Final piece of inspiration for latest challenge!

I have a final piece of inspiration for you for our current challenge:

#77: Decorate Something Wooden

Vicki has created this piece of decoration for her craft room

Ombre!

How cute is this?

Still three days to go!

Final Week for March Challenge: Decorate some Wood!

Hello Peeps - hope life is full of fun and frivolity leading up to Easter and that your Easter weekend is also full of Chocolate and other goodies!

Yummy!

Just a quick post his week.....

We really have left the best for last here - CG has been working on a project all month and we finally get to reveal it as inspiration - and what inspiration it is!

CG

plus I had another piece as well

Susan

Hubby made me a Garden Box and I decorated it

Remember you have until midnight on the 30th to enter

Please do not use stamps. 

Scroll down to enter or click 

HERE

Midway through March - are the hares running yet?

We have hares here in Tasmania - they are an introduced pest, similar to the rabbits!

I always think of the March Hare about this time and Alice.........

Spring must be about to Spring in the northern climes!

Perhaps you could paint a wooden egg or two?  

Anyone else notice that the Easter eggs are out and about in the shops, along with the Easter buns?

Time to remind you that you have two weeks left to enter our latest challenge - 

#77: Decorate Something Wooden

Twist - get messy with paints

What exactly does that mean?

I have a wooden spatula - can I decorate that?
I have lots of wooden embellies - can I use them?
What about wooden buttons?
Can I use a twig from a tree?
What about an old box that needs rejuvenating?
Perhaps I can build a box or frame or similar from scratch?
The answer to all these questions is YES

The TWIST is the use paint
Does the paint have to go on the wood?
Do I have to use paint on everything?
Will I necessarily have to use a paintbrush?

The answer to these questions if NO

This month we have a prize donated by one of the DT members Dale

Thank you Dale

Please remember - NO STAMPS to be used

Dale has made a beautiful frame for us to use as inspiration

and

Wynn

has made another card for us.

See - not that hard after all! 

Check out the rest of the posts for this challenge and check out some of the entries to date - we even have one in that uses pencil shavings!!!

Tasmania is again becoming known as the apple isle, thanks to local cider producers performing at the top of their game.

Visit http://tascidertrail.com/ to find out more.

February Winners and Challenge#77

Welcome to the second week of the newest challenge -

#77: Decorate Something Wooden

Twist - get messy with paints

What exactly does that mean?

I have a wooden spatula - can I decorate that?
I have lots of wooden embellies - can I use them?
What about wooden buttons?
Can I use a twig from a tree?
What about an old box that needs rejuvenating?
Perhaps I can build a box or frame or similar from scratch?
The answer to all these questions is YES

The TWIST is the use paint
Does the paint have to go on the wood?
Do I have to use paint on everything?
Will I necessarily have to use a paintbrush?

The answer to these questions if NO

This month we have a prize donated by one of the DT members Dale

Thank you Dale

There is only one piece of inspiration for you this week:

Susan

All made up from the latest D'Lish kit -Boy's Rule

Details on my blog

Now for the winners of the February Challenge:

Boy, did we have some fabulous entries!

Random Number Draw

No 32 Katrina B

Katrina I will be in touch!

The DT favourite was too difficult to leave at just one with all the entries so we ended up with three!

In no order of preference

Karin

Sarah's Closet

and 

Judy W

(This one would fit the current challenge I am thinking as well!)

Congratulations fellow crafters!

Some inspiration for you while you ponder what you are going to make for this challenge...

not all beautiful things are new........decorated with age

An abandoned old shanty discovered in the bush, at Pipers River, thanks to A.W. Photography Tasmania 🌿🕸🐜🏞🏚⚒

www.instagram.com/a.w.photography.tasmania

Would you work in Wood? Challenge #77: Decorate something wooden

Welcome to Autumn - what a lovely couple of days so far. We have had sunshine during the day and mostly rain at night! The days are warm and the sun is shining and the sky is blue! That doesn't mean we haven't had a few moody days too:

WOW… a truly stunning sunset over Cape Hauy, on the Tasman Peninsula, thanks to Emilie Brooke who says:

Moody sunset skies over Cape Hauy! 
A trip that we will remember for a lifetime. 
I didn't actually realise how different the landscape and fauna is down there it's like a whole different world! One I'd love to head back to in the future! .

www.instagram.com/emiliebrooke_

I hope this finds my many Peeps warm and cosy! The Beast has done his work indeed in Europe and the UK I am told. I hope our crafty friends across the Atlantic have stayed warm and well as well!

So, on to a new challenge!

#77: Decorate Something Wooden

Twist - get messy with paints

What exactly does that mean?

I have a wooden spatula - can I decorate that?
I have lots of wooden embellies - can I use them?
What about wooden buttons?
Can I use a twig from a tree?
What about an old box that needs rejuvenating?
Perhaps I can build a box or frame or similar from scratch?
The answer to all these questions is YES

The TWIST is the use paint
Does the paint have to go on the wood?
Do I have to use paint on everything?
Will I necessarily have to use a paintbrush?

The answer to these questions if NO

This month we have a prize donated by one of the DT members Dale

Thank you Dale

Now, you don't need to to make something from wood, just decorate a piece of wood.

You might have something in your stash that is suitable or you may have a piece that can be repurposed or recyled. 

