SPA - Crowns and Wings

Crowns and Wings is this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge.
Here is my card.

 

I covered my postcard with patterned papers and punched circles. I found the image in my stash, the wings are from Crafty Individuals and the crown is a remnent rub. The words were stamped with a Wendy Vecchi stamp.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day. xxx Hazel.

Vintage Tag

Go Tag Thursdays  challenge theme this week is Your Favourite Theme, I don't really have a favourite theme so as last weeks theme was Vintage Man I thought I'd do Vintage Woman this week.

I used Wendy Vecchi  stamps for the stamping, I also added some tissue tape, lacy fabric that I'd coloured with distress ink and some fabric roses.

Thank you for dropping by, enjoy what's left of the weekend.

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

Script ATCs

More ATCs to share with you today. These were made for the Paperplay March swapl

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The background is  coloured with Distress ink and stamped with PaperArtsy and 7Gypsies stamps.
The main image is a PaperArtsy stamp. I stamped it onto a seperate piece of card and cut it out.
I used a Sam Poole stamp for the sentiment.
I added some gems and staples.

The background is coloured with Distress ink and stamped with a Wendy Vecchi stamp.
For the main image I used a Chapel Road Artstamp stamped onto coloured card and matted onto black card.

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The background has been coloured with Distress ink and stamped with a PaperArtsy stamp.
The main image is a Cats Life Press stamp. I stamped it onto a piece of Stampboard and triple embossed it. I used some gold cord and gems to embellish it.

From Me To You

Here is my very late posting for my DT project for the  Craft-Room Challenge.

Zoe has chosen the theme and she would like you all the make a gift for someone - the gift I have made is for a young person.

I decided to alter a frame.
I have quite a lot of die cut flowers left over from kits that I bought from QVC years and years ago, so I adhered some to the frame before I painted it. The frame was painted with acrylic paint. When the paint dried I add the gems.
I used a WendyVecchi stamp. I coloured the background with distress ink and splattered with water, when this was dry I stamped the script.
I coloured some card with different coloured Dylusions spray and stamped the flower a few times, then I cut out parts of the flower and pieced them together on the background. I added gems to the leaf.
I also made a card to go with it.

I used a Distress stain on the background and added the flower.

The rest of the DT have made some amazing pieces so why not visit the Craft-Room Challenge blog to take a look.

We had some fabulous entries in our Something For A Man challenge and I don't envy Julia having to choose her top three.

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.

Tulip card

I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas festivities, as usual it went far to quickly and I ate much too much chocolate - definitely on a diet in the New Year.

I'd like to share a card that I made a couple of months ago.

I sprayed a card blank and a piece of white card with bubblegum pink Dylusions ink then matted the card onto some black card and adhered it to the card blank. I took another piece of white card and stamped the stitches [Woodware stamp] and added the ribbon. I used a Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi stamp and stamped it a couple of times onto different coloured card, then I cut them out and layered the different coloured parts.

How Does Your Garden Grow

One of my DT pieces for Gecko Galz this month is a wall hanging.
The Gecko Galz products that I used are
Images and butterflies are from the How Does My Garden Grow collage sheet.
Beauty background paper.

I painted a canvas with acrylic paint then stencilled spots using a Crafters Workshop stencil, then I stamped some ferns [ stamp unknown] with olive Archival ink. I tore a piece of background paper and adhered it to the canvas then I coloured some white lace flowers with worn lipstick Distress stain and adhered it to the canvas. I distressed the edges of the images and edged them with vintage photo Distress ink. I used a Sizix flower pot die and coloured the flowerpots with watercolour. I used a Sizix Tattered Pinecone die for the roses and leaves. The butterflies were cut out and covered with frosted lace Stickles. I adhered all the elements to the canvas and added some flowers from stash and some black gems.The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of corrugated card with a stamp from the Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art stamp set. I then adhered the canvas to a large piece of corrugated card.

So Very Stylish and DT Call

Creative Expressions have a DT call at the moment, you can find the details here, so if you like the idea of working with a lovely team and fabulous products why not have a go.

This is my latest DT card using the gorgeous Creative Expressions Gala Event stamp set and for the background I used Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art stamp set.
I stamped So Very Stylish around the edge of a square card blank with black Archival and then edged it with scattered straw Distress ink. Onto a piece of white card I stamped and edged the background with scattered straw then added the ribbon before adhering it to the card. The dresses were stamped onto coloured card and cut out. I stamped the sentiment onto card and cut out with a Spellbinders big scalloped rectangles die, then edged it with scattered straw. I embellished the card with a few little gems.

Rose ATC

I've made an ATC for my latest Creative Expressions DT piece. I used Sam Pool's lovely Butterfly Girl stamp set and the sentiment is from the Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art stamp set.

I stamped the background with salty ocean and bundled sage Distress ink and the roses were stamped with shades of pink Marvi Blending Blox. The blue flourish and sentiment were stamped with french ultramarine Archival ink. I'd coloured the card that the sentiment is on by dragging the Marvi shades of pink over some white card. I stamped the butterfly girl onto some shrink plastic with black Stazon and stamped the roses and spots with fuchsia pink Stazon, masking the image before stamping. I coloured her with coloured pencils, cut her out leaving a large border round her and shrunk her with my heat gun. I adhered everything to the ATC, the sentiment was attached with sticky pads so that I could add some tiny roses behind it.

The theme for the UK Stampers July ATC swap is Roses so I've made three of my ATCs to join in the swap.

