It measures 6 x 4 inches and has a base of re-cycled packaging. The images were stamped in Versamark ink on black card and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. before attaching to the base.
Very simple but, I think, effective ......
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The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card blank. I then cut a matt from black card and layered two more matts onto this with printed papers. I then took some dark pink card and embossed through an embossing folder, trimming and matting onto silver glitter card. This was added to the printed matts.
The main image was stamped on pink pearlescent card with versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder this was trimmed and matted onto black card before mounting centrally on the embossed card on foam pads. I then added a single clear self adhesive gem to the star on the wand.
The matted base was then applied to the card base and two strips of clear adhesive gems added as shown.
The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card, heat embossed, trimmed and matted on silver glitter card. This was then applied on foam pads as shown to finish the card .....
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The card base s a white 6 x 6 inch card blank.
I have then stamped the Butterfly panel in Versafine black ink (AAll & Create) twice and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. One butterfly image was trimmed out and coloured with Posca pens in yellow and orange and was layered over the original with foam pads. The panel was edged with Versamagic orange chalk ink before matting on black card.
The flower image was stamped in Distress ink and coloured with watercolours on smooth watercolout card and was also matted on black card. This was attached to the card front as shown and the other panel applied over this on foam pads.
I then tore some Washi tape (AAll & Create) and applied strips top and bottom. Addins some to white card and trimming out certain circular elements which were then added on foam pads to finish ....
Roll on Summer !
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Thanks for your continued support .... it is always so much appreciated ......
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Made a Clean & Simple Christmas card with one of the new cute fishy stamps from Crafty Individuals .... called 'The Morning Commute' .....
I used a 5 x 5 inch white card as the base. I then matted two smaller matts in more white card on this base.
The stamp was stamped in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder before colouring with Distress ink washes, gold pen and Molotow paint pens. It was trimmed out and Glossy Accents added to the fishes eye. I then stamped some holly in Versafine Clair and added berries with Posca pen adding some Glossy Accents to the berries. This was also trimmed out.
I then printed some words with a play on Wish (Fish), backed with black card. The fishes hat was decorated with the holly and was applied as shown on foam pads.
The words were added along with some bubbles embellished with Glossy Accents to finish......
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The lantern and candle (TH Sizzix) were die-cut from coloured cards and layered. I also die-cut some snowflakes from foiled paper. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming and matting on black card. The outer frame was die-cut from white card and was applied to the card front.
The lantern was then applied on foam pads and the snowflakes applied as shown. Each was centred with a yellow self adhesive gem. I added some snow dots with a white pen and some snow to the lantern.
The card was finished by applying the sentiment on more foam pads ......
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I made a matt from black card and layered onto another one made from white card. The trees were stamped with green Versafine Clair ink on white card and die-cut, it was decorated with brown Posca pen, gold pen and red adhesive gems. It was applied to the matts on foam pads.
The matts were applied to the card front ..... I then stamped the words in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed and matted on more black card before applying on foam pads to finish the card .....
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Decided to make another hexagonal 3D box, this time for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum, where you need to use brown Kraft in your make and can win a fab stamp and stencil prize .....
The box body is die-cut (Sizzix) from brown kraft board and the inside back lined with white card. I then die-cut some snowflakes in brown kraft and gold glitter card. Applying these onto the back with some on foam pads. Each was centred with a silver adhesive gem.
Next I die-cut a cute deer (Lawn Fawn) from more gold card along with a pair of gold antlers. I coloured his nose red and attached him on a raised mount made from white card.
The sentiment (Stampin' Up) was stamped on white card with black Versafine ink before heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed and matted on brown kraft and more gold glitter card. It was added to the box front as shown .....
The dies are very versatile as can be seen from this make ..... the box measures 3 ins across .....
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Hoping your Christmas preparations are going well. I managed to put up the tree today and found the bulbs were broken ... so got a new set of LED ones ..... bright and cheerful ! 😀
Created this hexagonal box using a set of dies from Sizzix .....
