Brand new Challenge at Creative Inspirations

 Good morning everyone,

It is such a beautiful morning here in Wiltshire today. 

Today we have a new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations. The theme for this months challenge is a nice easy one........

Anything Goes

Our sponsor for this month kindly provided us with a very cute image which I have painted with distress reinkers. 

The papers are by pion and I've stiched around the edges just for fun. 

The butterflies, watering can and pretty border edge have been cut using a joy crafts dies. 

The flowers, ribbon and lace are from my own crafty stash.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen

Head Scarf, shorts and flip flops: Spun sugar, victorian velvet

Top: Shabby shutters

Basket: Brushed corduroy, gathered twigs

Vegetables: Pine needles, forest moss, shabby shutters

This month our sponsor is offering the lucky winner 3 digis of their choice.

That's all from me for now.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs Gina xx

Brand New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

 Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well. Spring is just around the corner, so let's hope we see some lovely spring weather very soon.

Today we have a new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations and our theme for this month is........

Spring Blooms

For my card this month I have used some pretty papers by Pion Designs. I've stitched around the edges of the paper to give it a bit of interest. The ivy leaves have been cut from a John Next Door die and I've added a little white gel pen .

I didn't have any yellow flowers which I wanted to use so I painted some cream flowers with a yellow distress ink, I think they turned out quite well.

The sentiment (Big Thanks) was very kindly sent to me by this month's sponsor.

We are being sponsored this month by Creative Smiles and one lucky winner has the choice of either: Two sentiment sets or one image set.

If you would like to play along, there are some freebie sets here.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New 'Anything Goes' challenge at Creative Inspirations

 

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well.

We have a new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations today and our theme for this month is.........

Anything Goes

I have made a criss cross card and painted an image kindly provided by 'All Dressed Up' who is our sponsor for this month.

The image was printed onto Artistico water colour paper and cut out with a heart shaped die. I used   distress reinkers to paint the image.

The pretty red heart is a La La Lands die and the sweet little kisses are cut from a Joy Crafts die.

Skin: Vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick
Hair: Walnut stain, antique linen
Dress: Hickory smoke
Roses: Fired brick, aged mahogany

The flowers, lace, pearl gems and ribbon are from my crafty stash.

Our sponsor is providing the winner with two images of their choice

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Happy Crafting:)

Gina xx

Happy New Year - First Creative Inspirations Challenge of the Year

 Good morning everyone,

Happy New Year, I hope it's a happy and healthy one for you all.

 I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Were you lucky enough to receive any crafting goodies from Santa? I received some new stamps and a die:)

For our first challenge of this year, our theme is........

Something Old, Something Now!
After the recent festivities it's time to revel in the New Year and this month's challenge we'd like you to let us know if you've used something old from your crafty stash or something new!

I've coloured up a new digi stamp which was kindly provided by Nikki at Polkadoodles Crafts as she is kindly sponsoring this month's challenge.

I have to admit that I struggled with this card. The image isn't something I would normally choose, but I did my best and opted to make a shaker card.

The cactus has been coloured with distress reinkers.

I added some ribbon and pearl string just to make it look pretty.

The lucky winner will win 3 digi stamps from Polkadoodles

Store URL: http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/

Challenge Blog URL: http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/

That's all from me.

Thank you for popping in.

Happy crafting!

Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations - Festive Foliage

 Good morning everyone,

I hope you are well and keeping warm on this very cold morning.

Today I am posting my last card for this year for Creative Inspirations. Our theme for December is..........

Festive Foliage
This month it's all about the festive season and we'd like to see some foliage on your creations ... so think of Wreaths, Holly, Poinsettia's, Christmas Tree's etc.

This month I decided to add a wreath in non tradional colours to my card. I cut out lots of evergreen branches from a Creative Expressions die set, they are just perfect to create a wreath. I also added some die cut mistletoe and berries from a Anna Marie die set. To finish it off I added some white berries and fir cones and a silver bow.

The image is by Magnolia and called Lace Hood Tilda. I have painted her with distress reinkers.

DI colours:

Skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick
Hair: antique linen, gathered twigs
Clothes: hickory smoke, brushed corduroy

This month the winner will receive a gift from us -  a lovely set of stamps.

That's all from me today.

I will be back in the new year!

I hope you all have a merry Christmas and wish you a very happy and healthy New Year!

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

Good morning everyone,

 I hope you are all well.

Today we begin a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and our theme for this month is...........

Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle

Well there is oodles of sparkle on this card, but the pic doesn't show it too well.

The Paper Shelter are sponsoring us this month and they very kindly gave us an image to play with called Santa on a Sled.

I have used distress reinkers to colour the image. The lying snow is glamour dust and for the falling snow I have sprinkled on some WOW embossing powder which has been heat set using a heat gun.

I had a little spend recently and bought some of these gorgeous papers from Anna Marie crafts. The berry die is also from Anna Marie crafts. I have placed some glue on the berries and sprinkled on some ice crystals.  I also bought some Viva Ceramic effect which I have fallen in love with and have been putting it on everything:)  

The poinsettia is cut from a John Next Door die, I have rubbed in some of the ceramic effect and sprinkled some ice crystals over the top. 

This is the insert which slides into the top of the card. I have embossed some silver/grey card and added some vivo ceramics effect around the edges.

As I said earlier in my post the Paper Shelter are sponsoring us this month and they are giving the lucky winner THREE digis of their choice.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs
Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

 Good morning everyone,

Happy Wednesday, I hope you are all well.

Today is the start of this month's challenge at Creative Inspirations and our theme for this 

month is.............

Autumn or Halloween

I chose to go with the autumn theme and have coloured up another stamp from Dreamerlands Crafts called 'Walk With Me Hand in Hand'. I thought it was the perfect image with the leaves falling around them.

I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.

I opted to make a slightly different style of card for this challenge, which I quite enjoyed.

The papers are from Anna Marie Designs called Blissful Green. 

This month's prize is from Crafty Ribbons and they are giving away a selection of autumnal toned ribbons.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx