November challenge is anything starting with a C

November challenge is anything starting with a C

The challenge for November is Things beginning with C so you can produce any type of creative project with that theme. The challenge topic just needs to be a starting point for your inspiration so you could do a creative project using crochet, collage, clay, crazy quilts or cross stitch or related to cakes, chocolate, coffee, cards, circles, chevrons, caps, cups, candles, cats, cuffs, combs…….you can do anything you think is linked to something beginning with the letter C. Please link up your project at the end of the post.

This month I am Celebrating the relaunch of my Etsy shop including my Calendars and light up Christmas Cards.

The Creative Loops challenge is for all types of creatives and is truly anything goes- art, mixed media, sewing, knitting, quilting, card making, paper-craft, cross-stitch, photography, altered art, creative writing, graphic design, floral design……if it is creative and inspired by the challenge theme you can join in. The idea is to connect and inspire creatives. We are a local group that meet weekly but anyone is welcome to join the challenge and link up their project.

Feel free to add any ideas and to chat about inspirations in the comments. I always appreciate knowing someone is reading.

Here is an inspiration board of ideas you could use with the links listed below. Some of the links are tutorials. Please add your finished projects at the bottom of this post.

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By members of Creative Loops

    1. New 2017 colouring calendar by Elaine Nicholls www.achelois.co

  1. Knitted cushion cover by Susan.
  2. Floral circles by Annette.
  3. Grumpy cat cross-stitch by Kristina of Haith’s Handmade.
  4. Winter Wonderland light up Christmas cut paper by Elaine Nicholls www.achelois.co
  5. Textile art featuring circles by Alison Ripley.
  6. My first Christmas puzzles by Melanie Ridgeway at Fox puzzles.
  7. Chanel art by Lee Robinson at Creative Debuts.
  8. Cake by Christina.
  9. Alliums embossed, painted and light up copper art Elaine Nicholls www.achelois.co
  10. Chevron card by Kristina of Haith’s Handmade.
  11. Wearable embroidery circles by Jocelyn Leigh.
  12. Sewing machine covers made in class taught by Carrie Trigg of Cut’N’Sew.

Inspiration from others

  1. Free unicorn crochet pattern from hobbycraft.
  2. Free  collograph tutorial with Lynn Bailey.
  3. Free chiffon flower tutorial at Sugar and Charm.
  4. Free mermaid crown tutorials at The Blushing Mermaid.
  5. Free circle skirt tutorial at Made Everyday.
  6. Chain-maille tutorial for Celtic weaves for sale at Chain Maille Jewelry Patterns.
  7. Free tips on composition for photography but applicable to art and crafts as well on Women Triangle.
  8. Free homemade chocolate truffle recipes on Buzzfeed.
  9. Free tutorial making a castle from boxes on Be A Fun Mum.
  10. Free tutorial to paint a cat using watercolour on eHow.
  11. Free tutorial for dandelion clock sun print on fabric at Garden Design Magazine.
  12. Free cap pattern and tutorial at Mushroom Villagers.
  13. Free tutorial for felt owl cone ornaments by Lia Griffith.
  14. Free calligraphy tutorials for beginners at Hobbycraft.
  15. Free couching tutorials by Sarah Whittle.
  16. Free circle stepper Christmas card tutorial by Cards and Scrap blog.
  17. Free fat quarter ideas for Christmas at Hobbycraft.
  18. Free cat door stop tutorial at Wee Folk Art.
  19. Free concrete planter tutorial at Flea Market Gardening.
  20. Ideas for Christmas decorations at My Life and Kids.
  21. Free pattern for crochet teddy hat at Love Crochet.
  22. Free sugar paste unicorn tutorial would be perfect for clay as well as cakes from Crumb Avenue.
  23. Free tutorial on textile collage techniques by Carolyn Saxby.
  24. Free mixed media tutorial for calm in the storm by Heather Greenwood.
  25. Buy elven ear cuffs by Craetions of Starlight on Etsy.
  26. Free tutorial for sewing cuff at Feeling Stitchy.
  27. Free tutorial for floral comb at Bride and Breakfast.
  28. Free tutorial continuous line contour drawing by Anna Stump.
  29. Free coffee tag tutorial by Live and Love Crafts.
  30. Creating cross-stitch Christmas ornaments at Carrie Actually.
  31. How to do crazy quilting on Craftsy.

