Sea Glass Pendant .....

Featuring a brand new handmade pendant & chain in my online shop 'Artemis Handmade' Click HERE to have a look !

The base is a piece of black real Sea Glass collected from the beach and has been etched by the actions of the sea and sand. It is uniquely coloured in pearly lemonade tones.

It has a layer of crystal clear resin on the front to protect the delightful colours. It comes complete with an 18 inch silver snake chain and is easy to wear.

There are loads of other styles of pendants in my shop 'Artemis Handmade'.

With free UK postage.......Thanks so much for looking.......

Sid xx

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Sew ......

A set of Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'In Stitches' ......

The bases were cut to 2 x 2ins square and I also cut some red card to the same size applying to the bases. I then die-cut some zig-zag edged circles from purple card and stamped this with a stitch stamp in Versafine black ink. I then die-cut some medallions from lime green card and again stamped these with a stitch stamp. I sewed a button with black twine to the centre of each of these and applied the medallions to the centre with hot melt glue.

The purple layer was then added off-centre to the bases. 

The Twinchies were finished with a strip of Washi tape and some white & black Posca pen .... each was edged in purple Versamagic chalk ink ......

Sid xx

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Seaside .....

Made an Artist Trading Card for a monthly Challenge over on the Crafty Individuals Facebook Group .... the theme was Beach/Seaside ......

The base of the ATC was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I chose some of the Craft Individuals printed paper as the background and cut to size applying on the base.

I then applied two torn strips of waves Washi tape to the bottom of the ATC.

The main image (CI- 283) of the girls was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush. The image was then applied onto the ATC.

I then chose another stamp (CI-278) as the sentiment and stamped this on blue card in blue Versafine ink. It was trimmed out and edged with gold Krylon pen before applying as shown on foam pads and centring with blue adhesive gem.

The ATC was finished by edging in more gold Krylon pen .....

Sid xx

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Letters ......

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 stamped some paper with Versamark inks and punched this to size.

The paper was attached to the background. I then added red flower to the top left of each Inchie along with a self adhesive map letter which was edged with black Micron pen. A blob of green Nuvo drops was added to the centre of each flower and each was edged with green Versamagic chalk ink to finish.

Sid xx

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Bloom .....

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

I cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging and then chose some printed paper from IndigoBlu and cut this to 2 x 2 inches. This was stamped with a skeleton leaf stamp in green Versafine Clair ink.

I then took a flower stamp (IndigoBlu) and stamped this 4 times on white card. I then coloured each of the flowers with Posca markers adding a touch of gold. These were trimmed out.

The backgrounds were added to the bases and the flowers stuck in place and a hand-drawn leaf added in more Posca.

The words (IndigoBlu) were stamped in black Versafine, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and trimmed out before edging in black ink. They were added as shown.

Each of the Twinchies were then edged in Krylon gold pean to finish .....

Sid xx

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Birdies .....

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

The bases were die-cut to 2.5 ins diameter. I then chose a pink paper and die-cut this to the same diameter.

This was stamped with a bird stamp in red Versafine Clair ink. I then selectively coloured the birds body with Posca markers.

I added a piece of floral Washi Tape and the centres of the flowers were marked in metallic gold. The scalloped edge of the stamp was outlined in fine black Micron pen. The layers were added to the base and each was edged with Krylon gold pen to finish .....

Sid xx

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Dragonfly .......

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

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inch from re-cycled food packaging. Some printed papers were added and these were stamped with various small stamps in Versafine inks.

I then added some Nuvo drops to each and applied the papers to the bases, edging with mauve Vesamagic chalk ink to finish .....

Sid xx

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Made an Artist Trading Card for a Challenge in Crafty Individuals Facebook Group where the theme is 'Winged Things' ......

I cut the base from re-cycled food packaging and cut the background paper to the same size featuring some blue wood effect (Crafty Individuals). This was then stamped with Versafine black ink and this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then stamped again in the same ink on white card, again heat embossing with clear embossing powder. Just the birdie was trimmed out and the body coloured with blue Distress Ink wash. This was then applied on foam pads over the original image.

I decorated the hearts and leaves with dots of Posca marker in red and green.

The ATC was edged with red Versamagic chalk ink and finished with some self adhesive letters spelling the work 'fly' ... these were edged with black Micron pen .....

Sid xx

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Take Flight ......

I made a card for a monthly challenge over on 'Crafty Individuals' Facebook Group ....... the theme this month is 'Winged Things' .....

I selected a 6 x 6 inch white cardblank as the base. I then selected some printed text paper and matted this on black card to provide a thin border. This was added to another piece of printed paper (Crafty Individuals).

Next I die-cut a motive (AAll & Create) from more black card, trimmed out and applied two pieces over the text paper infilling some areas with paint marker in green and pink as shown.

I then selected a bird and apple stamp (Crafty Individuals) which was stamped in Versafine black ink and was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and edged with black ink. I then coloured this with Distress Ink washes and a waterbrush. The apples and leaves were treated with Glossy Accents.

The words were stamped in Versafine Black ink, heat embossed and die-cut.

The layers were added to the card front, the bird added on foam pads and the sentiment stuck in place along with three metallic gold cabochons to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Inventor .....

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

The tag base was cut from re-cycled food packaging.

Decided on lightly steampunk design. I chose some printed background paper from (Crafty Individuals) featuring some light blue wood. and stamped a key stamp from (Chocolate Baroque) with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I then chose the gentleman stamp (Darkroom Door) and stamped in Versafine black ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder and trimming out. The compass (Darkroom Door) was stamped in blue Versafine Clair ink and trimmed out. The word (Darkroom Door) was also stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed and applied to black card to form a border.

The background was added to the base and a piece of torn Washi tape (Aall & Create) was added on the right.

The gentleman and compass were added as shown along with the word. The tag was edged in Krylon Gold pen. I added a gold eyelet with the Crop-a-Dile and tied through with some thin gold ribbon to finish ......

Sid xx

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