Seeds and buds

The Created byHand theme is Spring. For this card I made 2 twinchies, and gessoed over the pp to dull it a bit.

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Stamps: DarkRoom Door Friendship flowers; HA Fantastic Flourishes

Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black; Impress Garnet; Green unknown; DI Black Soot

Extras: Black card; pp by Fancy Pants; Gesso; Paper Cellar Lace Tape

The seeds of today

Another card using blue and green, this time because these colours are the challenge from Created Byhand. I submitted this for two challenges on 2Peas Winterfest 2009 too: to use text, and a 'short' card.
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Stamps: AudDesign 2B; DarkRoom Door Full Bloom Vol 2

Inks: Archival Black; Ecoline Pastel Blue, Light Green and Turquoise

Extras: Salt; Ribbon; PM Adhesive Stones

Belle Susanna

This is the 2nd day of the All things French event at Rhondamum's blog, and I'll also submit this for the Created byHand challenge on letter of the alphabet.

The first two items are my source of inspiration for this card. When I was 15 I went on the first of three French exchanges with M-N, and I'm pleased to say that I'm still in contact with her. These are pages I made from the diary from that visit, and I so enjoyed my visit to the Clos Luce, home of Leonardo Da Vinci. Now I know why my teachers moaned about the size of my handwriting!

You can see that I've used the colours of the tickets as my colour scheme, although it came out a bit brighter than intended! The original sketch by Da Vinci is not called Susanna - I thought it just suited her.

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Stamps: Stampington Paris 1900; Tim Holtz I See Paris; TTS Leo's Plate

Inks: Adirondack Lemonade, Peach Bellini, Watermelon, Cranberry and Wild Plum; VersaFine Onyx Black; Adirondack Dabber Lemonade

Extras: Perfect pearls Gold; Black and Cream Card; PM Clear Domed Sticker; Grungeboard Minis

Your hand in mine

I've always admired the work of Nancy Maxwell James, so cased one of her cards for the Created byHand challenge on Love Quotes. This is, after all, a stamp designed by her.

I wanted to fade all the colours, particularly the orange mat card, so distressed everything with the dabber (even the brads). I don't think you can see the lacy paper around the feature stamp unless you go in for a close up. I spritzed a text stamp which has left the diagonal white marks on the background.
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Stamps: SugarLump Studios Heartfelt; Paper Artsy Backgrounds 2

Inks: DI Aged Mahogany, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade; Adirondack Dabber Snow Cap; VersaFine Onyx Black

Extras: PP by Fancy Pants; DCWV orange card; Lacy Paper; Prima Flowers; Brads; Fibres

Love Hearts

This is a card I made for a valentine challenge on http://www.bloggingourartout.blogspot.com/(the blog attached to the scrapz shop). The instructions were to avoid the colours pink and red. The closing date is Sunday 25th, and the winner will be chosen through a voting system.

I've just seen that the Created byHand theme is hearts, so I'll add this.

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Stamps: Stampington Romance Elements; HA Gingham Ribbon

Inks: DI Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord; VersaColor Heliotrope

Extras: Image from Tuscan Rose CD 3; PP by Imaginisce

Love is in the air

The Created byHand challenge was to use the word 'love', and the Theme Thursday theme is 'Couples', so when saw this image on the Tuscan Rose CD 3 I knew I had to put them together.


I treated myself to a new computer; which is wonderful. The internet connection is much faster (after the initial hiccup of not being able to get online at all), I no longer have to wait 10 minutes for it to boot up, and the memory is amazing, which means I can view all the images on the above mentioned CD rather than about a quarter of them!
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Stamps: Stampington Collage Cube

Inks: DI Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade; Versamark

Extras: SGme Clear EP; Prima Flowers; Green Brads; PP from Art Impressions; Pink Paper; DarkRoom Door Wordstrip Venetian; Image from Tuscan Rose CD 3

Crown for a King

The Created byHand challenge is red and green.

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Stamps: Stampington Fresh Flowers Elements and Christmas Found Elements; Inca Stamps Merry Christmas; Funstamps Crown

Inks: Adirondack Red Pepper, Cranberry, Willow, Lettuce and Meadow; Marvy Pen Crinson Lake; StazOn Olive Green; Brilliance Galaxy Gold; Gold Gel Pen

Extras: Gesso

Angel Joy

The Created byHand challenge this week is Christmas Music. I think the music in the background is O Come all Ye Faithful, but I haven't got my glasses on, so I could be wrong!

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Stamps: Paper Artsy xmas 1

Inks: DI Tea Dye and Dried Marigold; StazOn Midnight Blue

Extras: Paper Cellar Square Gems; Perfect Pearls Gold; BB card

When they saw the star...

The created byHand challenge is to make a Christmas tag. Here's my very sparkly one.
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Stamps : Elusive Images Gold Frankincense and Myrrh

Inks: Adirondack Latte and Stream; H2Os in Gold Dust, Autumn Skies and Chestnut Brown; Versamark; DI Tea Dye

Extras: Perfect Pearls Gold; Detail White EP; Grungeboard Star; Copper wire; Sheer Ribbon

Boys of the Light Brigade

The Created byHand theme this week is alcohol inks. I have continued my tribute to those who died in the process of serving their country in honour of Remembrance Day.

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Stamps: Stampers Anonymous background and Flourish; Paper Artsy At Home 5

Inks: Alcohol Inks Denim, Stonewashed, Eggplant and Pearl Mixative; Versamark; Archival Black

Extras: Detail Silver EP; Glossy card; Prima Flower; Silver Brad; Black Paper

Guitar Rhythm and Blues

The Created byHand challenge is Black and Brown. Here's my atc.