Hopefully that provided enough ideas to inspire you. Now all you need to do is

  1. Get inspired
  2. Create (original and new creations only, please respect copyright)
  3. Take photos of your creation
  4. Link up
  5. Check out the other linked projects, comment on them etc. We want to build a community.

I’d be grateful if you spread the word on this challenge by pinning the inspiration board or letting other creatives know about the challenge.

If you have a blog please write about your inspiration, how it links to this challenge and include a link to this post. Add a photo of your project with your name and a short description below. If you do not have a blog post you can upload and share your photo or email me a copy of the photo and details. If you have any problems linking up there is a how to video and tutorial here.

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Day 7 of my Pattern A Day challenge

Day 7 of my Pattern A Day challenge

The seventh day of my 100 day challenge today over at the 100daysproject. There are lots of interesting projects over there. Find out more about my individual challenge on my day 1 post here.

Today I drew more patterns that I will be using in my colouring calendar I sell. This time I was drawing a buddleia pattern. I had a look at the flower in my garden and then worked out a pattern based on it. It took me a couple of hours to complete a flower spike. This is just a sneaky peak for the calendar. For the sake of this challenge I’ve taken a photo of a section of the flower and then manipulated the colour digitally using CraftArtist 2 Professional.

Pattern a day 7

I used my Sakura Micron pensfor the drawing .

Please cheer me on with my challenge and follow me on instagram if you are over there (any pointers are welcome as I have no idea what I am doing on Instagram at the moment!!).

I’d like to enter the following challenges which are all anything goes (and I think O.K. with a drawing project). Do go and check out the amazing blogs…

Digichoosday

Stamp Art Papel

Sunny Day Crafting

Throught The Craftroom Door

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Day 6 of a pattern a day (my 100day challenge)

Day 6 of a pattern a day (my 100day challenge)

Another drawn pattern for day 6 of my 100 day challenge today over at the 100daysproject. Do head over there and look at the various projects (just click the looking glass icon to see the projects).

My challenge is PAD- a pattern a day. My aim is to spend time every day on a creative project involving creating or using a pattern. I am also using this as a chance to get started on instagram elaine_achelois. At the moment I feel a bit lost with how it works so any help is welcome.

Today my pattern is based on eyes- it took me about 2 hours to finish the pattern in the initial shape. I used my Sakura Micron pens for the drawing. I used CraftArtist 2 Professionalto copy and tesselate the shapes and add the backgound I made a couple of days ago (tinted black).

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Please cheer me on with my challenge and follow me on instagram if you are over there.

Challenges

I’d like to enter the following challenges (I’ve checked the rules and I hope they are happy with drawings being entered)

Come and Get It Challenges– Black and white (plus one)

Robyn’s Fetish Challenge Blog– Anything goes

Love to create– Anything creative/ mixed media goes

 

My 100 day challenge- Pattern A Day 2

My 100 day challenge- Pattern A Day 2

The second day of my 100 day challenge today over at the 100daysproject. There are lots of interesting projects over there. Find out more about my individual challenge on my day 1 post here.

Today I drew some patterns that I will be using in my colouring calendar I sell. I start by drawing the outlines- leaves today. Then I study the subject- in this case it was easy as I have lots of different types of leaf in my garden.

Pattern a day leaves

I design patterns based on the patterns I can see in the subject.

I used my Sakura Micron pensfor the drawing (there are various nib sizes allowing a range of fine lines and they are archival quality).

It takes me a couple of hours to complete three leaves due to the detail. The artwork for the calendar is completely hand drawn so each month takes a few days. For the sake of this challenge I’ve taken a photo of the leaves I completed today and then manipulated them digitally using CraftArtist 2 Professional to produce a complete project. I also added my usual copyright information etc.

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Please cheer me on with my challenge and follow me on instagram if you are over there (any pointers are welcome as I have no idea what I am doing on Instagram at the moment!!).

I’d like to enter the following challenges which are all anything goes (and I think O.K. with a drawing project). Do go and check out the amazing blogs…

Crafting With An Attitude

Crafty Girls Creations

DL.Art

Little Miss Muffet challenges

Southern Girls Challenge

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100 day challenge- a Pattern A Day

100 day challenge- a Pattern A Day

I am starting a 100 day challenge today over at the 100daysproject. Do head over there to have a look at the various projects.

