Valentine Wishes

A very happy Valentine's Day to you all.

I wanted to share the card that I made for my beloved

I started by colouring a card background using Victorian velvet distress ink.

I then stamped the AMAZING drawn heart background from Simon Says Stamp using fired brick distress ink.

I stencilled onto the background using embossing paste and a stencil.

I then set about die cutting hearts of various types... and just had to include a metal heart too!  

I finished by using metal cogs and a metal greeting.

I also wanted to decorate the inside of the card...

I am sure Dan will love it!

Thanks for looking.....

Diamonds & Pearls

This creation was initially destined as my submission for Sunday Stamper on 5th May but I totally lost track of time!!
I was having a creative block over the bank holiday weekend and could not get myself motivated.  A dear friend of mine (you know who you are!!)  set me a challenge as follows...

"tag...something with diamonds and... the technique you need to use is.... Distress Paints... water mixing onto craft sheet and dipping. Colours: broken china + 2 others. Blend DI over the top THRU a stencil... add 490 sentiment and flowers... and tie a bow in the top of the tag... add some Idea-ology and a smidge of Rock Candy Cracklepaint"

So - here is my creation and what I did:

I used picked raspberry, broken china and wild honey distress paints.  These were pressed to a craft mat and sprayed with water.

The tag was then swooshed, misted again and dried.

I stamped the Tim Holtz harlequin stamp onto the background in archival ink then highlighted bits with a chinagraph pencil.

I used a stencil to add distress ink in various places and edged the tag in walnut stain.

Next I took a Wendy Vecchi flower stencil.  I coloured some Grunge Paste with picked raspberry paint then covered the stencil to create the flowers.  I added a smidge of distress glitter to give them a distressed, but sparkly look.  Once dry I added a pearl to the centre of the flowers.

I stamped a Wendy Vecchi quote in archival ink.

To finish I added smidge of crackle paint on different parts of the tag.

So....  this certainly re-started my creativity.  Really enjoyed this tag & am LOVING distress paints!!

Thanks for looking...

Lazy Sunday Crafting!!

I've been trying to get lots of rest this weekend in readiness for a workshop with the AMAZING Hels Sheridan at the Stamp Attic next weekend.

Today I have managed to find a bot of energy to have a play!!

Here are my results:

For my first card I created a coloured background using the wrinkle free distress method (taught by Tim Holtz).  To create this background I used distress stains, with a smidge of metallic stain in there too.

Once I was happy with my background I dried and mounted it onto black card.

I stamped the Papillon moths and butterflies directly onto the background using black archival. 

I then stamped the same image onto Clearly For Art, heat set it and cut them out individually.  I stapled them to the main image on the background and then one by one heat them in order to shape the wings. 

Once happy I attached the image to the main card.

To finish I stamped a quote in black archival ink.  I love this quote and use it alot!!

For my second card I used distress pens directly onto the stamp.

 

Once finished I 'huffed' onto the stamp to reactivate the ink then stamped directly onto my cardstock.

 

I added a quote using the same technique.

 

To finish I added black ink around the card to create a rough frame (I'm not very delicate!!!)

 



I started my final card using the same technique as the first.  I then stamped a distressed dots background in walnut stain ink.

I stamped various butterflies in co-ordinating inks then punched them out.  I glued them randomly to the dots background.

I mounted this onto black cardstock then onto my card.

I finished my stamping a quote and adding 2 more small butterflies.

I really enjoyed making these - I love using the wrinkle free distress technique - no two prints will ever  be the same!!

Thanks for looking.....

Rebel Stampers ATC Swap

It's that time already!!  Here are the swaps that I made for March:

 

My first atc is based on the Craft Stamper free stamp for March. 

 

I coloured an atc using broken china distress ink and stamped the world stamp from Papermania in walnut stain. 

 

I stamped the  wings from Craftstamper and the French man from the Paris memoirs set in walnut stain distress ink, cut them out and fixed them to the atc.

 

I finished by using a chit chat word. 

The second atc was based on 'texture'. 

I covered an atc in paper from my left over stash.

I stencilled texture paste into the corner and also through a Studio 490 flower stencil.

While this dried I stamped a flower in Island Indigo ink and punched it out. 

I stamped, coloured and cut a flower from one of my Studio 490 sets. 

I attached this to the flower and added a resin rose to the centre before attaching the whole flower to the textured background.

Hope you like my results.

Thanks for looking.....

Happy Birthday Mum

Today is my Mum's Birthday.

Here is the card that I made for her:

I started by covering a card blank using some gorgeous vintage floral Prima paper and inked around the edges using walnut stain ink.

I die cut 3 Window Frame shapes, one in Prima paper and one in cream card stock.  I stamped the vintage lady image (Studio 490) onto the cream card stock and coloured her using distress markers and inked around the edge.  As soon as I saw these Wendy Vecchi stamps I knew that I had to get them and that the image reminded me of my wonderful mum.

I attached the image and shape to the card and put sprays of roses around them which were given to me by the fabulous Caz Newton.  Thank you Caz - they are amazing!!

I finished by using a few pearls on the opposite edges.

Hope you have a fabulous day mum - Happy Birthday - Love you loads xxxx

Thanks for looking....

Anniversary Celebrations

I am still in Portugal and currently in one of my most favourite places - Carvoeiro in the Algarve.  So far we will have spent a night in Lisbon, 4 nights in Porto, 4 nights in Evora and are now in the Algarve until we fly home in a few days.

Today is our 11th wedding anniversary.  We will actually be spending it at the Autodromo for the start of the Historic Festival.

Here is the card that I made for Dan:

Here, I coloured a scalloped border card using peeled paint and broken china distress ink.  I then stamped a wood grain stamp using walnut stain distress ink.

The leaves are from an Art Parts set which I have painted using Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paint, and I stamped a script over them.

I stamped a Studio 490 heart onto metal using archival ink.  After heat setting I pounded alcohol inks over the heart and embossed some of the deign to add texture.  I then took a sanding block and gently rubbed over the heart to show some of the bare metal colour.

I die cut the Tim Holtz movers and shapers hearts and stamped a quote onto one before attaching.

I also decorated the inside of the card:

I used the same heart stamp as on the front and coloured the stamp using distress markers then stamped into the card.  I added a Studio 490 quote to finish.

Hope you like it.  I will be celebrating later with a bottle of good Portuguese wine!

Thanks for looking.

Sunday Stamper Week 222 - I Predict A Riot

Hels set the challenge of using 'colour' for this week's theme.  You can see Hels' fabulous creation Here.

This is my entry:

For my entry I started by using 5 bright colours of alcohol inks which I then used to create a 'splat' effect using compressed air - this was a technique taught by the wonderful Hels Sheridan during a class at The Stamp Attic.

 After this I pushed distress ink through a stencil to add more dimension.

Next I stamped a Wendy Vecchi flower and quote using archival ink and dried it to set.

Thanks for looking.

Nice and simple, but definately looks like a colourful riot!