Am I the only one not ready for Christmas?

I’m so not ready for anything yet, trying so hard & missing target badly!  So badly I missed that it was Wednesday AGAIN!!!!

Think I may have to set an alarm each week to remind me that I’m supposed to be taking part in the Fab ‘n’ Funky challenges, anyway, better late than never I suppose.  Challenge number 462 is sequins and for this card I have used the Sara Signature Enchanted Christmas collection, highlighted with some sequins for extra sparkle ‘cos you can never have too much sparkle at Christmas!

Just loved working with this collection, anyway, if I’m not back before the festivities I hope you all have an incredible Christmas.

TTFN

Rach

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If only!

If only I could remember what day of the week it was, it would be marvellous!  At the beginning of the week I was actually organised and had managed to create my make for Fab 'n' Funky #460, but then today, I completely forgot that I was supposed to post it and have only just remembered now.

Sorry for being late folks, hopefully you will forgive me when you see my make.  This is for a work colleague who likes to keep receipts and little keepsakes from wherever she has been so that she can keep the memories.

I created the box using the Crafters Companion six cupcake gable box template, I've then used turquoise cardstock and papers from the Vintage Lace collection.  The flowers were created using the fabulous flower forming foam and dies, which I learned to use at Craftaganza this year.  The recipient was absolutely thrilled with her box, and I suppose that's always the best bit, when someone else likes what you've done.

Well, having been late to the party, I hope you are all going to be joining in with us this week & I look forward to seeing your makes on the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge page.

TTFN

Rach

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Add a Button

Well, another week and another Fab 'n' Funky Challenge, with the theme this week of "add a button", and as we are so close to Christmas I thought I'd take the opportunity to add to my very small collection of Christmas Cards (probably got more than I think, but finding them in my craft room is going to be a challenge in itself!).

I really like this card as it's so simple I can re-create it a lot of times & play catch up on the Christmas makes.  I didn't have any buttons the right colour but I did have some small wooden ones so I just coloured this with some acrylic paint.  The holly leaves were a freebie die with the latest Crafters Inspiration magazine and the sentiment is also a Die'sire die.  I added some scribbled lines with fine liner pen and all done!  Taking simple to a whole new level!

Well, I hope you are all more organised for Christmas than me, and I look forward to seeing your button makes!

TTFN

Rach
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Paper Piecing

Hi All, well another week with Fab 'n' Funky and another challenge, this week it's Paper Piecing.

For my card, I've used coloured panels on a monochrome background and I couldn't resist the opportunity to get another Christmas card made!

I love these background layer stamps from Crafters Companion, they create cards so easily, and using a couple of bauble dies on a fully coloured panel looks really effective, I inked the edges of the baubles with Gold Midas Metallic ink and raised them on foam pads.  The side panels are again Crafters Companion from the Poinsettia Perfection collection.

Well, I look forward to seeing what everyone has made this week and see your interpretation on Paper Piecing!

TTFN

Rach

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You can't keep me away from Christmas for long!

This weeks challenge on Fab n Funky (#455) is Christmas, and although it's not really my turn to take part, I soo love Christmas I thought I'd take part anyway.  It also gave me a chance to finally use one of my birthday presents (thank you so much Susan!).

I have used one of the cut n emboss dies from Crafters Companion for a quite traditional card, which you can knock up in no time, and I have to say at Christmas, when you discover you've got more relatives than cards made (or is that just me?), you really need this!

I cut & embossed onto Centura Pearl Hint of Gold, then used some gilding wax to highlight the swirls round the outside, mounted this piece on foam pads onto a slightly larger piece of Centura Pearl Gold, then onto a base card, bit of ribbon and a sentiment layered up and you're done.

Well, hopefully you will be able to join us this week, I know so many of you are full on into your Christmas crafting now (only 8 weeks to go!).

