Catching Up With January

I have only had time to post my entries to the Craft Barn challenge over the past year so it's time to do a bit of catching up with my other makes. I don't intend trawling back through the things I made last year but to start at January 2014. I like to use my blog to record for my own reference what supplies I've used to create a project. Although in the case of these three cards the information is not complete as I've had to rely on memory because the notes I made at the time of making have disappeared..

My first card was for our train-crazy youngest grandson's fifth birthday. To make the background clouds I made a stencil from a piece of card, and then dusted Distress Ink with a brush around the edge. The picture of Thomas was found on the web. I cut an additional face which I adhered with foam pads for a 3d effect. 

Card Recipe
Card
White card
Inks
Distress Ink
Archival Jet Black
Stamp
Sentiment - Crafter's Companion Popcorn the Bear set. (PST-SML) 
Other
Thomas image - downloaded from http://www.dltk-kids.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/images/cposterthomas.jpg

The second January card was made for my brother and sister-in-law for their wedding anniversary. The embossed background card was attached to the base card with foam pads and the heart was left free to swing.

Card Recipe
Card
White card
Ink
Versafine Satin Red
stamp
Freebie with Craft stamper
Other
Red Satin ribbon
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Finally a first birthday card for our great niece. The number template came from Sara Sandberg's Cardmaking Paradise site.

Card Recipe

Card/Paper

White card

Paper - free download from Crafter's Companion

Pink Card

Ink

Distress Ink

Other

Letters - Prova Craft "Hippie Chick" die

Bear - Spellbinders die

Flowers - Carl punch

Flat back pearls

Week 6 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

Goodness! The week 5 Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge Wall of Fame last week was a very surprising accolade. There wont be any prizes for this weeks endeavours - what was in my head just would not translate onto my postcards. The sentence "it's all about the process not the product" from my pre-retiremnet days working in a pre-school come very much to mind. 

The given words for week 6 of the challenge were" flower" and "travel". As  in previous weeks I have made two postcards - one lyric and one quote  You are allowed to use plurals so for my lyric I transported myself back to 1967, the very start of my twenties and Scott Mckenzie's "San Francisco" (be sure to wear some flowers in your hair). I wasn't sure whether this image, which I stamped with purple ink, really suited the background and flowers but then I had one of those light bulb moments as I tackled the pile of ironing - purple haze! I'm sure there was plenty of that around San Francisco in the sixties. 

My photo doesn't show the full brightness of the piece.

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Designs High White 300gsm card
Background paper downloaded from the web
Colortech+
Fluorescent paper
Inks
Versafine Imperial Purple
Distress Ink - Dusty Concord, Ripe Persimmon
Dies
Letters - Prova Craft Hippie Chick
Flowers - Prova Craft
Other
Words computer generated - Victor Moscoso font

I found it quite hard to find a quote that I liked or even really understood for travel. The colours of my travel quote postcard are in complete contrast to my lyric card although my scan has muted the colours somewhat. 

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Designs 300gsm super smooth printer card
Colortech+
Travel Book Pages
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco paints - London Bus, Inky Pool, Pumpkin Soup, Nougat
Archival Jet Black
Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Black Soot, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge
Brilliance Pearlescent Jade
Stamps
City names - Tim Holtz - Papillion set CMS 106
Paper Artsy Small splatsMN72, Script MN44, Pen Nib MN07
Postcard stamp - Crafty Individuals
Other
Mask - Crafter's Workshop Mini Harlequin

Week 5 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

Firstly, thank you to everyone who visited my blog and left comments on my Week 4 Craft Barn challenge entry. I'm pleased to say that I finally got round to look at some of the other entries. Things are looking up!

I had no problem finding a lyric and a quote for this week's words - road and/or art.

For my lyric I was transported back to my teenage years in the 60's and to a song that a local group often played at our youth club. It was written and recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 but I remember The Nashville Teens version. It was semi-autobiographical, the composer grew up in Durham, North Carolina a tobacco growing area. Hence the map on my postcard.

