Harlequin Tag and Good News

Good morning all, a grim start to the weekend here, I hope it's better where you are.

Before I show you my tag I'd like to share some fabulous news that I received last weekend, I'm now on the Altered Eclectics Design Team - I'm so excited and will do my first project for them in December.

The tag I'm sharing with you was made earlier in the year.

I used one of my mono prints for the background and used a Stampers Anonymous stamp and distress ink to stamp the large harlequins. I used a mask and modelling paste for the small harlequins and coloured them with distress ink. I also used a Kaisercraft stamp on the background. The orange flower is of some handmade paper from my stash and I pust some tissue tape at the bottom of the tag. I used a Judikins stamp for the main image and it was stamped onto some coloured card and cut out. I think the Art stamp is Lost Coast Designs stamp.

Birdie ATCs

Good morning everyone, I hope you're having a lovely weekend, I had a fabulous day yesterday at a Mini Album workshop at the Craft Barn.

I'd like to share with you some Bird ATCs that I've made during the year.

I used a mono print background and stamped the hessian [Indigo Blu] and the branch [Inkadinkado]. Shabby pink Frantage was added to the card and I stamped the postmark [TJ Designs]. I stamped the bird [Lost Coast Design] onto a separate piece of card and cut it out.

I used Dylusions ink on the background and stamped the Inkadinkado branch. The Dina Wakley scribble bird was stamped onto a separate piece of card and cut out.

The background on this ATC is weaved pieces of handmade paper. The Sheena Douglas stamps were stamped onto white card and watercoloured and then cut out.

The background was made with Distress inks. The main image is by Crafty Individuals.

Vintage Children

I'd like to share a couple of pages that I made earlier in the year for the KCUK deco swap. I made the pages for Wendy, the theme for her book is Vintage Children.

 I coloured the background and stamped the images with Distress Ink. The main image was stamped with black Archival onto glossy card. The dress was stamped onto white card and cut out.
The stamps I used are
Oxford Impressions for the main image and dress.
Invoke arts for the little dolly background stamp.

I used Distress ink for the background. I stamped the main image onto the card and again onto a seperate piece of card and cut out the the image. I adhered the cut out image to the card.

The stamps I used are 

Lost Coast Designs for the main image.

Invoke Arts for the background.

Little Birdie ATCs

I made these ATCs for the UK Stampers February ATC swap.

 

I started by brayering some acrylic paint onto card, when this was dry I cut them to size and stamped the birds. The larger birds and words were stamped onto colured card and cut out. I added a little bird charm.

The stamps that I used are

Stampers Anonymous for the background birds.

Lost Coast Designs for the larger bird.

T J Designs for the words.

Creative Chemistry Day 3

I'm running a little behind with my Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 101 tags, here are my tags for day 3.

Tag 1. Alcohol Ink Agate Technique. Stamps used Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.

Tag 2. Archive Resist Technique.  Stamps used Lost Coast Designs, Crafty Individuals, The Artistic Stamper and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.

Tag 3. Stamps used. Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I'm don't know who made the script stamp.

Good News and a Murder of Crows

Firstly my good news.
I found out yesterday that I had been chosen to join the Gecko Galz Design Team. You can imagine how excited I am - they sell the most amazing paper crafting products. I only found out about the DT call the day before the deadline so I quickly got a presentation together - talk about leaving it to the last minute. I'm really looking forward to being part of the team.

Now for the Murder Of Crows.

 

The challenge theme this week at the Dragons Dream Tag It On is Numbers.
I put some forest moss and scattered straw Distress ink onto a Cuttlebug number embossing folder before embossing the tag, then I went round the edge of the tag with black soot using my finger. I stamped the crows onto white card, cut them out and coloured them with scattered straw and black soot round the edge.
The crow stamps are by Lost Coast Designs.

Tea Time

This is my entry for for the May Altered Alice challenge. The theme is time. For this I thought I'd use my lovely new Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations weathered clock die. For the background I used a piece of Graphics 45 Steampunk Debutante paper. The clock, clock background and letters were cut from some card I coloured months ago, I can't remember what I used to colour them, I really must start writing down ingredients on the backs of things I colour. The Mad Hatters Tea Party is a Lost Coast Designs stamp and I coloured it with Promarkers and went over it with some frayed burlap Distress ink.

Chunky Alphabet Book S T and U

Here are my STand U pages for the Chunky Alphabet Book swap over on KCUK.
S is for strawberry.
I coloured the background with distress ink and then stamped some strawberries over it with the same colour. I stamped the main image onto cream card and coloured the edges with distress ink and coloured the image with Promarkers. The large strawberry was stamped and coloured with Promarkers, the two smaller strawberries were cut out of some patterned paper. I double embossed the strawberries with clear embossing powder before attaching to the page.

T is for tea party.
The background paper is from my stash. I stamped the main image onto white card then masked it of before colouring with broken china Distress Ink then I went round the edges with weathered wood. I removed the mask and left the image white then I matted it onto some pink card. I attached part of a book page to the background then attached the main image. The cup and saucer were stamped onto white card and coloured with Promarkers the letter T is a rub on. Last but not least I added a silver teapot charm to the image.

U is for umbrella.
The page is coloured with broken china and weathered wood Distress Ink and I used my finger to go round the edge with rusty hinge. I stamped the image with dried marigold onto the background then stamped it onto white card with black ink and coloured it with dried marigold, then I cut it out and attached it to the card. I stamped the image twice again and cut the umbrellas out, two were left black and white and I coloured the other two with Promarkers. I attached them to the page together with a torn piece of a dictionary and some raindrop and splat stickers from my stash.

Stamps used.
Craft Stamper free stamp, background strawberry and teacup and saucer.
Joanna Sheen, strawberry recipe.
Personal Impressions, strawberry.
Lost Coast Designs, tea party.
Magenta, umbrellas.

Heal, Hope and Happiness ATCs.

These are my ATCs for the UK Stampers February ATC swap.
The Heal image [Lost Coast Designs] was stamped onto white card and cut out. I attached it to some card that I'd coloured many moons ago. I added a little butterfly charm.
I stamped the Hope image [Artistic Outpost] on to white card then coloured the card with distress inks leaving the face white. I added a little bird charm.
I stamped the Happiness image [Crafty Individuals] on to white card. All the colouring in was done with watercolour pencils and a water brush. I added a little butterfly charm.

Creepy Lane

As Halloween is fast approaching I thought I had better blog my hanging.
The stamp that I've used are:
Lost Coast Designs, Ma and Pa and the crow.
Stampotique, the kids and the cat.
Hero Arts, the pumpkin.
Cherry Pie Art Stamps, skeletons, flying witch, owl and branch.
Woodware, boo.
Inkadinkado, Creepy Lane.
The spiders and web are die cut.

I started of by painting the frames black, when this was dry I covered it in Eco Green Crafts glue then I painted the frames mauve and the roof orange. I dried it with a heat gun to get the crackled effect. The paints I used are Eco Green Crafts acrylic.
I coloured some white card with Distress inks and stamped Ma and Pa and the kids onto it. I took out the colour in their faces with a water brush. I stamped all the other images on to card, cut them out and stuck them to the front of the frames apart from the moon, this I stuck to the back of the frame. I made the words by putting a narrow strip of card through a Dymo and highlighted the letters with a white pen.Close up of Ma and Pa.
Close up of the kids.