SPA - Black And White

Good morning everyone, I hope you're enjoying the weekend.

I'm hosting this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme that I've chosen is Black and White.

Here is my postcard.

I used a That's Crafty Chequerboard Dinky Stencil and Prima Finnabair stamps with black Archival ink and I put some tissue tape on the edges. I stamped a little bit of script on the background - stamp unknown.

Thank you for looking, enjoy your Sunday.

xxx Hazel.

Tim's Twelve Tags of 2014 - September

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend.
I'd like to share with you my take on Tim's September Tag - I wont tell you how I made it as you can find Tim's instructions here.

Here is a list of the ingredients that I used.
Black tag.
Glossy card.
Blending solution.
Alphabet mask [make unknown].
Stonewashed alcohol ink plus various colours for the flowers.
Inkylicious stamp - the main image.
Black Archival ink.
Tissue tape.
Botanicla Remnent Rubs.
Sizzix Alterations tattered flower garland decorative strip.
Indigo Blu script stamp.
Black gems.

On The Runway

The latest challenge theme at Frilly and Funkie is On The Runway, they want to see sewing or fashion projects - I have made a tag.

I stitched some hearts onto some turquoise material and layered this with some pink material, lace, tissue tape and some pretty braid. I then adhered the Gecko Galz image, buttons [stamp unknown], sentiment [Crafty Secrets stamp], roses and metal charms.

Tim's Tags or 2014 - March

Here is my March tag for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014.
I think I only had the tissue tape, staples and Distress ink that Tim used and had to make do with supplies from my stash.

I tried to keep it as close to Tim's as possible using the following stamps.
Inkadinkado for the twigs.
TJ Designs for the nest.
Time To Stamp for the Egg.
Hero Arts for the feather.

I'm linking my tag to the A Vintage Journey - Anything Tim Challenge

Butterfly Tag

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all fit and well and not to wet and windblown, it's still very windy in my part of the country but at least the rain has stopped for the time being.
I'd like to share with you one of the tags that I made for the Paperplay January tag swap.

The background for the tag is one of my Gelli prints. I stamped some butterflies [stamps unknown] with peacock feathers and spiced marmalade Distress ink then I stamped some twiggy things [stamps unknown] up the sides with black Archival and then added some tissue tape to the bottom. I stamped the main image [Paperbag Studio] onto white card and coloured it with distress inks using a water brush, I cut the image out and adhered it to the card. The sentiment was stamped onto vellum and attached to the tag with staples.

Craft-Room Challenge - Picture Inspiration

It's time for the first Craft-Room Challenge of the year.

We have a great FB group sharing not just these challenges but all sorts of crafty ideas. One of our group is Christine Cesar from France and she has chosen a Picture Inspiration for this fortnights challenge.

This is what Christine has to say about her challenge :
Dear crafters I am happy to be Zoe and DT members guest for this challenge. I will ask you to capture the spirit of the card and do your own card or page featuring what you extract out of it. Hoping you will have fun to challenge with me.

Christine's picture inspiration.

Our sponsor for the challenge is Ali Craft who are giving one winner drawn at Random £10 to spend at their on line shop.    

For my DT piece I've made a collaged postcard using New York, Time, Taxi, Flag and America as my inspiration from the picture.

For my collage I used

Statue of Liberty and taxi images - the Internet.

New York and flag images - Gecko Galz.

Phineas Pinchbeck stamped image - The Artistic Stamper.

I used an embossing folder for the background, there is also some tissue tape, postage stamp, watch charm and some net material on there.

Why not visit the Craft-Room Challenge blog and see what inspiration the rest of the DT took from Christine's picture.

Butterfly Card

This is my last posting this year, I'm a bit late with it as it should have been posted earlier in the month. I used Gecko Galz December products to make the card.

I probably won't post anything tomorrow so I would like to wish you all a very.

 HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR

Image from the Gecko Galz Industrial Age Digi Stamp Set.

Quote from the Gecko galz Quotes To Live By Collage Set.

Gecko Galz Snow On Ceaders Background Paper.

Card Blank.

Tissue Tape.

Lace.

Ribbon.

Black Gems.

Felt Tip Pens.

Stormy Sky Distress Ink.

 

Cover the card blank with the background paper.

Print the image twice, cut one out and cut the butterflies out of the other. Colour the butterflies with the felt tips.

Lightly colour the image with the Distress ink and adhere the butterflies.

Adhere the image and embellishments to the card.

Vintage Vamps Tags

More work using images from Gecko Galz. This time I have used images from the Vintage Vamps collage set and the tags are from the Tag Your It set.

 I printed the tags and didn't do anything to them apart from adding the images and embellishments.

After printing the images I distressed the edges and edged them with vintage photo Distress ink.

I embellished the tags with Tissue Tape, lace, flowers, beads, ribbon and a doily.

I'm entering the top tag into the
Artful Times Ribbon and Lace Challenge.

Artful Times Tag

There's a new challenge blog called Artful Times just started and the first challenge is to make a tag.

Before I show you the tag that I've made I would like to apologise to you all for the my lack of commenting, I've not had much time to comment just lately but hope to get round and visit you all soon.

This is the tag that I've made for the challenge.

I coloured the tag with various colours of Distress ink. I stamped a variety of images and added some tissue tape, eyelets, chain, metal charm and some sari ribbon.
The stamps that I used on the background are by Katzelkraft, Crafty Individuals and Innovative Stamp Creations.
The car and sentiment are Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous stamps.

If you need some inspiration why not visit Artful Times and have a look at the wonderful samples that Sam, Von and Neet have created.

Fun Swap

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone for their commiserations for the  loss of my cat Dino. It's lovely to know that there are so many caring people out in blog land.

