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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Boots ......

 Made an Autumnal colours card using an AAll & Create stamp ....

I started with a white card blank. The background was cut from a piece of white card and stamped with Versafine black. It was stamped again on more white card and the Wellington boots, postmark, leaf and sentiment trimmed out for colouring.

The background was coloured with watercolours in browns, oranges and yellows. I coloured the Wellingtons as shown in green, the leaf with Autumn colours and the postmark and sentiment in red. I added Glossy Accents to the sentiment and postmark.

I added a number of other stamped images on the background in Distress Oxides, some torn Washi tape and some gold pen lines. I also added a little white Posca pen on the leaf and Wellies.

I edged the background with yellow Versamagic chalk ink and matted it on dark green and brown Kraft card. I finally added the sentiment on foam pads and applied the matts to the card blank to finish.

Was tempted to add some metal embellishments but resisted as there was plenty going on already....

Sid xx

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CASE .....

 Made this card for the Less Is More challenge ......

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card blank and made a Gelli Plate background in mauve and blue which was trimmed into a wedge shape and applied to the card as shown. It was edged with violet Inktense pencil and wetted with a waterbrush. Once dry I added small purple dots with Posca marker.

I then die-cut some snowflakes in mauve, purple and silver mirri cards. These were mounted as shown over the background with the addition of some adhesive gems.

The sentment was stamped on more mauve card, trimmed out and edged with Versamagic mauve ink before adding as shown to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Vintage .....

Made a set of 3 Artist trading Coins in a vintage style for a swap with another male crafting friend .....

The bases are die-cut to 2.5 inches in diameter from re-cycled packaging.

They all feature Tim Holtz Paper Dolls vintage images...... the backgrounds are all made with Gelli Plate, Brushos and stencils. 

I have also used adhesive gems, tissue tape, posca markers, stamps with Distress Oxides, Versafine & Versafine Clair inks. They have been edged with various colours of Versamagic chalk ink.

Hope he likes them....

Sid xx

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Creepy ......

Made a decorated Tag with a 'Halloween' theme for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ....

I made the tag base from re-cycled packaging and covered this with some printed paper. I stamped this with a bat and bird on branch stamps with Versafine black ink.

The flowers were die-cut, shaped and assembled with a shiny gem in the centre. A piece of black and gold Washi tape was added near the bottom of the tag. I also added a black eyelet with the crop-a-dile.

The word was stamped in orange Versafine clair ink on white card and trimmed out. This was layered on black card and again trimmed out to make a black border. This was stuck in place and treated with orange Stickles glitter glue. The flowers were then added as shown.

I then threaded some black rik-rac, black & white check & orange satin ribbons through the eyelet to finish the tag.

Sid xx

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Halloween ........

 Made a set of 'Halloween' Artist Trading Cards for UK Stampers Forum ......

I used re-cycled packaging as the bases cut to 3.5 x 2.5 inches. I then chose a background paper and fussy cut a number of buildings and also some backing papers. I attached the backing papers to the bases and stuck on the buildings. edging each with grey Inktense pencil and a waterbrush. Some elements of the buildings were glazed with Glossy Accents.

I then chose a chandelier stamp and stamped this in Versafine black onto each card, using white posca marker to highlight and used Stickles glitter glue to fill the glass panels.

The cards were edged with red Posca pen. I stamped out the words in black Versafine and applied these on foam pads.

The cards were finished with red sequins ......

Sid xx

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Cats ......

Here are 4 MDF Artist Trading Coins made to use a stamp being circulated for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I have used laser cut MDF circles as the bases and coloured these with Distress Stains. I then added squiggly lines with a white Posca pen and edged the Coins with a gold Krylon pen.

The stamp was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and the cats trimmed out edged in black and selectively coloured with Posca pens. These were then added to the Coins and a printed number sticker added to each to finish.

Sid xx 

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Pink ......

I made this card for a 'All Things Pink' Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I used a square white card blank and cut another white card matt as the base. I stamped this with an AAll & Create stamp in Versafine black ink and used some watercolours in shades of pink to colour the base layer. I then used a few background stamps and various inks in shades of pink (Archival, Versafine Clair).

I added some torn strips of pink Washi tape and further stamped some words and the sentiment in Versafine black ink. The sentiment was stuck in place as shown. I also stamped the number 5 and trimmed it out adding some silver pen and Inktense colour before adding over the original on foam pads.

I used a number of embellishments including brads, paper flowers, buttons threaded through with pink metallic thread & dew-drops. I edged the decorated matt with pink Versamagic chalk ink and then matted this onto black and dark pink card. This was then added to the card blank to finish the card.

Sid xx

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Smile ......

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

The base is printed paper with stamping in Archival and Versafine inks. I have added red brads and layered the design along with some glass micro-balls adhered with Glossy Accents. Some torn strips of Washi tape were added.

The words are stamped on white card in Versafine black ink. I edged the Coins with Inktense and a waterbrush to finish.

Sid xx

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Mona ......

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

I used punched 1 x 1 inch pieces of used packaging as the bases and applied images selected from various printed materials. 

I added some stamping and coloured Posca marker dots and added a small coloured gem to each, finishing them with an edging of gold Krylon pen.....

Sid xx

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