Faith, Hope & Crafts

Hello Friends Welcome back to another wee reminder for this month's TIMI  Craft Stamper Challenge . You still have plenty of time to join in this month's challenge which is Take A Stamp. You can make anything you want as long as you have stamping on your project. I made this piece of wall art for my project today. We live in Maine and I am fortunate enough to live less than five miles from the beach. I found this piece of wood laying on on the road beside the beach after a huge storm a few weeks ago. It was still soaking wet but rescued it anyway! I knew I wanted to craft with it when I saw it on on the road. The wood is pretty worn and weathered and I absolutely love that look. I took it home and let it dry out. I pulled it out last week and decided to make something with it. I covered some of it in gesso to give me a base to work on. I left some of the wood showing through to keep that lovely distressed look. I got out my all time favourite stamp from Unity c

Hello My friends I made a quick tag for the Itty Bitty A Day Challenge over on the Unity Facebook page. It has been going on all week but I am just getting a chance to make something and join in the fun. I used my Courage To Imagine  Itty Bitty on this tag.  I heat embossed the sentiment on to the tag and then dry embossed the tag with an embossing folder. I then stamped and embossed the butterfly separately and glued it in place.  I bought this Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink ages ago and have finally just got around to trying it out. I paired it with Worn Lipstick.  It is an unusual green colour I almost like a deep mint I quite like it. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!! Mandi xox Linking up with  FWF

Hello Friends Welcome to the September Craft Stamper TIMI Challenge. Where is the year going?? It is flying by fast!!!  This month our challenge to you is Take A Stamp. That means as long as there is stamping on your project you can make whatever your little heart desires.  I made this tag  for my project this month.    I also used two different stamps from Unity they are  You Have Made a Difference  &  Insightful Meadows .  My love affair with Brusho continues! I can't seem to get enough of those powders. I used two colours on my tag Vermillion & Ost Red. I also used Brusho to colour the ribbon on my tag. It works really well the fabric absorbs the colours beautifully. Here is wee tip for you. I used to buy lots of different types of ribbons for my projects but I would never have the exact colour match. It used to drive me crazy!!  Then I decided it was easier if I bought a  roll of seam binding ribbon and just dye it to match my projects. I think I paid $10 for

Hello my lovely friends I got some new stamps in the mail yesterday and I just had to have a wee play along with them. I get excited when the mail man comes with my new Unity stamps ha :)  I wanted to create a silhouette flower card with wee butterflies dancing in a dusky sky. I started off  with two different stamp sets. The flowers are from the   In My Garden  stamp set and the sentiment is from the  Struggle and Strength  stamp set.  I used my Peerlees watercolor paints to create the background. Then I stamped each flower individually with black archival ink. Next I took a black fine liner pen and drew in some grass. I then punched two tiny butterflies from black card and glued them in place. Next I mounted it on to some black card and them a white card base.  Finally I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card. I love the way my card turned out I hope you like it too.  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Mandi xox Linking up with  FWF