Blue ......

Made a card using the fabulous 'Happy Cat' stamp from Crafty Individuals .....

I used a 6 x 6 inch white card-base. I then took a piece of the Crafty Individuals 'Wonderfully Weathered' background paper and attached it to some white card. I then die-cut this with two sizes of stitched circle dies. The central circle was attached centrally to the card base.

I then stamped the 'Happy Cat' stamp designed by Ellie Mulligan (CI - 523) in Versafine black ink on white card and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder before trimming out. The fabulously detailed image was then painted with my old Twinkling H2O's in three shades of blue with his nose and eye are in brown, adding a splash of white Posca pen on his eyes. He was then placed in the outer die-cut circle as shown and trimmed to fit with his ears mounted on foam pads to add a little depth.....

The circle with the cat was then applied over the circle on the card base on double thickness foam pads to raise it.

The words were stamped in black Versafine from a plate (CI - 258 - Uplifing Words) and mounted on more of the background paper applying as shown on foam pads to finish ....

Loving the detail on the main stamp .....

Sid xx

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Laughter .....

Made a little scalloped edge card on a cream card-base ....

Spring colours with a Distress Oxide background, some die-cut flowers in patterned papers, some stamping and adhesive pearls.

The word panel is stamped in Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and overlayed on a die-cut shiny leaf on foam pads. I have used black and white Posca pens and Chalk inks through a stencil on the flowers.

The background has been matted onto black card to form a border to finish the card .....

Sid xx

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Explore .....

 

Made a mail art postcard for this months Swap over on UK Stampers Forum ....

I used a Kraft card background and drew a line in black micron pen to enable me to line up the insects. 

The insects (Tim Holtz) were stamped on white card in black Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. They were then die-cut with the matching dies from Sizzix. They were applied as shown with adhesive to the card front.

I have used an AAll & Create leaf stamp to stamp in two shades of green Versafine Clair ink and highlighted with a black Posca pen.

I then used black Dymo tape and prepared four labels which were applied as shown. The word 'Explore' was stamped in Versafine black ink and highlighted with white Posca.

The card was then edged with black Archival ink and matted onto white card to leave a border.

The postcard will travel 'naked' through the postal system so it was sprayed with matte Acrylic sealet to protect it ......

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Beginning ......

Made an ATC .......

I used re-cycled corrugated board as the base cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I then selected a gelli plate print as the background (this one is stencilled and copper metallic coloured).

I then stamped a Lynn Parella stamp in brown Versafine Clair ink and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder. I stamped the same image on white card and used a scale to remove the face which was edged in black and overlayed on the base fase. I used a waterbrush to colour the cheek with a pink distress ink wash.

I overlayed this with a Washi tape background (Aall & Create) . with a die-cut circle removed and edged with black Posca pen.

The words were trimmed and added surrounding with more Posca pen. Three clear violet shiny dots were added to finish the ATC ......

Sid xx

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Butterflies ......

Made a nearly monochrome card using a stamp from AAll & Create .....

I took a piece of white card and stamped the background image in Versafine black in and heat embossed this with clear embossing powder.. It was edged with cracked pistachio Distress Oxide which was heat dried.

The butterflies (Chocolate Baroque) were stamped on a piece of Gelli printed paper in more Versafine black & clear heat embossing. These were then fussy cut and applied on foam pads to raise the wings.

The background was matted onto more of the Gelli print and applied to the white card base.

The word was stamped in Versafine black on white card, trimmed and backed with more Gelli print and applied on foam pads as shown to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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Eiffel ......

A Paris card made with a stamp from Crafty Individuals .....

I started by stamping the Eiffel Tower Stamp (CI - 538) in Chianti Versafine Clair and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I trimmed out the tower and used a red Posca pend to highlight portions.

The background was made using a variety of printed papers and black card along with some red adhesive gems. The tower was applied on foam pads and given a shadow and grounding with Inktense grey pencil and a waterbrush. I also highlighted the 'Welcome to Paris' with Glossy accents and added some white Posca dots and dashes.

The Panel reads 'so happy to be here' and is also mounted on foam pads. The finished background and tower was then applied to a 6 x 6 inch white card blank ......

Sid xx

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You ......

Made a card on a 4 x 4 inch white card base .....

I used watercolour card and painted a loose swirly design in blues/purples and pink. Once dry I trimmed the card to size.

I then used some of the new Washi tape from AAll & Create and covered a piece of white card. I then die-cut a swirly flower shape and applied this over the watercolour swirl. Some of the offcuts were added to further enhance the flower.

I added some black Posca pen swirls and centred with black and yellow Posca. The words were stamped directly in Versafine black in.

The watercolour panel was matted onto purple and black coloured cards to form a border to finish the card ......

Sid xx

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New .......

A Clean & Simple card ..... made for a Challenge over on Less Is More blog ....

The base is a 5 x 5 inch white card blank. I have inked through a circle stencil with Distress ink on the base.

The butterfly (Chocolate Baroque) was stamped in grey Memento ink on white card, trimmed out and coloured with blue and black Posca pens. before adding centrally over the circle.

The words were stamped in Versafine black on the card, trimmed and applied as shown to finish .....

Sid xx

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More work ......

Another Artist Trading Coin made to swap .....

The base material is re-cycled food packaging die-cut into a 2.5 inch circle. I then cut a piece of Gelli plate printed background and applied this to the base.

I used a stamp set from PaperArtsy to stamp the circle in Versafine black ink which was heat embossed with clear embossing powder. this was coloured with Gelly Roll stardust pens and edged in black. The numbers were stamped on the base in more Versafine black ink. The word was stamped and mounted on black card. Both elements were stuck in place and three small dark green adhesive crystals added to finish.

Sid xx

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Flowers ......

Made a card with a swirly watercolour background on a 5 x 7 inch white card blank......

I used lots of water on smooth watercolour card. I then used a background made from strips of Washi tape and diecut wth some flower dies which were applied to the background and centred with pink pearl cabochons.

The background was also stamped with crossed circles with Versafine black ink.

The background was edged with pink Versamagic chalk ink and matted on orange and pnk card to form a border. I stamped the words in black Versafine ink on white card, trimmed, edged with black ink and matted on pink card.

The background was then applied to the card blank and the 'Happy Birthday' applied on foam pads to finish.....

Sid xx

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