Christmas Door Hanger

Hello...and welcome to 2016!!

I'm really not sure where 2015 went to...but it's gone! 

I didn't get very far, with Christmas cards this year...I kept distracting myself with decor projects! So I thought I'd share this one with you before it's time to pack away everything Christmas. 

Using 

IndigoBlu Black GeeSoo Good Gesso

IndigoBlu's stamp - Connor's Crown Jewels

IndigoBlu Cottage Garden Artist Quality Paint

IndigoBlu Smooth Texture Paste

IndigoBlu Textured Background Stencil

...and

IndigoBlu  Mega Flake 

I'm entering this into...

Fussy & Fancy - Happy Holidays

Emerald Creek - Celebrations Around the World 

That's Crafty - Anything Goes 

Anything but Cute - You've got Happy Mail

SanDee & Amelie - Anything Goes Steampunk/Industrial

Altered Eclectics - 

Happy New Year...

And

Happy Crafting

Lydia xx

IndigoBlu - Demo Inspiration - Winter Blues

Good morning! :)

This month's IndigoBlu Challenge theme is...Winter Blues.

A gorgeous colour way for this time of year, and this little collection of trees from Anna Marie Designs is a lovely touch, even if you're not one for a big tree or lots of decorations.

The trees are coated in IndigoBlu gesso ... Grandma's Teacup & Park Lane...then embossed using the Twinkle Star stamp.

The base also had a coat of Park Lane, and a smidging of Fine texture paste added to resemble snow. 

I'm entering this into

Craft Stamper - Take a Technique - Sharing the Season

That's Crafty - Season's Greetings

Country View - Create a Scene 

Fairy Tale - Something Metal 

The prize on offer this month is: 

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by our lovely DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

Thank you for visiting...

hope you have a lovely weekend.
Happy Crafting
Lydia xx

Countdown to Christmas!

Well...December is here and the countdown to Christmas has begun! Eeek!
What better way to keep check of how few days left to panic could there be, than a IndigoBlu'd Advent Calendar :) 

With design in hand, off went my better half...out to that man cave of his...and returned later with the base and frame for my calendar...bless him :* 

So, with IndigoBlu 

Black Gesso... Cottage Garden Acrylic paint,... Mega flake,... Christmas Compendium papers... stamps ...and a smidging of texture paste here and there later...

We're good to go!!! 

I'm entering this into:

Fussy & Fancy - Words

Crafting By Design - Get Ready for Christmas
Emerald Creek Dares - Bringing bits of Cheer

Thanks for your visit

Happy counting down &

Happy Crafting x

Lydia xx

Sleigh Bells Ring....

Well, here we are in the last full week of November!! Eeek!! 

Anyone ready for December??!!  I'm so not...but I at least have a decorated sleigh! :)

The sleigh is from Tando Creative...'flat packed' and made from chipboard, and then I've altered it... inspired by the ultra talented, Mr Andy Skinner.

I have used many DecoArt Media Line paints, Crackle Glaze, Crackle Paint, Texture Paste,

Weathered Wood,

Tando Creative Sleigh, Merry Christmas, Stockings and stars...

IndigoBlu Script stamp,  Ruby Slippers paint...

Archival Sepia Ink pad...

I had hours of fun with this project...thanks for taking a peek :) 

I'm entering this into:

Anything But Cute - It's Ornamental 

Mixed Media World - Anything goes

Happy Crafting

Lydia xx

"If You Don't Change It, It'll Stay The Same......."

Wow! It's a breezy day out there thanks to 'Barney's' visit! Who names these storms...and why do I automatically think of a purple dinosaur?? Haha

Anyway, here in the warm, I thought I'd share with you a Christmas lantern that I had a great time altering. It's inspiration came from a fantabulous weekend retreat in Coventry, with Andy Skinner/Michelle Webb and Tando Creations.

This started off life as a nice, cream coloured lantern from B&M. But...Pah...I don't want nice and clean...I wanted wicked and rusty!! :) 

Before I got my hands on it ....

...And after!!!

Along the way I gesso'd it...

...added some texture paste...

...some DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic paint...

... and ...

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics 

----

 I also used 'Merry Christmas' wording and a 'Christmas stocking' from
Tando Creative x

Well...hope you like it. I thoroughly enjoyed making it :)

I'm entering this into:

Our Creative Corner - Topsy Turvy  - I made something new into something old, instead of the norm... something old into something new!!

