Happy .....

 

Made a card using a stamped background .......

The background plate was made on a piece of mountboard which I stamped multiple times with a chrysanthemum stamp in a number of colours of Memento inks and a light spray of pearlescent blue spray was applied to add interest. It was edged with Krylon gold pen. This was mounted on some purple printed paper and then black card.

The flowers and leaves were fussy cut from more printed paper with the flower being layered. They were then stuck in place and a purple glossy dot added to the flower centre. Some white Posca pen was added to highlight aspects of them.

The panel was then attached to a 5 x 5 inch white cardblank.

The words were stamped on white card in Versafine black ink, trimmed out and matted on black card being placed as shown on foam pads to finish ......

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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Oink .....

Love these new piggy stamps from AAll & Create .....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white cardblank. I then chose a background paper and trimmed out edging with Amber Chalk ink. This was matted on a die-cut square of re-cycled Kraft packaging after adding some gold Washi tape as a ground for the piggy .....

The quirky piggy was stamped the in Versafine black onto watercolour card and coloured with watercolours, adding detail with a Posca pen and yellow Stickles glitter glue on her beads. She was trimmed out and mounted on foam pads over the Washi strips. The word 'Oink' was stamped on white card in more Verafine black ink, edged with amber Chalk ink and mounted on foam pads. Some black dots were added with a Posca pen. The Market sign was treated with Glossy Accents.

The matts were then added directly to the card front to finish..... reminded me of what a pig might say if it were going to the Market !!!!

Sid xx

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Dream ......

We had some Spanish tinned octopus the other day and I liked the tin it came in so I made a little 3D decoration ....love up-cycling and am always happy to re-use waste items..... I would like to enter this into the 'Country View Challenges Blog' Challenge 'Do What Makes You Happy' .....

I cleaned it thoroughly and treated with a couple of coats of white Gesso. I then painted the inside walls with primrose yellow satin acrylic paint and covered the outside walls with some Washi tape.

I found a label stamp and stamped this with Versafine black ink on white card.... using the base of the can to draw around and trim out the image to fit the inside bottom of the can.  I then coloured this with watercolours and stuck in place within the can.

I then added a couple of butterflies and the 'Dream Big' sentiment in Versafine ink on yellow card adding on a card support to lift off the bottom of the tin after treating it with Glossy Accents.

I then added some printed flowers around the rim of the can attached on red-line tape and used some yellow Stickles glitter glue in the centres. I finished with some strings of small yellow adhesive gems.

Was going to add more but decided I wanted it to be uncluttered ....

Really pleased with the finished tin .... very different from it's original use !

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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Bee Happy .....

Everyone wants to Be Happy especially at the moment with Lockdown !  Made this card....

I started with a 6 x 6 inch white cardblank. I took a square of watercolour card and stamped this with a bee stamp (Pink Paislee) in Archival black ink. This was coloured with Watercolour brushpens and the wings and body stripes glazed with a Gelly Roll clear glaze pen. I then took a die and die-cut around the bee with a hexagon honeycomb die. I trimmed this to be uneven and coloured with yellow watercolour. Some of the die waste was retrieved and also coloured n orange watercolour.

I  then selected a piece of printed paper  and matted this on blue and beige card. The bee image was mounted on foam pads and the waste pieces applied on the paper underneath the honeycomb.

A few yellow sequins were applied with Glossy Accents and the matts attached to the cardbase to finish.

Sid xx

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Merry-Go-Round.....

Made a die-cut box with a Merry-go-Round theme in orange, yellow & turquoise......

I cut the box (3.5 x 4.5 inches) with dies from white card and then used a variety of printed paper to decorate it. I have trimmed out some elements and used sequins (yellow & turquoise) and Stickles glitter glue to embellish. The bunting was mounted in the background on foam pads.

The words have been stamped on white card in Versafine Ink, trimmed out and edged in more black ink.

I have used orange spotty grosgrain and turquoise satin ribbon and tied this through.

