GDT at Penny Black and More

This month I am guest designer at Penny Black and More, our sister challenge. The theme is make it feminine and I figured that a red rose is very feminine. It's from the stamp set Enjoy and stamping in different colours is so easy when using a stamping tool. tutorial how to make your own.

This is such a lovely stamp, just a simple sentiment and you're done.

Allsorts - things with wings

This week the theme is Things with wings at Allsorts. I used a butterfly stamp on a background paper I had painted with shiny acrylic paint. Just a bow to finish it off.

We have these lovely stamps up for grabs:

  

              
          Two fairy rubber stamps by Sarah Burrier and Jasmine Becket-Griffiths      

Allsorts - Music

This week at Allsorts the theme for the challenge is Music. I used some music note dies and a stamped dancing girl, lovely image and so easy to colour :)

We have some gorgeous dies for a lucky winner so hurry over and join in.

Allsorts - from boys to men

It is time for a new challenge at Allsorts and the theme is From boys to men. I used stamps from Tim Holtz and die cut the numbers for a birthday card. Clean and simple but quite effectful since the stamps definitely can stand on their own. I must say that my Pine Needles distress ink isn't frequently used but it was perfect for the bottle. The beer was trickier but I mixed Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade to get an ok result.

This is the last two week-challenge for the summer, next time - the 25th - we're back to weekly challenges again.

We are sponsored by Marianne Design and have these lovely dies for a lucky winner.

Scraphusets tävling mood board

Kristinas scrapbooking - a sort of local craft shop (it's about 110 kilometres from where I live) has a Moodboard challenge during July. Here is my contribution:

Image and sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

Allsorts - tags

Morning,
still warm and sunny and time for a new challenge at Allsorts. This one is also a fortnight long :) and the theme is tags, so create a tag och use a tag on your project.

I have started with the Christmas makings now - no time like the present - and made a Christmas tag, distressed a background using a honeycomb stencil, added a diecut tree and a banner, distressed and stamped with a sentiment.

Sponsor for this challenge is Lost Coast Designs with a $10 store voucher. 

Other challenges:

Lost coast designs - no body here

Allsorts - Flowers all over

It's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and during the summer the challenges will last for two weeks to give the Design Team a well earned rest :)
The challenge this fortnight is Flowers all over, easy peasy right?
I made a card in blue and silver, the embossed silver swirl is from Stempelglede and to give the card a shabby look I smeared blue paint on the white roses and silver paint on the blue ones.

Sponsoring us this challenge is:

Allsorts - In my garden

This week at Allsorts Brenda chose the theme to be In my garden. I made a tag with cat tails, I don't actually have cat tails in my backyard but I would really like it. I just don't have enough space and flower beds... Ah well, some day...

Our prize this week its a beautiful floral stamp from Chocolate Baroque called Floral Harmony.

                          

Chocolate Baroque who are a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England and is owned and run by Lesley Wharton. Our resident artist, Sue Page, works from her home in Hampshire where she is inspired, amongst other things, by the natural world, botanical art and early 20th century illustration.

We design our own range of natural rubber art stamps from Sue's hand drawn originals, complemented by typography from Lesley. The rubber stamps are made in house, by David, to our very exacting quality standards. And nothing gets past his eagle eye!