Creepy Kid lol...

Morning everyone :D 

It's coming up to one of  my favourite times of year

Samhain/Halloween mwahahaha....

so there was no doubt what my theme would be

for 

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

Challenge 06

Every year my granddaughters costumes are 

getting more outrageous, and last years

was especially freaky lol

I mean, who even thinks of dressing their little

2 year old Princess as Beetlejuice???

But she totally hammed it up hahahaha...

That's my  girl :D

So when I saw the "All Hallows Eve" papers

from Crafter's Companion

and the "Shabby Basic-Halloween Dolls" dies

from Sam Poole at Creative Expressions

I knew exactly what I was going to make for this

challenge :D mwahahahaha....

I would like to share this project with

 the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness Challenge #146  September Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge #125 Pumpkin Spice

Inspiration Station #53 September (pumpkins photo)

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #247 Signs of Fall

 

Thrifty shopping for Crafty folk

 

Well hello to Autumn, hardly feels like Summer

visited at all lol, but then this is England so nothing

 unusual about that.

Today I am sharing my DT project for

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

Challenge 05

I am trying to be a bit "thriftier" with my crafting and 

shopping for bargains to share. This Tin that the journal is 

made to fit into was £1 from Poundland, and contained 

coloured pencils /eraser/sharpener/ruler and Alphabet stencil.

My friends June and Shasteya gave me these beautiful

digi papers for free!!! 

I started by printing 2 of the patterned papers onto

each side of some 120gsm card stock, and making

a basic concertina ...

I then took some £1 post it notes and added them

 randomly to the "pages" as journalling panels...

before going wild with more of the images from

the same free paper collection, adding a few stickers

I already had in my stash...

On the reverse I just used the letter stencil that came 

in the Tin to add a few Autumnal phrases...

To finish I decorated the tin lid with a couple more 

pieces from the collection.

All in all I am very happy with this little

 "Tinned Journal"

And I highly recommend trawling the stationary

and kiddy craft sections at Poundland

 (or your countries equivalent)

when looking for journalling items.

And if you have a printer, check out FB and other 

intrnet places for free paper downloads.

Enjoy XXX

I would like to share this project with the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #501 Anything Goes

DL.ART Thankful Thursday challenge #330 Anything Goes

Color Throwdown Challenge #757 - Aqua/grey/green

Ellebelles Corner : Crafty Wednesday Challenge #August Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenges #56 August opt. the great outdoors

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #553 Anything Goes

 

Tangly Treat

 

Can't believe we're already up to the fourth monthly

challenge at

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

(where it's always anything goes except cards) 

and I treated myself to 2 more stencil kits from

SANNTANGLE :D

I am a terrible fidget, so doodling is a natural

state of being for me lol... 

I bought a cheap naked clipboard and started by creating

a cute little faery gnome using

"A Gnome for Christmas" kit

 

Then I made her a friend and set them next to

 a pretty doorway using the 

"Behind the Secret Keyhole" kit

Started to colour with appropriate markers,

and added a window and masonry...

More doodling to add pebbled wall and shrooms

and  a torn edge showing sunflowers.

Finally I filled all the "bricks" with individual tangles

from the "TANGLY TRAILS" collection

Now I have a lot of tangles at hand to play with

while I'm sat watching tv :D

I would like to share this project with the following Challenges;

Allsorts Challenge #739/40 - anything but square

The Fairy and the Unicorn Challenge #July -anything fantasy

Creative Fingers Challenge #259 - Anything Goes

Color My Heart Color Dare #559 inspiration photo

The Paper Shelter # Summer Break Anything Goes challenge

Got Junk? Then Journal...

Junk Journaling is a thing, and can be a massive undertaking,

but sometimes we just need a little project to fulfill our crafting "NEED"

For my CRAFTING FROM THE HEART DT project this month

I chose to play with a single sheet of double-sided scrapbook paper

from Graphics45 called "Ephemera Queen"

and created this "mini" journal

First I took the 12x12 sheet of playing cards and 

cut it into 3 horizontal strips

leaving tabs on the ends to connect them with,

before folding in a concertina fashion.

