Joy ......

Made a watercolour card with a stylised abstract flower .......

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card blank as the base. I then painted a flower on watercolour card and once dry trimmed out.

The flower was then matted on two shades of pink card to frame. The words were stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then added three yellow glossy dots to the flower and applied the matts to the card front to finish .....

Sid xx

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Autumn .....

Made a card with Autumn Colours as my entry into the Country View Crafts October 2021 Challenge ....

I used a 4 x 6 inch white card as the base and then cut a larger green matt from printed paper and a smaller matt from orange card.

I then chose some leaf dies and cut a number of leaves in more printed papers which were edged with sponged walnut stain Distress ink along with the edges of the orange matt. A have used an acorn and leaf stamp with Versamark and stamped some watermarked images as shown.

The leaves were then added in a cascade down the left hand side of the orange matt with some foam pads to raise some of them. The orange matt was them matted on the green matt.

The sentiment was stamped on white card with Archival sepia ink, edged in more of the same ink and matted these on more green paper. The words were added on foam pads as shown.

I then added some orange seed beads and some green and orange sequins to embellish. The matts were then applied to the card base to finish .....

Sid xx

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Cuppa ......

We all love a cuppa ... don't we ?

Made this card on a white A6 card base ....... I stamped the cups (Crafty Individuals CI - 547) twice in Versafine black in and heat embossed both the images with fine detail clear embossing powder.

The first was trimmed out as the base. I then fussy cut the three tea-cups from the other image, handles cut out with a scalpel.

These were then watercoloured with Distress Ink washed in Victorian Velvet, Shabby Shutters, Broken China & Dusty Concord. One of the handles was coloured gold with a metallic pen. I left the tea-bag tag uncoloured on purpose. Once dry I applied Glossy Accents on each of the cups.

I then coloured a surround for the background and sentiment with the same colours. I then applied the plain image on the surround and applied the cups on foam pads. The background and surround were applied to the card base along with the sentiment which was stamped in more Versafine black ink and backed with the same coloured frame on foam pads.....

Sid xx

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Giraffe .......

 

Made a card with one of the new Crafty Individuals Animal stamps ....

I used a previously made Gelli plate background with mauve, orange, pale blue and gold metallic acrylic paints using a numbers stencil. This was matted onto orange and mauve cards, edged with black Posca marker dots and gold Krylon pen. The outer corners were rounded with a corner rounder punch.

The main image of the Giraffe was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and edged in black. 

I then used Distress inks in Tumbled glass, Dusty concorde & Rusty hinge and water as a paint and coloured the image with a brush.......

The Giraffe was then placed as shown and stuck down. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on violet card and matted on orange card, trimming and mounting on foam pads on a 6 x 6 inch white cardbase......

Sid xx

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Thanks ......

Made this CAS (Clean And Simple) card recently ....

I used a 6 x 6 inch square white card blank as the base. The coloured panel was made using a Gelli plate and Dahlia stencils with Distress Oxide inks in Wilted Violet, Wild Honey, Candied Apple & Worn Lipstick and printed on copier paper.

This was trimmed out and applied to a base of black cardstock to leave a border. The flower was centred with a black glossy adhesive dot.

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink directly onto the card and the coloured dahlia panel applied as shown on foam pads .....

Sid xx

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Do Not Go.......

 Not made much lately but snook into the craftroom earlier and made this card .....

The base is a 5 x 7 inch white card blank. I used some printed paper as the background and stamped with numbers and crosses with Distress Oxide inks in green, blue and brown. Adding some brads and gold lines with a pen.

The main image (Tim Holtz) was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was then trimmed out and applied on foam pads as shown. The sentiment was stamped on word paper and trimmed before adding.

The background was matted on black and gold cards before applying to the card base ......

Sid xx

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Heartfelt .....

Here is a card suitable for a bereavement ..... always a difficult one to make ......

I attached some Gelli plate background to white card and die cut a square with a stitched edge, edging this with pink Versamagic chalk ink.

I die-cut the delicate poppies from white card and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush, applying Glossy Accents to the flowers. This was then affixed to the square panel.

The Sentiment was stamped in pink Versafine Clair ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming and mounting on more of the Gelli print background. Both poppy panel and sentiment were applied as shown on foam pads to a white card blank.

Three blue/green sequins were added with more Glossy Accents to finish ....

Sid xx

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Merry ......

Another CAS Christmas card also for sale in my Etsy Shop .....

I used a white card base and cut a white matt which was layered on re-cycled Kraft card from packaging.

The twiggy wreath was die-cut from more Kraft card and some single twigs and leaves die-cut from green glitter card. These were arranged around the wreath and some red dewdrops added before mounting onto the matts.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed out and matted on more green glitter card, then mounted on foam pads to finish the card.

