And finally X. The theme for the ukstampers weekly challenge No. 59 is X marks the spot and you see here I have used the crosshairs of sights to signify the X marking the spot.
Inks: black document ink, Distress inks black soot and walnut stain
Card: white, acetate ‘x’
Stamps: Stampers anonymous Mini muse, Tim Holtz foam stamps Chronicles
Other: eyelet, hole punch
My three ATCs for the ukstampers swap using swirls and flourishes stamps. I made the backgrounds first by brayering some ink onto the glossy card stock and spraying with a little thin bleach to get the white speckled bits. The background to the dragon ATC was actually my practice piece of card which I stamped with Versamark before I brayered with the coloured ink and I sprayed with too much bleach. I sprayed some magenta over a flourish mask onto it and I really liked the look so it became one of my swaps.
(NOTE: be careful spraying bleach as you DO NOT want to breathe it in and it can leave a fine mist of bleach on surrounding surfaces)
Inks: Marvy blending blocks Shade of blue and Shades of olive, Kaleidacolor rainbow pad Calypso, Versamark, Distress ink Fired brick, Memento Rhubarb stalk, black document ink
Card: Glossy white card, black card
Stamps: Impression Obsession Flourishes, Dovecraft Fantasy clear stamps Emblems, Basic Grey Flourish corners
Other: wire, gems, Stickles: burgundy, waterfall, lime, silver, glitter pen, bleach, magenta spray, silver pen
A couple of fun ATCs for the CBC October swap. The theme is any thing beginning with O or the month October. No stamping just stickers and rub-ons for these two but I kinda like them. They are the same size but I took the photo at a jaunty angle so my shadow would not be over them.
Materials: stickers, rub-ons, stickles, orange pens to colour peel-0ff Hi, clear arrow, Bo Bunny card
This is my Oriental tag for the ukstampers Sunday challenge No. 58 O for Oriental. The Faux cloisonné article by Carole Cann in the Craft stamper mag Jul9 09 was my inspiration for this. As usual I didn’t have the same materials and I thought I could use gold leaf instead of gold fun foil. Well I could, just not in the same way that Carole used the foil. I had to use sticky stuff embossing powder to get it to stick properly but I got there in the end. The edging to the tag was done by using gold leafing glue on a dry brush and stoking it roughly on to give a kind of feathered edge inside. The tag was then sprayed all over with the glimmer mist. Little particles from the glimmer mist got into the wee spaces and it looks a bit like a crackle effect. I didn’t have a leaf stamp that went with the design so I stamped a few dragonflies and used the wings as leaves. The small piece that looks like filigree is paper lace that has gold leaf put onto the sticky back of the lace.
Inks: versamark
Card: black, turquoise iridescent, purple pearlised
Stamps: Hero arts Four dolls (small flowers), free stamp from Craft stamper (large flower), Non sequitur Oriental collage elements (dragonfly wings for the leaves)
Other: gold leaf, Judikins Sticky stuff embossing powder, H2Os to colour, Glimmer mist Sweet pea, Diamond glaze, gems, Grunge board O, cloisonné bead, turquoise wire with gold findings, Lakeland paper lace border
Here us a quick tag as I am still catching up with the ukstampers challenges. Last week it was L for Love. Now I am not exactly the romantic type (as I am repeatedly told!) but at least there are hearts on it. I took the photo with the light above to try to avoid glare from the glitter but it doesn’t show up the sparkle.
Inks: Brilliance graphite black, Distress ink worn lipstick, Copic pen grey
Card: White card, red and white paper hearts
Stamps: Inkadinkado patterned pets, Woodware A dog’s life, little hearts from a free stamp with Craft Stamper mag, Stampers Anonymous Urban tapestry, Stampin up Love
Other: round metal rimmed tag, silver eyelet, silver stickles, gem
Here is my tag for the ukstampers weekly challenge ‘E’ for embroidery. I am a bit late with this one – I just didn’t know where to start with it. I have used card and letters from Cosmo cricket (except the E), some embroidery thread and I even learned how to do French knots for the flower centres down the left hand side.
Inks: Memento rhubarb stalk
Card: Cosmo cricket
Stamps: Technique Tuesday Hanging by a thread
Other: red embroidery thread, Cosmo cricket card board letters, eyelet, E from Heritage papers
Here is my card for the CBCC104 challenge to a recipe:
This is a tiny card (11 x 7cm). I made the back ground card first using the resist technique with glimmer mist sprays, masking fluid and sequin waste. Then stamped and coloured the image. Cut out the frames using nestabilities.
Inks: Brilliance graphite black
Card: Ivory card, back ground card, pink vellum
Stamps: Inkadinkado Patterned pets, Art impressions BB 2055 (on tag)
Other: white mini rick-rack, cerise embroidery thread, mini tag, button, gems, stickles, copic pens to colour, sparkle pen, masking fluid, glimmer mists; cherry limeade and cherry blossom, sequin waste, nestabilities