Love .....

An ATC made for a swap over in Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Love' .....

The base was cut to 3.5 x 2.5 from re-cycled food packaging ... I then chose some text printed background paper to the same size and applied this to the base.

I then looked into my mounted stamps and found this really old Crafty Individuals stamp (no number). I stamped this on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and edged with black ink. This was then coloured with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush adding some spots on the girls top and a necklace. A yellow glossy cabochon was added to the hole in the tag. The tag was then added to the background.

I then stamped some red card with a shell stamp and die-cut a heart which was added as shown. The words 'with love' were stamped in red ink onto the tag as shown and the ATC edged with Krylon gold pen.

I then made a die-cut ATC holder with Sizzix/Tim Holtz from Kraft card to finish ....

Hoping the recipient likes the card .....

Sid xx

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Spring ......

Made an ATC for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Spring' .....

I cut some re-cycled food packaging to 3.5 x 2.5 as the base. I then chose some Crafty Individuals green printed background paper to the same size and added this to the base.

I then selected a stamp CI-555 and stamped this on white card with Versafine black ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This was then trimmed down to slightly smaller to leave a border.

I coloured the background with a blue Distress Ink wash and added other colours with Posca pens before adding to the base.

The sentiment was stamped on white card , trimmed out and mounted on the same green background.

The sleeve (time Holtz/Sizzix) was die-cut from more text background paper to finish the ATC ...

Hope my swap partner likes it .....

Sid xx

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Spring ......

A set of ATC's (Artist Trading Cards] made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Spring Colours'.......

The bases were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I chose some background paper and trimmed to the same size.

I then die-cut three flower spikes (Tim Holtz/Sizzix Wildflower) from watercolour card and coloured this with watercolours before applying to the paper. The background was then applied to the bases.

I stamped some flowers in yellow Archival ink and added the stamens with Posca pen. I then added some yellow adhesive pearls to each card and finished by edging with orange Posca pen ......

Sid xx

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Headspace.......

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

I die-cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 inches diameter. I then covered some white card with strips of co-ordinating Washi tape which was then die-cut to the same size a s a base.

I then added some black Gesso applied with a palette knife through a stencil. Allowing the Gesso to dry completely.

I then chose an old 'Phrenology' stamp from 'A Stamp In The Hand' and stamped with blue memento ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  These were trimmed out and added with hot glue to the centre of each coin.

Each of the Coins was then edged with metallic gold marker to finish.....

Sid xx

 

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A set of 'Spring Flowers' Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I cut the twinchie bases to 2 x 2 inch square from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some background paper and cut to the same size and applied to the bases.

The daffodils were stamped in Versafine black ink and were then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then coloured them with Posca markers, trimmed in two and applied as shown.

I then stamped a swirly cloud stamp in Versafine blue ink and added some blobs of blue iridescent Stickles glitter glue.

The Twinchies were finished by edging in black ink .....

Sid xx

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Alphas .......

 

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

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then punched some white card to the same size.

I chose some Alpha stamps and stamped the letters from A to F in Versamark ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This will act as a resist when coloured.

I next applied washes of Distress Ink in various colours with a brush and water.

The tops were added to the bases and each Inchie edged with metallic green Posca pen & some green Glitter Glue to finish .....

Sid xx

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Specimen ......

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

I wanted to make a design with lots of white space. I took some watercolour card and coloured with washes. I die-cut the stylised flower and added some more colour along with some gold highlights. adorning the centre with a purple clear cabochon.

I then cut the tag base from white card and cut a smaller matt which was stamped with Versafine Clair mauve ink. Both the tag and matt were edged with Versamagic chalk ink in mauve.

I then added the flower to the matt and applied the matt to the tag base. I added the die-cut word in black card. I die-cut a tag reinforcer from pink paper, cut a hole with the Crop-o-Dile and added some green fine woven ribbon to finish the tag .....

Sid xx

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Bows ......

A set of 3 Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were die-cut from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 inches in diameter. I then choses some background paper and die-cut to the same size. The background was added to the bases and they were stamped in three colours using Distress Oxide inks.

A piece of striped washi tape was added to each as shown. I then die-cut three bows from black card and applied as shown. I then added a metallic gold cabochon to each bow.

The Coins were finished by edging with gold pen .....

Sid xx

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Twirls .....

A set of 4 Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Swirls & Twirls' .....

I cut the bases to 2 x 2 inches from re-cycled food packaging and then cut some Gelli print swirly print to size.as the background and this was attached to the bases.

I then chose a stamp form Diane Reavesley and stamped this as shown in Versafine black, I added a swirly corner in the same ink.

I then coloured some elements of the stamp with Posca pen and added some silver dots to the background. Each Twinchie was edged in black ink to finish ....

Sid xx

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Chequers ......

A set of  6 Inchies made for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inch from re-cycled food packaging. I then stamped some printed paper with a formulas stamp (IndigoBlu) in Versafine black ink and punched this as before and applied to each of the bases.

Next I chose some mauve card and stamped this with a chequers stamp (Aall & Create) and cut to .5 x.5 inch, edging in black ink and applying to the centre of the printed background. I then added a iridescent mauve pearl cabochon to the centre of each.

The Inchies were finished by edging in pink Posca pen .....

Sid xx

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