Black .....

This is a card made for a 'Black & Red' Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I used a 7 x 5 inch white card blank. I then chose an AAll & Create stamp and stamped it twice in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The flower from one was trimmed out and coloured with red Copic marker. This was then applied over the original image on foam pads. The image layer was then matted onto black and then red cards.

I then die-cut the 'With Love' from red card and matted this on red card. This was then added on foam pads as shown. The numbers (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) were also die-cut and applied on the card front.

The design and matts were then added to the card front which was finished with 3 black sequins .....

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #476 .....

It's that time again for another Challenge over on the 'Less Is More' blog ......

This time you are asked to play along with us with a CAS (Clean And Simple) card of your making and use a stencil .... following the rules, of course .....

This is my Design Team card made to inspire you......

The card was made using a 6 x 6 inch white card base. I chose a stencil and coloured through it centrally with Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides using stencil brushes to get a blended finish. It was heat set.

I then die-cut a stitched frame from white card and applied to frame the stencilled design.

Next I die-cut the word 'Hello' from black card and applied over the design and frame to finish the card ....

Do hope you will join us and if you need more inspiration why not have a look at my fellow Design Team members by clicking HERE .....

Sid xx

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Spooky ......

A Halloween card made for a Challenge over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card as the base. I chose some printed paper and die-cut a frame. Another white frame was cut to fit inside and this was stamped with a skull stamp in Violet Versafine Clair. The die-cut was embellished with red and black adhesive stones.

I then stamped two chandeliers onto the card front in Versafine black ink. The outer frame was applied to the card front and the central piece added on foam pads,.

I stamped the sentiment in red Versafine Clair onto white card, trimmed and matted onto black card and applied on more foam pads. Two black gems were added to finish the card ,,,,,

Sid xx

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Non-Seasonal ......

Made this card for a Challenge over on the Crafty Individuals Facebook page where we were asked to make a Christmas Card using non-Christmas stamps ....

I decided to make a card in traditional Christmas colours I used CI - 569 and stamped this in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and then selectively coloured with Copic marker in red and green. I added some Glossy accents to highlight the coloured sections of the image..

I then cut a matt from some red plaid printed paper and spattered it with white pen. A larger mat was cut from some more green printed paper and they were layered. The coloured image was then applied to the plaid matt and grounded with some holly Washi tape.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, trimmed out, matted on red and green card and applied as shown.

Finally the completed design was added to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank on foam pads .....

Sid xx

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Showers ....

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

The theme this month was 'Sunshine & Showers'.

The bases were cut from re-cycled food packaging to 3.5 x 2.5 inches. I then used some printed paper and trimmed this to the same size and applied onto the bases.

I chose some little used stamps from Paper Smooches and stamped the sun in orange Versafine Clair and the clouds in blue Versafine Clair inks on white card. They were then trimmed out. The suns were centered with yellow Stickles glitter glue and edged with yellow Posca pen. The words were stamped in black Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out.

The clouds were added direct to the bases and a raindrop stamp stamped several times in more blue Versafine Clair, adding reflections with white Posca pen.

The sentiments were edged in green Versamagic chalk ink and applied direct as shown. The moons were applied on foam pads and the ATC's finished with an edging of more of the Green Versamagic chalk ink....

Sid xx

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Elephants .....

Here is a tag made for a monthly swap over on UK Stampers Forum .......

The base is made from re-cycled food packaging. The background was made from ink sprayed watercolour card. The background was added to the card base. and the tag trimmed into shape.

I chose an elephant stamp from Crafty Individuals and stamped this in Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The elephants were trimmed out and separated before colouring with Lyra aquacolour brush pens in orange, maroon and green. The eyes and tusks were coloured white with Posca marker.

I then applied the elephants. The right one direct to the tag and the left one added on foam pads. I grounded them with black Inktense pencil and waterbrush as well as edging the tag with orange Inktense pencil.

I stamped a few outline leaves with a stamp and Versafine Clair green ink at the top and sides. The 'Hello' was stamped in more Versafine Clair green ink on white card. This was trimmed out, matted on black card and dots of white Posca added before sticking in place on the tag.

Finishing touch was to add a copper eyelet with the Crop -a-Dile and tying through with some decorative fibres in a similar colourway along with 3 clear glass cabochons held in place with Glossy Accents .....

Sid xx

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Birdies .....

A set of 4 Twinchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Little Birdies' .....

The bases were cut to 2 x 2 inches square from re-cycled food packaging. The bases were covered with printed paper and I have made a black frame with die-cutting to surround each of the Twinchies.

The Krazy Birds were stamped in black Memento ink, coloured with Copic markers and trimmed out. I have added Glossy Accents to the birdies eyes..

The words were also stamped in Versafine black ink, coloured with a Distress Ink wash. The birds were shaped and applied with hot glue along with the words and a single self-adhesive crystal added to finish them .....

Sid xx

 

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Acorns ......

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

Wanted to have an Autumn theme so made a background from ink sprays on watercolour card in greens, browns and oranges. Once dry die-cut to 2.5 inches diameter circles.

These were stamped with an acorn stamp using Versafine Clair brown ink and were coloured with Posca markers. Two thin strips of Washi tape were applied and a line of brown Distress stickles added between.

The words were printed on a tape machine and applied, edging in black Micron pen. I then die-cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging and added the tops which were then edged with brown Versamagic chalk ink to finish ....

Loving the colours ....

Sid xx

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Squares .....

 

Made a set of Inchies (1 x 1 inch squares) for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were made by punching the squares from re-cycled food packaging. I then selected a piece of Gelli printed background paper which was stamped with an AAll & Create stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I then selectively punched 6, 1 x 1 inch squares from this. These were applied to the bases and parts coloured with violet Posca marker.

I then stamped the words from a plate by Crafty Individuals in black Versafine ink on white paper and trimmed out the words shown. These were applied to the Inchies.

Each Inchie was then edged with black alcohol marker as were the words to highlight and to finish them.....

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #475 ......

It's that time again for another 'Less Is More' Challenge ....... this time you are Challenged to make a One Layer Card (OLC)

 

It's important that there are no layers on your card and the design is made directly onto the card. Please ensure you follow the Guidelines on the Blog with your entry.

This is my Design Team card.....

I started with a 4 x 4 inch white card blank. I then chose a circles stencil and used this as a template to draw the outlines of a frame made from circles with a black Micron pen.

These were then coloured with Acrylograph chalk pens in Red, Pink and Green as shown.

To finish the card I chose a 'Thanks' stamp and stamped the word within the hand drawn frame to finish the card .....

Simples & Less Is More ! If you would like some more inspiration have a look at my fellow Design Team members cards by clicking HERE .....

Sid xx

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