Every Pawn is a Potential Queen

A quick one for The Craft Barn dictionary challenge.  I've had this stamp set quite a while and this was the perfect opportunity to use it...even if queen is somewhat predictable.

Do pop over to The Craft Barn blog to see what everyone else has come up with too.

Materials used:

Chocolate Baroque: the art of chess

Tando stencil: letters, distorted harlequin

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint: snowflake, chalk, Irish cream, mud splat, elephant

multi medium matte

Archival Ink: jet black

Distress Ink: vintage photo, walnut stain

Gelatos: iced chai, chocolate

Stabilo All pencil

Montana paint marker

Meow Meow

I love this stamp set, Mister Meow Meow & Tweets McGee.  You can expect to see it crop up in more projects!

Materials used:

Stampers Anonymous: Mister Meow Meow & Tweets McGee, slight alterations

Katzelkraft: so special

Impression Obsession: solar system

Clarity: framer shape circle

Tando stencil: letters 

Distress Ink: twisted citron, mermaid lagoon, black soot

Archival Ink: jet black

Promarkers

Mister Meow Meow

Just a quickie for this week's Craft Barn challenge on the theme of hats. Love the image from Stampers Anonymous: Mister Meow Meow & Tweets McGee. 

B is for binoculars

As birdwatching has been such a big part of my life I had to pick binoculars for The Craft Barn dictionary challenge - letter B.

Materials used:

Impression Obsession: solar system

Katzelkraft: KTZ118

PaperArtsy: EDY09, EDY10, EDY11

Papermania Urban Stamp: looking glasses

Stampers Anonymous: handwritten thoughts

Taylored Expressions: discover your wings

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish: snowflake, cheesecake, 

guacamole, hey pesto, chocolate pudding 

DecoArt: glorious gold

Archival Ink: jet black, coffee

and some other stuff...

Looking back to look forward

Today I finally got around to taking my completed 2015 Craft Barn Challenge calendar in to work.  The pages are standing in a folded back CD case on my desk.  It was really fun to do and at times took me out of my comfort zone with colours or themes I wouldn't usually choose.  One of the best aspects was looking at what other people did with the prompts and just how varied and wonderful all of the ideas were.

Why not take a look at all of the completed calendars using this link?

And finally one last showing of the pages I pulled together over the year, with the promise of enjoying them one by one in 2016.