Santa Claus is coming to town

 Time for another challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this time its " Santa Claus is coming to town".  I had spent ages searching for my Santa Stamp and couldnt find it but I did come across some pre stamped and coloured toppers so thats what Ive used on my card, just added the number, bit of ribbon and sentiment and the Christmas paper in the background.  The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.

After I'd finished this card I had one of those lightbulb moments and remembered the stamp was a Stampendous one and there it was in the drawer with all my other stampendous stamps.

Tradional Christmas

 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is Traditional Christmas, the design team have lots of lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.  Robins always make me think of winter and Christmas so I have used Visible image robin and holly for my card, the frame is a free stamp from a magazine.  I hope you will join in our challenge, all kinds of art/craft are welcome as long as they follow the challenge theme

Sparkle all the way

 Time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time we would like to see lots of sparkle on our Sparkle all the way challenge.  I have tried to capture the sparkle on my card but try as I might it refuses to shine !  there is actually lots of sparkle on the tree the gold embossing and gold glitter card.  The design team hav done better than me and managed to capture the glitter on their samples so I hope you will pay them a visit.

Make it magical

 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is to Make It Magical , the design team have lots of magical sample over on the challenge blog and would love you to pay them a visit.  The funky mushrooms on my card are from an old stamp from Rubber Dance ( don't know if they are still around ?)and the little fairies are Inkylicious.

Halloween

 Well it's time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and as it's coming up to that spooky time of year the challenge is Halloween.  The design team have great inspiration over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit and join in our challenge.  For my joirnal page I have used a mixture of stamp sets but the witch is from a set that has no manufactures packaging , I've had it for years and can't remember where it came from.

Autumn Magic

 I've made a DL card for a change this time for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday which is Autumn Magic.  For my card I have used random stamping with an old Stampin Up set called French Foliage, its a very versatile set with text, splats and various leaves, the words are from Hero Arts set of four season stamps, also very old stash! The design team have some lovely inspirational pieces over on the challenge site and would love you to pay them a visit,

Black and white and one other colour

 New challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time its " Black and White and one other colour"  As usual we accept cards, journal pages, atc's etc , anything as long as it follows the challenge theme.  For y card I have used another old favourite stamp from Kanban and the wording is an old Kaisercraft stamp, there is some white on the background although it all looks a bit blue on here ! The design team have lots of inspiration over on the challenge site and I hope you will pay them a visit.

Make It Colourful

 Where does the time go ?  it's time for the next challenge at Try It on Tuesday and this time we want you to "Make It Colourful "  we welcome all kinds of projects, cards, journal pages, atcs as long as they they follow the challenge subject.  The background on my card was actually a stencil lift failure but I really liked it. The butterfly is a Tim Holtz die  I've had for a long time and thesentiment a freebie from a craft magazine.  The design team have some great samples for you so please pay them a visit over on the challenge blog.

Make it feminine

 

The new challenge at Try it On Tuesday is "Make It Feminine" I have made a couple of collage pages for my Kraft Journal and taken the opportunity to use some of my old wood stamps. The backgrounds are from a very old sewing pattern instructions.  I don't work directly into my journals but make seperate pages to add to them and also I don't really know why I call them journals as I very rarely write in them!  The design team have some great samples over on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit and join in our challenge

Keep it simple

 Our new challenge at Try It On Tuesd ayis to Keep It Simple.  Lots of lovely inspiration from the design team over on the challenge blog and they would love you to pay them a visit.

For my very simple card I have used a flower stamp from Hero Arts coloured with watercolour paints, sentiment is a freebie one from a magazine that I've had for ages.

In The Garden

 It's time for a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and this time the challenge theme is "In The Garden"

For my DT piece I've done another page for my  7x7 journal, inked and stamped background and then bits and pieces from my stash of saved " junk"  the main picture is from some Liz Earl packaging, the flower pictures and word were salvaged from my neighbour's recyling box and were from flower delivery packing which she received every month( lucky lady!)no idea where the watering can bit came from. I had spent the afternoon altering a pair of trousers for my husband so while the machine was out I finished the page of with some stitching.  

