National Teen Self Esteem Hop 2022

 

Have you seen the #nationalteenselfesteemhop22  

A great group of crafters have come together to spread love, joy and encouragement to our younger generation.  Do you have a teenager in your household or maybe a younger child who struggle with Self Esteem, please share with them the lovely projects in this hop and maybe they can take some encouragement away from it! 

Don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so feel free to keep popping back! 

To enter please go to the Crafty Purple Frog Instagram ( @craftypurplefrog ) and hop along to see everything :)

If you get lost along the way please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up! 

You have until 14th May to hop along; winners will be announced by 18th May on @jasmincraftymakes IG

Sponsor Prizes:

Heffy Doodle - £40 voucher

Whimsy Stamps - $25 voucher

Janes Doodles - $30 voucher

My Perfect Stamps - £25 voucher

Scrappy Boy Stamps - Stamp set of your choice (US only)

Scrappy Tails - $25 voucher

Time for Tea Designs - £20 voucher

JasminCraftyMakes - Mystery craft box of new or lightly used supplies worth £100+

Crafty Purple Frog - Free Digi images (visit the CPF blog to grab yours!)

Artful Angel - $10 voucher

This is my make for the hop. I have used the digi set that is free this week from Crafty Purple Frog to celebrate the hop. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything goes

Pammies inky pinkies- Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Quill power - Release day 2

This new release from Crafty Purple Frog is just so cute! I wanted to stretch these adorable hedgehog stamps and show that you can not only make adorable cards with them but you can also make things like this little trinket dish by pushing them into some air dry clay. This dish was so much fun to do! 

Crafty Purple Frog challenges you to use your supplies :D

  Yes that is right Crafty Purple Frog is running a challenge for you all :D I don't know about you but I love patterned paper but am not so good at using it 🙈 so this challenge was mainly to help us all use and make the most of our crafty stash. 

We want you to do what is called a 1 sheet wonder. For this challenge we have all used 6x6 papers but for a one sheet wonder any size of paper can be used. The idea is that you take one piece and cut it so that you can use every piece of the paper to make a range of cards or creations. If you want to add some more to the challenge you can try and use just one stamp set for your creations as well as the one sheet of paper but that is totally optional.

The challenge will run until the end of September so you have plenty of time to get creative. The prize is a £25 voucher to use in the Crafty Purple Frog shop on anything you want 😃

I often find if I am in a creativity slump then limiting the supplies I use and taking myself out of my comfort zone can really help me. A one sheet wonder lets you stretch your supplies by getting a lot of cards made in one go. You can find lots of examples of one sheet wonders online so you do not have to use the same ones that I have but you can also copy it if you like.

I have made 6 cards from my 1 sheet of 6x6 design paper. As well as the design paper I used 1 A4 piece of card stock and one A4 piece of white card. Then I picked just 1 stamp set to do all the images and sentiments with. I choose "Elephant of Surprise" by Heffy Doodle as it has a good mix of different images and a range of sentiments.

I started by picking my paper and then matched my Copics to it. I picked a First Editions paper pack called Making Memories  for my paper and the following copics to match it:

Then I stamped out a load of the images from the stamp set and coloured them up.

Next I worked out what way I wanted to cut my 6x6 sheet. I am sure this is probably available elsewhere but I just made up my cuts as I went and this is what I ended up with.

For the pink card stock I cut most of the pieces to be 1/4 of an inch larger than each piece of patterned paper and then used some of the left over pieces for the sentiments and as little extras.

Here are how my 6 cards turned out:

Card 1

Card 2:

Card 3:

Card 4:

Card 5:

Card 6:

If you don't have any patterned paper you can always stamp or stencil a 6x6 piece of paper instead to be able to join in. You can join using the InLinkz below, using the #craftypurplefrogchallenge or by adding you picture to the Crafty Purple Frog facebook group album so there are many ways you can get involved. I will pick one random winner for the £25 voucher.

I am entering these cards for the following challenges:

Creatalicious - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals - Anything animal goes

Love to craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back

Huge hugs

Amy xx

National Teen Self Esteem Hop

#nationalteenselfesteemhop21

A great group of crafters have come together to spread love, joy and encouragement to our younger generation. Do you have a teenager in your household or maybe a younger child who struggle with Self Esteem, please share with them the lovely projects put together in this hop and maybe they can take some encouragement away from it!

