Wings .....

Made a card using AAll & Create Stamps ......

I stamped the floral magnifying glass stamp in Versafine black on white card. I then stamped the girl and wings in the same ink on more white card and trimmed these out. I then coloured the flowers, girl & wings with watercolours and a waterbrush. The wings were then treated with Glossy Accents.

I used other stamps to add some numbers and zig-zag sewing in grey Versafine Clair and pink and blue Distress Oxides, also using blue & pink torn Washi tape. The word was stamped onto pale blue card and matted onto green card 

I then applied the girl & wings on foam pads as shown and three grey hematite stars along with the word to complete the background. This was then matted on pale blue and pink matts before applying to the white square card base to finish.

Sid xx

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Memories ......

 

Made a card with AAll & Create stamps and dies ........

I made a background with acrylic paints and a Gelli plate and cut a matt from this. I stamped the flowers in Versafine black on paper and coloured the image with watercolours and a waterbrush. All elements were then trimmed out. The flower was again stamped onto the background matt in Versafine black and the fussy cut coloured elements stuck in place over this. I used a Copic marker for the stems and added some gold stamens with a metallic pen.

I then added a couple of stamped images in twisted citron Distress Oxide. I used a die and cut a lime green image and a lilac image collaging trimmed out elements as shown. Some more gold was added to the numbers and some white lines added with white Posca pen.

The word was stamped on blue card and mounted on more lime and blue background.

The background was then matted twice.... firstly on green card and second on pale blue card before adding to a white card blank to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Typewriter ......

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

Started with a whte card blank. I then cut a smaller matt from white card and made a background on the Gelli plate with Distress Oxides. I used Seedless Preserve and Peacock Feathers. I then stamped the typewriter in Chianti Versafine Clair ink. I then stamped the typewriter again on white card and inking with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink .... quickly heat embossing with black embossing powder and trimming out.  This was left in white except for the paper in the typewriter which I coloured pale  blue with watercolours. I also made another copy of the 'Be Creatve' words.

The background then enhanced with posca pens, gold pen & turquoise acrylic paint lines added with a piece of card on edge. I also stamped some numbers in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I added two strips of card heat embossed with violet obsidian embossing powder. I then layered the backgroound on pale blue and black card matts. Adding the 'Be Creative' word on foam pads.

The typewriter was added on foam pads with some turquoise craft wire trapped in them to hold in place. The card was finished with three pale blue dew-drops stuck with Glossy Accents.

Fab stamps .....

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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Toadstool .....

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

I cut a matt from 300gsm smooth hot press watercolour card and applied some washes of watercolour paints in yellows and greens.... wanted a subtle effect ....

I stamped the mushrooms stamp (AAll & Create) in Versafine sepia ink over the watercolour background. I then stamped the mushrooms section in Versafine Clair acorn ink on white card and trimmed out the mushrooms. These were then coloured with watercolours in muted red and sepia. The mushroom caps were then treated with Glossy Accents and put to one side.

The word 'Toadstool' was also stamped again in Versafine Clair acorn, trimmed out and edged with brown Versamagic chalk ink. I then used some background stamps and used spiced marmalade, lucky clover and fired brick Distress Oxides.

The mushrooms and word were then mounted on foam pads as shown. I added some more stamping of stars (tim Holtz), some punched paper strips (coloured with fired brick Oxide and water), some green self adhesive numbers and letters, a couple of brass brads and a rabbit paperclip.

The whole thing was then matted on black card and applied to the card base to finish.

Sid xx

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Nourish ......

Made a card with a set of AAll & Create stamps......

I started with a 5 x 7 inch white card blank and a pink watercoloured background and used the stamps inked in sepia & red Archival and Versafine black inks. I added some stencilled dots with white acrylic paint and added elements with Posca markers, torn old bookpaper and fineliner.

I layered the main stylised flower on foam pads and chose a ballerina paperdoll coloured with Copic marker on foam pads & grounded on Washi tape and added the words as shown.