I constructed the box from white card and decorated with various coloured cards die-cut for all the elements. The background is crystal glitter card and the stars are gold glitter card.
I stamped the deer (Stampin' Up) in brown Archival ink on printed paper and die-cut it before adding to the box supported by a card support giving the reindeer a red nose ... as you would !
I then added two die-cut holly leaves and berries highlighted with white and green aint pens, the 25 in red and more gold stars. This box is so versatile and could be threaded through with bakers twine to hang on the Christmas tree as a decoration.
Will be doing more in a theme before Christmas ......
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The card base is a white 6 x 6 inch blank ...... I then cut some holly background paper added Glossy Accents on the berries and spattered with white paint. This was matted on white card and red glitter card.
The carol singers were trimmed and mounted on black card , trimming to leave a fine border. They were mounted on foam pads and added as shown over a strip of gold Washi tape.
The flowers were stamped in red Versafine Clair ink, trimmed and outlined with red Posca pen adding on foam pads.
The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, edged with black and matted on more red glitter card.
The mattes were added to the card base front to finish .....
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The main image (Crafty Individuals) was stamped twice in Versafine black ink onto white card and one was then die-cut with a stitched edge die. and the other fussy cut the bears and scarf.
Wanted to do a mainly monochrome card so watercoloured the bears & scarf and added these over the original on foam pads.
I then added some dots of blue Stickles over the snowflakes. The matt was further matted on dark blue cardstock to leave a border and was applied to the card front.
I then stamped the sentiment in Versafine black on white card, trimmed and matted on more dark blue card before applying as shown on more foam pads .....
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This is a card made using an old set of Hero Arts, layering stamps ...... suitable for Christmas and any Winter celebration.....
I want to enter this into the Country View Crafts Challenge for December whose theme is 'Christmas Anything Goes' ....
I used a 5 x 5 inch white card base and cut a 4 x 4 inch matt from white card, this was then matted on black card to form a border.
The bird (minus its legs) was layer stamped with the stamp positioner using various colours of Versafine Clair inks. This was then trimmed out.
I then stamped the branch and the berries in more Versafine Clair onto the matts along with the legs ! The bird was then applied on foam pads as shown. I added some Glossy Accents to the berries and a black centre to the birds eye.
The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out, matting on black card and applying on foam pads.
The panel was then mounted on more foam pads to finish the card ..... the bird is definitely a fantasy bird as it could be made from any colours at all .....
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I used re-cycled brown corrugated packaging cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches and covered this with printed paper. I then tore some holly Washi tape and applied strips as shown.
Next I stamped some deer, HoHoHo's and holly in Versafine clair inks. I then trimmed out some vintage Santa Claus images and applied over the bases. I edged with Inktense charcoal pencil and spread with a waterbrush to form a shadow and add depth to the images.
I then added some red Stickles glitter glue to the Santa hats and edged the cards with dots & dashes in red Posca pen to finish .....
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I die-cut a red circle and then die-cut a glitter card circle and overlaid this with the white card die-cut of the winter branches. This was applied centrally on foam pads to the card blank.
The Holly was die-cut from two shades of green card and the berries from red flock card. The holly was arranged around the central circle and the berries added to highlight.
The words were stamped in Versafine black, trimmed and edged with black and applied as shown to finish .....
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I used some holly tissue paper and applied this to the re-cycled bases (punched to size). I then stamped the words and used a black Posca pen on the leaf veins. I also added red Stickled glitter glue and edged each Inchie with red Versamagic chalk ink to finish ....
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It started its life as a 5 x 7 inch white card blank. I cut a matt from some weathered wood paper (Crafty Individuals) and passed through a snow embossing folder, picking out the snow with a white Molotow pen. This was then matted on a black card base to form a border.
The main stamp (Crafty Individuals) was stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before colouring with watercolours and treating with white pen to add a snowy effect with some Glossy Accents added on certain elements. It was then trimmed out.
