Birthday resist

Its a busy month for Birthdays as you may well see over the next couple of weeks.

I took a white Tim Holtz model form and stamped a number of swirls and then embossed them with holographic powder. Then using dusty concorde, worn lipstick and aged mahogany Distress inks inked the model and then wiped away the colour from the swirls this is one of a number of resist techniques you can use. I also used walnut stain to colour the stand and knobbly bit at the top.

For the Tag itself I swished the three pinky  inks across my craft mat and spritzed with water before swiping the tag through it. It produced a beautiful affect of colours. Once the tag was dry I stamped Vintage french script on top and then applied walnut stain around the edges.

To pull it altogether I wrapped a piece of lace around the middle of the form along with A Birthday wish ticket from the Tim Holtz Adage Tickets, I found a letter K (for the Birthday girl) which I then coloured and stamped before sticking it on along with the model and a couple of obligatory buttons.

Happy Birthday Kate.

Hope Hels Sheridan likes this too as her challenge was to use a resist technique. It is also my entry for the fashionable Stamper challenge this week Challenge 5 Vintage. 

Rockin' All Over the World

Here you go my very first ATC - I even had to go on the internet to find out how big it was supposed to be (As Gabrielle says not very big at all) ! It is my creation for the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge - ATC and Hels Sheridan - Stars. I also got the inspiration from the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sing IT.

So after cutting a piece of spare card to the specified size I used antique stain distress ink on the back ground and then stamped a map from my Glitz Clear Stamps - distress set 3 using walnut stain. I then stamped a number of globes in tumbled glass on top of this and inked all the edges with walnut stain.

To add my own embellishment I stamped my one and only electric guitar on to some card again using walnut stain distress ink before cutting it out and colouring slightly with tumbled glass and the walnut stain.

Using my star punch to cut out 4 stars and coloured them with tumbled glass and walnut stain before stamping the letters ROCK in the walnut stain. Before position everything I stamped and embossed a red sparkly heart in the right hand corner.

So there you go I stuck it all together with the words wrapping around the world. Hopefully this reflects the fact that - I Love Rockin' All Over The World......

Quick Tag # 2 - The Sun

Quick tag # 2 The sun -To colout the tag I used the trusty Tim Holtz technique of swiping shabby shutters, peeled paint and crushed olive distress ink across my craft mat and spritzed with water before swiping a blank tag across it to get a toned affect.(Do you see a pattern emerging here !)

After impatiently waiting for this one to dry as well ! I added more shabby shutters and walnut stain around the edge. Then stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa on the left hand side the words from one of my Paper Artsy Hot picks sets along with a couple of swirls. To add a different effect I spritzed the whole tag with water to disperse the ink a little bit to give that slightly mottled effect.

To finish off I used citrus and rust airondack alcohol ink to colour a coke can and paper flower I had laying on my table as well as a clear acrylic square button coloured in the rust ink. The button was finished off with a brown and green ribbon threaded through and tied in knot and then all stacked together to make a quick flower.

This is especially for you My first Tinkerbell as I am thinking of you lots and it was great to see you xxxx.

Quick Tag # 1 -Someone Special

Quick tag number 1 - For Someone Special, I have just found a new challenge team that I thought Iwould enter this one into - Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Challenge #4 - Tags.

Using the Holtz technique of swiping a strip of scattered straw, mustard seed, and spiced marmalade distress ink across my craft mat and spritzing with water before swiping a blank tag across it to get a toned affect.

After impatiently waiting for it to dry I added a bit more spiced marmalade and walnut stain around the edge and stamped my new Lamp post stamp (see my blue lamp post blog for details) in Memento Rich Cocoa on the left hand side and the words from one of my Paper Artsy Hot picks sets.

To finish off I over stamped the whole tag with a daisy stamp from a sale bargain from Hobby craft in spiced marmalade and scattered straw and found an exciting rectangular button which I threaded with gingham ribbon and stuck a small metal flower on top to tie in with the daisies.

Hope you like it Aunty M.xxxx

Blue lamp Post

Time for a quick blog.  I have just made a card that I am entering into the new Crafty Boots - Anything goes challenge and The Simon Says Stamp Blog - Multifold cards/creations

I took an A4 navy blue piece of card and scored it at 6cms, 12cms and then at 21cms. Initially I wasnt sure which way it was going to end up but as you can see it ended standing up on its end.

I had some strips of white card left over from last years christmas cards which I decided to use. To colour these I used a Tim Holtz technique, I swiped tumbled glass, faded jeans and stormy sky distress ink onto my craft mat and spritzed with water then swiped the card through to get the faded effect, I repeated this several times with different strips of card so I had a number to choose from.

Once the card was dry it was time to stamp. On the front piece I used my new lantern stamp from Inkadinkado - lanterns which I found in a lovely craft shop in Madrid last week when looking for a little place for a night cap before bed ( I was so excited that I could mix a business trip with pleasure my colleague thought I was going to faint with excitement). The lantern and the swirls above where stamped in Navy blue and then clear embossed. I also did the same with a sunset stamp in the top left hand corner hoping it would look like the moon.

I inked the bottle top with Airondak stonewash alcohol ink and cut out a photocopied Tim Holtz circle of a clock which I swiped across the faded jeans ink pad, after sticking this in the centre of the bottle cap I covered it in crackle glaze.

On the second piece of coloured card I stamped in navy blue the Calendar stamp from Glitz clearstamps - distressing set 3 bought from LB Crafts and then put crackle glaze on the month and date of a particular anniversary, for the words I used one of my Hot Picks stamps HPXT03 from Paper Artsy.

I loved doing this but I did get a bit inky but hopefully by the time I go to work my fingers wont be so blue!