Sid xx

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Life Happens .....

I recently found a set of Colorbox chalk inks and wanted to make a card using these as they dry with a matt finish and are quite pastel in colours.

I took a 5 x 5 inch square white base and die-cut a smaller matt in more white card. I then used a number of stamps (Dina Wakley) and a selection of the Chalk inks to stamp onto the white matt, mixing colours and overstamping. Just one image was stamped in Versafine black ink.

I used a black Posca pen to highlight parts of some of the numbers and edged the matt with mauve chalk ink.

The sentiment ( Hot Off The Press) was stamped in dark pink chalk ink on a piece of pink check paper in Versamark ink which was then heat embossed with fine clear embossing powder. This was matted onto some mauve card. The finished panel was applied to the cardblank and the sentiment added on foam pads to finish.

Liking the matt finish and have now used those long unused chalk inks too !

Sid xx

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Kiss......

Made a collaged 'Love You' greetings card today ....

I started with a 7 x 5 inch white card blank. I then die-cut a piece of printed paper in the theme and this was matted onto a slightly larger piece of pale green card.

I then stamped a pair of lips with themed dye inks three times in orange, green and red. These wre edged with Posca pens in matching colours. trimmed out and then glazed with glossy accents.

I then stamped the word 'You' on white card in Versafine black and this was trimmed out to leave a border. The 'I Love' was also stamped on white card, trimmed out and edged in red ink.

A piece of thin red velvet ribbon was then applied on double sided tape as shown. The words and lips were then applied on foam pads as shown. Three red adhesive hearts were added to embellish and the finished matt was applied to the card base on more foam pads.

Sid xx

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Bunnies ....

Another Easter card made recently .....

I made a white card blank (5 x 5 in). I started with a piece of pink squared paper die-cut with a sewn edge die. This was matted onto some black card to form a border.

I applied a piece of magenta glitter Washi tape two thirds down on which to ground the sitting bunny.

The three bunnies (Rango Zoo) were stamped in Memento black, coloured with Copic markers and trimmed out. They were applied as shown on foam pads and some white Posca pen added to show movement.. I then stamped some flowers and leaves (Woodware) and again coloured with Copics and trimming. The leaves were applied directly and the flowers on foam pads. I have added some black Enamel Accents on the flowers. The clouds were stamped on blue paper, trimmed out and applied as shown. I have embellished with some turquoise Stickles Glitter Glue.

The sentiment (Papertrey Ink) was stamped on white card in black Versafine ink, trimmed & matted on black before being applied on foam pads. I added a number of white Posca white dots.

Once dry the decorated matt was applied to the front of the card to finish.....

Sid xx

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Hoppy Eyes .....

There is a Challenge on Country View Crafts blog at the moment whose theme is 'The Eyes Have It' and I decided to enter it with a whimsical card ....

I used PaperTrey Ink stamps in the main to make the scene & thought the froggys eyes needed to be blue.

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card base and die-cut a piece of blue/green background paper with a square sewn edge die. I then used Distress Ink and a waterbrush to make the bluer water area at the base, drying with a heat gun. This was decorated with white Posca Pen. The background was matted on black card and trimmed to leave a border. This was applied centrally on the card blank.

I then die-cut a couple of wildflower pieces using a Tim Holtz die and these were coloured with Copic markers, cut down and applied as shown.

I stamped froggy, the lilypad and the sentiment  in Memento black ink on white card. The frog and lilypad were then die-cut, coloured with Copic markers and white Posca Pen. I applied Glossy Accents to the pad and froggys eyes. These were applied as shown on foam pads. The sentiment was matted on more black card and mounted top right on foam pads.

Finishing touch was to stamp the bee and trail in Versafine black ink !

Sid xx

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Floral.....

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

I used laser-cut MDF bases for these. I made a printed base layer with a muted pastel design then die-cut the circles to match the bases.

