Eye, Eye, Eye .....

These 3 ATC's were made for this month swap over on UK Stampers Forum ..... in the theme of 'The Eyes Have It' .....

They are made with printed papers, heat embossing, stamped images & brads.  The bases are made from corrugated packaging which I have re-cycled.

The main image (Teesha Moore) has been stamped in Memento black ink and coloured with Copic markers.  I have outlined the eyes with silver pen and infilled with Glossy Accents before mounting on foam pads. The background is on printed text paper which has been stamped in Versafine ink and heat embossed with Moonglow embossing powder. A brad was added, doodling along the edge with purple Posca pen and edging with gold Krylon pen.

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Sid xx

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Crowning glory .....

Made a set of Inchies for November for a swap over at UK Stampers Forum ....

Used old corrugated packaging as the base and made a Distress Oxide background on white card. Punched out the squares with a 1 inch square punch.  The birds was stamped on the background with some silver and white penwork and I added a sparkly gem. The wings were glazed with Mod Podge and the finished Inchies edged with green Alcohol ink pen to finish.

If you fancy joining in this swap (there are loads of others too !) click HERE to join the Forum ... it's free & fun !

Sid xx

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Fashionable ? ......

Here is a set of ATC's made for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum whose theme is 'numbers' ......

I used black corrugated packaging from some cologne as the base (trying to upcycle !) and cut this to 2.5 x 3.5 inches.  I then stamped with a numbers stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I then edged two of the sides with black & white bunting design Washi tape.

I then stamped and trimmed some fashion stamps in Memento black ink on white card and coloured the dresses with pale blue Copic marker.  The images were applied to the cards on foam pads.  The words 'In Style' were stamped, trimmed out & coloured with the same ink before sticking in place.

Some small adhesive gems were added to each ATC to finish ....

If you fancy joining in our ATC swap click HERE to join the Forum !  It's free and fun .....

Sid xx

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Inchies .....

Made a set of Inchies for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum ..... if you fancy joining in the swaps click HERE ......

I used Crafty Individuals stamps on these ......

Sid xx

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Stags House .....

Here is a little house made as a standing Christmas decoration ....

I used a die and diecut the house parts from heavy card.  The roof was made from a strip of corrugated board.  The walls were covered in decorative papers before assembly.

The deer was stamped in black archival ink onto Kraft card and diecut.  This was mounted on the front of the house on a foam pad.  The star at the top was diecut and heat embossed in kaleidascope embossing powder.  The decoration was made from twigs, greenery and white cones tied together with natural twine.  A little bow of red gingham ribbon was then added with hot glue and the whole thing attached with hot glue.

The roof was daubed with white acrylic paint before distressing to remove some of the top layer of corrugated.  Finally very coarse glass glitter was adhered on hot glue on the roof and at the base to finish the house .....

Sid xx

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L'amour

Not blogged for so long, just haven't had the time since coming back from holidays.  Managed some time today and made this self standing collage........... how satisfying that I have crafted after nearly 3 weeks !!

I had previously made the background from recycled corrugated card which I had given a crackle finish with a gold base coat. The general colourway was purple, red and gold as you can see.  The piece measures 6 x 5.5 inches and the background technique is described in this blogpost.

I then used a Tim Holtz background stamp of distressed dots stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with violet pearlescent embossing powder.  A polymer stamp of a tag was stamped in similar fashion but this time heat embossed with mirror gold EP.  I then stamped a couple of flourishes in red Versamagic ink.

I used a lot of elements cut from 6 x 6 - 7gypsies papers (Camden & Lille).  All elements were edged in black archival ink to give them definition.

The Eiffel tower frame was made from a black card arch frame ( Stewart Gill) backed with paper from  the Lille papers and embellished with amber flatbacked gems adhered with Glossy Accents.  The letters were applied as rub-ons (Making Memories)

The remainder of the elements were stuck in place as shown.  The floral plate was stuck in place with a foam dot and pierced through with a heart-headed hatpin ( burying the sharp end in the corrugated background).

Some purple deco balls were added as shown with Glossy Accents.

The piece was then matted onto a piece of the Lille papers (they are double sided)  and the fold down stand (sizzix die cut out of cardboard) applied with glue to finish.

I like the colours of this piece and of course the bling too !

Sid xx

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