Inspire and Create

This week I've made a card for my latest Creative Expressions DT piece. I've used Sam Poole's Art Sayings stamps together with the background stamp from Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art set.
Before I show you my card I'd like to mention that Creative Expressions has a new News Blog, so if you want to keep up with all the latest news from Creative Expressions you can find the blog here.

The only ink that I've used is peacock feathers Distress Ink and Reinker.
I started by matting a piece of turquoise card onto a white card blank, then I inked the edges and then distressed the edges.
I stamped the main image onto card and cut it into three pieces, I matted these onto turquoise card, then I matted them onto some spotty card from my stash and then I matted this onto the main card.
I dyed some seam binding with a blob of reinker spritzed with water. I left the binding wrinkled and adhered some to the card.
I used a Spellbinders die to cut the spotty flower, the other two flowers are from my stash. I coloured them and covered them with ice stickles, it  doesn't really show in the photo that the flower is very glittery, when the stickles had dried I layered the flowers, attached a gem to the centre, then adhered it to the card with a couple of leaves that I'd cut with a die from the Heartfelt Creations Bella Rose set, then I added the words.

If The Crown Fits

I'd like to share this tag with you.

The stamps that I used are by Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi. For the background I used the Sentimental Art set and the image and sentiment are from the Regal Art set.
I embellished the tag with an Art Part border, a wooden crown and some silver crown charms. I also added some red gems.
To colour the tag I used Distress ink and stains and some chalks.

I'm entering the tag in a couple of challenges 
Sunday Stampers Queens and Crowns
Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything Goes

Signed Sealed and Delivered

This is my latest DT card for Creative Expressions using the Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi Voice of Art stamp set.

I coloured some white paper with old paper Distress ink and stamped the ledger with coffee Archival ink, I tore the edges and coloured them with vintage photo distress ink. I adhered the paper to a card blank that I'd made with some Woodware brown recycled card. The main image was stamped and embossed and adhered to a piece of the recycled card, I added some string and sealing wax, I also added an old American postage stamp.

If the Crown Fits

This is my latest DT piece for Creative Expressions using the Studio 490/WendyVecchi Voice of Art stamp set.

The Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi stamps that I've used are,
The Voice of Art for the woman.
Sentimental Art for the frame background.
Regal Art for the sentiment.
I also used a Spellbinders Fleur De Lis die for the border and I stuck the ends of two borders together to make the rosette.
The crown is a wooden crown that I've added gems to.

The Voice of Art

Last week the Creative Expressions Design Team were sent the wonderful Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi The Voice of Art stamp set to work with, this is my first piece using the stamps.

As well as using the Voice of Art stamps I also used the background stamp from Studio 490 Sentimental Art set.
The background was stamped with victorian velvet Distress ink and edged with vintage photo. A few days ago I was watching Ali from Stamps Away on Create and Craft and she was using coffee to colour card so I thought I would have a go. I sprayed water onto a piece of white card and sprinkled some coffee granules onto it and let it dry naturally, when it was dry I stamped the ledger onto it and coloured the edges with vintage photo. The main image was stamped with black Archival ink and cut out.
I embellished the card with some seam binding that I'd dyed with a victorian velvet distress stain, I added a ribbon slider and some gems.

Vintage Deco Pages

We've started a deco book swap at the KCUK Yahoo group and these are the pages that I've made for Ann. Her theme is Vintage using browns and creams.
These are the pages that I made for her.

The stamps I used for this page are
Crafty Individuals for the main image.
Elusive Images for the background.
The Artistic Stamper for the flower.
Stamps Away for the butterfly.
I used vintage photo and walnut stain Distress ink.
I used an old book page, pearls and some lace to embellish the page.

The stamps that I used for this page are
Crafty Individuals for the main image.
Stampers Anonymous/Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art set for the background.
I used vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink.
The embellishments that I used are a doily, an odd scrap of patterned paper, some roses, pearls and I made a couple of stick pins.
I don't know who made the beauty stamp.

I also made her a bookmark using vintage photo and walnut stain Distress Ink. The background stamp is by Inkadinkado and the main image stamp is by Crafty Individuals. I covered the bookmark with acetate.

Two Turtle Doves

This is my last DT piece for CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS using the Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Sentimental Art stamp set.
I used bundled sage Distress ink for the stamping and the birds were coloured with iced Spruce, I also triple embossed the birds.
The rest of the things I used are
Martha Stewart corner and border punches for the background.
Spellbinders labels one.
Marianne die for the flower.
PaperArtsy die for the leaves.
Cricut Expression Joys of the Season Cartridge for the birds.
The sentiment was stamped with black Archival ink.

Sentimental Art

 

 

This is my first DT piece for CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS using the fabulous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Sentimental Art stamp set.

I started by edging a white card blank with black soot Distress ink and then I attached a piece of pink patterned paper. I stamped the large image onto pink card using black Archival ink and attached it to the card. I cut a circle using a Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles die and stamped the sentiment, then I threaded some narrow black ribbon through the holes and attached it to the card. I used the Tim Holtz/Alterations Tattered Pinecone die to make the roses and for the flourishes I used the Tim Holtz/Alterations Festive Greenery die. The last thing I did was to add some black gems .

As this is my last post before Christmas I would like to wish you all a 

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

If The Crown Fits

 

This is the card I've made for the Simon Says Stamp and Show some Wendy Vecchi style. As these are the only Wendy Vecchi stamps that I own I didn't have a lot of choice as to what I used. The silhouette and sentiment are the Wendy Vecchi stamps the other stamps that I used are Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous. The inks used are Distress inks. I coloured the chipboard crown with gold ink and added some gems.