Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 - October

Here is my take on Tim's October tag, you can see his tutorial here.
I had very few of the products that Tim used so I had to use what I could find in my stash.

Here is a list of the ingredients that I used.
Dylusion ink sprays.
Mask - unknown.
Modeling Paste.
Stampotique spider coloued with felt tips.
Hero Arts pumpkin stamp coloured with distress inks.
Glossy Accents.
Greyboard.
Foam alphabet stamps with black archival ink.
Sticky backed gold beads.
Tinsel Twine.
Tiny attacher.
Black Sharpie.
Ribbon, chain, silver pumpkin charm coloured with Promarkers.

Tea and Cake Deco Pages

Hi everybody, I hope you are all well, before I show you my pages I must apologise for my lack of commenting - I've got behind again and hope to catch up at the weekend.

These are the pages that I've made for Anne in the KCUK deco swap - the theme for her book is Tea and Cakes.

This is the tea page. I covered the page with some teacup peel offs before colouring it with picked raspberry and squeezed lemonade Distress ink, then I removed the peel offs. I then stamped the background.
I stamped the main images onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers then I fussy cut them and adhered them to the card and added the sentiment.
The stamps I used are
Character Construction for the main images and background.
Papermania for the sentiment.

This is the cake page. I used the same coloured distress inks for this background and stamped some hearts. I stamped the cakes and coloured them with Promarkers and I also used glitter pens to colour them, I then fussy cut them and adhered them to the card, then I added the sentiments.
The stamps I used are
Personal Impressions for the cakes.
Molly Blooms for the hearts and banner.

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.

Twinchies

I'd like to share with you a couple of twinchies that I've made for a couple of challenges.

The first one is for Show Us Your Twinchies and the theme is Summer At The Seaside.

The background was made by brayering some acrylic paint onto some card. I stamped the Creative Expressions images onto some white card, I coloured them with Promarkers and cut them out and adhered them to the background.

The second twinchie is for Twinchies Challenge Blog the theme is Bee's and Butterflies.

I used Distress inks on the backbround and stamped the Artistic Stamper sequin waste and small bee. I stamped the large bee onto some card, I coloured it with Promarkers, then cut it out and put some stickles on its wings then adhered it to the background. Stampotique made the bee stamps.

Alpha Challenge - k

The letter K is the latest Craft Barn Alpha Challlenge.
For my page I chose the word KIMONO.

I started by painting the page with Fresco Finish paints, then I stamped the bamboo around the edges. I also stamped some small dragonflies with gold Brilliance ink.
I stamped the kimonos onto white card and paterned paper. I coloured parts of the kimonos with Promarkers and cut out parts of the patterned kimonos and paper pieced them to the kimonos on the card, then I cut these out and adhered them to the page.

Stamps I used
Crafters Companion - kimono.
Hero Arts - dragonflies.
PSX - bamboo.
Penny Black - The word kimono.
Unknown foam stamp for the letter K

A close up of the word Kimono.

Alpha Challenge - A

The letter A is the latest letter in the Craft Barns Alpha Challenge.
The word I have chosen is ARTIST.

I used DecoArt Americana paint for the background with some Distress stain blotches. I used a PaperArtsy stamp for the script. I used a Flonzcraft stamp for the artist - he was stamped onto white card and coloured with Promarkers, cut out and adhered to the page. The flower image is a Gecko Galz image from the Monet collage sheet. I used a Sizzix/Alterations die for the word artist and the letter A, they were cut from some card that had been coloured with Alcohol inks.

Here is a close up of the dictionary page.

Wish You Were Here

It's time for another Craft Room Challenge and it's my turn to choose the theme and I want everyone to make a holiday postcard. The postcard has to be 6 inches x 4 inches landscape or portrait with a holiday theme - the postcard can be made using any medium and digital postcards are allowed as well.
Crafty Individuals are the sponsors for the challenge.