I made this card for the instagram hop which has ended up being quite large, larger than originally expected which goes to show how many people out there want to show their support and spread some joy amongst the community, don’t worry you have 7 days to hop along so you don't need to do the whole hop in one go :D

Please visit @jasmincraftymakes to find the full line up!

You have until 22nd May 2021 to hop along; winners will be announced Monday 24th May 2021 over on @jasmincraftymakes Instagram.

Sponsor Prizes:

- craftypurplefrog 10% discount throughout the hop (ues code CPF10), £10 prize voucher to the store and FREE Designer digital paper for all participants during the time of the hop!

- thepapergardengals - $15 voucher to the Etsy Store

- kitandclowder – 3 x $15 (AUD) vouchers

- Janesdoodles - $25 voucher

- timeforteadesigns - £20 voucher

- artful.angel - $20 (USD) gift certificate

- makeitbymarko – 2 x $20 vouchers to the Etsy Store

- Rachelleannmiller - $20 voucher

- Lucyabrahams - $20 gift certificate

- whimsystamps - $20 voucher

- wizardessofcards - $20 voucher to Whimsy Stamps

- sweetnovemberstamps - $20 voucher

- jude_creates1 – 2 x £15 vouchers

- scrappytails - $25 voucher

- lawnfawn - $25 voucher

- Heffydoodle - £20 voucher

- Altenew - $30 voucher

- icrafter - $5 off any $25 or more order

- pinkandmain - $25 surprise pack (Free US shipping, international winners will need to pay postage)

For my card I used the papers that you can get for free during the hop from Crafty Purple Frog (you can find them on the Crafty Purple Frog blog HERE) and the first Crafty Purple Frog digi stamps which are a collection of cute sloths. I coloured him up with spectrum noir triblends and stuck him on the card with foam pads so he has a bit more dimension. The sentiment also comes as part of the Sloth digi set.

I hope you love this hop there are a lot of amazing creations in it.

I am also entering this card for the following challenges:

Colour crazy challenge - Anything colouring goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafty creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anyhting digi goes

Through The Craft room door - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back. And don't forget to join the actual Insta hop for the chance to win all these amazing prizes.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Crafty Purple Frog Sneak Peek Day 4

This is the last day of the sneak peeks and the last day that you can join the Instagram hop to try and win the "All Ears" stamp set. Today we are showing off the "Party Mouse" stamp set. 

This adorable little mouse is all set to party with a cakes, candles and party hat. 

For my first make today I stamped a whole load of cakes out and coloured them up with Spectrum noir tri-blend pens before fussy cutting them out. Next I used Heffy Doodle memo tape to mask off the bottom of a piece of card so I could ink it up in Antique linen distress ink. Then I moved the same piece of memo tape so it was now covering where I had just inked and inked the top part with Tumbled glass distress ink. To finish the back ground I stamped the Happy Birthday from the new Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set across the middle and layered it on some black before sticking it all on my card blank.

I put the cakes all over it coloured my little mouse and gave him the party hat which of course I made sparkly with nuvo drops. I stuck my mouse in the middle of the card on some foam pads so he stands out a bit and then added a load of Nuvo drops to make the background really sparkle :)

 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The paper shelter - A birthday card

Penny's paper crafting challenge - Anything goes with paper

Crafty sentiments - Anything goes

Lemon shortbread - Anything goes

If you have been checking out my blog for the rest of the week you may have noticed that I am a little addicted to making these stamps into little charms so of course I had to make some mouse earrings :D

Again I used Kraftin' Kimmie Hybrid ink to stamp the image on the textured side of the frosted shrink plastic before colouring it with my Spectrum noir tri-blend pens. I then made a hole above the mouse and cut the whole image out going around the hole so when I used my Wow! heat gun to shrink it they have a way to attach them to the chain. 

I added a few little heart charms from my stash and I think that is enough for these. I wanted the mouse to be the main focus :)

I am entering these earrings for the following challenges:

The house that stamps built - Anything goes

Crafty creations - Anything goes

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Unicorn challenge - Include an animal

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Crafty Purple Frog Sneak Peek Day 3

 

For day 2 I have the "Foxy" stamp set to show you :) The DT and GDT have also done some amazing things with this stamp set so if you want to see more please check out their links which you can find on the main Crafty Purple Frog Shop Blog.

