Wow...it's been a while

Hi! Just wondering if there's anybody there?
Been a long time since I blogged... almost forgot how! hahaha

So the lovely ladies at Crafting by Designs have invited me back onto their team and I was delighted to say yes. Of course my mojo took a dive and disappeared the same day! But, hey, I'm here.

The next challenge starts today and the theme is 'Elegant Ladies', our sponsor for this week is Sheepski Designs.

I have not picked up a colouring tool in some time so went with a kit from Lelli-bot Crafts for my card this week. She is curvy and sexily elegant. This is a 7x7" card blank.

I am glad to be back. Hopefully the first post of many to come.
Maureen x

31 Days of Halloween Day #23

Welcome to 31 Days of Halloween 2015 presented by Smeared Ink! Every day this month I will be posting a Halloween/Spooky/CreepyCute project here on my blog. This is a blog-hop and the blog-roll is over there to the right of your screen ---> 

While having some fun, creating, blogging and hopping, I'm also hoping to raise some funds for Cancer Research UK in collaboration with Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Please consider sponsoring my 31DOH posts and as a special Thank You, everyone who donates even a single pound before November 1st via my Just Giving page will receive a handmade card from me!

 

Today's project I am calling Postcard Art! I've used an approximately 6x4" card so roughly postcard sized!

Stamps - Lelli-bot Crafts

Inks - Black Archival and selection of Distress Inks

DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss

Black Distress Glitter

 

Thanks for looking!

Mo xxx

Rock with Lelli-bot Crafts Red Hot Rockabilly Kit!

Oh my word! Lelli-bot Crafts have created the most stunning and my favourite kit yet! Red Hot Rockabilly is a mix of Pin-Up and Tattoo inspired images, papers and sentiments. I bought the fullworks kit and there's fab matching ribbons and embellishments to use too. I just had to have a play!

Thankfully hubby was out last night so I had plenty time to play. I made three cards last night and can't wait for time to make more!

The cherry is just stunning! I used red vellum here for the layering and on my Spellbinder's Fleur de Lis Square die cut.

This final card is 8x8 rather than the 6x6 cards above. I've added candi and some of the Lelli-Bot Gothic Grunge embellies for this one.

I will enter my cherry card into the current challenge at Lelli-bot Crafts - Ribbons and Bows!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Lelli-bot Crafts September Challenge

I love Lelli-bot Crafts and have missed playing in their challenges since starting work. I knew I had to make the effort to join in this time round and having been at a demo day on Sunday and spent some pennies, here's my creation!

Thanks to the very lovely Lorraine at Craft World in Hillington, Glasgow, I bought some Brushos and have fallen in love with them!! I have played around with them on various papers but for this card, I've used some white pearlescent paper. I tapped out some Purple, Sea Green and Black Brusho dust on the paper and sprayed with water via my Tim Holtz mini mister. I then used a straw to 'blow' the wet inky paint around the page. I did dry a bit off with paper towel.

I've used a Gothic Grunge topper and added more Brusho to that in the same way as the background. The challenge theme is 'ribbons and bows' so I used some American Seam Binding ribbon to make a bow for the top corner and added a Lelli-bot metal charm. To finish I added Washi tape and some 'Juniper' liquid pearls too.

I will enter this in the following challenges -
Lelli-bot Challenge - September

Through the Craftroom Door - Sept 8-14th
Tuesday Throwdown - #261 AG
Craft-Dee Bowz - September AG with bow
Forever Dark - Challenge #4
Corrosive Challenge - #232 Head Shots (Skull is a head...)
Dream in Darkness - Sept AG Dark
 
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Lelli-Bot Crafts Steampunk Card

I LOVE the new Lelli-bot Steampunk kit! I recently bought the 6x6" topper and paper kit and the stamp set. Today I made my first card with the kit. I couldn't bring myself to cut the paper for a smaller card so went with an 8x8" Scalloped card.

