Crafty-Stamper: October 2023

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

lets craft and create-ATG

the paper funday-colour twist

creative fingers-ATG

shopping our stash-colour challenge

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Friday, 27 October 2023

Take Me to the Ocean

Morning and I have finally made a tag for Tag Tuesday! The smooshed background was aleady made I just cut into a tag size and used an offcut for the little tag.

I used a Woodware stamp set bought from someone on FB decluttering,I stamped the boat inside the bottle and added glossy accents,the two sentiments from the set were stamped onto little tags and I added the bubbles round the borders,string from hubbys shed lol.

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

challenges-----

tag Tuesday-a form of transport

creative fingers-ATG

daring cardmakers-alphabet soup

creatalicious-ATG

the sisterhood of crafters-get inky---------------------TOP 3

krafty chicks-all occasions

a place to start-ATG------------RISING STAR

613 Avenue Create-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

Thank you for droppin by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Graphic 45 ATCs

Morning whilst looking through paper oddments box I found some oddments of Graphic 45 papers and made three ATCs with just a little texture stamping.

challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

challenges-----

everybody-art-pumpkins

double D-pumpkins

Simon says (Mon)-food/drink

crafty catz-ATG/lots of layers

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-Autumn colours-------------OCT WINNER

613 Avenue create-ATG/Autumn colours

Daisy chain-Autumn

corrosive-ATG

inspirations station-prompt/orange/pumpkins

unicorn-Autumn

the paper funday-ATG/yellow/orange/green

crafty calendar-Autumn colours

ATC around the world-Autumn

the four Seasons-ATG/Fall

Simon says(Wed)-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Friday, 20 October 2023

Notepad Cover

Morning and a new "No Cards"challenge blog "Unique Art Expressions"is into its third challenge which is "Fruit", now the only fruit stamps I have are the slices of lemon on a Visible Image stamp set so hope these are okay.Sorting through my oddments box I found a looks like a smooshed background with the right colour so stamped the glass,sentimen and two slices of lemon,the stamped two more on the offcut,added colour with a promarker and added glossy accents.I also found three small notepads I bought must be three yearts ago and decided to cover one which was the reason I originally bought them-still better late than never.

challenges-----challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

Unique Art Expressions-Fruit-No Cards-----WINNER

crafting from the heart-ATG with No Cards

we love to create-ATG(playing for fun-no printer)

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colour

lets craft and create-ATG

corrosive -ATG

the paper funday-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

allsorts-ATG

lil patch of craft friends-ATG

creatalicious-ATG

lil red wagon-P.paper or not/I have loads of beautiful papers which I do use bu now and again I like to make my own backgrounds.

Simon says-food and or drink

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Autumn Colours on a Christmas Card!

Morning and time for the mid month inspiration post for the ATG/Autumn Colours challenge at

Stamping Sensations and yes another Christmas card!

We will be announcing some challenge changes, so please make a note to check our new challenge post on 5th November.

I used three stamps from a Pink Frog stamp set,coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.I stamped onto a background I made with three oxide colours on a stamping block and sprayed with water-made about six so more to come lol.Distress ink round the edges and matted onto kraft.The Robin circle sentiment is a stamp from an AALL&Create stamp set.I used inspiration from here for the background.

Just to let everyone know who asked about John -he has had a check up at Castle Hill hosp they have changed his meds and another one soon for another heart scan, also been referred back to memory clinic to check on his Dementia meds-he says he feels okay but at the moment having more bad days then good :( x x
challenges---

A perfect time to craft-ATG

Simon says-Christmas

krafty chicks-Christmas

alphabet-N for Nature ------------------------TOP 4

allsorts-ATG

creatalicious-ATG

triple B-birds/blooms/butterflies

lets craft and create-ATG/fave Autumn colours

corrosive-ATG

inspiration station -prompt(orange)

the paper funday-ATG/yellow/orange/green

crafty calendar-Autumn colours

creative moments-it#'s alive(not playing for digis/no printer)

happy little stampers-ATG/Christmas

lil red wagon-patterned paper or not-I have loads of P.paper and do like using them but now and again I like to make my own backgrounds.

the creative crafters-ATG

FarmQuest Challenge-feathers--------------------TOP 3

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

Friday, 13 October 2023

Blue Iris

Morning and OMG Friday the 13th!!

Today I have a card using half of an 8"square stencil I have-well I stencilled it all then cut it in half and made two cards(2nd one next month) I used a Crafters Companion Layered Iris stencil and used blue again as I has a lovely pale blue one in the garden which didn't appear this year!!! I just used as is as needs nothing else-later I added a thank you for a neighbour who lent John a wheelchair after his heart attack so we could still take him out.

challenges-

alphabet-N for Nature

triple B-blooms/birds/butterflies

613 Avenue create-ATG------TOP ROCKER

Happy little stampers-ATG with a stencil

my time to craft-in the garden

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Saturday, 7 October 2023

National Mushroom Day

Morning and my card today is for a GDT spot at Day of the Month Club where the challenge is National Mushroom Day.The stencilled background was found already made,I used a doily die and circle die from Spellbinders,and added some stamped and fussy cut mushrooms/acorns from Rubber Dance and coloured with promarkers,one was stamped onto p.paper and the acorns were stamped onto kraft card.I added a piece of inked corrugated packaging and some fibres from stash.