Sid xx

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Boots ......

 Made an Autumnal colours card using an AAll & Create stamp ....

I started with a white card blank. The background was cut from a piece of white card and stamped with Versafine black. It was stamped again on more white card and the Wellington boots, postmark, leaf and sentiment trimmed out for colouring.

The background was coloured with watercolours in browns, oranges and yellows. I coloured the Wellingtons as shown in green, the leaf with Autumn colours and the postmark and sentiment in red. I added Glossy Accents to the sentiment and postmark.

I added a number of other stamped images on the background in Distress Oxides, some torn Washi tape and some gold pen lines. I also added a little white Posca pen on the leaf and Wellies.

I edged the background with yellow Versamagic chalk ink and matted it on dark green and brown Kraft card. I finally added the sentiment on foam pads and applied the matts to the card blank to finish.

Was tempted to add some metal embellishments but resisted as there was plenty going on already....

Sid xx

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Memories ......

 

Made a card with AAll & Create stamps and dies ........

I made a background with acrylic paints and a Gelli plate and cut a matt from this. I stamped the flowers in Versafine black on paper and coloured the image with watercolours and a waterbrush. All elements were then trimmed out. The flower was again stamped onto the background matt in Versafine black and the fussy cut coloured elements stuck in place over this. I used a Copic marker for the stems and added some gold stamens with a metallic pen.

I then added a couple of stamped images in twisted citron Distress Oxide. I used a die and cut a lime green image and a lilac image collaging trimmed out elements as shown. Some more gold was added to the numbers and some white lines added with white Posca pen.

The word was stamped on blue card and mounted on more lime and blue background.

The background was then matted twice.... firstly on green card and second on pale blue card before adding to a white card blank to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Circuit .....

Here is a tag I have made using mainly AAll & Create stamps .....

I started by stamping the image onto a Brusho backround and trimmed this out. I then selectively stamped the cards, bulb and words with Versafine black ink.  These were trimmed out, coloured and put aside.

I then cut a base from white card and used a numbers stamp to stamp the main colours on the background with various colours of Versafine Clair inks. I stamped also with a chevron stamp with more black Versafine ink. The tag base was also edged with colours in Versamagic chalk ink. I cut a hole and applied a black eyelet with the crop-a-dile.

The trimmed out piece was then stuck in place on the tag base.I then applied some marks with Posca pens and added a watch glass over some of the electronic circuits. A couple of black brads were added and the card elements were added next with some on foam pads. Some torn Washi tape was added, glossy accents were added to the bulb and a length of gold stretchy twine added through the eyelet and attached with staples to finish......

Sid xx

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Happy.....

 

Made a simple fantasy florals card with Polkadoodle Stamps .....

The base is a white card blank. I cut a matt from more white card and stamped this with the flower stamps, colouring with watered down Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. The flowers were then stamped three times onto more white card (using Versafine black Ink), these were coloured with watered down Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and highlighted with a pink glitter gel pen. they were then applied on foam pads.

The words were then stamped direct with more black Versafine ink.  The matt was further matted on pink card stock and attached to the card base. Three iridescent pink sequins were added to finish the card.....

Sid xx

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Judgement .....

 

Made a vintage Tag for a monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum .....

The base was cut from re-cycled card and another was cut from white cardstock. I then stamped a series of triangles in Distress Ink ( Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender) and dried with a heat gun to set. I then overstamped with a numbers stamp in Versafine black ink and also stamped a baseline for the boy to stand on in Sepia Archival Ink.

The tag was then edged with Antique Linen Distress IN applied with a make-up sponge.

The boy ( TH paper Dolls) was then edged in black ink and applied as shown on foam pads. The self adhesive words are also by Tim Holtz and were edged with black Micron pen.

The front was attached to the base and I added a gold eyelet with the Crop-a-dile and tied through with some mauve ribbon to finish the tag.

I would like to enter this into the Daring Cardmakers Challenge whose subject is Picture Perfect

Sid xx

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Bonjour ......

Made this card after re-discovering an old Crafty Individuals wood mounted stamp .....

I took the opportunity to unmount the stamp and furnish with cling mount at the same time. I stamped the image twice in Versafine black on white card and coloured the first with watercolours made from watered down Distress inks. I embellished this with Posca markers edging with gold heat embossing.

I trimmed out the butterflies and the 10d and coloured these with Ecoline Brushpens before treating with Glossy Accents. These were then applied on foam pads as shown.

The background was mounted on a piece of stripey background paper which had some adhesive stickers added along with white Posca pen.

This was then matted onto light blue card which was then attached to a 5 x 5 inch white card blank to finish......

Sid xx

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Typewriter ......

Made a card using AAll & Create stamps ....

