Eiffel......

An ATC (Artist Trading Card) made for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group. We needed to use a playing  card as the base and leave some indication of the card in the final design. I chose a card and used white Gesso to cover most of the original card design but left the King of Diamonds on the top left.

I then collaged some printed papers and Washi tape as shown. I then chose the top of a CI stamp of the Eiffel tower stamped in black Versafine on white card which was trimmed out and added to the card. I added some metallic gold pen to the top. I then added a couple of gold glitter stars on foam and a circular domed sticker of a colourful butterfly as shown. The card was finished with metallic gold pen.

The holder was made from printed card using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix die.

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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Black & White .......

 An ATC & holder made for a swap over on the 'Crafty Individuals Facebook Group' in the theme of Black & White .......

The base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then trimmed some white card to the same size and coloured this with a blending tool and Black Soot Distress ink to form a sky. I sprinkled this with water drops and removed the water with some kitchen towel. I then used a stamp from Crafty Individuals (CI-565) and stamped on the background in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed. I added a strip of Washi tape to ground the animals.

I then used a circle mask and added more Black Soot Distresss in with a blending brush to add a sun (or moon) to the card. I also drew on three birds in flight.

I then added the background to the base and finished by adding black squares around the edge of the card with black Micron pen to finish.

The holder was made using Tim Holtz dies and black card ..... hope the recipient likes it !

Sid xx

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Seaside .....

Made an Artist Trading Card for a monthly Challenge over on the Crafty Individuals Facebook Group .... the theme was Beach/Seaside ......

The base of the ATC was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I chose some of the Craft Individuals printed paper as the background and cut to size applying on the base.

I then applied two torn strips of waves Washi tape to the bottom of the ATC.

The main image (CI- 283) of the girls was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush. The image was then applied onto the ATC.

I then chose another stamp (CI-278) as the sentiment and stamped this on blue card in blue Versafine ink. It was trimmed out and edged with gold Krylon pen before applying as shown on foam pads and centring with blue adhesive gem.

The ATC was finished by edging in more gold Krylon pen .....

Sid xx

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Made an Artist Trading Card for a Challenge in Crafty Individuals Facebook Group where the theme is 'Winged Things' ......

I cut the base from re-cycled food packaging and cut the background paper to the same size featuring some blue wood effect (Crafty Individuals). This was then stamped with Versafine black ink and this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then stamped again in the same ink on white card, again heat embossing with clear embossing powder. Just the birdie was trimmed out and the body coloured with blue Distress Ink wash. This was then applied on foam pads over the original image.

I decorated the hearts and leaves with dots of Posca marker in red and green.

The ATC was edged with red Versamagic chalk ink and finished with some self adhesive letters spelling the work 'fly' ... these were edged with black Micron pen .....

Sid xx

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Wild ......

Made an Artist Trading Card for a challenge over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group page .........

The base is made from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose a printed card from Crafty Individuals and trimmed it down to fit the base. The card was edged in black ink.

I then took their stamp of two elephants (CI-562) and stamped in black Versafine ink on white card. This was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Just one of the elephants was trimmed out and coloured with Gelli roll pens in purple and pink. Leaving some area uncoloured. I then added a wash of grey made using black soot Distress Ink.

The elephant was then added as shown. The words came from a magazine freeby from CI and were stamped in dark green Versafine Clair ink on white card which was again heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed and edged in black ink before applying on foam pads as show to finish the ATC .....

Sid xx

 

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Trilbys ........

Made a card using the 'Trilby Cats' stamp and sentiment from Crafty Individuals ........

I started with a 5 x 7 inch white card blank and cut a matt from black card which was die-cut with a stitched oval die. This was backed with some 'Wonderfully Weathered' background paper. a piece of the paper was also stuck to card and three stitched edge stars die-cut from this. The black oval was then matted on pale blue and green card to frame.

The main image was stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, the cats were trimmed from the background and coloured with green and turquoise Posca pens with some small green adhesive gems added to highlight. I wanted to keep them almost monochrome. I also added some white posca to the cats eyes !

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black on a white die-cut label and heat embossed. The cats were grounded on AAll & Create Washi tape and added on foam pads along with the sentiment and stars.

