Parisian Café

Hi everyone, it's Jo here.

Today I'm sharing a mini art journal page for this month's We will always have Paris challenge.

 

I had fun using some Andy Skinner products to create this grungy Parisian Café page. To see how it came together and the products that I used, please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal.

Thanks so much for joining me today, happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x 

Ooh la la

Hello everyone, 

I am back with the second inspiration piece for the May 'we will always have Paris' challenge and this time I have made an Artjournal page:

If you would like to see how I made this then please visit my BLOG where you'll find some step by step photos. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Corrie xx

 

Paris, encore et toujours!

 Hello crafters, 

I am back to give you more ideas for our Country View Challenge, for which this month, I chose the theme.
This mini album should give you plenty of ideas... 
You can see the album in action here:

or hop on to my blog for all the details and photos.

Craftyfield

May 2021- We Will Always Have Paris

Welcome to our May challenge! This month's theme, chosen by the lovely Craftyfield is:

We will always have Paris!

She wants you to take her to Paris and show her the sights! But don't worry, if you don't have any Paris themed supplies, you can use anything that says "France". Think fashion, wine, lavender fields of Provence, old adverts etc... Tim Holtz has released a few French inspired stamps, tissue tape and embossing folders over the years so dig dip into your stash! Just make sure that the theme is obvious and not a tiny bit of French script or fleur de Lys lurking in a corner of your make.

Craftyfield
I am thrilled to be hosting the challenge this month with a theme dear to my heart. Yes, the beautiful and romantic city of Paris, so close to British shores but, in these times of travel restrictions, so far...  

Do come by my blog to see how I made my scene with the major landmarks of the "City of Lights"

 Debs

 Hello everyone, here's my May challenge inspiration 

All the details are on my blog and there are quite a few details 

Hope to see you there. 

Debsxx

 Sue

Good morning and welcome to the weekend. For this challenge I thought why use 1 product 
when I could use about 20, so I did!

There are more photographs here on my blog if you would like to see how these came together. Take care and thanks so much for looking x

Corrie

Hello everyone, 
I have made a postcard for this fabulous new challenge and this is it:

You'll find some step by step photos on my blog HERE. 

I'll be back soon with more inspiration. 

Corrie x

 Monika

Hello everyone,
for our May challenge I created a tag with a little mademoiselle and the Eiffel Tower.
For this tag, I got the inspiration from the Ladurée bakery.

If you like it and if you need a tutorial, please hop on my blog.

Jane

 Happy May! This month's challenge took me back to our 30th wedding anniversary in 2011 when my Hb and I stayed in Paris to celebrate. On our actual anniversary, 25th July, we were at the top of the Eiffel Tower sipping champagne! I made some artist trading card as a reminder.

If you would like to see how I made them and also some photos from that time in Paris, just catch the Eurostar  😂 I mean pop on over to my blog here.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Miriam

 This month's challenge made me long for safer times and travel.  Here is my first project for the challenge:

Pop over to my blog to see more details or this project.  And I do hope that you join in with the challenge - it will be wonderful to see your Paris themed projects.

 Jo

Hello everyone and Happy May! For this month's challenge I had fun playing around with some Stamperia papers and stencils to create this Paris art journal page.

To see how it all came together and the products that I used, please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal

     Rachel

Hello there - here's my take on this months new theme - I do hope you can join us!

Big hugs

Rachel x

Evelyn 

Hello everybody!

For this month´s challenge I made a vintage card with lovely Ballerinas in Paris.

If you want to see some close ups, please visit my blog.

Very In Vogue projects from our Design Team now lets see your projects and don't forget to make sure the theme is obvious to be entered

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

A Robin's song

 Hello there!

Rachel here today with more inspiration for your Birds and Bees makes. Today I have a card featuring a robin.

I love this verse - and robins are such special birds aren't they? You can find details of how I made this on my blog here. 

You've still got over a week to join our challenge this month - hope you can join us! The details and linky are here. You never know - you might get lucky and the £20 to spend in store.

Big hugs

Rachel xx

The Birds and Bees

Welcome again.  I hope that you are having a great April.
Here is my second project for the Birds and Bees challenge:

Pop over to my blog to see how I created this project.

I hope that I have encouraged you to join in with the challenge this month.  Don't forget, that by entering you will be entered into the draw to win a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Happy Crafting!
Miriam

Birthday card with a red bird

 Monika

Hello everyone,

I'm here with my second inspirational project for our April challenge,

The birds and the bees.

This time I chose a little bit less characteristic bird than Arthur.

But I hope you like this one too.

If so, please hop on my blog.

Thank you!

More birds and bees

 Hi it's Jane here with my 2nd make to hopefully inspire you to join our current "The birds and/or the bees" challenge. I have focused a little more on the bees this time but there are still some birds flying over my beehive.