The matts were added to the card base, the ground was die-cut and the llama added on foam pads as shown.
The words (Stampin' Up) were stamped in Versafine black, heat embossed with clear powder, matted on black card and added as shown to finish the card ....
Love that Llama !!!
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I used a 5 x 5 inch white card base and die-cut a frame from more white card adding centrally on the card base.
The rest of the decoration was die-cut (TH Sizzix) from various coloured cards and flock paper before being arranged within the frame with some on foam pads to add dimension.
The words were stamped in Versafine black ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed out and applied on the bottom of the frame to finish ....
Clean & Simple ....
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I used re-cycled food packaging as the base and cut to 2 x 2 inches. This was covered in green & red 'sewn' effect paper.
The main image (PaperArtsy) was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The images were coloured with Distress ink washes, glossy accents on the berries and white Posca pen.
The images were added centrally, edged in red Posca pen and white Posca dots added around the perimeter.
The Twinchies were finished with a border of Krylon gold pen.....
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I have used MDF bases for these Coins and painted them with teal acrylic paint as the base.
The flower were then stamped in Distress Oxide ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The flowers were centred with a dot of white Posca pen. I have then stamped the leaves on white paper in Distress Oxide and trimmed out before applying as shown.
Dots of metallic gold pen were added and the Coins were edged in gold Krylon pen. The words were printed and applied with an outline of black Micron pen to finish the coins .....
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I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank as the base and cut two plain white matts which I layered. All elements (Tim Holtz Sizzix) were die-cut from various colours of card along with some green glitter card. They were assembled on the matts (some on foam pads) as shown.
The word was stamped (PaperArtsy) in Versafine black ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, matted on green card and added to finish the simple card .....
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Made this card for the Less Is More Challenge blog ........
The parcel was made from Kraft card cut into a rectangle, passed through an embossing folder, tying with red, white & green bakers twine and tying in a bow. I layered this on green and red card to frame.
The word was stamped directly to the white matt in Versafile black ink. The matt was applied to the card base and the parcel added as shown to finish .....
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The card base is a white 5 x 5 inch cardbase. I then cut a white matt and stamped a scribly stamp in blue Memento ink to act as the sky. The matt was passed through the Sizzix in a snow embossing folder and matted onto black card to form a fine border.
The die-cut elements were cut from white, black, two greens, kraft, gold glitter, red flock cards. Applied as shown (some on Foam pads) and decorated with a white pen to add some snowy effects.
The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card, matted on more kraft and added on foam pads to finish .....
Loving the Scandi look and it's a bit different .....
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The holly embellishments were die-cut from coloured cards and added as shown along with white and black Posca. The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine on white card, trimmed and matted on red card to form a border before adding as shown on foam pads.
The matts were then applied to the card front to finish ..... Still like traditional Christmas colours too !
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The base is a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I then cut a smaller matt from Kraft card and cut an oval die-cut aperture from more Krfat card and an oval of printed paper. An oval was also cut from blue glitter card.
The deer was stamped in black Versafine and was heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out.
The layers were added to the card front as shown with the Deer on foam pads. The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine, matted on blue glitter card and added on foam pads to finish .....
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A simple Clean & Simple card made on a white 5 x 5 inch card base......
The trees were stamped onto white card with Versafine black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed and matted on black card to form a border. some dots of glue with iridescent glitter were added,
The sentiment was stamped in more Versafine black ink, matted and trimmed on black card. The main panel and the sentiment were added to the card base on foam pads to finish .....
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I have used 7 x 5 inch white card blank as the base and layered onto this an embossed white and a black matt.
I then used a set of stamps (Stamplorations) to stamp holly leaves and berries in Memento black ink. These were coloured with Copic markers and a Molotow white pen and trimmed out.
These were arranged (some on foam pads) as shown on the snowy matt. The panel was applied to the card blank. The sentiment (Stamplorations) was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, before trimming and matting on more black card. This was attached on foam pads to finish the card .....
