Week 1 - 52 Week Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019

Hello and welcome to a brand new year of the 52 Week Art Card / Tag Challenge for 2019.

For those of you new to this challenge, you will find all the info you need here.  

There is a Facebook Group for this challenge, where you are more than welcome to join, chat with others taking part and upload images of your creations to the weekly albums. This is a very relaxed challenge for all abilities.

So now down to business.

The prompt for Week 1 is "Celebrations"

We celebrate many things, birthdays, an anniversary, Christmas, new babiesm passing a test and so on.  I've based my tag on new year, but you can of course chose any form of celebration.

I started my tag by making the background using various shades of Distress Oxide inks.  I used a Stampin' Up stamp for the "Celebrate" sentiment.

Using a round punch and an old dictionary I have had since school, I punched circles of text and stuck them on top of the Oxide background.  I then ran the whole thing through the Big Shot in an embossing folder with concentric circles. I then inked the edges of the tag with a grey and black ink.

I die cut the numbers and coloured them with Versafine Clair ink in a shade of "Blue Belle".  Using a silver glitter Signo pen, I added dots onto the blue numbers. Then stuck the numbers to the tag.

Finally I mounted the tag onto a dark blue card and added sequins across the surface of the tag.

Design Team Make 28th December 2018 (Something New) - My Time To Craft Challenge #387

It's time for another prompt from the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog", this time the prompt is "Something New".

I went rummaging in my paper off-cuts box to make this card.  It's nice to make something out of nothing.  I used a Papertrey Ink die from the "Love Lives Here" set for the house shape.  I die cut a couple of nesting circles, stuck them together and added the little house shape and added a contrasting heart for the centre of the house.

The sentiment is from a Hobby Art set called "General Greetings", stamped in a Memento ink, in a "Rhubarb Stalk" shade.  I then mounted the card onto a piece of matching patterned paper (which was from the Pretty Posy stack I'd purchased from The Range, some time ago.

Christmas Wishes

If you are one of those people that drop by my blog and leave lovely comments, then I just want to say thank you for your time and kind words.  They mean a lot.

What ever you are up to, I hope you have a very peaceful Christmas.  Sam xxx

Week 52 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2018

We made it to the last week of the tag challenge for 2018.  Congratulate yourself if you've taken part, even if life has got in the way and you've had to put your tags on the back burner for a few weeks - you are wonderful!

The Week 52, final prompt for 2018 is "Metallic".

For my tag, I started with a sheet of striped foil paper from a 6x6 stack called "The Gift of Christmas".  Using a flourish/scroll stamp by Creative Expressions called "Leafy Swirl - UMS011" I made multiple stamps across the surface of the tag using a Versafine "Black Onyx" ink.

I stamped the "Merry Christmas" sentiment (the stamp was free with a magazine) using a Memento ink called "Rhubarb Stalk" and then die cut into an oval.  I then mounted it on another oval in black cardstock.

To finish the tag, I added some light gold Nuvo sequins and then tied black ribbon to the tag.

Nigella Sweet and Salty Crunch Nut Bars

I am not ashamed to say, that I am a bit of a Nigella fan.  I like the fact that she takes short cuts in recipes and is not afraid of using shop purchased items as a base for her recipes.

One of my long standing favourite recipes is the "Sweet and Salty Crunch Nut Bars" which features on page 310/311 of her "Kitchen" recipe book.  I had forgotten all about this lovely treat till a memory popped up on Facebook which prompted me to make the bars again.

It is a simple recipe really, consisting of butter, syrup, milk and dark chocolate melted in a pan, then added to a bowl of crushed crunchie bars and salted peanuts.  But the taste is fabulous.  When I make it, I make a double batch as my friends absolutely love it.

When I make this, I always use disposable foil trays.  I find that they are easier to get out of them than solid tins.

Visible Image Butterfly Birthday Card

Another December birthday.  I made this card using the Gelli Plate for the base.  The butterfly is a Visible Image stamp.  The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink stamp from their "Stylish Sentiments" both stamped in Versafine "Black Onyx".

I've used a Sakura Jelly Roll Pen to add silver shimmer dots across the card, which unfortunately do no get picked up very well in the photograph.

Rudolf Christmas Card

I made my last Christmas card today, making this rudolf card.

I embossed a piece of white card, using the Crafters Companion "Scandinavian Christmas" embossing folder.  I die cut the rudolf face (the die came free with a magazine last year, I don't recall which mag though) and stuck it to the embossed background.  I added a large red sticky peal for the nose and googly eyes.

I stamped the Woodware sentiment in Versafine Clair "Tulip Red" ink.