My challenge is PAD- a pattern a day. This will be quite a flexible project due to my wide range of creative interests! My aim is to spend time every day on a creative project involving creating or using a pattern- drawing/ painting patterns, photographing patterns, creating patterns digitally, sewing with patterns or crafting using pattern. I am going to tie this in with getting started on instagram elaine_achelois. Lots for me to learn with this.

For my first PAD I wanted to create a title page for my project. I created the text on the computer using open letters for PAD and then printed it onto graphics paper. I then drew the patterns to decorate the title page and fill in PAD. The patterns are based on henna patterns. I used my Sakura Micron pensfor the drawing (there are various nib sizes allowing a range of fine lines and they are archival quality).

Please cheer me on with my challenge and follow me on instagram if you are over there (any pointers are welcome).

Pattern a day

 

I’d like to enter the following challenges

Craft Your Passion- always anything goes

Crafty Boots Challenge- anything but a card

 

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New year, new Creative Loops challenge….new!

New year, new Creative Loops challenge….new!

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Hi! I am starting the year with a new challenge. The Creative Loops challenge is for all types of creatives and is truly anything goes- art, mixed media, sewing, knitting, card making, papercraft, crosstitch, photography, altered art, creative writing, graphic design……if it is creative and inspired by the challenge theme you can join in. The idea is to connect and inspire creatives. We are a local group that meet weekly but anyone is welcome to join the challenge and link up their project.

I was hoping to get this posted at the start of the year but I’ve been struggling with a virus over the last couple of months and just wasn’t up to posting. The challenge for this month is New. This could be a creative project for

  • NEW year
  • NEW year resolutions
  • NEW beginnings
  • NEW baby
  • NEW home
  • NEW life together (wedding)
  • NEW moon
  • NEW Zealand, NEW York, NEW Orleans etc.
  • NEW journal
  • use something NEW in your stash- get going with those Christmas gifts
  • trying a NEW technique or even a NEW craft

Feel free to add any ideas and to chat about inspirations in the comments. Here are some links to inspire you (I’ve also added lots of inspiration on my Pinterest boards).

Please add your finished projects at the bottom of this post.

New Year Parties and celebrations

Celebrating New Year in Britain from Project Britain
Great cake. Source: cakecentral

New Year Traditions

Lots of fire and fireworks but also animal whispering and possum dropping!

Great balls of fire in Scotland
Wearing red lingerie for luck in Turkey
Animal whispering in Romania
Take your suitcase for a walk!

Read about these and more strange New Year traditions at the Telegraph.

New Year Resolutions

Did you have a resolution- why not make something to remind you of it throughout the year.

source: http://www.jessicazoob.com/blog/
Source: http://taytayhser.blogspot.co.uk

New Beginnings

Sometimes you just need to step back and press reset. Source: http://www.rosiesandz.com
Source: https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/get-motivation
Source: http://blog.freepeople.com

New Baby

 

Scrapbook page source: http://waltzingthroughlife.blogspot.ca
Try mixing knitting and card making

 

Exploding card design from traceyspapercraftcreations.blogspot.com
Free knitting patterns for babies at http://www.loveknitting.com/knitting-patterns-for-babies
From http://www.favequilts.com/

New Home

Tutorial for making little houses by Red Hen Home at Town n country living
Clean and simple new home card from https://mayholicraft.wordpress.com/
Sew a new home gift or just something for your home source: http://lilluna.com

New Technique or Craft

Try something different.

Arm knitting projects from http://www.diyncrafts.com/
Free motion applique
Creating acrylic skins
Try art journalling http://artjournalist.com/

A mix of ideas to inspire you but do head over to my Pinterest boards if you want more. Now all you need to do is

  1. Get inspired
  2. Create (original and new creations only, please respect copyright)
  3. Take photos of your creation
  4. Link up
  5. Check out the other linked projects, comment on them etc. We want to build a community.

If you have a blog please write about your inspiration, how it links to this challenge and include a link to this post. Add a photo of your project with your name and a short description below. If you do not have a blog post you can upload and share your photo or email me a copy of the photo and details. If you have any problems linking up there is a how to video and tutorial here.

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