The watercolour matt was then edged with gold embossing powder on Versamark ink. I then matted this on orange card before adhering to the card blank 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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Florals .....

Made a watercolour card .... on a 6 x 6 inch white card-blank.....

Would like to enter this into the Simon Says Monday Challenge this week whose theme is 'Play With Paint'

Simple watercolour florals handpainted onto 300gsm hot-pressed watercolour card.

I have simply matted onto black and satin gold cards as a frame. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink onto white card, trimmed and again matted onto black and satin gold.

The watercolour matt was then added to the card blank to finish and the sentiment added on foam pads ....

Sid xx

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Tremendous .....

Made a card using AALL & Create stamps throughout ... loving these quirky stamps designed by Janet Klein ......

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card-blank. I then die-cut a circle with a stitched edge in white card and edged this with pale blue Versamagic chalk ink. I also cut a smaller matt in light blue card which was further matted on black card to form a border.

I then stamped all the images and sentiment in Versafine black ink on white card. I used Ecoline Brushpens and watercolours to colour things. The girl, butterflies and stones were then trimmed out.

I stuck the white circle in place and added some torn Washi tape as a ground. The girl and butterflies were added on foam pads and the rock was stuck directly on the matt.

The sentiment .... which I love ! Was then trimmed, mounted on black card and added on more foam pads.

The blue matt was added to the card blank and three blue sequins added with Glossy Accents to finish.

Sid xx

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Create ......

A Multi-Media card ....

 I started with a 5 x 7 inch white card blank .....

I then cut a matt from smooth watercolour card and stamped this with a background stamp (AAll & Create) in Versafine black ink. I then coloured the background with watercolours in violet, pink and yellow letting this air-dry for brightness. I then stamped the whole image again on white card and trimmed out certain elements for further decoration.

I used a variety of Posca pens and a metallic gold pen to colour the background until happy. I then used the sewing machine and  sewed some lines n zig-zag stitch in purple and yellow threads, leaving ends to trail.

I coloured and embellished (Glossy Accents, adhesive gems) the trimmed out elements with more bold watercolour and applied these on foam pads over the original images. The stars were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder, trimmed out and stuck in place. I used some purple shiny dots to add colour to the design also.

I then stamped the 'Create' (Marion Emberson) in black Versafine ink on white card, matted on black card and edged in purple Posca before adding on foam pads.  The watercolour matt was then matted again on black card and the panel applied directly onto the card blank to finish.

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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Steampunk......

Made this card as my entry into the That's Crafty July Challenge on Facebook whose theme is 'Everything Steampunk' .....

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card blank as the base. I cut a matt from white card and embossed this with a Sizzix embossing folder. I then wiped over the embossed design with a White Linen Distress Oxide ink pad highlighting the raised portions and whilst still wet applied Bronze embossing powder and heated to emboss. I added some brown watercolours to selected parts. This matt was then matted again onto black card to leave a fine border.

I then used a Steampunk background stamp (EcoGreen) to stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder.  This was trimmed out and some metallic silver pen and brown watercolours added to the image. I also stamped a train emblem plate (EcoGreen) in Archival Sepia ink and trimmed this out also.

I then added a strip of measuring tape ribbon at the base of the embossed plate and added the other plate on foam pads along with the emblem.

I then added some metal embellishments, a corner, a key, two square brads & the number 13 which was applied with hot glue.  The finished matt was added to the card front and two strips of numbers Washi tape added to finish the card.

Sid xx

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Underwear.....

Made this little card today .....  makes me smile !!!

I started with a 3 x 3 inch card blank and stamped directly onto this with a number of background stamps in Distress inks. Wanted the background to compliment the main image to be added later.

I then stamped the girl and crown (Aall & Create) in Versafine black ink and coloured with watercolours as shown.  They were trimmed out and some white Posca pen added to highligh along with some Glossy Accents on the eyes and crown.  She was applied onto the card base on foam pads and the crown added too.