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer card
Xerox Colortech+
90gsm copier paper
Inks
Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain
Memento Tuxedo Black
Archival - Coffee
Copic markers
Stamps
Boy - Crafty Individuals CI-277
Leaves - Crafty Individuals CI-234
Other
Map from the web
Word computer generated - Tropical script BTN font
Plaque computer generated - Century Gothic font
Mask - Crafters Workshop Mini Microbial
Peel off dots coloured black with Sharpie pen

I bought one of the new sets of Lin Brown's flower quotes recently and this seemed a good time to take off the packaging and get inking. My postcard is more vibrant than the scan shows. The flowers and sun were stamped onto tissue paper, coloured with Copics before gluing to my Fresco painted background.

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer card
PaperArtsy Crackly Tissue Paper
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Bora Bora, Orchid, Haystack
Picked Raspberry Distress Ink
Brilliance Pearlescent Moonlight White
Memento Tuxedo Black
Archival Ink - Jet Black, Watering Can
Copics/Promarkers
Stamps
PaperArtsy - Lin Brown's Quotes ELB05
Kaisercraft - Texture Diamonds
Flowers - CI-206
Sun - freebie with Craft Stamper 
Masks/Stencils
That Special Touch - Large Polka
Sequin waste

 

Week 4 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

It's week 4 already on the Craft Barn challenge. Is it only me that finds each year seems to disappear faster than the previous one?

This week's words to conquer are marriage and/or age. I have set myself an extra challenge throughout the duration of this challenge by making two postcards each week - one for a lyric and one for a quote. For my current lyric I have chosen Nina Simone's "Marriage is for old folks", a song that I wasn't familiar with until now.

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
90gsm copier paper
Inks
Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot
Archival Jet Black
Stamps
Cats - Inkadinkado 6709-N
Moon - Seascapes
Other
That Special Touch Mask - Stone Wall
Words computer generated

For "age" I have used, in this centenary year, words from "For The Fallen" penned by Laurence Binyon in 1914 and a poem we are all familiar with as it is spoken at Remembrance Day services each year.

Postcard Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
90gsm copier paper
Inks
Dylusion Inks - Cut Grass, Melted Chocolate
Distress Inks- Old Paper, Black Soot
Archival Watering Can
Copic & Promarkers
Stamps
Chicken Wire - Creative Expressions
Script - PaperArtsy MN44
Other
Prim Poppy Memory Box die 98310
Photo corner die - Spellbinders
Viva Gold
Words computer generated  - Papyrus font

 

Week 3 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The given words in this week's Craft Barn challenge are "strong" and "miss".

I made a lovely background to start with for my "strong" quotation only to mess it up when stamping the tree image. My next effort joined it in the bin. I then went about it in a different way only to finish up with a very plain background but I liked the rather brooding atmosphere which seemed to suit the quote and the man to whom it's attributed.

It wasn't until I came to post my entry that I realised my quotation had also been chosen by Gio for her Design Team example. Oh well, great minds and all that jazz. 

Card Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
Xerox Colortech+ 
Inks
Distress Ink - Old Paper, Black Soot
Archival Jet Black
Stamp
Crafty Individuals CI-209
Other
Computer generated words - Typewriter font
Zig black pen

I'm not too keen on my postcard for the word "miss" but the clock has beaten me this week and there's no time to redo either of the challenges.

I used Distress Ink for the base card, bordering it with the top half of a heart stamp (freebie from Craft Stamper mag.) to compliment the heart at the centre.

Card Recipe
Anna Marie Design 300gsm Printer Card
Xerox Colortech+
Inks
Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick
Versafine - Satin Red
Stamps
Stamp Addicts - Etched Hearts SA-7036
Heart - Freebie Craft Stamper October 2013
Love - maker unknown
Script - PaperArtsy MN44
Other
Spellbinders frame
Picture - Crafty Individuals
Computer generated words - Papyrus font
Gold Pen-touch Calligrapher pen

Week 2 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

The words for week 2 of the Craft Barn Quotes and Lyrics challenge are "silence" and "dazzle". My first thought for a song was "Silence is Golden" but then could only find one quote for dazzle, so I then looked for a song containing that word and discovered "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds. Finding a quote for silence was a much easier task.

