Red, Raspberry & Grey......

Wanted to enter the latest Challenge from Less Is More which is to make a Clean & Simple card with Red, Raspberry & Grey.

I used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank as the base. I then die-cut a 3.5 inch square with a stitched edge die which was cut diagonally on the guillotine. This triangle was decorated with a mini flower stamp in all three challenge colours to produce a mass of stamped flowers. I used dots of Stickles glitter glue to highlight the centres of the flowers.

The decorated panel was mounted as shown on foam pads onto the card base.

I then stamped 'You are pretty amazing' as shown in Versafine Black Ink to finish.

Sid xx

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Gerberas.....

A 'With Love' card made on a 5 x 5 inch white card base.....

I die-cut a 5 x 5 inch panel with a circle die with a stitched edge. This was applied to the card base on foam pads.

The gerberas and leaves were stamped in Versamark ink on white card and heat embossed with black embossing powder. These were coloured with twinkling H2O's with mica and trimmed out.

They were arranged as shown, some on foam pads, in the aperture. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink.

The card was finished with three green sequins & is available in my Etsy shop

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Gentleman......

Made a mailart postcard for a swap over in UK Stampers Forum ..... it will travel 'naked' to the recipient at the end of the month.

Wanted to do a Vintage style so used re-cycled card base and Kraft card. The base was cut to 6 x 4 inches and made in two layers for strength.

I then stamped another panel with a brick stamp and Fired Brick Distress Ink and treated this with some clear heat embossing powder. This panel was applied as a seat to mount the Tim Holtz paper doll of a gentleman. I coloured this black & white image with some Copic markers to add interest.

The card background was sponged over a template with more blue Distress ink to add a sky effect.

The definition was stamped in Versafine black on light Kraft, trimmed out, edged with black and stuck in place.

Finishing touch was to edge the postcard with a hand drawn design in white Posca marker.

Sid xx

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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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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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Juicy .....

Made a set of 'Juicy' Inchies for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I made a masterboard on white card with Distress Oxide inks & water spray. Once dry punched the bases with a 1 x 1 inch square punch.

These were stamped with a seedy stamp in Versamark ink which was heat embossed with dark red gloss Embossing powder. I used a light green Posca pen to add a border and some seeds.

I then used some Alpha stamps and stamped the word 'Juicy' in Versafine black ink. The inchies were mounted on re-cycled kraft board to add a bit of strength and edged with black Alcohol marker to finish.

Sid xx

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Celestial.....

Made a set of 'Celestial' ATC's for a swap in UK Stampers Forum ....

The base is re-cycled card cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I have used some violet coloured card cut to the same size onto which I have heat embossed a stamped stars image in Versamark ink. I have infilled with dots of white and pale blue Posca pen.

I then stamped more moon and stars images in Memento ink, trimmed these out, coloured with pale blue alcohol ink and added metallic silver on the moon and star and embellished with turquoise Stickles glitter glue. the images were added on foam pads as shown. I have edged the ATC's in metallic silver pen and added a 'Dream Big' sentiment 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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Numbers ....

Made a set of Inchies for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...

I used acrylic paints to produce a masterboard and punched 1x1 squares once the paint had dried. The squares were over painted with a wash of blue Distress ink applied with a waterbrush.

The squares were then stamped with round numbers in Archival black ink and some dots and angles added with white Posca pen. The inchies were then layered onto more squares punched fromre-cycled card.

Sid xx

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Pink.....

Made a rather pink decorated tag for a swap on UK Stampers Forum ....

I started with tag blank and collaged a number of decorative papers as shown onto this base. I have used some gold/pink ribbon, adhesive gems, stickles glitter glue & a paper flower with a pearl centre to embellish the tag.

The sentiment is stamped with Versamark & heat embossed with white embossing powder, trimmed out and matted onto pink card before applying on foam pads. The whole tag is edged with pink Versamagic chalk ink and threaded through with some decorative trim to finish.

Sid xx

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