Tuesday 5 March 2024

Spring

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 Time again for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday, this time we are asking for your Spring projects. we welcome all kinds of  art as long as it follows the challenge theme.  For my DT piece I have made a Z fold card, sorry for the wonky photo as I found it quite hard to get a decent one, I usually scan my cards but had to try and get a photo on my iPad.  The stamps and papers I've used were all free with a magazine last year and I've used them quite a lot.   The design team have some lovely samples for you over on the challenge blog so I do hope you will pay them a visit.

Make My Monday  - fun folds
Mix it up challenge - Fancy folds
Crafty Calendar Challenge - more than one fold

Tuesday 20 February 2024

In the spotlight


 


The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday this time is a technique called Spotlight which is to only apply colour to part of an image, in other words spotlight that area, there are lots of tutorials etc on Youtube etc if you need any inspiration plus our design team all have great samples over on the challenge blog.  For my card I used a stamp that was free with a magazine, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and an old Hobby arts stamp for the wording. Hope you will join us in this challenge.

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Hearts and/or flowers


 It's time again for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and the challenge this time asks for Hearts and/or flowers.  I've used both on my anniversary card, the background is a Stampin up embossing folder, the flower stamp is an old Paper artsy I think, the little hearts are a un named brand from Amazon and the little heart buttons are from my button collection.  Any kind of medium is welcome but it must follow the challenge theme.  The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge blog and I hope you will pay them a visit and join in the challenge.

Sunday 4 February 2024

Happy Birthday


 I'm on a bit of a mission to make more use of my embossing folders so I dug out this very old cuttlebug one and made a Birthday card for one of our adult grandsons.  all the stamps are also old stash, think they are Apple Blossom from Craft Stash? which I stamped and fussy cut.

Lost Coast Stampers - For the men  


Can You Handle The Pressure - ATG with a twist of Birthdays


I've had a really hard time linking my card to all three sites, never had a problem before but nearly gave up in despair!

Tuesday 23 January 2024

Add some Text


 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is to Add Some Text, lots of inspiration over on the challenge site so hope you will visit and then join in.  My card is a mix 0f stencilling and stamping, I spent more time deciding on which text stamp to use than actually making the card, I have lots of text stamps and don't use them nearly enough. The background stamp and the butterflies are Crafty Individual stamps and the text stamp is Inkylicious .

Tuesday 9 January 2024

Winter B;ues

 

The 1st challenge of the year at Try It On Tuesday is " Winter Blues"   , the design team have some great inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.  I had forgotten to do my DT sample until last minute and had already packed away most of my Christmas papers and stamps however managed to find enough bits and pieces to make this card.  The theme" Winter Blues "does not have to be Christmas ,as long as the challenge theme is followed any genre of craft is welcome.  

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and Wishing all a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Tuesday 12 December 2023

Santa Claus is coming to town

 

Time flies and so does Santa, it's time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and we would like to see Santa projects this time, any kind of project is welcome as long as it includes our Santa theme , cards, journal pages ,ATCs etc.  For my card I have used stamps that were free with a Crafts Beautiful magazine a few years ago , the sky is done with pan pastels and Santa and reindeers coloured with pencils.

Tuesday 28 November 2023

Traditional Christmas


 New challenge at Try It On Tuesday is Traditional Christmas so for my Dt sample I've created a snowy scene using a new to me set of Hobby Art stamps. its one large stamp other than the grasses and greeting so makes for quick and easy batch making!  I have added lots of glitter which doesn't show up on here but it's very sparkly in real life.  The design team have some lovely inspiration over on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit.

I've ben missing in action for a couple of weeks due to computer problems but hopefully all sorted now and hoping to post some more Christmas cards soon.

Tuesday 31 October 2023

Sparkle All The Way


 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is Sparkle All The Way, well to me Sparkle means Christmas so my DT entry has to be a Christmas card.  I made the background with Pan Pastels which I have had for years and  and only just started using them again. The Tree with the birds is a Nellie Snellen stamp, Stag is my old favourite from Lavinia, rabbits from Card-io, small trees and wording from Creative Stamping magazine.  The design team have lots of sparkle over on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit

Tuesday 17 October 2023

Halloween


 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is Halloween, lots of spooky examples on the challenge blog from the design team so I hope you will visit them.  I have used stamps from a number of stamp sets to make my little scene, mainly Stampendous and Hero Arts I think, I hve no idea about the witch stamp as I don't havethe packaging.  I quite like making Halloween cards although I don't know why as I never send them to anyone so I have quite a collection made over all the years.  

Tuesday 3 October 2023

Autumn


 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is Autumn, with the strange weather we keep having I'm beginning to think we don't have seasons anymore, We've been having to put the heating on some days last week then aother days its been really warm, today poured with rain most of the day but was also very warm. The trees are only just starting to change colour round here but there are an amazing amount of berries this year, was always told was a warning of a bad winter to come so we shall see, I'm just happy that both our Rowan trees and and the pyracantha are loaded with berries, the blackbirds are already feasting on the ones right outside my window.  The design team have some lovely samples over on the challenge blog so I hope you will visit them.  My card is a bit of a hotchpotch this time as I forgot to do my design team card until last minute.  The trees are one of my most favourite ever Crafty Individual stamps but all the rest are from an old Creative Stamping magazine.

Tuesday 19 September 2023

Going round in circles


 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is "Going round in circles"  .We welcome all kinds of projects as long as the main focus follows our challenge theme.  The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge site and I hope you will pay them a visit.  For my card I have kept it simple with a stencil from Inkylicious which I have had a long time and a couple of stamps from a Stampin Up set which I've also had quite a long time. I spent the longest time looking for some little music note stamps which I finally found on an old Justrite set of stamps.

Tuesday 5 September 2023

Fantasy


 There is a new challenge starting today on Try It On Tuesday and this time the challenge is Fantasy, anything type of project is welcome as long as it follows the challenge theme.  I have chosen to do a page in my little Kraft journal using the lovely mermaid stamp by Stampendous and a few random stamps from various sets.  As usual the design team have some great inspirational pieces over on the challenge blog and they would love you to pay them a visit.


Tuesday 22 August 2023

Lets Go Outside

 

How time flies! time again for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time it's "Lets go outside"lots of inspiration from the design team over on the challenge site so hope you will pay them a visit.  All the stamps on my card are by Hobby Arts, I have a lot of their stampa and don't use them enough, after I'd finished this card I thought that maybe I could have stamped the farmer and his dog walking across the field but knowing my luck if I try to do it now would probably be a disaster !


Tuesday 15 August 2023

Music



 
I seem to be on a bit of a theme at the moment, here's another music card .  Background made with distress inks and reversed inked stencil.  the figures are from an old Inkadinkado set ( wonder if they are still in existance ?) and the various sayings and music notes are from Creative Stamping magazines.

I'd like to enter this into Cardz4guyz challenge - Music