Let's have some fun.......

.......with a pinwheel!

I started with a 10" square piece of white card which I coloured with distress inks on one side and on the other I randomly stamped the Bubbles background stamp (great background stamp!!) The I cut the piece of card as shown below before turning one corner of each side triangular section into the centre and gluing in place with Cosmic Shimmer Glue. 

 I stamped Treasure Seeker onto some white card, cut it out using a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die and then coloured with distress inks.

I used a long length drawing pin to pin the wheel onto a length of dowel rod before finishing it off by gluing the stamped image in place as a centrepiece......and .....voila a pinwheel reminiscent of our childhood days....just a fun little project :) 

See you again soon 

Donna xx

Morning all.....

....lovely sunny morning today :)  Here's my weekly piece for That's Crafty, a cheap plywood frame that I've painted , sparkled and added a sentiment ........pop over to the That's Crafty blog for details of what I've used.....

See you again soon,

Donna xx

Summery Bunting....

....I've used the little 'beach children' to make some bunting for this weeks Creative Expression piece.

Started off by cutting out some individual 'flags' from some white card, size as shown below...

Then I basically decorated each one in the same style but just changed the colour on each one. So I'll just talk you through one of them. Firstly I coloured the base with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink and flicked some water over the freshly inked surface, left for a few seconds and then blotted to give some 'bleached' spots.

 

Then I added a bit of random stamping using the Fern background stamp, inked with the same colour as base, and also the Bubbles which I inked in black. Then I took a damp paintbrush and lifted out some of the colour from a few of the bubbles.

Then I stamped Beauty and the Beach onto some white card, cut her out and coloured with Promarkers. Also stamped a few of the seagulls, cut them out and glued in place along with the little girl. To finish off I added a few words.....now I used Chit Chat stickers but you could computer generate some or use alphabet stamps for the same effect.

This one used Squeezed Lemonade distress ink as colour and stamp was 'I Spy' .......

Salty Ocean Distress and 'Little Fisherman' stamp for this.... 

 Peacock Feathers distress and 'Treasure Seeker' stamp for this.......

Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry distress along with 'Beach Bucket Bliss' stamp..... 

To attach them all together I punched some holes in the corners of each 'flag' and then tied together with lengths of Chalk White Seam Binding.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you like my bunting :)

Donna xx

Happy Fathers Day......

......to all the dads out there. Over at Sunday Postcard Art the theme is 'Men Only'....well considering the day it seemed appropriate! Lol! I've used a new stamp for my creation.....always looked at some of the Stampotique stamps and fancied having a play but never actually got round to buying any, well a few months ago I picked one up second hand and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get it inked up!! So here's my 'stylish' dude all dressed up for Father's Day............

Donna xx

Do you like to play with dolls?

......can't say I was ever a mad doll fan as a child but the Julia Nutting/Prima Doll Stamps are definitely fun to play with! Here's a tag, well actually a tag card, that I've made for my weekly That's Crafty piece, as usual full details are on the That's Crafty blog.

Enjoy your weekend,

Donna xx

Time for another challenge....

....on the That's Crafty Challenge Blog. I've made an ATC using a lovely zentangle style owl from Lost Coast designs because the theme for the next 2 weeks is 'The Birds'.

Made a background for my little feathery friend by blending Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn distress ink onto an atc blank, then splashed with a few water droplets for a faux bleached look and then added a little background stamping with Kaisercrafts grid stamp. 

I stamped the owl onto some white card, cut him out and coloured him with Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed distress ink using some cut 'n' dry foam. Then I added a tiny bit of text paper to the coloured atc and glued the owl in place above the text paper. Then simply added a few little words from the Tim Holtz chit chat sticker pack.

Don't forget to pop over and join in the fun of the challenge.

Donna xx

Creative Expression Blog Hop....

Welcome to the Creative Expressions June 2014 Blog Hop! Hopefully you got here from Tracey's blog but if you didn't, here's the start of the Hop at the Creative Expressions News Blog!

The four new large Frame stamps from Creative Expressions have been designed with co-ordinating mini frames inside, which can be used separately, as a whole or swapped with other frame designs in the range. There are also an additional four mini frame designs, plus sentiment sets which have been designed to fit inside the various frames.

One randomly selected person commenting on this blog post before the closing date will win a fabulous prize of some of the new stamp designs.

For this sample below I've used the Baroque frame but I decided to use it to make more of a medallion than to simply use it as a frame. 

I started out by stamping and embossing  the frame 3 times in white onto some white card. Then I cut them out and coloured with a mixture of Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks using some cut 'n' dry foam......

Then I repeated the process a couple of times but this time just inking up the centre of the stamp to give me just the central portion.  Again I cut these out and then stamped and embossed the 'For You' greeting in the centre of one of the squares....

The other square I cut up to give me four corners...

Then I simply layered up the 3 larger frames, rotating each one slightly and topped with the panel containing the sentiment. This was then attached to a square of white card, then the corner pieces were glued in place before matting and layering a couple of times with white and teal card before attaching to a white card blank.

Hope you like the card, thanks for stopping by my blog.......and don't forget .........please leave a comment below in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize!!!

Once you have done that, you will need to click here to visit Neil's blog.

To help you along the way, here is a list for the Blog Hop:-

1. Julia Watts - http://inkyfingerzone.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creative-expressions-blog-hop.html

2. Kim Robertson - http://inkykimcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creative-expressions-june-2014-blog-hop.html

3. Tracey Laughton - http://creativetracey.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creative-expressions-june-2014-blog-hop.html

4. Donna Ratcliff - You're here!! :-)

5. Neil Burley - http://perfectly4med.co.uk/2014/06/12/ce-june-2014-blog-hop/

6. Tracy Heaton - http://ahintofmagnolia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/blog-hop-time.html

7. Kerry Hickton - http://kezzyscraftyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creative-expressions-june-2014-blog-hop.html

8. Pam Smith - http://smiffyscards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creative-expressions-blog-hop.html

Start page, prize details and how to take part........Creative Expressions News Blog. The blog hop started on Thursday 12th June at 10am and ends Tuesday 17th June at 5pm.

Thank you for taking part in our Blog Hop – good luck!
Donna xx