Lucky .....

 We are running a 'Lucky Dip' swap over on UK Stampers Forum .... where the participants send 10 'Lucky Dip' items to a partner who then uses them to make whatever they like ......

The heart above was my first make and was collaged using the items and I added, paint, watercolour, Glossy Accents, stamped text, Kraft card and a blue feather along with a printed quote ....

The second item I made was a tag and this time I added, some painted roses, a stamped and embossed image of a bathing girl along with the words (Crafty Individuals) and some black satin ribbon  ....

Here is a picture of the items sent by by participant ....... hope she likes what I have made ....

A really fun Swap .....

Sid xx

You .....

Made a 'Just For You' card ....

The base is a 6 x 4 inch white card base. I then cut three matts from blue black and mauve cardstock. The mauve matt was stamped with broken china Distress Oxide Ink with a text stamp from Aall & Create. The matts were layered and attached to the card front.

The flower was die-cut three times from white card and coloured with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush.  The flowers were layered with two on foam pads as shown on the card.

The 'Just For You' was stamped on blue card in Versafine black ink, trimmed and matted on black card and applied as shown on foam pads.

Final touch was to add three mauve/blue sequins with Glossy Accents .....

Sid xx

Spirit ....

Made a 'Spirit' Card with some stamps I have had for ages ....

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I stamped the masked face (Invoke Arts) onto white card in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and coloured with Copic markers before trimming out.

The 'Spirit' word (Invoke Arts) was also stamped on pale mauve card in Versafine black and heat embossed with clear powder and coloured with Copic marker before trimming out.

I then took some printed paper and stamped this a few times with the 'Spirit' Stamp in Versafine black, trimming to 3 x 3 inches and edging in black ink. This was matted onto mustard card, weathered wood paper (Crafty Individuals) and black card to form layered borders.

The matts were applied to the card front and the face and word were added on foam pads to raise them from the card ....

Sid xx

Floral ......

More handmade Anemones, in four different colourways ! Made from shaped flower foam, die-cut with florist wire and oil pastels. All held together with hot glue ......

Sid xx

Birthday .....

This card was made to celebrate the 11th Birthday of the 'Less Is More' Challenge blog. It's my entry for this month #458......

I started with a 4 x 6 inch white card blank. I then stamped the butterfly background panel (Mama Makes) direct to the card front with Versafine black ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder.

The design on the butterfly was then hand-coloured with Acrylograph pens and two antenna added with a micron pen freehand.

The sentiment (Mama Makes) was then stamped on white card in Versafine black and heat embossed before trimming out, edging in black and adding on foam pads as shown to finish ....

Sid xx

Memories .....

 

Made a 'Memories' card ....

The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card blank. I cut a matt from some mustard and orange paper and stamped this with various 'Pear' stamps (Innovative Stamp Creations)  in Archival black ink. this was then matted onto black card to form a border.

I then cut a small white card matt and stamped the girl (Innovative Stamp Creations) in Versafine black ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. Just simply coloured the eyes and lips with brushpens. This was matted on black card and then on more of the background paper.

The word (Crafty Individuals) was stamped on white card with versafine ink, trimmed out and matted on more black card.

The background was applied to the card base and the girl matt and word were applied as shown on foam pads to finish .....

Sid xx

Rosa ......

A rose made from foam, hand cut petals, florist wire and a glue gun .... first one I have made .....

Sid xx

Anemone......

 

On a roll with my foam flower making .... thought I would try to make some anemones and quite happy for a first attempt .... die-cut petals, coloured foam and coloured with oil pastels. On a stem of florists wire. All held together with hot-glue ..... hope you like them ....

Sid xx

DL .....

This Clean and Simple card was made for a challenge on UK Stampers Forum ,,,, the Challenge requires you to make a DL greetings card ....

DL stands for 'Dimension Lengthwise' and is actually 99mm x 210mm, so to make a DL card you need to cut cardstock to 198mm x 210 and fold in half lengthwise..... or use a ready made made card blank !

I made my base from 300gsm white cardstock...... I then cut another matt from white card 5mm smaller .

Onto this I stamped the stitched balloons (Paperbag Studios) in black Versafine ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder (this enhances the blackness of the ink)

I then used Worn Lipstick Distress ink as a wash with a waterbrush to colour the top text balloon and the embossing resists the wash.

The word was die-cut from black card and matted onto dark pink card and applied as shown. The matt was then applied to the card to finish .......

Sid xx

Blossom ......

Made a simple thankyou card ....