If you fancy joining in and with the chance to win fab stamps and papers from Lavinia Stamps, click the link above and join the Forum .... it's free, friendly and fun !!!
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Made this Scandi influenced Christmas card .....
I started with a 6 x 6 inch white card blank and made a background snowy layer with an embossing folder (Stampi'Up).
The design is die-cut (Tim Holtz - Sizzix) from white, and green cards along with some blue glitter card.
The design was put together as shown on foam pads and the card finished with a stamped mini-tag .....
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I then stamped the Coffee Cup silhouette in Versafine black on white card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and applied over the lines as shown.
I then stamped three coffee beans and coloured with walnut stain Distress Ink and a waterbrush.... these were trimmed out and applied as shown to finish the card ....
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The stars were stamped in Versafine black on kraft card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out. The holly was die-cut from white and kraft cards.
The background is printed paper over kraft card. There is a strip of poinsettia white flock vellum on the right over which the sentiment (stamped in Versafine black and matted on kraft) was added on foam pads. Some of the elements were added on foam pads to add depth and the card finished with red stickles glitter glue to act as holly berries .....
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I cut a piece of red flock card and matter this on a slightly larger square of black card to form a border.
Next I took a piece of metallic card and die-cut the frame which was then passed through a matching embossing folder to add shape. The stag was stamped on white card in Versafine black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out. The tag was stamped and trimmed in more black ink before trimming out.
The card was then assembled with the red & black matt first followed by the die-cut embossed frame. The stag was applied on foam pads and the tag tucked in below the stag to finish ..... love that red !
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The bases are corrugated cardboard made from food packaging and cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I cut some stripey kraft card and covered them with this. I then uses a letter collage stamp with Versamark ink and heat embossed with three colours of embossing powder.
The other elements are from Tim Holtz papers collaged and with some Glossy Accents and edged with Aged Mahogany Distress ink.
The ATC's are edged with black and brown sqyugly lines and some white Tombow pen to finish .....
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The holly sprigs were die-cut from white and kraft card and were arranged to form a wreath shape. The outer holly leaves were raised on foam pads and the central sprigs attached with glue (covered by the centre).
I then die-cut the central circle from more kraft card and layered this with red flock card and a central circle of kraft which was stamped with the greeting in Versamark ink and heat embossed with detail white embossing powder .... the central panel was then added on more foam pads.
Final touches were to add some red adhesive pearls as holly berries .....
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Made a Christmas bauble from a plastic Petri Dish ...... this is being entered into the Country View Crafts Challenge for November whose subject is 'Christmas Gifting' ......
The Petri dish is 2.5 inches in diameter and comes in two pieces a bottom and a lid (which overlaps the bottom).
I decorated the bottom first by cutting a piece of double sided printed paper to fit inside the bottom, and adding a number 25 to show through at the back. With the lid off I then added the printed penguin and snowflake added on foam pads with the 'Ho Ho Ho' added as shown.
Next I added some artificial snow and put the lid in place to make a 'shaker'. I then cut a piece of white and red bakers twine and knotted it at one end leaving a little spare. This was carefully attached at the top with hot glue to form a hanger.
I then cut a piece of red/white thick pipe cleaner to encircle the dish. This was carefully applied with hot glue, sealing the dish top to the bottom and attaching the pipe cleaner at the same time.
I then cut more twine, tied in a bow and added this with hot glue to cover the pipe cleaner join to finish ....
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The base is a white 5 x 5 inch card base. I have chosen a piece of printed paper, trimmed it and matted on black card to form a border. This was applied to the card front.
The stag was stamped on white card with Versafine black and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and applying on foam pads as shown.
The words are die-cut from more black card and applied as shown to finish .....
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I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank as the base. I then cut a small square from white card and passed this through the Sizzix with a snow embossing folder. This was amtted on black card to form a border.
