Llama .......

An Artist Trading Card made for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Halloween' ....

I started with a 2.5 x 3.5 inch base made from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some background paper from CI and trimmed to the same size.

I then selected a Llama stamp from CI and stamped this with Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was coloured with Distress ink washes and Posca pen before trimming out.

I also stamped the word 'Boo' in Versamark ink on red card and heat embossed with white embossing powder before trimming out.

I then added some torn purple dotty Washi tape and added the Llama grounded on this. The Llama was edged with black ink to add depth followed by the word.

I die-cut a sleeve from Kraft card and stamped this with sweeties, colouring with orang Posca pen

The ATC was then finished by edging with red Posca pen .....

Sid xx

Hearty......

Made an Artist Trading Card to trade ...... 'True Heart' ..

The base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then cut a piece of watercolour card and drew the hearts onto the card, colouring with watercolours. Adding the blue background with washes.

I added some Glossy Accents to the hearts along with a couple of red adhesive gems.

The words were matted on green card and applied as shown.

The ATC was finished by edging in green watercolour with some dots from a white Posca pen ....

Sid xx

Pussycat......

An Artist Trading Card made to trade ..... Fun Cat !

The background was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 ins from re-cycled food packaging ...... I then took a piece of watercolour card cut to the same size and used Ecoline Water brushes to colour it.

The cat (Katzelkraft) was stamped onto the background in black archval ink and again on white card ... this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder and trimmed out.

I added a torn strip of Washi tape to ground the cat and added him/her over the original image to show the whiskers. I coloured the tongie with an acrylic paint pen, adding some white highlights with Posca pen. The printed word was matted on green card and added as shown.

The card was finishes by edging in pink acrylic paint to finish .....

Sid xx

Leaf......

A set of Inchies made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum .......

I punched 6, 1 x 1 inch squares from re-cycled food packaging as the bases. These were covered with some Gelli print as the background and these were stamped with some dots in green and red Archival inks.

I then added some holographic foil which had been die-cut into foloiage and leaves. These were added to the backgrounds. The pink inchies were edged with green Versamagic chalk ink and the green ones with red Versamagic chalk ink.

I then added 2 metallic gold cabochons onto each with Glossy Accents to finish .....

Sid xx

Cupcake........

An Artist Trading Card made to trade ......

The base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some Gelli pribt background paper and trimmed to size.

I chose a cherry stamp and stamped this in red Versafine ink adding some colour with Posca pens in red, green and white.

The Cupcake was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed out and coloured with paint pens and a gold marker. The creamy top was decorated with Stickles glitter glue and pearl drops.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out and coloured  with a pink Distress ink wash.

The card was assembled by adding the cupcake on foam pads as shown along with the sentiment above.

Finishing touch was to edge the card with more metallic gold marker .....

Sid xx

Travel ......

A Birthday card made for my partner ...... he loves travel and holidays so decided on a travel theme ....

I die-cut a matt and printed paper with a stitched edge die. I applied the paper to the background.

I applied a number of stickers to this in the travel theme and stamped some squiggles in orange Archival ink.

The travel motifs (Tim Holtz) were stamped in Violet, Dark green and Maroon Archival inks which were heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were trimmed out and applied as shown some on foam pads to raise.

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink on white card and die-cut before adding on more foam pads.

The finished background was then added to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank to finish .... hope he likes it !

Sid xx