Sunshine .....

Made this simply colourful Rainbow card ....

I used a 6 x 6 inch card blank and cut a smaller white matt which I stamped with a large pencils stamp in Versafine black ink.

I then coloured the pencil points and drew coloured lines using a selection of Prismacolour pencils. The matt was applied on yellow card and trimmed out.

The sentiment which reads 'Sending You Sunshine and Rainbows' was stamped on white card with more Versafine black ink, trimmed out, matted on yellow card and coloured with a rainbow selection of Ecoline Brushpens.  The background was applied to the card blank and the sentiment panel applied on foam pads to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Gnomes ......

Made this cute Gnomes card .....

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card base.....

I then stamped the Gnomes (Aall & Create) and mushroom in Memento black ink on white card and coloured these with Copic markers & Posca pen adding some Glossy Accents on the noses and spots on the mushroom.

I then die-cut an archway panel in more white card and coloured this with green and blue Distress ink and water to form a matt. This was layered onto a piece of mustard card which was stamped at the base with the leaves (Aall & Create) in green Archival ink. The gnomes and mushroom were applied over the coloured arch and mustard card (some on foam pads) and the card trimmed around to leave a mustard border around the gnomes. This was then matted onto black card and a series of white dots added in Posca pen to surround the images. The 'Garden Gnome' banner was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out and applied as shown.

The black panel was then added to the card blank and some black & white Washi tape applied at the sides to finish .....

Sid xx

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Dream ......

Wonder what she is dreaming about .......?

I started with an C6 white card blank. I took some old bookpaper and stamped this with butterflies, chevrons colouring with some watered down inks. I then cut this down and applied a couple of the trimmings and edged with green Versamagic chalk ink. This was applied to the card blank.

The girl (Crafty Individuals) was stamped in Archival black o white card and coloured with watercolours, edging in gold embossing powder and mounting on foam pads as shown.

The word (Marion Emberson) was stamped in Versamark ink on black card and also heat embossed with gold embossing powder, This was trimmed out and applied as shown on more pads.

I finally added three black sequins on Glossy Accents ......

Sid xx

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Art ......

Made this card for a Challenge over on the Less Is More Blog ... the theme this week is 'Solid & Outline' 

I used a white 6 x 6 ins card blank and then cut another white matt to 5.5 x 5.5 ins. Onto this I stamped the base outline stamp in Versafine black ink. The circles in the design were coloured with violet watercolour applied with a waterbrush. The dots in the circles were highlighted with gold Posca marker. I next stamped the solid 'A' in Memento grape jelly ink. trimmed this out and applied over the other stamped image on foam pads.

I then stamped the R & T with some alpha stamps in Versafine black and finished the design with three black dots added with a Micron pen.

The matt was then applied to the cardblank base ......

Sid xx

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Noblest ......

A fruity card made today .....

I used a 5 x 5 inch square white card blank...... I then cut a smaller matt from white card and coloured this with Distress Inks and water spray in Forest Moss, Wild Honey & Mustard Seed. I then stamped this with a numbers stamp (Tim Holtz) in Versamark ink and heat embossed this with gold embossing powder.and added a stamped image on the left with Versafine black ink. A little white Posca pen was added on this.

The pear (Innovative Stamp Creations) was stamped in more Versafine black ink, trimmed out and coloured with Ecoline Brushpens and a waterbrush. Again some penwork in Posca white was applied. The mustard matt was framed with yellow card and this again matted on black card.

The text on the pear was highlighted with glossy accents and the pear was applied off-centre on foam pads. Three sequins were added to finish the card.....

Sid xx

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Moment .....

Made this card recently ......

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card blank and cut a 5.5 x 5.5 inch white card matt. Onto this I stamped a number of spots, splats and distress lines (Stampin' Up) in various colours of Archival inks. I then stamped the numbers & letters (Tim Holtz) in Versamark ink and heat embossed this in gold. I then stamped the circular and cross stamps (Tim Holtz) on white card in Archival black, trimmed them out and then coloured with Ecoline brushpens and a waterbrush. Some white Posca pen was used to highlight these and parts were treated with Glossy Accents to glaze.

I stamped a couple more stamps in black Archival onto the matt until happy with the design. The coloured cut-outs were then applied on foam pads as shown. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card and this was matted onto brown card, trimmed out and mounted on foam pads.

