Christmas is Coming!

Morning Friends!

It's official, I made my first Christmas card of the year! Garden Party Challenge on Instagram's latest five prompts are...

Rectangle card with white background

Grey + One colour

Bottom left

Trees

Dots

This is what I came up with. Very minimalist for me! I used a tree stamp by Artemio, and some PaperArtsy Sara Naumann word stamps. Splatters courtesy of a blue Posca Paint Pen.

I also have my latest Artist Trading Stamp to share, and today's theme is Holidays. Our holiday destinations usually involve mountain hiking. Those little stick people are us with our walking poles! Hahaha!

I'm linking today's art to the Art Every Day Month Challenge.

I'm off for my woodland walk shortly, have a lovely day!

Alison xox

Garden Party Challenges 4 and 5

Hi Everyone. I'm here to share my recent entries for the Garden Party Instagram Challenges 4 & 5.

I used PaperArtsy Grunge Paste, stamp and stencil, some teabag texture, and a That's Crafty clock stencil.

I altered a CD, covering with book paper and teabag texture, used Carabelle Studio stamps, and PaperArtsy Infusions and Fresco paint.

I'm sorry for the lack of visits to blogs lately, but I'm just getting over a rotten cough virus. Thankfully I'm feeling a lot better. Hope you're all well, and enjoying a good start to the week.

Alison xox

Garden Party Challenge 3

Happy Wednesday Everyone.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the current Garden Party Challenge on Instagram. Here are the prompts for Challenge 3...

And here's my card...

The image is one of my favourites from Paperbag Studios.

There's a bit of splattering going on, so I'm linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Splatters & Splodges Challenge again.

Wishing you a happy & creative evening,

Alison xox

Garden Party Challenge No. 2

Hi Everyone

Garden Party Challenge no. 2 is now up on Instagram, and here are the prompts...

And here's what I came up with...

I made two cards, here's the other one...

I used collaged papers for the background and flowers, and cut butterflies from a patterned paper sheet.

Hope you're having a better day than I am...I had a rather disappointing and frustrating letter from my consultant.

Alison xox

Instagram Garden Party Challenge No. 1

Hi Everyone! 

I found a new challenge on Instagram, called The Garden Party Challenge, and run by Isa and Sylvie. It's a fortnightly challenge with 5 prompts to use.

For Challenge 1, the list was, a square card, insects, pink colour, script, and stitching.

I made this card for my best friend Karen's birthday, which just happens to be today.

Happy birthday dear Karen! We celebrated with a visit to National Trust property Ightham Mote in Kent. Karen took a few photos, but she hasn't shared them with me yet. I used a stamp set by Innovative Stamp Creations, and one of my previously created gel prints.

Happy Wednesday,

Alison xox