If you would like to see the workings behind making my beehive just buzz on over to my blog here where all is revealed.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Grungy Bee Card

 Hello lovelies, happy Tuesday!

For my second post for the April challenge I decided to make a card with a bee this time.

If you want to know how I put this together, please visit my blog, there you will find a detailed description.

Have a nice day and thank you for your visit!

The birds and Bees take two

Hi everyone Debs here with my second inspiration post for this month 

All the details are over on my blog 

Hugs 

Debs xxx

The birds and the bees

 Hello everyone, 

I am back with the second project for Sue's challenge 'the birds and the bees'. It made me think of love so I made a journal spread with chickens in love ! 

If you'd like to see how I made this then please hop over to my YouTube channel HERE where you'll find the process video. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Corrie xx

Birds & Bees

Hi everyone, it's Jo here. 

Today I'm sharing a mixed media page for this month's The Birds and The Bees challenge.

Like the birds in my garden, the birds and bees on my page are enjoying spring with the blue skies and pretty blossoms. 

I had fun creating this page using lots of new crafting goodies; to see how it all came together and a list of products, please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal.

Thanks so much for joining me today, happy and creative wishes!

Hugs, Jo x

Busy Bees

Hello crafters, Craftyfield here,

Welcome to my second inspiration page for our challenge.
Last time I illustrated the Birds, so it made sense to make this one about the bees...

You will need to hop over to my blog to get a closer look at the bees and their shiny wings...

Happy crafting!

The Birds And The Bees

Good morning and a very happy Saturday. It's Sue here with my second piece for our Birds And The Bees challenge, and this time it's a card for my Mum's 80th birthday.

If you would like to see how this came together, there are lots more photos here on my blog.

Take care and have a very happy weekend x

April 2021 - The Birds & The Bees

 Welcome to our April Challenge. This month's theme was chosen by the Lovely Sue . The theme is The Birds & The Bees - to ensure your entry counts, please make your main focus is of The Birds & The Bees 

 Sue

Good morning and a very happy April. I'm really pleased to be hosting this month's challenge and I've chosen The Birds And The Bees. Please bear in mind that birds and/or bees must be the main focus of your piece, if we have to go looking for it, it doesn't count!

There are more photos here on my blog if you would like to see how this came together.

Have a very happy month, and thanks so much for looking x

Hi everyone Debs here with a watercolour card  for this months theme.

All the steps are on my blog, hope to see you there 

Hugs

Debs 

 Jane

Happy April Fools day everyone. You won't catch me out though as today is my birthday, yes seriously! I decided to make a birds and bees birthday card to celebrate my 2nd Lockdown birthday.

 This year is a biggy too. If you would like to know how just how big and see a step by step of how the birds and the bees came together on my card you'll need to fly over to my blog here.

Happy April everyone and happy spring. I'm back on the 12th with my 2nd make.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Miriam

Happy April! Sue has chosen a wonderful spring theme challenge this month.  

Pop over to my blog to see what products I have used to create this card.

Wishing you all a Happy April and a wonderful Easter.

Miriam

 Jo

 Hello and Happy April Everyone!

For Sue's fabulous challenge this month I created a busy bee page using a super stamp and die set from Pink Ink Designs. To see how it came together please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal.

Corrie

Hi everyone, It's another month, so another challenge ! 
It's all about the birds and the bees this month and here's mine:

of course I have filmed the process, please click HERE if you want to see how I made this.. or hop over to my BLOG where there is a link too. 

I'll be back with more inspiration soon ! 

Corrie x

 Rachel

Hello there - I was really spoiled for choice with this theme so I made two cards! 

You can get more details on my blog here.

Have a great day!

Hugs

Rachel xx

 Monika

For our current challenge, I chose an owl, and not just any owl, I chose Arthur by Tim Holtz.
He is sitting on suitcases and frowning because he doesn't know what to do.
But don't worry, since he is a wise owl, he will figure it out.
If you like my creation, please hop on my blog for a tutorial.

Thank you!!!

 Craftyfield

In orderly fashion I am starting with the Birds with this Journal page and tackling a few issues... Do come by my blog where I share all my woes!

Evelyn

Hello and happy April all! 

For the Birds and the Bees challenge I made 3 Index cards this time.

If you want to see how I made these little cuties, you can watch the process video on my YouTube channel here or hop to my blog.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Easter card with silhouette bunny

 Monika

Hello crafty friends,

For our Silhouette challenge as a second inspirational project,

I created an Easter card.

For this, I used an old but classic die, the Sizzix Bigz Easter Elements by Tim Holtz.

If you need a tutorial, please hop on my blog.

Butterfly silhouettes

 Hi it's Jane here today with my 2nd post to hopefully inspire you to join our current Silhouettes challenge. For this make I chose a Visible Image stencil and a couple of their stamp sets. 

