Dream

This month's challenge to be inspired by Tim Holtz has meant I've dusted off some of my favourite of his older stamps. I used Distress ink and then spritzed water through a stencil to make the background. I used lots of Glossy Accents on the wings, crown and motto. When it was dry I bent the wings and crown so they cracked. If you would like to see more, please pop along to my blog. Thank you as always for popping by. Gabrielle x

Card with frameworks diecuts

Hi lovely peeps, 

today it´s my turn to share my second take of our "Inspired by Tim Holtz" challenge.

if you want to know more about how I made, hop over to my blog!

Have a nice week!

February Winner, Top Three & DTMSM

 

Hello everybody!  It's time to announce the February winner of our Challenge, Top Three and Design Team Member Special Mention.  Are you sitting comfortably?  Then let's begin!

 

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February winner of the £20 Country View Crafts voucher, selected by Random Generator from the challenge entries is...

 No.73


Congratulations, Hazel!  Your winner's badge and voucher will be on their way to you shortly, and we hope you'll join us a Guest Designer here at Country View Challenges in the future.
 

Now it's time for Sue to share her top picks with you.

Thank you so much for all the fabulous entries into my challenge. You have certainly made choosing the winners difficult, but here they are, in no particular order.

#3 Catherine

Beautiful colours and great use of gelli plate circles.

#14 Gerrina

 A wonderful clean and simple card that's been coloured so well.

#78 KandA Creative Moments

Fabulous composition and I love the glisten.

DTSM
#50 Carol Gill

 Such a great design and I love the splash of red - even if it shouldn't be there lol.

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Fantastic work all around!  Congratulations - your badges will be on their way soon, and we hope you'll display them with pride.

And don't forget there is still lots of time to enter our March Challenge - Inspired By Tim Holtz

Inspired by Tim Holtz butterfly card.

Debs

 

Hello everyone today I have a butterfly card to share, which shows some different techniques inspired by 

Tim. All the details are on my blog if you would like to see.

Hugs Debs

Blah Blah Blah - Inspired by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, 

welcome to my second inspiration post this month. I have been playing with my Tim Holtz goodies again and made this tag :

If you would like to know how I made this please visit my blog HERE or skip straight to the movie : 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Corrie x

Inspired by Tim Holtz CAS card

Hello crafters, Craftyfield here with my second make inspired by Tim Holtz.

No grunge this time, just some of his products, especially some new ones, to me at least!

 

 

Do come over to my blog to get all the details of how I made the card and the results of my tests.

 

Happy crafting!

March 2017 - Inspired By Tim Holtz

 

Welcome everyone to our March Challenge and our newest Design Team member Miriam.
Our theme this month is "Inspired by Tim Holtz", chosen by the lovely Craftyfield.
Whether you are inspired by Tim Holtz's products, his style, or his techniques (or all three!) your make will be perfect for this challenge.

Craftyfield

Being technique mad and interested in the latest crafty supplies, Tim Holtz is one of my crafting heroes. He created the Distress inks, brought back products we had forgotten about (Marker Spritzer, Micro Glaze... re-invented products (the collage brush) and generally pushed the limits for manufacturers to give us new possibilities.



My first make is very much in the style of Tim and with a lot of his products but not all!
It's alright, the master himself would tell you to use what you have... Do come by to see my step by step on my blog.

Sue

There can't be many crafters who haven't been inspired by Tim Holtz in one way or another. Whether it be his inks and paints, or his stamp sets and dies. I love his grunge, but I also love his pretty stamps, and these butterflies are one of my favourite sets.  There's lots more pictures over on at Sue The Iron

Have a fun week xx

Brenda

I just fell in love with Tim's new 'Tiny Houses' die and just had to have a play for this fabulous challenge from Christine, but I also used lots of his other products as well. If you'd like to see more details and what else of Tim's inspired me for this project please pop over to Bumblebees and Butterflies and find out how these Spring inspired flower houses came together.

Monika

Hello All, it's Monika here and I have brought you an oval shaped wooden box for our March challenge: Be inspired by Tim Holtz.

If you like my crackled wooden box and if you want to know how I made it, please hop on my blog for a step by step tutorial with many photos. Thanks!

Jane

I love all things Tim and one of my favourite dies of his that I own is the weathered clock die..sadly long discontinued. Tim always encourages us to create "outside the box" and embrace our own unique creativity so I wanted to show that Tim's inspiration doesn't have to be all browns and grunge. I have made a feminine card for today, my 2nd inspiration piece, later in the month will be male. I have a step by step over on my  blog here if you would like to see how I made the metallic background and elements. A warm girlie Tim Inspired welcome awaits you there. 

Bye for now,

Miriam

Since I started crafting I have been inspired by Tim Holtz, so when I saw the theme I was really excited!

You can see how I created this card by popping over to my Blog. 