TTFN

Rach
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A change from Christmas

Well, I actually remembered what day it was today & that I'm supposed to be taking part in the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #454, whose theme this week is Wedding.

I was really happy with this theme as I have some lovely dies & papers from Sara's Signature Rustic Wedding collection, and I also have just taken possession of some of the new Vintage Lace collection as well - Happy days!

This card is quite simple, but then when it comes to Wedding cards I think that is probably best - this edger die is just fabulous, though I have to admit it did take a few passes through the machine to get all of the pieces to cut.  I resorted to my favourite torn roses, these are so easy to make but look just perfect for this.  Behind the roses, you can see swirls and leaves from the new Vintage Lace, which seemed to be just perfect for this.

Anyway, hope you like this and will join us at Fab 'n' Funky!

TTFN

Rach

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I'm a numpty!

It's official, life got so hectic that I lost track of what week was what and I completely missed my slot last week on Fab 'n' Funky.  I can't believe that I missed it, especially as it was a Halloween theme (I had some lovely dies I could have used!), anyway, I'm so sorry to all and so to make up for it, I'm taking part in my down week and will also take part next week (providing there are no more brain farts!).

Anyway, this weeks theme is 'Feature a Creature', I have a lovely stamp from Visible Image (love their work) of a Seahorse, which I wanted to play with and here's what I've come up with.  The background is made using my favourite smooshing & layering technique with distress oxides.  I've also used one of the accessory stamps to create bubbly swirls and added Nuvo drops as well.

The sentiment is also one of Visible Image's which was stamped in versamark and embossed with black embossing powder.

Anyway, hope you all have a great week and I'm looking forward to seeing all of your creations.

TTFN

Rach

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Fab 'n' Funky are back!!!

Hi everyone, well after an incredibly long summer break (hope you all enjoyed your time!), we are finally back with some more Fab 'n' Funky fun.  We are starting our time back with Challenge #450, which, with it being 25th of the month, is Christmas themed.

Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I really don't need more than a tiny twinkle of an excuse to break into carols and wrap tinsel round like its going out of fashion (please don't tell me it has, I won't accept that sort of negativity!).

So for my card today, I have picked one of my favourites from the recent Sara Signature Range launch, which was Enchanted Christmas, I so love those fairies!  This card is really simple to make too - I just stamped the scene at the bottom and coloured in any missing bits using a black marker.  Used one of the papers from the 6x6 pad on the inside of the card and stamped a sentiment in place, die cut an aperture in the front, which I then backed with acetate and framed with a bit of silver glitter card.  Die cut a fairy from black glitter, perching her neatly on the tree stump (xyron sticker maker is great for this) and then added a few stars, which look like she is blowing them across the sky.

The coordination in this set really does make everything work so well, every card I have seen made using this collection is just perfect, so lovely!

Well, I hope you can join us for our Christmas challenge, and welcome back everyone!

TTFN

Rach

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Fairy Merry Christmas!

Good morning all, hope your Monday morning is going to plan!

Today I'm sharing one of my makes for the Enchanted Christmas range, which was launched recently.  These fairies are more magical as they are floating on an acetate panel.  These fairies are so much fun and given the glitter and sparkle of Christmas is just perfect!

I really hope you've already got yourself this collection, absolutely everything in it is just incredible, the paper pads are to die for, there are stunning dowel stamps, embossing folders, dies, stencils, stamps and dies, dies and some gorgeous stamps too.

Anyway, I have to go and get ready for work early as I have an emergency run to carry out for my most forgetful daughter!

TTFN

Rach
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Launch Day!

Well, today's the day these fabulous new Pop up Word Dies launch on Create and Craft and I hope you've managed to clear time in your day (or just ordered them and set the video [how old am I!!!!] to record).

Here's another of my samples for the launch using 'Special Friend' this time.

I used paper from the Downton Abbey 12 x 12 paper pad, together with the rectangle frame, the flowers and the tag are from the Gemini Junior starter set.

