Fairy Dust

Hi All
I hope you are all safe and well in these uncertain times
It is the first of June so time for a new monthly challenge from Craftdeebowz. The sponsor is the fantastic Bugaboo

I have chosen the stunning image called Beautiful Fairy and you will find her HERE.

.I coloured her with alcohol markers .The background was created using distress inks and a stencil from AALL and create called Lotsa dots ..

I made Foamiran flowers to embellish the project and added glitter to the crystal ball .
The bow was created with the Craftdeebowz bow maker which produces wonderful bows and tassles with ease...

challenges entered

Crafting By Designs  anything goes
Crafty Creations  anything goes
Arty Divas anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges  anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge  anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
Brown Sugar anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Polkadoodles  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Crimbo Crackers anything goes
Imagine That Creative Playground  anything goes
Southern Girls anything goes

I hope you like my project and that it inspires you to join us in the challenge
Happy Crafting
Stay safe
Tracey x

Prima....Midnight garden card

Hello .
It is time for my mid month inspiration project ..I have just bought a stunning paper pad and mould set from prima called the Midnight garden so i had to make a project using it. Here i have made a card that could be used for Anniversary/Weddings/valentine . i used papers and  ephemera tags to create a simple design in the bottom corner

The sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed  with platinum wow  powder onto vellum which i then tore and wrapped around the card

I made a  flower from the prima mould and air dry paperclay , i also made a pretty Foamiran flower and 2  rolled roses from the paper pad to match ....

The bow was made using my craftdeebowz bow maker which makes gorgeous bows easy  to achieve every time 

I hope you like my card and that you join us in the challenge
Stay safe
Happy crafting
Tracey x

Singing in the rain

Hello .

I hope you are all keeping safe and well at home with your loved ones...It is time for a new challenge at Craftdeebowz      . The challenge is as always anything goes and you can enter as many times as you wish .

The sponor this month is Cute as a Button. They will give the lucky random winner 2 black and white images as their prize ( winner chooses)

For my project this month i have made a Z fold card using the sweet image called Singing in the rain and you can find her HERE. I coloured her with promarkers

The papers are by The paper Boutique and are called secret romance ...

The bow was made using organza ribbon and my trusty CraftdeebowZ bow maker ,which makes perfect bows every time with ease.

challenges entered

Crafting By Designs  anything goes
Crafty Creations  anything goes
Arty Divas anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges  anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge  anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
Brown Sugar anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Polkadoodles  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Crimbo Crackers anything goes
Imagine That Creative Playground  anything goes
Southern Girls anything goeS

I hope you like my card and that you will join us in this months challenge
Stay safe
KEEP crafting
Tracey x

Let your Dreams give you wings to fly Tutorial

Hi all
I made a card in red yellows and gold as a sample for  Artisan Designs Butterflies and more Launch show on march 21st .. I had a lovely response from it on social media and i have recreated the card using different colours for you all to have a go at making for yourselves ... This one is for you Vickie Manning especially as you were so kind in your comments on it
I have dne this tutorial using pics as my video camera equipment is not up and running in my new craft shed as yet so bear with all the pics lol

For this project you will need
1 8x8 card blank
1 sheet  of Heatproof acetate
small piece of plain normal acetate
silver embossing powder and  clear versamark embossing ink
one piece of torn vellum that will fit as a wrap around your card for the sentiment to sit on
1 19cmx19cm piece of watercolour card
Artisan Designs Ragged Dragon butterfly stamp
Artsisan designs sentiment banquet 2  stamp set ...
Tumbled glass ,Brushed corderoy and broken china distress inks

Take your tumbled glass distress ink and smear it onto the normal acetate  and spray with a littkle water

place this ink down onto the watercolour paper and press gently to disperse the watery ink onto it ... lift it and move it around the paper wherever you like randomly to add colour and start creating the background

dry exceess water with a piece of tissue . This softens the colour and helps dry it quickly .
repeat the process with the dusty concorde and broken china ink dabbing excess off each time before you do the next colour

at this point you can repeat any of the colours until you get the effect you like

now using the clear versamark ink stamp out and heat emboss 2 of the ragged dragon butterflies then fussy cut them out  and stamp and heat emboss the sentiment onto your torn vellum piece

now i lay out the design to see where i would like to add some more silver embossing powder

I then take pinches of the embossing powder and add it onto the background i have created .. you MUST heat this from underneath to melt it or it will blow away lol

now you are ready to put the card together

wrap the vellum sentiment around the card . then if you wish you can matt and layer this onto a piece of card that matches one of the colours you used in the background ... i chose the lilac for mine ...then i added the butterflies some gems and that is it ...