SanDee & Amelie - Steampunk Winter Special 

Mixed Media World - Anything Goes 

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

Anything But Cute - It's Ornamental

Thanks for visiting

Happy Crafting

Lydia xx

Let it Snow.....

Hello one and all and.... December!!!!!    Own up...who let December out to play this early in the year???  At least it hasn't been too cold yet...well...that was until the Challenge at IndigoBlu launched in November!
The theme of 'Let it Snow' cooled us all down and has given us an excuse to play in our craft rooms, with all those yummy IndigoBlu Christmas stamps, frosty looking metallic paints and snowy looking gesso!
I decided to use the gorgeous Rockin' Robin stamp this time...with vellum and embossing powder. I then brayered a layer of IndigoBlu Snow White metallic paint over the top...and coloured the robin in with Distress Ink... and the occasional swirl too. I put the ribbon through my printer to get the Let It Snow wording in a snowflake font  

Have a great weekend everyone...happy crafting x

Lydia xx

A Christmas Cracker!!

Jak kindly sent the DT some of the new Cracker cards from La Pashe last week, and yesterday I got around to playing :)
Now...you know me...I'm a bit of an 'Out of the Box' kinda girl and they just shouted for me to 3D them!!
I've cut strips of red card to hold the cracker panels together...and made a 'box base' which I attached to the inside to act as a shelf so it can hold a treat.  

I've used four of the 'stackers' from the Christmas Box CD...layered them up and used one on each side.

I've cut one of the window panes out of this one so it looks as if he's peeking inside the cracker...

 ...and used stackers from the CD on each side....

 Hope you like it...and have a go yourselves. They'll make great gift boxes for Christmas! xx

Christmas Box...

The brand new CD from La Pashe is OUT!!! Yipppeee!! :)
You can watch it's TV launch with Jak on Create and Craft on Tuesday 24th Sept @ 11am & 6pm x

'Christmas Box' contains soooooo much!! Digi images...decoupage sheets...toppers...background papers...embellishments...gift tags...and more!!

I made this 'rocker' card with the gorgeously scrummy Gingerbread house design...and a mini tag rocker with the stackers.

Christmas is Coming!!!!!!!!

With Jak on 

Create & Craft @ 10 am and Ideal World @ 2PM on 20th June

Yep...Look out everyone that time of year is on it's way!! You know...the one with the cold days...heating...sweaters and wellies!! Oh no...hang on...I'm confusing it with our Summer!!! ;0)
Nope... It's snow and sparkly lights...glitter and a man in a red suit sort of time...it's ........................................................CHRISTMAS!!!! ..............................................

♥~♥ Merry Christmas ♥~♥

Time went so fast yesterday that I didn't manage to get on here to post, so I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and are enjoying Boxing Day x

We had a lovely family day here, with my mum, sister and her hubby too. Dad was very much missed in person, gee it was so strange without him, but he was never forgotten and with us in spirit. Emily and Katieann were away at their dad's too, so we'll just have to do Christmas all over again when they get back on Tuesday!! :)

Well, Kayleigh and Daisy are playing tennis on the Wii...George has finally given in and gone off for a well earned nap...and Mum is knitting...so I thought I'd nip on here quick :)

This is a card I made with the gorgeous December digi image from Elisabeth Bell...

Once In Royal David's City...

...Another of the totally gorgeous Christmas Carols from La Pashe. These are die cut decoupage and you get TWO different Carols per sheet. These can be made with a vintage or more contemporary feel to them, but either way they look great.

Lots of Sparkle....

Hi all...
I'm back from duvet land!!! I have had a grotty week with a grotty cold, and not even had the energy to craft!!! *Gosh*
So thinking I ought to put that to rights, here is a card that I have made this morning for the Cute Card Thursday challenge this week...whose theme is 'Lots Of Sparkle' ...
I made this using the 'Blue Christmas' papers from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts...but printed them onto a pearlised paper to give it extra sheen. The Nellie stamp is one that I won from Sugar Nellie at the beginning of the year...and she is sitting on a 'Funky Fence', which is a stamp also available from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts. Oh and of course...lots of Stickles :0)