Card and tag

Hi All. Hope your day is going well and a big thank you for calling in at Jumbled Crafts. There will be 2 posts today as it is time for my DT post for Try it on Tuesday in just a few minutes so must hurry with this one.

At Artful Times the theme is to create something that is in the shape of a house

Made this card with a distressed ink background and some tag shapes that my daughter gave to me a long time ago. The stamps were a 'cart-up' set and I drew the white lines to represent brick. Nice to see Sam as guest designer there this time.

At Tag Tuesday we have the theme silhouettes

My background is alcohol inks blended together and the lady is a die cut sent to me by a friend a long time ago--thank you Max. I stamped the other images and filled them in with black like silhouettes.

Just made it in time I think.

Have a great day everyone

Love Chrissie x

Challenge 47 Artful Times

Hello to everyone who drops into Jumbled Crafts and especially to those who pop in from Artful Times as I am still new to the DT there-well new to being on a DT at all except for Out of a Hat when we were open.

How lovely that so many people joined in the blue challenge at Artful Times last week. It was wonderful to see what everyone made-thank you.

This time at Artful Times the theme is Year of the Horse. It is the year of the horse on the Chinese calendar so I used that theme to make my piece. I was influence by the sort of art that hangs up in Chinese takeaways though I don't eat anything from them I do like to look through the windows at the beautiful calendars etc.

I used a piece of A4 parchment paper which is really lovely to work with.

This is the box of the papers I bought a long time ago and still lots left as there are 80 sheets in one box.

I found the horse on a free to use website here and printed it onto the parchment. I then printed it onto a piece of paper to use the horse shape as a mask so I could stamp all the various Chinese images around it. The border on the left I found online and I hope it means Happy New Year. I rolled up the top and bottom of the parchment and added some distressed ink so it looks a bit like bamboo.All that was left was to add some peel-offs in gold and some red ribbon to hang it up.

Von and Neet have made pieces for this challenge so do go and see what they made as well.

Hope you will join in at Artful Times with your version but remember to follow our rules, the theme of the challenge and please tell us a little of how or what was used in your creation and you could be with a chance of winning £10 pounds to spend at our sponsors, Oyster Stamps.

Have a wonderful day

Love Chrissie x

Artful Times-Something Blue

Hello Everyone and nice to see you at Jumbled Crafts. I have been missing for a while as we had visitors so I would like to wish you all a wonderful 2014. Also a big thank you to all the people who sent birthday cards and e-cards and emails. It made my birthday very special-Vic had hidden the ones that arrived early so I didn't think I had many at all. They are all up on the wall now for at least a week. My daughter and SIL were staying with us as well so even more fun.

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This is my second time on the Design Team for Artful Times and I must say I am enjoying making the display pieces. This time the challenge is to make something Blue. You can make anything you like using any shades of blue so just let your imagine run free.

side view

I made this 'Hen Night Hat'. They seem all the rage now and I have seen many different designs on the girls that have their Hen Nights in Bridlington where I live.

front view

I made the hat shape in white card then painted it with a mix of acrylic paints to give it texture. Next I stuck on some lace and coloured the top of the lace with a Promarker. Now came the fun bit as I searched for lots of blue craft items to add to my hat. The dark blue flowers I cut from an artificial flower in our bathroom and the large flower I made from the TH Tattered Flower shapes. The other flower is a ribbon flower very easy to make if you follow the link. Everything else is what I had in my bits and bobs box.

There will be a prize for the challenges donated by Oyster Stamps but to be eligible for the prize you must follow the Artful rules, follow the theme and say something about how you made your project. Good Luck. Hope you will all join in and I am looking forward to seeing what you make.

Do pop to see what Neet and Von have made for the challenge.

Happy Crafting All

Love Chrissie x