Lyre Player

The Make a Moo challenge is musical instruments - always a favourite of mine. Here's the lady who adorns the Peters edition sheet music covers.

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Stamps: DarkRoom Door Chorus; Stampington Antique Music

Inks: DI Scattered Straw, Aged Mahogany, Pink Lipstick, Black Soot and Antique Linen; Adirondack Cranberry; Archival Black

Extras: Perfect pearls 'Pearl'

Sparkling Dragonfly

The Saturday Workshop challenge this week is 'sparkling'. The entire card is lightly sprayed with homemade glimmer mist, and I added crystal gems.
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Stamps: Paper Artsy mini; Time to Stamp ATC set 1

Inks: Ecoline Light green, Magenta and Red Violet; DI Black Soot; Adirondack Cranberry and Wild Plum; VersaFine Onyx Black; Inkessentials White Gel Pen; VersaMagic Key Lime

Extras: Paper Cellar Crystal gems; Swirls template; Sequin Waste; perfect pearls 'Pearl'

The direction of your dreams

I made this for the Graphicus May challenge, which is to use the colour blue and the theme of travel.

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Stamps: Elusive Images Boys on Bikes

Inks: Sticky Fingers Sprays in Bluebell and Delphinium; Adirondack Aqua; DI Refill Broken China; StazOn Ultramarine; DI Antique Linen; Adirondack Dabber Pool

Extras: Perfect Pearls 'Pearl'; Mini Grungeboard Arrow; Metallic RubOn in Copper; Suitcase Charm; Ribbon; BB Blue card; Blue Wire

Fairyland Park

The Saturday Workout is collage. I love collage stamps - they're so versatile, and you can feature small (or large) parts of them individually, or use them complete as I've done here.

I've used the free stamp from this month's Craft Stamper magazine on the background. To make the fairy wand I covered a cocktail stick with versamark and used one layer of white EP, and one layer of Fairydust EP. The butterfly was a free gift from a craft magazine many years ago. Lots of sparkly detail that you probably can't see!

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Stamps: Free stamp from Craft Stamper by Crafty Individuals; Darkroom Door Little Dreams

Inks: Adirondack Stream and Wild Plum; Versamark; VersaFine Onyx Black

Extras: 'Pearl' Perfect Pearls; Detail Opaque White, and Fairydust EP; Cocktail Stick; Butterfly embellishment; DCWV Blue card; Net bow

Scatter seeds of kindness

The Crazy Amigos challenge is nature. I started this card a while ago, and then lost direction with it. It was good to come back and finish it.

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Stamps: DarkRoom Door Friendship Flowers

Inks: DI Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Fired Brick; Archival Black; DI Refill Tea Dye and Broken China

Extras: Perfect pearls Gold; Prima Flowers; Gold Brads; Sheer Ribbon; Corner Punch

Dancing dresses

This is my first contribution to the ATC Wednesday site. The theme is dress.
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Stamps: Time to Stamp Vintage Sewing

Inks: Adirondack Currant, Red Pepper, Meadow, Cranberry and Wild Plum

Extras: Pebeo Pearl Touch; Perfect pearls Gold; Prima Flowers; Sheer ribbon; Image from Tuscan Rose CD 3

Inkurable orange

This is a card I made for the Inkurable Stampers 1st birthday challenge to use their signature colours of orange, black and white. As I made a crazy patchwork background I'll also submit this for the Saturday Workout blog. After glueing the scrap pieces, I toned them down with gesso.

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Stamps: Paper Artsy Wings 2 and Backgrounds 2; Stampington Latin Parchment

Inks: DI Fired Brick, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade; VersaFine Onyx Black; DI Refill Tea Dye; Versamark Pen

Extras: Gesso; Perfect Pearls Bronze; Precoloured scraps; PP by Provocraft and Scenic Route; Photo Anchors and brads; Paper Cellar Lace Tape; Gold EP

Congratulations TYI

After an enforced silence for 2 weeks because of a lack of internet service (don't ask!!) I'm now happily back at the computer, sharing my work and looking forward to seeing that of others.

The Tag You're It site is celebrating one year of challenges, so it's appropriate that happy birthday is their theme this week. The scanner never seems to be happy with the colour of my embellishments - they do match really! They will also match with some cardstock for me to make up into a card.

I'm pleased to use my winnings from one of the draws from TYI - just right for this project!

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Stamps: Green Pepper Press; Studio G

Inks: DI Mustard Seed, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade and Fired Brick; VersaFine Onyx Black; DI Refill Tea Dye

Extras: Hand created paper from a friend; PM Buttons; Magic Mesh; Ribbon; Q&Co Brads

I sing of poppies

This is my contribution for the graphicus challenge which is twofold: yellow, and sing. I based the card around a poem by Mary A Barr:

I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed!

The Flower of Mercy! That within its heart

Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need,

A drowsy balm for every bitter smart,

For happy hours the Rose will idly blow;

The poppy hath a charm for pain and woe.

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Stamps: Elusive Images Butterfly Poppy collage

Inks: Adirondack Lemonade; DI Scattered Straw, Tea Dye and Mustard Seed; Archival Sepia; DI refill Antique Linen; Watercolour pencils

Extras: Perfect Pearls Gold; Brown Brads; PM Eyelet; Ribbon; WHSmith Alpha RubOns; Punch; BB Brown card; TreeGlimmer screens

Projects for Winterfest 09

This notebook was made for the neglected tools challenges, but managed to incorporate 2 other challenges too: chipboard and houses .

