Sunday, 13 July 2014

Challenge 18 Inspired by Tim Holtz


Good morning and welcome to our fun new challenge! Our theme for the next two weeks is

Inspired by Tim

so we want to see your projects inspired by Tim Holtz, it could be a technique, a product or a project that has inspired you but make sure you tell us in your post! You don't have to use our products (or Tim's) to enter and as always our generous sponsors 
 have a fabby prize up for grabs - a gorgeous mask and a PanPastel too (colours may vary)!!

  


Before we check out the gorgeous projects from our DT a quick reminder to pop back next week when we'll be announcing the winner and top 3 from our last challenge.

We've also got an announcement to make, we're all very excited to say that our last Guest Designer Yvonne has agreed to stay on as a permanent member of the team, pop over to her blog and check out her gorgeous work

Doreen
I find Tim a bit grungy which I am not very good at, but this is what Tim has inspired me to do.
I have painted gesso to  the background of of a wooden 6inch x 3inch plaque then when dry covered with Phthalo blue Panpastel . After setting with hairspray I then lightly went over it with some Silver again setting in between layers to stop the colours blending....I dabbed some more Phthalo Blue through Tim's Burlap stencil and stuck down some of Tims tissue wrap with PVA glue ....I stamped the bush image with Black Versafine and clear embossed, I also repeated this for the sentiment.
Next I glued the diamond  cut outs and Tim's Bird and cage dies which I had tried to grunge with some pewter gilding wax.Lastly I added a burlap bow



Yvonne
I have made a Tim Inspired Tag and worked with PanPastels, Permanent Red, Phthalo Blue Shade, Yellow Ochre, Natural Grey Extra Dark and Burnt Sienna Shade. 

 

                             

Claire C I've made  a tag, whenever I think of Tim I always think of his tags so that was my starting point and I combined my PanPastels with distress inks to create the background for my project.


   

Terry Hiya guys, I had fun making a sort of a wallhanger, just for the fun of it. Inspired by Tim I worked with his Butterflies and mixed colors for the background, using Gesso, PanPastels and the Honeycomb Stencil from DD, butterflies are colored with PanPastels and the toplayer I worked with is Mat Gel Maimeri 









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We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No back links
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone
3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address - if the prize is not claimed within 14 days it will be offered to someone on the Top 3 from the same week.
5. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter

And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

Make sure you pop back next week when we will announce the winner of our last challenge and our talented DT will have more inspiration for you too!

The challenge will run until Saturday  26th July and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday  3rd August

We'll be back next week with more inspiration and the winner and Top 3 from challenge 17!!


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Sunday, 6 July 2014

Roses are a girl's best friend Inspiration post plus winners!

Good morning, have you entered our Roses are a girl's best friend challenge yet? If not, you've still got time to enter and you're not going to miss out on your chance to win this fabby prize from Premium Craft Brands (colours may vary)! 

 

You can enter the challenge HERE

Our DT have got some ideas to inspire you but before we check out their projects  its time to announce the winner and top 3 from Challenge 16 'Flora and Fauna'
Our lucky winner, chosen by Random.org is.......

congratulations hun, email us to claim your prize quoting your winners code which is PPWK1601

and our Top 3 as chosen by our DT (and it wasn't an easy task with so many amazing entries)


18. Kirsty

27. Susanne

Congratulations ladies!! Don't forget to grab your Top 3 badges for your blogs

Let's get back to business and check out the fabulous projects from our lovely DT

Our Guest Designer Yvonne has created this beautiful project, isn't it stunning?? Pop over to 

Yvonne's blog to see exactly how she created this 



Doreen
Hello to you all I am back with my inspiration post

I first coloured my card with Chromium Oxide Green Shade and Diarylide Yellow PanPastels, Then I sprayed with some cheap hairspray before stamping the Rose. I then masked this off and stamped the postcard images. I have edged the card with black PanPastel. I finished off by adding the trellis ,birdcage and sentiment.xxx




Anjie For my make I have altered a photo mount.

I started by painting the mount with white gesso. I then mixed some Turquoise Pan Pastel with some Maimeri Light Modeling Paste to give the light blue background. I then placed the Butterfly Mask/stencil over the mount and went over it with a Versamark Inkpad to make it tacky. Then I went over the stencil with the Ultramarine Blue Pan Pastel. Then I used the Black Pan Pastel around the aperture and the edges of the mount to make it pop. Finally I made some rolled roses and coloured some stamped butterflies with the same Pans as before.
 

Claire C I've made a canvas using lots of random paper roses from my stash, I painted it all with black gesso and then set to work with lots of Metallic PanPastels. The background was made with the gorgeous large Roses stencil by Dutch Doobadoo and then layered up over a Dutch Doobadoo Brick stencil background. I've added a couple of butterflies and a sentiment made using the fab stamps that Nikky has designed for Premium Craft Brands


Terry, I have altered a little gift bag, the background is covered with Ligh Modelling Paste, worked with the stencil Roses by Dutch Doobadoo and I worked with lots of PanPastels that I mixed together to get this purple color. The top layer is Irisdescent Paste to give it a shiny look. For the back of the gift bag I used some hearts from Dutch Doobadoo, I have placed a fabby sentiment from Dutch Doobadoo and a butterfly in front with a metal corner to finish my project. 


The products that I have used are







You can  and enter your project here, we can't wait to see what you've made!!
We'll be back next week with a brand new challenge!!