The design team have lots of lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge blog a I hope you will pay them a visit and join in our challenge.

Things with wings

 

Time for a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and this time the challenge is for Things With Wings. This is always one of my favourite subjects, so many choices! My DT piece is another page for my journal and includes lots of butterflies and a bird.  The design team have lots of lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.

More Journal pages

 I’ve been saving mop up kitchen roll paper for a long time, often think the mop up looks better than the piece I’m working on, however I decided it was time to use some of it. Each piece has three layers so I get three almost identical piece from each piece of paper towel, I used two pieces as the base for two pages of my journal but then ended up almost covering them up by the time I had finished decorating the pages. The pink and green bits round the edges are all that can be seen of it😀

Here comes summer

 Well the time goes flying by and now its time for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday, this time the challenge is " Here comes suumer".  We welcome all kinds of projects, cards, journal pages, atcs etc as long as the they follow the challenge theme.  The design team have some lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.

For my little card I have used an old Crafty Individuals stamp and the words from another of their seaside stamp sets, background done with distress inks.

Bugs, bees and butterflies

 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday starts today and this time we are asking you to use book papers for your entry project. We welcome all kinds of creative crafts including cards, tags, atcs ,journal pages and anything as long as it follows the challenge subject.

I've gone for a journal page this time using a page from a very ancient Pears Encylopedia, it ws published in 1932 so at 92 years old is the same age as my husband LOL. The pages are nicely aged and surpisingly quite strong for their age, the actual book is falling to pieces so I've finally decided I can bear to pull it apart although I do find myself distracted actually reading the pages instead of getting on with it.

Hope you will visit the challenge blog and see the lovely samples from the design team.

Emboss it

 The weeks are flying past and it's now time again for a new challenge at Try It On TuesdayTry It On Tuesday which this time is "Emboss It".  For my card I have gone for dry embossing for both the back panel and the topper.  The main stamp is a very old Hero Arts set with various other sewing bits and pieces.  The embossing folder is one my favourite and most used one but I've no idea of the make.  The design team have some lovely samples on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit

Small things

 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is "Small Things".  I've been busy making bookmarks to give away at our new community library in the village, these are a few of them.  I've made about twenty up to now all made with scraps or pieces of stamped stuff that never got made into anything else.  These ones still need laminating before they go.  The design team have lots of lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit.

Fantasy

 I can't believe it's the last day of April, where did the month go? So today it's time for a new challenge at  Try It On Tuesday this time we want to see your Fantasy creations, we welcome all kinds of art including cards, mixed media, journal pages, ATC's etc, we just ask that the challenge theme.

For my card I have gone for an Alice In Wonderland theme, one of my very favourite books ever from being very young and I've never tired of it.  I thought the white rabbit who's always late would make a suitable belated birthday card. I've used stamps, topper and papers from an old magazine kit with the addition of the large pocket watch stamp from a very old stamp.

The design team have some great inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit

Inspired by a song

 Our new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is to be Inspired By A Song.  All kinds of medium are welcome, journal pages, cards, atcs etc as long as they follow the theme of the challenge,  For my card I have chosen Pretty Woman sung by Roy Orbison, I think it's my husbands favourite film as he seems to have watched it no end of times .  For my card I have used one of Tim Holtz Runway girls on a background using another old Tim Holtz stamp.  The design team have some lovely inspiration for you over on the challenge blog and would love you to pay them a visit.

Rainbow colours

 The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Rainbow colours, well I like nothing better than splashing a bit of colour around. I white embossed the big background stamp (Hero Arts) and then played about with brusho powders and lots of water until I had the effect I wanted and all the colours of a rainbow, then it just needed the little Happy Birthday (computer generated) and the pretty butterfly, another old Hero arts wood stamp.    The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge site and would love you to pay them a visit.