The matt was then added to the card base to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Escape ......

Made a card using Crafty Individuals stamps and printed paper ......

I used a white card blank as the base and cut a piece of the 'Wonderfully Weathered' printed paper and trimmed, matting on black and blue cards to frame.

The main image of the boat was stamped twice in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The whole image was trimmed out and coloured with Distress Ink washes and a waterbrush before trimmng out and applying to the background.

I selectively trimmed the boat from the second image and coloured before adding over the first on foam pads for depth. I used a white Posca pen to highlight sections.

The word is made from trimmed self-adhesive letter on black and blue card.... also added on foam pads. Finally the decorated panel was added to the card front to finish......

Sid xx

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Sun ?......

Here is a tag I made using Crafty Individuals stamps ..... it is also  entered into a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum which requires you to 'use a stencil' .....

The background was made on a Gelli plate with acrylic paints and a circles stancil ... rather bright in red and yellow !

The tag was cut out from the background, the bottom edges rounded with a corner rounder & edged with a broken line in black Posca marker. I used a Crop-a-Dile to apply a black eyelet to the top of the tag.

The stamp was stamped twice on white card in Versafine black ink and was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The whole image was trimmed out and then the yellow birdy was trimmed out too.

I coloured both stamped images with Distress inked washes and highlighted with white Posca. The base image was applied to the tag as shown and the second image applied over the first on foam pads to add some depth.

I then used a Dymo and red tape to spell out the sentiment which was matted onto black card before applying as shown with a question mark added with Posca marker.

The tag was finished with three pieces of fine velvet ribbon in red, yellow and black ......

Sid xx

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Luigi .....

Haven't mde a folding boxcard for so long, so when I saw the new stamps from Crafty Individuals I just had to use Luigi the Llama to make one .....

I die cut the base components from white card.

The top panel decoration was also die-cut and I used stamps from a magazine Freebie by Crafty Individuals to stamp the leaves on green card in Archival ink. The back panel was cut from blue card and a sun cut and decorated with orange Stickles Giltter glue. The decorations were also cut from the Aztec design border.

The base panels were cut from some background paper (Crafty Individuals) and decorated with an Aztec design stamped in black Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, these were trimmed to fit and coloured with Posca markers.

The main image of Luigi was stamped along with the sentiment in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and colouring with Distress ink washes.

He was stuck in place along with the sentiment to finish the card ..... the whole boxcard folds flat to fit in an envelope to send thrugh the post ....

Sid xx

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Cats .....

Made a card with fun and quirky cat stamps of Syd & Albert from Crafty Individuals .....

I stamped the main image twice on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

One whole image was cut out and I fussy cut the two cats which were coloured with Distress oxide washes and a waterbrush, gold spots were added to one cat ...... I added white eyes with a Posca pen and covered the eyes and the eyepatch with Glossy Accents.

The purple cat was applied directly to the main image and the stripey cat was applied on foam pads covering the original image. Some more white penwork was added.

This was then applied to a white card blank. The sentiment was stamped on a die-cut piece of black card in Versamark ink and was heat embossed with Wow white embossing powder.

The sentiment was added on foam pads as shown to finish the card ....

Sid xx

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King......

Here is a card made with a striking animal stamp from Crafty Individuals ....

I started by die-cutting a square frame from some of the Crafty Individuals 'Wonderfully Weathered' printed paper and attached this to a piece of white card to the same size. 

I then stamped the lion image twice on white card .... first with Versafine black ink, which I heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The second image was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with metallic gold embossing powder. I trimmed out the lions face from the black embossed card and fussy cut the whole image from the gold embossed image.

I then coloured both face and mane with watercolours made from Distress Inks and a waterbrush. I used mainly orange and yellow on the mane and antique linen and orange on the face with some blue on the eyes along with a white dot with a Posca marker.

I stamped the KING in black Versafine on white card and trimmed out before edging in black.

The card was assembled with each layer on foam pads to finish ......

Sid xx

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Blue ......

Made a card using the fabulous 'Happy Cat' stamp from Crafty Individuals .....

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card-base. I then took a piece of the Crafty Individuals 'Wonderfully Weathered' background paper and attached it to some white card. I then die-cut this with two sizes of stitched circle dies. The central circle was attached centrally to the card base.

