Just For Fun December Challenge

Welcome fellow bloggers, crafters and friends.... I hope you are all ready and excited about Christmas..... its come around quick!

Just For Fun is a newish Challenge Blog that does exactly what it says in the title 'Just For Fun'. Sometimes there are prizes donated by lovely people, but not every month. 

For last months winners, this month challenge and prize details, as well as DT inspiration, please visit:

http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/merry-christmas.html?m=1

This months theme is 

'CHRISTMAS'

What a nice easy theme for this time of year lol So far, I have made around 200 christmas cards.... I am thoroughly sick of glitter and the places it gets lol

I hope this make has inspired you to pop over to the Just For Fun Challenge blog and join in the challenge. 

We love seeing all your makes. 

  

Just For Fun - Challenge 2

The second challenge over at 'Just For Fun' Challenge Blog started on the 1st of the month.

Half of the Design Team made projects for the start of the challenge, and the other half of the Design Team have made projects for half way through the month as a little extra inspiration.

 

 

Just For Fun Challenge Blog is just what it states on the tin....Just For Fun. Some months we will have prizes, that have been donated to the Challenge Blog, and some months we won't.

We do have Badges that the winners and top 3 can place on their blogs to show that they have been a winner on our blog.

 

Septembers theme is...... COLOURS OF AUTUMN

Please either click on the link or picture below, to take you to the amazing Just For Fun Challenge Blog....

 

http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/colours-of-autumn.html

 

 

 

I have to say, the makes of the first half of the Design Team, were absolutely amazing. I had a high standard to live up too.....

 

So......He is what I came up with......

 

 

I picked a polkadoodles image from one of their CDs. I thought the image went well with the rustic look I wanted to achieve with the card.

I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens. I have to say that I am really pleased with how this image came out. I tried to use darker colours around the edges of the image areas, to give it more dimension.

I diecut shapes to match the card blank I had in my stash. I used a matt ribbed gold card as I thought that gold mirri would look too new and would take away from the tone of the card.

I got out my distress inks and leave stamps and got to work on the card base and the edges of the layers.

The leaves were made with a punch and embossing set. I inked the main leaf and then inked the edges to give them an autumn dried look.

I put it all together and used a roll of hessian ribbon that I have had for a while. I have looked for this ribbon everywhere as I am running out and wanted some more, however I cannot find any.

 

 

I hope this has inspired you to go and have a look at the Challenge Blog and join in with the challenge.

We have a prize this month, which was donated by the wonderful Marie Richardson

http://cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and leave such lovely comments.

 



SeemasCrafts New Challenge - Butterflies

Welcome Friends, Crafters and Fellow Bloggers...

 

 

It's the start of a new month which means one thing.... A brand new challenge over on

SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog

 

 



SeemaCrafts is not only a Challenge Blog, but a shop as well. Seema makes the most gorgeous hand made embellishments and the butterflies used in the Design Team pieces this month are from the SeemaCrafts shop.

 

This months challenge theme is 'Butterflies'. It would be nice to see some butterflies as the main theme of the makes, rather than just small embellishments.

 

 

I hope you will take a look over on the Challenge Blog and Shop and hopefully the makes will inspire you to join in with this wonderful theme. There are crafty prizes up for grabs from one of our amazing sponsors...please see blog post for more details.

 

 

Here is what I have made....

 

What I used...

 

Canvas Board - from The Works

Butterfly Embellishments - from SeemaCrafts

Butterfly Stamps - from Kanban

Guesso - from The Range

Stayzon Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Various sized paper roses - from eBay

Lace and Ribbon from my stash

Skeleton Leaves

Pearl Spray

 

For the texture on the Canvas Board, I used Guesso mixed with some Distress Ink Re-inker. This makes a lovely clear textured layer with a colouring to it.

I loved making this piece, as I got very messy and was able to let myself go and just layer with ink and guesso and then more guesso lol

 

 

I hope you will take time to enter this great challenge.

 

 

Thank you for visiting, all feedback is welcome.