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'

Il bacio

Make a Moo or 2 have kiss as their theme this week. A scrap left over from making cards earlier in the week was perfect for this image. This pair look so grown up! I bet they hated posing for the photo!
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Stamps: Stampington Butterfly Girl; Hero Arts Heartfelt Messages

Inks: Ecoline Magenta and Light Green; Adirondack Denim

Extras: Image from Takeabreak on flickr; Salt; Cuttle folder Swiss Dots; Sanding Block

Pink, for life

The Theme Thursday challenge this week is music/dance. I used a pink colour scheme so that I could send this to Sammie to support her in raising money for Cancer Research.

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Stamps: DarkRoom Door Melody; AudDesign

Inks: Ecoline White, Magenta, Light Green and Red Violet; VersaFine Onyx Black

Extras: black card; Salt

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

Smelling the flowers

The Art Creations friday challenge is a photo, which I've just used the image from and tinted.

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Stamps: Paper Artsy Man of Numbers 2; DarkRoom Door Full Bloom Vol 2

Inks: Ecoline Pastel Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chartreuse and Magenta; Adirondack Slate; DI Worn Lipstick; Watercolour pencils

Extras: Cling Film; Vintage Image; Tracing paper

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

Blue Bird

The Theme Thursday challenge for this week is birds.

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Stamps: Time to Stamp For the Birds; BLine Design Botanical Fern

Inks: Ecoline Pastel Blue, Turquoise Blue and Light Green; Versafine Onyx Black; VersaColor Cyan

Extras: Prima Flower; Turquoise Brad

Batik flowers

The Tag You're it challenge is to alter a fabric flower. To this I've added a challenge from 2Peas to include pp, stamping and some ribbon.

The stamped flowers are cut out of batik fabric, backed with vilene.

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Stamps : AudDesign 2B; Darkroom Door Melody

Inks : Ecoline Chartreuse and Light Green; Archival Black

Extras : Imaginisce pp; Ribbon; MM Blue Eyelet

Art from the past

This is my design for the orange skinnies swap on Lots to do forum. The background is made by layering up the stamping. Not many oranges used, but I think the overall effect is orangey!

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Stamps : Non Sequitur Greco-Roman Collage set; DarkRoomDoor Doors; Paper Artsy Nature 3 and Backgrounds 2

Inks : Ecoline Chartreuse and Burnt Sienna; Fluid Chalk Tangerine; VersaMagic Hint of Pesto; ColorBox Chianti; Brilliance Moonlight White; Adirondack Rust

Extras : Green Ribbon; Gold Brad and hardware

Eurocycling, and winner

The winner of my 400th post giveaway is....

###Crafty Carol###

Congratulations - the stamps are on their way. Thank you to everyone for their encouraging comments.

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The Created byHand challenge is to include the word 'dream' on your work, which I have incorporated into one of the 3 transport 4x4 pages for a challenge on Lots to Do forum.

I wanted to choose a more unusual form of transport, but create the feel of a journey. There's something rather exotic and elegant about a penny farthing.

I had a ball with all my sprays, and still have clean hands, for once!!---

Stamps : Crafty Individuals 161 (script) and 116 (crackle); R&L Travel France set; Time Holtz Enjoy the Journey; SU Travel words 2582; Paper Artsy Travel 4; Judikins London cube

Inks : DI Antique Linen, Black Soot, Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick; Archival Black; Glimmer Mists Olive Vine and Candy Apple Red; Sticky Fingers Sprays Aqua and Bluebell; DI Refills Broken China, Tea Dye and Mustard Seed; Ecoline pink; StazOn Olive Green, Ultramarine and Blazing Red

Extras : Tissue Paper; image from internet converted to b/w; PM Domed Stickers; Perfect Pearls Gold and Pearl; Black paper; Vellum Glue

The Master and the Butterfly

This is my contribution to the Tag You're It challenge, which is to either use your favourite quote, or your family.

Unfortunately the butterflies got a bit squished in the scanner (and I cannot photograph it because a certain son, who shall remain nameless, but he knows who he is, dropped my camera and broke it!)(I will forgive him, eventually...)

The Lots to do Challenge has the theme of butterflies, so I'll add this to their site too.
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Stamps : Elusive Images Butterfly set

Inks : Adirondack Stream; Ecoline Light Green and Turquoise Blue

Extras : Cuttlebug; Prima Flower; PM Button; Waxy Flax Sage; Sheer Ribbon

Ticket collage

The 4x4 Friday challenge is on tickets - just right for this gorgeous stamp. The colours aren't quite so bright as this!

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Stamps : Crafty Individuals 006, and 147

Inks : Ecoline Bluish Green, Forest Green, Chartreuse and Burnt Sienna; StazOn Ultramarine and Saddle Brown

Underneath the Plum Tree

This is an Oriental themed card for the 4x4 challenge this week. The Japanese text is part of a poem based on the title above.Don't tell anyone that I've used pears instead of plums!!