I've used silver holographic card and purple pearlescent paper for matting and layering. I added the topper and sentiment and when I came back to my table, the corners were in place - my daughter thought they looked good there - so I attached them with 3D foam.
Hopefully I'll get the stamps out in the next few days too!
Mo xxx

Challenge #1 at Lelli-Bot Crafts Challenge Blog

Well, I am so excited, I got my brand new Lelli-bot Crafts Steampunk Stamps and matching mini-kit and have been admiring and so busy stroking the gorgeous papers that I haven't played with them yet!
However, the very lovely Lisa Tyrell on their DT, has just posted on the Facebook Group and I thought I'd make her day by being the first entry on the challenge! I made this yesterday and was going to wait a few days, but here goes!

This is a card made using the Gothic Grunge 8x8 paper and topper kit. I have made an easel card and hand cut the circular embellishments. The tickets were die cut using DieNamics Ticket Strip die from one of the papers. I've coloured the whole thing with Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean Distress inks. To finish, there are birds from the Gothic Lace Stamp Kit in each corner of the inside.

I will enter this in the following challenges -
Lelli-Bot Crafts - Challenge #1 AG

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

New Stash Experimenting!

Hi! Happy Tuesday afternoon to you all. I was at the Sincerely Yours Papercraft show in Glasgow at the Weekend and it was fabulous!I spent waaaayyy too much! And... Lelli-bot Crafts had their very first stamp sets on the telly on Friday so I had to have them too. Here are some of the goodies I picked up!

So, as a result I have spent the last couple of days playing and getting messy! And here are the results!
Firstly a big hello to McOyster Paper Crafts at Poles Apart in Cupar for bringing a selection of fabulous stamps to the show - I bought the Grunge Flourish and Vision Inkognito Visible Image stamps and love them. The Stamp Hut also had some fabulous products including the white pigment ink pad, brayer and a bottle of Goosebumps - please check out Google/YouTube for fabulous ways to use this!!

I started with spraying a load of things with the Goosebumps and letting it dry. This first card I sprayed through the Dutch Doobadoo Stars Stencil, let it dry, then inked my card base - Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry. The card was edged with the Visible Image mini grunge flourish from Craft Stamper and then the dotty side of the stamp used on the die cut panel for the center of the card. The sentiment is also VI.

I also sprayed some Goosebumps on a sheet of paper from Lelli-bot's 6x6 Gothic Lace kit. When dry I inked it with Peacock Feathers and then heat embossed in black the corner stamp from the kit on two corners. I stamped and embossed in white onto black card with the floral skull and hand from their stamp set and used Labels One Spellbinders for die cutting. The Sentiment is from the Gothic Grunge Lelli-bot kit and I've added some gems to finish.

I then spent a few hours playing with some inks and tags and here are a couple of random stamped bits!

This one went through a Tim Holtz embossing folder too!
Well, thanks for looking!
Hope you have a crafty week!
Mo xxx

Handmade by Mo on the Telly!!!

I am thrilled to bits! Sitting here grinning like a Cheshire Cat! Feeling a million dollars! hahaha
The amazing Lelli-bot team had their first show on Create and Craft this morning and showed three of my cards on their sample table/inspiration montage! I am delighted. But also a little sad. This only came about because my amazing friend Lisa Tyrell has been sick and in and out of hospital. I send her all my best wishes and many, many, MANY thanks for recommending me to take her place while she gets better!

Here are some shots of the screen! The green card with satin bow, the blue card with star flourish and the teal and purple card with the flowers on are all mine!

Congratulations to all the Design Team at Lelli-bot Crafts! The show looked amazing!


Thanks for joining me today!
Mo xxx

Lelli-Bots Leftover Challenge

Morning folks, looks like a sunny day today, rather than the torrential rain we got over the weekend! Hope it's a good one where you are! Today, I have a rather photo heavy post to share with you so I hope you dont mind all the photos!

