crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge #20

Hello!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

I don't have a Valentine card to share today!! lol!! I have a birthday card, made for Alix's birthday on the 2nd February. It is also my DT card for this weeks crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge! This month we have a fabulous GDT Sandra who has done a card & layout for you! One of the new Dt girls started this week and of course the familiar faces of Pinky, Andie & Suzette have made you some fabulous inspiration! Want to see what all the fuss is about? lol! Hop over HERE to see the girls work and the challenge details.

As you can see my blog still needs attention lol! but I am getting more organized in other areas!!

So please excuse the mess! lol!!

I drew a little robot for Alix, who he has called Roddy, I need to check that isn't the name of a robot from a kids programme before he is released lol!!

I have coloured the little robot with distress ink and added some glossy accents to his nose, belt button and antenna things?? lol!

The cogs I drew onto chipboard and covered with PP. Added a circle of felt and a washer.

The PP are Dream Street Birdie bits which are currently on sale HERE

Busy week this week lots of jobs to get done and hopefully lots of crafting! The kids are on half term too so maybe we will all go out if the weather stays dry!

Thanks for stopping by

take care

hugs

Michele

xxx

crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge #18

Hello everyone!

Time for another Crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge.

This week we are looking for projects that follow this recipe....

1.use the sketch

2. add something clear

3. use an inking technique

I could have sworn I added something clear!!! Oh dear!! I did add a number 3 embellishment after taking the photo, my head is just not with it! lol!!

I did however use distress inks to colour the image which is a Dustin Pike freebie image from his blog.

I am not sure what I was thinking when I coloured the cake yellow???? It should have been a chocolate cake really! lol! and I got a little heavy handed with the ink around the edge!

Hop over to the c4e blog HERE and take a look at the DT girls work (much better examples!!)

Apologies for the mess in my sidebar, I've been playing with blog templates! After 2 days of changing in and keeping widgets from each one I ended up with a mess so I am back to the old template for now and will have another bash soon!

Thanks for stopping by take care

Michele

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Together

Together is the layout we did at the January crafts 4 eternity crop!

and here's how!!

You will need:

K&co Verbena papers purple swirl and golden flower & ornaments. Get them HERE

bazzill cardstock white, lavender & palm. get them here Palm white lavender

glossy accents, brads, ink pads, chipboard swirl, AC Thickers, border punch, photo 13.5cm x 17.5cm. Usual tools and adhesives.

1. Measure and cut a 9"x9" piece of the purple swirls paper. Cut 2 strips of Palm CS 1.5"x9", punch a border along one long edge. (I've used Martha Stewart doily punch). Attach the strips to two opposite sides (top & bottom). Attach to the white CS slightly off centre towards the right.

2. Mat your photo on the lavender CS. Cut a strip of Palm CS to fit down the right hand edge (4cm x 13.5cm). Punch with the same border punch and attach to the LO slightly off centre to the right.

3. Take the golden flower & ornaments PP and cut out sections of the pattern. Start with a large piece for the base of the embellishment. When you have a selection of pieces arrange them on your LO until you are happy. Attach using sticky fixers.

Attach brads and additional layers as you go. The trick is to keep adding pieces until you are happy. You can also add ribbon, curled paper, wire etc.

Add glossy accent dots for extra dimension.

Add a second flower on top of another to make them 'pop'. Slightly offset it and use sticky fixers to lift it up.
pinch the tips of petals and add extra flat back gems.

Using a sponge add distress inks onto the chipboard swirl to colour it. you could finish it off with glitter or glossy accents.
4. To complete the LO add your title I have used lavender glitter chipboard AC Thickers.

This technique will work with lots of similar style papers. It will also work with chipboard elements and die cut elements.

You can download a PDF version of this project from the crafts 4 eternity craft room HERE

Thanks for stopping by take care
hugs
Michele xxx

crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge #17

Hello!

The crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge this week is

1. use the sketch

2. use your favourite colour

3. add some brackets

You can see the challenge details and DT gallery HERE

The prize this week is a cute digi stamp!!

My card was for a very good friend and old UKS teammie called Purple!! I have used a crafts 4 eternity digi called lil' witch Lexi which you can get your mitts on HERE!!

I have use Basic Grey Eerie papers and Bazzill CS. The brackets I stamped then glittered and cut out.

The card is a new shape/style I'm playing with. It's basically an A6 card with a different fold! I'm waiting for some more cardstock to try a larger version. The image was coloured with water colours and H2o's.
I am at the crafts 4 eternity crop today! This afternoon I'm teaching the girls how to colour stamped images! eek!! lol! If you are in the area and at a loose end we have a few spare seats! we are at Banwell Village Hall, Banwell, Somerset. 10am-5pm. The girls are lovely and friendly and love to see new faces. Some of our girls travel from Wiltshire, about 1 1/2 hrs away to join us!
Email me (mleppard06@aol.com) if you need any more info and want to pop in!
Thanks for stopping by have a great Sunday!
hugs
Michele
xxx

Pose for me!!

Hello!

I Thought I'd share this little layout with you! I started it at the November crop, did a bit more at the December crop and finally finished it last week!! lol!! It has to be the longest I have spent trying to complete a lo!!!

The photos are of me when I was about 2 years old. Mum said she got the camera out, lifted me onto the table and said "pose for me" LOL!! She then said that the table was glass!!!

PP & CS are from the C4E July kit available HERE The flowers are from the October Kit available HERE

I took inspiration from a class from the UKS Wicked cyber crop in November. It was MJM's class called The Lollipop Guild, which you can find HERE

I did a lot of distressing on this LO and lots of hand stitching too!

I may get round to doing some of the other fab classes from the cyber crop one day! lol! Hopefully they won't take so long to complete! lol!
Thanks for stopping by, take care!
Hugs
Michele
xxx

C4E recipe #15

Hello from snowy Weston!! Yep we got snow last week and surprisingly it is still here, with more forecast for today! Kids have been off school so it still feels like the Christmas holidays here! lol!

Today is C4E Recipe challenge day!! We have posted a new recipe on the C4E Blog for you, Hop over and check out the talented design team gallery and challenge!!

I decided to do a layout for this weeks challenge! As one of the ingredients of the recipe is to include a dog or dogs it had to be about my little Charlie. I have 2 dogs, Sapphire a lovely black Labrador and Charlie a noisy Papillon. It's been quite hard to get a decent photo of Sapphire, bless her she keeps moving!! lol!

The C4E store re-opens tomorrow and we will be starting our sale soon!!

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe and warm!

hugs

Michele

xxx