I then die-cut a frame in brown card and applied this over the base matt. I then added a couple of square brass brads and mounted the finished background onto the card blank to finish ....

Sid xx

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Beary .....

Made this cute Beary card today ......

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white card blank and cut a 5 x 5 inch white card matt.

I then stamped the bears (Picket Fence) on the matt in Versafine black ink. I also stamped the same image on more white card in Archival sepia ink.  I then fussy cut around 4 of the bears and coloured these with a wash of Rusty Hinge Distress ink, colouring ears and eyes with Posca pens.

The bears were then applied over the first matt on foam pads. The matt was then further matted on brown re-cycled Kraft card to form a border. The sentiment (Picket Fence) was stamped on white card with Sepia Archval and this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed out and matted on more Kraft and applied as shown on the matt on foam pads.

The panel was then stuck in place on the card blank to finish the card ....

Sid xx

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Collected ....

Made this multi-media card .....

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card blank .....

I then cut a smaller matt from white card and coloured this with a wash of Distress Oxide inks in lucky clover and salty ocean. Onto this background I have used various letter, arrow and word stamps and Archival inks to collage the background. I also have sponged white gesso through a floral stencil in places. I have also spattered the background with white acrylic paint. The matt was edged in dark blue chalk ink.

The main word 'ART' was stamped in Versafine black ink, trimmed out and coloured with watercolours, Posca markers & Versamagic chalk ink. This was then applied to the matt on foam pads as shown.

I then die-cut a flower in black card using a Tim Holtz wildflower die and this was stuck in place as shown. The 'Collected Art' stamp (Tim Holtz) was stamped on white card in sepia Archival ink, trimmed out and edged in gold pen. This was applied on more foam pads as shown.

The background was finished with three green iridescent sequins and stuck in place on the cardblank to finish ......

Sid xx

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Girly ......

Made this watercolour card .....

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I cut a smaller square from white card and stamped this with a sketchy girl stamp (Tracey Coates - Aspects of Design) in Versafine black ink. I then used watercolours and a waterbrush to colour this image as shown. Once happy with the watercolours I matted this on black card.

I then added more colour with Ecoline Brushpens, Posca markers and gold pen and decorated with various colours of Stickles glitter glue. I added glossy accents on the girls lips.

The finished panel was then stuck onto the card blank. I then stamped the Happy Birthday (Tracey Coates - Aspects of Design) in Versafine black ink and matted this onto more black card, trimmed this out and added on foam pads.

Sid xx

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Bird Day ......

Made a Clean & Simple 'Bird Day' card ....

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank for the background.....

I then die cut two triangular shapes, edged one with yellow and one with purple Versamagic chalk ink. I applied some torn Washi tape to act as a ground for the Birdies.

The birds were stamped. coloured with Ecoline brushpens before trimming out.

The brids were then applied to the triangles and these were applied to the card on foam pads, leaving a gap between for the sentiment.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink, trimmed, matted on black card and applied as shown in the gap on more foam pads to finish.....

Sid xx

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Waves .....

Made this multi-Media card today .....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white card blank. I then die-cut a circle from white card and a frame from light yellow card.

I applied torn washi tape to the corners of frame as shown and edged with mauve Versamagic chalk ink. This was put aside.

The circular matt was painted with three colours of satin Acrylic paint and when dry was stamped with a bubbles stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with two colours of mica embossing powder in dark violet and light violet. I then highlighted some of the bubbles with white Posca pen. I used a text stamp and randomly stamped this on the backgrund in Archival black ink and added some gold acrylic paint in stripes also. The seahorse, sea-side motto and shell (Pink Paislee) were stamped in black memento ink and coloured with Ecoline brush pens and a waterbrush. Some white posca pen was also added and these were trimmed out.

The 'Make Waves' sentiment  (Pink Paislee) was stamped on more pale yellow card in Violet Archival ink, trimmed out and again highlighted with white Posca. The frame was applied on foam pads and the circle applied through the aperture onto the card blank. The sentiment was added on foam pads.

The elements were then applied (some on foam pads) as shown and three violet sequins added for a bit of bling to finish !

Sid xx

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Headless .....

This Alice in Wonderland card was made for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ....

I chose a 5 x 5 inches white card blank. I then cut a white card matt and layered this on red card and added white dots on the border with a white Posca pen.