If you would like to see how my make came together just flutter on over to my blog here where all is revealed.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Hopes and Desires

 Hello lovely visitors, it´s Evelyn here today with my second post for the silhouette challenge!

Having the endless pandemic in mind I created a art journal page.

If you want to know how I made this page, please visit my blog. 

Thank you for your visit!

Dark Flowers

Hi everyone Debs here with my second post for this month

All the details of how I created this are over on my blog

Hope to see there

Hugs

Debs xxx

Music soothes the soul

 Hello everyone, 

Corrie here, with the second instalment for the 'Silhouette' challenge. I have made an art journal page:

I have a VIDEO too if you are interested in seeing how I made this. You will find it 

HERE 

or you can go via my BLOG. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Corrie xx

Under my umbrella

 Craftyfield

Another day another silhouette with umbrella! Come by my blog to read all the details.

I will keep you dry under my umbrella...ella...ella...

Making The Impossible

 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday. It's Sue here with my second giant tag for our fun Silhouettes challenge. 

If you would like to see how this came together, please pop across to my blog and all will be revealed.

Take care, and have a wonderful week x

Enjoy the journey

 Hi everyone, it's Jo here and today I'm sharing a mini art journal page for this month's Silhouettes challenge.

I'm enjoying my new creative journey here at Country View Challenges, so I created this page to celebrate and thank you for all your support and kind comments last month. I used lots of Tim Holtz products which included the new Wildflower Stems #3 Thinlits set for the delicate flower silhouettes. 

To see how it all came together and a list of products that I used, please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal.

Thanks so much for joining me today, happy and creative wishes! Jo x

Silhouette Journal - with Miriam

I hope you are enjoying the inspiration for the Silhouette challenge this month.  Here is my second project:

Pop over to my blog to see how I created this journal and what products I used.

And don't forget - if you join in with the challenge you may be the chosen lucky winner of a gift voucher to spend in the online shop.

Happy crafting!

Miriam 

Hopping into the sunset

 Hello there - Rachel here today with a second make for the new challenge of Silhouettes this month.

You can find more details about how I made this over on my blog here. Hope you can join us this month!

Hugs

Rachel x

March 2021 - Silhouettes

 Welcome to our March Challenge. This month's theme was chosen by the Lovely Rachel . The theme is Silhouettes - to ensure your entry counts, please make your main focus silhouettes 

 Rachel

Its my choice of the theme this month and I thought I would go with silhouettes - there are so many different stamps and dies out there that would be perfect for this theme. I just would like you to ensure that whatever you choose to do, the silhouettes are the main focus of your make....

I couldn't resist these silhouettes - I think they're practically perfect in every way! To find out more head over to my blog here. Have a great day!

Hugs rachel xx

Jane 

Happy March everyone spring is now just around the corner. Lighter evenings and warmer temperatures are just what we need right now. For my first silhouette make I used my favourite Visible Image unicorn to make a card.

All the details and a step by step, as always, are over on my blog here. Just gallop on over (or do unicorns fly? I will have to ask my granddaughter who is an expert on unicorns 😉) Have a lovely new month ahead, stay safe.

Bye for now,

Jane x

 Sue

Good morning and a very happy Monday. I've made a giant tag for my 1st project this month, and look, no stamping!

If you would like to pop across to my blog, there are more photographs over there. Take care and have a great month x

Miriam

Here is my first project for the Silhouette topic

Pop over to my blog to see how I have created this simple Easter make.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Craftyfield 

Hop over to my blog to find out how my girl with attitude dodges the rain... 

 Jo

Hello Everyone and Happy March! For this month's challenge, I had fun playing around with Tim Holtz products to create this silhouettes scene. 

 The moon provided a beautiful backdrop silhouetting the trees and adorable deer family by the river; it reminded me of my Grandad's favourite song "Moon River". To see how it all came together and a list of products that I used, please pop over to my blog Let's Art Journal. 

Monika

 Hello everyone,

for our March challenge I created a love tag with the Christmastime couple by Tim Holtz.

If you like it, please hop on my blog for info.

Thank you!

Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

For Rachel's fabulous theme "silhouettes" I have made a mini journal page with a Video. 

You will find the Tutorial on my YouTube channel HERE

or go via my blog HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by ! I will be back soon with another project.

Corrie xx

Evelyn

Hello and welcome to March!

For the new challenge I made a card with a Spring theme.

If you want to know more, please visit my blog.

Hi everyone Debs here with my first post for March

All the details are on my blog 

Hope to see there 

Hugs

Debs xx

Gorgeous Silhouette projects from our Design Team. So it's over to you now, create your project and link it below with the chance to win a £20 voucher to use on the Country View Crafts website. Thanks to everyone who took up the First Signs of Spring challenge in February. There are lots of great entries and the winner will be announced soon. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter