Secret ......

Made a card using mainly Dina Wakley stamps .....

The background was made on the Gelli Plate with Acrylic paints and stencils. A piece was cut and stamped with various stamps in Distress Oxides and Archival inks, some colouring was done with watered down Distress inks and a waterbrush.

Some adhesive numbers were added as shown and some lines with a Posca pen and Gold pen.

The images were stamped in Versafine black ink and the figure was stamped in purple Versafine Clair. Treated with orange Posca and gold pen, trimmed out and applied as shown with the figure on foam pads. The words were stamped and trimmed out before sticking in place.

The background was then matted on dark purple card and this applied to a white card blank to finish the card .......

Sid xx

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Defense ......

I used a white card blank as the base for this card .....

I cut a smaller matt from 300gsm hot press watercolour card. I then made some washes with Distress Oxides and brayered the matt with seedless preserves and peacock feathers allowing to dry before stamping (AAll & Create) in Versafine Clair fallen leaves ink. I also selectively stamped the citrus slice in the same ink onto white card. This was trimmed out and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush, applying Glossy Accents once dry.

The matt was then treated with Posca pen and stamped with numbers and triangle stamps in more of the same Distress Oxides and yellow Versafine Clair inks. A couple of yellow brads were added and some gold metallic lines.

The stamped watercolour matt was then further matted onto teal card and trimmed. I then added the coloured citrus slice on foam pads over the original image.

The words (Snarky small talk - Tim Holtz) were added and edged with black Micron pen and the matt applied to the card blank base to finish the card ..... Fruity !!

Sid xx

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Wings.....

This is a self-standing steampunk creation made as an entry into the That's Crafty Creatives Facebook Challenge for July ..... whose theme is 'Steampunk' ......

I started with a piece of printed background paper and applied a couple of strips of Washi tape at the base. I then stamped out a steam engine chimney and a pair of wings (Eco-Green) in Versafine black on white card. These were coloured with watercolours and silver metallic pen and trimmed out.

The gears (Tim Holtz) were die cut from white card, coloured with watercolours and gold metallic pen. I then matted the background onto brown craft card and black card. The chimney was applied on foam pads and the wings positioned as shown. The gears were were applied next on foam pads and centred with black adhesive gems. I then stamped a star (Tim Holtz) in Archival sepia and some numbers in turquoise Archival ink,  adding some blue Stickles glitter glue to the wings.

A few metal elements were added including the 'Family' sentiment.

I finished by dotting around the border with silver pen and added a die-cut stand (Tim Holtz) behind the piece.

Sid xx

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Wonderland .......

Made a concertina tag book using Octopode Factory digis

The tag base was cut cut from pale green cardstock and scored to form a concertina. Holes were punched with the crop-a-dile. I then selected a range of printed papers as the bases. and stamped, coloured and punched decorations onto each of the six panels. some dew-drops were added along with metallic pens and Posca markers.

The main images were printed onto cardstock and coloured with Copic markers, trimmed out and further decorated with a range of embellishments including Stickles glitter glue & Glossy Accents. They were mounted on foam pads as show in the photos. I then stapled some black & white spotty ribbon through the holes in the tags.

I would like to enter this into the May Country View Challenge Blogs Challenge whose theme is 'Tea Party'

Sid xx

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Wishing.....

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

I took some re-cycled Kraft packaging and trimmed to a tag shape. I then stamped and image (Green Pepper Press) in Archival black ink directly onto the card. I then used a variety of Waterbrush pens, Posca pens, metallic pens to colour the image.

I then chose a vintage boy paperdoll (TH) on foam pads. I applied a black eyelet with the Crop-a-dile and tied some satin ribbons in matching colours through this.

The word (Happy Little Stampers) was stamped onto white card in Versafine black, trimmed out and applied on more foam pads to finish.

Sid xx

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Face .....

A set of Artist Trading Coins made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...

The bases (2.5 inches diameter) were die-cut from black card. The image was stamped in Memento black ink onto white card & coloured with Copic markers. The green circle was glazed with Glossy Accents and they were trimmed out and applied over the bases. The circle layers were edged in silver & gold fineline pens to finish.

Sid xx

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Pastel .....

A set of Inchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ....

The background was made by stamping with Distress Oxides, the card was then embossed through the Sizzix Bigshot before selectively punching out the 1 x 1 inch squares.

I then decorated the embossing with various pens ... some with glitter !  The printed words were edged in black and applied as shown.  I have edged the Inchies with Versamagic Chalk inks to finish.

If you fancy joining in the swap then click HERE to join the Forum .... its friendly, free & fun !!

Sid xx

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Oriental Summer .....

Made a mail-art postcard for a swap on UK Stampers Forum Facebook Group with an oriental & Summer theme ......

The base is white card and I have coloured the background with Distress inks added stamping in Distress & Brilliance inks and some stencilling.  The main image is by Hero Arts and I have used a waterbrush to colour it.  I have used gold & white pens to highlight and stamped the Chinese symbol for 'Summer' as shown.

It will be sent 'naked' through the post so I have sprayed with matt acrylic sealer to protect it against the ravages of the Postal system.

If you fancy joining in the swap, click HERE to go to the Forum and join us !  It's free & fun .....

Sid xx

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AT Coins .....

Welcome to June !!!

Seems the latest papercraft trend is to make Artist Trading Coins as apposed to Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) !

They are 2.5 inch diameter circles which are decorated for trading or swapping.  These 3 are my first attempt at making some.

I have used printed papers, collage, magazine images, stamping, dimensional pearls, glitter & penwork using Posca markers and metallic pens.  I really enjoyed making them for a new monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum where 3 are made and swapped each month.

If you fancy having a go why not join the Forum to do so..... it's free and fun !  Click HERE to go there to join !