For this year's challenge I am making postcards and am already finding that a challenge in itself having to keep things 2 dimensional.

For my song lyric postcard I used Lumière Pearl Blue for the night sky. I stamped a circle of white card with Versamark and then poured on Sticky Stuff embossing powder which for some reason left a bobbly surface when heated. Not what I had intended but I rather like the texture. I then applied a silver Tonertex foil with a 'spilt petrol' effect to the sticky stuff. Sadly, my scan hasn't picked up the sheen of the Lumière paint or the dazzle of the moon. 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Silver paper from Craft Creations

Inks/Paints

Lumière Paint - Pearl Blue

Distress Ink - Stormy Sky

Versamark

Other

Judikins - Sticky Stuff embossing powder 

Tonertex foil

Words computer generated - Annie BTN font

For the background of my quote postcard I applied Fresco Paints and then stamped the diamond pattern in Archival ink before applying a coat of pearl paint.The music came from a childhood recorder book of mine that I found when clearing my mother's house. Not sure why she still had it, she couldn't play the instrument!

I inked and then dripped some water on the music score for an aged look and at last I found a use for the treble clef die I bought some time ago for a bargain price.

 

 

Postcard Recipe

Card/Paper

Xerox Colortech+

90gsm copier paper

Music manuscript

Black card

Inks/Paints

PaperArtsy Fresco paints - Bora Bora, Inky Pool, Ice Blue

Adirondack acrylic paint dabber - Pearl

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Stamps

Kaisercraft - Texture Diamonds  C5152

Other

Marianne Creatables Die - Treble clef LR0167

Words computer generated - Asenine Wide font

Week 1 - The Craft Barn Quotes & Lyrics Challenge

A new year, a new challenge over on the Craft Barn blog. This year it's Quotes and Lyrics and all the details are here.

As I made a series of atc's for last years Alpha challenge I thought I would go for a larger format this year and will be making postcards (6"x4"). Although I will display these in a book I will make them as though they would be posted so I will need to bear in mind that they need to be flat as if I were to pop them in the postbox.

The choice of words to be used in the first week are "smile" and "up". I decided that using both words in just one quote or a lyric would be a too hard task but I wanted to use either all quotes or all lyrics in my year's makes. I dithered which subject to go for and in the end decided to make two postcards - one for each category. If I carry on this way I just hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew!

The lyric for "up" popped into my head immediately. Not necessarily my most favourite song in the world but I still went with it.

Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Design 300gsm  Printer Card
Computer paper 90gsm
Inks
Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Barn Door
Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps
Cat - Katzelkraft Mini 03
Birds - Crafty Individuals CI-234
Other
Mask - That Special Touch - Stone Wall
Words computer generated - Typewriter font

The background for my quote is the wrinkle free distress ink technique. I had the "smile" stamp in my collection, uninked, so it's the perfect time to use it.  The colours are much brighter than the scan is showing.

Postcard Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Design 300gsm  Printer Card
Computer paper 90gsmInks/ Paint
Distress inks - Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Mermaid
Ranger Jet Black Archival
Stamp
Smile - maker not known
Other
Mask - Crafter's Workshop - Mini Cornflowers
Words computer generated  - Papyrus font

The Final Letters - The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

I find it hard to believe that I've managed to keep  up with the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge to the very end. Little did I know when I started the challenge what the year had in store for me and that 2013 would become my annus horribilis. However taking part in this challenge a couple of hours every two weeks took my mind off life's events.

The final two letters in the challenge are X and I. There is not a lot to choose from for the letter X and I have my husband to thank for coming up with the word xenogamy - a word I'd never heard before and probably one that I'm unlikely to slip into every day conversation! The flowers on my atc were stamped onto tissue paper, coloured on the reverse before sticking to my Fresco painted grey board. The little bee that was a freebie with an order from Crafty Individuals was yet another unused stamp in my collection. :-)

  
ATC Recipe
Card/Paper
Craft Creations greyboard
Tissue paper
Colortech+
Safmat
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco paints - Haystack, Guacamole, London Bus, Satin Glaze
Memento Tuxedo Black
Ranger Archival Jet Black
Wild Honey Distress Ink
Stamps
Flowers -Crafty Individuals CI-206
Bee - Crafty Individuals
Honeycomb/Chickenwire - Creative Expressions
Other
Yellow glitter
Definition text computer generated

For my very last atc of the year I chose the word "Inspire" and a made a little homage to The Craft Barn in recognition of the inspiration they have given me over the years not only with their blog but also the fabulous Extravaganza weekends.  I once again used a previously uninked stamp from my collection - the word inspire is part of  a Crafty Individuals stamp and I masked off the words I didn't need before stamping it.