Hope you like this and are enjoying hump day!

TTFN

Rach
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Fabulous new Dies!

Well, it's been ages since I came on and let you know what I'm up to, sorry about that, it's so easy to keep ploughing into life head first and not take a look up to see what's going on.  But I'm here now and I'm so lucky to have worked on some gorgeous new dies coming up on Create and Craft by Crafters Companion.

These are new Pop up Word dies, that allow you to have an incredibly large statement on the inside of your card and really make sure that most of the hard work is done for you.

As you can see, this one is the 'Thank You' sentiment, and will be so useful as we really need to be saying this phrase as often as possible.  I used the Sara Signature Shabby Chic collection for the papers and dies on this one and I cut the Thank You out of Centura Pearl Trends for the additional coloured layer.

I can definitely see these dies becoming a staple in my crafting arsenal (which is ever growing!), I really love the way the lettering is wonky, just gives it another fun edge!

Anyway, hope you will be able to tune in on Wednesday when these dies launch and you can see much more marvellous inspiration from the team.

Hope you've had a fabulous weekend.

TTFN

Rach

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Fab ‘n’ Funky #449 - Add Pearls/Gems

Hi again Funky Folk!

Well, it's Wednesday again, and I'm such a divvy, I thought it was still Tuesday and so this post is ultra late - so sorry, life is a bit of a whirlwind at the moment and I hardly get time to draw breath, let alone do crafty stuff.

This card actually started life some time ago when I bought the background layering stamps from Crafters Companion, together with the Harmony Quick Dry inks - I have to say, I absolutely love these, they make amazingly quick cards (just what you need when you're already late to the party!).  The only reason this card took any time to make was because I put Nuvo drops on it and they needed time to dry before I finished everything off, I also used some really sparkly gems in the centre of a few flowers but for some reason this has not shown up particularly well on the photo.

Anyway, hope you've had a great "hump" day and can slide into the weekend in a sea of glitter and sparkle!

Look forward to seeing all your makes.

TTFN

Rach
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Stars &/or Stripes - Fab ‘n’ Funky #447

Well, doesn’t time fly, here we are and it’s time for another Fab ‘n’ Funky challenge.  With 4th July only tomorrow we have an American theme with Stars and/or Stripes.

I decided to go a little sideways on this one as I’m British and don’t celebrate Independence Day (has anyone seen that online letter from the Queen, telling the Americans that she’s revoking their independence?  It’s brilliant!).  Anyway, I’ve sort of used the stripes and turned them into wooden planks in the background of my card.

All the items on this card are from the Sara Signature Nautical Collection, which I love just about as much as I fell in love with the Shabby Chic collection.  The inks used for the images are from the Harmony Water Reactive collection and for the sentiment from the Harmony Quick Dry inks, I am super in love with this card and probably won't give it to anyone for ages!

Anyway, I am so sorry that this post is late today, I did start it this morning with every intention of finishing it and publishing, but ran out of time.  Hope you've all had a great day today and I look forward to seeing your makes.

TTFN

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky #445 - Christmas!!

Well, here we are again, where does all the time go?  Time for another Fabulous and Funky Challenge, and the theme for this week is Christmas - yay!!!! Always my favourite.

This weeks card is a mahoosive 7x7 card to make appropriate space for the sentiment which takes centre stage, which along with the stamped sentiment are both old Sheena ones from Crafters Companion.  The background was made by smooshing a distress oxide colour onto acetate, then spritzing with water and then placing onto my card, you can lift and move around the acetate to give you some amazing effects and then dry, repeat and do the same with another colour.  Flick a bit of water over the top for some faux bleaching.

Then I put a bit of distress oxide onto my craft mat, added a bit of water and picked this up with a paintbrush and flicked onto the card to give intense colour splashes, used one of the colours to ink around the edge of the card, stamped some snowflakes in silver ink (can't see these very well in the picture).  Mounted onto some blue mirri and then onto a card base, adding the sentiment to the front.

