Tag-along with us

It's time for a midway post over at

TAG-ALONG (and ATC's)

where the theme is red and green/anything goes.

And remember you can now enter with a tag,

an ATC or a bookmark!!

For my tag I started with a white background,

punched for the tag shape using my trio punch.

I then played around with my green and red inks,

spritzing with water and allowing it to

get it's groove on lol.

When dry, I dipped the lid of my wink of stella pen

into white ink and added the circles to the bottom

of the tag.

I then flicked some gold and white ink over the

whole tag. I die cut the snowflake (Tutti Designs)

and added to the centre and decorated with

a large red pearl.

I stamped the sentiment (SU) and added  to

the tag and then went in with some red

enamel effects for more texture.

I inked around the edge of the tag in green

and finished with some red and green ribbon

through the eyelet.

I would like to enter my tag into

Dragonfly Dreams - tags

The Sisterhood - anything Christmas

HQFSCAT - shaped card or tag

Girlz Rebel Challenge - anything goes

Girlz & the art of letters - P for pearl

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For my ATC I started with a white background

to which I added red and green ink and spritzed

with water and allowed to dry.

I then went in with a stencil (SU) and added

some Tim Holtz crystal paste.

I then used a stamp/die set called  Dashing Deer

and die cut the reindeer in kraft card.

I stamped the little flower over the top of

him and added a tiny dot of enamel effects in red.

I added him to my ATC

and then drew around him in black to make him pop.

I finished with a sticker sentiment.

I hope you get time to join us as we have a lovely

prize up for grabs!!

I would like to enter this into

Creative Artiste - Christmas mixed media

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

ATC Around the World - Christmas time

Girlz creative Christmas - anything goes Christmas

Add some texture!

It's time for a new theme over at

TAG-ALONG (and ATC's)

and this time it was my turn to challenge the ladies

and I want to see texture on their projects.

For my tag I used papers from Basicgrey in green

for my base. I used my trio punch for the shape.

I then cut a piece of designer paper from the same set

and ran it through an embossing folder to added

texture. I then added some white ink to the embossing

to make it stand out more.

This was attached to my base and I ran

it through my sewing machine.

Next I stamped and die cut the leaf using

some gold sparkle embossing powder and die.

You can just about see it in the photo.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment in

gold powder onto a piece of torn vellum.

The stamp set is called Gather Together (SU).

I added some eyelets to either side and laced

some hairy string through it to hold in place.

I finished with some gems in green

and some fibres at the top.

Still not satisfied, I flicked some white ink

over the whole tag. 

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - no cards

Creative Artiste - anything mixed media

(embossing folder, wet embossing, white ink, sewing machine, vellum, string,

fibres, metallic rub ons, eyelets)

Simon Monday challenge - add texture

Cut it Up - thankful, grateful, blessed + die cut

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Next up is my ATC.

I used a piece of linen card for the base

and ran some luster rub-ons across it in brown.

I tore a scrap of paper, same as above, to fit

over the top of the base.

I wrapped it with the same hairy string

and then stuck to my base.

I then die cut some leaves in vellum

using the Gather Together bundle (SU),

and again ran my finger over them with the rub-ons

to add some colour and show up the embossing.

These were stuck to opposite corners.

I punched some script into a circle

and again added the rub-ons.

You can imagine how messy my finger is now lol.

I layered up the sentiment from Hunkydory and

stuck in place.

I would like to enter my ATC into

Sparkles Monthly - Autumn leaves/pumpkins

Allsorts - Autumn colours

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

I hope you get time to join us this month as we

do have a lovely prize up for grabs!

Autumn vibes

Our theme for October over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

has been chosen by Brenda and she went with

AUTUMN.

For my tag I used some orange card for my base

which I punched using my tag topper punch (SU).

I then cut a piece of yellow card which

I ran through with a floral embossing folder.

I then ran my finger over with some lustre rub-ons.

Next I stamped some leaves using

Gather Together (SU) stamp set and cut them out.

I used my markers to add green, yellow

and orange colour to them and then cut as above

to fit my tag.

I finished with a sentiment (Hunkydory)

and some wool at the top.

I would like to enter this into

Festive Friday - anything with theme - colours of the season

Creative Inspirations - autumn or something spooky

Passion for Markers - autumn colours

Pearly Sparkles - pumpkins and/or autumn leaves

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For my ATC I used the same stamp set,

Gather Together (SU).

I inked up my ATC with yellow and purple

inks then stamped the large leave

coming off the edges.

I coloured them with markers in the same

ink colours then added some gold ink to

highlight them. I stamped some grey dots

from the same set between the leaves

then flicked some gold ink over it all.

I finished with a quote from Hunkydory

and inked around the edges.

I would like to enter my ATC into

Classic Design  Challenge - anything option trees and/or leaves

Crafty Catz - colours of autumn/fall

Papercraft Challenge - amazing autumn

Make my Monday - autumnal festival/ autumnal fall

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Halloween/fall

Remember we have a great prize up for grabs

so come and join us.

You don't have to follow the theme and you

can enter up to four times.