The fir twigs and pinecones were all stamped on card in Versafine clair ink and trimmed out. The Poinsettias were stamped on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and colouring with watercolours and Posca markers.
All elements were assembled on the snowy square with some on foam pads as shown.
The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, again matted on black card. The panel was applied as shown on foam pads to finish the card ......
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These 1 x 1 inch arty tiles have been made on a Brusho background coloured with yellow and grey and edged with grey Inktense pencil,and a waterbrush.
The central panels (Crafty Individuals) were stamped and trimmed to fit within the Inchies leaving a border. They have been coloured with Gold Posca, Acrylograph pen and watercolour, each being heat embossed with clear embossing powder to finish.
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A of Artist Trading Coins made for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ......
These coind were made on re-cycled food packaging and contain a variety of materials including moulding paste, die-cuts, stamping & acrylic paints ....
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The theme is Butterflies this month and I have cut 4 2 x 2 inch squares from black card as a base. The overlays are made from printed papers (Crafty Individuals) which have been trimmed to a smaller size, stamped with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
The background is added to the base and the butterflies are also trimmed from printed images and applied with top wings on foam pads to add dimension.
Finishing touches were to add 3 coloured self-adhesive gems to each Twinchie ....
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The background was trimmed to 5 x 5 inches and two more leaves trimmed out to layer later.
The background was ,atted onto Orange and black cards to form a fram and the two trimmed pieces added on foam pads.
The sentiment is die-cut from more orange card and applied as shown. The layers were then added to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank to finish .....
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A card made mainly with AAll & Create stamps & Washi tape .......
I started with a white card blank, I then cut a smaller matt from white card and stamped the pumpkins in Versafine black ink. I then stamped another image on another piece of white card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. The embossed pumpkins were trimmed out and coloured with distress Ink washes and a waterbrush.
The larger matt was coloured with Distress Oxide washes made with Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade and Antique Linen after applying to a piece of acetate and adding water before smooshing until happy with the effect. I stamped this with a number of other stamps and Archival ink around the edges. Some Washi tape torn strips were added at the edges.
The coloured pumkins were then added over the original and given a shadow with Inktense pencil and waterbrush. The background was matted on an orange card matt and then a black card matt. Two printed letter circles were added along with some orange seed beads and green glass beads applied on Glossy Accents. The words were stamped again and trimmed out and applied onto the coloured pumpkins edging with black micron pen.
Finally the matts were applied to the card blank to finish .....
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The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card blank. I have then cut a base from greyboard to 5 x 5 inches and covered with printed papers from Crafty Individuals. I chose two postage stamps and applied to the layer, stamped with a frank stamp in blue Versafine Clair and added three blue staples. The layer was edged with more of the Versafine Clair ink.
It was matted onto some dark blue card and applied to the card base. The sentiment was stamped onto white card in more Versafine Clair twilight ink, and matted onto blue card before trimming out and adding on foam pads as shown to finish .....
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The star was made from an alcohol ink Gelli Print and was die-cut with a star die. I also cut a pale blue car start which was slightly larger. I mounted the print on the larger star and the added some black Posca pen dots around the star.
I then selected and coloured with Copic markers a Tim Holtz paperdoll. The star was applied to the card blank and the paperdoll was applied on foam pads.
The sentiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink, trimmed and mounted on a blue card background before applying on more foam pads and a few blue self adhesive star gems added to finish .....
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The circle was made with alcohol inks on a Gelli plate using a stencil ..... I edged the print with black Posca marker to frame. The leafy twig was die-cut from black card, stamped with a text stamp in Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder (not easy to see in the photo !) ....
I selected a Tim Holtz paperdoll and coloured with purple and black Posca marker. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card and edged with more purple Posca marker.
The card was then assembled by adding the circle in the centre, then adding the leafy twig and finally the paperdoll and sentiment on foam pads. The paperdoll was grounded on grey Inktense and a waterbrush and edged with more of the same to add a shadow .....
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