Well, over to you, I'm really looking forward to all of the christmassy inspiration this week!

TTFN

Rach

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Something New - Fab ‘N” Funky #443

Hi all, well time really is flying by, we are now in June and half way through the year!

The challenges keep coming over at Fab 'n' Funky and this week, the challenge is "Something New", so either, new home, new job, new baby.

My daughter has asked me to make a card for a work colleague of hers who is moving to another store as the Manager and she wanted a Good Luck card for him for her and all of the team to sign, unfortunately, she was not very forthcoming with any idea of what he might like so I was left to just go with a traditional four leaf clover (or heart stamped 4 times as I did!).  It's simple but I'm hoping it will serve!

Sorry, this is just a brief post but I must go get ready for the day job!

I look forward to seeing all of your makes this week & hope you have a fabulous "hump day"

TTFN

Rach

Christmas - Fab 'n' Funky #441

Well, another couple of weeks has just flown by, and this week I'm cheating with my card as this is one I made some time ago before I had my brief spell away from the Crafters Companion Design Team and I realised that I had not posted this card on my blog (shame on me!)



The Theme (if you couldn't tell from the title) for this weeks challenge is Christmas, in the hope that we will all have a few extra cards ready when the festive season looms (trust me it will be here before you know it!).  Anyway, this gorgeous card (sorry, blowing my own trumpet here) was made using the build a scene dies that Crafters Companion launched last year, I really did not need to do very much here to create a fab design, the dies did most of the work with just a bit of gilding wax and white gel pen.  These cards I would not say are particularly quick to make but they really do have impact with the fabulous 3D effect.

Anyway, I hope you have fun creating with this weeks theme and add to your Christmas stash - I'd love to see what you come up with.

TTFN

Rach
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Anything Goes! - Fab 'N' Funky #439

Well, this week over at Fab 'n' Funky, you've got free reign to create whatever you like, and as I've just taken possession of the complete collection (had to, its the law!) of Sara's latest Signature Collection - Nautical, it was the perfect opportunity to have some fun with that.

The design team did an absolutely awesome job with samples on this one and so anything I now do with it is going to pale into insignificance, but I just love this collection, the colours are fabulous, and as I live by the sea, it's just perfect!.



I decided to make a box card and use the porthole as the aperture in the middle, the lighthouse in the background is one of the 6x6 backing papers, the wood effect on the front is created with one of the embossing folders which having run through my Gemini, I then water coloured with some Harmony water reactive inks (Ocean Blue & Green Topaz), and then inked over with Friar Brown, I love the effect it created.  All of the other embellishments on the card are also in the collection, including the shells at the bottom which look so realistic but are also just bits of card stamped with the shells and then die cut - they come with their own dies!!!! just amazing!

Anyway, enough of me getting all excited and over to you - what will you share with us at Fab 'n' Funky this week?

TTFN

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky #437

Okay, so I'm no good at time keeping when I'm not working - it seems to give you a much better sense of where you are in the day and so this week I've been having a week off work and time really seems to have run away with me, I'm so sorry, I'm really late posting my make for the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge, which this week is vehicles.

I made this card using the Sara Signature range Parisian, which I LOVE almost as much as my all time favourite which is Shabby Chic, they are very similar in style.  This girl on the bicycle is just fab, I love the stamp of the eiffel tower in the background, the paper, well, just everything.  This isn't the sort of card I normally make, but perhaps I should!

Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you all make of our theme this week.

TTFN

Rach
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Fab 'n' Funky #435

Hi all, well here we are, another week and another challenge, this time it's Fantasy: fairies, dragons, mermaids.

Well, my original thoughts were to use the fabulous new Pink Ink stamp I bought at the Craft4Crafters show at Exeter in February, however, as you will see, I only got to the point of stamping and colouring and have not yet turned this into a card.