I then cut an oblong piece of dark blue card and matted this on more red card, trimmed out and added white dots. This panel was then heat embossed with gold embossing powder with a stamp (IndigoBlu) and Versamark ink.  I then added some blue & red Beadazzles at the bottom with Glossy Accents to make a ground for the Queen.

I then stamped the Red Queen and hearts (Clear Art Stamps) in Memento ink and coloured these with Copic markers in a red and blue colourway, highlighting with white Posca and gold pens. They were trimmed out and I added Glossy Accents to the Queens heart and all other hearts.

The words were made with a Dymo and red tape, mounted on dark blue card & trimmed out.

The base matt was attached on the card blank on foam pads. The blue matt was added centrally. The Queen added on foam pads along with the words.

I then added hearts at the outer edges, some on foam pads to finish .....

There is a prize to be won if you fancy taking part, click the link above and join the Forum ... it's free, friendly and fun !!!

Sid xx

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Congratulations .....

Made this card with lots of white space ....

I used a white 5 x 5 inch card blank as the base. I die cut a smaller white  card matt and layered this on red card to form a thin border, stamped this with a text stamp (Dina Wakley) in Versamark ink and heat embossed this with bright gold embossing powder. over this I then added two pieces of fine craft wire in gold and red twisted and attached on red line tape.

I then die-cut a butterfly from some Washi paper (MemoryBox) and applied this over the wire. I added two red adhesive gems on the body of the butterfly along with three gold/orange sequins.

The matt was applied to the base on foam pads and the word 'Congratulations' stamped directly in Versafine black ink to finish.

Sid xx

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Friendship .....

Made this CAS card recently ....

It's on a 5 x 5 inch white card blank ....

The girls (Crafty Individuals) were stamped in Archival black ink on white card, trimmed out and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush and edged with metallic gold pen. This was then matted onto dark blue card.

The sentiment (Crafty Individuals) was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out and matted on dark blue card. The starfish (PinkPaislee) were stamped directly onto the card in more Versafine black ink. The panel was applied to the card blank, the sentiment added on foam pads and three yellow sequins were added to finish ......

Sid xx

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Memory .....

We are having a 'Lucky Dip' Card Making Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum which runs for a month. You have to make a card using 5 craft items out of a list of 10 options.

On my card I have used the following 5 items - Heat Embossing, Adhesive Gems, Brads, Staples & Washi Tape.

I started with a background made from a die-cut piece of white card which has been treated with a bright selection of satin acrylic paints. Onto this I have added some grey acrylic paint sponged through a stencil in a geometric pattern. I have then stamped leaves with Versamark ink over this and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I have then added two strips of torn black numbers Washi tape, three gold star Brads and three pink/black adhesive gems.

I then stamped the main scribbly figure stamp (Dina Wakley) in Versafine black ink on white card,  trimmed this out and a added three pink staples through the figure before adding on foam pads as shown.

The sentiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink, matted on gold card and placed on more foam pads. The whole background was then matted on black card and attached to the front of a 6 x 6 inch white card blank.

Sid xx

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Sunshine .....

Made a cute Oriental card .....

I started with a maroon 4 x 8 inch card blank. I then cut some oriental paper and matted this on black card as the base. I added a piece of black & white Washi tape as the ground for the little couple.

The stamps (Hero Arts) were stamped out on white card with Memento black ink and trimmed out.  They were coloured with Posca pens and watercolours and applied on the matts on foam pads. Some meatl coins were added at the base threaded through some maroon velvet ribbon and held in place with red-line tape.

The setiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black, trimmed and matted on red card before applying at the top on foam pads.

The mattes were then applied onto the card blank and three black sequins added with Glossy Accents to finish.

Sid xx

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Good .....

Made this CAS Oriental Butterfly card .....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white card blank and die-cut a smaller matt which was matted on black card to form a border.

I then stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder some flower vines.  The butterflies were die-cut from some beautiful oriental paper and applied as shown leaving the wings free. I embellished the bodies with some lemon adhesive gems.

I stamped the sentiment in black Versafine ink which reads 'It's A Good Day To Be Happy', edged with black and applied on foam pads.

The matts were then adhered to the front of the card blank to finish

Sid xx

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Light ......

Made a tag for a monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum ......

