tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13212745016774283162024-03-06T01:30:09.342+00:00The Craft GardenKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-16601338805194294062015-12-31T19:22:00.001+00:002015-12-31T19:23:28.257+00:00December Challenge Winner and A GoodbyeWithout further ado our winner for the December challenge is <a href="http://kates-krafty-korner.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/non-traditional-christmas-colours-with.html?showComment=1451589218655&m=1#c8111645609396989318" target="_blank">Kate</a><br>
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December was our last challenge for the foreseeable future as the shop is closing down. The challenges may be back once I've sorted out the shop closure and had a bit of a break from it all.<br>
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I have a massive closing down sale in the <a href="http://thecraftgarden.co.uk/" target="_blank">shop</a>. Everything has to go and is marked down to silly prices<br>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-39825366630785042812015-12-16T13:30:00.000+00:002015-12-16T13:30:37.158+00:00Closing Down Sale - Flower Bargain PacksContinuing with my closing down sale I've made up some bags of approximately 30 flowers from a wide mixture of handmade, Prima and other brands.<br />
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eBay have a minimum price for buy it now items of 99p so I've had to put them at that price but if you use the best offer button on eBay you will be able to buy them cheaper than that.Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-7986064965248653342015-12-09T16:17:00.002+00:002015-12-09T16:17:23.396+00:00Closing Down Sale - Lots Of BargainsI have made the very difficult decision over the last week to shut down the business. The world has changed significantly since 2004 when I first started with a few bottles of Prima Got Flowers. Paper flowers in those days were the thing for card makers and scrapbookers and over the years I have progressed to making my own in addition to the Prima ones. I also introduced sewn, knitted and crocheted items into my shop. With that progression came a changing way we spend money with the addition of so many pound shops and the like to the UK selling cheap imports and a throw away culture was formed. The handmade marketplace now is very difficult. People see they can buy for example a hat for their child or themselves for next to nothing whereas a handmade hat by somebody such as myself would take many hours and quality yarns and the price we have to charge just cannot compare any more. <br />
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Anyway after looking over my accounts I just cannot carry on and the shop will be shutting as soon as all my stock has gone. I have reduced everything that ebay will allow me to by 50%. Everything has the best offer button on it and everything should be set up to either accept or decline your offer. Please don't be offended if your offer is automatically declined. I have set them as low as I possibly can taking into account that I have to pay postage/ebay/paypal fees out of the price so if it is declined it will be because of that. You WILL be able to pick up some bargains.<br />
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An advanced note regarding paper flowers - I will be taking them all off sale in the next day or two and making up some bargain packs of mixed flowers so it might be best to wait a day or two if you wanted to buy any.<br />
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Welcome to December. Our challenge to you this month is non traditional Christmas. By that we mean <u><b>not using any traditional colours</b></u> so we don't want to see any red, green or gold but we want to see Christmas projects.<br />
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I made some crocheted baubles which are <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Craft-Garden" target="_blank">on sale in my shop</a>. There is also a pre Christmas sale on at the moment if you fancy a bargain.<br />
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I used a craft colored background and some blue colors for this cute photo of my son and nephew. Christmas colors doesn't have to be red, green or gold I think, just like my tree.</div>
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I used jigsaw pieces to decorate this little notebook (6" x 6"). I first covered it in pieces of old book pages and then used Gelatos rubbing them in to get a graduating effect. I added some stenciling (a new Andy Skinner stencil) and sealed the cover with Decopage. The jigsaw pieces were coloured using distress ink pads. I wanted the pieces to look as if they had started to fall from the top so randomly stuck them on, some over lapping each other. I added a walking bird (Octopode Factory) to finish off and then coated the book again in Decopage glue/seal. </div>
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The theme "Jigsaw" can be explained in so many ways, so therefore I used this photo of the oldest kids, playing a (big) game of chess, because I think chess is also a kind of puzzle :-) , I using lots of bits and pieces from my stash, for more details you can visit my blog. </div>
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The moment I read about the jigsaw challenge the first thing that popped into my mind was the pocket letters that I have been making recently ... So I decided to make a Christmas one that a lucky friend will be receiving this year!!!! </div>
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This month I made a tag using autumnal colours and lots of leaves!</div>
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I was inspired by the autumn palette as I knew that I wanted to make a layout with last year's Halloween photos! </div>
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Our challenge to you this month is this sketch from <a href="http://www.pagemaps.com/images/2015/june15pagemaps.htm" target="_blank">Pagemaps</a></div>
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Here is how the design team interpreted the sketch:</div>
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When I started to make this card it wasn't my intention to use only black, white and grey it just evolved this way. I am really pleased with the result especially as cards are not really my forte. The stamps are all PaperArtsy. </div>
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Well, I totally love the sketch and tried to stay as true to the design as possible. I've used my Fuse tool to make the transparent hearts and added blink inside to make the layout more playful!</div>
