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Treasure Tag 2008-05-20 14:25:00 Wanted to do another tag so I cut this one out of plain white cardstock on my Cricut. I first coloured the background using Adirondack inks in Espresso & Lettuce applied with Cut'n'Dry foam.Then I stamped a flourish stamp in Lettuce Adirondack bottom right and a numbers stamp (don't know who from !) across the top, down the side and across the bottom of the tag. I then stamped the same flouris Read more:Treasure
Going Triangular 2008-05-19 11:32:00 Well I told you I would do more ! and I did just that.Here are another two triangular ATC's I just completed. They use Judikins rubber stamps from an old cube stamp ' Soul Windows #1'. Click on the image to see an enlarged view.Two images were stamped on plain white cardstock in onyx black Versafine Ink and masked and both were then coloured using a fine brush using colours from a set of Cosmic S Read more:Going
, Triangular
Triangulation? 2008-05-21 11:24:00 Here are yet another two triangular ATC's. These have a shiny clear embossed coating which enhances the vibrancy of the colours used. All used Distress Inks and various rubber stamps to achieve the effect. A waterbrush was used to spread areas of colour. The one on the right was an experiment with some other inks I have to see if they stood up to heat embossing........looks a bit Xmassy to me !!
Floral ATC Set 2008-05-23 01:02:00 Here is a set of 3 'Floral
' ATC I have done as a swap with an Australian Lady who suggested the theme. I have used Whispers dye ink pads in various colours to make the backgrounds. I have used a flower stamp from Third Coast as the main theme and a leafy flourish stamp to embellish. Inks used are Versafine onyz black and vintage sepia. The flower image has been painted with waterbrush and US A
Laura Ashley Card 2008-05-25 13:34:00 Just a quick card made with one of the Dovecraft LauraAshley
papers. The card is a 5 x 5 inch pearl lattice with a 4.5 x 4.5 inch square of the paper applied. I have cut out and decoupaged one of the Chrysanthemum motifs and applied fine glitter in multi copper with a Quickie glue pen and added a piece of self adhesive ribbon in lime. The sentiment was stamped with a See D stamp and Versafine
Another Floral ATC Set 2008-05-27 02:00:00 Here are another 3 ATC's this time for a swap with a lady called Sandy from Winsconsin USA. These were done using more Laura Ashley backing papers, USArtquest watercolour paints applied by waterbrush and some brads and buttons. The middle ATC has a background in wisteria and denim blue chalk inks applied direct to paper over a Versamark stamped image which was first heat embossed with clear embos Read more:Floral
Quotations ATC Set 2008-05-28 15:08:00 These three ATC's were done as a swap on UK Stampers ForumThe backgrounds were first brayered with various colours of Whispers Dye Inks until a colour density was attained. A swirl stamp was used to decorate each ATC with Versamark and various Moonglow embossing powders which were heated with a heat tool. The diamond check was stamped in onyx black Versafine Ink in various positions. Finally so Read more:Quotations
Chrysanthemum Birthday Card 2008-05-29 11:58:00 This is another Laura Ashley-esque creation done on a plain mauve DL background card. A Dovecraft stamp of a Chrysanthemum was inked with Olympic Green Versafine and stamped twice each time to produce the stamped background. Certain flower centres were picked out in purple gellyroll glitter pen to add a sparkle. One of the 12 inch papers by dovecraft was then cut into squares and these were edged Read more:Birthday
Double Altered Slide Mailer 2008-05-31 15:40:00 Here is a slide mailer I have recently done as a swap on UK Stampers Forum I have used a number of stamps to complete the project, a couple of flourishes, a 4 face stamp, a pensive lady, eyes stamps and a couple of sentiments ( follow your heart & discover). All have been stamped in black stazon except the discover sentiment which is in sepia Versafine ink. The background colour was made by Read more:Altered
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More ATC's 2008-06-21 08:06:00 T & C
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Here are 3 more ATC's I have just completed. If anyone would like to swap ATC's with me, please email me from the 'contact me' link on the blog. I am very happy to do any theme, colourway or series. These three are, of course available to swap. Hope you like them !!
