Vintage Doily Fun!!

I have been taking the opportunity while resting to catch up on some well needed craft time.

Here is a card that I made that has a vintage feel to it:

For this card I started by colouring the background using Pink Pirouette Ink and a blending tool.  I then stamped my favourite 'En Francais' background stamp using Chocolate Chip ink. and edged around the card using the same colour.

I  stamped a crackle stamp onto a paper doily using Antique Linen Ink.  The Mannequin was stamped using Coffee archival ink to give a really clear image.

A greeting was stamped and cut out using the matching Ticket punch and attached to the doily using a Tim Holtz pin. A Tando Creative key was inked and attached to the bottom of the ticket.

Scraps of ribbon and washi tape from my stash were layered onto the card and then finished with a crochet flower.

Hope you like it!

Rebel Stampers ATC Swap

It's that time again!  Thankfully I made these before Christmas.

Here is the atc that I made using the Craft Stamper December 2012 Stamp:

I covered an atc in Paper Artsy paper and inked around the edges using walnut stain distress ink.

 I stamped the snowflake using Versamark ink and embossed it in silver.

I coloured 4 Tando Creative snowflakes in Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paint and inked around the edges.  I then sprinkled on distress glitter and allowed them to dry before attaching them to the atc.

The second theme for the month was 'Steampunk'.  Here is my creation:

I covered an atc using some background paper from my stash.

I then took a Prima mask and some Ferro and created the texture that you can see in the top right corner.  The Ferro made it look very metallic and grungy!

I used my favourite Hampton Arts stamp and stamped the image onto shrink plastic and then used my heat gun to shrink it to size.  Once shrunk I put an acrylic block over it to flatten it out.  This was then adhered to the atc.

To finish, I tied paper string through a word bank and attached it to the bottom of my atc and attached cogs and game spinners to 'finish' my steam punk look.

Hope you like them.  Thanks for looking....

Things Can Only Get Better!!

What a start to 2013.  I told you all last week that I have been unwell then I ended up in hospital on my birthday on Friday...  Few days later and I am finally home and have promised that I would get complete rest!! 

I've been too tired to craft and so thought I would show you a card that I made for a special little girl, called Kaylin, that celebrated her 3rd birthday on Boxing Day.

To create the card I used the cute Lolli Pop stamp from Stampotique. I coloured this in using markers.  To create the background I used different coloured inks on a large distressed dots background stamp and stamped directly onto the card.

I added ribbon and a stamped greeting to finish.

Hopefully Kaylin loved it!!

Thanks for looking....

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013: January

Happy New Year - hope you have enjoyed the festivities.  Unfortunately I spent New Years Eve in hospital and am not well at the moment. 

I thought I would cheer myself up by starting on the new tag challenge for 2013.  I only managed half the year last year so am hoping to make it through the whole year this time.

You can see the details on Tim's blog Here.

I chose to make the tag into a card so that I can use them throughout the year (that's my plan anyway!!).

Here are a few close ups (sorry about the poor pics):

 

 

I really enjoyed creating this card.  I kept everything the same as how Tim had created his tag, apart from a minor few changes here and there.

Thanks for looking....

6 More Sleeps!!

Not long until Christmas now!!  I have got soooo much left to do - we all get there in the end.

Today I would like to share the card that I made for Dan:

I covered a card blank with some yummy Christmas paper which I then inked around the edges of.  I die cut a shape in red and then smaller in white card.  I stamped the image onto the white card using archival ink and then coloured in with markers.

The snowflakes were painted using Paperartsy paint then covered with rock candy glitter (I'm not a glitter lover but ADORE this glitter).

I assembled everything onto the card, adding seam binding ribbon and attached a blue bell and some gems to finish.

I really like this card and the image.  Simple, but shows the fun thoughts of Christmas and the cold winter and snow.

Thanks for looking.... and a very Merry Christmas to you and your families....

Rebel Stampers ATC Swap

Here are my atcs for the Rebel Stampers swap:

Every year we create an atc sized Christmas card.

For this I covered a card blank with 2 types of paper form my stash.  The main image is from Stampin' Up and they were coloured using watercolour pencils then layered onto red card.

The card was finished by adding red gems.

My second atc is based on the November free stamp from Craft Stamper  - the photo doesn't do this justice but I couldn't get a clearer pic!!

I cut some blue metal to atc size.  I stamped the main image in archival then quickly dried it.  I also stamped a crackle stamp around the edges to add texture - again drying afterwards.

I used my ten second studio tools to emboss the main image and make the stars 'pop' from the metal.

To finish I used 3 star shaped buttons in the corner.

Only my December swap to go then we are onto 2013!!!  Still loads to do for Christmas!

Thanks for looking.

Melt Art Fun

On Sunday I attended my last workshop of the year held by Hels Sheridan at the Stamp Attic.  It was a fabulous day, made more special by finally meeting Gayle and Bev who I have been talking to for a while.

The workshop was to create a canvas hanging using bees wax and UTEE.  I've never used bees wax before and it was so much fun.  Here is my creation:

I was a bit worried that it was looking too pink for my liking but the mini canvas and black trim made it look less'pink'.

Here are a few close ups:

As you can see I had bags of fun....  Just can't wait for new workshops next year.

Thanks for looking