I'll buy you the moon

Good morning!

At ATC Around the World, 

the theme is 'Anything Goes' with an optional 'Sun Moon & Stars'

so I thought I'd have a play with one of my new stamp sets.

I started by using Versamark to stamp the background image and sentiment and clear embossed them.  Using 'salty ocean' and 'faded jeans'  Distress Inks, I blended them together, adding extra colour around the edges.  Any extra ink was wiped off the embossed areas with a tissue.  I then gave the background a quick spritz of water and then dabbed it dry.

I stamped Zinouk on scrap card, coloured him/her with metallic pencils and fussy cut the image.  I then stamped him/her again directly onto the ATC and glued the coloured image on top.

I realise there is no 'sun' on my ATC but hopefully it still fits into this weeks theme.
The sentiment reads "Draw me your dream, I'll buy you the moon"

Challenge

ATC Around the World -  #21 Anything Goes with optional 'sun, moon & stars'

Stamps

Carabelle Studios - Stars Zinouk

Happy Crafting!

Circus Procession

Following on from yesterday's playtime .....

.... the challenge at Sunday Postcard this week is Circus, 

so I rummaged around in my paper stash and found a lovely background with clowns and acrobats.

I cut this down to 6" x 4" (which is the size of the postcard), adhered it to a piece of cardstock and went around the edges blending 'black soot' Distress Ink.  I had already pre-cut the words and the postage stamp at some earlier stage when I first bought the paper, so they made an easy addition to the postcard.  I simply inked around the edges and glued them in place.

I stamped the banner and Ellie in 'watering can' Archival Ink and fussy cut both.  The banner was coloured with Distress Markers while Ellie was coloured with pencil.  Glitter pens were added on her hat, trunk and toenails.  I popped her on dimensionals but before sticking her in place, I added a piece of washi tape to ground her.  Two extra snippets of tape helped to balance the scene.

Challenge

Sunday Postcard Art - Circus

Stamps

Stampotique - Ellie

Cre8tiv - Border Icons

Paper

Graphic 45 - Le Cirque

Happy Crafting!

Blossoms

I'm on a roll this morning, playing along with various challenges, 

so I'll start with the first one I tackled.

Over at 'Simply Less is More', the theme this week is

'One Layer - Your favourite flower'

I had a look at a couple of different flower stamps and decided I'd go with some blossoms, especially as it is blossom time here as we go into spring.

I decided that ivory cardstock would work very nicely for these flowers as they are quite soft looking.   I coloured the stems and flowers with Distress Markers, did a bit of huffing & puffing and firmly stamped directly onto the cardstock.   Again using a Distress Marker, I added a sentiment.

I felt the card was lacking something, so I drew a border using the fine tip of the Distess Marker, which I feel finishes it off perfectly.

Challenges

Simply Less is More - One Layer 'Your Favourite Flower'

Craft Stamper - Anything Goes

Stamps

Graphic 45 - Birdsong

Stampendous - Life Words SSC1213

Happy Crafting!

Mr Stripes

Just a quick one today .....

at Stampotique this week, the theme is 'Mail Art', 

so as I was making a couple of ATCs for a swap, 

I decided to make a couple of envelopes as well.

[front of envelope #1]

[back of envelope #1]

I changed colours for the second envelope although the overall design remained the same.

[front of envelope #2]

[back of envelope #2]

I wonder where the final destination for these two envelopes will be?

Challenge

Stampotique Designers Challenge - #256 Mail Art

Stamps

Stampotique - Mr Stripes

Stampotique - Bla Bla Bla

Happy Crafting!

Thoughtful Faery

Good morning!

This week at Wicked Wednesday, the theme is 

"Fall Colours"

which is sponsored by Alicia Bel

This is 'Thoughtful Faery' and she is coloured with Prismacolor pencils with clear Wink of Stella shimmer on her wings.

You may have guessed that I like layering and this faery is perfect for doing so.

The background paper is a snippet from Graphic 45.

I thought I'd also enter this at:

Challenge
Pixies Crafty Workshop - Snippets Playground #245

Happy Crafting!

Gelli Prints

After watching a youtube video (thank you, Corrie) on creating backgrounds using a gelli plate, this afternoon I decided I'd have a bit of a play.  I can't remember how long ago I bought this, and even worse, I can't remember if I even opened it to play.  If I did, I did a really good job of cleaning it as it looked perfect!

Some of the tags were plain, others already had a bit of a background, however that just adds to the layers.

These are smaller tags along with a couple of ATCs.

These are A5 pieces of cardstock, except for the middle one which is a piece of spotty paper which already had some inks on it, but now has even more texture.  The card on the right has already been used as a background for a birthday card.  I'll be back to show the finished card once I know the recipient has received it.

So, apart from a rather dapper chap who was sitting on the fence outside my craftroom window this afternoon, I'll say goodnight.

Happy Crafting!

Unique Pets

Have you ever thought you'd like a unicorn as a pet?

This week's challenge at Wicked Wednesday is 

'Unique Pets' 

which is sponsored by Ppinky Dolls

I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils, apart from her hair and the mane & tail of the unicorn.  They are coloured with a pencil I picked up in a gift store that has 4 different colours in one lead, so as you turn the pencil slightly, you get a different colour.  

The background paper is from Julie Nutting 'Belle Vie' with a little snippet of washi tape for grounding.  Prior to the background paper being adhered to the ATC, I edged the ATC with 'Pure Sunshine' art alchemy acrylic paint..  The image is fussy cut and popped onto dimensionals.  

Happy Crafting!