I wracked my brain and remembered a card I made a little while ago while I was playing with inky backgrounds, which absolutely fits the bill!

The background was created using harmony inks, then the Sara Signature Enchanted Forest Droplets stencil over the top and versafine ink through, some sparkle medium in Amethyst over the top and voila! background. The fairy and wording is also from Sara Signature Enchanted Forest range, the border is from the Parisian collection, and further sparkle (on the fairy wings, wording and border) is added with Starlights paint in Heather.

I really love this card and can't believe I hadn't shared it before now, well, now I have!  I hope you like it as much I do, and can't wait to see what you all come up with for our latest challenge.

TTFN

Rach

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Hats!

Hi All, sorry I've not posted for a couple of weeks, time has just flown by!

Well I'm back today as there is a new challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky today - Hats.

I really had to wrack my brains for this one, and then I remembered Katy Sue's Fabulous Fashion CD and some of the wonderful funky hats on there.  This is only a simple card, but sometimes simple is all that's needed.



Hope you like my little offering and will join in with us, I'd love to see all the gorgeous hat designs out there!

Have a great day all & TTFN

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky #431 - Butterfly

Hi all and welcome to another week at Fab ‘n’ Funky, this weeks theme is Butterflies and I decided to go monochrome and technicolour all in the same card.  I don’t know whether any of you have seen the fabulous film “A Matter of Life and Death” with the fabulous actor David Niven, well it’s one of my favourite films and it is shot in black and white and technicolour, so I used this as my inspiration.

I die cut a panel with a stitched edge and then inked this with my Harmony Inks in Spa Blue, Anthracite and Noir Black, then stamped the Framed Wings from Sara’s Flutterby Collection in Finesse Waterproof Noir Black (second generation stamp).  Then I splashed with water and dabbed this off to give lighter splodges, and then I took some watered down silver Starlights paint and flicked this on and left to dry.

Once dry, I matted this onto some black card and adhered to my 7x7 card base using foam pads and Collal 3D glue gel - the sentiment on the card base is one from Crafters Companion, again stamped in Finesse Waterproof Noir Black.

The little butterflies are also from the Flutterby collection from Crafters Companion called “arrangement of butterflies”.  I took a piece of Cardstock and created a rainbow using Harmony Inks in Chinese Red, Lemon Tonic, Parakeet and Crushed Velvet, once I had this, I die cut the butterflies (they are fab as it only takes one pass through the machine to get a whole flock of butterflies) and adhered them to the card.

I had this card in my head for a few days before putting it together and it really was very quick to do. Where do you all find your inspiration for cards, I’d love to know.

Anyway, hope you like my card today - have a look at all the other cards from the team for more inspiration and I hope you have a fab Wednesday - already half way to the weekend again!

TTFN

Rach
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Number Cards

Well, there have been some incredible new launches from Crafters Companion over the past few weeks and fab celebrations with the move to Create and Craft.  Tomorrow will bring another new launch, Large Number Dies and Stencils, and I was lucky enough to get to play with these ahead of time.

They really are the most incredibly versatile dies/stencils, with number 0 through to 9, you will truly have everything covered.  It's my 49th birthday this year, so for the first card I'm showing, I thought I'd make my own birthday card.



I used my favourite Shabby Chic collection, with the 12x12 paper pad, Rose Garden Embossing Folder and Shabby Chic butterflies then some lace ribbon and a wooden button from the Rustic Wedding collection - the stencils allowed me to shape the card and the backing paper as well as creating the matts around the 9.  The dies cut out the inner numbers which have been embossed to add extra detail.

To show the full range of these dies, you have to imagine them for the younger generation, and it's not just girls they are suitable for - I created a 7th birthday card for a skating boy.



This time I've used Sara's Just for Men Collection, teamed with some Kraft and matt black cardstock and a bit of centura pearl metallics for the stars and Birthday sentiment.

