Spring ......

A set of ATC's (Artist Trading Cards' made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Spring Colours'.......

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

I then die-cut three flower spikes (Tim Holtz/Sizzix Wildflower) from watercolour card and coloured this with watercolours before applying to the paper. The background was then applied to the bases.

I stamped some flowers in yellow Archival ink and added the stamens with Posca pen. I then added some yellow adhesive pearls to each card and finished by edging with orange Posca pen ......

Sid xx

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Headspace.......

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

I die-cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 inches diameter. I then covered some white card with strips of co-ordinating Washi tape which was then die-cut to the same size a s a base.

I then added some black Gesso applied with a palette knife through a stencil. Allowing the Gesso to dry completely.

I then chose an old 'Phrenology' stamp from 'A Stamp In The Hand' and stamped with blue memento ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  These were trimmed out and added with hot glue to the centre of each coin.

Each of the Coins was then edged with metallic gold marker to finish.....

Sid xx

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A set of 'Spring Flowers' Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I cut the twinchie bases to 2 x 2 inch square from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some background paper and cut to the same size and applied to the bases.

The daffodils were stamped in Versafine black ink and were then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then coloured them with Posca markers, trimmed in two and applied as shown.

I then stamped a swirly cloud stamp in Versafine blue ink and added some blobs of blue iridescent Stickles glitter glue.

The Twinchies were finished by edging in black ink .....

Sid xx

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Alphas .......

 

A set of Inchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then punched some white card to the same size.

I chose some Alpha stamps and stamped the letters from A to F in Versamark ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This will act as a resist when coloured.

I next applied washes of Distress Ink in various colours with a brush and water.

The tops were added to the bases and each Inchie edged with metallic green Posca pen & some green Glitter Glue to finish .....

Sid xx

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Specimen ......

Made a decorated tag for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I wanted to make a design with lots of white space. I took some watercolour card and coloured with washes. I die-cut the stylised flower and added some more colour along with some gold highlights. adorning the centre with a purple clear cabochon.

I then cut the tag base from white card and cut a smaller matt which was stamped with Versafine Clair mauve ink. Both the tag and matt were edged with Versamagic chalk ink in mauve.

I then added the flower to the matt and applied the matt to the tag base. I added the die-cut word in black card. I die-cut a tag reinforcer from pink paper, cut a hole with the Crop-o-Dile and added some green fine woven ribbon to finish the tag .....

Sid xx

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Bows ......

A set of 3 Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were die-cut from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 inches in diameter. I then choses some background paper and die-cut to the same size. The background was added to the bases and they were stamped in three colours using Distress Oxide inks.

A piece of striped washi tape was added to each as shown. I then die-cut three bows from black card and applied as shown. I then added a metallic gold cabochon to each bow.

The Coins were finished by edging with gold pen .....

Sid xx

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Twirls .....

A set of 4 Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Swirls & Twirls' .....

I cut the bases to 2 x 2 inches from re-cycled food packaging and then cut some Gelli print swirly print to size.as the background and this was attached to the bases.

I then chose a stamp form Diane Reavesley and stamped this as shown in Versafine black, I added a swirly corner in the same ink.

I then coloured some elements of the stamp with Posca pen and added some silver dots to the background. Each Twinchie was edged in black ink to finish ....

Sid xx

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Chequers ......

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 stamped some printed paper with a formulas stamp (IndigoBlu) in Versafine black ink and punched this as before and applied to each of the bases.

Next I chose some mauve card and stamped this with a chequers stamp (Aall & Create) and cut to .5 x.5 inch, edging in black ink and applying to the centre of the printed background. I then added a iridescent mauve pearl cabochon to the centre of each.

The Inchies were finished by edging in pink Posca pen .....

Sid xx

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Black & White .......

 An ATC & holder made for a swap over on the 'Crafty Individuals Facebook Group' in the theme of Black & White .......

The base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then trimmed some white card to the same size and coloured this with a blending tool and Black Soot Distress ink to form a sky. I sprinkled this with water drops and removed the water with some kitchen towel. I then used a stamp from Crafty Individuals (CI-565) and stamped on the background in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed. I added a strip of Washi tape to ground the animals.

I then used a circle mask and added more Black Soot Distresss in with a blending brush to add a sun (or moon) to the card. I also drew on three birds in flight.

I then added the background to the base and finished by adding black squares around the edge of the card with black Micron pen to finish.

The holder was made using Tim Holtz dies and black card ..... hope the recipient likes it !

Sid xx

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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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