Saturday, 1 June 2024

Crafts Galore Encore June 2024

Already half way through the year! I'm not sure where the time goes when I'm not looking. This past week we've enjoyed a mini-break away as it's been half-term at school..  Now we will have to get everything ready for our little princess to move up to secondary school in September as she comes to the end of primary school..

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular
"Anything Goes"
and our sponsor this month is:



I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) card using one of the free images and a free paper from our sponsor's blog. All the matting layers are white card coloured with Copic pen RV06.


I printed one of the free papers to cover the card base. I actually printed it twice, once with more opacity and then a thin strip slightly darker. I separated the two papers with a punched scalloped border to create the illusion of different layers. I inked around the edges with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.


I used the gorgeous Pink Lily pre-coloured image and printed it four times so I could cut out the layers and decoupage the flower. I used a die to cut the image in a circle and layered it onto  a die-cut scalloped circle.


I mounted the decoupaged layers of the petals using foam pads.


I created the sentiment on the computer and die cut the circle and scalloped circle base.  I added pink ribbon to the card with double sided tape and covered the join with the sentiment. I added some pink gems and a pink bow to finish the card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Beccy's Place images.
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Friday, 3 May 2024

Creative Artiste #104 May 2024

Welcome to a new challenge at

Creative Artiste is a monthly challenge blog for everyone who likes to mix their media. So, as long as you like to use various mediums on your creations, we'd love to see you enter the challenge.
A big Thank You to everyone who entered the challenge last month. Your projects were all fabulous and our winners have been announced on the blog.
Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.


I have created an ever lasting Springtime bouquet on an 8" (20cm) canvas this month. It was a birthday present for a lovely family member.

I started the canvas by covering it with black gesso. Once dry, I added a layer of DecoArt Weathered Wood followed by a coat of DecoArt Dark Chocolate Acrylic paint topped with some DA Burnt Sienna acrylic paint.  This gave me a nice wood effect background to work on.


I made an assortment of resin flowers from the collection of moulds I have. The butterflies are from Prima's Mecha Moth mould. 


I painted the flowers and butterflies with Gansai Tambi Pearl watercolours. I blended the pink and blue to create the gorgeous purple.


I die cut some leaves from card and layered them up with Soft Matt Gel so I had two rigid leaves. I painted them with the Gansai Tambi watercolours too.


I started building the bouquet by fixing the two leaves to the canvas with Heavy Body Gel and building up the flower and butterfly arrangement from there with more gel.


Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge as many times as you like. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the fabulous mixed media projects created by our multi talented team.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our 
May challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:


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Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Crafts Galore Encore May 2024

 We don't have a sponsor this month at Crafts Galore Encore so this is a 'Just For Fun' challenge. We were allowed to create our own 'Anything Goes' cards or projects for the May challenge.

There is a new challenge starting today at

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners will be announced on the challenge blog on May 12th. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular
"Anything Goes"


I have created a New Baby card this month. It stands 8" (20 cm) tall.

It's made from two pieces of card I printed out and cut using an old template from Trimcraft. After attaching the T-shirt and dungarees together I edged them with Broken China Distress Ink.


I die cut a couple of baby rattles and a dummy (pacifier) from textured card and attached them inside the pocket with thread. I added white faux stitching with a Posca pen, a little teddy and a couple of buttons.


The rattles and dummy can be pulled out of the pocket, but stay attached with the threads. The dies are from an old X-cut set.



I die cut the letters and stars from textured card and glued them to the card front. Again, these are X-cut dies.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team.
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Friday, 5 April 2024

Creative Artiste #103 April 2024

 ....Welcome to a new challenge at

Creative Artiste is a monthly challenge blog for everyone who likes to mix their media. So, as long as you like to use various mediums on your creations, we'd love to see you enter the challenge.
A big Thank You to everyone who entered the challenge last month. Your projects were all wonderful and our winners have been announced on the blog.
Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.

Instead of making a sympathy card for some dear friends last Christmas I decided to make a small canvas instead.. I have made another, similar one, for my sister in honour of our much missed brother.

The canvas measures 7"x 5" (18 x 13 cm). I started by giving the canvas a coat of white gesso. I then splattered some watered down DecoArt Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Turquoise and Prussian Blue diagonally across the canvas.


I die-cut three feathers and lightly sprinkled them with Stampendous Frantage Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel. I heat embossed them by carefully heating the feathers from underneath until the powder started to melt before moving to heating from above.


I made a small resin heart and heat embossed it with the Shabby Blue enamel too. I then added a sprinkle of Stampendous Frantage Chunky Gold enamel to the heart and feathers and heat embossed them.


I sprinkled the canvas with the mix of Stampendous enamel powders and heat embossed it before tying the feathers together with a thin gold thread and adding them, along with the heart, to the canvas with soft matt gel.

Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge as many times as you like. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the fabulous mixed media projects created by our multi talented team.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our 
April challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

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Monday, 1 April 2024

Crafts Galore Encore April 2024

Happy Easter to those who celebrate, and Happy Chocolate weekend to those who don't.

We are all geared up for visiting family and some fun outings this week as I try to stop the little princess being bored of not being at school.. Strange child.. Just another week to get through..

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular
"Anything Goes"
and our sponsor this month is:

who are offering two digi images from their shop for our lucky winner.

I made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20 cm) birthday card using one of our sponsor's images.


The pink card base and matting layers is from Papermania and the blue mottled card is from my stash. I dyed some seam binding ribbon with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and fixed it to the card front before sticking it down on the card base.


I couldn't resist using this cute image from our sponsor. It's called Make a Big Splash. I personalised the image, by colouring it with my Copics, for a young lady who loves pink and lives on a farm. 


I created a fun sentiment on the computer.


I finished the card with a dyed pink bow and some gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Hetty Clare images.
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