Emergency Crafters 999 Challenge DT Piece - Shabby Chic Plaque

For this month's challenge I decided to go non card and did a hanging plaque made of papier mache.

I coated it with a spare dollop of a colour mix OH had from doing a base for his models.  I then used PaperArtsy crackle glaze followed by Sage Fresco Finish and left it to do it's stuff whilst deciding on stamps.
I used the trellis work from JoFYo10 in Olive Versa (the pearly dew drop shaped inks).  Added some Burlap and crocheted lace, a few flowers and stamped the sentiment from HPX04 onto a Kraft Card Tag cut with Quick Cutz nesting tags die.  I used Black Versafine for this with frayed burlap DI around the edge.

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Polkadot

For this month's challenge I have used a Polkadot C5 card blank from Kan Ban.  I used a strip of matching ribbon from Dovecraft and a Topper and Sentiment from Hunky Dory.

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Flowers (or as Nancy Watt would say Flahhhhhrs)

For this card I simply went with Vintage Lace Collection From Hunky Dory and added to it by using my Grand Scalloped Oval Spellbinders and a Darice Embossing folder call Regal Flourish on a co-ordinating card colour.

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Emergency Crafters 999 DT Piece - Pink/Red

This wasn't going to be the card I was using for this DT piece, but my original one went off on such a tangent, it no longer met the theme!

I used a 6X6 Card Blank and Free Backing Paper and Image from Making Cards Magazine, I added some red Bazzill card that I edged with a Martha Stewart Punch, I cut the swirls from black cardstock with Crafts Too dies and added the roses.

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Emergency Crafter's DT piece - Cold (Blue/Snowflakes)

For this piece I was challenged by @Darcy_UK_ on twitter as I had been sat in the craft room shuffling bits around and entirely MOJO less.  She set the challenge of a Tag, 3 shades of one colour plus black, must have something recycled, circles, wings and lace.

Well not being one to shy away from a challenge I set about making the below and used the following items, #5 tag and eclectic 6 (wings) both from Paper Artsy, Cosmic Shimmer Arctic Lake Embossing powder, Couture Creations Circles Embossing folder, Salty Ocean Distress stain Tonic Tag Die Centre - mannequin, some lace from stash and a recycled Christmas Tag.

I am also entering this into

Country View Crafts - Monochromatic

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Wings

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Anything as long asit's not Xmas

I fancied doing a cute card for a change (not usual for me these days) I started by stamping the Crafters Companion image in memento tuxedo black, coloured it with promarkers, glittered the sparkly spangles on the shoe and used Spellbinders to create the matts and layers.

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Steampunk Tag

This month I decided to do a tag, I used a size 7 from Paper Artsy  I also used their Fresco Finish paints to create the base colour, Little Black Dress, Stone and Toffee.  I stamped Punky Flowers from Graphicus/Chocolate Baroque in Vintage Sepia Versafine and then layered the die cut mannequin using Spider web for added interest under the hat and over the skirt.  I added charms to the tape measure ribbon.

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Summer Holidays - Emergency Crafters DT piece

For this piece I used a Do Crafts Stamp of Beach Huts.  I stamped the image in Stazon and used vintage photo distress ink to age the image.  The background was created using distress inks.

ABC35 - Anything goes
Incy wincy design - summer lovin
Melon headz - summer
Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Summer
Robyn's Fetish - At the beach
The Corrosive challenge - summertime

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece

This month on Emergency Crafters we are celebrating the Queen's Official Birthday, but the 2nd of June also marks 60 years since she was coronated.

For the card I used KanBan Cool Brittania Kit.

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Weddings and Romance

For this card I started with a simple decoupage design, I mounted this onto a spellbinders matt, Adorning squares I think, I backed an A5 card blank with pearlescent embossed card, and used a Scrapbook sticker for the sentiment.

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Emergency Crafters DT piece - Nautical or Blue

For this piece I decided to go off Piste and do a watercolour, which I will get a frame for and use as Father's  Day gift for my Father in Law.  I have been using Distress Pens by Tim Holtz for some months now and this stamp from the "Little bit Sketchy" range by Sheena Douglass was screaming to be used for more than just a card.

I stamped the image onto Watercolour card and then using the Distress Pens and the Kuretake waterbrush turned it into a work of art. I then used Grand Nesties to cut it out and matt and layered onto co-ordinating card stock.  Off to buy a frame now.