Rudolph Day

 I had thought that the Rudolph Christmas card challenge had finished when I saw a post that Maureen was having to give it up but I obviously missed the bit that Helen was taking over, many thanks to Kath for putting me right,  At the moment I am in the process of making twenty of this card for a neighbour who liked it when I sent her one last Christmas.  I don't normally make Christmas cards for other people but in a weak moment said yes, I'm about halfway through up to now and will be glad when they are finished !  Its a very simple card to make using the lovely Woodware stamp, gold embossed and coloured with water colour paints.

Rudolph day challenge - Christmas

Use a stencil

 The new challenge at Try it on tuesday is to use a stencil.For my card I have used texture paste through a stencil onto a background made using some old Glimmer mist sprays unfortunately the glimmer shine doesn't show on here !  I cut the two butterflies from a piece of vellum paper to add a bit of interest.  The design team have some lovely samples over on the challenge blog so I hope you will pay them a visit

Spring

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 Time again for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday, this time we are asking for your Spring projects. we welcome all kinds of  art as long as it follows the challenge theme.  For my DT piece I have made a Z fold card, sorry for the wonky photo as I found it quite hard to get a decent one, I usually scan my cards but had to try and get a photo on my iPad.  The stamps and papers I've used were all free with a magazine last year and I've used them quite a lot.   The design team have some lovely samples for you over on the challenge blog so I do hope you will pay them a visit.

Make My Monday  - fun folds

Mix it up challenge - Fancy folds

Crafty Calendar Challenge - more than one fold

In the spotlight

 

The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday this time is a technique called Spotlight which is to only apply colour to part of an image, in other words spotlight that area, there are lots of tutorials etc on Youtube etc if you need any inspiration plus our design team all have great samples over on the challenge blog.  For my card I used a stamp that was free with a magazine, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and an old Hobby arts stamp for the wording. Hope you will join us in this challenge.

Hearts and/or flowers

 It's time again for the new challenge at Try It On Tuesday and the challenge this time asks for Hearts and/or flowers.  I've used both on my anniversary card, the background is a Stampin up embossing folder, the flower stamp is an old Paper artsy I think, the little hearts are a un named brand from Amazon and the little heart buttons are from my button collection.  Any kind of medium is welcome but it must follow the challenge theme.  The design team have lots of inspiration for you over on the challenge blog and I hope you will pay them a visit and join in the challenge.

Happy Birthday

 I'm on a bit of a mission to make more use of my embossing folders so I dug out this very old cuttlebug one and made a Birthday card for one of our adult grandsons.  all the stamps are also old stash, think they are Apple Blossom from Craft Stash? which I stamped and fussy cut.

Lost Coast Stampers - For the men  

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy Birthday

Can You Handle The Pressure - ATG with a twist of Birthdays

I've had a really hard time linking my card to all three sites, never had a problem before but nearly gave up in despair!

Add some Text

 The new challenge at Try It On Tuesday is to Add Some Text, lots of inspiration over on the challenge site so hope you will visit and then join in.  My card is a mix 0f stencilling and stamping, I spent more time deciding on which text stamp to use than actually making the card, I have lots of text stamps and don't use them nearly enough. The background stamp and the butterflies are Crafty Individual stamps and the text stamp is Inkylicious .

Winter B;ues

 

The 1st challenge of the year at Try It On Tuesday is " Winter Blues"   , the design team have some great inspiration for you over on the challenge site so I hope you will pay them a visit.  I had forgotten to do my DT sample until last minute and had already packed away most of my Christmas papers and stamps however managed to find enough bits and pieces to make this card.  The theme" Winter Blues "does not have to be Christmas ,as long as the challenge theme is followed any genre of craft is welcome.  

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and Wishing all a Happy and Healthy New Year.