I then used a set of very old small stamps and Memento inks to stamp the design directly  onto the paper circles as shown. I added 3 small adhesive pearls. Stuck the bases on and edged the Coins with Krylon gold pen to finish .....

Sid xx

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Fragile ....

A set of three ATC's made for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum .... in the theme of numbers !

I have used a printed background on re-cycled packaging cut to 3.5 x 2.5 inches. I have decorated with tags made using a stamp and Memento Ink on a Distress Ink background applied with a water brush. I have used a corner rounder and decorated the tag edge with a squiggly orange line with a Posca Pen. I have threaded through the top of each tag with rust coloured decorative fibres.

The bases were stamped in Versafine black Ink with some bold numbers and each edged with black Posca Pen and orange Versamagic chalk ink.

The tags were added on foam pads at an angle to finish !

Sid xx

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Snowflakes ...

A 'cool' snowflake tag made for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ...

The background is antique wood effect with heat embossed white 'snow'. Onto this I have attached a number of layered die-cut snowflakes in foil and iridescent paper centred with adhesive gems. There are also some silver foil stars and the tag is threaded through with some sparkly ribbon .... The sentiment is hand-stamped in Versafine black ink.

Sid xx

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Bearing it all ....

Made a cute bear Christmas card ....

I used a Kraft card base and die-cut a bear from white card, he was covered on the bottom half with some red/green plaid paper. He was given a belt of green jewels and a sprig of holly with some pearl berries in his ear !

The greeting was stamped in Versafine on white card, trimmed and applied as shown. Some 'snow' dots were added to finish with a Posca pen. The card is available to buy in my Etsy Shop - Harpies Crafty Corner .... click HERE to go there !

Sid xx

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Blue stars ....

Made a Clean & Simple starry swirl Christmas card ....

Using a 6 x 6 inch square white card base I applied a white matt with a stitched edge. I then embellished with a blue metallic star swirl and similar with pale blue paper. I then applied three silver glitter snowflakes decorated in the centre with a silver pearl. I added dimension with foam pads on each layer ....

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine and reads 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'

This card is for sale in my Etsy Shop - Harpies Crafty Corner - Click HERE to go there !!

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Cute Bear ....

A simple cute bear Christmas Card .....

I started with a 4 x 4 inch white card blank. I die-cut the bear from Kraft card and printed stripey paper.  The sentiment was stamped on the base in black Versafine ink and the face in the same ink.

I applied a strip of red glitter stone mesh and some diecut holly leaves & berries in the bears ear.

Sid xx

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Starry Deer ....

A Christmas card simply made ....
I took a square white 5 x 5 inch card blank and matter this with maroon & kraft card. I die-cut a star from some 'Merry Christmas' printed card and applied this centrally.

The deer was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink, trimmed out and applied on foam pads in the centre of the star to finish.

Clean & simple .....

Sid xx

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In the round ....

Made a set of three Artist Trading Coins for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ....

I used recycled packaging to die-cut the bases of 2.5 ins diameter, I then covered with blue printed paper also die-cut.

The design was stamped in black Archival ink onto the paper and a further three designs stamped and coloured with Gelly Roll glitter pens, before trimming out and applying centrally on foam pads onto each Coin.

Each were finished withPosca white and dots applied with more Gelly roll pen.

Sid xx

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Chirp Chirp .....

A card made for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum .... using a swapped stamp to make something ....

I started with a white 6 x 6 inch card blank. I then die-cut a piece of feather printed paper and framed this with another die-cut frame in white card.

The bird stamp was stamped 3 times in shades of Impress die ink on glossy photo paper which were trimmed out. The frame was applied to to the card on foam pads and the feather paper stuck in place.

The birds were applied centrally on foam pads and the design was embellished with sequins centred with purple gems. Some purple Stickles glitter glue was applied on the birds eyes.

The sentiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black ink, trimmed out and edged with black ink before applying as shown to finish the card.

Sid xx

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