Secret ......

Made a card using mainly Dina Wakley stamps .....

The background was made on the Gelli Plate with Acrylic paints and stencils. A piece was cut and stamped with various stamps in Distress Oxides and Archival inks, some colouring was done with watered down Distress inks and a waterbrush.

Some adhesive numbers were added as shown and some lines with a Posca pen and Gold pen.

The images were stamped in Versafine black ink and the figure was stamped in purple Versafine Clair. Treated with orange Posca and gold pen, trimmed out and applied as shown with the figure on foam pads. The words were stamped and trimmed out before sticking in place.

The background was then matted on dark purple card and this applied to a white card blank to finish the card .......

Sid xx

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Greenery .....

After being inspired by Corrie Herriman I decided to have a go at making a mini paper book ... really enjoyed making it and used mainly AAll & Create stamps (Tracy Evans) with other freebies from a magazine. I tied the finished book with some natural jute twine ....

Decoration of the gessoed pages was stamped with selective areas of one stamp. Coloured with watered Distress ink and a waterbrush along with Inktense pencils. Washi tape, an inchie and stencilled flowers with Distress Oxide decorated with adhesive gems in contrasting colours. All book page edges and the spine were treated with Krylon Gold pen. Posca markers were also used to add highlights along with Glossy Accents.

 

Hope you like it .....

Sid xx

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Embossing .....

 Over on UK Stampers Forum we are running a 'Triple Heat Embossing' Challenge. This is my entry.

I started with a white card blank. I then cut a matt from some oriental paper and applied a piece of red ribbon centrally on red-line tape adding a gold Washi tape stripe along its length. This was then matted onto some metallic gold paper and again on black card.

The main Triple Heat Embossed embellishment was made on a Stampbord circle using black UTEE adhered with Versamark ink and an old rubber stamp by Elusive Images inked with Brilliance galaxy gold ink. This was then applied over the ribbon on red-line tape.

Two red square gem brads were added as shown and a plaque which says 'Love' in Chinese. the matts were then attached to the card blank to finish.....

Sid xx

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Purple .....

 

A variation on the Butterfly theme for a decorated tag made to swap with a crafty friend .....

This time I have used a white tag blank and stamped with a series of triangles in Distress inks in purples & greens followed by a numbers stamp in black Versafine ink. I have embellished with adhesive stickers in a triangular shape and also with butterflies. Some dots in purple Versafine Clair and lines in purple glitter gel pen. The main butterfly is die-cut from washi paper and embellished with a metal tag and purple clear dot and it is applied with foam pads.

The tag was edged with gold Krylon pen and a black eyelet added with the crop-a-dile, threaded through with some purple ribbon to finish ....

Hope he likes it ....

Sid xx

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Happy.....

 

Made a simple fantasy florals card with Polkadoodle Stamps .....

The base is a white card blank. I cut a matt from more white card and stamped this with the flower stamps, colouring with watered down Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. The flowers were then stamped three times onto more white card (using Versafine black Ink), these were coloured with watered down Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and highlighted with a pink glitter gel pen. they were then applied on foam pads.

The words were then stamped direct with more black Versafine ink.  The matt was further matted on pink card stock and attached to the card base. Three iridescent pink sequins were added to finish the card.....

Sid xx

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Joker .....

Made a card mainly with AAll & Create stamps......

I used a white square card blank as the base. I then cut a white matt smaller than the blank and made a background using Distress Oxide inks in walnut stain, frayed burlap & vintage photo applied after spraying with water and layering (drying between layers). Once dry I selectively stamped part of the stamp in Versafine black ink.

I then coloured the background with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush adding yellows, reds and orange on the top bulb and birdcage. Some metallic gold was added too. I stamped a couple of screwhead stamps in yellow mustard seed Distress ink. The second bulb was stamped from the main stamp in Archival sepia ink. trimmed out and coloured with Inktense pencils and added on the background as shown.

I then took a mini 'Joker' playing card (inspiration for the colours used on the card). darkened with frayed burlap Distress stain and edged with brown Copic marker. this was then applied as shown on foam pads. I then used a white Posca pen to highlight elements of the background including the playing card. The words (TH) were added and edged with black Inktense pencil and two metal studs added.

I then matted the background twice on yellow and kraft cards to finish the card.....

Sid xx

 

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Judgement .....

 

Made a vintage Tag for a monthly swap on UK Stampers Forum .....

The base was cut from re-cycled card and another was cut from white cardstock. I then stamped a series of triangles in Distress Ink ( Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender) and dried with a heat gun to set. I then overstamped with a numbers stamp in Versafine black ink and also stamped a baseline for the boy to stand on in Sepia Archival Ink.

The tag was then edged with Antique Linen Distress IN applied with a make-up sponge.

The boy ( TH paper Dolls) was then edged in black ink and applied as shown on foam pads. The self adhesive words are also by Tim Holtz and were edged with black Micron pen.

The front was attached to the base and I added a gold eyelet with the Crop-a-dile and tied through with some mauve ribbon to finish the tag.

I would like to enter this into the Daring Cardmakers Challenge whose subject is Picture Perfect

Sid xx

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Lotus ......

 

Made a card with mainly AAll & Create stamps .....

I started with a white card blank and cut a smaller matt from white cardstock, colouring around the edges with a wash made from worn lipstick Distress Ink and a waterbrush. I then stamped in Distress Oxide inks onto the background and added some self adhesive tapes over a ruler stamp in Archival sepia ink.

The Lotus was stamped and trimmed out and coloured with more distress ink washes. before applying on foam pads.

The metal filigree butterfly was coloured with raspberry Alcohol ink and applied with hot glue. The words were stamped in more Archival sepia ink, trimmed and matted on pink card before sticking in place as shown. The background was then matted twice onto pink a brown cardstock.

Three black sequins were added along with some gold pen highlights on the screwheads to finish the card.

Sid xx

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Bows .....

 

Made a set of 'Ribbons & Bows' ATC's for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum .....

I used bases made from re-cycled packaging and decorated white card as the top layer. I used a stamp from AAll & Create and stamped in Distress Inks twice spreading some of the colour with a waterbrush. I then applied a piece of Washi Tape to each as shown with gold highlights. I then stamped a heart stamp in Versafine black ink and added some numbers (AAll & Create) in Sepia Archival ink.

I fashioned three bows from ribbon in matching colourways and put to one side. I applied the decorated card to the re-cycled base and edged in Versamagic chalk ink. I then stamped the word 'Bows' with some Alpha stamps in black Versafine black and highlighted with Posca marker. I added three self adhesive metal studs to the hearts and then stuck the ribbons in place with hot glue to finish .....

Sid xx

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Waves .....

 

This card was made as my entry into the Country View Challenge blog for August 2020 whose theme is 'I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' ......

I used a white card blank as the base and selected some papers from Websters Pages and used this as a background. I trimmed out some seaside word too. The paper was trimmed and stamped with some stamps from PinkPaislee in Distress Inks. I also stamped the anchor onto the base. Ithen stamped the shells in Versafine black ink on white card, these were trimmed out and coloured with Distress ink and Posca pen. The Sea-Side circle was stamped in red Versafine Clair, trimmed out and given a shine with Glossy Accents.  The shells were added along with the circle on foam pads. I then applied a metal dolphin charm with hot glue. The words were attached next, some of foam pads.

The 'Making Waves' was stamped in blue Versafine Clair onto blue card, trimmed out and treated with Stickles glitter glue before mounting on more foam pads. The paper was edged with Distress ink and then mounted on a dark blue card matt with dots of yellow Posca pen.

The matts were then applied to the card base to finish.....

Sid xx

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