Dreams .....

Here is a mailart postcard made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ........

The background (6 x 4) is made with spray inks on white card and I have used a set of PaperArtsy stamps with Distress Oxides to make the design. The words were stamped in black Archival ink. Some Posca pen in yellow and white was added.

The background has been mounted on greyboard for strength and edged with Krylon gold pen. It will travel to it's new owner naked through the post so I have teated with matt acrylic sealer to protect from the rigours of the postal service ......

Sid xx

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Inchies .....

This card was made for a Challenge over on Lost Coast Designs & Carmen's Veranda where you are Challenged to make a card with inchies/twinchies .....

I stamped a Crafty Individuals floral stamp CI-411 on white card in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was then coloured with Distress Ink washes.

I then punched 6 x 1x1 inch squares from the image and edged with Gold Krylon pen. They were then arranged on a white card matt but mixed up into a different order producing a different design.

They were mounted on foam pads and the matt egded with more Krylon pen. This matt was matted again on black card with more edging to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Focus .....

Made a card with some old Cherry Pie stamps .....

The Girl (Julia) was stamped in grey Memento ink on white card and was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. She was trimmed out, watercoloured and layered on pink card.

I chose some floral paper and trimmed a matt from this and a larger matt from pink card. The plate was printed and applied onto the floral layer as shown. The girl was applied over this on foam pads.

The words were stamped in Versafine black ink, layered on pink card and applied on foam pads.

I then applied the matt onto a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. Three sequins were applied to finish the card.....

Sid xx

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Mad .......

There is a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum to celebrate 'Alice Day' which is a celebration of all things 'Alice In Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. It's on 3rd July this year ......

I made this card as my entry, I cut 4 matts from black, red and white card. I stamped the teapot and cup & saucer a few times and trimmed out applying around the edge of the red matt.

I stamped the Mad Hatter in Versafine black ink and trimmed him out, colouring with watercolour brushpens and applying on the white matt on foam pads.

The word was also stamped in Versafine black, matted on black and also applied to the white matt.

The layers were assembled with the central image also applied on foam pads. The whole was then added to a white card blank to finish .....

Sid xx

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Astonish ....

Made this panel to celebrate 100 Challenges from Country View Crafts .... Congratulations, that's quite an achievement ....

I was inspired by Corrie Herriman with her grungy tag ....

The base is greyboard. The front matt was made from TH Tissue tape over card, sprayed with stains, stamped with stars in Black Archival. The next matt is brown Kraft card stamped with random writing in sepia Archival ink. I have added some gold screw-head brads. The word is Washi tape (AAll & Create) mounted on Kraft and applied on foam pads.

The numbers are die-cut and also mounted on foam pads. I have added a number of crystal dots to finish ....

Sid xx

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Thoughts .....

A Binocular wishes card .... definitely in an orange and yellow phase at the moment .....

I used a white card blank as the base. I then cut a matt from some wood effect paper, a matt from printed paper from Crafty Individuals and a matt from black card.

I then stamped the binoculars (Aall & Create) in Archival black onto the wood effect paper and again on white card in Versafine black.... this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder and trimmed out. The binoculars were treated with liquid chrome metallic pen from Molotow.

I die-cut the daisies and centred each with a yellow sparkly cabochon and coloured a strip of watercolour card from the spine of a watercolour pad.

I then layered the matts and applied to the card base. I added some orange Posca pen lines to the base.

The binoculars ( on foam pads) the watercolour strip and daisies were then applied to the card as shown.

The card was finished with a sentiment stamped on white card and die-cut to finish ....

Sid xx

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Birthday .....

Made a sweet Birthday card honey !!! 

I coloured some card with yellow and orange mica sprays and then die-cut the honeycomb designs on two sides of a square ... this was edged with black Versamagic Chalk ink.

I then die-cut the leaves and flowers design (AAll & Create) from black card and added as seen.

I stamped the bee in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and trimmed out. It was coloured with an orange Posca pen and treated with Glossy Accents. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink and die-cut out before mounting on black card and trimming.

