Make My Monday: October 2011

Monday 31 October 2011

MMM Challenge 22 - AUTUMN LEAVES

Morning everyone and welcome to week 22 at the Make My Monday challenge blog. Thank you to all who took part last week - we had loads of lovely entries to choose our top 3 from and those can be seen tomorrow so please make sure you pop back for that.
This is our final week of AUTUMN challenges and we are ending with your cards and projects showing

AUTUMN LEAVES.

Here are some gorgeous samples made for you by the equally gorgeous design team - take a look

Caz

Don't forget to click on the names to visit the blogs.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TOP 3 - YOU MAY ONLY ENTER 5 CHALLENGES PLUS THIS ONE.
Please link your new entries in the linky tool below and please remember to link your blog post and not your whole blog. Please turn off WV and remember you MUST link your entries to this blog and you MUST put a link back to this blog in your post.

You have until midnight on Saturday November 5th to take part - good luck.

Wednesday 26 October 2011

MMM - Mid-week Motivation - Haunted House Treat box

Good afternoon everyone - did you think I had forgotten that today was Wednesday?!
Today's piece of inspiration starts with a piece of black card stock 8 1/4" x 6 1/2". It was scored in both directions every 2". So you had 4 squares and a bit one way and 3 squares and a bit the other. Take a look at the photo to see what I did next

I used my Cuttlebug and a die to make a hole in one of the middle squares, cut off a bit of the edge on the right and then cut the bottom score lines. What looks like a square piece of paper is in fact some vellum which was attached on the inside over the hole.

Next I folded my card stock to make a box shape and secured it with stick glue. The bottom flaps fold up to make a strong base. Pinch the sides at the top to make a milk carton shape.

A lid for the box was made by cutting a strip of card stock 5" x 2". It was scored at 2", 2 1/2" and 3". Small pieces of gray card stock were cut and added to make roof tiles and were attached below the score lines as in the photo above.
When you put the lid on the box and decorate it - it looks like this

The pumpkins were made by punching out orange circles, folding them in half and sticking 3 together then attaching them to the house.
To make something orange, black and spooky see this week's challenge here - Jacqueline.

Monday 24 October 2011

Top 3 Winners.

Morning everyone - we had some fantastic entries to our Inchie challenge last week. Thank you to all who entered - you gave us a difficult time choosing our favourites!
So - in no particular order our winners are

Mynnette

Aquarius

Lisa and Elaine @ Destination Art

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

There are links to these fantastic blogs - just click on the names to visit.

To be in with a chance of seeing your work displayed on Top 3 Tuesday just take part in this week's challenge here.

Don't forget to pop back for the Mid-week Motivation on Wednesday - Jacqueline.

MMM - Challenge 21 - Halloween Colour Challenge

Good morning all and welcome to week 21 at the Make My Monday challenge blog. This week the challenge is to create an autumnal card using the colours

ORANGE AND BLACK

There is also an optional extra to make your creation with a HALLOWEEN theme.
Here are some creations from the design team to inspire you - don't forget to click on the names to visit the blogs.

Caz

You have until midnight Saturday October 29th to take part - good luck.

Please pop back tomorrow to see our choices for top 3. - Jacqueline.

Wednesday 19 October 2011

MMM - Mid-week Motivation - Creating Inchie Artwork.

Hi all - today's work is a quick and easy Inchie ATC.
I started with an ATC blank and stamped in Versamark ink the images I had chosen. I then splodged some Cosmic Shimmer mica powders all over it

The powders were then brushed all over the inked card until they had blended together and stuck to the Versamark ink

The card was then trimmed and cut into 1" x 1" square pieces

These were then inked around the edges. I then took another ATC blank and inked that around the edge before arranging the squares. The squares were then stuck down with double sided tape

You are now free to embellish your artwork

details of this week's INCHIE challenge can be found here - Jacqueline.

Monday 17 October 2011

MMM Challenge 20 - Autumn Inchies - Flora and Fauna

Morning all and welcome to week 20 at the Make My Monday Challenge blog. Thank you to all who took part in last week's challenge - it was a tough job choosing the top 3 but here they are

7 - Joan

10 - Mynnette

13 - Hilda

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the winners badge from the side bar.
In today's Autumnal challenge we would like to see some FLORA and FAUNA and we would like to see them in the form of INCHIES.
Inchies are little pieces of art 1" x 1" square and make perfect additions to your projects and cards. Take a look at what my design team have done for you this week - don't forget to click on the names to visit the blogs.

