Crafting When We Can Challenges #139 - Mixed Media

If my head wasn't attached to my shoulders I swear I'd lose it.  I made my project for the challenge and then forgot to post it.  Our sponsor for this challenge is 

Oddball Art Co.

We were given images to use and I chose Birthday Jaz.  I coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens and a signo white pen for the spots on her socks.  I'm really impressed with this white pen it's so much better than ones I've used before.  The canvas was wiped with acrylic paint (using a face wipe as I didn't have any baby wipes).  I cut a stencil on my scan n cut and dabbed more paint onto the canvas.  Spectrum Noir pens were used to go around the stencilled shapes and then I used pearl paint and tonic Nuvo sparkle pearls to decorate them.

It's a looser style than I usually do but I think my Bestie will be proud, I got paint on my fingers and everything.  I didn't worry about the splogy paint and squiggles and I really enjoyed making this project.

Hop over to the Challenge and show us your mixed media projects.  All you have to do is use more than 1 media on your project.  Pens and glitter, paint and modelling paste etc.

Challenge 106 - Distress it

For challenge 106 we have the talented Lizzy Love from

Oddball Art Co.

Prize: 3 images from the store

Theme: Distress it

We were generously given an image to work with and I got "Veggie Veronica".  As soon as I saw the image I knew what I wanted to do.  I used Craftartist to find some orange paper and put some bats all over it then scored it using my hougie board, love this board for scoring and it's big enough to work off too.  I made a little bag to hold some sweets and then made a tag to go on the front of it.  The tag is cut with my Tonic art nouveau laying dies and attached with a tiny purple brad. The image was coloured using spectrum noir pens.  The tag and the edges of the box were distressed with scissors and a nail file.  The words around the edge say "There's nothing more distressing than exercise, so please pass the treats".

Now you've seen my interpretation of the theme hop over to the challenge and show us your distressed projects.  It can be anything, have you distressed your drawers lately take a picture and show us.  

CWWCC 102 - Blog Hop and Anything Goes Challenge

This is a mid way reminder to hop over to our Challenge blog and join in the Blog Hop and Anything Goes Challenge.

I've been a busy bee for this challenge and I've managed to make 3 cards.  I will put each card and the challenges I've entered in order.  Please scroll down to find the card and challenge I've entered.

Card 1.  Robyn's Fetish - Cupcake with Stars

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and paper from stash, a spellbinder Get Well sentiment was used.

Challenges

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Make it bright

Clear it out Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - Clean and simple 

Card 2.  Kenny K - Val Ventura

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.  White paper coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and edged in a darker shade, silver paper from stash.

Challenges

Crafty Calender Challenge - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Card 3.  Oddball Art Co. - Lucy

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, paper from stash, heart embossing folder Country Companions.

Challenges

Sketch Saturday #377 - Sketch by Debra

Allsorts Challenge - lots of layers

Digital Delights by Louby Loo - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Embossing of any kind

Challenge #102 - Blog Hop - Anything Goes

It's our 5th birthday and we're having a party over at Crafting When We Can Challenges

All you have to do to be in with a chance of Winning one of our fabulous prizes is: enter the challenge, hop around the DT blogs and leave a little love on them then when you arrive back at CWWCC let us know that you've completed the hop.  You have until 12th September so you don't have to do the whole hop at once.  

Our wonderful sponsors are 

ArtbyMiran

Drawn With Character

Inky Impressions

Kenny K

Oddball Art Stamps

Ppinkydolls

Robyn's Fetish

You should have arrived from Nancy if you haven't you need to go and leave her some love before you can finish the hop.  To carry on the hop you need to visit the wonderful

Robin

I chose a Kenny K image I've had since 2013.  I think this is a great image for a male of any age.  I used card from stash, printed some tyre tracks (I use this term lightly).  Coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens and a Tonic die sentiment.  The image is called A Need For Speed

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If you've lost your way here are the DT blogs and CWWCC list.