I selected a background paper for behind and matted this on more black card edging with dots using a Yellow Posca pen.

The card was assembled on a 5 x 5 inch white card blank using foam pads to finish ....

Sid xx

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Original ......

Made a tag with some old PaperArtsy stamps ....

The background is a Gelli print made with acrylic paints and stencil. Trimmed to size.

The flower and medallion were stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and subsequently heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were coloured with watercolours made from Adirondak inks and a waterbrush. They were trimmed out.

The tag was decorated with Washi tape, gold pen and Posca pens I stapled some gold and black bakers twine to the top to finish.

Sid xx

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Friends .....

This card has been made for a Challenge on the Less Is More Challenge blog .....

I used a set of inchie friendship stamps and stamped these in Archival pale blue ink on white card. They were then punched out and edged with black Posca marker before colouring some elements with yellow watercolour brushpen.

The panel was die-cut from hammered yellow card and edged with pale blue Versamagic chalk ink. The inchies were then mounted centrally on this panel on foam pads.

The words were stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and matted onto the same yellow card.

The panel was applied centrally on a white 5 x 5 inch card blank and the words applied as shown to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Summer ......

Made a clean and simple card card for an 'It's Summer' Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum with a prize from 'That's Crafty'.....

I used a 6 x 6 inch square white card base ...... I then die-cut a stitched aperture into a smaller white matt and edged this with yellow Versamagic chalk ink. This was applied on foam pads over a larger blue card matt which was edged in black.

The stamps (Beth Hughes) were stamped in Versafine black on white card which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were coloured with Acrylograph pens and trimmed out.

The main sunflower panel was added within the aperture, the birdy with cherries onto the aperture matt and the sentiment direct after matting on more of the blue card. The finished panel was then applied direct to the card blank to finish ....

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Sid xx

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Trilbys ........

Made a card using the 'Trilby Cats' stamp and sentiment from Crafty Individuals ........

I started with a 5 x 7 inch white card blank and cut a matt from black card which was die-cut with a stitched oval die. This was backed with some 'Wonderfully Weathered' background paper. a piece of the paper was also stuck to card and three stitched edge stars die-cut from this. The black oval was then matted on pale blue and green card to frame.

The main image was stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, the cats were trimmed from the background and coloured with green and turquoise Posca pens with some small green adhesive gems added to highlight. I wanted to keep them almost monochrome. I also added some white posca to the cats eyes !

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on a white die-cut label and heat embossed. The cats were grounded on AAll & Create Washi tape and added on foam pads along with the sentiment and stars.

The matt was then added to the card base to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Rebel ......

A card made with AAll & Create stamps & Washi tape ......

I took a white card panel and stamped the main stamp in black Versafine, I then stamped the same image three tmes in different colours and then selectively die-cut some triangles of selective areas ... these were edged with black and arranged over the base image some on foam pads. I also added some small, black adhesive gems to the triangles.

I also stamped some stitched circles in yellow and coloured with yellow Inktense pencil and a waterbrush. I spattered some metallic gold marks on the background.

Some Washi tapes were added before the main was then mounted on black card to leave a fine border.

Sid xx

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Dancer ......

Made this card for the Less Is More Challenge ....... demonstrating my favourite technique which is 'Watercoloring' ....

I used a white card blank as the base.

I then die-cut a stitched edge square from smooth watercolour card and stamped the dancer in Versafine black ink. I then watercoloured the image as shown. The matt was then layered onto black card to form a border.

Similarly the sentiment was stamped, trimmed and layered.

The two elements were then added to the card base, the sentiment on foam pads to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Inchies .......

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

The based were punched to 1 x 1 inches from re-cycled packaging and covered with some Gelli Printed background. Each inchie was then stamped with a swirly stamp and Versamark ink before heat embossing with gold embossing powder. Each was then edged with 24ct gold Krylon pen.

Two metallic gems and a sentiment were then added to finish the Inchies .....

Sid xx

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