Purple .......

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

The theme was 'Black and one other Colour' 

I stamped the floral stamp (Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous) in black Versafine ink on lilac card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out three 2.25 x 3.25 inch pieces and then matted these on black card to 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

I used Dusty Concord Distress ink washes and a waterbrush to colour the florals leaving all the rest uncoloured. I added Glossy accents to selected petals to highlight.

The designs were then added to the bases which were cut from re-cycled food packaging and the ATC's were finished with three black adhesive gems ......

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #488 .....

 Hi LIMmers it's that time again for another new Challenge over on the 'Less Is More' Challenge Blog ......

This time you are asked to contribute a card of your own making, following the theme and the Rules, of course .......

Hoping that you will join us and here is my Design Team card for the Challenge:

I started with a 6 x 6 ins white card base .....

I then cut a smaller matt and die-cut a square stitched-edge aperture in it's centre. I added some score lines around the edge. This was then applied onto the card front.

The coral and scallop shell (Artistic Stamper) were stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were coloured with Distress Ink washes and some dots added to the coral with a pink Posca marker. They were trimmed out.

The green seaweed was die-cut from a piece of white card over which had been laid some Washi tape in greens. The three items were added as shown with the coral on foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, trimmed out and edged with black ink. It was applied on more foam pads as shown to finish the card .....

Hoping that you have been inspired to have a go and take part this time but if you need further inspiration please click HERE to see my fellow Design Team members card ideas ........

Sid xx

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CAS on Friday #262 ......

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

... this time you are asked to make a Clean And Simple card in the theme of: 

'Summer'

Don't forget to make it CAS and follow the rules.

Here is my card for the Challenge:

A very simple card using stamps by Beth Hughes .......

I made a 5 x 5 inch white cardbase.

I then stamped the main panel in black Versafine ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. It was trimmed out and coloured with a mixture of Distress Ink washes and opaque paint pens. The centres of the sunflowers was treated with Glossy Accents to add a shine ..... once dry I added a black matt to the image.

The words were stamped in a similar manner and again matted onto black card to form a border. Both were then added to the card on foam pads .....

Simple !

We do hope you will have a go and join us but if you would like further inspiration do click HERE to see my fellow Design Team members cards ......

Sid xx

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Fishy ......

 

A set of Twinchies .... 2 x 2 inch decorated squares made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum ...... all stamps from Crafty Individuals .....

The bases were cut to 2 x 2 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then cut 4 pieces of green background paper and stamped with a seaweed stamp adding some chunky glitter glue. Once dry the backgrounds were added to the bases. I stamped the 4 fishes in black Versafine ink on white card which I heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were trimmed out and selectively coloured (I wanted them to be almost monochrome) before adding to the backgrounds.

I added some metallic gold dots to each and edged to finish with purple Versamagic chalk ink ....

Sid xx

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Birdies .......

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

The bases were die-cut to 2 inches diameter from re-cycled food packaging. I then die-cut the background which was made on a Gelli plate. This was then stamped with Versafine black ink and dark green Archival inks.

The printed birds were trimmed and added to each Coin, edging with black Micron pen and a gem was added to each of the birds eyes and a word stamped also.

Each Coin was edged with co-ordinating Versamagic chalk ink .....

Sid xx

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Vintage ......

A set of Vintage Inchies made for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were punched from re-cycled food packaging to 1 x 1 inch. I then chose some background paper and stamped this in sepia Archival Ink with a stamp by Crafty Individuals. The image was heat embossed with clear embossing powder .....

I punched six squares and applied on the background. I then chose some vintage photo paper dolls and applied the heads to the Inchies. I then added two very small  yellow jewels to each.

The Inchies were finished by edging in black ink .....

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #487 ......

Hi there again from the 'Less Is More' Challenge blog ..... this time we have an alphabet theme .....

You are invited to join us with a CAS card of your making and design in the above theme, following the rules, of course ......

This is my Design Team card:

I used a 6 x 4 inch white card base and used it landscape.....

All images are by Crafty Individuals and are stamped in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

The main image of the happy girls was coloured with Distress Ink washes and a waterbrush and matted onto orange card to leave a fine border.

The 'Beach' pennant was trimmed out along with the words and applied as shown over the image to finish the card ...... very simple but very effective I think .....

Hoping you have been inspired to join us but if you would like further inspiration click HERE to see my fellow Design Team cards .....

Sid xx

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CAS on Friday #261 .....

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

... this time you are asked to make a Clean And Simple card using: 

'Designpaper'

Don't forget to make it CAS and follow the rules.

Here is my card for the Challenge:

I used a 5 x 7 inch white card as the base......

I then chose some 'diamonds' printed paper from a 6 x 6 inch pad called 'Rondelle' by Prima. I used a stitched edge die to cut out a piece. I then used a slightly larger die and cut another piece from black card. The printed paper was then matted onto the black and applied centrally to the card base.

I then die-cut a floral shape from black card and matted onto white card (die by IndigoBlu). This was layered as show on foam pads.

I then stamped the words in black Versafine Ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder and cut out the words before matting on more black card and applying on foam pads as shown to finish the card ......

We really would love you to join us and if you need further inspiration please click HERE to have a look at my fellow Design Team members cards

Sid xx

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Rose ........

Made a Clean & Simple card using stamps from the latest IndigoBlu Box set .......

I made the card base from white 300gsm card and it measures 5 x 5 inches.

The background plate was cut from white card and was stamped with the trellis in a mixture of green Distress Oxides which were heat set. This was matted onto black card and applied centrally to the card front.

I next stamped the rose in Versafine black on white card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before trimming out and colouring with worn lipstick distress ink washes, applied with a waterbrush. The leaves were stamped in green Archival ink, trimmed out and applied onto the trellis matt overlapping the edges. The rose was applied over the leaves on foam pads.

The words were stamped in Versafine black ink, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, matted on black card and applied as shown on foam pads.

I added three drops of pink Crystal Drops to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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LIM Challenge #486 .....

Welcome to a brand new Challenge from 'Less Is More' ......

This time it's :

So you are asked to make a card in any theme but make sure it is CAS (Clean And Simple), so please read and follow the rules on the blog ......

This is my Design Team card:

The base is a 6 x 6 inch white card .....

I then die-cut a stamp-edged frame from more white card and layered this on foam pads centrally on the card base.

I then stamped the main image and words (The Inspector/Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz) in black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The Inspector was trimmed out along with the words.

I selectively coloured parts of the image with Copic markers in blue and red, leaving the majority just in monochrome. The Inspector was then added to the die-cut layer as shown.

The words were trimmed, matted onto black card and added to finish the card ......

Hoping that you will join us with a creation of your own making and if you would like more inspiration please click HERE to see my fellow Design Tam creations ......

Sid xx

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