Box ......

Made this little gift box, the lid opens on a hinge and it contains a Cadbury cream egg nestled in shredded brown paper as a little Easter gift ......

The box was made from a Sizzix die with various coloured papers for the sides, top and bottom. Another die was used to cut the scalloped fringe for around the rim. The flower was die-cut from red card and assembled after curling the petals and adding some sparkly stamens. The leaves were die-cut from green card. It was stuck in place with hot glue along with the leaves.

Another die was used to make the bow from more red card and it was added at the front of the box.

Sid xx

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Anniversary .....

 

Made this card for our Wedding Anniversary ......

The card base is a 6 x 4 inch white card blank. I then cut a matt from white card and passed this through a spotty embossing folder. I attached a die-cut edge which had been cut from white card and coloured with Copic markers to the left before applying on foam pads to the card front at an angle.

The next layer was cut from printed paper and applied on more foam pads at an angle. The top layer was cut from white card and decorated with a die-cut rainbow and clouds on more foam pads. I used glitter card. coloured card and coloured a couple of the bands with more Copic pens.

The sentiment was stamped and a banner die-cut to hold it on foam pads. Finally I added some self adhesive gems to finish the card.  All dies and stamp were by Stampin' Up .....

Sid xx

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Bathing ......

Made this card for a Challenge over on 'Happy Little Stampers' Challenge blog ......

This Clean & Simple card was made on a 6 x 6 inch white card base. The main images of the girl bathing and the sentiment (Crafty Individuals) were stamped on white card with Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The images were trimmed out.

The girl was coloured with Distress Ink washes applied with a water brush. Both stamped images were matted on black card to form borders. The girl was applied direct to the card front and the sentiment applied as shown of foam pads ......

Simple but effective I think !

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #460

I am both overjoyed & excited at being able to share with you that I have been selected as a new member of the Less Is More Challenge Blog Design Team .....

I have played along with the LIM Challenge many times over the years and love the Clean & Simple style of card design.  

I am Looking forward to being able to inspire you to join in and make a Clean & Simple card in the theme and hope that you get inspired from my fellow LIM Designers too ......

So this is my first LIM design card in the theme ......

Hoping that you enjoy taking part and click HERE to see the other Design Team Cards for this Challenge.

 

My card was made on a 4 x 6 inch white cardbase. The main stamp (Aall & Create) was inked with various colours of Versafine Clair ink and stamped on a piece of white card. I then added a number of  adhesive gems in colours to match over the crosses and matted the card onto black card trimming to leave a fine edge of black ..... this was then attached to the card front as shown.

The sentiment was stamped on white card in Versamark black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and matting on more black card to form a border. It was added centrally on foam pads .....

Who doesn't like a Bit of Bling ?

Sid xx

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Pink ......

A decorated tag made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ......

The base is a Kraft board tag. I have coloured it with Distress Oxide washes before stamping with a vine (IndigoBlu) in Archival sepia ink. some colouring was done with an acrylograph pen. The tag was edged in purple Versamagic chalk ink. A little flower stamp was also stamped in pink Distress Oxide.

The top tag was coloured with pink Distress Oxide ink and knocked back with white gesso before stamping with the same vine stamp and a flower stamp (IndigoBlu). A strip of Gelli Plate background was added and the tag edged with purple Versamagic chalk ink. The word DREAM was added as shown and the tag tied through with purple ribbon. 

The small tag was added to the large tag on foam pads and another piece of purple ribbon added.

Some drops of pink Stickles glitter glue were added to finish ......

Sid xx

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Paris .......

Made these ATC's for a 'Paris' themed swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were cut from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I then added a piece of old bookpaper to each as the beginning of a background. Onto this I stamped a stamp (IndigoBlu) in Archival sepia ink.

I then sponged the background with Worn Lipstick and Broken China Distress Oxide ink. This was splashed with waterdrops and some ink removed with a tissue. I then highlighted the flower with pink Posca pen and used a stencil with Versamagic Chalk inks to add some extra design elements.

I then added a strip of Washi tape down the right hand side to each ATC.

The circular seal (Tim Holtz) was stamped three times in Versafine black which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Each was die-cut. I coloured with a Tea Dye Distress ink wash and edged with brown Chalk ink. The circular panels were added as shown on foam pads.

Each of the ATC's was edged with more brown chalk ink. Finally three blue/pink dew drops were added with Glossy Accents to finish ......

Sid xx

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Star .....

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

The basees are made from re-cycled food packaging. The background is on red card and has a marbling with metallic gold added by sponge and allowed to dry.

I then have stamped a star on blue background paper and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed them out and applied centrally on the base.

Each Inchie was edged in navy blue Versamagic chalk ink  and  a gold dew-drop added to the middle of each star with Glossy Accents to finish .....

Sid xx

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Tweet .......

Over on the Less Is More Challenge blog the theme is:

I made this card as my entry using a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I stamped the bird in Versafine black ink along with the word 'Tweet'.

I then coloured the bird with Distress Ink washes and a waterbrush grounding the bird on some grey brushstokes.

That's it - Less Is More ......

Sid xx

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Fragrance ....

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

The bases of these 2.5 inch diameter Coins is made from re-cycled food packaging. The background is a Gelli plate print made with leaves and acrylic paints.

I have stamped the background with red & green Archival inks. The daisies are made of texture paste which was coloured with acrylic paint and stencilled onto the background. Some paint pens were used to add dots and further colour. The centres of the daisies were filled with Glossy Accents and glittery Beadazzles. Some semi-circles of Washi tape were added to each Coin. The printed word was added and edged in red.

The Coins were finished by edging with Krylon gold pen .....

Sid xx

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Home ....

Here is a set of 4 'Twinchies' , 2 x 2 inch decorated squares made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were cut from re-cycled food packaging and each was covered with blue printed paper.

I then stamped some clouds in blue Archival ink as shown. I made a grounding background from some card treated with green and copper acrylic paints and a resist technique. A strip of the ground was added to each of the squares. Each square was then edged with Versamark and black embossing powder, heated with a heat gun to make a border.

I then took some old rubber stamps (Zettiology) and stamped these in black Versafine Ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. They were then trimmed and coloured with Distress Ink washes and Ecoline brush pens along with some Chrome Molotow pen. They were applied to each of the squares as shown on foam pads.

Each Twinchie was given a self adhesive number and this was edged with black Micron pen and some dots of Chrome Molotow pen added to finish ....

Sid xx

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