I hope my card inspires you to join in with the challenge and show how Tim Holtz has inspired you!

Thanks for popping by!

Miriam

Rachel

Inspired by Tim Holtz? I know I am - so much so I had to ask my daughters for help with this challenge! I just didn't know where to start - but I finished with this tag ... you can find further details on my blog here. I hope you can join us!

Hugs

Rachel x

 

Cherish by Corrie

The challenge "Inspired by Tim Holtz' should be an easy one for many as almost everyone in has some Tim stuff in their stash. I am very inspired by him and I dug out all my Tim-goodies for this little canvas. 

This was a very enjoyable project and if you would like to know how I made this then please hop over to my BLOG for a photo tutorial. 

Have fun everyone ! 

 

Hazel

This definitely took me a lot longer than our 30 minute rule from last month. I think that I might win a prize for the most time faffing about rearranging everything on this piece, inspired by Tim Holtz.
If you would like details of this Doily inspired piece, then please visit my blog.

 

Gabrielle

I think many of us have been inspired by Tim over the years and I wanted to use some of my older stamps that I don't use very often. It was lovely using these old stamps - I really enjoyed inking them up! I used Distress Inks for the background, a stencil and three of Tim's stamp sets. As always, there are more details on my blog. Gabrielle x

Debs

 

Hello everyone, Debs here with a Journal Page for this months challenge, featuring Ginger Cat and blue the Bird. To see what's

going on with these two pop over to my blog for all the details.

Hugs Debs xx.

Evelyn

Tim Holtz is such a great source of inspiration! So many supplies and techniques are developed by him, so it was not hard to find something to make, "inspired by Tim".

I decided to make a birthday card, using Alcohol Inks, which I didn´t use for a long time.

If you want to see, which technique I used, hop over to my blog!

 

Wow some fantastic 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 Time Challenge last month. There are some great entries and the winner will be announced soon

 



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Twofer in 30 minutes!

Good morning! Rachel here today - and with not long to go for you to enter our challenge you'll be glad its got to be made in 30 minutes or less! I've made a couple of cards but am only showing one here....

The two cards took just 25 minutes in total to make - to see the other card and hear what I did please pop over to my blog here.

I hope you will feel inspired enough to join us!!!

Big hugs

Rachel x

Egg shaped Easter card

Monika

Hello All, Here is my second inspirational make for our February challenge: 30 MINUTES OR UNDER. Since Valentine's Day passed, now I'm preparing for the next festival, for Easter. If you want to know how I put this card together, please visit my blog.

Time To Say Farewell

This is a sad post for me today as I step down from the Design Team here at Country View Challenges. I have had a wonderful four years making all manner of projects and have worked alongside a wonderful team of amazingly creative people.

Rather than sharing a project today I thought I would share three of my favourite makes for CVC.

This was my very first project as Guest Designer in May 2013 for the How Does Your Garden Grow Challenge. The following month I made my debut as part of the DT!  The shadow box still sits on the shelf by my desk and brightens even the dullest of days!

Another project which also sits by my desk and is a great favourite - made for the Bugs, Bees and Butterflies challenge in November 2014.

And finally I don't know how many flowers I have made over the last four years but these are probably my favourites - blousy summer blooms made for the  Summertime challenge in August 2015.  Here's a link to the tutorial on my blog if you would like to have a go.

I shall certainly miss being here at CVC and seeing all your wonderful projects, but I am also looking forward to having some more time to experiment with new products and of course develop more flowers which I really love to make.  I am sure I shall see you around somewhere in bogland!

A huge thank you to Susan and all the present (and past) Design Team members who have been so wonderful to work with.

Best wishes and Happy Crafting!

Jennie x

Live The Dream

Using scraps to save time

Hello it's Jane here today sharing my second piece to hopefully inspire you to enter our time challenge this month; making something in 30 minutes or less. You still have a week to enter and join in with the fun. I chose to make a card again, using lots of scraps that I keep as left overs from other projects. The painted central mdf flower was even recycled from a previous project.

If you would like to see how I sourced my scraps and put this together...I even timed myself whilst making it....do pop over to my blog here where a time saving  warm welcome awaits you. Get that stop watch out 😁

Bye for now,

Jane x

#48, 30 minute challenge, Hazel,

Hazel

Here is my second piece for the 30 minute challenge. A card using gilding flakes and infusions. If you would like to find out more, then please visit my blog. 

Masculine card in under 30 minutes?

Hi Everyone, Brenda here with a card for a man that I really did manage to get finished within the 30 minutes deadline for this challenge.

Having boxes of bits of all sorts is really handy to have when you want to get something made pretty fast and getting a man's card done has got to be an achievement as we all find them difficult right?

So pop over to Bumblebees and Butterflies to see how this one came to fruition and how useful those discarded elements can be.

Have a wonderful weekend.

hugs Brenda xxx