Craftswap Forum 2nd Birthday Challenge

I can't believe the Craftswap has been going for 2 years, once again we are celebrating the birthday with a challenge set by Simon. We have been separated into teams and each team has to produce and envelope book with inserts on their given topic, these will be auctioned off and all proceeds will go to the forum charity. As one of the lucky people to acquire one of last years books I can recommend putting a bid in!

The team I am in is called Seventh Heaven and our theme is bugs & critters. Here is the front of the envelope I have decorated, I tried to scan the back but my scanner went a bit wobbly. I used my Blonde Moments rubber stamps with a versa mark inkpad and clear embossed the images, i then used my mini versacolor ink pads to tap all over the envelope and used a tissue to wipe the excess off my stamped images. I then used my Sakura Gelly Roll pens to add a bit of colour to my images. I now need to make an insert but don't really have an idea of what to do yet!

B is for Bailey

I bought some large letters to alter a while ago and I've finally got round to titivating one. First of all I covered the letter with Blonde Moments papers, I then applied embossing powder to all of the edges to camouflage the slightly rough edges. I used some Blonde Moments stamps to decorate the front of the B and also some Blonde Moment buttons and Prima flowers. Down the spine of my letter I used chipboard letters covered in acrylic paint to spell out Bailey's name. I'm really pleased with my first attempt it's just a shame my pictures haven't come out too clearly!

I've discovered if you click on the pictures you see the image in a lot more detail!