A touch of Purple

The challenge this week at Less is More is 'Predominantly Purple' and over at the Craft Room Challenge their theme is 'Clean and Simple' ...


I can hardly believe this myself, but this is actually the first time I've made a card with distressed edges (hope it still qualifies for LIM!).  I just thought the stamp suited the distressed style.

Crafty Individuals Stamp CI-121
Sentiment is Hero Arts
Dusty Concord Distress Ink (inked first with Versamark to get a crisper image)
Sakura clear star pen
The purple card is actually a good match for the ink but looks a bit 'bluey' in the photo.

Have a great week everyone - thanks for popping in!

Suze xx

Her Heart Ruled Her Head

Honestly, how much time can a grown woman spend dressing up a paper doll!  Well, I can tell you, the answer is - quite a while!

This week the theme over at Craft Room Challenge is "Altered Paper Dolls".

I've used this image which I found at The Graphics Fairy ...

I coloured her skin and hair with promarkers, sewed her a skirt out of wrapping from a bunch of flowers and made her bodice from TH tattered florals petals covered in chocolate wrappers.  The bird cages are earrings.

Have to say, I think she looks quite grand!

Thanks for paying me a visit.
Happy Crafting - Suze xx

A t!mmie Tag

I've been having a bit of a t!mmie Holtz time this weekend and have made a tag with two challenges in mind ...

Firstly The Craft Room Challenge, their first challenge being "Anything Goes" and secondly,  the 'Just for Fun' Blog whose challenge is "All Things t!m".

The tag is made from textured card, distressed with Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick and Crushed Olive. The wooden heart has been painted with gesso then stamped with a TH script stamp in Worn Lipstick. The TH Flourish and Inkadinkado sentiment are stamped in Vintage Photo and Worn Lipstick and the bottle cap is adorned with TH die, mirror and bling.

That's it for now, thanks for visiting.
Suze xx