Little Boxes (Part 2)

Here are the next 4 in the series, need to do more now so planning to do another 8 tonight..........inspiration where are you?

Actually I am enjoying doing these very much and it is forcing me to check my stash and look for things I know I have but have lost track of exactly where they are. So far I have found things I had forgotten I had !!!! Sign of old age?

Hope you like them :)

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'Little Boxes On The Hillside'

I recently signed up for a swap organised by one of our forum members called 'Little Boxes On The Hillside' . The swap required you to make 21 little buildings in a size 2.5 inches wide by 3 to 6 inches tall. The idea was first spawned by Sarah Fishburn and Angela Cartwright who published a book called 'In This House' . I think, when swapped, the selection of art will lend itself to being displayed as a 'Street' of houses on a long canvas collage.

Here are my first 4 of the 21 and I really need to get a move on to complete and send by July 4th........so they should come thick and fast.

Hope you like them :)

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Black & White ATC's

This set of ATC's was done as a swap run by UK Stampers Forum . The swap limited colours to black and white only. I used black Stazon and onyx black Versafine inks on blank white background card. I used three stamps a bird design from Crafty Individuals, a Dovecraft triple block and a Tanda Stamps Klimt swirls background. The embellishments were plain flower brads from Dovecraft in white and black gloss finish. The first ATC has a decoupaged bird on 1mm foam pads overlayed. The last has the swirls stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with fine detail black embossing powder.

I am busy doing another two black & white swaps at the moment. In the meantime, hope you like these.

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More ATC's

T & C

Diamond

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Here are 3 more ATC's I have just completed. If anyone would like to swap ATC's with me, please email me from the 'contact me' link on the blog. I am very happy to do any theme, colourway or series. These three are, of course available to swap. Hope you like them !!

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Double Altered Slide Mailer

Here is a slide mailer I have recently done as a swap on UK Stampers Forum

I have used a number of stamps to complete the project, a couple of flourishes, a 4 face stamp, a pensive lady, eyes stamps and a couple of sentiments ( follow your heart & discover). All have been stamped in black stazon except the discover sentiment which is in sepia Versafine ink. The background colour was made by direct to paper technique using a dark brown Whispers dye inkpad. Some hand colouring was done to enhance the black outline stamped images. The slides were done by backing them with the stamped eyes images given a spray with iridescent pink spray before attaching to the back of the slide with adhesive metal tape which was scraped with a piercing tool to provide texture.

Finally, the fibres were added and a tag with my details. Some of the fibres were embellished with hand made plastic beads.

Hope you like it !!

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Chrysanthemum Birthday Card

This is another Laura Ashley-esque creation done on a plain mauve DL background card. A Dovecraft stamp of a Chrysanthemum was inked with Olympic Green Versafine and stamped twice each time to produce the stamped background. Certain flower centres were picked out in purple gellyroll glitter pen to add a sparkle. One of the 12 inch papers by dovecraft was then cut into squares and these were edged with orange chalk ink before being placed on the card using 1mm foam pads to raise the images. The sentiment plate from See Dees was stamped on dark green cardstock with Versamark ink and this was heat embossed with gold embossing powder. Two sides of the plate were lined with gold Krylon pen before adhesring it to the card with foam pads.

Thought the dimensional look was good and hope you like it.

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Quotations ATC Set

These three ATC's were done as a swap on UK Stampers Forum

The backgrounds were first brayered with various colours of Whispers Dye Inks until a colour density was attained. A swirl stamp was used to decorate each ATC with Versamark and various Moonglow embossing powders which were heated with a heat tool. The diamond check was stamped in onyx black Versafine Ink in various positions. Finally some K&Co quotes were inked direct to paper and adhered with glue. Some dimensional paint blobs were added to the corners of each of the quotes to finish.

Hope you like them !

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Another Floral ATC Set

Here are another 3 ATC's this time for a swap with a lady called Sandy from Winsconsin USA. These were done using more Laura Ashley backing papers, USArtquest watercolour paints applied by waterbrush and some brads and buttons. The middle ATC has a background in wisteria and denim blue chalk inks applied direct to paper over a Versamark stamped image which was first heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Once the colour had been applied to my liking I have placed the ATC face down and sandwiched between two sheets of brown paper. This was then dry ironed with a hot iron to melt the EP and absorb it into the brown paper. This produced a faux batik effect which allowed the white base card to show through the image. The words were stamped with Making Memories magnetic stamps and Versafine ink.

Hope you like them !

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Laura Ashley Card

Just a quick card made with one of the Dovecraft Laura Ashley papers. The card is a 5 x 5 inch pearl lattice with a 4.5 x 4.5 inch square of the paper applied. I have cut out and decoupaged one of the Chrysanthemum motifs and applied fine glitter in multi copper with a Quickie glue pen and added a piece of self adhesive ribbon in lime. The sentiment was stamped with a See D stamp and Versafine vintage sepia ink.

Simple and quick.........hope you like it.

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Floral ATC Set

Here is a set of 3 'Floral' ATC I have done as a swap with an Australian Lady who suggested the theme. I have used Whispers dye ink pads in various colours to make the backgrounds direct to paper. I have used a flower stamp from Third Coast as the main theme and a leafy flourish stamp to embellish. Inks used are Versafine onyx black and vintage sepia. The flower image has been painted with waterbrush and US Artquest Jewelz Interference Green, Blue & Yellow watercolours and the flourish accented with blobs of dimensional paint in peacock blue.

As usual these do not show well in the photos but they look rather nice in the light and when viewed at an angle. Hope you like them as they wing their way to Australia.

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