Finally, another birthday card, this time for a 37 year old, it really is wonderful that you don't just have to stick to those milestone birthdays or anniversaries with these dies.



This time, I've turned an A5 card into a double twisted easel and used pretty florals to decorate - I haven't even used the largest stencil on this one.

I didn't get to work with the 2 and the 5, but I definitely want to get these as I'm going to be having great fun at Christmas - you could even do Halloween cards with the 3 and the 1, and our American friends can have fun with numbered thanksgiving cards as the date is actually moveable!

Anyway, hope you can watch Fiona's shows with these tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Yet another winning must have!

TTFN

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky #429

Hi everyone, hope you're Wednesday is off to a great start - downhill to Friday now!

Today's challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky is "music" and while this isn't quite a card yet (think I will keep it really simple), it's two of my favourite stamp sets from Visible Image - the background was created using a faux bokeh technique I learned from Margaret Edgar who does classes at the Crafters Companion store in Newton Ayecliffe.  Unfortunately I didn't have a white ink pad and so used white gesso instead which meant when I stamped over with the image, it didn't adhere very well to the gesso, but I actually quite like the effect this has given.

Hope you can join us at Fab 'n' Funky and I look forward to seeing your 'music' makes!

TTFN

Rach

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Happy

Well, it's a lovely sunny Sunday here in Plymouth, so I thought I'd share with you a lovely sunny card!

This was made using the free stamps, dies and stencil in the latest Crafters Inspiration magazine.  I inked the stencil with some Harmony Inks, placed my card on top and ran through my Gemini Junior as though I was cutting a thin metal die, this transferred the ink from the stencil to the cardstock - I think its really effective.  I used a standard 5x5 card blank and cut the word "happy' down the side, I also cut Happy from some yellow cardstock and matted this behind.  For the inside of the card, I used the same inks again, but this time in the traditional way and inked through the stencil onto card, put it all together, add a few Nuvo drops in the top corner and Birthday sentiment in the bottom corner and your done!

A great way to a very simple but effective card!

Happy Sunday all

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky #427

Okay, so I’m really sorry, I forgot what day it was and by the time I remembered I was on my way out of the door to work this morning.

This weeks challenge over at Fab ‘n’ Funky is “with a number” so I’ve made a 21st birthday card.  I’ve used one of the new Gemini Stamp and Die sets - Happy, together with numbers, background paper and embossing folder all from Sara’s Signature Birthday Party Collection and a little bit of Harmony ink around the edges.

Well, I hope you like today’s offering and will forgive the lateness of my posting.  I really look forward to seeing all of your makes.

TTFN

Rach

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Spreading Love!

Well, it's nearly valentines day, that traditional day each year where boyfriends and husbands try to score brownie points by spending money on flowers, wine, chocolates etc...  Not that I'm in the least bit cynical about it all, I've been married nearly 27 years, so we must be doing something right! we just don't save it for one day a year!

Anyway, as well as sharing a couple of Valentines cards today, I'm also sharing my awesome news (although those of you who follow me on Facebook already know),  I have been given the incredible opportunity to join the Crafters Companion Design Team again!!!!  It was such an awesome privilege the first time, but to get a second bite of the cherry as it were, is beyond anything imaginable!

Anyway, onto the cards the first is made using Sara's Signature Love & Romance collection and has been layered up with foam pads to give depth and interest.  The hearts have been cut out of different materials, again to add a bit of interest.

The second card uses one of Crafters Companions latest releases, Edgeable Words Stamp & Die 'Love', together with the coordinating Die'sire frame.  The paper is from the Love & Romance collection, as is the embossing folder in the background (Heart Trellis), a few Nuvo drops finish it all off.

I'm really pleased with both of these, both elegant, simple, saying just what's needed!

Anyway, I'm off to work now so, hope you enjoy your Monday & I'll be back soon.

