A warm hello

The Tag You're It challenge this week is monochrome. As you can see I opted for pink! That makes 4 pink entries in a row - will have to get out some different colours tomorrow!

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Stamps: HA Friendly Greetings set; Paper Artsy SI mini 23

Inks : Adirondack ColorWash and ink in Wild Plum; Sticky Fingers Spray Pink; DI refill Milled Lavender; VersaMagic Pixie Dust

Extras : Perfect Pearls 'Pearl'; SGme Clear EP; Various Brads; fibres; PP by Fancy Pants; PM eyelet

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

Purple skinny

This is a skinny I made for a forum swap, which was to use distress inks or reinkers. I've used both - as sponged ink, and made up into glimmer spray.

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Stamps : Paer Artsy Schooldays 1; Tim Holtz Flourish; Hampton Arts Imagine

Inks : DI Dusty Concord, Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick; Versamark; Archival Black; DI refill Milled Lavender

Extras : SGme Clear EP; Perfect Pearls gold

All I want is a room somewhere

The Gothic Arches theme for this week is called Pretty in pink. In the process of clearing a cupboard at school I found the music for My Fair Lady, which inspired this arch. This image seemed just right for Eliza Doolittle.
Now that I've discovered how to let you enlarge my images, you can see the glimmer in all its glory! If you've experienced the same problem, let me know and I'll share the process with you.


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Stamps: Tim Holtz Nature's Moments

Inks : Adirondack Colorwash spray Wild Plum; Sticky Fingers Pink; Adirondack Slate and Wild Plum

Extras : Perfect Pearls Bronze; Image from Tuscan Rose 3 CD; Sequin Waste; Dymo Letratag machine

Knock knock...

I participated in an atc swap with DarkRoom Door, using one of their stamps. This is my contribution.

Below are the swaps I received from (in descending order) Janet Hamblin, Heather Askitis, Evonne Reidy Ireland, Kaeran Sutherland, Vicky Fernando, Sephi Kemp, Robyn Wood and Helen Brown.


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Stamps : DarkRoomDoor Doors set

Inks :Adirondack Lettuce and Denim; DI Vintage Photo and Antique Linen; Refill Tea Dye; Archival Black

Extras : Junior Dymo Labeller; Paper Cellar Pearl Circles; Corner Punch; Sticky Fixers; Spritzer

Paper tree

I have combined 2 challenges in this card. The Saturday Workout theme is to use a serviette or napkin on your work. As we only had plain white, or Christmas serviettes, I decided to go for the latter, and cut out a single tree. I opted for non-traditional colours, but hope I've maintained a festive feel to the card. The tissue paper was flimsy, so I cut out a frame to place on top.

The Lots do Do challenge was to use the following recipe:
2 buttons, 1 Brad, striped paper, ribbon, and some stamping.
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Stamps : Paper Artsy Free mini

Inks : DI Tea Dye, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain; Versamark

Extras : PM Buttons; Star Brad from an RAK; Detail Gold EP; Space Dyed Ribbon; PP by Fancy Pants; Serviette

Guitar man

The 4x4 Friday challenge is to use stencils. I sprayed the background and then stenciled on top. This is just one of the patterns on my stencil sheet.

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Stamps : Paper Artsy Stagelights 3

Inks : Sticky Fingers Sprays Bluebell and Aqua; DI refill Milled Lavender; Adirondack Stream

Extras :Perfect pearls 'Pearl'; Purple Brads; Jade card; Funky Swirl Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop

Just clowning around

I made this atc for a challenge on a new site for me - Inkurable Stampers. Isn't that a fab name - just about sums me up! The theme is men. This is also the theme for a swap on LtD forum.

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Stamps : Paper Artsy Pierrot 1 and Mini 23

Inks : DI Spiced marmalade, Fired Brick, Mustard seed and Dried Marigold; Archival Black; Versamark

Extras : Detail Gold EP; Red Brads

A Sitch in time...

Do you ever have one of those days when everything goes wrong? It did on this tag for the Tag You're It theme of Needle and thread. This is about my 5th attempt! The sewing machine kept snagging the threads, and the ink on the vellum kept smudging. Grrr!
I've punched flowers from a scrap of pelmet vilene I dyed many years ago. I'll make another 2 for the tag swap on LtD forum.

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Stamps : Time to Stamp Vintage Sewing set

Inks : Adirondack Rust and Peach Bellini; Archival Black

Extras : Pelmet Vilene; Space Dyed ribbon by Oliver Twists; MM Gold Eyelets; Vellum; YLI Thread Mango; Flower Punch; Sewing machine

Cup collection

I made this set of three 4x4s for a challenge on Lots do Do forum, entitled Coffee and Cream. No doubt this referred to the colours, but it was a good opportunity to use some neglected stamps.

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Stamps : Stampington Cup Collections and The Letter C

Inks : Anna Griffin Chocolate; DI Walnut Stain; Watercolour pencils

Extras : Prima Flowers; Blender pen; Brown Ribbon; Copper Brads; PP by Fancy Pants

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

Facade

The TMTA challenge this week is architecture. I love this sketch and text by Da Vinci. The scan hasn't picked up the stone-like effect of the blue background, which was spritzed with water.

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Stamps : Stampington Facade; Invoke Arts Backgrounds

Inks : Adirondack Aqua, Denim and Ginger; DI Tea Dye, Antique Linen, Faded Jeans and Weathered Wood.

Extras : MM ribbon and brads