Winging it!

Ok, so this isn't the most exciting thing I've ever made (or posted), but here goes ....

It came about because of the following challenges:

Stampotique Designers Challenge #231 - "Love is in the Air"

Wicked Wednesday - "Seeing Red"

Sisterhood of the Snarky Sisters #52 - "K is for Kiss"

I started out with an ATC, and stamped the word 'love' twice in red ink.  The wings are part of a Darkroom Door set which I thought were the right size for the word.  Next the hearts (Stampotique) were stamped, along with the 'X' (kiss).  I coloured the insides of the hearts as it all looked rather bland, and then re-stamped the borders again with a darker red.  The wings are coloured with gold and red gel pens.  

I'm really not taken with what I have made - maybe I'll have a rethink on these challenges before I make a complete idiot out of myself!

Happy Crafting!

Mardi Gras

I'm a little slow in getting this posted, however the theme for 

Stampotique Designer Challenge #230

is "Mardi Gras" using green, purple & gold colours.

I had the tag sitting on the table from last week when I was having a play with Ken Oliver "Colour Burst" paints.  I realised that this was a perfect background to go with the theme and since "Ellie" is a bit of a party elephant, she would be just right!

I coloured her hat and trunk with a gold gel pen, with the pompom and trim in green.  She is shaded with a pale grey pencil as I wanted her to stand out from the background.  The bunting is from a stamp in my stash.  A little piece of music washi tape adds to the festive feeling of Mardi Gras, and a length of purple ribbon finishes off the tag.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting!

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Northern Lights

I've made a new friend!

We are both members of a FB craft group but until a couple of weeks ago, she was just a name; and then unexpectedly she found herself in hospital quite a distance from her home with nothing to do.   On discovering the hospital was only 15 minutes drive away from where I live, I decided to pay her a surprise visit and so off I went, taking with me a gift of a colouring book & pencils, along with a copy of Daphne's Diary.  As we were both crafty and were papercrafters, we found we had lots to chat about and so a new friendship was born.

On my second visit this week, she wanted to show me how to do the Northern Lights technique, so I packed the necessary things and we spent a nice afternoon playing and getting inky.

 This one is on thin gloss paper and I was quite happy with it.

This one is on gloss cardstock and is my least favourite.

This is done on gloss photo paper and I think looks quite good.

This is also done on gloss photo paper but with a little more colour.

Stamps used are Darkroom Door 'Yuletide' Vol 1; with a variety of coloured inkpads from both Distress Ink and Stampin' Up!

It is quite easy to see the difference in how the colours blend on the different  papers used in this technique.  The detail in the stamps is also very noticeable, especially on the photo paper.

My 'new' friend was being transferred to a rehabilitation centre today much closer to where she lives, so I am unlikely to meet up with her again unless I'm on the south coast.  It was lovely to be able to spend some crafty time with her and to learn a new technique along the way.

Hope everything goes well with her rehabilitation and she makes a full recovery!

Happy Crafting!

Mwah!

Challenge #228 at Stampotique this week is

Use only hues of REDS and PINKS

Starting with the background, I blended Distress Ink 'victorian velvet' over the cardstock.  Next "My Heart" was stamped randomly using Distress Ink 'worn lipstick', along with "Kiss" ("Mwah & Kiss").  "Mwah" was stamped in the top corner with 'jet black' Archival Ink.

"Toucan and Budgie" were stamped onto extra card, coloured with Prismacolor pencils in various pinks (with just a touch of yellow), and fussy cut.  A piece of washi tape was added before "Toucan" was popped onto dimensionals.

A black cardstock border was added before adhering onto pink cardstock.

All stamps are from Stampotique.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Crafting!

Hearts

The theme this week on

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge is

"Hearts"

I thought I'd go with one of Tim Holtz's Crazy Birds along with "My Heart" from Stampotique.

First of all, I stamped him onto scrap paper and cut around it to use as a mask.  Next I stamped him onto the ATC.  I then gently blended Distress Ink 'worn lipstick' around the edges.  With the mask in place, I stamped "My Heart" stamping off twice for a pale background.  The bird was coloured using Prismacolor pencils in tones of green with just a teeny bit of yellow and red.  Some pale grey was used to add shadow to ground him.  The heart was then stamped onto Carta Bella "It's a Celebration" collection 'Birthday Banner'.  One side of this paper is red dots on a pink background, the other side is two different style of banners, one of which I glued across the top of the ATC.  The heart was fussy cut and popped onto dimensionals.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting!

Ready to Abandon

I thought I would have a bit of a play with some new stamps, so what better way to 'break them in' then to make some bookmarks to abandon.

I've used "There are always flowers" from Carabelle Studio for this first set of bookmarks.  

They are coloured with Prismacolor pencils and although you can't see it in the photo, there is a touch of Wink of Stella in the centre of each flower.

This lovely horse is from "revolution" from Visible Image, along with the script.  The words are from Katzelkraft.  The background colours are a blend of Distress Inks spritzed with water.

This great guy is "Buru" from Stampotique.  I stamped him directly onto the bookmark, then masked him and blended Distress Inks over the top.  He is coloured using a variety of Prismacolor pencils. These bookmarks are also spritzed with water.

All these bookmarks are now in plastic bags and ready to abandon.

Happy Crafting!

Winston's 21st

Gosh, it's already the 15th of January, so without any further ado

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I often find once Christmas is over, I feel quite weary and the little gray cells need a break from crafting as well.   At the beginning of January, I headed up the coast to my home away from home for a few days where the only crafting I did was colouring in "The Enchanted Forest" book I was given for Christmas.   This is such an easy way to craft, where the hardest thing to decide is which picture and what colours to use.

Now I'm back home and feeling refreshed and ready to go again!

Let me just go back to last year and to the 21st birthday card I made for a nice young man.

This was the first time I had used this stamp from Dylusions and I was really happy with the way it turned out.  I stamped Winston onto white card and fussy cut around the whole image.  I then stamped it again onto white card as well as blue shimmer paper.  I coloured the bow tie and waistcoat with markers, fussy cut all the pieces including the sleeves, front of jacket, lapels etc and put them all back into place on the first image.  I guess this is what you would call paper piecing?  Winston was attached to the card with dimensionals.

The sentiment is also from Dylusions and was stamped directly onto the card.

This stamp is from my stash which I found again when I was looking for something else.

Our friend seemed tickled pink with his card.

Thanks for looking today and I'll be back again soon with more craftyness!

Happy Crafting!