Lightbulb ......

Here is a card I made for a Challenge over on Country View Crafts Challenge Blog where Corrie has Challenged us to make a Birthday Card for a Man ......

I used a white card blank as the base. I cut a smaller matt from white card and used a stencil and yellow and orange Distress Oxide inks directly to the stencil, spritzing with water and applying to the matt. When dry I chose a lightbulb stamp (Aall & Create) and stamped it over the background with sepia Archival ink. I then stamped again on more white card with Versafine black ink this time heat embossing with clear embossing powder. I then coloured the bulb with a waterbrush and Inktense pencils before trimming out and trimmed out the 'One light bulb moment' words.

The lightbulb was added over the original image on foam pads and a black shadow applied with more Inktense pencil. The words were added over the background direct to the card.

I then stamped the sentiment in black Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and applying on foam pads as shown. The background was then matted on black card and three gold metallic dots added. The background was then applied to the card base to finish .....

Hopefully any man would like to receive this card for their Birthday .......

Sid xx

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Alluring .......

An Artist Trading Card made to trade ....

The base is made from re-cycled food packaging and the background is a print, both were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

I chose a stamp (Crafty Individuals) and stamped in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The bird was trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink washes.

The background was stamped with foliage from the same stamp and a chequer stamp was inked in two colours of Distress Oxide green & some added white marks added to the leaves.

The background was added to the base, the bird added and the sentiment (Washi Tape) was added as shown.

The whole ATC was edged in blue Versamagic chalk ink to finish .....

Sid xx

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Thriving ......

A collaged Artist Trading Card .... made to trade  .....

The base is made from re-cycled food packaging cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. The background is a print and has been cllaged with a number of elements including a postage stamp, die-cuts, Washi tape, gem & stamping.

The background has been added to the base, edged with green Versamagic chalk ink and corner rounded with a punch to finish ....... 

If you would like to trade this ATC with me please email sidscards9@gmail.com ......

Sid xx

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Pink ......

A set of Inchies made for a month ly swap over in UK Stampers Forum ......

These are 1 x 1 inches in size ! The bases were punched from re-cycled food packaging and the background was from a Gelli Plate.

I have stamped the flower in black Vesafine ink and coloured with Acrylograph pens. A strip of metallic gold Washi tape was added and embellished with pink adhesive caboshons. The self adhesive letters were applied and three green dots added to each Inchie, again with Acrylograph pen.

The inchies were edged with violet Versamagic chalk ink and a touch of Wink of Stella pen to finish ....

Sid xx

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Penny ......

An Artist Trading Card made to trade ......

The base was cut from re-cycled food packaging to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. The background was also cut from a Gelli print.

The background was embellished with collaged elements, Washi tape stamping and mosaic tiles.

The words were added and edged in black and I used Black Soot Distress Ink applied with a blending brush ......

If you would like to trade this ATC with me please email sidscards9@gmail.com .....

Sid xx

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Bunny ......

Made a little papercraft bunny construction gift box ......

I used a set of dies from Jaded Blossom to cut the box panels from printed heavyweight paper. The octagonal box comes in two parts which are put together to form the box which has an open top so you can but some chocolate etc. inside.

The face panel was die-cut from white card as were the eyes & pupils along with the nose and muzzle. I mounted them on the face panel on foam pads trapping some finely cut black card whiskers behind the nose. I also added some pink cheeks with chalk ink and my finger.

The ears were also die-cut and assembled before adding to the box behind the face panel. The bow was also die-cut and added as shown.

I added a die-cut handle to the box secured with brads to finish the cute box ......

Sid xx

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Captivating .....

An Artist Trading Coin made to trade .....

The base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. The background is a Gelli print also trimmed to ATC size.

I stamped the background with a text stamp (Wendy Vecchi) in black Versfine ink. and added collage elements of stamps, torn book page & Washi tape. The flower was added and centred with a blue adhesive gem. Some circles were stamped in twisted citron Distress oxide ink. Some white lines were drawn with a white Acrylograph pen.

The word is made from Washi tape on white card .... trimmed and added with white baseline.

The backgroung was then added to the base and the whole was edged in dark blue Versamagic chalk ink to finish ......

If you would like to trade this ATC with me please email sidscards9@gmail.com ......

Sid xx

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CAS On Friday #252 ......

It's that time again for another fortnightly Challenge over on the CAS on Friday Challenge Blog ...

You are invited to join in with a Clean And Simple card of your own making in the theme and following the rules, of course .....

The theme this time is 'Friendship' and this is my Design Team card for the Challenge ..... hope you are inspired to enter the challenge ...

The card was made on a 6 x 6 inch white card base. The stamp of the three friends was stamped in black Versafine ink on white card and was heat embossed with clear embossing powder andcoloured with Distress ink washes before trimming out and matting on black card to form a border.

I then took a die for the background (Stampin' Up) and cut out of black card applying across the card base. This was overlaid with the stamped image on foam pads.

The word was made from letters Washi tape where I have selected the letters and composed the word on white card. This was then matted on more black card and added as shown on more foam pads to finish the card .....

If you would like more inspiration click HERE to see all the fabulous Design Team cards .....

Sid xx

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Graceful .......

An Artist Trading Card made to trade .....

The base is cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. The background was cut to the same size and was made from collaged printed papers .....

This was stamped with a womans face outline stamp in Versafine black ink and selectively coloured with Posca pens. Some gold foiled leaves on vellum were added.

The background was added to the base and the ATC was edged in metallic gold Washi tape. The word was trimmed and added being edged in black Micron pen to finish ......

If you would like to trade this ATC with me please email sidscards9@gmail.com

Sid xx

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Transforming .....

An Artist Trading Card made to trade ....

The base is cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging .....

The background is made from a Gelli print trimmed to the same size. This has been stamped with a flower stamp in colours of Chalk Inks and infilled with Acrylograph chalk pens. The leaves (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) were die-cut into the background and backed with brown Kraft.

The background was added to the card base and the word (made from trimmed Washi tape on white card) added and based with white chalk pen.

Three glitter dots were added and the ATC was edged in Krylon gold pen to finish .....

If you would like to trade this ATC with me please email sidscards9@gmail.com ......

Sid xx

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