                               

I've made a couple of postcards. The first one is from Africa, I coloured the background with Dylusions ink and stamped the silhouettes with black archival, the rest of the images were stamped onto card, coloured and cut out and adhered to the postcard. I used Promarkers and felt tips to colour the images and used Quickutz dies for letters. Some of the stamps that I used are Clarity stamps, I'm not sure who made the rest.

My second card is a beach scene. I used Crafty Individuals stamps. I started by brayering acrylic paint across the card and I stamped all the images onto a separate piece of card, coloured them with Promarkers and cut them out. The little seahorse is a Cricut diecut.

The rest of the DT have made some fabulous cards so why not visit the Craft Room Challenge to take a look.

Thank you everyone that took part in the So Sentimental challenge, the entries were fabulous and Mervi  will have a tough time choosing her top three.

Pretty In Pink

Pink is the theme for the Paperplay April ATC swap. I don't usually like pink but I do like the picked raspberry Distress ink.

Background bubblegum pink Dylusions and PaperArtsy script stamp. For the image background I used picked raspberry Distress ink direct to the card and splattered with water, then I matted it onto black card. I stamped the PaperArtsy image twice and cut the flowers out of one and adhered them to the other image. I added ribbon and some gems.

I used the same inks for this ATC. All the stamps are PaperArtsy. I coloured the cat with Promarkers and coloured the stripes with a glitter pen

Again I used the same inks. The main image is a Paperbag studios stamp, I stamped it with picked raspberry and added some beads to the centre. I used a versamark pen and embossed some blush Print Magic Powder around the edge.

Alpha Challenge - Letter R

The latest letter for the Alpha Challenge at the Craft Barn is the letter R.
For my entry I have used the word RAIN.

I stippled my page with white gesso. When it had dried I sprayed various colours of Dylusions inks letting some of it run down the page. I stamped the images onto a separate piece of card and coloured them in with Promarkers. I cut them out and adhered to the page. I added some tear shaped gems for the rain.
I used a Dylusions stamp and an Inkadinkado stamp for the little doggie.

Spring Colour Challelnge

KCUK have a Spring Colour challenge at the moment. This is the card I made for the challenge.

The background was made using Distress inks with water sprayed on it.
I used PaperArtsy/Jofy stamps and Promarkers to colour the images.

Here are a couple more cards using the same stamps but I used Dylusions inks for the background.

KCUK Deco Swap

The KCUK 2013 Deco Book Swap is well under way and I'd like to share the pages that I made for June - her theme is Steampunk, in fact steampunk is the theme for a few of the members in my group.

I coloured the background with old paper Distress ink direct to the card and used dusty concord and vintage photo to stamp the images.
I covered some card with aluminium foil. I stamped the main image onto card and coloured with Promarkers and stamped it again onto the metal card with black Stazon. I went over the stamping with an embossing tool and then cut out parts of the images and adhered them over the coloured image. I did the moth in the same way. I embellished the page with cogs and chain and I gave her a hat cut out of the metal card.
The stamps that I used are
7Gypsies and Creative Expressions for the background.
Non Sequitur for the main image.
PaperArtsy for the moth.

I coloured the card with spun sugar Distress ink direct to the card and used victorian velvet and vintage photo to stamp the background. The flower and leaves were stamped onto the metal card with black Stazon and cut out. I stamped the lady and coloured her with spiced marmalade then cut her out. I embellished the card with cogs.
Stamps that I used are
Scrolls Work, 7Gypsies and PaperArtsy for the background.
Stampington for the lady.
PaperArtsy for the flower.

Alpha Challenge - Letter H

The letter H is the latest letter in the Craft Barns Alpha Challenge. 
Horse is the word that I've chosen.

I painted the page with watered down Fresco Finish paint and then I stamped the images. I painted the horses with watered down vintage photo Distress Stain. I stamped leaves around the page and coloured with peeled paint Distress stain. I wrote the word with a black Promarker and put white dots on the page with a whit Posca pen.
The horse stamps that I used are by Katzelkraft, I don't know the make of the middle horse or the leaves.