CWWC blog

Ang

Jo

Lynda

Nancy

Poppet - me

Robin

Valou

Vickie

CWWC blog - Must comment to say you've hopped through everyone 

CHALLENGES

Digital Delights by Louby Lou - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - One for the Boys

Crafty Catz - Golden Oldies  (over a year old)

Digidesigns - Include a sentiment

Saturday Sketch - sketch 238

Challenge 96 - Paper piecing

I'm just been finishing off outfits for the next production of High Green Musical Theatre Group, it's Little Shop of Horrors.  If you are in the Ecclesfield area of Sheffield next week come along and watch a fabulous show.

Blatant advertising over I have really enjoyed paper piecing.  It's the first time that I remember trying it.  To make it easy for myself I made my image big and Lucy has just the same expression my daughter had when I told her she would have to do some chores around the house when she is on holiday.  

She's made herself a star chart for when she does things so I've made her a basic chore chart using the wonderful image from our fabulous sponsor

Oddball Art Co

Prize:  3 images of choice from the store

I used CraftArtist to make a grid and filled it in with basic instructions.  I then printed it out after I put in the image to the size I wanted.  Once I had printed this I used material from several kits to print the images onto.  Spectrum noir pencils were used to colour the pieces I wasn't going to piece.  I used a paper for her hair, dungarees and scarf and shoes. 

Hop over the the CWWCC and see the wonderful projects our fabulous DT have created and while you are there leave us your awesome projects to look at and if you've followed the rules you may be in with a chance to win our wonderful prize.

CHALLENGES

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 91 - What's the weather (sun, rain, snow, cloudy)

Once again the entries to Challenge 90 were wonderful.  I love to see all the different styles.  The Winner and Top 3 will be announced later so hop over to CWWCC and become a follower and you won't miss any of the posts.

For Challenge 91 we have the wonderful Lizzy Love from 

Oddball Art Co

The winner will get 3 images of their choice from the store.

Theme: Weather What's the weather (sun, rain, snow, cloudy)

For my card I used the image Kendall collector of hearts.  I used my Spectum Noir pencils and blending solution to colour the image and the deco oval trellis die by Tonic,  I had patch the larger die together to make it bigger and used silver mirri card for the trellis and matt silver paper for the backing.  I then used more of the trellis dies to make an easel card.  I cut out some raindrops to use as embellishments.  The sentiment is by Charlie Chaplin "I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying" and I thought it was perfect for this image.  You can see the reflections off the silver mirri card, I think it looks fab.

Hop over to the Challenge and leave us your weather inspired project and while you're there leave the DT some love click on their names to go to their blogs.

CHALLENGES

Simply Create Too #82 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

Sketch Saturday #354 - Sketch by Alex

A Gem of a Challenge #141 - Anything but Square

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 88 - Stitching real or faux

This fortnight over at CWWCC we have a new sponsor.  The wonderful 

Lizzy Love from

Oddball Art Co

The prize is 3 images from the store

Theme:  Stitching real or faux

The image I was given to colour is Big Eyes Kendall Collector of Hearts.  As soon as I saw her I knew I wanted to go red.  I orginally designed and cut a filligee heart to use as my background but I couldn't make it fit with the bats at the side so I decided to go for a sketch (sketch Saturday see below) and I really like how it worked out.  I coloured Kendall and the gems with my Spectrum Noir pens in corals and dark reds.  I think I made the skin a little dark but I like how it looks with the reds.  The faux stitching was made with a fine liner and ruler.  I don't usually use a ruler but I will from now on I like the straight lines, mine usually go wonky.   I really like how this card turned out and my even send it to someone.

Hop over to CWWCC and leave us your stitching projects.  Remember the stitching can be real or faux.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday 348 - sketch by Alex

Sister Act Card Challenge 93 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too 79 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet 104 - Anything Goes

Clear it Out - Colour RED ~ stash RED EMBELLISHMENTS