tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258659481074693412024-02-21T18:37:00.218+00:00thassos456's crafty cornerthassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-63253002410792942952016-06-12T17:06:00.000+01:002016-06-12T17:06:20.455+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span></span><br />
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challenge is "T" and no twist this time. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">After a lot of thought I went for Time. My favourite quote is "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time" from John Lennon<i>,</i> which I wanted to use. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">For the background I crumbled a piece of cling film into a ball and used it as a kind of sponge with white acrylic paint. I sponged the acrylic paint in splotches all over the background. Let it dry and used 2 Distress Inks all over the background. After that I used some stamps across the background in a random pattern and added the polka dot border. I printed out the quote and added it to the background along with the definition. </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-40980490843385081792016-05-29T15:23:00.001+01:002016-05-29T15:25:03.894+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span><br />
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them in with the DIs using each colour twice. The definition section and the top borders was coloured with another DI. I used the same DI colour for the chipboard letters and glued one letter in each section. Finally I added the d</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">efinition.</span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-35583272032953135262016-05-14T16:24:00.000+01:002016-05-14T16:28:17.670+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span><br />
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challenge is "J" with the twist to include a dragonfly.</span></span><br />
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went for the word Journey. For the background I made a colour wash of Distress Inks and crumbled the paper to get a bit of a vintage look. I then used a stamp all over the background. I printed out an old map and made it look a bit used and glued it to the background. Then I added tamps from the corresponding continents. Since I didn't find a stamp for Africa i used a stamp with a dragonfly :)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some added extras and the definition added as well. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy weekend and t</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>hanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-40760312627177176062016-04-23T17:27:00.000+01:002016-04-23T17:27:32.779+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">The next letter for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/alphadictionary-challenge-2016.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "S" with the twist to include a shell.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">One of my favourite bands is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWtH0S2oc1mCtfhGSyNIhw" target="_blank">Sunset Sons</a> (check them out they are really good :) ), so the decision was easy I went for Sunset.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I made a stencil of a 3/4 circle and used Distress Ink to create the sun. Then I marked up the sun and added 3 different DIs to the background. Sprayed everything with water to get the colours fade into each other a little bit. I stamped seagulls around the sun and shells as a kind of border. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Then I divided the page with striped Washi Tape and added the letters Sunset (the word Sons underneath the T) and the definition.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">And last but not least, thanks so much (to Mr Random Generator) for picking my last entry as the winner. I've already spent the voucher on some Brushos and hope to play with them very soon. Yeah :) </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Happy weekend and t</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"><i>hanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-13488166052353513462016-04-16T17:42:00.001+01:002016-04-16T17:42:08.157+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">The next letter for the <a href="http://www.thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/alpha-dictionary-challenge.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "D" and use the colour Pink.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">My first thought was to use one of my favourite stamp set with Dandelions, but I can't find them....grrrr. I definitely have to do a spring clean through my craft stuff soon. :)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">So I
decided to go for dragonflies instead. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I took a kitchen paper towel and sprayed it with 3 different Dylusion inks (including pink :)) and when dry I glued it on a cardstock. I took a dragonfly stamp from Crafty Individual and stamped it all over the page with 3 different VersaFine inks. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Then I used a smaller dragonfly stamp 3 times and cut it out with the matching die. Coloured them with Distress Ink, used a Gelly Roll Pen for the wings and added them to the page. I also put some rhinestones on them. </span></span></span><br /><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">And finally I added the word definition.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Sorry for not visiting your blogs lately, I've started a new job and that keeps me busier than I thought/hoped. I will have a look at all your great creations tomorrow though. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Happy weekend and t</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"><i>hanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-37421341713910573462016-04-02T13:03:00.000+01:002016-04-02T13:03:23.550+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">The next letter for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/alphadictionary-challenge.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "G". </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I decided to go for Gargoyles, because I always liked them. I found one from Notre Dame and printed it along with an image of the Eiffel Tower. </span></span></span><br />
<span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">For
the background I used three different Distress Inks to give the impression of a sky. I glued the Gargoyle and the Eiffel Tower on the background. Then I tore strips from an old book, coloured it with Distress Ink and added the stripes as a border. For the corners I used brads which looks like screws and finally added the word definition.</span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-85636692692539183022016-03-20T13:34:00.001+00:002016-03-20T13:38:53.437+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next letter for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/alphadictionary-challenge-2016.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "R". I knew right away that I wanted to use the word rose, but I couldn't get my head around what to do. So it took me until today to get the page finished and I just made it in time . Phew ... :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For