Things with wings

I sharing another tag and ATC for our midway challenge over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

where the option theme is things with wings.

For my tag base I started by covering it

in cosmic shimmer in candy pink.

I then used a stencil and some gesso

to add texture here and there.

When it was dry I stamped some text using

a stamp set called Gorgeously Made (SU).

Then I stamped some flowers from a set

called Flourishing Phrases and cut them out.

I inked up the background in various colours

of distress ink then spritzed with water and

removed some again.

The flowers were cut to fit the tag

and some pearls added to the centres.

Next came the dragonfly which was stamped, punched,

coloured and layered up.

The set is from SU called Dragonfly Garden.

I added some sentiments from an old Hunkydory book

and some sequins here and there.

It was finished with a piece of seam binding

which I coloured to match.

I definitely embraced the journey here lol

but totally enjoyed getting messy.

I would like to enter my tag into

Creative Artiste - anything mixed media

Creative Friday - stencil

Moving Along with the Times - butterfly or dragonfly

Aud Sentiments - tag and/or thank you + sentiment

Make My Monday - stencil

HQFSCAT - shaped card or tag

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For my ATC I used some scrap paper cut to the size.

I stamped tree branch, leaves and music notes

directly onto my base. Then I stamped and punched

the bird, layering it up, and added to my branch.

The stamp set used is called Sweet Songbirds (SU).

The wording was cut from a free craft paper set from

years ago, which I coloured to match the bird.

I finally ran the ATC through my sewing machine

for the stitching.

I would like to enter my ATC into

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Cardz for Galz - stitching real or faux

The Outlawz - no cards

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Remember we have a great prize up for grabs

so come along and join us!

We're off!!

Our challenge is now live over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

where the theme for May is anything goes!

You can make a tag, an ATC or an ATC coin or all three!

Be sure to hit the follow button and

join us monthly.

For my tag I use flower dies from Tonic Studios,

a leaf punch from SU and the stamp set is

called Hope You Know (SU).

I used inks for my background,

layered up a lacy corner then arranged

my flowers and leaves to suit.

I finished with the sentiment and some pearls

and a ribbon at the top.

I would like to enter my tag into

Craft Rocket - flowers

Cardz for Galz - flowers

Pammies Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We Love 2 Create - anything goes

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For my ATC I made an inky background and

splashed some water on top, then I

stamped in black using stamp sets from

Molly Blooms and SU.

The sentiment was cut from a pack from

Hunkydory. I finished by inking around

the edges in black ink.

I hope you will join us with your Tags and ATC's

 and one lucky winner will receive this super Tonic Tag die set

from the lovely people at CraftStash who we are sadly closing their doors very soon.

But it does mean they have a huge sale going on

with some super bargains so well worth popping over to take a look.

I would like to enter this into

ATC Around the world - anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - ATG + option flowers

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Anything is possible!

We have another week of anything goes over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I made two tags in different sizes.

These were made to go in one of my folios.

The backgrounds were cut from some grid paper from a pack 

from K & Company.

I inked up the background in gorgeous grape then stamped

some text from Gorgeously Made stamps.

I then added bits of stickers and topped them with

wording from a Hunkydory pack called Just My Type.

I then melted some ribbon with my heat gun

and stapled to the top of each tag.

Come and join us this week and be in for a chance

to get a coveted badge for your blog!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + optional mood board

Path of Positivity - anything positive option family/friends

Crafty Catz - anything goes option add ribbon/twine

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Oh winter is upon us lol.

Frosty cold out there this morning and very cold over night

but I am thankful for cool nights so I can sleep!!

We had another family funeral on Sunday, that's

four inside two months!

This time of the year is so hard for everyone.

Pretty Folio and pen

I have made another folio to use up my 12 x 12 stash.

This one used papers from K & Company and My Mind's Eye

along with some Soft Sea Foam card.

I saw a folio made by May May on YouTube which sparked

an idea and this is what I ended up with.

The front is magnetised and I added a matching pen.

Inside there are note cards and a jotter

decorated with stickers, machine stitched and some stamping.

Flip another page and you get some pockets holding

another little note book and some pretty tags.

It is full of nice friendship and inspirational quotes.

You can watch a walk through here

Stamp sets used

Flowers of Friendship and Silhouette Scenes (SU)

Feel Alive AALL & Create

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore encore - anything goes

Triple B - birds, blooms and butterflies + option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Path of Positivity - anything positive option family/friends

Page turner!

It's my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I want to see you include books or book pages this fortnight.

For my tag I have used a very old dictionary belonging to my late Mum.

I decided to use it rather than hold on to something

I know my kids will throw out when I'm gone lol.

I cut the tag shape out then stamped the flower from 

Penny Black - sunbursts.

I didn't use ink but did use some watercolour markers to

add colour to the stamp, then filled the image in where I wanted

extra colour.

The butterflies have been punched and layered up using the

double butterfly punch from SU.

It has been layered onto some garden green card (SU)

and finished with some ribbon and a sentiment strip

from Hunkydory.

I would like to enter this into

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

The Paper Funday - anything goes option thinking of you

Double Trouble - thing 1 punch it out

Crafting Happiness - not a card