C for Caravan

Hello there!  I'm here with my next postcard for The Craft Barn's Alpha Dictionary Challenge where the letter is C.  I toyed with the idea of doing cartography with a compass etc but in the end went with CARAVAN.

As I did a country scene for B I decided to do a Caravan in a showroom with a Checkerboard floor (both Oak House Studio stamps).  For the back wall I've used various red inks as there are so many reds beginning with C - carmine, crimson, cerise, cherry etc and I've added a bit of interest with some Conifers (Tim Holtz stamp).    It's just finished as always with the torn dictionary definition and C Thicker.

As we are over half way through I thought I'd take a photo of all 15 together - so you can see them but it also helps me see what designs and colours I've done to avoid too much repetition. 

Thanks for visiting and leaving comments - they are much appreciated!

Elaine x

Jalopy Racing

It's the 9th week on The Craft Barn's Quotes and Lyric Challenge and the words are UNIQUE or FAME.

Plenty of meaningful quotes and lyrics but no images popped into my head until I found this quote from Murray Walker - definitely one to make you smile.  

The background is a swooshy mix of Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage and Shabby Shutters and I've just torn some black card for the track.  The jalopies are Tim Holtz stamps - the two unique ones stamped with Vermillion Archival and in third place Managanese Blue Archival.  The checkered flag is an Oak House Studio border stamp and it's just finished with the typed quote. 

For those of you who don't know who Murray Walker is well he commented on motor racing for years and said what he saw - check out this link for more funny quotes.  I remember him commentating on rally cross and saying 'and he can see the winning line' but then a huge clod of mud hit the lead car's windscreen and he went spinning off into oblivion!!  Those were the days.....

Thanks for looking - I'm off to see what everyone else has been making.  I think craft is going to have to take a back seat for a few weeks as it's now my busy season.  I invigilate in exams in the local school - I have 30 in the next 5 weeks - and watching students doing exams in not inspirational!!

Oak House Studio - Texture Challenge

Just a heads up that over on the Oak House Studio blog there's a new challenge where the theme is TEXTURE. 

Here's a  card for a man for a change using homemade washi tape banners.  I've used 4 Oak House Studio stamps that can be used to create texture - Squares Border, Linen Background, Harlequin and Checkerboard with Pigment Ink Pads - Midnight, Forest Green, Fired Brick and Powder Blue.   I've just added some buttons and the sentiment from the Men's Stamps set.

 

 

 Oak House Studio stamps are very versatile - they are clear but can be used to stamp textures in polymer clay, embossing paste and hot embossing powder without coming to any harm.

 For this tag, I've used Totally Turquoise and Citrus Lime Ink in a Bottle for the background and stamped this with the large Walesby Flourish.  The tile is triple embossed with copper and stamped with the small Walesby Flourish.

All stamps, ink pads, spray inks and embossing powders are from Oak House Studio and can be bought HERE.

Pop over to the Oak House Studio blog, join in the fun - there is a £40 prize to be won!   Oak House studio are also looking for new Design Team members so if you are interested, all the details are HERE.   Good luck!

Oak House Studio - Citrus Challenge

It's the start of a new challenge on the Oak House Studio blog - all you have to do is create something in Citrus colours and using one Oak House Studio product.

Here are my creations:

A card (could be birthday or mothers day) using the Pansy Pot stamp gold embossed about 4 times and decoupaged to make a lovely full pot of pansies.  I've mixed Brazil Nut and Citrus Orange Ink in a Bottle to make a terracotta colour for the pot and the flowers have just been painted with Citrus Yellow, Citrus Orange and Citrus Lime Ink in a Bottle.  I used a pipette to decant some ink into a paint palette and painted with a water brush.  To add further detail I've stamped and clear embossed a border of pansies.

My next piece is for all those scrapbookers out there.  I started with a 12 x 12 of white linen card and just flicked Citrus Yellow and Orange ink with a paint brush.  I made some homemade washi tape using 4 stamps (Mack Rose, Rosette, Checkerboard and Thoresby) and Pigment Ink Pads  (Spring Green, Daffodil, Valentine and Lemon Yellow.  I sprayed some white paper flowers with the Citrus Inks in a Bottle, added some brads  and finished with the sentiment stamp Bloom where you are planted.  

All the stamps, spray inks and ink pads can be bought from Oak House Studio.   Why not pop over to the blog to see what everyone else has created and have a go - there's a prize to be won!!

Journal52 - Love Letters

I've joined in with the Journal52 project on facebook and am keeping up with the prompts so far.  Today I did the week 6 prompt - the Lost Art of Love Letters - so thought I'd show it as I really liked the result.

I chose the saying by F. Scott Fitzgerald and took my inspiration from the art deco style card below  as  they were both the same era.

I've used red Distress Inks and Oak House Studio stamps -  the Checkerboard border stamped through a paper mask, the Heart Palette stamp and the Fir Sprig from the Christmas Collection stamped in Pearlescent Ivy and Thyme Brilliance.

I'm sticking the pages back to back and then will bind them all together at the end of the year.  Hope you like and thanks for looking.