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Emergency Crafters DT piece - Wonderland

For this piece I started out with a wooden blank the sort that you often see religious iconography on, and base coated it with white gesso. I then used DoCrafts Artiste range of acrylic paints to create a background, I wanted a "dream like" feel to the background and as it was supposed to be Wonderland I started with purple, on the left whilst the purple was still wet I went in with pale pink till I got the effect I was after and on the right did the same but with yellow.

I then stamped the images from Oxford Impressions Classic Alice stamp plate onto the background and highlighted areas with promarkers.

I would like to enter this  into the following challengeThe Altered Alice:

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Emergency Crafters DT Piece - Romance

Well it's February so that means Valentine's day, and all those smushy compilation cd's are being advertised by the truckload and the men folk are expected to buy flowers and chocolates.

NOT in this house, I rarely eat chocolate, and as I work full time, flowers are a waste of money as only the neighbours get the benefit of them from our living room windowsill.  I would much rather have new crafting goodies any day of the week, and thankfully my hubby knows it.

For this challenge I decided to be really brave, throw caution to the wind and have a go at a multi media canvas.  NO not a multi media in terms of having the computer and projector and all whistles tooting, but various media of art.  I used acrylic paints for the base, Dew Drop inkpad for the spotty areas of the background, I used Creative Expression Stamps and an Indigo Blu Stamp, which I stamped in flitterglue and tried to guild, didn't quite work as the glue just soaked into the canvas, but you can make some of it out.  I then used some black Maribou feathers and a wirework heart embellishment and a Creative Expressions key embellishment.

Hope you like.

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Emergency Crafters DT - New years Resolution - Use something you've owned for over a year and haven't used yet

Come on, admit it, there are lots of things in your stash you have had for longer than you'd care to remember.  Those impulse buys that you have yet to find an excuse to use.

Well mine is the Marilyn stamp used in this journal cover page, oh and the Shabby chic background paper, but hey, who's counting!?????  In fact if I went through my stash properly I could probably find a thousand and one items that fit the bill.

I have combined it with a few items I got for Christmas as well as other stash items.  To find out what they are, you'll have to pop over to Emergency Crafters Challenge via the button on your left and have a read there.  You never know, you might be inspired to enter the challenge too.

I would like to enter this piece into the following challenge:

pink gem challenge blog - anything Goes

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Emergency Crafters DT Card - Recipe

For this card I went for a simple design, I used Marianne Creatables for the central doily, I am particularly fond of the Anja Rose centrepiece.

Again you will notice there is definitely a hint of purple going on. But I like the effect the different shades of lilac and pink have created.  I have also used more bling than normal for me but it works.

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Emergency Crafters DT card - Autumn Leaves

When I saw this image I fell in love with it because it reminded of my eldest daughter, just after she'd started nursery.  This was about 16 years ago, so I shall continue to completely embarrass her here: we were walking home past a house with a very old oak tree at the end of it's drive, she shot back to me clutching something in her hand and shrieked "Look mummy I found an apricorn!"

Well as you can guess I had to use this image.

I mounted some autumnal shaded paper onto a card blank, coloured the image with promarkers and use nesting dies to cut it out. I then mounted this onto the card and finished with a ribbon and bow.

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DT Card - Somewhere over the Rainbow

For this card I used freebies!!!

The backing paper was free with a magazine years ago and the topper was free earlier in the year.  I used promarkers to colour the image, rounded the corners and mounted onto mirri card with the corners also rounded.

I then mounted the backing paper onto an A6 card blank and added the topper.

Simple yet effective and free!!!!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Purple Passion

http://craftpunked.blogspot.co.uk/ - Pets
http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.co.uk/ - Animals

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DT Card - White and one other colour

I have been trying out some styles of wedding stationery with a view to adding this into my crafty portfolio, for this challenge I decided to use one of the samples I made.

I used Centura Pearl Snow White card for the main card area and the embossed area, I mounted some purple card (most of you who know me know purple is very close to my heart).  I then stamped the text in Versacolour BoysenBerry (?qy sp?) and then clear embossed over the top to give it a shimmer.

The birdcages are from cake wraps that I cut the borders off.  I have plans for making this much easier to so in the future.

I hopr you like it and feel inspired to join us at Emergency Crafters, see the button on your left!

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DT card - Tea and cake

Hi guys here is my card for the current challenge over at Emergency Crafters.

For this card I embossed an A6 card blank and went over with a pink Tim Holtz distress ink, I then matt and layered the image, which is from the Tulip range from Do Crafts.  I then added the sentiment.  A nice quick and simple make but very effective.

I hope you like it and feel inspired to join in with the challenge.  Blog button is on the left of the screen.



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DT Card - Emergency Crafters "Summer Fun"

This is my card for the new challenge at Emergency Crafters

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