The card below uses the spin and splash tool, (another neglected tool) and an image from http://outsider-artists.net/pages/freeimages.htm

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Stamps: Tanda Stamps Flourish set; ISC All About Me; Paper Artsy Love and Kisses 1

Inks: Alcohol Inks Pesto, Lettuce, Espresso and Pearl Mixative; Versamark; Adirondack Juniper, Lettuce, Purple Twilight and Pink Sherbert; DI Dusty Concord; DI refill Milled lavender; Archival Black

Extras: Vintage Image Prima Flower; Gold Brad; Gold EP; Distress EP Antique Linen; Chipboard Coasters; BIA; Spin and Splash; Ribbons; Perfect Pearls 'Pearl'

Bling Blooms

I bought these crystal gems years ago in a sale, and saved them, as you do. Their time has come!

Now used for the Tag You're It Diamonds are a Girl's Best friend challenge.

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Stamps: Paper Artsy Backgrounds 2 and Petals 6

Inks: DI Dusty Concord, Worn Lipstick and Broken China; Archival Black; DI Refill Milled Lavender

Extras: Perfect pearls 'Pearl'; PM Adhesive Stones and Eyelet; Mark Richards Crystal Stickers; Prima Flowers; Fibres

Swirly Dragonfly

The Tag You're It challenge this week is to use at least one swirl and one circle. As if I'd use only one!!
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Stamps: Paper Artsy Mini; Time to Stamp ATC set 1

Inks: Ecoline Turquoise Blue, Pastel Blue and Light Green; Adirondack Aqua, Sail Boat Blue and Denim; Inkessentials White Gel Pen

Extras: Sequin Waste; Table Salt; PM Eyelet; Sheer Ribbon; Perfect Pearls Gold

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

Romantic tag

The Tag You're It challenge is all about Love and Romance.

I was very taken with an article in our local newspaper this week about a man who took Breakfast Television cameras into a local school with him, and proposed to his girlfriend on live TV. What a romantic thing to do!! (Imagine if she'd said no!!)

I have incorporated portions of the clipping into my tag. I've inked up the pp and the flower to match my colour scheme.

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Stamps: Stampington Romance Elements

Inks: Adirondack Dabbers Shell Pink and Peach Bellini; Adirondack Inks Peach Bellini; DI Aged Mahogany, Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick

Extras: Perfect Pearls Gold; Prima Flowers; PM Button and Eyelet; Waxy Flax Bubble Gum; Newspaper clipping; PP by BG; Sheer Ribbon

Love in Japanese

The Gothic Arches theme this week is hearts. I wanted to make something very delicate, which I'll probably send to my Japanese sister-in-law. She gave me the cream and gold paper which you can see fragments of here.

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Stamps: Stampington Romance Elements; Simple Expressions The Orient; HA Heartfelt Messages

Inks: DI Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Aged Mahogany; Brilliance Galaxy Gold; VersaFine Onyx Black; Castaway; DI Refill Antique Linen; Gold Pen

Extras: Perfect pearls Gold; Gesso; Japanese paper; Prima Flowers; PM eyelet and Adhesive Stones; Fibres

1 Dream, 1 Goal, 1 Family

Make a Moo or 2 challenge site is celebrating their 1st birthday - so this is my means of congratulating them. There is a number 1 on each moo as requested. I made them up into a card as it's my son's birthday next week and this will do nicely!

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Stamps: Elusive Images Boys on Bikes, and Fleurs et Parfums de paris; Paper Artsy Backgrounds 2

Inks: Adirondack Slate, Latte, Denim and Eggplant; VersaFine Onyx Black; DI Refill Antique Linen

Extras: Perfect Pearls Gold; MM ribbon; Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag; Computer generated text; WHSmith RubOns

Sketched flowers

The Tag You're It challenge this week is to use a given sketch. The minute I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do, which was to use some of the domed stickers I've had for too many years to mention.
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Stamps: Darkroom Door Full Bloom Vol 2; Elusive Images Boys on Bikes

Inks: Adirondack Lemonade, Juniper and Bottle; Castaway; DI refill Antique Linen

Extras: PM Domed Stickers and Eyelet; Sheer ribbons; Perfect Pearls Gold

Faux Stitches

The Lots to Do challenge is entitled In Stitches. I'm afraid I cheated - I pricked holes around the edge and drew them on. Hope that's alright! But I did use sewing related stamps and embellishments.

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Stamps: Stampington Scripted Greetings; Paper Artsy Mini; PaperBag Studios Addison

Inks: DI Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold; Adirondack Slate; DI Refill Antique Linen; Brilliance Galaxy Gold; Marvy Pen Mocha

Extras: perfect Pearls Gold; Fibres; PP by Dovecraft; DCWV Brown card; Vintage Button; Deckle Edge Scissors; Hole Pricker

Purple Wings

The Tag You're it theme this week is purple. Lots of sparkle on this tag - but it doesn't show up on the scan!---

Stamps: Elusive Images Delightful Damask; Paper Artsy Wings 2

Inks: DI Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord; Adirondack Eggplant and Purple Twilight; Versamark; DI Refill Milled Lavender

Extras: Detail Silver EP; Tracing paper; Elusive Images Tag; Silver Ribbon; Purple Brads; Perfect Pearls 'Pearl'

Gears

Perhaps for this Tim Holtz inspired tag I should have spelt the word 'gearz' but felt that the intended recipient wouldn't understand 'Tim' jargon so spelt it correctly! This is my contribution for the Saturday Workshop challenge on sprays - on which I've used homemade glimmer mists.

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Stamps: ISC All About Me

Inks: DI Broken China, Tea Dye and Walnut Stain; Crackle Paint Broken China; Alcohol Inks Espresso and Gold Mixative; DI Refill Broken China

Extras: Perfect Pearls Gold and Bronze; Washer; Photo Anchor; Blue Brad; Tim Holtz Gears Mask, Grungeboard Mini Letters and Sprocket Gear; Fimo Buttons from SammieJay; Sheer Ribbon