Some of you may have already seen this card BECAUSE I panicked and only went and posted it a week early lol !!!!!! x

challenges-----

mix it up-make your own background

Simon says-add some texture

try it on Tuesday-Autumn

lil red wagon-Fall colours

krafty chicks-stamp act

cut it up-fave colours(Autumn colours)

alphabet-N for Nature

we love to create-ATG

MAWTT-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

lets craft and create-ATG

daisy chain-Autumn

the paper funday-ATG

Unicorn-Autumn

crafty calendar-Autumn colours

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x x

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Little Purse Money Holders

Morning and we have a new ATG challenge at The Crafty Addicts. I made two little paper handbag treat/money holders using a tutorial I found and can I find it now- been all through history(but I delete after a while) and all through bookmarks and now I need to make a couple more for Christmas!!!

These are 4inches by 2 and a quarter inches

The papers are from The Works and Paper Boutique,card candy/peel offs from stash.

Lesson lesrnt from the first one(white/grey)I made the paper wasn't double sided!

challenges---

alphabet-M is for monochrome

creative creases-fun folds

crafting from the heart-no cards

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Monday, 2 October 2023

Card Chain Swap Reveal

Morning and my second post today is for the Card Chain Swap reveal.

29 cards were exchanged and my card went to Joanne in USA.

I went with the Autumn option and used dies from Carnation Crafts,branch dies from Stampin Up and P.paper from Crafts and You,sentiment was cut from the same paper.

My CAS card was from Imke in Germany-thank you.

challenges-----

lil red wagon-layer on layer

krafty chicks-all occasions

four Seasons-Fall

crafts galore encore-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG/Autumn colours

inspiration station/pumpkins

use your stuff-small type/words

Simon says-add some texture

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Neon Herbert

Morning and I have two posts today-the first one is a Guest Designer spot at Colorful Options.The challenge is Neon/Rainbow Colours and I used the Herbert Hare wooden stamp from Stampotique(had this for years) on to a background made with Art by Marlene watercolours, die-cut frame from Spellbinders and stamped sentiment on the tab from AALL&Create,stuck it down onto a folder which I am going to add to a journal or mini albumn.

challenges-----

make my Monday-Make your own background

mix it up-make your own background

addicted to stamps-stamps/die-cuts

krafty chicks-all occasions

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

we love to create-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

MAWTT-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

Happy little stampers-ATG/Watercolour

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join in the challenge

Carol x x x

Sunday, 1 October 2023

Mushrooms in Autumn

Morning and phew my final fifth DT post for today is for the Autumn challenge at Dragonfly Dreams.

I used the Mushrooms image from AALL&Create coloured with promarkers and distress ink round the edges.The background was made just brushing Cosmic Shimmer mica based Watercolour paints.Please welcome our GD this month-Fiona.

challenges-----

make my Monday-create own background

everybody-art-stamps

krafty chicks-all occasions

as you like it-fave harvest colours/love the rich red/browns and purple the leaves turn

creatalicious-Autumn colours

sweet stampin-Autumn

allsorts-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG/make own background

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x x

Guest Design Card

Morning and my fourth of five posts is for a Guest Designer spot at We Love Stamping.The challenge is a mood board,with three prizes fro Craftstash.

I went with the orange and Robin.

The two stamped images(coloured with promarkers) and sentiment are from Pink Frog,and for the background I pressed three oxides onto a stamping block spritzed with water and pressed onto water colour card,the first time I stamped the Robin it blurred so stamped again onto cardstock and cut out and added again.The circle with the R is from AALL&Create.The background circle cut with a Spellbinders die was made testing out which of my sprays still worked and liked the result lol.

challenges-----

make my Monday-create own background

Simon says-Christmas

krafty chicks-all occasions

MAWTT-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us

Carol x x x

Wax and Watercolour

Morning and the third of my five posts today is for the ATG/Autumn Colours challenge at

Stamping Sensations. WE are sponsored by AALL&Create with two border stamps as prizes.

The stamped flowers are from AALL&Create,I rubbed candle wax on the petals then coloured with Art by Marlene watercolours.The diecut frames are from Spellbinders and p.paper from Crafts&You.Welcome to our GD ANDREA

challenges-----

everybody art-stamps

lil red wagon-layer on layer

addicted to stamps-dies/stencils

krafty chicks-all occasions

as you like it-harvest colours/love the red/yellow/orange warm Autumn colours

creatalicious-Autumn colours

sweet stampin-Autumn colours

allsorts-ATG

MAWTT-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG/Autumn colours

happy little stampers-ATG/watercolour

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x x

Cute Cats

Morning and my second of five posts today is for the "Cute" challenge at Pearly Sparkles.I used a layout from Natasha Foote using p.papers from 13@rts and Crafts&You.The full cats die is an Xdie and the cats heads dies were a set I bought os someone decluttering on FB.

challenges-

my time to craft-2 or more papers