'Metal' ATC's 2008-07-10 13:11:00 These three ATC's are part of a UK Stampers Forum Swap.......just completed on a metal theme. I used panels done with triple thick embossing and two rubber stamps. All other embellishments are metal brads. They were edged with Krylon in Silver, Gold and Copper.Hope you like them:) Read more:Metal
Travel ATC's 2008-07-07 16:14:00 Here is a set of Travel
themed ATC's completed recently, these will be going across the pond for a trade on the same theme. I used Distress inks embossing powders, various rubber stamps and a transparency along with a small piece of ribbon and dimensional pearl paint. Hope you like them :)
Black & White ATC set 2008-07-06 15:14:00 Doing a lot of Black
& White
ATC's at the moment, these three are going to the USA as part of a trade.I have used torn background papers muted with Black Soot Distress Ink, and stamped images of Mackintosh Roses mounted on foam pads and heat embossed with Seafoam White and Black detail EP's. Some are matted on white cardstock. The bubbles stamp is also stamped and heat embossed with the same
Another altered 'Pringles' container 2008-07-05 03:55:00 Fancy a bit of altering?I enjoy doing altered art because it uses everyday items that would otherwise end up in the bin and challenges me to come up with incorporating multimedia techniques into the finished article. This bit of art was done as part of a swap between members of UK Stampers Forum. The swap was to alter a 'Pringles' container. I chose one of the small snack size containers this time
Remaining Boxes 2008-07-03 02:36:00 The final offering of 5 little houses. This completes the set of 21. I used stamps on all of them but also enjoyed doing the backgrounds with Starburst Stains(which contain mica powder), in advance of the decorating. The shimmer does not come through in the photos but looks great (in my opinion), on the actual houses. Many thanks to Sarah (Flo) for organising this swap and I now look forward to re Read more:Boxes
Even More Boxes......... 2008-07-02 02:32:00 Here are little boxes 13 to 16, phew nearly done !! Hope you like them :) Read more:Boxes
More Boxes..... 2008-07-02 02:09:00 Here is the next set of 4 'Little boxes'. Almost completed with just 9 left to do. Hope you like them :) Read more:Boxes
Little Boxes (Part 2) 2008-06-30 12:01:00 Here are the next 4 in the series, need to do more now so planning to do another 8 tonight..........inspiration where are you? Actually I am enjoying doing these very much and it is forcing me to check my stash and look for things I know I have but have lost track of exactly where they are. So far I have found things I had forgotten I had !!!! Sign of old age? Hope you like them :) Read more:Boxes
'Little Boxes On The Hillside' 2008-06-29 09:27:00 I recently signed up for a swap organised by one of our forum members called 'Little Boxes
On The Hillside' . The swap required you to make 21 little buildings in a size 2.5 inches wide by 3 to 6 inches tall. The idea was first spawned by Sarah Fishburn and Angela Cartwright who published a book called 'In This House' . I think, when swapped, the selection of art will lend itself to being displaye
Black & White ATC's 2008-06-28 15:06:00 This set of ATC's was done as a swap run by UK Stampers Forum . The swap limited colours to black and white only. I used black Stazon and onyx black Versafine inks on blank white background card. I used three stamps a bird design from Crafty Individuals, a Dovecraft triple block and a Tanda Stamps Klimt swirls background. The embellishments were plain flower brads from Dovecraft in white and black Read more:Black
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Bandanna ATC Technique Class 2008-07-24 11:59:00 What is the Bandanna technique? It is inspired by the typical batik style of print used on head bandannas. I think this is particularly effective if overlaid on a coloured background, and in this example I will give instructions on making a spray ink background. Of course, any type of background is suitable so try loads of ideas out. They are sure to look stunning as ATC's.The materials:Spray Inks
My 'TOWN' of houses 2008-07-19 06:11:00 Here is a pic of all the houses
I received as part of the 'Little Boxes on the Hillside' swap. They are really fantastic with some innovative art and techniques displayed across such a wide variety of interpretations. You may have noticed that instead of 20, there are only 19. The missing one is on it's way from one contributor who's originals got lost in the postal system and who is happy to repr
More Black & White ATC's 2008-07-13 00:54:00 Here are three more Black
& White
ATC's, done in the same style as my last post. These have also gone off to be swapped with a lady in America.Hope you like them :)
Sunset Beach 2008-08-10 05:00:00 This is the piece of artwork that I have done for UK Art Raffle run by Flo (Hazel). This new Raffle is explained on her website, but it is definately not a swap and the monthly winner will receive all the artwork sent in during that month ! The theme is 'SUMMER SUN' for August.I chose a glossy board base and cut it to approx. 5ins square and this was first coloured directly with inkpads from the W Read more:Sunset
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Sunday Challenge No 1 entry 2008-08-09 05:10:00 Here are my two cards made for the first SundayChallenge
on UK Stampers Forum. The first uses the first stamp I ever bought. It's a small rubber bare tree stamps (no make). I made a background on light green card using direct to paper technique with fresh green Colorbox pigment ink which I sprinkled with Moonglow orbit olive gold embossing powder and applied heat from a heat gun to melt the powde
'Africa' ATC's 2008-08-04 07:43:00 Here are yet another three ATC's done as a swap to go across the pond. The theme is Africa
and I have used animal print background papers representing Tiger, Zebra and Leopard as the bases. I used brown glitter glue to spell out the word 'Africa' on the first and applied a stamp several times inked with Versamark and embossed with Adirondak Embossing powder in Eggplant, Espresso and Butterscotch.
'Quotes & Name' ATC's 2008-08-03 04:01:00 Here are another three ATC's just completed for a swap with a lovely lady in Australia. Her name is Evelyne so we have done a card with our name on and another two in the theme of quotes.Both of the quotes cards have brayered backgrounds in denim Adirondak ink. One has hand coloured leaves (Derwent Inktense watercolour ink pencils) which are overlaid on the background and a printed quote. The oth Read more:Quotes
Yellow, Green & Brown ATC's 2008-08-24 06:30:00 These series of three ATC's were done as a swap to go abroad. I suggested a colour theme of Yellow
, Green
and Brown
across the three with the use of any other embellishments or decoration.I cut the card bases from plain white card and then selected a variety of papers along with some brown angelhair, acetates, ribbon and square brads. I also used three rubber stamps - A man stamp from PaperArtsy (
Sunday Challenge No 3 2008-08-23 06:13:00 Here are my 9 'inchies' done for the UK Stampers SundayChallenge
No 3. The challenge was based on the Olympics, sports & medals. I found this one difficult really because I don't have a lot of sporty type stamps. I decided to use watercolour board as a base and then thought about the colours of the Olympic rings as a starter. I first coloured the backgrounds with Whispers dye ink in Turquois
The Lost Little Box 2008-08-22 04:20:00 Some while ago in another of my blog posts, I mentioned that I had been part of a swap called 'Little Boxes on the Hillside'. One of the ladies who participated had the great misfortune to lose her 21 Little Boxes in the post whilst on their way to the host for the swap.She was so determined that she re-crafted all her Boxes again and this is her spooky submission to turn the 19 I received into th
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