Started with a whte card blank. I then cut a smaller matt from white card and made a background on the Gelli plate with Distress Oxides. I used Seedless Preserve and Peacock Feathers. I then stamped the typewriter in Chianti Versafine Clair ink. I then stamped the typewriter again on white card and inking with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink .... quickly heat embossing with black embossing powder and trimming out.  This was left in white except for the paper in the typewriter which I coloured pale  blue with watercolours. I also made another copy of the 'Be Creatve' words.

The background then enhanced with posca pens, gold pen & turquoise acrylic paint lines added with a piece of card on edge. I also stamped some numbers in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I added two strips of card heat embossed with violet obsidian embossing powder. I then layered the backgroound on pale blue and black card matts. Adding the 'Be Creative' word on foam pads.

The typewriter was added on foam pads with some turquoise craft wire trapped in them to hold in place. The card was finished with three pale blue dew-drops stuck with Glossy Accents.

Fab stamps .....

Sid xx

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Defense ......

I used a white card blank as the base for this card .....

I cut a smaller matt from 300gsm hot press watercolour card. I then made some washes with Distress Oxides and brayered the matt with seedless preserves and peacock feathers allowing to dry before stamping (AAll & Create) in Versafine Clair fallen leaves ink. I also selectively stamped the citrus slice in the same ink onto white card. This was trimmed out and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush, applying Glossy Accents once dry.

The matt was then treated with Posca pen and stamped with numbers and triangle stamps in more of the same Distress Oxides and yellow Versafine Clair inks. A couple of yellow brads were added and some gold metallic lines.

The stamped watercolour matt was then further matted onto teal card and trimmed. I then added the coloured citrus slice on foam pads over the original image.

The words (Snarky small talk - Tim Holtz) were added and edged with black Micron pen and the matt applied to the card blank base to finish the card ..... Fruity !!

Sid xx

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Toadstool .....

I used a white card blank as the base for this card .....

I cut a matt from 300gsm smooth hot press watercolour card and applied some washes of watercolour paints in yellows and greens.... wanted a subtle effect ....

I stamped the mushrooms stamp (AAll & Create) in Versafine sepia ink over the watercolour background. I then stamped the mushrooms section in Versafine Clair acorn ink on white card and trimmed out the mushrooms. These were then coloured with watercolours in muted red and sepia. The mushroom caps were then treated with Glossy Accents and put to one side.

The word 'Toadstool' was also stamped again in Versafine Clair acorn, trimmed out and edged with brown Versamagic chalk ink. I then used some background stamps and used spiced marmalade, lucky clover and fired brick Distress Oxides.

The mushrooms and word were then mounted on foam pads as shown. I added some more stamping of stars (tim Holtz), some punched paper strips (coloured with fired brick Oxide and water), some green self adhesive numbers and letters, a couple of brass brads and a rabbit paperclip.

The whole thing was then matted on black card and applied to the card base to finish.

Sid xx

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Monochrome .....

Sharing a simple monochrome card today ......

I started with a 5 x 7 inch black card blank ....... I then cut a  a white matt and a smaller black matt. I embossed the black matt with a spotty embossing folder through the Big Shot.

I then die-cut a number of leafy buds in white card and layered these in a line as shown. I then cut a banner and stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, heat embossing with white detail embossing powder. This was added on foam pads after applying two black adhesive gems.

The layers were them assembled onto the card base to finish.

Sid xx

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Industrial ......

A card made with a science and industry feel .....

I started with a white card-blank. I then cut a matt from white card and stamped the main stamp with Versafine black ink (AAll & Create). I selectively stamped the jet engine and No.4 again and trimmed these out colouring with watercolours and a waterpen.

I then die-cut a circle from white card and coloured this with brayered matte acrylic paint in violet and grey. This was also stamped with the background stamp to act as a spotlight. I have used a white Posca pen to highlight aspects on this.

I then coloured the background with watercolour washes in greens and yellows leaving some white areas. I then added the circle, lining up with the image below and edging in Inktense pencil and a waterbrush. Next I added the other elements on foam pads.

I added a brass brad and some metal eyelets and green Washi tape. The card was highlighted with some glossy accents added to selected elements.

The card was finished with some alpha stamps to add the 'Industrial' word in Versafine black on white card.

Sid xx

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Embrace .....

I started this Clean & Simple card with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank....

I then cut a smaller matt in white card and stamped the main image (Squirrels & Frogs) in Versafine black ink.  I then stamped again in blue Versafine ink on pink cardstock and trimmed to paperpiece the girls dress.  This was then stuck in place on the stamped white matt.

I then matted this on pink and black and applied to the card front.  The word was stamped twice in Versafine black on pink & white cards. The border was paperpieced onto the word and trimmed before mounting on foam pads as shown.

The card was finished with three small black sequins .....

Sid xx

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