Sid xx

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Monster Birthday .....

Kids love alien monsters !!!  I made this Birthday card with  kids in mind !

I started with a white square card blank and die-cut a smaller white matt. Into this I diecut a shaped aperture.  Into this I applied a Brusho background to represent the sky.  I drew and coloured a mountain range centrally on the background and placed three brightly hand-coloured alien monsters on foam pads.  They have glittery eyes !  A planet was also put in the background sky.  I drew some white dots and silver stars into the sky.

The hand-stamped sentiment reads 'Have a Monster Birthday' and was stamped in Archival black and matted on the same blue background.

Cute & monstrous too !!

This card is available for sale in my Etsy Shop - click HERE to go there and have a look .....

Sid xx

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Inchies .....

A set of Inches (1x1 inch decorated squares), made for a monthly swap over on the UK Stampers Forum Facebook Group.

I used inked background with heat embossing, metallic pens and mini gems to make them.

If you fancy joining in our Inchie Swap click HERE to go and join the Forum .... it's free and fun !

Sid xx

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Floral Heaven postcard .....

I run a  Private Facebook Group called UK Stampers Forum and we are running a number of Swaps each month, one of which is a Postcard Swap where the postcard is sent 'naked' through the post to its recipient.  If you would like to join us and join some of our swaps click the link above.  We wouls love to have you onboard !

This month we are to make a postcard in the theme ' Floral Heaven' and this is my entry !

I started with a piece of heavy white card cut to 6 x 4 inches and produced a background using Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio & Faded Jeans !  I then added some splashes of Wilted Violet added with a paintbrush.

Once totally dry I used an embossing folder and embossed the card.  I then used more distress inks as paints and coloured the embossed design with a waterbrush.  The flower centres were highlighted with silver.  I stamped some butterflies in Sepia Archival Ink and the word 'Bloom' in Versafine black ink.  I then layered the postcard on more white card and it was then edged with dark blue Versamagic chalk ink and the whole thing given a seal with spray matte acrylic sealer to protect.

This also meets the Challenge this week over on the City Crafter Challenge Blog whose subject is 'You can do it - make a background'

Sid xx

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Monochrome medley

Lots of viewers liked and commented on my monochrome Christmas card made a few days ago so I thought I would have a go at a couple more.

They are very simple to make.

Both are made on 4.5 x 4.5 inch white card blanks and are stamped in Versafine black ink as I think this gives a really dense black coverage when being stamped.

 

I have stamped a swirly corner stamp 4 times directly on the card to make a frame and then added a printed plate in the middle on foam pads.

The second card again uses a different corner stamp but this time stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with  graphite sparkly embossing powder.

The tree was stamped as shown and the baubles spotted with a silver leaf pen.

The word was stamped on a piece of white card, trimmed out and applied on foam pads.

I think I will be doing more monochrome card this year and they are quite simply done too !

Sid xx

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Peace in Silence Hanging

 

Here is my entry into the Freestyle Tri-Colour Competition running on UK Stampers Forum.  We have to use 3 colours as in the swatch below, showing the colours on both a white and a black background.

I started with a piece of unassuming printed background paper which had leafy swirls on a pale greeny-blue background.  I then used 3 liquid acrylic paints in the colourway and a foam circle stamp to apply the 3 colours in circles with some overlapping (leaving a space to add the text stamp later).  The paint was allowed to dry and then I filled in some stems in black Posca pen, assuming that the circles were going to be abstract flowers, that is !

I then stamped a solid flower in the centres of a number of the circle flowers using Stazon ink in azure, eden green and olive green.

 

Next I filled in the open centres of the flowers with black Posca pen and highlighted a lightspot on each with silver pen.

I bought the bee stamp recently from Lavinia stamps and I  stamped this with Versafine onyx black ink as shown.  I applied a bit of glitz with Stickles on the body stripes and added Glossy accents on the wings after colouring blue with Marvey Le plume II water based pens.  Once the Glossy Accents had dried I then stamped the text (using a PaperArtsy stamp) also in Versafine onyx black ink.  I added the swirls with black Posca too !

 

The finished plate was edged with broken china and forest moss Distress Inks applied with cut'n'dry foam before mounting on a piece of moss green card edged in more broken china ink.

The roof portion was cut from stout printed paper, edged in the same Distress inks and embellished with a Tim Holtz hitch fastener.  This was stuck in place with more glossy accents.  Finishing touches were to add a piece of blue bobble edging and to tie some gold twisted twine around the fastener to hang.

Sid xx

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Blue Boy ATC

Here is an ATC I made using some free images from The Land of Nod Studios blog.  The backgroud is tangerine Impress smooshed over a white card and dried with a heat gun.  The watch face is a stamp from Crafty Individuals and I have used Copics, Poscas and a silver pen along with an American crafts border & arrow to embellish.

The spots on the background are made using Copics over the background.  The words are pre-printed and the ATC is edged with iris blue Chalk Ink (Colobox) to finish.

Sid xx

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Two ATC's

These two ATC's were done to try out my new matte finish acrylic paints called 'Dylusions'.  They were created by Dyan Reaveley of 'Art from The Heart'. and there are presently 10 colours available with more to come.

I saw these demonstrated by Kate Crane at the Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza in Harrogate yesterday.  The show is still on today too.

The paints are really brilliant and although they dry with a matt finish they have a transparent quality.  When colours are mixed they do not 'muddy' either which is a great boon and they can be easily stamped on with various inks.

I have used Yellow, Blue and Purple on the first and Pink, Yellow and Purple on the second.  They were applied direct from the pots with a flat brush. Also used stamps, embossing powder (applied with Versamark), metallic pens and opaque pigment pen to embellish the backgrounds  I just love how bright they are !

Sid xx

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