Home Sweet Home

I made this solitary ATC with collaged freeby digi images from Chocolate Baroque.  There is a little stamping (7Gypsies - bird) with the borders and the bird and a little embellishing with the green gems.  Love the colours in this one.

This one also fits the bill for the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge theme which this week is 'House'.

Sid xx

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Play Day Clown

Here is another small 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch collaged plate called 'Play Day Clown'.  I prepared the plain base copier paper by painting with Dylusions paint and applying Distress Stains direct to paper.  Once happy I then stamped with Archival black ink and a set of Sizzix flower polymer stamps around the egde of the page and used a flower border down the left side.

The flowers were then coloured with a waterbrush and Distress Inks in various colours.  The ink pads were smooshed onto a craft sheet and the colour picked up with the waterbrush before painting in the flowers.  Shading was added with black soot Distress ink and the waterbrush.

Next the digi images and words (ARTchix Studio) were printed out onto inkjet paper and trimmed out before edging and sticking in place. Some imperfect circles were added using rose, pink & black Dylusions paints applied using different diameter lids as the applicators.

Finally the centres of the flowers were gilded with Krylon gold pen and the artwork mounted on a double matt of pink and pale blue patterned paper.

Really enjoyed making this one !

Sid xx

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Keeping Up Appearances

I have an owl fixation at the moment, especially these collage elements from ARTchix studio.  Whilst on my owl 'roll' I made an A4 background from stout white card.

The base was made with Distress Stains in scattered straw, spiced marmalade, barn door & pine needles applied directly from the bottles onto a water spritzed card.  These were then dried completely.

I then used a plastic scraper and applied a lightly spread coat of grey Dylusions paint - this knocked back the colours slightly and provided a nice matt surface.  Some more Dylusions paint in magenta was added and scraped selectively over parts of the background with some added using the edge of the scraper to form lines. 

I then used a filigree glimmer screen mask and sprayed with Moonglow Glitz Spritz in royal emerald fire and desert moon purple sage.  The mica effect is subtle and can't be seen easily in the pics.  This was completely dried again before stamping.  I used more Distress stains and a brush to add shadows in the arrows and colour some of the flower petals in walnut stain.

The arrows (Prima), flower border (Elusive Images) and the seedheads (PaperArtsy) were stamped as shown in Archival black ink. The owl, eyes and hat were stuck in place and the printed words coloured in barn door and edged with black Posca pen before adding and edging with white Posca pen.

More of the white Posca was added to highlight elements of the stamped images.  The whole piece was then edged with barn door distress ink added with cut'n'dry to finish. Hope Hyacinth Bucket is not offended !!

Sid xx

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What a Hoot !!

This weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog is to make an  'ATC'.  This is mine ...........

I started with a base of mountboard cut to ATC size and used Dylusions paints in grey and moss applied with my fingers to cover.

I next took a swirl stamp from Paperartsy and inked with Memento bahama blue and stamped randomly as shown. The left hand edge is punched out of patterned paper with a Martha Stewart edger punch and stuck in place.

The main image is a collage made from ARTchix images. I love the specs, eyes and hat ......... don't you?  Next I added some little circles (using the lid off a quickie glue pen) inked with rich cocoa and bamboo leaves Memento ink.

Final touches were added with a Posca opaque white pen and barn door distress ink around the edge applied with cut'n'dry foam.  The owl words were added finally with a set of office letter stamps and onyx black Versafine ink.

This ATC also meets the challenge over on Fun with ATC's where the theme is 'Circles'

Really enjoyed making it too !

Sid xx

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Teatime Postcard

This is another 6 x 4 inch postcard, this time with a theme of TeaTime !  The background is made from Websters Pages and 7 gypsies papers, torn and edged with fired brick Distress Ink before sticking onto a piece of card. It will eventually be posted naked to a swap participant over on UK Stampers Forum.

The numbers, teaset and words are stamped in Archival Black ink and are from a set called Playtime 1 by Toodles & Binks. The image is from Land of Nod Studios and was printed on inkjet paper and trimmed out before sticking in place.

The T42 stamps are stamped in Memento inks in ladybug, bahama blue and cottage ivy with stamps from a set by Stampers Anonymous.

Finishing touch was to edge the postcard with maroon Colorbox chalk ink.

Sid xx

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Smile Pugsley !

You must all remember Pugsley Addams ........... you know that little brother of Wednesday and the son of Gomez & Morticia.

Well, I have used a digital stamp of Pugsley by The Octopode Factory as the focus of this bright tag - don't you love those eyes which I have accented with Glossy Accents.  The image was trimmed out after printing and coloured with copics and Posca markers.

The tag base was coloured round the edges with spiced marmalade Distress ink. The spotty backing paper is also digital and a piece of this was trimmed and stamped with a couple of  Stewart Gill Artaglio stamps in archival black ink before being matted onto black card. Some black rub-ons were added at the top of the tag and the mat applied onto the tag with double sided tape.

A plate with the word 'smile' was applied on foam pads and the words 'for us added with self adhesive letters.  Pugsley was stuck in place with Glossy Accents as shown.

I then added some lines onto the black card with a white Posca and tied a piece of plain black grosgrain ribbon through the hole in the tag to finish.

Sid xx

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AIW ATC Mini- Book

I thought it about time I did a blog post, it's been a while since I did !!

Because I have an Alice in Wonderland fascination at the moment.  This is a little ATC Mini-Book made from a single piece of 12 x 12 printed paper.  Instructions on how it was made can be found HERE. 

Once the book was made I covered it in printed paper and then started to decorate with printed images, stamping and stickers. I also used my trusty Posca pens to doodle various things on the inside pages & TH Tissue tape on the front.

The book has 8 pockets in which you can fit 8 ATC sized cards.

The ATC's were made from brown textured card which were diecut at the top edge with a Sizzix TH 'on The Edge' die to shape the tops.  The panels were covered in various printed papers and embellished with words, printed images etc

Really enjoyed decorating and stamping this one.  It's really good to have a go in your own style and these make fab little gifts. A slightly different style for me too but I do like doing these collagey things of late.

Sid xx

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Hope, Heal & Happiness ATC's

Here is one more set of ATC's just completed for a swap on UK Stampers Forum .  The theme this time is as the title and I wracked my brain for ideas for these.  I ended up using some free digi images from the Land Of Nod Studios of three charming little people who I thought I would use as a depiction of the words. These were printed out onto plain copier paper.

The base cards were cut from pale blue cardstock (just had it spare at the time !) and these were painted with a good coat of acrylic paint in desert sand.  When dry I used a piece of sequin scrap as a stencil and went over selected portions with spiced marmalade Distress Ink and yellow Dylusions matt acrylic applied with a matural sponge.  I dried all thoroughly with a heat gun.

I then took a polymer Inkadinkado chandelier stamp and stamped this on each card with archival black ink, again drying with the heat gun.

I then stamped the hats (West Coast Designs)  onto patterned paper with archival black and carefully trimmed them out.

The images were then assembled and stuck in place first and trimmed followed by the hats and the images gone around with a grey Copic marker.  The words were printed out onto copier paper, trimmed out & stuck on and edged with a fine black pen.

Finishing touch was to edge each card with tangerine Colorbox chalk ink.

Sid xx

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