No Ordinary Moments

This little design was inspired by a batch of butterfly shaped die-cuts which I discovered in a drawer in my craftroom.  I have decided to start to use as much of my massive stash to create things from now on.  Trouble is I have so much that I have forgotten what I have at my disposal.

I opened a couple of boxes containing a selection of Stewart Gill paints, embossing powders, fragments etc and made up my mind to have a go using them.  The pic above shows what transpired !

 

I first painted the diecuts with some metallic SG paints in purple, blue and gold which I also enhanced with some Luminarte Primary Elements using one of the Simple Solutions to make mica paints.  I made several layers in the various colours until they looked vibrant.

On one butterfly I added some SG Embossing powder and heat embossed.

I then added SG jewel fragments stuck in place with glossy accents and finished off the bodies with Ranger dimensional pearls.  The antenna were added on a foam pad at the back and were made from coloured art wire.

The butterflies were adhered as shown with more foam pads.  The word are from PaperArtsy and were stamped on another piece of the background paper in Archival black ink, trimmed out and edged with more dusty concord Distress Ink.  A small purple self adhesive gem was added in the four corners as shown.

The background was made from some pale pink heavyweight card and I added Distress inks in victorian velvet and dusty concord with cut'n'dry foam.  I then used stamps and Brilliance and Versamagic chalk ink in various colours to add the dots and straw effects.

A piece of angelhair mesh was added to the back of the plate to finish.

Must dig into my stash and use some before I buy any more from now on.  This meets the challenge requirements of 'Sunshine & Lavender' for the City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 219

Sid xx

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Shooting Stars

This 6 x 4 inch postcard is my entry into the UK Stampers Forum monthly postcard swap.  This months theme requires you to use a star or stars somewhere on it.

I used a plain white card covered in a printed green paper with criss-cross navy lines.  I have used rubber stamps and dye inks to stamp the base leaves, starry flowers & arrows.  The stems and leaves have been added by hand with pens. A little bit of bling was added with Stickles in the centre of each flower.

The top line of images is actually a piece of clear glossy printed tape.

Finishing touches were to add the words and a little embellishment with Posca pens in white and gold with a spray of matt acrylic lacquer to seal.

These are sent as they are to the recipient ........... why not join us and have a go, it's very popular !

Sid xx

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Sweet Lemon ?

Ages since I have done any crafting ....... mojo has been on its hols I think.  This card is on a Kraft base and I have incorporated a machine embroidered lemon (made on my Singer machine) as the focal point.

The mats are made from Tilda papers.  I have used Versamark ink along with gold Perfect Pearls to make the green mat with a starry stamp.  Once layered I added the embroidered piece and a strip of spotty pink adhesive ribbon tape as shown.

Two lime buttons were threaded through with pink cotton and these are placed either side of a stamped image saying 'so sweet'. Couldn't resist mixing sweet with sour !!

3 blobs of Glossy Accents were used to accent the lemon to finish.

This will fit the bill for the theme over on City Crafter Challenge Blog this week 216 the theme being 'fruits'.

Sid xx

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Little Boxes

 

Here wishing everyone a fab Bank Holiday weekend.  Nice to have a little more time to do what we want to rather than what we have to !

Here are a few little boxes I have made with a Sizzix box die.

I have also used a mover and shaper die to cut a keyhole in the top of one of them.  They have simply been decorated with printed papers and bits of ribbon. Loads of potential uses for these.

Have fun !

Sid xx

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Good Junk !

 

Hope everyone is having a fab Easter and thanks to all followers and commenters for their support, I really do appreciate it.

Here is another 6 x 4 inch postcard done as part of a swap over on UK Stampers Forum.  I decided to do a colourful collage.

I used digi prints, stickers and stamping with micron pens to complete it.  Some white was added with a Signo white pigment pen (Thanks Jan !!)

The postcards are sent 'naked' through the post so care needs to be exercised when putting dimensional elements onto them. I always spray with matt acrylic sealant to secure.

The theme had to include a crown somewhere so you can see mine easily !

Sid xx

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Blocky Flowers

Happy flowers to everyone, especially when it's their birthday.  This birthday card was made on a Kraft card square card base. The papers were assembled as shown and the base layer was sewn with white thread.

The remaining layers were stamped and cut with a set of Sizzix dies and Distress Inks.  They were layered and embellished with some coloured pearls. A couple of birdies were also stamped and die cut  and applied.

The sentiment plate was stamped and layered and applied on foam pads.

Sid xx

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Mums Card & Box

Happy Mothers Day to you all and especially to my own Mum !!

This is my Mum's card & gift for this Mothers Day.  The card was made using some digi papers cut into equal sized blocks and mounted as shown.

The two layered plates were made using a Sizzix die, one on blue card and one on white.  Both were applied on foam pads to raise them.  The sentiment was stamped in Archival black ink. Finishing touch was to add a paper flower on a sticky dot.

The box was made using another large matchbox Sizzix die.  This was cut out, assembled and covered in panels of similar papers.  The bow was added to finish.

Hope she likes it ........... guess what's in the box !

Sid xx

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Steampunkery !

Here's a card I made on a Kraft card base.  I have used 6 x 6 papers as the background with some letters trimmed out from paper also.

 

I have used rubber stamps from Darkroom Door to stamp all images (cogs, man with top hat , hot air baloon, butterfly & words)  Cogs & words were stamped in black Archival ink directly onto the background.  The man, balloon, compass & butterfly were stamped in Sepia Versafine and black Archival ink on white card and trimmed out.  The butterfly was coloured with a pencil.  The mans hat was embellished with Glossy Accents for a shine !

A honeycomb die was used to cut the mask which was coloured with worn lipstick Distress Ink.  Most edges were coloured with distress inks applied with cut'n'dry foam.  Once assembled the card was finished off with three dark brown brads as shown.

Sid xx

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Little Collages - Freebie ATC's

Here are two collaged ATC's made from digi images along with stamping and some freehand penwork using Posca Pens.

I just love bright and bold colours and these just show what you can mix & match.  They are collaged on grey board.

Would love to know if you like them and I will send them to one commenter if you follow my blog and leave a comment.  Deadline for comments is 29/03/14 after which I will use a random number generator to select the chosen one !

If you are chosen I will ask for your postal addy so I can send the ATC's.

Good Luck !!

Sid xx

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How Remarkable

This is one of a monthly swap we do over on the UK Stampers Forum so why not join us and have a go?  Our March theme is an 'Open' one so anything goes.

I have crafted a bright (and rather pink !) postcard entitled 'You Are Remarkable'.

The stout card blank was first trimmed to 6 x 4 inches and this was covered with a piece of digi printed paper.

Other elements were stamped with Versafine and Distress Ink, whilst a label with the words, some trimmed out images, Washi tape, stickers and doodling with a fine Micron pen complete the design.

Some edging was done using cut'n'dry foam and tumbled glass Distress Ink.  These postcards are sent to the recipient without any extra protection, so the postcard was given a coat of matt acrylic spray lacquer to help it through the postal system.

Sid xx

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