Birdy .....

Made an ATC to trade .....

The background is made of watercolour card coloured with watercolours & water. This is overstamped with a black chevron stamp (Crafty Individuals) which is heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then added maroon torn ashi tape to frame. The birdie (Tim Holtz) was stamped on more watercolour card and coloured with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush with some added white Posca pen before trimming out. The bird was added as shown.

A piece of metallic diecut was added for sparkle behind the bird.

I finished the card by adding some lines of white Posca, adhesive words (matted on black card) and edging with magenta Versamagic chalk ink .....

Sid xx

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Circles

Made a set of 4 'Twinchies' - 2 x 2 inch squares for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Circles' .......

The bases were cut to 2 x 2 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then covered these with some text paper.

The circles were stamped (Mama Makes) on lime green, pale green & mauve papers in Archival inks. These were die-cut and trimmed as shown. They were then assembled on the bases adding some of the colours over the sections. Some of the sections were decorated with Stickles glitter glue.

The twinchies were centred  with champagne sparkle cabochon and edged with purple Versamagic chalk ink to finish ......

Sid xx

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Summer ......

Made an ATC & sleeve for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook page in the theme of 'Summer' ...

I started with a base made from re-cycled food packaging and cut this to 2.5 x 3.5. I next selected a spin'n'splash techniques background which had been coloured with alcohol inks on white glossy card and trimmed to fit the base.

I then stamped the background with a grungy diamond stamp (CI-171) in black Versafine ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I next chose another stamp (CI-602) and again stamped in black Versafine ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I selectively cut out just the flower outlines from this. They were coloured with Distress Ink washes.

The background was added to the base and a torn strip of Washi tape added at the bottom of the ATC. I used a corner rounder to shape the edges.

The coloured flowers were added to the background as shown. The word was stamped in black on white card and coloured with Distress ink wash before trimming out. It was added as shown.

The ATC was edged with Versamark ink and heat embossed with red embossing powder from Ranger. I finished the flowers with Glossy Accents to add a shin .......

I made a die-cut envelope with an aperture from Kraft paper and backed this with another stamped and coloured image of flowers .....

Sid xx

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Hearty......

A set of 3 Artist Trading Coins made for a monthly swap over in UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were die-cut to 2.5 inches in diameter from re-cycled food packaing. I then cut the backgrounds a Gelli Print made previously.

Then chose a heart stamp (Aall&Create) and stamped this centrally in sepia Archival Ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I also stamped a dotty stamp randomly in orange and yellow inks.

I then die-cut a heart from yellow card and applied as shown. Adding a black sparkly cabochon to each.

The backgrounds were applied to the bases and each Coin was edged with Gold Krylon pen and black Sharpie marker to finish .....

Sid xx

 

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Fishy .......

Made a shaped card for a Challenge over at Crafty Individuals Facebook Group .....

I chose a die and cut two of the shapes in white card. I re-attached the central cut-out to the back portion. I covered the front cut-out with a piece of iridescent blue/green foiled paper.

I then chose the seaweed and fish stamps from Crafty Individuals (CI- 589) and stamped these in black Versafine ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The images were trimmed out and coloured with Copic markers.

I took the words (CI-588) and again stamped in Versafine black which was heat embossed and trimmed out.

I then assembled the front of the card by adding the foiled centre and the elements .... the fish was added on foam pads. The card front and back were hinged together internally with white Washi Tape.

Finishing touches were to add some 'bubbles' from the fishes mouth with blue faceted self-adhesive gems.....

Sid xx

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Leaf........

 

A set of 6 Inchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inch from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose a piece of Gelli print background in blues/violets and punche to size.

I then chose a layering stamp of a leaf and stamped this in black Versafine ink which I infilled with pale green Posca pen.

Final touch was to add a silver cabochon to each with Glossy Accents ....

Sid xx

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Colours .....

A set of ATC's for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the colour theme of 'Purple, Yellow & Green' .....

The bases were cut from re-cycled food packaging to 3.5 x 2.5 inches. I then chose some watercolour paper and sprayed with metallic colour sprays from Moonglow. One green, one yellow & one purple. Once dry I overstamped with an alternative colour of Versafine Clair inks and a stamp from Mama Makes.

I then chose coloured cards in the theme and die-cut an overlay (Aall&Create). These were added as shown applied with matt medium. Each ATC was edged in Krylon gold pen.

Once dry I added 3 glass tiles as shown in the same three colours to finish .....

Sid xx

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Cats .......

Made an ATC for a Challenge over on Crafty Individuals Facebook page .......

The base is made from corrugated cardboard and cut to 3.5 x 2.5 inches. I made a background with an embossing folder and heat embossed the relief with iridescent clear sparkle embossing powder. I coloured the background with purple Distress ink which was resisted where the embossing was. This was applied the the base.

I then edged the ATC with some numbers Washi tape.

I then stamped the burgler cats and words (CI-570) in Versafine black, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. The cats were trimmed out and coloured with metallic watercolours in gold and pewter. I added some purple dots on one of the cats with a Posca marker. The cats were added to the ATC along with the words (on foam pads).

The ATC was finished with three black sequins .....

Sid xx

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HOT ......

Made an ATC for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group ......

The Challenge was to make an Artist Trading Card in the theme of 'Hot Colours' ......

I made the ATC base from re-cycled food packaging, and then cut a background from some CI paper. This was trimmed to size and stamped with CI-116 in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then chose a very old CI wood mounted stamp CI-065 and stamped this on white card in Versafine black ink .... also heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I chose one of the 4 images of ladies and trimmed out. This was coloured with Distress ink washes in fiery colours before matting on some black card.

The embossed paper was added to the base and the whole card edged with Versamark ink which was then heat embossed with some dark red embossing powder.

I chose a piece of orange wavy woven ribbon and added at the top on red-line tape, trimming the edges. This was decorated with the three self adhesive letters spelling 'HOT'.

The ATC was finished by adding the matted lady as shown direct to the card.

I then die-cut the envelope (Tim Holtz - Sizzix) from some Kraft card to hold the ATC ....

Hope my swap partner likes it ......

Sid xx

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Pandas......

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

The bases were cut to 2.5 inches with a die. These were covered with a Gelli print and stamped with a chevron  stamp in red Versafine Clair ink. This was heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used some stickers I bought in Taiwan with a set of bamboo and pandas and applied these as shown.

I stamped some dots onto the grassy area in green Versafine Clair ink.

Each of the Coins was then edged with Krylon gold pen to finish ......

Sid xx

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