Busy Week

This week I have been busy as bee with crafting. I recently received the cutest Tilda stamps I have ever seen, Tilda with Lamb and Tilda with Bunny. Both images are coloured with Prisma Color Pencils and then blended with Sansodor and a paper stump. The papers came from one of them awful £1 shop type ''Scrapbook Kit'' if you can call it that. I got it for Christmas, well its the though that counts, most of it went into the bin.



Also this week I have started a project I have been wanting to do for a while, My lovely hunny bought me some 10 second studio tools for my birthday and i have a doodlebug house, well i think you can guess, i am in the middle of ''metaling it up'', not going to show it half done but will put up full pics of it when i am finished.



Lastly, this week I have made near 20 ATC's to take with me on Saturday to the Harrogate show to swap with all the lovely Do-Crafters. See yah their!!

Feline Salute

Well after yesterdays nastiness i decided to cheer myself up so i made myself a little ATC for my own collection. The cat picture is from the design house Cattitude series which makes me laugh so much, i kept one of the full image layers of decoupage from the card i made my grandma some time ago and is posted Here. Cute spotty paper background and words hand written in my awful hand writing. No idea where the saying came from i read it in a book somewhere so if you know who said it please let me know. ''He lifted his leg in feline salute to nonchalance'' Also do anyone elses cats try to drink milk as you are pouring it into your coffee cup or is it just mine being weird because they were hand reared.

I Dare Challenge - Bobs - This week its all about challenge

For the I Dare challenge Bobs told me to make an ATC with glass on it..... so here it is same as below, memory glass, UTEE and perfect pearls. This also fits with the This week its all about challenge of ''clear''. Unfortunately i am not very well and unable to leave the house and my heat gun melted itself instead of my UTEE so i have been unable to make a new one specifically for This Thursday its all about, i hope they don't mind.

Created by hand challenge ''Versamark''

This weeks created by hand challenge is to use versamark ink and chalk. So this is my entry. One of my fave stamps inked up with versamark and then pearlescent chalk dabbed on top. Sealed with hairspray.

Arty Girlz Challenge 36 ''Wings''

This weeks arty girlz challenge is ''Wings''. I have made 2 ATC's and a Brooch. I have just swapped with a friend on a forum some of my unwanted stuff for hers. In hers was a lovely torso art mould so i thought ohhh lets get burnt and get the melting pot out, and yes i did burn myself about three times which is the usual practice for me and the melting pot, kind of a love hate relationship really. Anyhow so i had some lovely rubon's my mom gave me that she didn't want, they are super quality and filled with glitter no idea who makes them, well some butterfly's and dragonfly's were in the selection so here is my entry to ''wings''. Don't know if i am going to swap them or keep them or send them as RAKS I'm undecided.

Stamping with a twist

Wyvernsian has organised a swap called ''stamping with a twist'' the twist being you must use a stamp and you cannot stamp onto paper/card/tissue/Mount board etc. If you make more than 1 ATC it must be stamped onto something different from the first. For my entry to the swap my first was to stamp onto a silk flower, i am quite happy with the outcome. My second was to stamp onto iridescent film and 3D it which i am very happy with how this one turned out.

Button fairy

I decided to join an organized swap to make the new craze of button fairy's. I must admit my heart wasn't in it and i am not too impressed with the result. I don't think i will be making anymore of these, its not my thing.

Faith

I love this stamp and have not used it for a while so I thought I would get it out to make 2 ATC's I owed. Stamped onto cream card with Versamark watermark stamp pad and the chalked over with pearlescent chalk. Set in place with cheap hair spray. I like the end result.

Melting pot fun turned into an ATC

After a few failed attempts with the melting pot i finally got the hang of it and decided to turn my one successful Comedy/Tradgedy mask into an ATC. Background is alcohol inks, mask secured with pinflair glue gel as i find this product very strong and easy to use. The stamp is from Hero Arts and comes in a set called 'Artistic branches', stamped with stazon black.

WyvernSians 1 Stamp 5 ATC's Swap

For Wyvernsian's 1 stamp 5 ATC's Swap

1) I did the first in my melting pot by laying a thick piece of card in the bottom and sprinkling bronze embossing powder evenly over the top, once melted I inked up the stamp and pressed it into the enamel carefully.








2) The second i made using masking paper, which is sticky very slightly on 1 side. I stamped my image 3 times onto masking paper and carefully cut it out to be exact to the image. Stamped first into the middle of the ATC, then masked it, stamped again then masked it and repeat moving your masks around.







3) The 3rd one is very easy. Alter a domino piece with alcohol ink, stamp the image onto a matching background paper and then stamp part of the image onto the domino. Match it up and done. I prefer to use pinflair glue gel for this as it doesn't smell and is very strong.








4) The 4th one is a bit more difficult. Alcohol inked background, stamped on the background the image in white and then again in black but slightly offset to make a shadowed effect.








5) The 5th is my favourite. Background hand made with ink and sponges. On a piece of stampboard stamped my image and sponged the same background. With stampboard tools I scratched into the design and then coated with embossing powder to stop it for being scratched by accident.