Day 8 - 30 Day Craft Challenge ~Patch~

Day 8 of the 30 Day Craft Challenge and this afternoon I have been working on my swap for The South Australian Scrapbooking and Crafters Facebook page "Mini album swap" - the theme is sewing.

I have almost finished and will be posting to Nicky Normandale my swap partner in the coming days, so unfortunately can only show you a sneak peek at this stage so as to not ruin the suprise for Nicky.

But here is a small snap of part of the album :)

I love sewing and have only just started combinding scrapping and sewing so am very excited to finish this - there is a little suprise on how the album is constructed so will post more once Nicky has it in her hands :)

Now here are a few projects from the participants of the 30 Day Craft Challenge from yesterdays word

~Love~

Beautiful card by Carol McCann

Lovely ~Love~ layout based around Paris from Amber Budden

And this gorgous card from Meegan Jane Barlow

more projects from the participants tomorrow inspired by the word

~Patch~

Hope you have had a creative day,

Kate xx

Some Crafty Goodness from yesterdays word ~Stripes~

Here are a few of the projects from yesterdays word

 ~Stripes~

Neclace and earrings by Ann Place

Such as cute piece inspired by stripes from Leanne Poke

Beautiful Layout by Tania Ridgwell

Thanks to everyone who is following along, more crafty projects for you all tomorrow :)

Kate xx

Day 7 - 30 Day Craft Challenge

Day 7 of the 30 Day craft challenge and the word for today is ~Love~
Today I joined in on a scrap day hosted by my good friend Kerry from Kerry's crafty cards and cuts. Had a great day of scrapping and chatting with Nicky Normandale, Alice and Mark and Megan, and am now ready for a lie down :)
My project that I started today but did not get completely finished was a A3 layout for my wedding album. The layout I started with was of my husband and his groomsmen on our wedding day (wedding is how it ties into love).
Not completely finished but at least the album is on its way now after being neglected for other projects and work.
I can't wait to do some more pages for it. Once finished the pages will be put together and binded with mull.
Below is the almost finished first page.
I will be sharing some other ~Love~ themed projects later tonight :)

As promised here are some more projects from the participants of the

30 Day Craft Challenge 

 Day 5

~Journey~

By Linda Bromley - Done with Tim Holtz Distress markers.

Layout by Tania Ridgwell

Butterflies taking a journey - By Nicky Normandale

I thank everyone for sharing their projects with me xx

Kate xx

Day 6 - 30 Day Craft Challenge ~ Stripes ~

Day 6 of the 30 Day Craft Challenge and though I am keeping up with the challenges I am finding it difficult like I am sure most are to juggle so much crafting and everyday life...but I am getting there and I love that I have so much support from my crafting friends

- New and Old -

So here is my project for

 ~Stripes~

I must confess I did start this project a little while ago, but did not finish it until today so I am counting that :) It is a new style of cards I am trialing - a card within a card - with a little more detail then a plain bi fold card.

I have used one of my favourite paper collections from Kaisercraft - Bonjour Collection - and used the stripes on the front as well as a little detail on the inside notecard.

This is the front and inside view (above)...

and this is the back view with extra room to write a special note.

Now here are a few projects from yesterdays word ~Journey~

Love this by Leanne Poke - so cute :)

And this one by Erin Boxsell is just beautiful

I will share a few more of the ~Journey~ projects later tonight...

until then,

Hope you have a beautiful and creative day,

Kate xx

30 Day Craft Challenge - Day 5 ~Journey~

Day 5 of the 30 Day Craft Challenge with the inspiration word for today

~Journey~

With todays project I wanted to do something a little different, but was not really sure what that was. So after standing in my studio staring at the contents of my room for some time, hoping a flash of inspiration would bound into my being - I noticed some mini canvases I had had for some time but had not yet used...so todays project was born.

I had many ideas in my head of what Journey meant to me and what images I could use - Hot air balloon paper, photos from a trip to India...but instead I happened across some stamps I have had for some time and this is what grew out of it...

(Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien)

I first used some Tim Holtz distress ink (Pumice stone) on the edges and stamped the dandelion with plain black ink. I used some charcoal pencils to darken the image a little and stain the canvas more and a black sharpie to add some highlights. There is also a little bit of silver ink that can not be seen in the picture. I followed a similar formula for the dandelion pieces and wrapped each canvas with a little bit of straw string I had recycled from an old project.

I actually had 2 more canvases which I played around with for a little while writing "Not all who wander are lost..." on them, but I did not like how they came out. (The photo can be seen of them below) so instead I took a photo of the two canvases on my pin board and photoshopped the text in.
I can imagine many of these canvas in a similar design covering a large part of a wall...but that will have to wait until another day!

Here are some projects from the 30 Day Craft Challenge participants from yesterday...

~Family~

Ann Place - Layout

Erin Boxsell - Layout

Nicky Normandale - Photo layout to be framed

Will be uploading more photos tomorrow from those participating for the inspiration word ~Journey~

Kate xx

Day 4 - 30 Day Craft Challenge ~Family~

Today, on day 4 of the 30 day craft challenge, I will be taking you on a little adventure, to the land of imagination.

Let's all imagine that at least one of Kate's, three printers actually worked today and where there is blank Polaroid shapes below, let's imagine that the have black and white pictures of my family in them :) ... This imagining will last till the weekend when I can get ink for the printer and show you all the finished product -

Not quite finished - but beyond my control today so here is my layout for ~ Family ~ ...

The polaroid shapes where cut using my silhouetter cutter, as was the tree and butterflys and the shapes from the silhouette library.

I will be framing the finished product in a shadow box frame and hopefully the weather will be better to get a better picture of it when it is completed.

The quote Says "The Family is one of Nature's Masterpieces" and is by George Satayana.

So here are a few (finished) pieces from some of the participants of the 30 Day Craft Challenge

From yesterdays word ~Velvet~

Ann Place made the below creation - using Velvet ribbon to make a choker and neclace finished off with two beautiful crystal pieces.

A card by Carol McCann - using Blue and white Velvet ribbon.

So cute! This is by Danyon Macfarlane.

A Note book cover made by Erin Boxsell with Velvet ribbon and a heart buckle.

Gorgous card by Linda Bromley.

Love this by Nicky Normandale - follow her blog at http://chatterboxmiss.blogspot.com.au

More Crafty goodness to come tomorrow... to join in on the 30 Day Craft Challenge, go over to http://www.facebook.com/paperheartdesigns

and click on the Event App.

Kate xx