TTFN

Rachel

Fab 'n' Funky #425

Good morning, hope you're managing to keep warm!

This weeks challenge at Fab 'n' Funky is Fantasy Figures and so it was the perfect opportunity for me to play with Sara's Signature Enchanted Forrest, oh and my favourite Spectrum Harmony inks.

I really had fun creating the background for this gorgeous unicorn and I'll do a little video on how to create it very soon (probably at the weekend) so you can have a go yourself!  Sadly the photo does not show you quite how sparkly the Unicorn is - I covered the black card with clear sparkle overlay so it twinkles beautifully!

I hope you can join us at Fab 'n' Funky, it would me marvellous to see your interpretations of the theme!

Anyway, I'm off to wrap up warm

TTFN

Rach

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The perfect antidote to blue Monday

Well, yesterday was blue Monday, supposedly the most depressing day of the year, not sure I go in for that - if you're down you're down, you probably aren't really aware of the day of the week and Monday is as much of a blur as any other day.  By the same token you don't wait for a particular day of the week to be happy.

Today's card started as just a bit of play time, having some fun and seeing where it took me, the stamps are from Polkadoodles - stamp soup, which are fun elements that you put together however you feel to create whatever you like, slightly more organised doodling!  I did this onto watercolour card and then used Distress Oxides to colour in.  This is a fab and happy card, well it makes me happy anyway & that's what matters.

Hope you can all find your happy today.

TTFN

Rach

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Fab 'n' Funky #423

Well, another week and another Fab 'n' Funky Challenge for 2019 - this weeks theme is "For a Child".

I was going through a box of my craft stuff the other day (one of soooo many) and came across an image that had already been coloured and cut out, but never added to a card - I hang my head in shame as there are quite a few like that!  Anyway, it was a stamp from the Humphrey's Corner collection that Crafters Companion did years ago and it seemed just perfect for me, so I took it out and turned it into this card.

The background was created using a stencil & inks (there is a YouTube how to here ) and the dies are from Sara's Signature range "Birthday Party".  This is such a happy little card, I love it.

Well, I'm looking forward to seeing all the cards made this week, I'm always fascinated at the wide range of makes - every one is just awesome!

TTFN

Rach

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Getting ready for next Christmas already

Well, trying to be organised for the year ahead and so I'm taking part in a Facebook group 'Make one Christmas Card Every Week Throughout 2019'.  It's only week one so please don't be too impressed, I've managed 5 weeks before now, but I'd really like to see this through the year.

This card is for 'Christmas Anticipation', for me Christmas is always associated with snow, even tho we don't really get any any more.  The stamps are from a trio set by Lili of the Valley, amazingly, I found these, already coloured in a box in my craft room - I really must try and use up more of the things I already have!  The background has been inked with a very light blue ink, I then stamped with versamark ink and embossed with an iridescent glitter embossing powder, the images are raised on foam pads, the sentiment (from Crafters Companion) has been cut twice and layered to create a shadow and the dots on the card are glitter Nuvo Drops.

Hope you've all enjoyed the start to the New Year and are starting to return to normal (whatever that is for you!).

TTFN & hope to see you all soon.

Rach
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Fab ‘n’ Funky 2019

Well, this is the first challenge for the New Year - hope you all had a good one.  This challenge is about recycling your Christmas Cards.  Unfortunately, I did not receive many cards and I’m still displaying them on the mantle in the front room (decorations will not come down until this weekend), so I’m cheating slightly (hope you can forgive me).  I was rummaging in one of my many boxes and came across some images that were already coloured but not turned into cards, this particular one has probably been there for 12 months or so.

This is a fairly simple card but hopefully effective and makes a good start to my collection for 2019 - I depleted my Christmas Cards quite dramatically last year, sending many more cards than I received, but I enjoyed making them so no problems there, except when you’re asked to post a recycled card!

Anyway, I must get off and get ready for my first working day of 2019.

TTFN

Rach

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