Next I "closed up" and glued the folds together to 

make "pages", adding an outer strip of paper to 

form a re-enforcing spine.

Now I had a mini book waiting for the addition

of scraps and more.

I chose some free papers from 

Free Junk Journal Printables

and added randomly... 

Some pages needed more than others.

After this I added some lovely lacey rub-ons from

Creative Expressions "Sam Poole Collection"

The beauty of rub-ons and junk journaling is that there is no

worry about imperfections 

I hope my post might take away some of the fear often

felt when attempting a journaling project,

and I would love to see your more unusual crafty projects

 over at

 CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

Enjoy XXX

I would like to share this make with the following Challenges:

CREATIVE CREASES #60 Anything Goes With a Fun Fold

CREATIVE FINGERS CHALLENGE #257 Anything Goes

ELLEBELLE'S CRAFTY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE #JUNE Anything Goes

PAPER FUNDAY CHALLENGE #54 Anything Goes

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #WEEK 734 Anything Goes 

LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS #208 Anything Goes

 

 

Please, Take a Seat...

And join us for our next Challenge at

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

(where it's always Anything Goes, but not cards)

first off, sorry for the blurry photos, don't know why they

loaded so poor quality...

I've been tidying my craft shed, and felt the chair was just a bit meh!

so following on with my experimenting, I decided to attack it with 

Acrylic paint pens :D

Boring meh! chair

masking tape and posca acrylic paint pens

Black and white felt good to break up the outline

Masking tape removed

I have a new collection of Fancy Envelope templates

by We Are Makers...

and this cool Tangly Tails stencil set (doodle decision maker)

from Sanntangles

and this is what happened :D

Added a touch of colour with pastel Sharpies...

and a few random doodles to the back rest and voila!

a not so Meh! chair :D

I think this particular project may never be truly finished

as I am constantly tempted to add more doodling lol

Hope you enjoyed the process.

And there is still one week left over at our sister challenge

The Crafty Addicts 

if you have a card you would like to share.

I would like to share this project in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Challenge #639 - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Challenge  #May - Anything goes

Crafty Fingers Challenge #255 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #730 Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create #May - Anything goes +opt flowers

 

And so it begins...

 Welcome everyone to the renewed crafty challenge from

Crafting from the Heart

Where it's always "Anything Goes" (except cards) 

It's been  quite a while since I've done any real arts n crafts

so when Fiona asked if anyone was interested in joining her

in restarting her challenges I jumped at the chance.

At Crafting from the heart we want to help showcase all those 

yummy craft projects you might be hiding away, so thinking

outside the box is always welcome....hence my crazy project.

Inspired by madness and powered by " I just got to get into my 

craft shed" 

Well "thinking outside the box" is literally what I did.

I bought a box for my tarot card collection ages ago, but it seemed 

a bit sacrilegious that it was so dull and boring so....

Inspired by Sanntangle

using their Mandala Macro Stencils,

 Fantasy Florals design book

and utilising my stash of Promarkers

I was pretty happy with the

lid of my box  :D

Then I HAD to do the rest lol

And if your passion is cardmaking, why not drop by our sister site 

THE CRAFT ADDICTS

Enjoy :D

XXX

I would like to share my project in the following challenges:

A PLACE TO START - ANYTHING GOES (with optional twist WOTY)

GET CREATIVE CHALLENGES #120 Springtime Blues

PATH OF POSITIVITY CHALLENGE #111 Anything Goes (wo inspired by literature)

LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS #204 Anything Goes

613 AVENUE CREATE # Anything Goes + lets stencil

PAPER A LA MODE CHALLENGE #April-plant some ideas

Sneaky peek

 SO you know I said I would be working on dt projects for 

Crafting From the Heart....

well this is what happens when you smash the dam and let the 

flood of inspiration flow :D

Enjoy :D

XXX