able to work with them all again

someday soon.

The Theme at

Open-Minded Crafting is:-

Photo Inspiration

Our Sponsors are:-

Bugaboo Stamps who are offering

7 Images.

Fairy Ink who are offering

3 Images.

Kenny K who is offering

3 Images.

Oak Pond Creations who are offering

3 Images.

My Project for this

week is:-

Hollaback Girl Digi Stamp

from Kenny K 

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I chose a pre-cut Tri-fold White Card

(stash)

Then I cut some Pearlised Light Blue Card

(stash)

to cover the front of the Card.

for the Base I used Dark Green Card

(stash)

and I cut and extra 1.5 Wide strip so that

the front could stand up.

Next I printed off the Image 

on White DC Paper.

I coloured the Images

using my Promarker Pens.

                                               Satin                   - Skin

                                               Putty                  - Skin

                                               Blush                  - Cheeks

                                               Dusky Rose       - Lips

                                               Sunkissed Pink - Mouth

                                               Coral                   - Tongue

                                               Red                     - Nails/T-Shirt

                                               Amber                - Shoes

                                               Sunflower          - Shoes

                                               Tan                     - Hair

                                               Cinnamon          - Hair

                                               Cocoa                 - Hair

                                               Henna                - Hair

                                               Walnut               - Hair

                                               Pastel Green     - Wall

                                               Grass                 - Bracelet/Belt

                                               Holly                  - Trousers

                                               Aubergine         - T-Shirt

                                               Cool Aqua         - Wall Bricks

                                               Sky Blue           - Wall Top

                                               Azure                - Eyes/Bracelet/Wall Top

              

I then backed the Image on to a piece of stiff White Card

and cut the Image out with the Scalloped Oval Die

(X-Cut XCU503406)

I then went around the edge of the Die-Cut Image

 with my Azure Promarker Pen.

and to give it a touch of Sparkle

I went over the top of the pen with

Multi-Mix Blues Glitter

(Glitter Magic).

 to fit inside oval of the Die Cut.

 And then fussy cut out the Frame 

to fit on top of the Image,

over the Die cut Cream Card.

I went around all ot the edges 

with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

(Tim Holtz)

 Using some Scraps of Pearlised Red, Orange and Yellow Card

and some Pearlised Purple and White Paper

(all from my scrap box)

I used 2 Flower Punches

(Petal Pair, Set 3 - Tonic)

and added them to the Blue background.

Using the Holly Promarker Pen 

I scribbled on some Grass, Flower Stems and Leaves,

under the flowers.

and drew on 2 Bumblebee's using

Sunflower and Black Promarker Pens.

  

To finish off I added to the center of the Flowers 

6mm Dotted Yellow Rhinestones

(stash).

I would like to enter this card in

the following Challenges: