Urban Post.....

A mail-art postcard made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...

Made on a base of re-cycled packaging with an overlay of Gelli printed background. Staped and coloured with Posca pens with an added printed sentiment and balloon rub-on.

Some mesh stamping and edging in purple chalk ink to finish and a spray with acrylic sealer to protect through the post.

Sid xx

Fragile Heart ....

Here is a card I made called 'Fragile Heart' .  I started with a 5 x 7 inch white textured card-blank as the base and cut a matt 4.5 x 3.5 inches from more white card.  This was then stamped using a Stampers Anonymous grungy background stamp multiple times in Impress Dye Ink (Ultramarine, Pale Aqua, Indigo Blue, Lavender & Celeste Blue)  more ultramarine was added around the stamped matt using cut'n'dry foam.

The black and white chevrons were made by covering white card with Washi tape and trimming to shape with the paper trimmer.  These were then applied over the stamped matt on foam pads to form a rectangle.

I then die-cut hearts and arrows in Blue and Lime card and applied over the chevrons as shown.

The matt was stuck in place and a Stampers Anonymous word was stamped as shown in Black Vesafine ink with another blue heart next to it.

I would like to enter this card in the Country View Challenges January 2020 Challenge whose topic is Love  .....

Sid xx

Monochrome .....

Here are a set of three monchrome ATC's made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum.

I used black card and cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches and on more card stamped the dancer and sentiment in Veramark ink, heat embossing with fine white embossing powder. The words and images were trimmed out and applied on the bases on foam pads.

Some clear adhesive gems were applied and each ATC edged with white Posca pen to finish. If you would like to join the Forum click HERE !

Sid xx

Opposites .....

Here is a simple 'opposites' card design made for a 'Just One Stamp' Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum. There are 12 crafters in a group and they post their stamp to each of the members .... make something using the stamp and then send on.

Great to see each persons crafty interpretation using their stamp.

I used turquoise and dark pink card 50/50 for the background, die-cut a frame from Kraft card, backed the frame in black card and mounted the coloured panel over the frame with foam pads.

The flowers were stamped in Archival black ink onto the same coloured card, trimmed out and mounted on more foam pads as shown. The flowers were highlighted with gold pen and the sentiment stamped in Versafine black ink.

If you would like to join the Forum click HERE !

Sid xx

Hello ....

Now into new year crafting ! These Inchies were made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ! Click HERE to join the Forum !

The background was made with a Gelli Plate and punched to 1 x 1 inch squares. These were attached to more punched squares made from re-cycled card from packaging.

I then stamped the words in Archival ink and added the embellishments to decorate. The inchies were then edged with emerald green Brilliance ink.

Sid xx