Gilded.......

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

The bases were die-cut to 2.5 inches in diameter from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some Tim Holtz background paper and die-cut this. I stamped this with a background swirl stamp in purple Versafine Clair ink. The backgrounds were then added to the bases.

I then used some Tim Holtz stamps and stamped these onto dark pink paper in Versamark ink. This was then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. They were trimmed out and backed with black card to leave a small black border around. They were applied to the backgrounds.

Each Coin was then embellished with three metallic gold cabochons and each Coin was then edged with a gold pen to finish .....

Sid xx

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Sweet ......

Made a set of Twinchies for a swap over on UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Sweet Things' .....

Rather than sweet cakes etc. I went for a sweet Panda on these. The bases were cut to 2 x 2 inches square from re-cycled food packaging and a piece of black card cut to the same. The card was applied to the bases.

I then chose a little panda stamp and stamped this in Versafine black ink on whaite card cut to 2.75 inches square.

I coloured the paws and noses with pink Posca pen. The word ' Sweet' was stamped in black Versafine ink, trimmed and added as shown to finish the Twinchies ....

Sid xx

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Watery .......

A set of ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) made for a swap over at UK Stampers Forum in the theme of 'Waves & Water' ......

The bases were cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some watery paper made using a Gel Plate and cut this applying to the bases.

I then stamped this with a water droplet stamp in Brilliance moonlight white as shown. I added some metallic chrome pen to highlight the droplets. I then stamped a couple of wave stamps in Versafine Clair dark blue.

I then added a strip of red Anchors to the left of the ATC's. The strips and ATC's were then edged with black alcohol pen.

The ATC's were finished with a Dymo printed word 'WET' .....

Sid xx

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Floral.......

A set of Inchies made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum ......

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inches square. I then made a stamped and coloured background and punched 6 pieces from this applying to the bases.

I then added some word stickers and edged these with black Sharpie pen along with a black edge round each Inchie to finish ....

Sid xx

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Winged ......

Made an ATC for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Winged Things' .....

The ATC base was cut to 2.5 x 3.5 inches from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some printed background paper from Crafty Individuals to the same size and applied this to the base.

I then chose a couple of birdy stamps from Crafty Individuals - CI-184 and stamped these on white card with Versafine black ink which was then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The imaged were trimmed oit and the outline frames coloured with Gold watercolour paint.

They were then applied to the background as shown. I added some strips of Washi tape and finished the ATC by edging with turquoise Posca pen .... I then die-cut the ATC sleeve (Tim Holtz/Sizzix from from cream marbled card to house the ATC. Hope my swap partner likes it !

Sid xx

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Fruity ......

Made a set of Twinchies (2 x 2 inch decorated squares) for a swap in UK Stampers Forum in the theme of  'Orange, Lemon & Lime' .....

I cut the bases from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some orange, lemon and lime card and cut this to 1 x 1 inches adding the three colours to the bases.

I then found a citrus slice stamp and stamped this as shown in Versafine black ink onto each of the Twinchies adding some colour to the pips with brown Posca pen. I then added the sentiment also in Versafine black ink.

The Twinchies were then finished by edging with black ink ......

Sid xx

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Square ......

A set of Inchies made for a swap in UK Stampers Forum .....

The bases were punched to 1 x 1 inch square from re-cycled food packaging. I chose some patterned paper and punches this to the same size.

Next I chose a stamp and stamped in pale purple Versafine Clair ink. I then added some purple colour with a sharpie pen and yellow from a Posca pen. The decorated paper was then applied to the bases and each edged with purple Versamagic chalk ink.

The Inchies were then given a coat of Glitz Spritz to add a sheen (can't be seen in the photo) to finish .....

Sid xx

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Birdie ......

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

I die-cut the bases to 2.5 inches diameter from re-cycled food packaging. I then chose some printed paper and die-cut this. I then applied the papers to the bases.

I was gifted a birdie die from a member of the Forum so chose some green paper and stamped this with Versafine black ink using a word stamp from 'Mama Makes'. I die-cut three birdies. These were added to the coins. I added a black eye and also some blobs of chunky green glitter glue.

I then a added a strip of thin Washi tape and embellished this with glitter cabochons in green.

Each of the Coins was then edged with a green acrylic brushpen to finish ......

Sid xx

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Love .....

An ATC made for a swap over in Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Love' .....

The base was cut to 3.5 x 2.5 from re-cycled food packaging ... I then chose some text printed background paper to the same size and applied this to the base.

I then looked into my mounted stamps and found this really old Crafty Individuals stamp (no number). I stamped this on white card with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The image was trimmed out and edged with black ink. This was then coloured with Distress ink washes and a waterbrush adding some spots on the girls top and a necklace. A yellow glossy cabochon was added to the hole in the tag. The tag was then added to the background.

I then stamped some red card with a shell stamp and die-cut a heart which was added as shown. The words 'with love' were stamped in red ink onto the tag as shown and the ATC edged with Krylon gold pen.

I then made a die-cut ATC holder with Sizzix/Tim Holtz from Kraft card to finish ....

Hoping the recipient likes the card .....

Sid xx

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Spring ......

Made an ATC for a swap over on Crafty Individuals Facebook Group in the theme of 'Spring' .....

I cut some re-cycled food packaging to 3.5 x 2.5 as the base. I then chose some Crafty Individuals green printed background paper to the same size and added this to the base.

I then selected a stamp CI-555 and stamped this on white card with Versafine black ink, heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This was then trimmed down to slightly smaller to leave a border.

I coloured the background with a blue Distress Ink wash and added other colours with Posca pens before adding to the base.

The sentiment was stamped on white card , trimmed out and mounted on the same green background.

The sleeve (time Holtz/Sizzix) was die-cut from more text background paper to finish the ATC ...

Hope my swap partner likes it .....

Sid xx

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