Monthly Archives: May 2009

House mice in flight

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The ukstampers challenge this week is for a tag with ‘H’ for house on it. This is my contribution with three house mice in flight. I selectively stamped the images then coloured them in. Smudged on some blue for the sky, then stamped the flourishes and flower. I then printed the words and dabbed over the black with white to soften. I distressed the edges a little for some of the white to show through then finished with the eyelet and the dome.

Inks: Versafine onyx black, Versacolor white, Colorbox fluid chalk ink ice blue
Card: white
Stamps: House mouse Geronimo and Flight delight, Basic Grey Flourish corners, flower (unknown), H from See D’s traditional alphabet,
Other: square clear dome, Sakura sparkle pens, glossy accents for the eyes, bronze eyelet, computer generated words, copics and lime pen to colour

Nature’s Jewels tag

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The inspiration for this tag came from a photo of dew drops, or rain drops, on a spider’s web that came across somewhere on the web (no pun intended).

It is for the uk stampers weekly challenge and the letter is ‘J’ for Jewels.

Inks: Versamark clear with silver embossing powder, Colorbox fluid chalk inks; warm red, dark peony, maroon, ice jade and aquamarine
Card: white
Stamps: Grave tidings (web), Aspects of design 25 – rambling 1 (quote), Inkadinkado chandeliers, Anna Griffin alphabet
Other: hole reinforcer, black plastic spider painted silver, white pen, grey copic, diamond glaze

Spa-Francorchamps

Bo-Bunny, cafe culture, Dimensional Fourth Ltd, scrapbook, scrapbook page, spa-francorchamps, stampin up

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Here is my entry to Carolyn’s challenge – cafe culture. The photo was a strange colour in the first place as it was a very bright sunny day and we are all sitting outside a Belgian cafe. The Grand Prix circuit at Spa-Francorchamps is situated in beautiful surroundings and the riders have to contend with steep hills and forests (creating dark and bright areas) and it uses part of the main road too. We had wonderful weather, race day was especially glorious, and we had a fabulous holiday but this is the only photo I have to remember it by.

Inks: Adirondack woodlands, Versafine onyx black, Brilliance pearlescent ivy
Card: white, Bo-Bunny Beau jardin bleu, dark green
Stamps: Dimensional Forth Ltd. Motorcycle racers, stampin up Loads of love (tree) and background sanded
Other: images: Stella Artois and circuit map from web, ribbon and brads