    
ATC Recipe
Card/Paper
Corrugated packaging
Colortech+
Recycled envelopes (flowers)
Inks/Paints 
Paperartsy Fresco paints - Bora Bora, Ice Blue
Versamark
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Personal Impressions Gold Sparkle EP
Inka Gold
Other
Craft Barn logo and dictionary definition computer generated
Provo Craft flower die
Flat backed pearl

Finally thank you to the Craft Barn for running this brilliant challenge and to everyone who has visited my blog and left comments, they are much appreciated. I'm excited to see what next year's challenge will be.

 

Week 24 - The Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

We are nearing the end of the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge and I'm amazed that I have kept up. Sadly I've had little time to look at other entries but I thank those who have left messages for me. They are much appreciated. This week's letter is S and I have chosen the word serene. This is not a word I'm particularly au fait with, especially as we fast approach Christmas!

My background was painted with Fresco paints and stamped  with a swirly stamp I had bought in a sale at Stamp Addicts shop several years ago but never used it. So my quest to use an unused stamp from my collection on my weekly challenge continues.The lace flower, with hindsight is a bit too big, perhaps I should have folded the piece of lace in half when I stitched it.

 ATC Recipe 
Card/Paper
Craft Creations Greyboard
Colortech+ 
Paints/Inks
PaperArtsy Fresco Paints - Very Berry, Orchid, Snowflake
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Memento Tuxedo Black
Archival Coffee 
Pen-touch Calligrapher Gold
Sakura Gelly Roll pen 
Stamps
Background swirl - Judikins C351
Lady - the Artistic Stamper 
Other
Lace
Heart gem
Dictionary definition computer generated - Typewriter font

Week 23 - The Craft Barn Challenge

Where do the weeks fly away too? Here we are at week 23 already with the letter Q.

Way back in June I bought  a set of feather stamps at the Craft Barn Extravaganza and just haven't had time to use them. What better time to start than this this week for my chosen word "Quill". The background Kaisercraft diamond stamp only dropped through my letter box on the morning that I made my atc. I've been trying to use a virgin stamp from my collection each week on my Alpha trading card. Technically this time I used two but maybe using a stamp that just arrived doesn't really count as part of a "collection".

A very simple atc this week -

 
 ATC Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs super smooth, super white, printer card
Inks /Paints/EP
Distress Ink - Iced Spruce
Versamark
Wow Super Fine Opaque Bright White embossing powder 
PaperArtsy Fresco paints - Satin Glaze, Inky Pool, Mud Splat
Stamps
Feather - Artemio ref. 100001192
Texture Diamonds - Kaisercraft C5152
Other
Bottle top
Definition - computer generated
Crystal glitter coloured with alcohol ink.

Week 22 - The Craft Barn Challenge

Skidding in by the seat of my pants again and I have no idea why, as I knew what stamp I would use as soon as this week's letter was published - the letter N. I bought this stamp at least three years ago. One of those impulse buys on Ebay and then didn't know what to do with her! So at long last she has been exposed!

 ATC Recipe 
Card
Colortech+ 
Inks
Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge 
Stamp
Nude -The Artistic Stamper
Script - PaperArtsy 
Other
Leaves - Bird on the Branch die by Marianne
Definition computer generated - Typewriter font
Pen - touch Calligrapher gold pen

Week 21 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Don't panic, you haven't lost any days in the week. It is only Thursday! I must finally be catching up on life!  When I've finished this post I'm at last going to start looking at other entries in this challenge.

