Strawberry Cupcake

Time to share my card for this  month's Art By Barb progressive challenge.


Materials used: 
Art By Barb - Swirls (available on request from Facebook page but must be used in the challenge)
We Are 3 - Digital Paper Tea Time
acrylic greeting stamp
X-Press It card
black archival ink pad
Copic pens
white A5 card blank

The image is printed on X-Press It card, coloured with Copics and fussy cut.

The card blank is covered with a smaller piece of the pink paper frm the Tea Time set and the greeting stamped at the bottom. Finally the image is attached to the card.

With autumn well and truely on us here in the UK the days of strawberries and cream are fading into memory for another year. For now nature is sorting out her autumn wardrobe as the trees start to colour up in reds, yellows and browns. I do love the look of the woods and the lanes when the trees are in full autumn regalia!

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Art By Barb Progressive Challenge (Facebook) - September
Crafting With Friends #51 - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday #207 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #137 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft #50 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends #67 - Anything Goes
Come And Get It Challenges - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #201 - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Distress It
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #66 - Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1739 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #176 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination #134 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #186 - Anything Goes
My Creative Scoop #26 - September
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #52 - Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge For September

A new month and a new challenge at Love To Craft. As always our theme is Anything Goes and any craft goes. So if you are not so much a paper crafter, more a knitter, sewer, cross stitcher or into crochet this is the challenge for you. As it says on our blog: We are an all-crafts challenge blog and welcome any and all kinds of handmade creations - from cards, tags, ATCs and scrapbook layouts - to 3-D projects, mixed media canvases and altered projects - and even knitting, crocheting, quilting and jewelry-making! Whatever you're working on, we want to see it!

This time around I decided to show you some ATC's I've made. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you may well recognise some of the images. When printing out an image for a card I try to use up as much space as I can so often print out smaller versions to practice on. If the practice is not too dire I turn them into ATC's. I belong to a swap group - the UK Stampers Network where members swap ATC's  with each other. I have put in the link if you are interested in finding out more and possibly joining in the fun. We do not only swap ATC's there are other lists you can join in with. All the details are on the web site.





Materials used: 
Sweet Escape Digis – Make Up ( a free image from Facebook Competition but there are lots of wonderful images in the shop)
Aurora Wings – Pansy Sprite
Art by Barb – Whoosh and Apple
Bugaboo Digi Stamps –  Ice Cream Dog
Bugaboo Digi Stamps –  Kidz – Ice Cream
Imagine That Digistamp – Ice Cream Sentiments
Imagine That Digistamp – Ice Cream Parlour Digi Papers
Sparkle N Sprinkle – Mushroom in the Forest
Scrapper’s Delights – Lady Constance
DDDoodles – A Matter of Time Patterned Papers
Bugaboo Digi Stamps – Rose TrioDragons Lair Designs - Artistic Impressions paper set (they are having a closing down sale at the moment. Well worth a visit.)
acrylic text stamp from magazine
black archival ink pad
various coloured card
X-Press It card
Copic pens
gems
small letter dies
gold paper

These are just a selection of some of my personal favourites. It is quite challenging colouring very small images but also very therapeutic.

I hope you will join us this month at the Love to Craft Challenge. You have the whole month to come up with something and remember it can be any sort of crafting you like as long as it is hand made.

Thanks for visiting. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
PIP Challenge #1735 - Anything Goes
Ike's World #96 - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread #49 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More #257 - Make Your Mark
Crafty Creations #349 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #138 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs September - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #125 - Anything Goes

Messing about on the river

This month's image for the Progressive Challenge on the Art by Barb Facebook page makes a great summer birthday card for a young lad. What can be more fun than taking a good friend for a canoe trip on a lovely sunny day. I wish I could join them!



Materials used: 
Art by Barb - Ahoy There (the boy image i free from the Art by Barb Facebook page if you are new to the challenge or took place in the previous challenge)
DDDoodles - Sizzling Summer Textured Paper
rope and greeting acrylic stamps
black archival ink pad
X-Press It card
blue card
white A5 card blank
Copic pens
Polychromo pencils
square die set

Print the image at required size on X-Press It card and colour with Copics. Use a square die set to cut the image and a slightly larger mat (cut from a piece of the water paper from the Sizzling Summer set).

Attach the image to the mat then glue the mat onto blue card and trim away the excess leaving a narrow border around the edges.

Use the rope and greeting stamp with black archival ink to make the greeting at the bottom of the card and colour with Polychromo pencils.

Attach the topper to the front of the card.

Thank you for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Art by Barb Progressive Freebie Challenge (Facebook)
A Bit More Time To Craft #48 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #346 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #338 - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends #48 - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrapshack FFD #198 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination #132 - Anything Goes

Apples just for you

This is my card for the Art By Barb progressive challenge on the Facebook page.



Materials used:Art By Barb - Apple (available free from the Facebook page if entering the challenge for the first time)Imagine That Digistamp - Maggie's Apples
X-Press It card
printer card
white flat-backed adhesive gems
circle die
oval die
scalloped oval die
acrylic greeting stamp
red ink pad
A5 white card blank
Copic pens

Apple has been printed on X-Press It card, coloured with Copics and cut out with an oval die.

Three papers from the Maggie's Apples set have been printed onto printer card. The red check is used to cover the front of the card blank, the yellow one is cut with a scalloped oval die to make a mat for the image and the patterned one is used to cut decorative ribbons.

The greeting is stamped onto white card and cut with a circle die.

The matted image, paper ribbons and greeting are arranged on the card front. The gems are coloured with a Copic pen and stuck on as shown.
The progressive challenge at Art by Barb is open until the 29th of this month so if you hurry you still have time to pick up the image and enter. All the details are on the Facebook Page.

Thanks for swinging by. Take care.

Pippa

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Art By Barb Facebook Progressive Challenge - June
Sweet Stampin' - Creations for Children
Crafty Friends #60 - Friendship 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #60 - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore #42 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #198 - Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1725 - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart #164 - Anything Goes

Blowing In The Wind

The Art By Barb Facebook progressive challenge has a lovely image this month depicting the perils of hanging out the washing on a windy day!



Materials used:Art by Barb - Whoosh (request from Facebook Page)
X-Press It card
red card
brown card
fancy edge die
15cm square card blank
Copic pens
acrylic greeting stamp
black archival ink

The image is printed on X-Press It card and coloured with Copics.

A red frame is cut with the die and then the image trimmed and attached to the back.

The card blank is covered with brown card and the framed image attached on top.

Finally the greeting is stamped out on white card cut to shape and edged with a red Copic pen before adding to the card front using foam pads. 

Thanks for stopping a while. Take care.

Pippa

I would like to enter the following challenges:Art By Barb Facebook Progressive Challenge May
Crafting With An Attitude #27 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #36 - Anything Goes (Just for fun)
Crafting For The Craic May - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends #43 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #130 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too #127 - Must Use A Digi Stamp
Simply Papercraft #46 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination #128 - Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1721 - Anything Goes