I then stamped the sentiment in Versafine black ink oon white card and trimmed this around and again mounted on foam pads to finish .....

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Explore .....

Made this 'In The Round' card .....

I used a 5 x 5 ins card blank and die-cut two circles. The smaller circle was watercoloured as sky and applied on the larger circle on foam pads which was also coloured with blue watercolours and stamped at the base in Archival black.

The tree, sun and butterfly (Doodle Bug Designs) were stamped in Archival black in on white card , coloured with watercolours before die-cutting out. Some Glossy Accents were added to the tee leaves. These were applied as shown.

The matts were attached to the card blank and four corners were stamped in Versafine black ink to finish .....

Sid xx

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Dream ......

Wonder what she is dreaming about .......?

I started with an C6 white card blank. I took some old bookpaper and stamped this with butterflies, chevrons colouring with some watered down inks. I then cut this down and applied a couple of the trimmings and edged with green Versamagic chalk ink. This was applied to the card blank.

The girl (Crafty Individuals) was stamped in Archival black o white card and coloured with watercolours, edging in gold embossing powder and mounting on foam pads as shown.

The word (Marion Emberson) was stamped in Versamark ink on black card and also heat embossed with gold embossing powder, This was trimmed out and applied as shown on more pads.

I finally added three black sequins on Glossy Accents ......

Sid xx

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Art ......

Made this card for a Challenge over on the Less Is More Blog ... the theme this week is 'Solid & Outline' 

I used a white 6 x 6 ins card blank and then cut another white matt to 5.5 x 5.5 ins. Onto this I stamped the base outline stamp in Versafine black ink. The circles in the design were coloured with violet watercolour applied with a waterbrush. The dots in the circles were highlighted with gold Posca marker. I next stamped the solid 'A' in Memento grape jelly ink. trimmed this out and applied over the other stamped image on foam pads.

I then stamped the R & T with some alpha stamps in Versafine black and finished the design with three black dots added with a Micron pen.

The matt was then applied to the cardblank base ......

Sid xx

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Girly ......

Made this watercolour card .....

I started with a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I cut a smaller square from white card and stamped this with a sketchy girl stamp (Tracey Coates - Aspects of Design) in Versafine black ink. I then used watercolours and a waterbrush to colour this image as shown. Once happy with the watercolours I matted this on black card.

I then added more colour with Ecoline Brushpens, Posca markers and gold pen and decorated with various colours of Stickles glitter glue. I added glossy accents on the girls lips.

The finished panel was then stuck onto the card blank. I then stamped the Happy Birthday (Tracey Coates - Aspects of Design) in Versafine black ink and matted this onto more black card, trimmed this out and added on foam pads.

Sid xx

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Friendship .....

Made this CAS card recently ....

It's on a 5 x 5 inch white card blank ....

The girls (Crafty Individuals) were stamped in Archival black ink on white card, trimmed out and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush and edged with metallic gold pen. This was then matted onto dark blue card.

The sentiment (Crafty Individuals) was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out and matted on dark blue card. The starfish (PinkPaislee) were stamped directly onto the card in more Versafine black ink. The panel was applied to the card blank, the sentiment added on foam pads and three yellow sequins were added to finish ......

Sid xx

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Sunshine .....

Made a cute Oriental card .....

I started with a maroon 4 x 8 inch card blank. I then cut some oriental paper and matted this on black card as the base. I added a piece of black & white Washi tape as the ground for the little couple.

The stamps (Hero Arts) were stamped out on white card with Memento black ink and trimmed out.  They were coloured with Posca pens and watercolours and applied on the matts on foam pads. Some meatl coins were added at the base threaded through some maroon velvet ribbon and held in place with red-line tape.

The setiment was stamped on white card with Versafine black, trimmed and matted on red card before applying at the top on foam pads.

The mattes were then applied onto the card blank and three black sequins added with Glossy Accents to finish.

Sid xx

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