Don't forget there is also the Instagram hop going on which you can join for the chance to win the "All Ears" stamp set so why not join it and get a whole load of inspiration.

For my card today I wanted to keep it clean and simple. I stamped out the fox and then coloured him up with my spectrum noir tri-blend pens. I cut him out and then cut a strip of white card to stamp the grass from the stamp set on using twisted citron and mowed lawn distress ink. 

I stamped the sentiment from the "Foxy" stamp set before layering it on some black card and sticking it to the middle of the card blank. I put foam pads on the fox so he stands out from the card and gives a bit of depth.

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Get creative - Anything goes

International art and soul - A card or gift for a man

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything goes

Corrosive challenge - Anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams - Feature a creature

Always Fun - CAS

Crafting Happiness - Anything goes with optional bright colours

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Crafty Purple Frog Sneak Peek day 2

For day 2 I have the "Blooming Marvellous" stamp set to show you :) The DT and GDT have also done some amazing things with this stamp set so if you want to see more please check out their links which you can find on the main Crafty Purple Frog Shop Blog.

Don't forget there is also the Instagram hop going on which you can join for the chance to win the "All Ears" stamp set so why not join it and get a whole load of inspiration.

For my first project I have done some more shrink plastic charms. I thought I would add some of the leaves as well as the bee and use a few of the flower shaped beads that I had in my stash. For this bracelet I threaded the 8mm glass beads along with the flower beads and my shrink plastic charms on some tiger tail wire and added the toggle clasp to the ends of it.

For my second make I decided to try out a bookmark. I used some of the same 8mm black glass beads but added a larger glass bead and some small silver spacer beads before putting it on some silver chain. 

I am entering these for the following challenges:

Get creative - Anything goes

613 Avenue create - In the garden

Dragonfly dreams - Feature a creature

Corrosive challenge - Anything goes

We love to create - Anything creative goes

Sunday stamps - Colour inspiration

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

 

Crafty Purple Frog New release day 1

I am really excited to be able to show you the brand new "All ears" stamp set. I had so much fun creating with this hare. And make sure you check out the Crafty purple frog Instagram for a little Instagram hop that is running until Thursday. You could win this stamp set by joining in and you get to see loads of inspiration as well :)

If you love all things Crafty Purple Frog and want to grab the whole release at a bargain price there are a limited number of buy it all bundles available now to pre-order right HERE. Be quick though as they will sell fast!

 Now onto my makes for today. I thought I would have a go at some jewellery making. I used to make lots of jewellery but haven't had a go for a while. I have to say I really enjoyed the process. I used some shrink plastic to turn my stamped images into little charms. 

To do this I stamped them onto some frosted shrink plastic using Kraftin' Kimmies hybrid ink. The hybrid ink meant that I could then colour using my alcohol markers. When you shrink the image with your heat gun the colour intensifies so I stuck to the lighter shades of my tri-blends when I coloured up these hares. I used scissors to cut around the images once I had given them a little bit of time to dry. Make sure you leave some extra plastic where you want to have a hole for a jewellery fixing to go. For these I left extra space at the top of one of it's ears and made a hole with scissors but you could also use a hole punch to make your hole. the hole will shrink along with the rest of the image when heated so make it a decent size.

Once I had my little charms I then went through my bead collection laying the beads out on a bead mat until I was happy with the look. I ended up with the necklace and earing set :D

I hope you can join our hop and that we can inspire you :)

 I am entering this jewellery for the following challenges:

Moving along with the times - Animals/birds

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

I have also made a card Using the awesome Hare and used the little stamps that come with the set to make my own patterned paper.

I just love the way these glasses look and they will also fit the other animals in this release as well as the Badger from "The sett" stamp set. There are also a couple of tiny stamps in this set to be able to give the Hare some great eye lashes like I have here. To finish off I covered the lenses in glossy accents.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge - Anything goes

Dragonfly dreams - Feature a creature

Avenue 613 - In the garden

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

The DT and GDT have also done some amazing things with this stamp set so if you want to see more please check out their links which you can find on the main Crafty Purple Frog Shop Blog.

Huge hugs

Amy xx