I cut a base (5 x 4 inches) out of white card and mounted this on some re-cycled packaging for sturdiness. I then stamped a wordy background (Tim Holtz) in Versamark ink and heat embossed this with white embossing powder. I then added some watercolours in a couple of shades of blue with plenty of water and a waterbrush (the embossing resisted this).

Once happy I stamped a few words (AAll & Create) in black and blue Archival ink randomly onto the background. The bulbs (AAll & Create) were stamped onto the background in Archival black ink and stamped again on white card which I then coloured with Prismacolour pencils, trimming out just the bulbs. I then twisted some dark blue craft wire to add detail to the hanging flexes and applied this with Glossy Accents.  Once dry the bulbs were applied over the stamped images on foam pads.

I then added a blue eyelet with the crop-a-dile and tied this through with some mauve gros-grain ribbon after edging the tag in mauve Versamagic chalk ink. I used a Dymo and black tape to make the words and adhered this as shown.

Finishing touches were to add a couple of square silver brads and a couple of iridescent swirls.

Sid xx

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Elizabeth.....

Have had these stamps for ages and decided to give them an airing .....

The main stamp was stamped in Versafine black onto a piece of white card. It was gently coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush and mounted on a piece of dark blue card. This was then attached to a 6 x 4 inch white cardblank.

The words 'Elizabeth Tower' were stamped in Versafine black on white card and matted onto more blue card and mounted on foam pads. It is the name of the tower in which Big Ben is housed at The Houses Of Parliament in London. A greeting could be added as appropriate if wanted ......

A simple but multi purpose card for all occasions ......

Sid xx

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Border .....

Made a CAS Birthday card ....

I started with a 6 x 4 inch white card-blank .....

I cut a slightly smaller matt from white card and stamped a border stamp (PaperArtsy) in three colours of Archival ink. I then stamped the sentiment directly on the matt in black Versafine ink.

I added a little black on the swirls with a Posca pen, edged the stamped matt in black and mounted it onto the card base on foam pads to finish ....

I would like to enter this into the Less Is More June Challenge

Sid xx

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Fields .....

Made a CAS card for a Challenge over on the Country View Challenges Blog whose theme this month is 'Summer Fields' ......

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank and cut a smaller matt from white card. I stamped this in Archival black ink with a swirly stamp (PaperArtsy) and watercoloured with a waterbrush and shades of green. I then stamped a swirly flower twice and trimmed out applying red, yellow & orange watercolour paint with a coat of Glossy Accents.

The white matt was further matted on pink and yellow matts and the stamped plate added on foam pads. Once dry the flowers were added on foam pads as shown.

The sentiment (Wendy Vecchi) was stamped on white card in Versafine ink and matted on pink, and was applied on foam pads to finish the card .....

Thought it was loosely reminiscent of a field with flowers whilst still being Clean And Simple ...

Sid xx

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Florals......

Made these three ATC's for a virtual swap over on UK Stampers Forum ....... in the theme of 'Florals' ....

I used three pieces of re-cycled packaging as the base cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I then cut three more pieces of white card and treated these with white gesso. I then applied a light and uneven coating of texture paste and when dry added red & orange matte acrylic paint with a large brush. Before this dried I wiped off some of the paints back to the white texture paste and dried with a heat tool. These were applied onto the re-cycled packaging bases.

I then stamped some checkerboard & numbers stamps (Dina Wakley) in red and coffee Archival inks. I then added some slivers of book paper.

The flower stamp (AAll & Create) was stamped onto white card and the images coloured with Prismacolour pencils, trimmed out and applied as shown. Each of the ATC's was spattered with yellow acrylic paint and some white paint applied on the edge of an old credit card.

Each ATC had some yellow Posca applied around the edges and three yellow dewdrops were added with Glossy Accents to finish.

Sid xx

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Refuse ......

Who wants to be ordinary ? .... not me ......

Made this card on a background of gessoed card with Gelatos and water using a 5 x 7 inch white cardbase .......

I sealed the surface with a gloss medium applied with a spatula and when dry I stamped this with a sketchy face stamp by Dina Wakley in Archival black ink. This was added to with a white Posca pen to add highlights.

I then edged the background with yellow Washi tape and mounted this on a dark pink card matt.

I then stamped the sentiment (Dina Wakley) in Versafine black ink, trimmed out and matted on more pink card and mounted this on foam pad as shown to finish !

I would like to enter this into the Stamplorations Theme & Photo prompt.... 