the background I masked up several sections and used a rose stamp from craft stampers to stamp it in different VersaFine colours in each section. After that I added some Distress inks all over the background.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I then found a lovely image of a vintage lady with roses in her hand, which I layered on paper and glued it to the background. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I then added a lace at the bottom of the image and fixed it with some flower brads. Finally I added the word definition. </span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-70534837635353548332016-02-28T20:07:00.000+00:002016-02-28T20:09:05.242+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span><br />
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challenge is "L". It took me some time to find a word for this, but in the end I went for "Label". </span></span><br />
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the background I used a brayer with a Big and Juicy ink pad. Added some texture with my new Indigo Blu texture stamps. Then I stamped, cut out and inked labels from a Lili of the Valley stamp set and attached them on the background with some brads. Finally I added the word definition and fixed it with a label frame. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-13011543089502985872016-02-08T21:34:00.001+00:002016-02-08T21:34:29.417+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge and Country View Challenges</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">The 3rd letter for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/alphadictionary-challenge.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "F" and for a twist a heart should be included. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I had a couple of words, but went for "Fairy" at the end. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">For the background I drew a grid of squares and rectangles with a pencil. I used 5 different Distress Inks to colour the section by masking them with Post-its. Then I used the same inks to stamp some textures into the sections. I found a very old fairy stamp, which I stamped with blue VersaFine and embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder. Cut the fairy out, coloured the background of the fairy with DI and mounted it on a blue piece of fabric. Glued everything on the background and added the flowers and the heart. I also added a border at the top and bottom of the background with Distress Stickles. Finally I added the dictionary definition in the lower left corner.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I would also like to enter this one in the February challenge over on </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"><a href="http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/february-make-your-own-background.html" target="_blank">Country View Challenges</a>. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Their theme this month is "Make your own background" </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"></span></span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-13714954384682898762016-01-31T14:39:00.000+00:002016-01-31T14:39:38.687+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Craft Barn: Weekly Challenge</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new theme for the weekly challenge at the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/weekly-challenge_31.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a><span id="goog_744418931"></span> is Triplets</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've got this little tray with x-mas deco pieces a while back and it's perfect for this project as it has 3 compartments. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I painted the tray with a blue effect-paint. I cut out 3 white corrugated board squares, then cut out and coloured 3 cardboard squares with 3 different Distress Inks, cut out 3 acetate squares and used a Xyron stickermaker to adhere 3 lighthouse stamps to the acetate. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I assembled all pieces together using foam pads and glued each square into one compartment of the tray. As a final touch I added the little shells to each compartment. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love lighthouses so this one will go into our bathroom as it kind of fits the theme of the room. </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was good fun and I enjoyed making this a lot. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-22325996539987235792016-01-28T20:08:00.000+00:002016-01-28T20:08:19.660+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">The 2nd letter for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/alphadictionary-challenge-2016_24.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a>
challenge is "Q". A bit tricky, but in the end I went for the word "Question". </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">I made a colour wash background with Distress Inks and used several stamps and stencils. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Then I stamped question marks all over the page. I coloured the chipboard letters and again used a stamp on the chipboards. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Finally I stamped and embossed another question mark and added the definition. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;">Again this was good fun. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"></span></span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-14513918126603198522016-01-23T19:09:00.001+00:002016-01-23T22:20:31.803+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Craft Barn "Alpha/Dictionary" Challenge</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy New Year :) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new theme for the <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/alphadictionary-challenge-2016.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn's</a> challenges is "Alpha/DIctionary" and the first letter is "B". Go check it out, it sounds interesting. So I decided to play along and see if I can make it till the end this year. :) </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've decided to go for the word "Botany" and I will make journal pages which I'll bind at the end. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the background I made a colour wash from 3 different Distress Inks and stamped the leaves all over the page in VersaFine. I've used a grass stamp as a border. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then I used some fern stamps for the distressed squares and adhered them to the left side of the page. I used some letter sticker for the word Botany and glued them on a piece of jute and added the definition of Botany below. After that I added some paper ribbon as a border on top and bottom of the page and another stamped leaf in the bottom corner. