Style.....

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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Orient .....

A set of ATC's in the theme of 'Oriental' made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...

I used re-cycled packaging for the bases which were cut to 3.5 x 2.5 inches.  They were covered with some oriental gold metallic printed paper and were then stamped with a convolvulus stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with metallic gold/red embossing powder. The tags were die-cut and stamped before adding stickers, metal charm & gem. An eyelet was added and threaded with gold twine.

The background was then embellished with half a black fabric flower and a matt red brad and a square gold jewel brad.  The tags were edged in Brilliance red ink before placing as shown with foam pads on the ATC's.

Each of the ATC's were also edged in the same Brilliance ink to finish.

Sid xx

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Creepy .....

Made another Halloween Card ....

White card base, printed papers, stamping, stickers, red drips with Glossy Accents & white pen !

Sid xx

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Dream your dream .....

This is a very minimalist Clean & Simple Card I have crafted.  Unusually I have used a coloured background on this card.

I trimmed some pale pink card and creased into a 5 x 7 inch cardblank.  I then cut a strip in the same card and stamped this with the sentiment in Versafine onyx black ink.  This was mounted on the blank on foam pads.

I cut three strips from some coloured cards and applied these on foam pads as shown.  Finally I added some violet crystal drops to finish.

Sid xx

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Take Flight

Hi there !  Made this card without any stamping at all !

I started with a white 5.5 x 4 inch easel topfold card base.

I used papers and adhesive stickers from the Kaisercraft Bow & Arrow collection which has a very American Indian theme.  I thought that some diecut feathers would go nicely and so that is what I used hence the origin of the 'Take Flight' words.

I trimmed and arranged papers and sticker borders to design the card.

I chose two papers from which to die cut the feathers from and shaped these before adding to the card.

Finishing touch was to add the alpha stickers and underline each with black Micron Pen.

Sid xx

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