Embrace .....

Made a card using AAll & Create stamps and Washi tape .....

Rather unusual colours for ths type of card but I love green and purple together. I used a piece of Gelli printed background (made with acrylic paints, stencils and a stamp)as the base and matted this onto black card to form a border. I added some torn strips of purple and lime green spotty Washi tape and spatters of gold Posca pen.

I then stamped the heart in Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and trimmed it out. It was coloured with a dye ink wash of lime Impress ink. Some UTEE in violet/blue was added to highight edges and it was wrapped with fine purple craft wire. The LOVE word was stamped in Versafine Clair purple ink and heat embossed with clear powder, mounted on black card and trimmed into individual letters.

The heart was added as shown on foam pads and the letters added on the right.

Three screw-head brads were added along with a few purple sequins on Glossy Accents. The background was then added on more foam pads onto a tall card base.

Sid xx

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Grateful ......

Made a card using stamps from Lynne Perrella (PaperArtsy) ......

The card base is white and 6 x 6 inches square. I cut a smaller square from more white card and stamped this with a decorative edge stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossing this with black embossing powder . The white was then matted on black card to form a border.

The main image was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink and this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was fussy cut out and coloured with watercolours and artquest mica paints. I used Glossy Accents on the ladies cheeks .....

This was then applied on the plate with foam pads. The word was also stamped in Versafine black ink on white card which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder, matted on black card and again applied on foam pads.

The plate was attached to the card front and three black sequins added with Glossy Accents to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Hello ......

Made a card with mainly die-cuts today ....

The black circle was die-cut and decorated using a Gelli plate print with bubble wrap .... it was edged in orange Versamagic Chalk ink. I then die-cut some flowers and the word from some printed paper.

The flowers were assembled and finished with an orange adhesive gem intheir centres. I added a piece of torn Washi tape and stuck the work in place (edging with white Posca pen). The butterfly (My Favourite Things) was stamped and die-cut and applied as shown.

The circle was mouted on a square mat of orange card and subsequently on black card to form a border. The panel was then applied on foam pads to the 6 x 6 inch white card base to finish ......

Sid xx

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Heartfelt .....

No-one wants to need a card like this but sometimes we have to make one ......

I die-cut a circle from black card and drew the design by hand with Acrylograph pens. I made a frame from brown Kraft card and die-cut a larger circle and mounted this on more black card. This was then applied to the 6 x 6 inch white card blank and some more drawing made in each corner.

The central circle was then applied on foam pads. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed and applied centrally on foam pads as shown ........

Sid xx

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Happy .....

A cheerful 'Happy Day' clean & simple card .....

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card blank as the base and cut a smaller matt from white card which was matted on black card to leave a thin border.

The butterflies (My Favourite Things) were stamped layered and die-cut in three colourways with Impress, Archival and Versafine black inks. I then die-cut three leafy circles in matching pastel colours to frame the butterflies. These were applied 'off the page' and the butterflies were applied with their wings & antenna shaped for a 3D effect.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink and matted on black card being applied on foam pads. Finally the background was applied to the card blank 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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Stripes .....

Made a cute & fun Clean & Simple Card ....

I used an A6 white card blank as the base .... I then die-cut some white card as shown with a wavy stitched edge die and applied to the card on foam pads. I added some tufts of grass with a green Posca pen. 

The Zebra and sentiment (My Favourite Things) were stamped on white card in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The Zebra was trimmed out and minimally coloured with Poscas. He was added on foam pads and 'grounded' with Inktense charcoal grey pencil and a water brush.

Two butterflies were stamped direct to the card base and again coloured with a pink Posca pen. The words were edged with black and applied on foam pads to finish .....

Sid xx

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Just .......

A little clean and simple Butterfly 'Just For You' card ....

Made on a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I die-cit a stitched edge square from white card then die-cut a round Gelli print background and some gold glitter card which were layered as shown. this was then applied to the white die-cut square ....

The butterfly was stamped in pink Memento Ink, heat embossed with gold embossing powder and black Versafine before being die-cut out and applied centrally to the circles.

The square was then applied to the card on foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black, edged in gold glitter card and applied as shown ....

Sid xx

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Dreams .....

Made a card with some decorated butterflies ......

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card base .......

I then matted a piece of Gelli print for the background and stamped this with some scribbly circles in Archival sepia ink and some leaves in two shades of Distress Oxide inks.