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I haven't been crafting over the last months, so this was good fun and I hope to get back into things :)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okay, off to see what everybody else did. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-48088763195235568982015-05-03T13:11:00.000+01:002015-05-03T13:11:49.647+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craft Barn weekly challenge & Time Out</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd like to enter this journal page in 2 challenges: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Craft Barn weekly challenge: <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/weekly-challenge.html" target="_blank">"Words"</a> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/challenge-30.html" target="_blank">Time Out</a> Challenge: see photo below</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've made this page a few weeks back and think this could fit both challenges. The quote is from a song by a band called Canterbury (unfortunately they split up last year). The song is called "Garden Grows" (if you like check it out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZOXFQEIy2M" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this page I've used nearly every flower stamp that I have and also most of my VersaFine and VersaColor ink pads. <br />I randomly stamped the flowers onto the page in different colours to create a background and than added the lyrics with matching colour stickers. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-65152185130677412092015-04-15T16:46:00.000+01:002015-04-16T22:01:04.246+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less Is More - Splatters & Time Out</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new challenge over at Less is More (Week 219) is "<a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/one-layer-splatters-week-219.html" target="_blank">Splatters</a>".</span><br />
</span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Great theme. I
used a white square card base and added 3 different Distress Inks through my "Splatter" stencil. Spritzed it with a bit of water and stamped the sentiment with black VersaFine. Nice and Easy :)</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I would also like to enter this into the "Rainbow" challenge at <a href="http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/challenge-29.html" target="_blank">Time Out</a> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-34702947592384937272015-04-14T18:26:00.000+01:002015-04-14T18:28:41.389+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Let's Get Vintage</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weeks challenge on <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas</a>
is "<i><a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/merry-monday-154-lets-get-vintage.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Vintage</a>"</i>.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For
this card I've printed out the vintage image twice, layered one on red cardstock and cut out the sentiment on the second image and adhered it to the first image to get a little bit of 3D effect. I added red patterned paper and ribbon to a gold square cardbase and added the focal image. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Christmas cards collection for this year is slowly growing, which is great. I really enjoy it :) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span><br />
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<br />thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-10150245989468544642015-04-07T21:18:00.001+01:002015-04-07T21:18:50.185+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Angels/Cherubs</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weeks challenge on <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas</a>
is "<i><a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/merry-monday-153-angelscherubs.html" target="_blank">Angels/Cherubs</a>"</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For
this card I've cut out 2 rectangular panels and embossed them with a Polka Dot folder. Then I glued both panels on a red card base. I stamped the angel with black VersaFine and used clear embossing powder. After that I used a red glitter pen to highlight some areas and added red adhesive stones. I did the same with the sentiment piece. Finally I layered them with some red cardstock and glued the toppers on the card base. </span></span></span><br />
<span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-28267087381989215502015-04-04T16:13:00.000+01:002015-04-04T16:13:03.760+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less Is More - Predominantly Black</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new challenge over at <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/colour-challenge-week-218.html" target="_blank">Less is More (Week 218</a>) is "Predominantly Black".</span><br />
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I
cut out 3 different size circles in Black and White and layered them on top of each other. I stamped the quote on the top white one. Then I adhered white and red ribbon to a piece of black card and glued it to a white cardbase. Finally I added the circles and a glittery red heart. </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-65400751083509516302015-04-04T08:41:00.000+01:002015-04-04T08:44:17.549+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Craft Barn: Calendar Challenge</span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/calendar-challenge-april.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a> </span></span>prompts for April. They are BLUE and UMBRELLAS.</span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've
started with the background and added different blue Distress Inks on it. Then I used a brush and spritzed water all over it to create raindrop stains. After that I added the stitch border. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the tag I used Distress Inks again, added the border and stamped the circles. The main image is from Tim Holtz stamped with VersaFine and embossed with clear embossing powder. I used the same DIs as for the tag and added the red ribbon. Then adhered everything to the background. Sorry for the slightly wonky scan, it's a bit too early in the morning :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-70415727967062474532015-04-03T13:58:00.001+01:002015-04-03T13:58:54.453+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Lime, Turquoise & White</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weeks challenge on <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas</a>
is "<i><a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/merry-monday-152-color-challenge.html" target="_blank">Lime, Turquoise & White</a>"</i>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For
this card I've cut out a 6 squares in 2 different sizes with my
