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uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 34

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 For week 34 we had to include:
  • paint
  • fabric
  • embossing powder

I actually went through a lot of decisions before I ended up with this one.  I was going to do some image transfer onto fabric, changed my mind and thought about using the fabric I had already coloured and stamped onto, then changed my mind again and used the flames from my Betty Boop fabric.  There is red and black embossing powder on the edges (even though it looks white at the bottom – that is just reflection).  The tag was painted red.  The skeleton was embossed with black powder then coloured in white Gesso.  This was then very lightly sponged with Rusty hinge to take away the brightness of the white.  The edges were stamped with black Stazon and distressed with Black soot and Fired brick.  The flames from the fabric were stuck to down then red embossing powder was sprinkled over the bottom half of the tag and heated from below.  The flames still looked a bit bright so I went over them lightly with some distress ink Black soot.  I did manage to get a bubble under the paint when I as in a hurry to dry it but actually I don’t think it matters.

Inks:  Versamark clear, Distress inks Black soot, rusty hinge and Fired brick, Stazon Black
Card:  white card
Stamps:  Non Sequitur Grave tidings, Stampers Anonymous Urban tapestry
Other:  Acrylic paint Crimson, Gesso White, Embossing powder Rich red and Black, pewter eyelet coloured black, fabric flames, fibres

uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 33

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This challenge was to encorpoate:

  • fabric
  • a crown
  • paint

Well I found this challenge difficult, just couldn’t come up with any ideas until today.  I was going for a kind of rags to riches theme by using an old loose weave cloth torn randomly and stuck to a piece of white card which I had previously painted  or rather sloshed  and dabbed with gay abandon.  The crown was an embellishment which I embossed in gold.  The trail of gold from the crown to the bottom is just gold embossing powder melted from beneath the tag.

Inks:  versamark clear, Archival Coffee
Card:  white card
Stamps:  Stampers Anonymous Mini muse, Invoke Art Art tickets
Other:  Chalky emusion Deep Sung Cream, Acrylic dauber Gold, Cosmic shimmer Sunlight mist Moonshadow ink Burnished brass, loose weave cloth, gold embossing powder, crown, linen thread

uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 32

dragonTreasure

This is the 3rd attempt to get this tag finished – it didn’t all go according to plan and it still doesn’t look right to me.  It looks like the dragon it in mid air and not grounded.  You get the general idea of what I was going for.  The challenge was to incorporate:

  • fabric
  • dots
  • a crown

The fabric is red velvet paper (hope I get away with that as I couldn’t find my piece of red velvet), black dots are along the hinges and door straps and silver dots on the chalice, the crown is sitting on top of the pile of jewels.

Inks:  Black memento ink, Distress inks Black soot and Pumice stone
Card:  white card, red velvet paper,
Stamps:  medieval set (unknown origin)
Other:  gems, gold beading, crown, glossy accents, copics to colour, eyelet, bunch of keys

uk stampers weekly challenge tag week 31

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Here is week 31 of the ukstampers rolling recipe challenge:

  • dots
  • a form of transport
  • fabric

The image of Betty Boop is fabric; I pasted it too a piece of card and cut away the back ground which was black and red flames.  Her little dog looks 2-toned because the card I pasted it to was a scrap piece which had been previously stamped and this is coming through – woops.  The background denim is stamped, coloured then distressed.  The dots are on the large brad.

Inks:  Adirondak Stonewashed and Denim, Distress inks Black soot and Faded jeans
Card:  white card
Stamps: denim background (unknown)
Other:  small strip of frayed denim, Betty Boop fabric, black and white checked ribbon, large brad, chain, large pewter eyelet

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

ukstampers weekly tag challenge No.26

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This weeks rolling recipe tag challenge No. 26 had to include:

  • stamped image of a child
  • numbers
  • bunting

Inks: black document ink, Distress inks Frayed burlap, Tea dye, Old paper and Antique linen, Stazon Blazing red, Versafine archival Vintage sepia
Card: white card
Stamps: Alice in wonderland (unknown)
Other: Diamond glaze, watercolour pencils , fibre, gold stickles, gold pen, gold mesh coloured with Sharpies, Cosmic shimmer mist Sunlight mist

ukstampers tag challenge 25

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This weeks recipe for the challenge is:

  • something shiny
  • numbers
  • stamped image of a child

Inks: memento tuxedo black, Distress inks Antique linen and Bundled sage
Card: white card
Stamps: The Artistic stamper Jolly day out, Flower soft The gate
Other: prisma pens and sansodor to colour, silver pilot pen, page pebble, silver brads, pewter eyelet, glossy accents

uk stampers weekly challenge tag 24

parisienneSml

This weeks uk stampers weekly challenge recipe is:

  • something shiny
  • numbers
  • Paris

I have used masks for the numbers, there is silver metal flake behind the stamped guitar on the acetate, and for the Paris part I have used the lyrics for Parisienne walkways by Thin Lizzy. If I was making this again I would use a bigger font and allow the text to go over the edges.

Inks: Stazon black, Memento black, Distress ink Fired brick, Barn door and Milled lavender
Card: white card
Stamps: Inkadinkado Rock star
Other: acetate, silver leafing flakes, white opaque pen, silver pilot pen, eyelet, Tim Holtz mask