Last week I repurposed a small wooden book box from a cheap shop with multimedia paints

You can find details HERE

Wynn

Wynn has created a beautiful box - you could keep potpourri in here or crafty bits!

I chose to make a tag and paint up a wooden sentiment

Susan

It is to accompany a present for a significant birthday

What are you going to choose to do?

Remember, it doesn't have to be a big bit of wood!!!

Enter your piece at the Linky!

Remember, no stamps please - so many stencils around now, why do you need them!

An InLinkz Link-up

Last Week in February for Challenge #76: Anything Goes but NO STAMPS

Happy Crafting Day

Hopefully this will give you some inspiration for the week!

Looking out over the Tamar River in Launceston, Tasmania. 

Thanks to Greg Faull for the photo. #Tasmania

Now you are all restored, what was that challenge again?

Oh year..........

#76: February : Anything Goes

 as long as it does not involve stamps!

That means digital, rubber or acrylic stamps thanks

Twist - use something new you have 

recently acquired in your stash!

Random Number prize

Die cut of foliage (new)

Sorry, no new inspiration from me or the team - you just need to scroll down and see what was there from the last three weeks......

End this Friday remember

Midway through February for Challenge #76

#76: February : Anything Goes

 as long as it does not involve stamps!

Twist - use something new you have 

recently acquired in your stash!

Random Number prize

Please do no use stamps in your work. 

I look a bit like this little fellow when I see that we have an entry with stamps 

It makes me sad and worried

 A.W. Photography Tasmania who says:

So many of our native wildlife die on our roads every year simply from crossing the road or loitering on the side.😪 We saved this li'l guy on the Tasman Highway near Myrtle Forest from a log truck fast approaching down the mountain. Close call li'l fella! Only a baby echidna too, who is obviously still learning the dangers surrounding him 🚗🚙🛣🚚🚍

www.instagram.com/a.w.photography.tasmania

Here is some more inspiration for you all - you have two weeks to enter the current challenge!

Wynn

Susan

Remember, it does not have to be a card

Scroll down to the linky or hit HERE

Challenge #67: Anything Goes -plus winners from December!

Hi Everyone - hope you week has been a good one. 

We are having a lovely end to summer, with sunshine, warmth and blue skies mostly - just enough rain so that you don't need to put on the watering system.

Have you ever felt a total wreck? Yes, me too. Those days when.....but you know, not all wrecks are negative! Some have a a rare beauty of their own. There is a wreck of a ship just up a few bays from my house at a place called Otago Bay.

Says photographer Phil "The wreck of the Otago in the eponymous Otago Bay, Tasmania. The ship is famous for having been captained at one point by the novelist Joseph Conrad, perhaps best known as the author of Heart of Darkness, which I attempted to read back when I thought reading penguin classics would make me more interesting." 😂😅We've all been there! 
www.instagram.com/philkitt

Have you read any Joseph Conrad?

I did back in the day but don't think I got too deeply into Heart of Darkness....

So many interesting people came to Tasmania in the past - 

as still do. You would be surprised to know who lives here and who has recently visited.

Love me a good sunset over that mountain - Mt Wellington kunanyi

Time to announce the winners for December last year

#75: Zentangle your way to Christmas.... 

This is the random number prize

and it is going to:

1. Liz Williams
 

The DT Favorite is:

2. Alice

Congratulations Ladies! I will be in touch!

We have started off our 2018 challenges with the traditional Anything Goes.

Remember, you cannot use a stamp!

The TWIST is to use something new from your hoard stock that you got over the Christmas break - you can have purchased it yourself or been given it. 

There are some amazing pieces of inspiration on the blog from last week but to keep the juices flowing CG and Vicki have sent these along!

CG

Vicki

I have a small box to share too

There you go - all up to you now.

You have three  weeks to get inspired and produce something for the challenge

See you soon!

(Scroll down and find the linky in the first week)

February's Challenge #76: Anything Goes (no stamps)TWIST use anything newly acquired

Well, welcome back folks to a new year of challenges with the 'Belles at Unstampabelles!

Welcome to the new followers too and we hope you find this a happy place.

Firstly, a photo from sunny Tasmania to make you want to travel!

Wow, what a view this old building has 👀. You'll spot plenty of these pleasingly dilapidated old farmhouses around Hobart and Beyond, but not all of them are situated in such an impressive location. This one was spotted near Tinderbox which is an easy 45 minute drive from Hobart and is well known for its Marine Nature Reserve featuring great swimming, snorkelling and scuba diving. 

Image: www.instagram.com/madeintazzie

This area is known as The Channel and when my husband and I still had our small sailing boat we would go "down the Channel" for three weeks most summers. I know this building too - it was on the farm of one of my school friends and I spent a weekend or two at that farm. Unfortunately, the farm house was burnt down in the 1967 bushfires but the old shed didn't burn and is still there!

On with the challenge!

#76: February : Anything Goes

 as long as it does not involve stamps!

Twist - use something new you have 

recently acquired in your stash!

Random Number prize

Die cut of foliage (new)

The Design Team have led the way with some really amazing pieces to inspire you on - so please go to their blogs and leave them some love!

Wynn

Dale

Shylaa

Susan

You probably need to go to their blogs to find out the story behind the TWIST!

You have a month to enter and can enter more than once

The main rule is

DO NOT USE STAMPS - DIGITAL,CLEAR OR RUBBER

Here is the linky:

An InLinkz Link-up