Here  is what it looked like in the original colourway ..

 I hope you like it and have a go for yourself ... if you do let me know i would love to see it 

Happy crafting  ...Stay home and safe 

Tracey x

A pretty easel card

Hi all 

It is Tracey here with this months inspiration project  for Craftdeebowz...I have made an easel card using the stunning Sultry sue stamp set from Molly Harrison ....I  coloured her with promarkers ..The papers are from First edition / trimcraft The edge die is from memory box . The flowers are from wild orchid .....and the stunning bow was made using my Crafdeebowz bow maker ...

I lifted the wings to add dimension ...

I hope you like my project and that you join us in this months  challenge at
https://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/
Happy crafting and stay safe and well.
Tracey x

pretty in lemon

Hi all 

It is time for a new challenge to begin over at CraftdeebowZ  WHERE THE THEME IS ANYTHING GOES.. so no excuse you can add all those fabulous projects you have been making whilst staying safe and well at home during this virus lockdown ....

The sponsor for this month is Fred she said  

 I used the Scribbled floral 1 digital image and you can find it HERE . I used a studio light stencil and distress ink to create the simple background..The flowers are coloured with promarkers and i decoupages them to give dimension and interest ...The sentiment is from a  stamp set called Staceys  garden collection 1 -Anenome from Artisan Designs and you will find it HERE 

 I used my Craftdeebowz bow maker to produce the  simple yet pretty bow ...

 Challenges entered
challenges entered
Crafting By Designs  anything goes
Crafty Creations  anything goes
Arty Divas anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges  anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge  anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
Brown Sugar anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Polkadoodles  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Crimbo Crackers anything goes
Imagine That Creative Playground  anything goes
Southern Girls anything goeS

I hope you like my project and that you join us in this months challenge
Happy crafting  and stay safe and well
Tracey x

Happy Birthday Lyra-Pearl

Hi
It is time for my Mid month inspiration post for the March challenge  at CraftdeebowZ... Here is am sharing a birthday card i made for my Little granddaughter Lyra-Pearl.
I have made an easel card using Anne marie designs papers , pre made flowers from wild orchid, a joy crafts heart die and a gorgeous image from Mo manning which i coloured with Promarkers . The sweet little bow was made using my organza ribbon and my CraftdeebowZ bow maker

challenges entered
Crafting By Designs  anything goes
Crafty Creations  anything goes
Arty Divas anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges  anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge  anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
Brown Sugar anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Polkadoodles  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Crimbo Crackers anything goes
Imagine That Creative Playground  anything goes
Southern Girls anything goeS

I hope you like my project and that you join us in the fun challenge this month ...
Happy Crafting
Tracey x

Happy mother’s day

Hi
It is March 1st so time for a new challenge to begin at CraftdeebowZ. The theme of the challenge is as always Anything goes. The sponsor for the challenge is Cute As A Button  The prize will be 2 images of the winners choice ...

I have used The sweet  Cute as a button image called Rose Garden for my project .I coloured her with Promarkers and added Handmade flowers and a pretty sweet dixie frame around her ...The backing paper i made using  oxide inks ,The sentiment was computer generated . The pretty bow was made using my CraftdeebowZ BOW MAKER  and organza ribbon ...

challenges entered
Crafting By Designs  anything goes
Crafty Creations  anything goes
Arty Divas anything goes
Digi Choosday Challenge anything goes
Through The Craft Room Door  anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge  anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  anything goes
The Corrosive Challenges  anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge  anything goes
Lemon Shortbread anything goes
Brown Sugar anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack  anything goes
Polkadoodles  anything goes
Crafting With An Attitude anything goes
Crimbo Crackers anything goes
Imagine That Creative Playground  anything goes
Southern Girls anything goe
I hope you join us in the fun challenge
Happy Crafting
Tracey x