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white cardblank. I cut a white matt and matted this on black and pink card. This was applied to the card base.

The blossoms (Indigo Blu) was stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were die-cut (Indigo Blu) and then coloured with Distress Ink washes and a water brush.

The Thank You was stamped in Versafine black ink and matted onto pink and black cards.

The blossom bough was applied to the background on foam pads and the two blossoms direct to the background. The Thankyou was also applied as shown on foam pads.

I then applied three pale pink sequins to finish the card ......

Sid xx

Florals ......

Two more of my foam flowers this time in different colourways ..... they are on coloured foam, die-cut and coloured with oil pastels. Assembled with florists wire and hot glue .....

Love how these are turning out ......

Sid xx

Birdies ......

 

Made a card using elderly stamps from Crafty Individuals CI - 184 .....

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I stamped the 4 stamps onto white card in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were trimmed out and coloured with Ecoline brush pens and Distress ink washes. Each square was mounted on black card to form a thin border.

I then used some printed background paper also from Crafty Individuals and matted this onto black and pale blue card to match the background on two of the bird squares. The four squares were then applied to the background matts. and the background applied to the card blank.

I then stamped the words on more blue card in Versafine black ink and again heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The words were trimmed out, matted on black card and applied on foam pads to the card to finish ......

Sid xx

 Made three Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

These were made with various papercraft techniques, on one MDF (Scarab)..... all use stamps, prints, Gelli print (acrylic paint), pens and embelishments .....

Sid xx

Hearts .....

 

Made this set of three ATC's for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of hearts ....

Also want to enter these into the Country View Crafts Challenge for February whose theme is 'Hearts & Flowers'

They were made on a base of re-cycled food packaging. The background was made on watercolour card with Distress Oxides smooshed onto a glass mat. 

Once dry I used a variety of stamps from a set by AAll & Create to stamp on the base. The main heart was inked with Versafine Clair ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Some whte accents were added with a white Molotow pen. The purple heart was stamped in wersafine black on white card then coloured with a wash of Distress Ink. Some colour was added with an Acrylograph pen before trimming out.

The word was stamped on dark pink card, highlighted with white pen. The paper flower was coloured with purple Distress ink and applied to the background with large red brad. The background was stuck onto the base, the heart added on foam pads and the word stuck in place and shadowed with Inktense pencil and a waterbrush.

Each ATC was edged with more of the white Molotow pen to finish .....

Sid xx

Florals ......

Made these little flowers from white flower forming foam die-cut and coloured with oil pastels. A glue gun was used to assemble the layers.

Love the look and enjoyed making them .....

Sid xx

Gentlemen .....

These Inchies are 1 x 1 inch square and made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

They were made on a Distress Oxide base made on watercolour card, punched to size. Each was backed in re-cycled food packaging punched to size.

I then used Versafine black ink to stamp some words, trimmed out a 'Paper Doll' for each and applied as shown edging in black micron pen.

The Inchies were edged in brown Versamagic chalk ink to finish .....

Sid xx

Believe .....

 

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

I made the base from some re-cycled food packaging. Using the brown kraft side I applied some Versamagic chalk inks in teals and yellow direct to paper ....

I then used some AAll & Create stamps to stamp a background in Distress Oxides (Squeezed Lemonade & Peacock Feathers) edging the tag with more chalk ink.

I then die-cut some stems from green glitter & yellow cards applying as shown to the tag.

I made the flower on watercolour card with Inktense pencil and waterbrush  with some metallic pencil to highlight. The flower was trimmed out and edged in blue Distress ink. I then die-cut a centre from yellow card and added to the flower. The flower was then placed and mounted on foam pads as shown.

The word is made from Washi Tape (AAll & Create) trimmed and mounted on yellow card, edged in blue chalk in and applied direct to the tag.

Finishing touch was to add some ribbon in yellow pattern and dark green, folded and stapled in place with green staples .....

Sid xx

Mine ......

 

Made a different Valentines card .....

The background is made on watercolour paper coloured with smooshed Distress Oxides, trimmed and edged with black ink.

The bee (Art Specially) was stamped onto the background with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was then coloured with Acrylograph pens. A few more stamped images were done with peacock feathers Distress Oxide.

The background was then matted onto pale green and dark green card.

The words are made from printed letters applied onto more dark green card, trimmed out and mounted on foam pads.

The matted background was then added to a 5 x 5 inch white cardblank to finish the card .....

Sid xx

Tiger .....

2022 'Year of the Tiger' 

'HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR'

Sid xx