The butterflies were stamped on white card with Verafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, these were die-cut and decorated with Acrylograph pens. The background was matted on pale blue and black cards then applied to the card front.  I added a couple of strips of AAll & Create Washi tape before mounting the butterflies as shown.

The sentiment was stamped in warm breeze Versafine clair on white card again heat embossing with clear powder and mounting/trimming on more blue card. They were added on foam pads to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Special ......

A Special Day Card made recently ......

I used a white 6 x 6 inch white card blank as the base. I then die-cut a white frame and a brown craft base.

The garland was die-cut from white card and coloured with Posca pens. The garland was decorated with adhesive pearls and small crystal with detail added with a white Posca pen. This was then applied to the Kraft inner layer and this was then applied to the card front as shown. The white frame being added on foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink and die-cut with a round stitched edge die. and applied centrally 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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Laughter .....

Made a little scalloped edge card on a cream card-base ....

Spring colours with a Distress Oxide background, some die-cut flowers in patterned papers, some stamping and adhesive pearls.

The word panel is stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and overlayed on a die-cut shiny leaf on foam pads. I have used black and white Posca pens and Chalk inks through a stencil on the flowers.

The background has been matted onto black card to form a border to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Butterflies ......

Made a nearly monochrome card using a stamp from AAll & Create .....

I took a piece of white card and stamped the background image in Versafine black in and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder.. It was edged with cracked pistachio Distress Oxide which was heat dried.

The butterflies (Chocolate Baroque) were stamped on a piece of Gelli printed paper in more Versafine black & clear heat embossing. These were then fussy cut and applied on foam pads to raise the wings.

The background was matted onto more of the Gelli print and applied to the white card base.

The word was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed and backed with more Gelli print and applied on foam pads as shown to finish the card ......

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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You ......

Made a card on a 4 x 4 inch white card base .....

I used watercolour card and painted a loose swirly design in blues/purples and pink. Once dry I trimmed the card to size.

I then used some of the new Washi tape from AAll & Create and covered a piece of white card. I then die-cut a swirly flower shape and applied this over the watercolour swirl. Some of the offcuts were added to further enhance the flower.

I added some black Posca pen swirls and centred with black and yellow Posca. The words were stamped directly in Versafine black in.

The watercolour panel was matted onto purple and black coloured cards to form a border to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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New .......

A Clean & Simple card ..... made for a Challenge over on Less Is More blog ....

The base is a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I have inked through a circle stencil with Distress ink on the base.

The butterfly (Chocolate Baroque) was stamped in grey Memento ink on white card, trimmed out and coloured with blue and black Posca pens. before adding centrally over the circle.

The words were stamped in Versafine black on the card, trimmed and applied as shown to finish .....

Sid xx

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Flowers ......

Made a card with a swirly watercolour background on a 5 x 7 inch white card blank......

I used lots of water on smooth watercolour card. I then used a background made from strips of Washi tape and diecut wth some flower dies which were applied to the background and centred with pink pearl cabochons.

The background was also stamped with crossed circles with Versafine black ink.

The background was edged with pink Versamagic chalk ink and matted on orange and pnk card to form a border. I stamped the words in black Versafine ink on white card, trimmed, edged with black ink and matted on pink card.

The background was then applied to the card blank and the 'Happy Birthday' applied on foam pads to finish.....

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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Binoculars .....

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

The background is wood effect paper on which I have stamped the binoculars in Versafine Clair ink. I then stamped them again on white card and they were trimmed out along with the work 'binoculars'. All were edged in black ink.

I stamped three distressed stars on red printed paper. The Make Art was stamped in Versamark on black card and heat embossed with white embossing powder. These were trimmed out and matted on red and trimmed out.

I also stamped some dots & circles in brown and chianti ink on the background. which was matted on black card to frame. Some brown Inktense pencil was applied to elements and wetted with a waterbrush. Three mustard brads were added to the centre of the stars and the binoculars and word applied on foam pads.

The background was then applied to a white card blank to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Cityscape .....

A Birthday card ..... Pink yet again .....

The white card base is 5 x 7 inches. I trimmed a piece of printed paper with a cityscape and edged it in black ink and matted on pink card. Some stamping was done too !

The 'Happy Birthday' was die-cut in two pieces from a floral paper and pink card, the two layered together with some Stickles glitter glue to embellish.

This was applied to the paper and the background added to the card blank. Three yellow dew-drops were added to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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