Tuesday, 3 February 2015

The Craft Barn Calendar - February


Here's my February page for The Craft Barn's Calendar Challenge where the recipe is to use RED and HEARTS.  Everywhere you look there are red/love/hearts challenges so it took a while to decide what to do that was a little bit different. 


The background is a swooshy mix of Pickled Raspberry, Barn Door and Festive Berries Distress Inks and then I've inked through the Studio Calico Circle Graph Mask with Fired Brick to represent heart beats!  The polymer clay heart is covered with Gold Dabber and I've finished with the Kaisercraft Lace stamp, the Hero Arts sentiment and the February calendar. 

Apologies for the curling today - it really is 14cm square.  The idea at the moment is to mount my squares on A5 card and then bind them all together at the end but just in case I change my mind, I don't want to stick it down.

I'm also entering this in the Craft Stamper magazine challenge - Take it, Make it - where for February the theme is stencilling. 

Anyway thanks for looking and for your comments.  I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else does this month.


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18 comments:

  1. TwinkleToes2day3 February 2015 at 20:11

    Excellent Elaine. The colours show up so vibrantly. Lovely choices. The curling isn't obvious at all btw ((hugs))

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  2. Redanne3 February 2015 at 21:11

    Oh, I love the gorgeous red! The stenciling really draws the eye in to the shimmery heart. Very nice indeed! Hugs, Anne xx

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  3. Silvia(Barnie)3 February 2015 at 22:30

    So cool, a great page. Mine is under preparation.

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  4. Unknown4 February 2015 at 12:05

    I love the stencil. A great page.

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  5. Scrapmate4 February 2015 at 22:57

    I like your background, the lace and the sentiment.

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  6. kaybee5 February 2015 at 13:55

    That is a fab lace stamp! Love the whole composition of your page.

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  7. buterfliecrafter10 February 2015 at 08:03

    I know what you're saying about wanting to make something different, struggling with the same issue. Love what you've done, the lace is very beautiful.

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  8. thassos45610 February 2015 at 20:51

    Love the richness of the background colours and the stencil is great :)

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  9. Craftyfield12 February 2015 at 19:22

    Love the combination of the geometric stencil motif and the stamped lace. Nice page and it says "Valentine" without saying it so it's different, what you were aiming for.

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  10. Renee13 February 2015 at 01:19

    Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  11. Barbara (C)13 February 2015 at 21:12

    Love this card - stencil and heart motif really balanced on the card

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  12. Crafty Claire15 February 2015 at 11:33

    Love the use of stencils and the bold colours x

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  13. Carol15 February 2015 at 12:13

    Great page - love the stencil Have a lovely sunday x

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  14. Sid15 February 2015 at 13:33

    Superb art !!

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  15. Linda18 February 2015 at 19:04

    Love this! Thanks for joining in with the TIMI challenge ..... good luck! Linda xx

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  16. Unknown20 February 2015 at 19:26

    Love that background effect, very effective with the gold heart.

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  17. maggie27 February 2015 at 08:03

    It all came together beautifully. A lovely page.

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  18. Lesley28 February 2015 at 18:38

    Great page, I love the heart beats! xx

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