Lelli-Bot Crafts released their first sets of papers, toppers and embellishments several months ago now and at the time I bought the basic 6x6 Gothic Grunge papers and toppers. I made a card a while back for The East Wind (which you can see here!) using some of the products and then with one thing and another the rest of the kit kinda got forgotten. Till now!

The Lelli-bot team are running a 'Leftover Challenge' to use up the remaining bits of your kits before, hopefully, the next lot of products are released! There was a post on the Lelli-bot Blog but with technical hitches it looks like it's been moved to the Facebook Group - Lelli-bot Lovers!

So, here are the seven cards I have made with the leftovers from my Gothic Grunge kit! I will add some info on the way down about dies etc but the papers and toppers are all Gothic Grunge, and some layering with basic pearlescent paper from my stash to compliment the colours I've used.

Dylusions Sprays - Vibrant Turquoise, crushed grape

Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers, Black Soot

Dies - Memory Box Quinn Flourish
Sparkle Modpodge

Flowers and Ribbon from stash

Die - Tim Holtz Weathered Clock (Sizzix Alterations Bigz die)

Card Candi by Craftwork Cards

Ribbon and charm from stash

Distress Ink - Fired Brick

Dies - Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square and Graveyard Scene

Skull and flowers from stash

Dylusions Spray - Cut Grass

Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn, Black Soot
Sparkle ModPodge

Card Candi from Craftwork Cards

Ribbon from stash

Distress Ink - Black Soot

Dies - All Tim Holtz for Sizzix Alterations - On The Edge Die 'Graveyard', Bigz dies 'Raven' and 'Weathered Clock'

Distress Ink - Seedless Preserve, Dusty Concord, Black Soot

Die - Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations 'Picture Wheel'

Liquid Pearls - Black Onyx

Stickles - Star Dust

Ribbon and charm from stash

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Black Soot

Die - Joanna Sheen Signature Die 'Starburst'

Ribbon from stash

I have tried to use up all the remaining parts of my kit and have only one sentiment and two circle toppers leftover! I also tried to go for a different colour scheme with each card - the card stock is uncoated and so easy to colour with sprays or ink pads, the papers also colour very easily too! Cant wait for the next lot of products!

Thanks for looking!

Mo xxx

Another quick post...

I have put together a quick layered card using the freebie digi stamp from Lelli-Bot Crafts. They are running a guest DT Call on their blog and I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring! I have used the 6x6 'Believe' paper pad from Prima and a simple matting and layering composition. I added a lace punched border using an x-cut punch and finished with a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. The image is coloured with pencils rather than my usual Promarkers.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges -
Lelli-bot Crafts - Guest DT Call

Party Time Tuesday - #174 Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Perfectly Rustics - #23 Photo Inspiration (I have used several from the colour palette)
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Created with Love - #82 Lots of Layers
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Anything Goes May Challenge at Crafting by Designs

Can you believe it's the end of April! We are starting our May Anything Goes Challenge at Crafting By Designs today to give you an extra day or two to get crafty! I am hosting this challenge and would you to pop over and see the fabulous inspiration from the Crafting By Designs Team.

We have three sponsors for you this month - Smeared Ink, All Dressed Up and The East Wind. I couldn't resist using one of the new Lucy Loo images from The East Wind for this challenge. The image is called 'Attitude' and I've coloured her with pink and purple Promarkers.

The background paper is from my stash and the black Card Candi and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards. The topper is an uncoated and foiled cardstock topper from Lelli-Bot Crafts, a new crafting range. This is from their 'Gothic Grunge' collection. I have coloured it using Picked Raspberry and Dusty Concord DI. I have die cut a sheet of the matching 6x6 paper with a Spellbinders die and coloured it too, adding some Black Soot DI as well.

I think the images go very well together!
Thanks for looking! I hope you'll get a chance to join in the Anything Goes challenge this month!
Mo xxx