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Stamps: DarkRoom Door Venice

Inks: Archival Black; DI Vintage Photo and Black Soot

Extras: Clear EP; Black Ribbon; PP by Basic Grey and Debbie Mumm; DarkRoom Door Music Filmstrip and Wordstrip

Sealed with a kiss

Disaster struck yesterday. I had sent 5 atcs to a friendship themed swap at Katy's Corner UK forum, only for the envelope to arrive empty, and open. So I have made 5 new ones, and really hope they arrive intact.

This atc is also my contribution to the Created byHand theme of Ribbon. You can't see it very clearly, but the ribbon is polka dotted. I used alcohol ink to colour the buttons. Now I see this on the screen I think I should have chosen a softer colour than the watermelon.

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Stamps: Simple Expressions People 2; Time To Stamp ATC set 2; MSE Friends Always

Inks: VersaColor Old Rose and Topaz; Adirondack Watermelon; Alcohol Inks Cranberry

Extras: Paper Cellar Clear Button; Celebration Ribbon

Autumn Ferns

2 challenges completed here - for a new site called Simply Skinnies whose theme is autumn, and also Created byHand who asks us to use walnut ink or crystals.

I only had a MoonGlow Copper spray which uses walnut ink as a base. However, I didn't spray with it, but painted over with a paintbrush, as the copper effect was less intrusive for this stamp.
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Stamps: Simple Expressions Flora 5; BLine Designs Small Fern

Inks: MoonGlow Incandescent Copper Spray; DI Dried marigold; StazOn Olive Green

Extras: PM Copper Letter; R&L Alpha RubOns; Sheer Ribbon

Thankful

The Created byHand theme this week is thank you. I used an embossed resist technique, and then ironed out the embossing powder so that I could stamp over it.

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Stamps: ISC All About Me

Inks: VersaColor Split Pea, Bamboo and Bisque; Watercolour pencils; StazOn Black; Versamark

Extras: SGme Clear EP; DCWV Green Card; Blender Pen

Pagoda Empress

This is my entry for the Created byHand challenge which is to use given templates in some way. I made up the temple one into an atc.

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Stamps : Simple Expressions The Orient

Inks : H20s in Olive Green and Gold Dust; Archival Black; DI Black Soot; Marvy pen black

Extras : Japanese paper

Yesterday is History

The Created byHand theme is Dragonflies. I'm afraid I couldn't get this atc to scan very well in focus because of the brads.

How do other people get their acetate to lie flat?
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Stamps : Clarity Stamps Yesterday is History; freebie dragonfly from Simply Stamping magazine

Inks : Alcohol Inks Eggplant, Denim and Stonewashed; Arcival Black; Adirondack Dabber Eggplant; Versamark

Extras : Eggplant Brads; Glossy Card; Detail Silver EP; Acetate

Well, stone the crows!

The Created ByHand theme this week is crows. I'm hoping this will pass for a crow, although some of you might shake your head and say it's something else. Perhaps a bird enthusiast will enlighten me!

I used the 'kiss' technique for the bird: inking up the bird, then stamping it onto a swirl stamp, then stamping it here. The swirl effect can be seen on the upper half of the bird, and amazingly gives it an eye!

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Stamps : Time to Stamp ATC sets 1 & 2, and Birds of a Feather; Stampington Fresh Flowers Elements

Inks : Adirondack Lettuce and Denim; Adirondack Dabber Snow Cap

Joy

Pink and Green is the colour scheme chosen by the Created ByHand site this week.

Pink seems to be the 'in' colour at the moment, featuring on several challenges. Not that I'm complaining! I love the colour. I've had this ribbon for a long time, and not known what to do with it. The circles are pink and white (not that obvious on my screen!). This was the starting point of the card.


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Stamps : Paper Artsy xmas 1; HA Treasure the Moments

Inks : Adirondack Willow, Meadow and Pink Sherbert; VersaMagic Hint of Pesto; DI Refill Milled Lavender

Extras : Prima Flowers; Dotty Ribbon; Vintage Button; Perfect pearls 'Pearl'; DCWV pink and green card

Delicate butterfly

I did warn you all a couple of posts ago that I'd gone back into butterfly mode - here's another one! Made for the Pink and Brown challenge by Created byHand.

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Stamps : Paper Artsy Backgrounds 2 and Petals 6; Hero Arts Fanciful Flourishes

Inks : DI Worn Lipstick, Tatteres Rose, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany and Vintage Photo; VersaColor Cocoa and Old Rose

Extras : Butterfly image from Crafty Individuals Butterflies and Flowers pad

Time keeper

I made this atc for the Created ByHand Challenge which was to use a new technique. I see that the TMTA challenge is called Tick Tock...fascinating watches, so I'll enter this for both.


The new technique is one I saw on Patti Behan's new blog, where you 'splat' with Dabbers. She demonstrates this on a video. This image covers up most of the background, but you can see evidence of the splatting! I distressed the edges of the atc with some scissors (not having any fancy gadgets) and sponged with gold.

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Stamps : Crafty Individuals 110; BLine Designs Tic Toc

Inks : Adirondack Stream; Archival Black; Color Palette Gold; Adirondack Dabbers Pool, Cloudy Blue, Juniper and Stream

Extras : PM Domed Sticker; Collage Keepsakes Key