Monthly Archives: August 2010

uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 29

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My inspiration for week 29 ukstampers weekly challenge is a copper etched coaster that I had my coffee mug on.  This photo doesn’t show the metallic sheen very well.

The rolling recipe this week is:

  • stamped image of a child
  • dots
  • anything of Tim Holtz

I stamped and embossed the images the swiped over the copper paint.  This didn’t show up the image as much as I would have liked so I then dabbed highlights in Pearl and used a water brush so swish it over certain areas. The dots were stamped around the edges in black, then to make it all look slightly aged I took some sand paper over it.  You may have to look very closely to see the dots.

Inks:  versamark clear embossing ink with clear ambossing powder, Memento black
Card:  black card
Stamps:  A stamp in the hand Field of sky (dots), Joanna Sheen Mainly babies, Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holz collection) Fairytale frenzy
Other:  eyelet, fibre, Acrylic paint dabbers Pearl and Copper

ukstampers weekly tag challenge No.28

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Lagging behind again but here is my tag for the ukstampers rolling recipe challenge for week 28.  The recipe is:

  • stamped image of a child
  • sepia
  • dots

Just in case you can’t tell – the dots are on the butterfly!
Inks:  Memento black, Distress inks Vintage photo and Antique linen
Card:  watercolour card
Stamps:  Elisabeth Bell Planting some love (Sugar Nellie), Daisy flutters Aspects of design by Kay Carley
Other:  flower trim, heart eyelet and brown eyelet, lace, water colour pencils to colour, glitter pen for highlights, fibres

uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 27

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Week 27 recipe over at ukstampers weekly challenge is:
  • Bunting
  • stamped image of a child
  • sepia

I have tried to depict a child running  from the waves on the beach holding the bunting which is trailing behind her.
The image on the stamp is the girl and some waves so I stamped using the whole stamp first of all then selectively inked up the waves part and stamped repeatedly to make the sea.  I chose not to put in a horizon and to show only the sand and the sea – I’m not quite sure that this worked.

Inks:  Versafine archival vintage sepia, Opalite Glacier blue (you can’t really see it), Distress inks old paper, vintage photo, and brushed corduroy
Stamp:  Joanna Sheen On the beach
Card:  ivory card 
Other:  tiny bits of material for the bunting, fibre, shell stickers, water colour pencil for her bathing suit, white pen to add subtle highlights, sandpaper to distress