Inspire ......

Made a Decorated Tag for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum .......

I made the base from some watercolour card which I treated with watercolour washes in red, yellow and after drying added some metallic gold and opalescent spatters. Cutting to shape and layering onto some cream card for strength.

I then selected some stamps from AAll&Create and stamped some patterns in red, mustard and grey Verafine Clair inks.

I stamped the main stamp in red Versafine Clair on the tag

I also stamped this again in Versafine black on white card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out the words from this and applied on foam pads over the original image.

I edged the tag in Inktense grey pencil and applied some water with a brush to activate and spread the colour.

I then added some torn Washi tape from AAll&Create as shown along with three red glossy dots. Finally I added a gold eyelet and threaded through with a gold sparkly ribbon .....

Sid xx

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Black & White ......

 I made a set of Artist Trading Cards for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Black & White' .....

The bases were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some monochrome floral print paper and trimmed to size.

I used a stencil and applied a grid to the left with a blending brush and Black Soot Distress ink.

I then die-cut some smaller rounded-edge panels from black card, stamped these with a small floral stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I then added the background to the bases and applied a piece of black numbers Washi tape centrally to each. The black panels were then added as shown. I then embellished the cards with a black shiny dot and a sparkly black cabochon.

Final touch was to add a border in black ink to each card ........

Sid xx

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Wings ......

 A set of Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were die-cut to 2.5 inches diameter from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some printed paper with glitter designs and die-cut this to fit. the papers were applied to the bases.

I then stamped some cloudy images in black Versafine ink. Next I applied some iridescent glitter fabric wings to the bases as shown and added the printed letters (edging with metallic green Posca pen.

Next I chose a rubber stamp image of a phrenology head from 'A Stamp in the Hand'  and stamped this in black Memento ink on white card, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. The images were trimmed out and applied over the wings on foam pads.

Finishing touch was to add an edge with turquoise Posca pen ......

Sid xx

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Eye, Eye, Eye .......

 

Made a set of Twinchies (2 x 2 inch decorated squares) for a monthly swap over in UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Blue, Green & Yellow'.....

The bases were cut to size from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some background papers and cut a green background along with a strip of blue. I added the papers to the Twinchie bases.

I chose some Washi tape (AAll & Create) and applied a strip at the top.

Next I cut some yellow printed paper down and stamped with an 'Eye' stamp (Stamp in the Hand) in blue Archival in edging the shapes in black Sharpie.. These were added as shown. I embellished the Twinchies with green & yellow self adhesive gems before edging with more black Sharpie to finish .......

Sid xx

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Stars .....

A set of 6 inchies made for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum .......

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inch from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some green/blue  iridescent foiled paper and punched this to the same size applying to the bases.

I then chose a star stamp and stamped the stars onto the foiled surface with purple Stazon Ink.

Each Inchie was embellished with a self adhesive turquoise glittery rose in the centre. I added a dot to each star centre and edged each Inchie with yellow Posca pen to finish.

Sid xx

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Hattie ........

 

This is an ATC made for a monthly ATC swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group where this months swap theme was 'Christmas' .....

The base was cut from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 x 3.5 ins. I then chose some Crafty Individuals text background paper and trimmed this to the correct size. It was stamped with a holly stamp in green Archival ink. The background was then added to the background.

Next, I chose a stamp from Craft Individuals called 'Where did the sun Go ? - CI- 569. I stamped this on white card with Memento black ink. I then trimmed out the image of the bird with scarf and coloured this with Distress ink washes in green and brown. drying with a heat gun. I then chose the hat and bobble from the other image on the stamp and trimmed out colouring with Copic markers in green and red.

The scarf was coloured in the same Copics and the image embellished with Glossy Accents. Once dry I applied the image to the card and then applied the hat on foam pads.

I added some red pearl drops onto the background holly, finishing the card by edging with red and green Posca pens.

I die-cut the cover (Tim Holtz) with an aperture and stamped again with the holly and green Archival ink, adding some more red pearl drops before assembling the cover.

Hopefully my swap partner will like the card ...... I really enjoyed making it !

Sid xx

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Xmas......

 Made a set of rather different Christmas ATC's for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging ... I then chose some bright backing paper and trimmed to the same size, adding to the bases.

I then stamped the Christmas tree on white card with Versafine black ink and trimmed them out. they were mounted  on black card and trimmed to leave a narrow border around the trees. The trees were then added to the ATC's and they were embellished with some clear and yellow dots to embellish.

The ATC's were edged with black marker to finish .......

Sid xx

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Trees .....

 

A set of Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I die-cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 ins in diameter. I then chose some leafy background paper and die cut this to the same size.

I stamped these with some snowflake stamps in various blues of Archival Ink. The stamped papers were then applied to the bases.

I then chose a tree stamp and stamped this on white card in Green Archival ink, trimming out and applying to the centre of each Coins on foam pads. Each was edged with blue Posca pens and some blue Stickles was added along with some pearl blue gel to finish ....

Sid xx

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Seasonal .......

 A set of Twinchies (2 x 2 inch decorated squares) made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum 

The bases were made from re-cycled food packaging, cut to 2 x 2 inches. I then cut 4 pieces of holly and poinsettia background paper to the same size.

I chose a seasonal greetings stamp ans stamped this on each piece of paper in Versamark ink, heat embossing with white embossing powder. The papers were added to the bases and each Twinchie was finished by edging with Glossy accents and some crystal course glitter.

Sid xx

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Holly ......

A set of 'Holly' Inchies (1 x 1 inch decorated squares) made fo a swap over on UK stampers Forum ......

I started with bases which were punched to 1 x 1 inch from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some background paper and stamped this in green Archival ink with a Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous rubber stamp.

I then punched 6 bases from this stamped paper and applied to the bases. Each Inchie was edged with green Posca pen and finished with blobs of red pearl gel to finish ......

Sid xx

 

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