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Made a decorative tag for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I used  recycled card from a cereal box for the base and covered this with some old book-paper. I then coloured this with Distress inks and cut-n-dry foam and stamped with an inkblot stamp in browns and yellows.

I then stamped three abstract form stamps in Versafine black ink on white card. These were trimmed out and stuck in place as shown. The tag had a black eyelet applied with the crop-a-dile and was edged in black Posca with some swirls stamped in more Versafine ink.

A sticker tab was applied on the top right. I then used some alpha stickers and spelled out the word 'style' on some grey card and applied this on foam pads as shown. I used a couple of silver decorative paperclips as embellishments.

Finally I added some black & white check ribbon, a piece tied around the tag with a small bow and a piece threaded through the eyelet and tied in place with a piece of jute string to finish.

Liked the idea of old paper and black & white together !

Sid xx

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Christmas Explosion ......

Made a Christmas Exploding Box ....

I used printed papers, ribbon, button. chipboard numbers, jute twine, die-cuts and accessories ...

Sid xx

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Tagging Along ......

Made an MDF Christmas Tag ! There are a number of layers, each with different embellishments.

I used brads, buttons, jingle bells & jute string ......

Gingham & Jute ribbons, rusty cooker cutter & printed papers ......

The stamped image Daisy Mae) has been decoupaged and coloured with Copic markers ...

Loved making it !

Sid xx

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Flowery Thanks .....

This simple Thankyou card was made on a 7 x 5 inch tent fold white card base.  I cut a matt of white card slightly smaller than the card and applied this on foam pads to the card front.

I then used a variety of stamps (Artemio) to stamp the flowers on a selection of scraps of printed paper from the bit box in Memento black ink.  These were trimmed out with scissors and arranged to suit.

The leafy stems were then stamped centrally on the matt and the flowers assembled on foam pads as shown.

A tag was cut out and stamped with the work 'Thanks' and a piece of jute string was applied before mounting on foam pads to finish.  This card meets the City Crafter Challenge Blogs theme for this week which is 'In Bloom'.

Simple but bright I think !

Sid xx

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Counting in Buttons

Here is another card made on a Kraft Card Base and cut to make a square card measuring 13.5 cm.  This time I have used printed papers in brick red, pink and olive to compliment the Kraft base.

The base layer was machine stitched as a contrast with other pieces layered on top to build the design. The flag bunting is die cut from thin white card and coloured with pink Copic marker with a finishing coat of fine clear glitter added for a bit of bling.  This was mounted on foam pads as shown.

The main image of button girl was stamped with Memento black ink and paper pieced with more decorative paper for her pants.  The image was coloured with Copics and trimmed and attached on more foam pads.  The sentiment was also stamped, trimmed and applied on pads.

Three buttons were tied through with pink jute string and stuck in place with Glossy Accents whilst the blingy faux diamantes were added at the base of the card to finish.

Sid xx

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Friends for Life

Another card for you today and it is again on a Kraft card base.  The 6 inch papers used this time are from the Mellow collection by Basic Grey.  I started by cutting a base mat and applied this to the card with double sided adhesive. Next I diecut a tag through the Big Shot and cut a strip of matching paper the same width as the base mat.  This strip was then matted again on some maroon paper.  This mat was then decorated with faux stitches applied with a black marker and embellished with a Kraft tab and a paper flower, some crushed olive Distress Stickles and a self adhesive word sticker.  The decorated strip was then applied at the base of the card.

The tag  was edged with fired brick Distress Ink and again edged with faux stitches before adding a small double bow of plain jute string through a hole made in the tag with a pokey tool.  This was then applied as shown.

The main stamp used is by Lost Coast Designs and was stamped on white card with Memento tuxedo black ink.  The little guys were coloured with Copic Markers before trimming out.  The image was then mounted on foam pads and stuck in place.

 

 

 

Finishing touch was to colour a piece of twiggy chipboard with the maroon paper, trim off excess with a craft knife, add some dots of crushed olive Distress Stickles.

 

 

 

 

Sid xx



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