Anniversary Card

I made this card earlier in the week for my Aunt and Uncles wedding anniversary, and thought I'd share it with you.  It also just so happens that Anything Goes Challenge this week has a theme of Anniversaries so that's a stroke of luck!!

I shall also be entering this into Oldie But a Goodie, which this week is Anything Goes.  My oldie this week are the paper flowers I've used which I cut out with my Cricut some time last year and they've just been sitting sad and lonely in a pot, but now they have been used!! Hooray!

And Cutie Pie Challenge which has a theme of Die Cuts and Punches and Milk Coffee which is also Die Cuts, again for the use of my hand made flower!

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Nat -x-

Brushless Watercolour

So it's technique 7 over at Studio L3's Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge.  This week is sponsored by Eclectic Paperie and the technique is Brushless Watercolour which can be found on page 49 of Tim's fabulous book!!

Once again just getting this post up by the skin of my teeth, despite having made the card a couple of days ago - well I have had a hideous cold and then now I'm on the mend been making Whoopie Pies all day ready for Jubilee celebrations here in the UK at the weekend.

Anyway without any further ado:

 So I used the Brushless  Watercolour technique for the background! Not sure if I might have got a bit water happy but I quite like how it turned out!!

I shall also be entering this into Make It Monday and Divas By Design both of which are Anything Goes.

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Nat -x-

Swarovski Crystal and Pearl Necklace and Earrings

Thought I'd share some Jewellery with you today that I've been making.  I found this beautiful free pattern at www.aroundthebeadingtable.com and decided to make it out of Swarovski Rose Alabaster Bicones and Creamrose Pearls.  And love how it has turned out, it's such an elegant pattern!!

I kinda made up the design for the earrings trying to incorporate a bit of the necklace design!

I shall be entering this into The Saturday Challenge Anything But a Card

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Nat -x-

12 Tags of 2012 - May

This is my take on Tim Holtz May Tag for 12 Tags of 2012.  I hardly had any of what was needed so I made my own stuff for a lot of it.

 I sadly don't have a melting pot yet (REALLY want one but don't) so instead of dipping some paper flowers into UTEE I made some out of white Polymer Clay, then added some ink onto them and then dipped them into gloss in attempt to get a similar effect.

Then I made my own wood effect pot and embossed that with clear embossing powder a couple of times.

I shall also be linking up to Make It Monday 90

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Nat -x-

Tissue Wrap Collage

It's challenge 6 at Studio L3 and the Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenges.  This week is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and we are doing page 38 of Tim's book Tissue Wrap Collage.  I haven't tried this one before and again there was a bit of improv involved due to lack of products, although I'm not sure how well it's actually turned out, but here goes:

A very interesting technique and one I shall be trying again if only to master it a little more!
I shall also be linking up to Make it Monday 90

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Nat -x-

Shattered Stains

So it's on to Challenge 5 of the Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge over at Studio L3 and this week it is Shattered Stains which can be found on page 48 of Tim's Book.  This weeks challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.  I shall also be entering this into Diva's by Design One for the Boys as I think it fits it quite nicely!!

 I LOVE this technique!!!

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Nat -x-

Ooh La La Wings

I made this card for 2 challenges Cupcake Crafts Ooh La La and Anything Goes Things with Wings and of course I shall be linking up to Make It Monday 88.

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Nat -x-

No 1 Mum Card

Happy Weekend fellow bloggers

I have a card to share with you today that I made for 3 challenges: Sassy Studios Dare to Be Sassy 124, which had a sketch to follow and I have used their No.1 Mom Digi Stamp, The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge I Love You Mum and Platypus Creek Flowers, of which I used a text digi and cut out the flowers to make the border along the centre of the card.

 I incorporated my first dolly into a card as well which is all very exciting (well for me anyway as they've just been sitting around for months unopened)!

Make it Monday 88

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Nat -x-

Celebrate Jubilee

It's a big year for us here in the UK with the Olympics and Jubilee and as such there are Union Jacks all over the place, so I thought I'd jump on the band wagon for this weeks Saturday Challenge, which was a sketch.

Make It Monday 88
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Faded Layers

Wow what a busy week, I don't know where it has gone!! I have finally got round to doing my entry for the Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge 4, this week it is Faded Layers which can be found on page 46!

I shall also be entering this in to the Sassy Studio Design Call as I thought this image fit in nicely with my background.

This is also the first chance I got to use my new Spring Distress Inks and I LOVE them!!

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Nat -x-

Make It Monday 88

New Job Card For My Sister

My sister started a new job today and so I have made her a card to celebrate!  I decided to use a Platypus Creek image as it reminded me a bit of her from when we were younger so I thought I'd Bling It Up to coordinate with their challenge for this fortnight!

 This image is called Lily, I coloured her in with pencils, cut out some gold mirri board with my cricut and embossed it for her base.

 I added some sparkly polymer clay roses I'd made and some rhinestones for that bit of extra bling.

And yes it does say HYAY!! I started saying Hooray once and then swapped to Yay mid word and it turned into Hyay which has kind of stuck ever since!!  So it seemed fitting in congratulating her :-).

I shall also be linking to Make It Monday

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Nat -x-

A Cute and Fluffy Monochromatic Birthday

Phew that was a long title!  I've made this next card for 3 challenges, I really do enjoying mixing and matching! This is for The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge Cute and Fluffy, The Cutie Pie Challenge Monochromatic and Ladybug Challenge Birthday and here is what I created:

 So I have this lovely Cute and Fluffy Image from Dis Digi Downloads, which I coloured in with all the brown Distress Inks as I went for a sepia tone for my Monochromatic theme.

 I added a handmade paper flower

 And foiled and distressed Happy Birthday To The One I Love for the Birthday theme.

I shall also enter into Make it Monday 87

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Nat -x-

Marbled Stains

It is challenge 3 time over at Studio L3 and the Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge.  This week it is Marbled Stains which is on page 46 of Tim's book and it is being sponsored by http://eclecticpaperie.com/ which is very exciting.

I absolutely love the look of this technique and tried it out during the Creative Chemistry course but I just can't seem to get it to work the way Tim does.  This is about attempt 6 and is the best I could manage so here goes:

  I shall also be entering this into Oldie But a Goodie whose theme this week is Die Cuts and Punches, here I have used my Spellbinders Dies which have now turned into an oldie and a definite go to! How time flies!

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Nat -x-