Journey .......

A greetings card ......

I cut and folded the base to make a 5 x 5 inches white card-blank ......

I chose some spotty paper and cut to 4 x 4 inches. I stamped with an ink-splash stamp (Tim Holtz) in Distress Oxide Speckled Egg & Weathered Wood.

I then took some white card and stamped an old text stamp (Hero Arts - Art, Life & Beauty) with Versafine black ink. This was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. This was trimmed and coloured with water soluble Neocolour II wax pastels in purple and blue. I then used a stencil and added some squares with texture paste. Once dry this was matted on some printed paper (Crafty Individuals). I then tied a length of grey/white bakers twine around this in a bow.

The little house (Zettiology) was also stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink washes.

The printed sentiment was coloured with purple Distress Ink with a blending brush and edged in black ink.

I then added the background direct to the card front, The stamped image with twine as shown on the background, the house on foam pads and the sentiment on foam pads to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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All Things ......

A card suitable for a male recipient which often is a difficult task .......

I used a 5 x 7 ins white card blank as the base. I then cut another slightly smaller piece of white card and dry embossed through an embossing folder. This was applied to the card front.

I then chose an old stamp (Crafty Individuals) and stamped in Versafine black ink on white card, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed and coloured with Neocolour II water soluble wax pastels. I just added lightly at an angle and went over with water and my finger to provide earthy tones. This was matted onto text printed paper (Crafty Individuals) and light brown card. I added a cross-head screw brad.

I added some hessian in a strip along the base of the image on red-line tape and chose a printed sentiment which was edged in black ink and applied as shown.

I then applied the panel on foam pads over the embossed background to finish ......

Sid xx

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Pears ......

Mad a card for a Challenge where you had to use Brown Kraft on your make over on UK Stampers Forum ......

I used a 5 x 5 inch brown Kraft card as the base. I selected a pear stamp (Great Impressions) and stamped twice on white card with Versafine black ink. This was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out the pear on the left and trimmed the image to 3 x 3 ins.

I then coloured with washes of Impress ink in Chartreuse, Olive Green & Peony Purple applied with a waterbrush. The main image was matted on purple card and black cards to form a double border and the single cut-out and coloured pear applied over the original on foam pads. I then added three clear glas cabochons to the pears.

The panel was then applied centrally onto the card front .....

The sentiment (C Dee's) was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed, heat embossed with clear EP and again matted on the same cards.  It was added as shown on more foam pads to finish ......

Sid xx

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Agapanthus ......

Made a Clean And Simple DL Birthday Card card on a white card blank .....

I die-cut three stitched-edge squares from white card. I then chose a stamp of an agapanthus bloom (Stampendous) and stamped the three panels with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink and set with a heat gun. Each panel was then edged with Versamagic purple chalk ink.

The agapanthus image was enhanced with Acrylograph violet and pale yellow pens. The three panels were added to the card front on foam pads as shown.

The sentiment (C D's) was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed and edged with black ink and adding direct to the card as shown.

Finishing touch was to add three black sequins to the panels .....

Sid xx

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Beauty .....

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

The base was cut from re-cycled food packaging and cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I then cut a background from some swirly inked paper made earlier, to the same size.

I chose a swirl stamp (Paperartsy) and stamped a few times with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The background was then attached to the base and edged in more gold embossing powder to frame the ATC.

I coloured some paper flowers with Starburst stain dabbers and dried to produce the beautiful mica gleam in the damson and maroon colours of the background. They were attached to the background and centred with a metallic gold cabochon.

The printed word was trimmed, edged in maroon Versamagic chalk ink and applied as show to complete the ATC ....

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

Sid xx

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Memorable ......

 

Made an Artist Trading Card for trading .....

I cut a piece of printed paper for the background to 2.5 x 3.5 inches and treated this with alcohol inks. I then stamped in black Versafine ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I also treated a die-cut with inks and applied at the bottom.

I added 5 little die-cut squares from magenta glitter card and applied as shown, edging with black Micron pen.

The printed word was coloured with pink Distress ink and matted on black card then added as shown. A golden butterfly charm was added along with 3 glitter drops.

The ATC was finished by edging with magenta Versamagic chalk ink to finish. If you would like to trade please email me at sidscards9@hotmail.com ......

Sid xx

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Blu ......

A set of 3 Artist Trading Cards made for a swap over on the I Love IndigoBlu Facebook Group using mainly IndigoBlu products in their making. I have called the series 'IndigoBlues' .....

Made an ink on paper background in blues and overstamped this with a large poppy stamp in black Versafine Ink. I then trimmed out three suitable backgrounds to the customary 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I followed this with more stamping using IndigoBlu stamps in green and blue Versafine Clair inks. Infilling the shaped with white Posca pen.

I then used an alphabet stamp and stamped in Versamark Ink before heat embossing with white embossing powder.

I then stamped the sentiments on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimming out and colouring the background with a wash of green Distress Ink. These were then edged with green Versafine clai ink.

The die-cut flowers were coloured with a green & gold mica dabber and allowed to dry giving a lovely sheen to the flowers. They were added along with the sentiments on foam pads. I also added a metallic cold cabochon to the flower centres.

The ATC's were finished with an edging of Krylon gold pen. Hope my swap partner likes the series when she receives them ....

Sid xx

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Wings ......

A card made for a Challenge over on Country View Challenges Blog - the theme is 'Things With Wings' .....

I decided to go wildlife with a stamp and paper from Crafty Individuals. I stamped in black Versafine ink on white card twice, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out the ducks on one of the images.

I coloured the background image (not the ducks) in Distress ink washes, adding some posca pen dots to the design panel on the left. I then added some Nuvo gold drops to the grasses.

I also coloured the trimmed out ducks and applied over the original image on foam pads. The panel was matted on pale green, black, printed paper and black matts to form a frame. This was added to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank.

The printed words were edged in black and applied as shown on foam pads to finish the card ...... loving that stamp ......

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #481 ......

 Hi and welcome to another Challenge from 'Less Is More'

You have free reign to make a card in any theme you like, keeping it CAS of course ......

This is my Design Team card for the Challenge:

I made a 5 x 5 inch white cardblank from 300gsm white card ....

The daisy image (Tuscan Rose) was stamped on white card in Versafine black ink and this was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then chose a circular dotty-edge die and cut out the flower panel. I coloured the daisies with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush.

The sentiment was stamped in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I used a smaller similar die to cut this out.

I added the daisy panel directly to the card front and the sentiment on foam pads to finish the card ....

Hoping you are inspired to take part and if you would like even more inspiration, click HERE to have a look at what my fellow DT members have made ......

Sid xx

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CAS on Friday #255

Welcome once more to another fortnighly Challenge over on the 'CAS on Friday' blog .....

This time you are invited to make a Clean And Simple Card with a theme of:

'SPRING' 

so let you creativity run free with this one ! It has to follow the rules though ......

This is my Design Team card for the Challenge:

I used a 4 x 6 ins white cardblank in landscape orientation as the base.

I then used a stamp by Crafty Individuals which was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The images were coloured with watercolour brushpens.

I then die-cut the image with a stitched-edge die and stamped some Spring blossoms in Versafine Clair ink around the edge, adding some gold enamel dots to some of the blossoms.

The panel was then added to the card front. The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and matting on black card to form a fine border. This was then added on foam pads to finish the card ........

I Do hope you have been inspired to join in with us and enter, but if you need further inspiration why not have a look at my fellow Design Team members cards by clicking HERE ......

Sid xx

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