In July KCUK had a fun swap. Dot sends out something to the people taking part and we have to make something crafty with it to send to our swap partner, I had to send mine to Darlene. Dot sent us the two money envelopes and the piece of leather on the right of the photo. I was stumped, it took me ages to decide what I was going to do with it, in the end I decided to alter the notebook on the left of the photo.

This is the end result. I covered the notebook with some paper from my stash and coloured it and the envelopes with some rusty hinge and broken china Distress ink. I then stamped a variety of images over the front of the book and envelopes. I attached the envelopes to the front and inside front cover leaving the tops open to make pockets. The next thing I did was to attach a piece of tissue tape and a row of Martha Stewart die cut birds to the top of the envelope. The blue letters were cut with the chip block letters Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations die. I stamped the pattern on the leather using teal blue Stazon and cut the bird out with a Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Die. I had a little bit of leather left so I stamped 3 little birds and cut them out to use as embellishments. I decorated a tag/bookmark the same way as the notebook to fit into the front pocket.
The stamps that I used are by TJ Designs, Inkadinkado, Crafty Individuals and Penny Black.

The notebook and bookmark.

Inside the notebook

Tag Tuesday

The challenge at Blog Challenge Garden is to make a ten minute tag. You have to gather your supplies together and make the tag in 10 minutes or under. It's not as easy as it seems but I just managed to do it. I had a piece of white card that I'd stamped some words on so I cut out a tag shape and coloured it with spun sugar Distress ink and went round the edges with worn lipstick. I attached some music tissue tape and a piece of patterned paper. The main image is a Gecko Galz card topper. I added some pink lace, flowers and an adage ticket. I'm not sure who made the work background stamp.

Butterfly Notes.

 

At Easter my daughter told me that she didn't want any chocolate, strange woman, so I altered a notebook and clipboard and made a post it note holder for her. I took the covers of the notebook and covered them with some pretty pink paper that was free with issue 3 of the Simply Homemade magazine. I went round the edges with vintage photo Distress ink. I used coffee Archival ink to stamp the background and the main butterfly image. I put some butterfly tissue tape on the cover and then matted some corrugated card and the image.

I was in a swap last year on KCUK and Chris the lady I swapped with made me a lovely post it note holder so I coppied how she made hers. I covered some mountboard with the paper then I stamped the main image onto card and cut them out individually and attatched them to the cover.

I painted the clipboard with some pink emulsion paint then stamped the background images with vintage photo Distress ink then I put a couple of strips of butterfly tissue tape on it. I attached a piece of stamped paper across the board. The main images were stamped with coffee Archival ink and then attached to the board. I also decorated the other side but didn't take a photo.
All the stamps that I used are of the Stampers Anonymous Papillon set.

Have Some Me Time

I coloured the edge of a 6" card blank with some peeled paint distress ink and stamped the flourish with the same colour in the top two corners. I've used Graphic45 steampunk debutante papers, they're double sided so I put one side across the bottom half of the card and made a panel with the other side matted onto black card. I attached this across the middle of the card, then I attached a strip of tissue tape. The image and sentiment was stamped onto white card and coloured with distress inks, then I cut them out and used foam pads to stick to the card. Last but not least I added a cog and game spinner.

Stamps used.
The Artistic Stamper, the main image.
PaperArtsy, the sentiment.
Stamp Bug, the flourish.

Purple Postcards

These are three postcards that I made for a swap on KCUK.
Butterflies.
I coloured the background with a Marvy ink pad and stamped butterflies over it using Distress ink and Brilliance , I'm not sure who made the stamps, I also stamped butterflies on to a piece of torn mauve tissue paper and attached it to the card. I stamped the main image, by Crafty Individuals, on to some white card with a Marvy ink pad and attached it to the card with some brads. I embossed the edges with some tropic violet Cosmic Shimmer UTEE
Life's a Beach.
All the images are by Crafty Individuals. The background is coloured with a Marvy ink pad. I stamped the beach huts on to some striped paper, cut them out and attached to the card. I stamped the main image on to some mauve tissue paper and attached to the card. I stamped the seagulls and words directly on to the card. Lastly I embossed the edges with tropic violet Cosmic Shimmer UTEE.
Birds of a Feather.
The background is coloured with a Marvy inkpad. I stamped feathers [Hero Arts] on to the background with Brilliance. The bird flourish is by Elusive Images and I used Distress ink to stamp it with, then I attached a few jewels to the image. I stuck some tissue tape to the left hand edge. I stamped the bird postcard image [Crafty individuals] on to white card with Distress ink and coloured the card with the same ink. The little flying birds and the words were stamped directly onto the card. The last thing I did was to emboss some tropic violet Cosmic Shimmer UTEE onto the tissue tape.

Chunky Alphabet Book G H and I

G is for Glamour Girl.
The stamp I used for the background flourishes is a Darcies stamp. I'm not sure what make the stamps are that I used for the main image and words. I stamped them onto white card and matted them onto black card. I added some gems for a bracelet and a ring and added gems all around the edge of the page. Wish I'd signed my name in a different place.
H is for Hitchcock.
I stuck a strip of tissue tape [that I was never going to buy, not ever lol] to the top and bottom of the page, then I stamped Alfred [Cherry Pie Art Stamps] onto a piece of card that looks like a film strip and then stuck this across the middle of the page. The words are out of an old dictionary. Last but not least I attached a metal H to the page with a couple of brads.
I is for Ice Cream.
I used a Xyron Design Runner for the words, it took me a few attempts to try and get them straight, this was the best I could do. I stamped the background with a stamp by Pink Cat Studio and I coloured the edges of the page with distress ink. I embossed the three ice creams [Personal Impressions] with a shimmery embossing powder and coloured them in with Promarkers, after cutting the images out I spread Stickles over the ice cream, when this was dry I stuck them to the page with silicone glue.