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This sketch looked like a romantic card to me. I love the combination of all the textures and colors.</div>
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Entries will close at 23:59 GMT on 29th September and a winner will be chosen at random after that to win a mystery prize which will be revealed in our mid month inspiration post.<br />
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-74771294406262691832015-09-21T10:42:00.002+01:002015-09-21T10:42:39.881+01:00September mid (and a few days) monthly inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For you mid month inspiration this month Helen has created this amazing project from the sketch.</div>
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I used DecoArt paint, Seth Apter stamps and metal embellishments to create the look below.</div>
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Coiled chain.</div>
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Steampunk embellishments.</div>
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Finished result using the September sketch.</div>
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Helen Pigotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00568639994464551097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-17647282469658513752015-09-07T13:39:00.002+01:002015-09-07T13:39:42.816+01:00July and August WinnersApologies for not getting around to this before now.<br />
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Again I was faced with multiple entries not qualifying for the prize draw because they had entered too many other challenges.<br />
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Without further ado though the winner for July was <a href="http://jensinkspot.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/a-sparkling-birthday.html" target="_blank">Jen</a> with this lovely card<br />
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The winner for August was <a href="http://ktdesigns2013.blogspot.ca/2015/08/youre-super-star.html" target="_blank">Kitty</a> with this superhero card.<br />
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Kitty I have your address from a previous challenge so I'll send your prize out next time I go to the post office.Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-87023348558275174202015-08-01T00:05:00.000+01:002015-08-01T00:05:00.102+01:00August ChallengeWelcome to our August challenge. <br />
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Your inspiration is very simple this month - the number <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">8. <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Interpret it how you like, use 8 buttons/ribbons/colours/stamps, make 8 cupcakes/pies/cookies, whatever you want to do that is a crafty project created between 1st and 30th August 2015.</span></span><br />
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Here is how our lovely design team have been inspired by the number 8:<br />
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Well this was an easy one for me, lol. I still had my boy's 8th birthday photo's laying around from last year, so perfect for this challenge. </div>
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I was also inspired by the photo of my nieces' eighth birthday! I've repeated the number 8 a couple of times!<br />
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-76530134802927233252015-07-15T18:56:00.002+01:002015-07-15T18:56:24.370+01:00July Mid Month InspirationWow mid month already. That crept up.<br />
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I simply adore the colour choice for this months inspiration. I had this beautiful photograph of Mel (who is a friends daughter) that I knew would be the perfect fit. I used paint, stamps, Copics, embossed card, Prima and KaiserCraft embellishments to complete this 12" x 12" scrapbook layout.</div>
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Ahhh summer colors for this challenge ! Summer finally have start here (in the Netherlands) with some crazy temperatures, we even have a heatwave this week. On the photo we had a hot summer day a few years ago and had some pool fun in the backyard!</div>
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All the blue in the photo really spoke to me as equal parts water and sky, so I created this card. I felt like that sky would have a hot air balloon show going through it on a perfect day.<br />
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I used ribbon, paint and yellow from the above list to create this tag. I normally colour stamps using Copics but as these were not n the list I decided to use paint. I was surprised that it turned out as well as it did as paint for me normally involves <i>lots </i>of paint and mess! The tag and stamps are all from PaperArtsy and in case you were wondering I do not have shares in PaperArtsy but I am starting to think that maybe I should!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When someone says 'Yorkshire' to me I think of two things; Emmerdale and green. I am a huge fan of Le Tour but as I live near Cambridge that is my association with Le Tour (so I guess it depends on where you live! It was an amazing sight to watch all those bikes come whizzing through a quiet little Cambridgeshire village) Anyway Emmerdale and green and the wellie brigade so it was </span>inevitable<span style="font-family: inherit;"> that my project was going to be green! I had been given a paperweight that required you to add something decorative to it, the display one showed a photograph but I thought Borrrinnggg (as Judge Rinder would say) so I set about making something green with a nature theme. The words are a stamp from Darcy at PaperArtsy and the leaves are from Jofy. I made the background using Gelatos, a mask (also from PaperArtsy) and baby wipes. A tutorial is on my blog <a href="http://acraftykindoftruffle.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>. </span></div>
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There was so much to choose from with this months theme but I chose to focus on the Tour de Yorkshire bike race and created a simple card from a woman riding a bicycle which is from an old Victorian advertisement and used some of the natural colors from Kerry's inspirational photos. The main focal point was colored with Prismacolor pencils and the textured background was created by running a piece of linen card-stock which has a white center and sanding it lightly with an emery board to give it a distressed look.</div>