Caz

The challenge is very specific this week so please make sure you have read it all correctly. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TOP 3 - YOU MAY ONLY ENTER 5 CHALLENGES PLUS THIS ONE.
Please link your new entries in the linky tool below and please remember to link your blog post and not your whole blog. Please turn off WV and remember you MUST link your entries to this blog and you MUST put a link back to this blog in your post.

You have until midnight on Saturday October 22nd to take part - good luck.

Wednesday 12 October 2011

MMM Mid-week Motivation - Autumn Scene

Good morning all - sorry I'm a bit late posting today as I have just got back from a weekend away and I know you all want to know last week's top 3 so here they are

3 - Aquarius

8 - Vicky

9 - Bev D

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the winners badge from the side bar.
This week's challenge was to create something autumnal with a tree or trees and today's card was made using sponges. I buy them from the art department in craft shops and they come round in a pack of 3 and I cut them up into segments. I use one segment for each of my Stampin' Up inks and I put a little tab of the corresponding card stock on each sponge so that they don't get mixed up - it's also something to hold whilst sponging.

I started with a piece of cream card stock, punched a circle from a post it note and placed it on the card. I chose my autumnal colours and began to build my scene

The background hills are created by tearing some copy paper. I then added some fir trees in a very pale colour in the distance.

When all the card stock had been sponged darker trees were added along with the focal point of my scene - some birds on branches

When I made this stamp I designed it so that that it could be used for any season - as you can see I have stamped some autumn leaves on this one. The birds looked very pale in the trees so I went over them with a black Promarker with a fine tip added on.
The finishing touches were made and the card stock was matted on to some dark brown card stock and finally placed on a square cream card blank

All the stamps used except for the tiny leaves are my own designs - the tiny leaves are some I borrowed from a Clarity set.
To play along with this week's challenge click here and I will see you next week with a brand new challenge - Jacqueline.

Monday 10 October 2011

MMM Challenge 19 - Autumn Trees

Good morning all and welcome to week 19 at Make My Monday. Top 3 winners will be announced on Wednesday in the Mid-week Motivation spot so please pop back for that.
This week's challenge is still all about AUTUMN and we want to see your AUTUMN TREES.
Here are some fantastic samples from the design team

Caz

Don't forget to click on the names to visit the blogs.

You have until midnight on Saturday October 15th to take part - good luck.

Wednesday 5 October 2011

MMM - Mid-week Motivation - Autumn Resist withVaseline

Morning all. Before I get on with this week's motivation spot I would like to announce this month's winner

VALERIE

Congratulations - please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com with your details and I will get your prize off to you.
Here is a technique that I tried out today - resist with Vaseline. I also used my brayer with this - here's how I did it

You will need - Vaseline, Speedball Brayer, Inks, Stamp and some foam material - I think it's called Funky Foam?

Spread some Vaseline on to the foam material and press your stamp into it. Stamp onto some card taking care not to press to firmly - the stamp will have a tendency to skid. Repeat randomly all over your card.

Ink up your brayer and start to build up layers of ink. I started with a light colour and added layers of darker ink.

The more layers of ink that you add the more your design will stand out. When you are satisfied that you have enough colour gently buff the images to remove any Vaseline residue.

The card is now ready to be used in any way that you wish. If you would like to see what I made with my piece of card please pop over to my blog here and take a look. Thanks for joining me today I hope you enjoy this week's challenge found here - Jacqueline.

Monday 3 October 2011

MMM - Challenge 18

Good morning all and welcome to week 18 on the Make My Monday challenge blog.
Last week's top 3 are as follows

1 - Paula

8 - Gerda

9 - Hilda

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the winners badge from the side bar. Now with regards the monthly winner we have a 3 way tie - so I'm afraid you must wait for the results whilst the dt deliberate, pop back Wednesday and all will be revealed.
We kick off this week with a brand new theme picked fro us by the lovely Caz and that theme is

AUTUMN

This week we would like to see your autumn project using a RESIST TECHNIQUE.
My design team have excelled themselves this week - just take a look and don't forget to click on the names to visit the blogs.

Fliss