Octopode Factory Friday challenge

It is Mushrooms thie week.
It was published as being last week, and I got a fright, thinking I had over slept for a week !!!

So, the Gnome came out of the digi stamp box.  Well, gnomes do live under mushrooms don't they?  I painted the background, then pressed bubble wrop into the gold and green.
I found bells, in the box of charms, I have collected over the years, from Alexander Palace stamp shows.

Friday Octopode Challenge

I swiped the background with alcohol inks and baby wipes. 'Home is where the Heart is' from Lily Chilvers digi stamps, as are the two little birds

Well, it had to be a Valentines challenge

PDCC #118

First thing to do was alcohol ink the back ground by using the ink on baby wipes and swiping over the paper.

The stamps are from 'Stampscapes'  They make beautiful scenery.  Then, Lily Chilvers 'Octopode' digi stamps of five little ducks

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Blue Pink and White  

this week, so thought I would dig out the encaustic waxes. Not a lot more to say really lol

Octopode Challenge 'Shades fo Grey'

Different shades of grey this week, so, I used the Octopode Factory 'The Wolfman' being a bully to one of the Woodland Animals
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''What are you afraid of ?' He asks and who wouldn't with that castle[ 'Lavinia Stamps'] and Tim Holtz dies of the tree, key and lock, loomimg above such a small animal.

I chalked the background, then used Promarkers to colour Wolfman.

Little badger came already coloured from Lily Chilvers digi stamps

So, that is my entry !

'Somewhere Over The Rainbow'

This week it has to be very colourful. So, a rainbow [of course!] Chalked background, with Octopode flowers

I thought the castle, from their digi stamp range, held by the 'you need hands' digi stamp, would come in useful.  A touch of rain with diamond glaze.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #115

Colours this week are Slate, Moss, Bark and Burlap. Not quite sure what Burlap is, but hope I have matched it.

Another favourite stamp by 'Stamps Happen' called Umbrellas - well, well lol

I embossed with gold powder, and coloured in with pro markers Sangria which I blended as this one is an aqua marker. The other three colours are Tan, Olive Green [closest to Moss !] and Cool Grey.
A few drops of diamond glaze for rain drops.
The words are from the Inkadinkado collection 'You Make Me Smile All Over'.
Finally two peel offs [sorry but I have to use them up and had to cover a smudge !!] and gold edging

The Octopode Factory Challenge

This week the challenge is 'Stars'  So here comes the Queen of stars
aka 'Queen of Hearts'

A glittery background only fit for a Queen and stars to surround her.

Shaky mushrooms as you would expect in the presence of such royalty

A bit of mo jo back

A day of gale force winds and heavy rain, so, what better way to spend the day, but craft.  I had lost the will to do anything crafty, but lying in bed first thing, with the wind and rain hammering on the windows, I came up with these ideas, although not new techniques.

So, out with tissue paper, bubble wrap, glimmer mists, moulds which I had made at sometime or other, beads and coloured flakes. Texture paste and things pressed into it before it dried.
 All put together and here is what I made.
First one 'Dream'

Detail of the torso above

Not sure what I will do with them, but kept me out of trouble !!!

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Cristmas colours, so cheating and publishing one of my wreaths, which I made with wool, wound round a polystyrene circle and decorated with beads

octopode challenge/Christmas

So here are the Christmas cards I made from Octopode Factory digi images

So it must be Christmas

I have got the 'bug' and made these bits and pieces

This is a Christmas tree made from a magazine inspired by Leelmills [google 'magazine Christmas tree]

These are place mats inspired by my Bessie

I sprayed them with my favourite paint Glimmer mist

Then the candles wrapped with meta,l and nailed on flowers which I used' rub&buff' on.

Lastly the three special cards

Hard to see, but I embossed white snowflakes, before adding 'Octopode' images

                                 WISHING ALL WHO READS MY BLOG A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

update !!

Well, I haven't posted for ages. No mo-jo here but I have made these wreaths for my family.  It was a bit of theraputice work, so can't be bad.  Well, good for me, not sure for them lol but they can be hung in the loo!!!

Made from winding wool round a polystyrene circle - reminder to myself, must get some more circles!!  Then decorated with beads, a charm star and Cuttlebugged metal

The Octopode Factory Chalenge

Wings

A quick publish, as I have my Bessie staying and we are off out today [more on that later]

Octopode Factory challenge

Swirls and Flourishes this week, so I cuttlebigged a swirl in silver card. Embossed that before attaching it to a piece of mountboard, which I had sponged with gold paint.
Marie Antoinette has swirls in her hair, so she seemed the obvious choice.  Coloured in with pro markers, as were the flowers. 
I admit to using a few peel offs [Nicks block your ears and eyes lol] but they need to be used.

PDCC #102

Black, White and a splash of orange, so dusted off the Cuttlebug, and cut out these flowers from Tim Holtz die cut. A piece of black ribbon across the centre.  I had to add sparkle as, some of you know, my knick name is Sparkles lol!  Finaly a touch of orange embossing ink around the edges.

Octopode challenge

Back from a few weeks in Scotland with my family, so buckled down to the octopode Challenge which is 'Friends'

Digi stamps of the owls sitting on a branch. A few gold circles, the leaves are frm a mask and I used a texture with glass beads in, at the corner.
The 'friends' stamp, I have had forever, but felt it came in useful for this.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #101

Unfortunately, I missed the 100th challenge due to things going on here, So, this weeks is wine,grey, leather and parchment.

I have just been shown, by my Bessie, how to get digi stamps, so I sent for 'Octopode' Queens and she is the right colours - wine in the dress, together with leather in the dress and her goggles, and grey helmet. The tag is the parchment bit. The wheels are  a Paper Artsy mini and the wheel at the top is a Tim Holtz metal one

Locks and keys challenge

So here is Marie Antoinette with her locks and keys.  Mounted on a piece of mountboard, covered with crumpled foil. The silver key and lock is stuck underneath, then, the foil is pasted over the top.  Smooth the lock and key out with a paper stump [or your finger, but that is painful!]  I cut these out on the Cuttlebug, and the two on top I painted with  Viva, Ferro metal effect colour.
Glimmer misted over the top, and then stuck Her Mag. on.

Octopode Challenge

Great 'Steampunk' this week, so here is Nipper Winston

I gave him some wings to help him fly !!

The Result of the workshop

Sorry if people are wanting instant Challenge posts, just scroll down, please

This is how I have put together the tags we made at Pickleberry Papercafts workshop.  We didn't have time to finish on Saturday, so, finished yesterday and today.  All Utee items fixed to the tags

PDCC #95

Eeeeer well, I did cheat a bit on this, as I wasn't well last week, had been in Norfolk, and went to Pickleberry Papercrafts workshop run by the VERY patient Jennie, from Artistic stamper.  We played wit Utee and this bitterfly was among the items we made, and as it has lime green and pink in it, I decided it was perfect.