More metallic creatures

Good morning it's Jane here. Firstly can I thank you all for the love you sent for my dragonfly card..I was really blown away! The weather has turned much more autumnal so my second inspiration card for our metal theme this month has some autumnal hues....

just like my card I shared on Friday everything is made of "metal"....if you would like to see how I hammered put this together do pop over to my blog here. It would be lovely to see you there....even though I may be somewhere else....hmmm there's a bit of intrigue for you 😉 I hope we are giving you lots of metallic ideas for you to join in the challenge this month.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Metal star ornaments

Monika

Hello All, 

let me show you my second project for our September challenge: Metal.

As you see I have made some vintage style Christmas ornaments decorated with rhinestones and pearls. If you like it, please hop on my blog to get a tutorial and more photos!

Thank you!

Metal Can Look Pretty

Hi there, Miriam here for my second 'Metal' project of the month.

I hope you are enjoying the inspiration so far.

I wanted to show that metal can be 'softer' too....

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

I hope I have inspired you to join in with the challenge this month.

Happy Crafting!
Miriam

September 2017 - Metal

Welcome everyone to our September Challenge.

Our theme this month is "Metal", chosen by the lovely Miriam

Miriam

 

Hi all, it's my turn to pick the project for the month.  I have chosen 'Metal' which features in my crafting a lot. I also happen to have a very large tool box which is full to the brim of metal embellishments and watch parts.

For my project I have altered a cheese box to create a trinket box.

If you pop over to my blog  you will be able to see how I created this box full of metal goodness!

I hope you enjoy all of the inspiration again this month and that you are inspired to join in with the Metal challenge to be in with a chance of winning a gift voucher to send at Country View Crafts.

I will hand over to my Design Team members to show you how they have interpreted the Metal theme.

 

Jane

The August bank holiday weather was so beautifully hot and sunny. We even had a dragonfly fluttering in the garden near my flowers. As I searched for inspiration for our fun metal theme this month I knew just what I could to do..I would make metal flowers and a dragonfly! If you would like to see how I made my metallic creation do fly pop over to my my blog here where all is revealed. Enjoy September, I think we may have seen the end of our summer weather but who knows, it can be so fickle.

 

 

Debs

Hello everyone today I'm sharing Boho  Jane who just loves butterflies, so I gave her lots!

All the details are over on my blog as usual so I hope to see you there.

Hugs xx

Hazel

Cogs and Gears are the order of the day for my first piece in the "metal " challenge, chosen by my lovely friend Miriam. 

For more details, please visit my blog. 

 

Gabrielle

When Miriam suggested that this month's topic would be metal - I knew I wanted to use this JoFy stamp set! I made a rusty background using metal tape, a texture fade and Fresco paints and real rusty wire to suspend the light bulbs and for the robot's neck. Gabrielle x

 

Sue

As soon as I saw that the challenge was metal I knew exactly what I wanted to do....

No this wasn't it! In my head, this was a tag, and the frame wasn't broken, but I like it better this way. There are a lot more details over on my blog, so please enter The Twilight Zone.....

Rachel

Hello there! I do hope you can join us in this great new challenge - there are so many ways to incorporate metallics into your design. You can see what I did to make my card on my blog here.

Hugs

Rachel xx

Monika

Hello Everybody,

For our September challenge - Metal - I have chosen the silver. So you can see silver moon, silver stars and silver spatters on my card! If you want a tutorial, please click on my blog.

Thank you!

Evelyn

Some weeks ago I went to a flea market and found this pretty silver platet spoon - perfect for this challenge, Miriam hostes this month! I decided to alter it. I had much fun making a totaly different arty thing from a common thing like a spoon. If you want to know, how I made it, you´ll find the steps on my blog!

Hello everyone, 

The lovely Miriam has set the Challenge for September and she chose 'Metal'. I did struggle a bit with this and three of my previous projects landed in the bin !! 

In the end I managed though and made an art journal:

If you would like to know how I made this you can visit my blog HERE or hop straight to YouTube where you'll find a tutorial. 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by  ! I will be back soon with more inspiration, hopefully I will be able to do it in one go ! lol 

Corrie x



 

Craftyfield

 

Metal is such an exciting material to craft with... lots of techniques to try, from the easy to the more elaborate. Today I went for easy and fun!

 

 

If you want the secret on how to get this effect, come by my blog,

 where I shine the light on the matter...

 

More gorgeous 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 Blues & Greens last month. There are lots of fantastic entries and the winner will be announced soon

 

 

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Relax

A warm hello from me, Craftyfield!

 

Whether you are having a normal weekend or enjoying a longer British Bank Holiday,

I hope you will have time to relax and enjoy the last of the summer...

or maybe the music!

I feel ready to join her...