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Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-87531292294653729352015-04-30T15:59:00.001+01:002015-04-30T15:59:37.373+01:00April WinnerWe had two entries last month and as I'm feeling generous and can't bring myself to choose between the two I've decided we will have two winners. So <a href="http://ktdesigns2013.blogspot.ca/2015/04/happy-purr-day-hero-arts-stamp.html">KT Fit Kitty</a> and <a href="http://honeyscardscrafts.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/home.html">sherry</a> please can you email your address details to <a href="mailto:craftgardenshop@googlemail.com">craftgardenshop@googlemail.com</a> and I'll get your prizes out asap.Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376961677961706881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321274501677428316.post-76392201422400677002015-04-01T09:00:00.000+01:002015-04-01T22:01:22.624+01:00April Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to April and our first month back after our little U turn on the challenges. I found </span><a href="http://www.creativedecorations.com/decorations/small-blue-easter-egg-wreath-w496" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">this gorgeous image</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and it was love at first sight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As soon as I saw the picture for this months challenge I knew exactly what card stock I was going to use. During a recent visit to Stamparama in Stevenage I spied the <b><a href="http://www.g45papers.com/">Graphic 45</a> </b>pad 'Artisan Style'. The designs and colours are so me it simply had to pop into my basket. So you can imagine how delighted I was to see I had to use the papers and not just sit stroking them (you so know you do that too!) Anyway on the back cover of the pad are templates for tags and for this pocket envelope. So using the template I made the pocket and decorated it with images from the other papers. Using a edge punch I made a platform for the peacocks to stand on. I then used 3 punches to make a flower with matching paper, a leaf punch and finished it off by adding a self adhesive pearl. I am going to fill this with mini eggs for my mam for Easter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introducing a new venture - monthly flowers. Each month a new set of flowers will become available in my ebay shop. The link to the March flowers is </span><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Craft-Garden-Monthly-Flowers-March-Spring-Craft-Flowers-Handmade-For-Cards-/371271364945?" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what are they - I've made and sold book print and patterned paper flowers successfully for a long time so I've added some crocheted flowers in and each month will be a different colour combination. This month is sees a touch of spring in the colourway. The book print flowers are from Virginia Woolf - To The Lighthouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These stunning crocheted flowers made <b><a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Craft-Garden">By Kerry</a> </b>added the finishing touch to what otherwise would of been rather plain napkin rings.</span></div>
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This month is a just for fun month embracing what crafting should be about - having fun so there is no link but we would love to see your creations via the comments section. For some inspiration here is what the design team created:<br />
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The colours in this months challenge are right up my street so when my friend Lea asked me to help her scrap her photos of Paris I knew exactly what I was going to do. I have used lots of products and techniques and full pictorial details can be found on my <a href="http://acraftykindoftruffle.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<br />
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Difficult colors to use for me, but this photo of my stepdaughter let me use some pink and purple.</div>
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I loved the colours for this challenge and I was inspired to grab my art journal! The quote that I chose was inspired by the photo!<br />
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The main focal point uses my Original Asian Geisha Digital Stamp Design.<br />
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Welcome to 2015. We hope you had a great 2014 and that 2015 brings you health and happiness.
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Our challenge this month is a design seeds one from <a href="http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/snowy-tones">here</a>
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How does this colour palette and cheeky chap inspire you?
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This month is just for fun so there is no link up button but if you want to show us your creation please leave a comment.<br />
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Here is what our design team created this month:<br />
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Below is a close up of one of Kerry's crocheted broaches I added with finishes it off beautifully as I'm sure you will agree.</div>
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Hi wishing all readers from The Craft Garden Blog a Happy and Creative New Year!! Hoping you will play along with us again this year :-) The color combo of this challenge made me think for a long time what to use. I finally choose these that came the closest to the combo.<br />
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I'm still in Christmas mode with the blues and silvers but I tried to put a wintery spin on this card. I love how the snowman seems to be not entirely happy. Perhaps there's sun on the horizon....<br />
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For my first project for this year, I have created an Arty ATC with the gorgeous color scheme from our color swatch at the top of this post. The main focal point is a digital image I created from one of the pieces from my ephemera collection. For accents, I also used a paper doily, peach embroidery thread, netting and a clear rhinestone.</div>
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I do hope everyone that stops by will join us in this challenge and I look forward to seeing your creations, :)</div>
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