Altered Notebook

Here is a little notebook that I altered for the Gecko Galz DT using the February products.

 

Gecko Galz Image from the Children's Hour Collage Sheets.

Two Background Papers from the Pocket Full Of Posies Paper Set.

Pink Card.

Notebook.

Memory Box Die.

Coloured Card.

Ribbon, Lace, Bird Charm.

Yellow Promarker.

Stormy Sky Distress Ink.

Adhesives of Choice.

 

Print one of the background papers large enough to cover the notebook. After the notebook is covered ink the edges with the stormy sky distress ink.

Cut the second background paper, pink card and image to size and distress the edges then matt them together adding the ribbon. Adhere to the notebook.

Embellish with the die cuts, lace, ribbon and charm. I used the yellow Promarker to colour the centre of the lace flowers.

Happiness Inchie

Happiness is the theme for this weeks Every Inchie Monday challenge.

 

 I love this image but it's quite large so I used shrink plastic to make my inchie. I was very lucky as the plastic shrunk down to almost the right size so I used some sand paper to tidy up the edges and get it to the right size. I used black Archival to stamp the image, I've no idea who made the stamp. I used a black Promarker to edge the inchie but the ink soaked into the plastic giving it a grey edge.

Ruin Inchie

I'm a day early with my inchie for the Every Inchie Monday challenge as I have DT posts to do Monday and Tuesday. This weeks theme is RUIN.

For my inchie I used a Crafty Individuals stamp. I stamped the image twice then cut out my inchie on the part of the image that I wanted, I coloured the sky with Promarkers. I cut out the second image and coloured it with felt tip pens and water then I adhered it to the twinchie with silicone glue.

Wizard Of Oz Twinchies

The Wizard of Oz is the theme for the UK Stampers January twinchie swap.

The stamps I used are by Artistic Outpost.
I coloured the background with Promarkers. I stamped the shoes, coloured them and cut them out then I spread some cherry Ice Stickles over them. When the shoes were dry I adhered them to the twinchies.

I'm entering my twinchies in the Show Us Your Twinchies  challenge Anything Goes.

Wonderland ATCs

Here are a few ATCs I made using  The Octopode Factory Alice In Wonderland images. I coloured the images with Promarkers.
I also used  Gecko Galz  Wonderland ATC background papers and a couple of images from the Wonderland collage sheets.

I also used pages from and old Alice In Wonderland book and a few gems.

Circus Twinchies

The theme for the UK Stampers October twinchie swap is the Circus.
Here are my twinchies.

I stamped the image and circus onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I edged them with fired brick Distress ink. I cut the circus out and adhered to the image.
The stamps that I used are
Hampton Art for the clown
Artistic Outpost for the word circus.

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside.

The theme for the June ATC swap on the Paperplay forum is At The Seaside/Beach, these are the ATCs that I've made.

For the background I brayered clam shell, lake, blueberry, pumpkin and sunflower Eco Green acrylic paint onto some card. I stamped the main images onto some card, coloured them with Promarkers and cut them out. I adhered some orange material then the images to the ATCs. I stamped the postmark and added the sentiments and a few small shells.

The stamps that I used are

Creative Expressions for the main images.

Crafty Individuals for the postmark and sentiments.

I 'm entering the ATCs in the Artful Times challenge, Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside.

Cute and Cuddly

Time for another Craft-Room Challenge. The new challenge has been chosen by the lovely Julia and she has chosen Cute and Cuddly.
The entries for the Valentine challenge were fabulous, thank you everyone that entered.

For my latest DT card I stamped the House Mouse images onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I cut the candles and the cute little mouse out and matted the larger image onto pink card. I used a couple of Crafters Workshop templates and Distress ink on the background. The templates that I used are mini flower frenzy and mini circle explosion. I attached a piece of ribbon to the card before adding the images.
I'm looking forward to seeing your creations, why not pop over to the Craft-Room Challenge blog to see the fabulous samples that the rest of the team have done.