I then stamped the 'Happy Cat' stamp designed by Ellie Mulligan (CI - 523) in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder before trimming out. The fabulously detailed image was then painted with my old Twinkling H2O's in three shades of blue with his nose and eye are in brown, adding a splash of white Posca pen on his eyes. He was then placed in the outer die-cut circle as shown and trimmed to fit with his ears mounted on foam pads to add a little depth.....

The circle with the cat was then applied over the circle on the card base on double thickness foam pads to raise it.

The words were stamped in black Versafine from a plate (CI - 258 - Uplifing Words) and mounted on more of the background paper applying as shown on foam pads to finish ....

Loving the detail on the main stamp .....

Sid xx

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Eiffel ......

A Paris card made with a stamp from Crafty Individuals .....

I started by stamping the Eiffel Tower Stamp (CI - 538) in Chianti Versafine Clair and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out the tower and used a red Posca pend to highlight portions.

The background was made using a variety of printed papers and black card along with some red adhesive gems. The tower was applied on foam pads and given a shadow and grounding with Inktense grey pencil and a waterbrush. I also highlighted the 'Welcome to Paris' with Glossy accents and added some white Posca dots and dashes.

The Panel reads 'so happy to be here' and is also mounted on foam pads. The finished background and tower was then applied to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank ......

Sid xx

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Style ......

Made a fun card using stamps from Crafty Individuals ........

The background was made on watercolour card with Brushos in green and orange 'splatted' as shown. This was trimmed and edged with green Versamagic chalk Ink and then matted on orange and green cards to form a border.

I then stamped the Camper Van (CI - 546) in Archival black onto the background and stamped the image again on white card with Versafine black then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and coloured with a mixture of Distress ink colours and Distress Oxide inks watered down and painted on, along with Posca pens..

I added some strips of green and orange spotty Washi tape to ground the van. Some numbers and letters were stamped on the background with Distress Oxides in matching colours.

The words were trimmed from a stamped collage (CI - 258)), matted on same coloured cards and applied on foam pads. The van was also added on foam pads ..... edges were given a shadow with grey Inktense pencil and a waterbrush.

Finally the background was added to a 5 x 7 inch white card blank to finish ..... loving the citrus colours in this creation .....

Sid xx

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Wild ......

A masculine Birthday card made recently ....

The base is a white card base. I cut a matt from brown Kraft card and matted this onblack card to leave a thin border.

The wild animals collage (Crafty Individuals CI- 565 - Animal Parade) was stamped on more Kraft card with Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. this was trimmed and matted on more black card. This was applied as shown on the card. I also stamped a couple of birds from the same stamp set.

The 'Happy Birthday' was die-cut with two dies from some printed paper and the and black card which were layered together. This was then applied on foam pads and mats applied to the card blank to finish ....

Sid xx

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Coneflower .....

Here is a card made with a coneflower stamp from (Crafty Individuals CI - 568) ........

I used a white card-blank as the base. The flower was stamped on a piece of heavy card in Versafine black ink and this was heat embossed. The board was trimmed to size and the image coloured with watercolours in yellows & oranges. The edges of the board were roughened with a sharp needle tool and coloured with more of the same watercolour before heat embossing the edges. This was then matted on black card.

I prepared a larger matt from white card and Distress Oxides and rounded the corners with a chomper, edging with orange Versamagic chalk ink. The flower panel was then matted onto the rounded panel and onto more black card.

I applied a strip of Washi tape top and bottom and then applied the finished centre to the card.

The Word (Crafty Individuals - CI-258) was matted on white card and the same Washi tape. Three black sequins were strategically placed 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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Serene ....

An Artist Trading Card I have made ......

I used a piece of white card for the background and a circles stencil treated with Distress Oxide Inks, sprayed with water and applied on the card background, removing excess water with a cloth before removing the stencil.

I then stamped some circles in dark pink Distress Oxide ink, centred with a block Posca pen.

I then stamped an Acacia tree (Crafty Individuals) silhouette in two sizes with Versafine black ink, heat embossing the larger tree with clear embossing powder.

The card was edged in more black Posca pen and a stamped word added (Crafty Individuals) to finish...

Sid xx

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