This week's letter is L but there is a twist - there has to be a window somewhere on the artwork. I chose "landscape" as I had a virgin stamp that would fit the bill and of course I had to make my atc in landscape format.

ATC Recipe

Card

Anna Marie Designs super smooth, super white, printer card

Watercolour card

Inks

Memento - Tuxedo Black

Distress Inks - Broken China, Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss 

Stamp

From a Stamp Addicts landscape plate

Other

Crafters Workshop template -  Mini Wood grain

Dictionary definition computer generated - Typewriter font

Week 20 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

My mojo has disappeared this week and my ATC for the letter J is rather boring, I think. Even worse than that I haven't used a virgin stamp from my collection! I promise to try much harder in week 21. I still haven't had a chance to look at many of the other entries in this challenge but at last I seem to be exiting the tunnel that life has thrown at me this year and I should be able to have a little time over the next few weeks to have a look at more participating blogs.

So without further ado, otherwise I will miss the midnight deadline, here's my ATC for week 20.

ATC Recipe
Card/Paper
Xerox Colortech+
Copier paper
Inks
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Walnut Satin
Versafine Satin Red
Stamps
Darkroom Door Word Block Stamp - Christmas
Crafty Individuals Snowflake
Other
Image from web
Snowflake brad
Diamond Stickles
Definition - computer generated - Typewriter font

Week 19 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Just skidding into this weeks Alpha Challenge by the seat of my pants with my entry for the letter G. Not just one previously uninked stamp from my collection on this atc but two! The background is wrinkle-free distress technique and the gear had all sorts put on it before I reached the stage I was happy with. Basically it's some Distress embossing powder to give it a slightly rough feel painted over with  black acrylic ink before applying a couple of coats of Metallic Glaze.

 ATC Recipe
Paper/Card
Anna Marie Designs super smooth, super white, printer card
Ink/Paint
Distress Ink - Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot
Black acrylic paint
PaperArtsy Metallic Glaze
ranger Archival -  Jet Black
Stamps
Gear - Papermania - PMA 907142 $ X 4 Urban Stamp Chronology (Cogs)
Finger - Deep Red Clingstamps Point the way SKU3X404408
Other
Die cut gear
Tim Holtz Distress Powder - Peeled Paint
Definition - computer generated with Typewriter font

Week 18 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Well it had to come sometime and that time has arrived - the letter Z. In actual fact it didn't prove difficult at all and I managed to use another uninked stamp from my collection. The stamps are from the Hero Arts Ribbons collection that I've had for years. I have used the zigzag stitches stamp lots of times but the others have been never seen the light of day - so it was good to liberate one of them. I bought the Tim Holtz ATC and Photo Corners die last week as it was reduced - I really could have done with it at the beginning of the year when this challenge started. When I cut my card for my atc and the corners fell onto my desk I realised I could add a bit of dimension to my atc by lining them up in a zigzag.

 
ATC Recipe
Card/Paper
Anna Marie Designs super smooth, super white, printer card
Inks
Distress Inks - Dried marigold, Spiced marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Salty Ocean
Stamps
Hero Arts F3342 Stitched Ribbon
Hero Arts F3351 Rickrack Ribbon
Others
Tim Holtz ATC & Corners Die
Sentiment - computer generated - Century Gothic font

Week 17 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Nothing sprang immediately to mind when I read that this week's letter on the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge was the letter O. So out came the dictionary and I hadn't run my finger far down the word list when "oak" leapt from the page. For me, the magnificent oak tree epitomes the English countryside. So oak it is.

I was lucky enough to attend a Lin Brown workshop a couple of weeks (a fabulous day out), so I used a technique learnt there for my background. I should have used a darker colour for my stamping - there are leaves there, honestly but they've rather disappeared below my wash of Fresco paint - and it was virgin stamp. If you haven't read my previous entries for this challenge you won't know I have been trying to use a previously uninked stamp each week. The metal foil leaf is stuck down flat on the canvas backing but I curved the acorn to give it a 3d look.

