Paper Piecing

Good morning everyone and welcome to a brand new challenge here at Make My Monday.

It's Fliss here with your challenge this week and I picked a theme which features a technique that I think I should use a lot more than I do, especially when short on time as it's so much quicker than colouring.

So the challenge is to create something using 

PAPER PIECING

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team:

Fliss

Jacqueline

Rosie x

Caz

Suzi B

Laura


JAN

A Non-inked Stamp - Top 3

Here are the DT favourites for the Non-inked Stamp challenge

Aquarius

Joan W

Durga

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the winners badge from the side bar.

Midweek Motivation - Photo Inspiration

Happy Wednesday,

I thought I would pop back and see how you are all getting on with our 'PHOTO INSPIRATION' challenge this week. Don't forget there is still time to join in and you can find full details of the challenge HERE.

I have another little piece of inspiration for you today, showing a different interpretation of the photo. Here's what I made ...

This time I have used the colour, the oval, the bunting and the little birdie house from the photo and just used inks in my interpretation, rather than lots of fancy papers and embellishments. If you haven't entered yet, I hope it gives you a little more inspiration.

Hugz, Jan xx

Photo Inspiration

Good morning everyone and welcome to a brand new challenge here at Make My Monday.

Although I have been a member of the team for a few months now, this is the first time that I have hosted a challenge and I am really looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations.

So here goes with  

'PHOTO INSPIRATION'

This week we would love you to use the photo below as your inspiration for the challenge.  You can take the colour, the theme, a specific element or all of the above to create your project - and remember it doesn't have to be a card.

Here is some inspiration from myself and the team:

JAN


Jacqueline

Laura

Caz

Rosie x

Suzi B

Fliss

Well it's over to you now - please link up your entries below.

Hugz, Jan xx

Balloons - Top 3 Winners

Here are the DT favourites from our Balloons challenge

Dawn C

Caro

Bev D

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the winners badge from the side bar.

Mid-Week Motivation for a Non-Inked Stamp or New Decoupage

Every week on a Wednesday the Design Team member of Make My Monday, who chose the challenge theme provides you with a Mid- Week Motivation project to hopefully guide, instruct or simply inspire you. I decided to make 3 bookmarks where I have used the same new stamp but in different ways, hoping to give that inspiration if you need it.

The Bookmark on the LEFT is a simple Monochrome approach, using a white piece of card, and a black ink pad for the stamp. I have also added further interest stamping a few leaves from another set of stamps. I dragged around the outer edge with the chisel nib of a black marker pen. Added fibres and ribbons.

The CENTRE example shows how my adding pretty papers to your bookmark, you don't need to add any further colouring to the background. I have only coloured the birds, made a small flower using a stamp and again added fibres and ribbon.

The final bookmark on the RIGHT is more of a Vintage style, I coloured the background with TH Distress inks Old Paper, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. All the stamping was done using a black ink pad. I added a piece of lace and a fancy button, along with the fibres and ribbon to embellish it.

Stamps Used----

Left -Bird Cage with two birds from Inkylicious. My non - inked stamp.

Left - Leaves - Paperartsy - Flora and Fauna 3

Centre -The small flower - from Dreamees

Right Border top and bottom from La Blanche stamps.

A Non-Inked Stamp or A New sheet of Decoupage

Hello everyone, wasn't last week a great week with all the various forms of balloons flying around, don't forget to come back on Sunday 14th for the announcement of the Top 3. For this week, I, Caz, would like you to use a stamp you have which has never seen ink or had any application of any kind. It may (or may not)  be a NEW stamp, you could have had it a long time, how many of us, have bought a stamp and are still to use it?  This is THE time. Or if your not a stamper, whether from a CD or a purchased sheet of decoupage, now is the time to use it, in a project.
Challenge then is A Non-Inked Stamp or A New sheet of Decoupage. Hope you have fun everyone.

Caz

Laura

Jacqueline

Rosie x

Suzi B

JAN

Fliss