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Stamps : Elusive Images Fleurs et Parfum; Non Sequitur Greco-Roman Collage set; Judikins Underneath the Plum Tree; HA dragonflies

Inks : Ecoline Red Violet; DI refill Antique Linen; Glimmer Mist Olive Vine; DI Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick; Fluid Chalk Olive Pastel; Adirondack Bottle

Extras : Perfect Pearls Gold

Royal flourish

Today I had such a fun time experimenting with homemade glimmer sprays with a friend of mine. Isn't it great how different people come in from another angle, and suggest and try things you hadn't thought of. Thank you for playing with me, Rachel!

The 4x4 Friday challenge is entitled Kings and Queens. I love the calligraphic style of signatures and flourishes that they used to sign documents with, and these have influenced this card.

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Stamps : Elusive Images ATC set; Time to Stamp ATC sets 1 & 2; Invoke Arts Nibs and Pens

Inks : Adirondack Dabber Lemonade; Ecoline Ultramarine; Archival Grape; DI refill Antique Linen

Extras : Tissue Paper; Perfect Pearls Gold and Pearl

Wedding card and present

In my last post I mentioned that I had been making a patchwork hanging for a wedding present. Two sweet friends from our church are getting married tomorrow, both of them employed in the Youth Work and dearly loved by our children. I managed to make a card and fulfill the requirements of Theme Thursday 's pink and brown challenge.

Below is a photo of the quilt. I have yet to sew on the hanging sleeve. We have used batiks throughout, basing it on their favourite colours.

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Stamps : HA wedding wishes set, and Flourishes; Time to Stamp ATC set2

Inks : Ecoline Red Violet; DI refill Tea Dye; Versamark; Archival Black; DI Scattered Straw; computer generated text

Extras : Perfect Pearls Bronze; Flowers from Beatties; Seafoam White EP

Textured and Purple

It's good to be back crafting after the enforced break. Concerts, school workload, collaborating on a patchwork quilt for a wedding present, and an 18th birthday left me with no time at all. I found getting back to it strangely hard today, but in no time at all was covered in ink! Great to play with my new stamps too!

This is my contribution for TMTA's theme of texture, and Wednesday Stamper's colour purple. The scanner doesn't pick up the texture, but I inked up the background stamps quite heavily with the acrylic paints. This is sprayed over with homemade glimmer mists, and then I sponged through some sequin waste.

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Stamps : Time to Stamp ATC set; Elusive Images ATC set; Time Holtz Nature's Moments; HA flourishes

Inks : Adirondack dabbers Snowcap White and Shell Pink; Ecoline Red Violet; DI refill Tea Dye; DI Dusty Concord and Scattered Straw

Extras : Sequin Waste

Fairy wishes

I have finally found a bit of time to myself to create but will probably not be seen again for another week. My work load has been enormous, and will be until term ends next Thursday. Then I will on the scene again. I have missed you all, my blogging friends.

I made this card for my goddaughter - and on the right you can see she made one for me! Her favourite colour is purple, of course! The background is distressed, and oversprayed with homemade glimmer mist. This suits the 4x4 Friday theme of Faeries.

Yesterday I went to the NEC and had a great time buying stamps, but was very disappointed by the lack of variety of inks. Did anyone else go?

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Stamps : PaperBag Studios Adisson; Tanda Stamps Flourishes set; HA clear flourishes; Stampington Scripted Elements

Inks : Adirondack Dabber Snow Cap; Ecoline Red Violet; DI Dusty Concord; StazOn Grape; Castaway

Extras : Tracing paper; Star gems; Waxy Flax Plum; Perfect Pearls Gold

Paris in Spring Colours

I wanted to experiment with another recipe for shimmer sprays - using ecoline instead of Distress ink refills. It works just as well.

The triptych is the topic for TMTA this week, and Paris is on the Theme Thursday site.

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Stamps : Tim Holtz I See Paris; R&L Travel France set; Tanda Stamps Flourishes set

Inks : Ecoline Red Violet; DI refill Tea Dye; Fluid Chalk Charcoal; DI Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Pine Needles and Antique Linen

Extras : Scarpworks Waxy Flax; Image from Katy's Corner; Perfect Pearls gold and bronze

Beetle Drive

The TMTA theme this week is insects. The ticket stamp is for a ride on an omnibus, hence my pun as a title.

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Stamps : Crafty Individuals 22; Stampington Butterfly Girl; SU! Explore

Inks : Ecoline Chartreuse and Burnt Sienna; Fluid Chalk Burny Sienna; Archival Black; StazOn Saddle Brown

Extras : MM eyelets; Tracing paper

Collect a few beautiful shells

I have really missed you all over the last few days - my computer wouldn't start and so spent 4 days at the repairer's in a backlogged queue. Of course it started straight away for the technician, but wouldn't start up when I got it home! Typical! Anyway, I'm back now!

The Theme Thursday challenge is By the Sea.

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Stamps : Time to Stamp Beach Memoirs; Duo Designs pebbles

Inks : Ecoline Turquoise Blue and Light Green; DI Refill Tea Dye and Broken China; Archival Black; DI Mustard Seed, Black Soot and Antique Linen; Versamark Pen; VersaMagic Magnolia Bud

Extras : Perfect pearls Bronze and Pearl; Shrink Plastic; Elusive Images tag; DI EP Antique Linen; Fibres; beige netting; BB card