Once upon a time- Arty Divas Challenge

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing my DT creation for Arty Divas. This week our sponsor is Hetty Clare Art and the winner of our challenge will receive a wonderful prize from their Etsy store. 

I have created a Medieval tag using the beautiful Eilidh image which I coloured using Faber Castel pencils.

Thanks so much for stopping by, the DT and I look forward to seeing your creations! 

Hugs, Zowie xx

Thankful - Artsystamper challenge

Hi lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing my DT creation for Artsystamper. There's a new challenge over on their blog and the lucky winner will receive a wonderful prize from their Etsy Shop. 

I have created a layout using the beautiful Autumn Gifts paper kit and the Autumn Gifts Stamp set. 

I have also used this wonderful fall theme photo as a focal point on my layout. 

I have created lots of layers using the coordinating paper from the set and distressed the edges using Walnut Stain DI. Next, I used a Tim Holtz mixed media brick die, which I adhered to the last layer of paper. To complete my layout, I used a TH ruler stamp along with two of the beautiful Pumpkin digital stamps from the Artsystamper kit and some cheese cloth. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate your visit! Hugs, Zowie xx 

Vintage collage tags/bookmarks

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing some vintage collage tags/bookmarks that I have made. I was inspired by a wonderful artist on Instagram called CB Expressions. 

To create these, I have used some left over paper scraps that I had in my stash. This cute little birdie is from a vintage book published in1975. I have been thrift store shopping recently! 

Thanks so much for stopping by, Hugs Zowie xx 

Civil War card

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today, I have a tutotrial on this vintage card that I have created. November 11th Veterans day in the U.S.A and Armistice day, here in the U.K honours the sacrifices that were made during past wars. We remember them and thank them for their services.

To make my card, I took a pre-scored kraft card and adhered a piece of vintage sheet music, which has been distressed with the edge of my scissors and Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

Next, I adhered a layer of graph paper which I tea dyed and stamped using Vintage photo and a Kaisercraft grunge background stamp.

Next, I took a piece of corrugated cardboard and tore the edges, again I used Vintage Photo to distress them. I then adhered it onto the left side of my card with double sided tape.

For the next layer, I adhered a vintage receipt using double sided tape and pop dots to lift it up from the layer beneath. 

Next, I added a vintage ticket to the left side of that layer. 

Finally, I adhered the vintage photo and the date 1861 which I had printed from my computer. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate your visit! Hugs, 

Days gone by

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing a vintage card that I have created. November 11th Veterans day in the U.S and Armistice day, here in the U.K honours the sacrifices that were made during past wars. I wanted to pay my respects to all the men and women who were lost to war and to those who still fight every day to protect our country. We remember them and thank them for their services. 

To create my card, I have used a variety of papers, including my own tea dyed paper and this wonderful photo of a young soldier. 
Thank you so much for stopping by, hugs 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

A Place To Start

Crafters Castle

Simon Says Stamp- Wednesday Challenge

Crazy 4 Challenges

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge

World Wide Open Design Team

The Artistic Stamper - November challenge

Crafting With An Attitude

Arty Divas Challenge- DT simple Layout

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing my DT creation for Arty Divas 

There is a brand new challenge over on their blog and our wonderful sponsor is Sheepski Designs The DT and I can't wait to see your lovely creations! 

For my layout I have used the beautiful Duplicity digital stamp. Which I coloured using a variety of Faber Castel pencils. These are such great colour pencils to work with! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate your visit! Hugs, Zowie xx 

Winter days - Artsystamper challenge

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing my DT creation for Artsystamper
There's a brand new challenge over on their blog and the winner will receive a fabulous prize from their store. 

I have created a winter theme mixed media card using the beautiful Snowbirds stamp set and Wintry paper set from Artsystamper. 

To create my card, I have used a blank white pre-scored card. Next, I adhered a piece of textured paint paper from my own stash and then layered the distressed blue pine cone paper from the Wintry paper set on top of that. I then added another layer of the texture paper. I have also used a brick wall texture stamp along with Tsukineko Platinum Planet ink to add some more interest on to my card. 

I then used a Tim Holtz Holiday Greens die which has been covered with Viva Decor 3D snow. I adhered the branch along with some die cut pinecones to the bottom-left corner of my card. Finally I adhered the beautiful pre-coloured snowbird stamp on to the top of the snowy branch. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, please do check out the fabulous challenge and the beautiful creations made by the Design Team. 

Hugs, Zowie xx 

Halloween in Wonderland

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! Today I am sharing some more artist trading cards; this time with a Halloween in Wonderland theme. 

I have used this beautiful digital scrapbooking kit from Digital Curio.

I have also added some orange paper and some altered Bingo cards. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, see you on the next post! Hugs, Zowie xx 

Halloween ATC's

Hello lovelies, hope you are well! I hope that you had a safe and spooktacular Halloween! I have been busy making Projects for the spooky season and now they are finally complete, I can share them here: 

I have created a few artist trading cards using these darling vintage images from Polly's Paper Studio.

I have used a selection of papers from Digital Curio and the Orange paper is from Eyeinspire; which I stamped using a Kaisercraft grunge background stamp and Black soot distress ink. 

I cut some black card measured at the standard ATC size 2.5 Inches x 3.5 Inches. Then I adhered my chosen papers. I have also used some spooky paper banners from the Halloween paper kit from Eyeinspire.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate your visit! Hugs, Zowie xx