Sid xx

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Everyday ....

Another quite Clean & Simple card using stamps from AAll & Create .....

I started with a white 6 x 4 inch card blank. I then cut a piece of watercolour card and coloured this with watercolours, lots of water and a waterbrush. I then stamped the flower in Archival black onto the watercoloured background and stamped again on more watercolour card.

Trimmed out the flower only and coloured this with a red Ecoline brushpen,  and added some yellow & white Posca pen to highlight stamens and petals.

I then matted the stamped background onto pink and black cardstock before applying to the card blank then adding the red flower in an offset fashion on foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out and matted on black card and added as shown to finish the card ....

Loving how the flower looks almost like velvet .....

I will enter this into the Stamplorations 'Anything CAS goes' challenge ...

Sid xx

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Calm .....

I made this card using a 5 x 7 inch white card blank ......

I used a background made with Gelatos & water on white gessoed card. I applied a design through a stencil over this with texture paste and when dry painted the raised areas with Cosmic Shimmer mica paints in a variety of colours in line with the background colours. Pity the mica sheen can't easily be seen in the photo !

I then stamped the Seahorse stamp (Visible Image) on white card with Archival black ink.  This was trimmed out and coloured with Ecoline brush markers in greens and blues with highlights from a white Posca marker before applying on foam pads as shown.

The background with seahorse was them matted on black card and applied to the card base. The sentiment stamps (Visible Image) were stamped in Versafine black ink. trimmed out and coloured with more brush marker before being placed on foam pads as shown.

Final touches were to add a few blue adhesive pearls onto the background .....

Sid xx

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Magic ......

Made this card with a background of acrylic paints .....

I took a piece of white card and added drops of various colours of Decoart acrylic paints and used a squeegee to swirl the colours together in a circular motion. Once dry this was die-cut out with a square die. I then used a daisy stamp (AALL & Create) in Archival black ink. The stamped background was then matted onto black card and the matt applied onto a 6 x 6 inch white card blank.

The words (AALL & Create) were stamped on white card in Versafine black, trimmed out and matted on more black card before applying on foam pads as shown.

I added three small black sequins to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Leonardo ......

Found this set of stamps including Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian man which I had not used for ages ..... they are by Cherry Pie Art Stamps ......

I stamped the man onto white card in Archival black ink, trimmed it out and coloured with Distress Inks applied to a glass matt and used a waterbrush to make washes. Once dry I mounted this on a piece of brown card and again trimmed out.

The Fleur-de-Lis was stamped and trimmed out and edged with a metallic gold pen. The signature banner was stamped, trimmed and again edged in gold.

The main image was then applied to a 4 x 6 inch white card blank, the other images applied as shown on foam pads. Finishing touch was to add three copper coloured sequins.

Sid xx

I stamped the

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Vision .....

This card is made on a 7 x 7 inch white card blank......

The base is a Gelato background which has been treated with some gloss gel medium (first coloured with Gelato) through a stencil. When dry the background was stamped at the base with some grass & birds (PaperArtsy) in green Archival ink. Some areas were highlighted with a black Posca pen.the whole background was edged in turquoise Chalk ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

The eye (Visual Image) was stamped in Archival black ink, trimmed out and coloured with watercolour brushpens. The word Vision (Visual Image) was selectively inked in Archival black and stamped onto the background. The eye was then applied on foam pads.

The background was then matted onto some turquoise card and the whole applied directly to the card base to finish ....

Sid xx

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Phrenology .....

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

I die-cut the bases from re-cycled card packaging and stamped some white card three times with a circular design in Archival black ink. this was coloured with Distress inks and blending foam. I then stamped a 'Phrenology' head stamp in Memento black and die-cut this before colouring with Copic markers. these were then applied centrally to the coin on foam pads. I then added silver and gold pens to finish.

Sid xx

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Friends ....

Made a set of 'Friends'  Inchies for a swap in UK Stampers Forum .....

I punched six 1 x 1 inch squares of re-cycled card as the bases.

I used a green Distress Oxide background and punched another 6 squares from this and stamped a set of friends stamps (Inkadinkadoo) in various colours of Archival Ink. They were stuck onto the bases (for strength) and edged with Posca pens in matching colours. Some metallic silver dots were added around the frames.

I then added a very small circular adhesive glossy dot to each to finish.

Sid xx

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