 

Today I'm showing you my second inspiration piece for the Greens and Blues challenge.

As usual, all the details on how I made this card are on my blog, I hope you will take some time out to visit!

 

Fairies At The Bottom Of The Garden

I've tried something a little different for my second piece for our 'blues and greens' challenge.

This is the first time I've used Powertex on my own so please be kind :-D  More details can be found over on my blog and I'd love it if you would join me over there. xx

Ornate seaside frame card

Hello it's Jane here again to share my 2nd card for the month to hopefully give some more inspiration for our Blues and Greens challenge, which has just over a week left to run. I made a seaside card with a very ornate frame.

If you would like to see a step by step everything is over on my blog here. It's worth swimming  popping over to see the background in full. As always it all gets covered over. The things we do to our art eh!

Enjoy the last week of August and happy holidays to you all. We are enjoying seeing all your lovely blue and green entries. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Soul Sisters

Hello there! Rachel here with you today with another piece to encourage you to join our challenge this month...

The theme is Blues and greens ... there's still over a week to join in with us. I made this card using a stamp set by Tracy Easson... please pop over to my blog for full details here.

Have a great day.

Hugs

Rachel x

Tag with dragonflies - Blue and green

Monika

Hello everybody, this is my second piece for our August challenge: Blues and greens. If you like my dragonfly tag and if you would like a supply list, please click on my blog.
Thank you!

Inspired By Seth Apter

Hi again, it's my turn to show you another project for the 'Blue and Green' theme.

I hope you have been enjoying all of the wonderful inspiration this month. 

As my title suggest, this month's project is inspired by Seth Apter - those of you who know his art will know his love of layers and paints!

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

If you haven't done so already there is still time to enter this month's challenge - don't forget that there is a voucher to spend in the shop up for grabs!

Thanks for joining me.....It's the bank holiday weekend so I hope you have something crafty planned.

Happy crafting!

Miriam

Be Bold, Be Brave.

Hazel here with my second "Blue and Green" piece. Using my paint chip cards again. All the details can be found over on my blog.
Don't forget that there is still plenty of time to join in with our challenge. 

I don't like...

For this month's Blue and Green theme (which I have LOVED!) I have tried to think a little more differently and make a journal page in less than half an hour.

I simply added white Fresco Finish paint to a black page in my journal and made sure that it was thin coverage so some of the black shows through. I'd used a stencil for my first project this month and so I simply used the leftover ink by flipping the stencil over and rubbing it to transfer the ink to the page (which is why the numbers are reversed!) The blue heart and green coloured stamped images finish off the page.

Thank you, as always for popping by!

Gabrielle x

July Winner, Top 3 & DTSM

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

 

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

#23 Lovely Linda

 

 

 

Wow what can I say! There were 128 wonderful entries into my things with wings theme for our July challenge. I was delighted to see so many diverse projects. Thanks so much to everyone who rose to the challenge, it was great fun visiting all your blogs. I'm sorry if I didn't manage to comment on everyone's..I would have been away for days. This however did lead to a dilemma...how on earth could I just chose a Top 3 from the 128? Well after a couple evenings I did manage it and here there are, in the date order they were submitted into the challenge.

No 13 Ionabunny (Gail)

As you well know I have a "cute" side too. This sweet little bird card flew into the challenge early on and immediately caught my eye. Gail's CAS (Clean and simple) design is delightful and despite all that white space that little bird stamp and words really gives the feeling of flying and movement. A really super cute card which made me smile.

No 63 Carol Gill

I love colouring images (when I get the time) and Carol's brilliant dragon stood out with its gorgeous red, white and blue colours. Her colouring is fabulous and he stands out so well on the speckled background. A most unusual "thing with wings" and a striking card.

No 115 Nora

Nora's gorgeous art journal spread joined the challenge during the last few days of July and what beautiful pages she created. There is so much texture and her painted butterfly is stunning. The fabulous background and colours are so summery too. A really beautiful entry.

So those are my Top 3. Now I just need to reveal my Design Team Special Mention (DTSM)...and it goes to 

No 75 Janner

Janner obviously knows my weakness for fairies as one of my favourite things with wings...in fact she quite rightly said that it sounded wrong to call a fairy a "thing". This is the most delightful card...those fairies are perfectly silhouetted against the gorgeous stamped and inked background. The monochrome colour scheme works perfectly too for this very magical card and as the sentiment says, "Those who don't believe in magic will never find it".... I could not agree more!

Thanks again to everyone who entered and made it such a pleasure to see so many gorgeous things with wings. Remember that our current August challenge theme is Blues and Greens and we hope to see lots more of your lovely work. Here is the link. Enjoy the summer and happy crafting.

Bye for now,

Jane x

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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 August Challenge - Blues & Greens