Oil Pastel Card

This card was made using oil pastels applied on white cardstock and rubbed in by hand to obtain the misty look. This was then overstamped with Black Stazon with a shell stamp and three words. A spotty stamp using Versamark was stamped randomly over the edges of the card and gold embossing powder was then applied and was heat embossed this was matted over pale blue cardstock. The second mat was done using blue dye ink and the same shell stamp and was finished with a bunch of fibres. The base card was sponged with denim Adirondack ink. The left mat applied with double sided adhesive and the right with 2mm foam pads to raise it slightly.

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Triptych Card

Here is a card I have completed this morning I used black embossing ink, Stazon, embossing powders, Ranger Distress ink, whispers dye ink and numerous stamps. The purple outside mat is made from a textured background and this has been punched and tied through with purple assorted fibres in 4 places. The inside mat is made from ultra thick embossing and stamping into it whilst hot. Various rubber and clear stamps have been used to decorate both inside and outside and a metallic gold brushpen used to highlight the diamonds on the inside and all edged in Krylon Gold. Closed with two large gold brads and a piece of violet organza ribbon.

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Glass Brooch & Tag

Further to my last post, this is the brooch & tag I made and sent to Di as part of the 'Deep Embossing Crystals' Swap this was hosted by Talkcrafts Forum .

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Decorated Box

This is a fabulous box and tag received from a Talkcrafts Forum member as part of a 'Deep Embossing Crystals' Swap. Each of the participants was to use UTEE, Opals, Franklin or other ultra thick embossing powder in a project of any type. This absolutely gorgeous box and tag was crafted by Hilda Gale and I am now the proud owner of it. It features 'opals' embossing crystals on all panels and the tag which have been heat embossed and stamped into to give an impression. I think the finish looks 'opulent' and rich. I feel very honoured indeed to have this. Many thanks go to Hilda.

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Pendant Gift - Faux Dichroic Glass

Just to show you one of the finished pieces of faux dichroic glass that I have made into a pendant for a friends birthday. I have applied a silver bellcap with epoxy glue and painted the back of the piece with pewter metallic Lumiere acrylic. The chain is a snake chain with a lobster claw clasp.

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This Morning I Have Been Doing - ATC's

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Details in Vibrancy

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Three to be precise, used gesso and permanent pen with acrylic paints to produce these.

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One More Tag

This one was done using a green tag as a base and 8 various stamps. Inks used were mainly Brilliance and ColorBox Chalk. Finished off with a plain pink ribbon and a staple.

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Tag Time

Firstly a very Happy Easter to everyone !

Produced four more tags last night using backgrounds made by applying Stewart Gill Alchemy paints. These paints have an interference quality which provides an interesting light play. Colours used were: Afterglow, Solarflare, Mistral & Tranquility (left to right), unfortunately not easily photographed. I used sponging to provide some depth of colours. I then overstamped with a variety of Brilliance pearlescent inks and dried these with a heat gun using mounted stamps from Crafty Individuals . I finished off with some plain coloured ribbons in complimentary colours.

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Shell Canvas & Tag

Just bought a couple of 'SHELL' UM rubber plates from The Artistic Stamper . Like them very much and tried out one of the stamps on plate 2 on a 5 x 7 inch canvas. Did the background with Ranger distress inks in pine needles, broken china, weathered wood & shabby shutters to give a subtle and pastel effect. I then sealed this with a spray sealer. I then stamped the shell onto white tissue 4 times using Brilliance pearlescent sky blue and lavender and ColorBox aquamarine chalk ink. I quickly set these with the heat gun before applying with gloss Mod Podge to the prepared background and allowed to dry thoroughly. I then fused some Stewart Gill Peacock fusible fibres by ironing between paper and cut out the seaweed fronds which I applied carefully with glossy accents. I applied silver self adhesive letters to spell out 'Ocean Floor' and completed the canvas with numerous gold 'bubbles' with DecoArt dimensional paint in vintage gold. Finally edging the canvas with Lumiere Sunset gold acrylic paint.

I did a few spare tissue stamped images and applied these to a tag which had been pre prepared with Stewart Gill Alchemy paint in Pacific. I applied the tissue with Evo-Bond PVA sealer this time. I dried with a heat gun and trimmed off the tissue images. Finally edging the tag with Krylon silver and threading with three pieces of silver woven cord. Sort of matches the canvas but is ok as a stand alone tag also.

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Dichroic Cufflinks

Two more pairs of cufflinks made using the faux technique.

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