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Made a tag for a monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum ......

I cut a base (5 x 4 inches) out of white card and mounted this on some re-cycled packaging for sturdiness. I then stamped a wordy background (Tim Holtz) in Versamark ink and heat embossed this with white embossing powder. I then added some watercolours in a couple of shades of blue with plenty of water and a waterbrush (the embossing resisted this).

Once happy I stamped a few words (AAll & Create) in black and blue Archival ink randomly onto the background. The bulbs (AAll & Create) were stamped onto the background in Archival black ink and stamped again on white card which I then coloured with Prismacolour pencils, trimming out just the bulbs. I then twisted some dark blue craft wire to add detail to the hanging flexes and applied this with Glossy Accents.  Once dry the bulbs were applied over the stamped images on foam pads.

I then added a blue eyelet with the crop-a-dile and tied this through with some mauve gros-grain ribbon after edging the tag in mauve Versamagic chalk ink. I used a Dymo and black tape to make the words and adhered this as shown.

Finishing touches were to add a couple of square silver brads and a couple of iridescent swirls.

Sid xx

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'Will I Ever Get There?' postcard

Over on UK Stampers Forum one of the members has a monthly postcard swap, this months theme is Red, White & Blue and rather than go patriotic I have produced a Destination style card.  One of the stipulations is that it can be posted 'naked' to its recipient so needs to be robust enough to go through the post without damage etc.

The background is painted entirely with Dylusions matt acrylics in pink, white and turquoise, sprayed with home made blue mica spray (mini mister + 4 drops broken china Distress ink + 3 small scoops gold Perfect Pearls + water to fill half way).  I used some sequin waste and a sponge to apply white in places and an old credit card to add lines and a spray bottle lid to add circles.

The words stamp is from Indigo Blue (Grand Tour 1 plate) and was stamped in archival black ink.  The embellishments are: A ticket stencilled with fired brick Distress ink through sequin waste, a red arrow and two die cut corners (sizzix) made from dark red hand made paper.  These were applied with Studio matte medium.

The other lettering is made from small self-adhesive letters.  I used Posca pens in black, gold and white to highlight various elements.

Final touch was to coat the whole card front with more Studio matte medium to give it a resilient finish for posting.

Sid xx

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Au Naturelle ATC

This ATC started life as a humble piece of card backing from some embellishments. It was cut to size with some uneven edges and coated with a piece of original Japanese newspaper.  This was then coloured with Adirondack inks in cranberry and eggplant with cut'n'dry foam until the desired effect was obtained. 

The Ginkgo image (Inkadinkado) was inked with Versamark, stamped onto white card and heat embossed with Moonglow tannenbaum green gold embossing powder.  This was then coloured with the same Adirondack colours before being cut out and stuck in place as shown.

Next some blackberry Croco Crackling Colour (Viva Decor) was scraped on quite thickly with an old credit card on two corners and this was allowed to dry until crackled.  The card was then embellished with some transparent polymer stickers and the rub-on word applied at the top. The edges were finished with mauve Colorbox chalk ink,

I wanted to do a sort of plum and green effect depicting the beautiful colours of the oriental plum blossom so common in Japan !

Sid xx

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'She' ATC

The main image in this ATC had been stamped as a test image (Cherry Pie) on a piece of scrap paper which had been left on the craftdesk and had acquired a number of images and colour from other arty activities......... a bit of 'serendipity'. I was about to throw it in the bin and thought I would use it instead.

I just cut it out and applied it to a background card, cut to size, from glossy card.  The card was coloured with a variety of Distress inks applied with cut'n'dry foam in greens, pinks and ambers. 

I also used a fleur-de-lys stamp (Cherry Pie) and Memento ink and another stamp of text (Stamp in the Hand) which was inked with pearlescent orchid and copper Brilliance inks. Final touches were added with a white pigment pen and a fine black permanent pen. Two small self adhesive buttons were added at the top.

Sid xx

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'Blue' CJ

I am taking part in a CJ (Circle Journal) at the moment. Each of the circle has to choose a colour for their CJ along with a stamp. Each of the other members has to use that colour and the stamp in their entry.

This one belongs to one of the members and here is my entry. The front of the page is above and the back of the page is below. Just one page for each entry in this CJ. Obviously the colour theme is blue.

The front of the page was made from glossy card and a resist swirl background which was done with Resist Ink followed by application of Distress ink with cut'n'dry foam in Faded Jeans and Broken China (to form the resist) and then overstamped with a slight offset in the Broken China. The supplied stamp was stamped twice on blue card in Hydrangea Stazon and cut out. Eyelets were applied and this was mounted as shown on foam pads. The words Dr Blue? were applied with scrabble pieces, plastic rounds and a chipboard letter.

The back of the entry was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, rubbed with sandpaper to rub off colour back to the whitecore. The head from the supplied stamp was stamped as a bottom border in Broken China ink and a plate applied centrally.

Hope she owner likes it :-)

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