   

ATC Recipe
Card/Paper
White card
Canvas Paper
Safmat
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Nougat, Smoked Paprika, Limelight
Black acrylic paint
Archival Jet Black ink
Stamps/Dies
Leaf - PaperArtsy Eclectica by Lin Brown ELB01
Letters - Studio g Alphabet Stamp Set, Series4
Leaf - Tim Holt Tattered Leaves die
Acorn - Sizzlits die
Other
Spellbinders metal foil 
Dictionary definition - computer generated - Aria Script SSi

Week 16 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

First, thank you to everyone who left comments on my previous entry to the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge, they are very much appreciated. I am hoping to be able to return your visits before the challenge is over.

This time around the letter D is the order of the week. I was able to get my personal challenge back on track this week and use a virgin stamp. I have used other stamps from this Sioux Jenneys designed set from the Artistic Stamper - this one had remained uninked. I used PaperArtsy Fresco paints for the background with a little stencilling over the top. After stamping the script I embossed with Sticky Stuff Embossing Powder and applied foil. The tutu is some thin self adhesive metal foil stuck to some card with a piece of sequin waste sandwiched between the two, then de-bossed with a paper stump and alcohol ink applied.

ATC Recipe
Card
Anna Marie super smooth, super white, printer card
Stamps/Stencil
Dance plate by Sioux Jenneys from the Artistic Stamper
PaperArtsy script MN11
Mini harlequin stencil by The Crafters Workshop
Ink/Paint
PaperArtsy Fresco paints
Versamark
Judikins Sticky Stuff embossing powder
Brilliance Pearlescent Crimson
Alcohol inks - Jacquard Pinata colour - Chile Pepper & Lime Green
Other
Metal gold foil
Silver self adhesive foil
Sequin waste
Dance charm
Definition - computer generated

Week 15 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

T is the prescribed letter on the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge this week. I haven't used any virgin  stamps today but instead I've used a new stencil along with Grunge Paste for the very first time. So that dictated that my T-word would be "texture".
I liked the atc better before I added the beads! It had been my intention to put crackle glaze on that corner but in my excitement to play with my new toys it went straight out of my head and it was too late! I then needed to find some more texture, so beads it had to be!

ATC Recipe
Card
Greyboard
Xerox Colortech+ card
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish - Nougat, Guacamole, Mermaid, Inky Pool, Claret
Metallic ink -  Pen Touch Calligrapher Gold
Stamp
PaperArtsy - Mini Script MN75Metallic ink -
Other
PaperArtsy Grunge Paste
Stencil - The Crafters Workshop Mini Cornflowers
Lace
Judikins glass beads - Metallic Rose
Computer generated text - Typewriter font

Week 14 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

This week's letter is Y. Not a great number of words to choose from and to make the challenge more difficult we have to use the colour yellow on our project. Yellow isn't a colour that I readily reach for in my life - I don't wear it, paint it on my house walls or use it very much in my craft room, although I did use it on last week's Alpha Challenge - I obviously peaked too soon! The flower stamp was from a freebie set with a magazine and had never been inked, so my mission continues using virgin stamps wherever possible on my set of  atcs.

ATC Recipe
Card
Anna Marie Designs super smooth, super white printer card
Xerox Colortech+
Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Ciao Y06
Other
Knitting wool
Cocktail Sticks
Beads
Words computer generated  - Century Gothic font

Week13 - Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Goodness, where has the time gone - Week 13 already and now my atc is done and dusted I've got half way through the challenge. With so much else going on in my life I could quite easily have fallen by the wayside but actually it's helped me keep just a teensy bit of sanity!

So this week brings us the letter B and a chance to crack open the Lin Brown stamps I bought at the Craft Barn Extravaganza. Using Fresco Finish Paint I started by painting a piece of canvas paper with Cheesecake and then using a brickwork stencil sponged it over with Pumpkin Soup - what great names! I stamped the leaves, flower and word with Distress Inks and then used  lighter colour inks in the range to paint the white spaces.

ATC Recipe
Paper/Card
Canvas paper
Xerox Colortech+
Copier paper
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Cheesecake, Pumpkin Soup
Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters
Other
Stencil -That Special Touch Stone Wall
Definition - computer generated, "Typewriter" font