It's GIVEAWAY TIME over at the Make It Sew Facebook Page!
So pop over to www.facebook.com/Krafts4CMT to take part!
Up for grabs is the "Olga" Owl Cushion pictured.
The Giveaway ends 30 August 2014 so don't miss out!
Good luck!
Welcome to the blog of Sam Lewis AKA The Crippled Crafter
Friday, 8 August 2014
Friday, 1 August 2014
Box Crayzee
Another pop-up card! I said in my last post that they are addictive!
Anyway, this card was made for my Nephews 7th birthday last weekend and I am assured that he was sufficiently overjoyed at receiving it! (sadly I missed out on seeing him on his birthday for the first time since he was born, if I remember correctly!).
For once, I kind of remember where the papers are from. The come from Cricut paper pad called "Tags, bags, boxes and more". I do not have a Cricut machine, but just loved this paper pad so had to grab it!
The stars are hand drawn/cut and the letters are Sizzix Bigz dies. The cardstock is from American Crafts.
The image is a free one, available to members of the Jelly Park Post Pals Club. The creator of the Jelly Park stamps kindly gives away a series of stamps to those who use them to send cards/projects to poorly kids as part of the Post Pals scheme. This is certainly worth a look and very rewarding.
I coloured this image using the following Promarkers:
HAT: Burgundy, Poppy, Red, Cool Aqua.
SKIN: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Coral, Blush.
HAIR: Cocoa.
JUMPER: Ginger, Mandarin.
TROUSERS: China Blue, Prussian.
SHOES: Cool Grey 3 to 5.
SOCK MONKEY: Ivory, Grass, Yellow, Tulip Yellow.
The blue details on the hat and the yellow stripes on the sock monkey are blinged up with stickles.
I would please like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Pigs might fly
I can't be the other crafter out there completely obsessed by the Pop-Up Box?!
This was made this week for an order, the brief being "pigs"!
The digi-stamp I used for this is "floating pig" by Hambo Stamps.
The balloon(s) came as part of the image, but I separated this out and printed several in different sizes to separately "attach" the piggy using bakers twine.
I mounted the balloons and hand cut clouds on acetate strips.
The balloons and pig are coloured using the following Promarkers:
PIG: Dusky Pink, Pale Pink.
BALLOONS: Blender, Cerise, Cyan, Grass, Bright Green, Tulip Yellow, Buttercup.
The sentiment and name is stamped in "Seedless Preserves" Tim Holtz Distress Ink. The papers are from my stash (as always I haven't a clue where they came from!) and the pink cardstock is by American Crafts.
Please can I enter this card in the following challenges:
Extreme hoarding... cat edition!
Sorry for my absence folks, no excuse!
Well, today I finished the last "Kitty" Cat cushion for a large order! 12 in total, all bought by my friend Denise, to be donated to the The Scratching Post Cat Rescue where they will be sold to raise much needed funds.
So, without further ado, here are 11 of them! (number 12 is a secret as it is made using the same fabric as I've used for a present that is tucked into the box for Denise! (I'll let you see this, and the 12th cat cushion, once my friend has received them!).
Fingers crossed they all find new homes and make lots of money for the rescue!
p.s. - these can be made to order if wanted! Just drop me a comment below, or pop over to my Facebook page HERE.
I would please like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Saturday, 12 July 2014
Food Glorious Food...
... hot sausage and mustard!
No? Not an Oliver fan? Never mind then!
The theme for June's ATC swap over at the CRAFT, CHAT, SHARE & CARE group on Facebook was Food Glorious Food, a favourite topic of mine, as my waistline can confirm!!
Here are my 5 ATCs that I entered in to this swap:
Inspired by my friend Erin, an AWESOME crafter!, I try to make an attempt at a minimum of one ATC that is interactive in some way and it is this ATC that actually then also went on to win the Top Pick which I am very proud of! So here it is, entitled "eat cake", the cupcake fans out to be 3 dimensional.
The second ATC I made in the series is entitled " Strawberries & Cream" (I think!, hell I can't remember what day it is most the time so I'm hard pushed to remember obscure names that I gave to ATCs over a week ago!).
Anyway, I just love the torn up distressed look to papers at the moment, I'm finding myself doing it to everything!
I'm pretty sure that I named number 3 "Let's Party" lol! This ATC used up the very last 2 large gems that I've had in my stash for years! I love them and have no idea where they came from, so if anybody knows???!...
I ink number 4 is just called "cupcake" but again... lol! The flourish die is a tattered lace one. Glitter card, decorative payers and a bit of bakers twine made this ATC.
The final one, "tea party" used a red floral paper from my stash alongside a saved birthday card. I fussy cut the main owl picture and mounted this on top of the red paper and some of the "background" part of the recycled card. I also cut out tiny card bunting triangles and mounted then strung onto a piece of red and white bakers twine.
That's all for this blog entry. Sorry there's been a bit of a lull in my posts or if I don't post quite as often as some of you lovely bloggers! Every visit is very much appreciated (and returned!!) and I also like to do as hoc troops around folks blogs when I have the chance x So thankyou to each and every one of you that leave comments x
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