Left Of Centre Celebration Event - 14th March

Welcome Back Lovelies....

As most of you will have seen from my previous posts, Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Blog is Celebrating their 1st Birthday.

To Celebrate, they are doing an event throughout March to showcase the Design Teams work and the Sponsors who have supported us throughout our first year and continue to do so. As well as some new sponsors, who will be supporting us throughout the next 12 months.

EVERY DAY we will be posting makes using images from our wonderful Sponsors.

We are so very VERY lucky to have an amazing list of spectacular sponsors, and here they are:

Delicious Doodles - http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/

Ike's Art - http://www.ikesart.com/

Rick St Dennis - http://www.zibbet.com/Rick1949

MelJen Designs - http://meljensdesigns.com/

Dilly Beans - http://sillydillybeans.blogspot.co.uk/

Sassy Studio Designs - http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

Limited Runs - http://limitedrunsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Eiglassing - http://eiglassing.blogspot.co.uk/

Smeared Ink - http://smearedink.com/

The Stamping Chef - http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/

Aurora Wings - https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings

As I said, we are very lucky to have a list like that!!!!

For this make, I have used an image from the amazing The Stamping Chef. The image was one of the images for Challenge #26 Diecuts.

The image I have used is called 'Scream and Shout' and comes with a brilliant sentiment.

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Here is what I have made......

I have used a great backing from Kanban, which I got from the Crafting Queens UK.

I used a border die from x-cut and covered this with a lovely silk edged ribbon.

The gorgeous image is coloured with my WHSmiths blendable colouring pencils, and then fussy cut out.

This was then put on an x-cut frame diecut and sanded coredinations card stock.

I finished off with Flat backed pearls and some small gold metal discs.

I used some corner diecuts, and a smaller version of the x-cut die frame for the sentiment.

I distressed the edge of the sentiment with colouring pencils and some black distressing ink.

I think this is a dark but fun card. I really had fun making this.

I hope you will pop over to the Left Of Centre Creative Challenges Challenge Blog, and join in the Birthday Event, as well as the current Challenge.

Thank you for your wonderful comments.

SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog

Welcome fellow Bloggers, Crafters and most importantly, Friends...

 

 

 

First of all, I would like to apologise for not posting this at the start of the Challenge (1st November). I was stuck with no broadband for a day and a half, and my 3G was not good enough to get me onto the blogging page. The downside to living in the country, you have rubbish broadband!!!

 

 

On the 1st of each month, SeemaCrafts starts a new Challenge over on their Challenge Blog

 

 

http://seemacrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

 

SeemaCrafts isn't just a Challenge Blog. Seema, the owner, makes gorgeous hand made embellishments (which you will see in some of the previous Challenges, such as the Butterflies challenge). There are also other crafty items up for sale. The shop is always worth a look, lots of bargains to be had.

Prizes are offered by either SeemaCrafts, or one of our amazingly wonderful sponsors. Please see main blog post for more details on prizes.

 

 

This months Challenge is something nice and easy and would cheer anyone up....

Bright and Colourful

I don't know about you, but at this time of year I get a bit tired of Christmas cards, so this Challenge gave me chance to make something different....

 

Unfortunately, quite a few of our Design Team are down with illness, so were unable to take part in the Challenge. Due to this, I stepped up and made three Design Team pieces to hopefully give people lots of inspiration.

 

Here is what I made....

 

 

I had amazing fun making these, and used colours that I wouldn't usually use.

 

I got messy with inks, pens, distressing tools...and used many embossing folders that I haven't gotten around to using.

 

 

I hope these cards give you a little bit of inspiration and inspire you to pop along to SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog and join in with the fun.....Its time to let your hair down and get out those colours you always want to use, but are too scared too lol

 

 

 



Just For Fun - Brand New Challenge Blog

Well I am very excited to announce that the first challenge for

 'Just For Fun' Challenge Blog

is up and running.

 

The challenge this month is

ANYTHING GOES

and runs from the 1st August to the 28th August.

 

 

As this is the first month, there is a small crafty prize up for grabs.
 

 

If you love our Challenges and the Blog, then you can take our wonderful blog badges from our side bar. There are also gorgeous badges for the winners of our challenges.

 

 

I would love it if you would take a trip to the 'Just For Fun' Challenge Blog and have a look at the brilliant Design Team pieces. We hope they will inspire you to join in with the challenge.

 

 

 

Here is what I have made.......
 

 

What I have used:
 

Crafters Companion Humphrey's Corner CD

Green Lace from my stash

Joy Crafts Border Die

Wax Paper

Flowers from my stash

Pearl Spray from my stash

 

 

 

I hope you like my first Design Team piece for this exciting new Challenge Blog, and I hope you will visit us and play along.