UK Stampers July ATC Swap

It's been a while since I've done any crafting or posted anything, life seems to be getting in the way. I've got some ATCs to share with you today, they were made for the UK Stampers July swap.

The backgrounds are made from card that I'd inked some time ago, I added some remnent rubs and for the images I used Paperartsy/Lynne Perella stamps, I also added some gems.

Thank you for taking a look, have a lovely day. xxx Hazel.

Jigsaw Tag

The theme for the February KCUK tag swap is anything goes but there must be a jigsaw piece on the tag.

I made the tag from one of the backgrounds that I'd made some time ago.
I stamped the crowns onto some tissue paper and adhered it to the tag.
I painted the jigsaw piece with gesso and then coloured it with Distress ink, then I gave it three coats of clear UTEE and adhered it to the tag then I added the sentiment.
The stamps I used are PaperArtsy/Lynne Perrella and the sentiment is a Wendy Vecchi stamp

Craft-Room Challenge - Heat Embossing

Another fortnight has gone by and it's time for the latest Craft-Room Challenge, the challenge is Heat Embossing and it has been chosen by the lovely Suzanne. This is what she has to say about why she chose the challenge.

I selected my theme based on the past couple of summers we have had here in the UK - which have been far from good.  I thought we may do with a bit of "heat" although if we are at present experiencing a heatwave then the theme may prove a little unpopular as the last thing we will all want is to get those heat guns out ...whoops!  However I would love to see your heat embossing on your crafty projects......

"HEAT EMBOSSING"

Our sponsor for the challenge is Stamp Addicts.

Our Guest Designer for this month it is Helene aka 2amscrapper.
We are looking for a new GD for the month of October, if you are interested, please add GDT after your name when taking entry to the challenge.

For my DT project I decided to use the Embossing Powder Technique that Birgit Koopsen used for her project in the July issue of The Craft Stamper Magazine.

I have a collection of Moon Glow embossing powder in quite a lot of colours so I decided to use them on my card.
I started by covering a piece of mountboard with Versamark and sprinkling different coloured powders over it, I also used aged silver  Frantage powder around the edges. I melted it with my heat gun but wasn't pleased with the result so I just kept adding more powder until I liked the result. I then stencilled some Versamark through a mask and embossed with white powder, then I stamped the image with black Stazon.

This is the mountboard before I stamped on it.

For the background I used the powders in exactly the same way onto a piece of white card and matted it onto a black card blank, then I adhered the main image and some gems.

I used a PaperArtsy/Lynne Perrella stamp for the main image.

This is a photo of the background. Unfortunately the photo's don't show the glimmer of the mica embossing powders.

I'm entering my card in The Craft Stamper Magazine Take-It-Make-It-Challenge-Three, Embossing Powder Technique.

We had some beautiful entries in Julia's Vintage Stamping challenge, she's going to find it hard to choose her top three.
As usual the DT have made some fabulous samples so why not take a visit to the Craft-Room Challenge to take a look.

Yellow and Orange and Blue and Brown Tags

Earlier this year I joined in with a couple of tag swaps at KCUK and thought it was time that I blogged them.

The theme for this tag was Yellow and Orange.

The background was coloured with Distress ink and Dylusions. I embossed a piece of card and tore a strip and adhered it to the tag. I stamped the bees onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I fussy cut them and covered the wings with Stickles, when this was dry I adhered them to the tag.

Stamps used
The Artistic Stamper for the background.
Stampotique for the bees.
A printing set for the words busy bees.

The theme for this tag is Blue and Brown

I used ribbed kraft card for the tag and painted it with some blue acrylic paint. I used a script embossing folder with some black card and used Treasure Brass on the embossing then I adhered it to the bottom of the tag. I stamped the images on white card with coffee Archival and edged them with blue distress ink. The square image was adhered to a fragment before being put on the tag. I added some ribbon and a charm.

Stamps used.
PaperArtsy/Lynne Perrella stamps for the images.

Ally Pally

Had a great day at Ally Pally yesterday. The show was very busy and I couldn't get over the length of the queues, I didn't spend as much as I usually do but amongst my stash were some Fresco paints, Dylusions spray, a Lynne Perrella set of stamps, PaperArtsy mini stamps, Tim Holtz die, MDF blanks, beach hut stencil and a few little bits and pieces.
Below are photo's of some of the lovely people I met. 

Wendy and me

Helen, Nicky, Sam and Alison.

Penny, Carol, Wendy and me.

I also met up with lots of other people that I didn't get photo's of. 

Now all I've got to do is find some time to play with my new stash.

Don't Mess With The Queen

I'd like to  share with you the ATCs that I made for the Paperplay  January ATC swap.

The backgrounds are some that I made a while ago. I stamped the image onto the ATC and also onto some white card. I coloured the second image leaving the face white then I fussy cut it and adhered it over the image on the ATC. I embellished it with pearls. I stamped the saying and cut the words out before adhering to the ATCs.
The stamps I used are
PaperArtsy/Lynne Perrella for the image.
Stampers Anonymous/Wendy Vecchi for the saying.