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Creative Warriors Inspiration Team - Term 3 Post #16

          This is my next inspiration for the Creative Warriors Inspiration Team  with  Michelle Grant Designs You will see our inspirationa...

Thursday 28 March 2024

Gecko Galz Gothic Challenge


This card uses the     

 freebie image from the Gecko Galz



The background is a Gelli Pull. The image is decoupaged with stamps from a Tim Holtz set.

I will also add this card to the Two Old Bats Challenge




Happy Crafting!




Wednesday 27 March 2024

WOYWW # 773



It is Wednesday so I am linking to the Stamping Ground

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #772

Here's my desk today - you can I am in the process of starting a journal page in blues using stencils. I will show you how it progresses next week...

On the desk easel is a quick page I made to wish you a Happy Easter - a Gelli pull plus a napkin from my stash and some chipboards. I added extra colour with acrylics and ink.


My featured post is a page using a Michelle Grant image:


On Friday morning I joined in a Zoom Craft and Chat with the UK Stampers Network and Patti shared  a super workshop to make a tape bound mini book. I used an IKEA tape measure as my tape! I enjoy catching up on these Zooms but the hour is changing which will make it very early during our Winter.



I decorated this with some of my Gelli pulls.

I will try hard to get around to you all this week - but I am only just writing this after dropping Ollie back home - Somehow the time is just flying at the moment!


Happy  WOYWW!


Monday 25 March 2024

Creative Warriors Inspiration Team - Term 3 Post #16


     This is my next inspiration for the Creative Warriors Inspiration Team 

with Michelle Grant Designs

You will see our inspirational creations on the Facebook Group

Today I have used the image from Michelle's Beautiful - this is one of my favourites!



I have used it a few times in the past - the first one was an image transfer, the second the pre-coloured images.




Today I have again used the precoloured image:


The first layer is acrylics added via my Gelli plate.
I then added teabag papers and the image.


Next I add a script stamp in ground espresso archival ink to the background, waterproof pencil around the edges and some penwork. 


Next I added some flowers using an Art by Marlene stamp set, stamped on a Gelli pull and cut out for the heads and direct for the stalks.


I added more waterproof pencil round the blooms. Can you see the shine on the blooms? This was a metallic acrylic.



Happy Crafting!




Sunday 24 March 2024

Lost Coast Challenge #183

I have been playing with my Gelli plate a lot this week. This card uses one of the pulls as a background - this used several acrylic paints and a  circle stencil.

I added this to a kraft card blank and used a black pen to add faux stitching around the edges.

the stamps are from Tracy Scott, PaperArtsy, stamped in black archival with a  little extra colour from a marker.


I will add this to the



Happy Crafting!

Thursday 21 March 2024

Butterfly Challenge #194



The theme for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge #194 is D for Decoupage Card.


The wheel in the Butterfly Challenge is as follows with the colour scheme below:



My background is cut from a Gelli Pull in 'Daffodil', placed on a white card blank.



I then chose a floral paper which had a combination of 'Delft Blue' with small specks of 'Dusky Pink' and 'Daffodil'.  I used this to die cut several butterflies and the bodies to decoupage these. I added one set of butterflies directly to the background, a second set on dimensionals and the bodies on more dimensionals.

Finally I added the 'diamonds'.

This is aimed at the 2nd prize Challenge.

Happy Crafting!