Cuttlebug. I've added Distress Inks to each square and added white glitter snowflakes to each square. After that I scored 3 lines on a white card-base and added the same Distress Inks. I arranged and glued the squares on the card and stamped the sentiment with Distress Ink and coloured it with a Gelly Roll pen. </span></span></span><br />
<span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-71354115372869678692015-04-03T13:47:00.000+01:002015-04-03T13:59:28.329+01:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Craft Barn: Weekly Challenge</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new theme for the weekly challenge at the </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/weekly-challenge_29.html" target="_blank">Craft Barn</a><span id="goog_744418931"></span> is Retiform</span></span>. Check this technique out <a href="http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/stamping-master-class-week-dawn-heald.html" target="_blank">here.</a></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've done this technique before, but didn't know it was called Retiform. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I masked off different sections on a square piece of cardstock and coloured them with blue and red Distress Inks. Then masked off every section again and stamped the Asian woman and the cherry blossoms in the different sections. I've added the ribbon and the charm and layered the piece on some black card and onto a gold card base. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A fun technique. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for looking :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-7449024693778244462015-03-28T17:50:00.001+00:002015-03-28T17:51:15.802+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less Is More:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Combine any three previous Less is More challenges</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's a new card for the new <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/week-217.html" target="_blank">Less is More</a> Challenge - Week 217.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Challenge <i>this week: Combine any three previous LiM challenges. </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I had to make a birthday card for my Brother-in-Law so I went for the following challenges:</i></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Week 18: Monochrome<br />Week 111: Frame it! <br />Week 159: Masculine</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I coloured a Tim Holtz car embossing folder with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and embossed a piece of white cardstock with my Cuttlebug. I added then Antique Linen and Old Paper DIs to the embossed car and die cutted the whole piece. After that I've used some Walnut Stain DI for the edges of that piece. </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Then I stamped the border with Walnut Stain and the sentiment with Brushed Corduroy. I hope he likes it :)</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for looking :)</i></span></span></span>thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-57375375722647831652015-03-25T21:15:00.000+00:002015-03-25T21:15:28.093+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Tree</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weeks challenge on <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas</a>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For this card I used a Christmas tree embossing folder with some ivory patterned cardstock. Layered it on black and gold cardstock. Added the red ribbon and the red star. Then glued everything on black card. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-49136528180302839112015-03-21T14:08:00.000+00:002015-03-21T14:08:31.809+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less Is More:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> CASE a DT Card</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Challenge <i>this week is to CASE a DT Card. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I decided to go for Chrissie's card. I really like the style. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>So I die-cutted a square and a rectangle piece of cardstock and embossed the borders. Then I stamped the flowers and the quote with black VersaFine and embossed them with clear embossing powder. After that I coloured the flowers with Promarkers and adhered both panels on a white card base with foam pads. The stamps are from Papermania and Inkylicious. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>This was a quick and fun card to make. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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thassos456http://www.blogger.com/profile/03922879426859896608noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125865948107469341.post-6565317382123612092015-03-19T10:29:00.000+00:002015-03-19T19:55:34.072+00:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Gifts</span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weeks challenge on <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Merry Monday Christmas</a>
is "<i><a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/merry-monday-150gifts.html" target="_blank">Gifts</a>"</i>.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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some reason it took ages to come up with an idea what to do. I just couldn't find the right image. But today I had a look at http://freetrinketstreasures.blogspot.co.uk/ and finally discovered the one I wanted to use. I took a piece of music sheet crumbled it up and added Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Then adhered it to some blue textured cardstock and added the blue ribbon. I layered the image on the same blue cardstock and fixed it on the card with foam pads. I then coloured the wooden sentiment with Metallic Marker and added it to the image, replacing the word Joy in the quote on the image with the wooden word Joy. Finally glued the whole piece to white cardstock.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This card is for the new <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/one-layer-week-215.html" target="_blank">Less is More</a> Challenge - Week 215.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Challenge <i>this week is a One Layer card with the theme: Include an Animal.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>I always kind of struggle with One Layer cards, that's why I love to play at LIM from time to time. Gets me out of my comfort zone. </i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>For this card I used Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks through a Harlequin stencil on a white card base. Then I used the quote stamp from Craft Stamper magazine with Black Onyx VersaFine and the butterfly stamp from Crafty Individuals with Rangers Big and Juicy Ink. I actually quite like the effect that the Harlequin pattern is showing through the butterflies.</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><br />
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