Alpha Challenge - O

The Letter is O at the Craft Barn this last fortnight so I have just managed to squeeze this one in.
My Word is October - Tenth month of the year. To reflect this I decided it was time to break out the tattered leaves and autumn colours along with some lovely words from P.D James.

The leaf stamps were all from inkadinkado and the die cuts were Tim Holtz tattered leaves.

Christmas at Crafty Boots

Its Christmas oops no its not just getting ready over at Crafty Boots.

I decided to use my IndigoBlu FlitterGlu and as last time I made such a mess I decided to do a trio of tags while the glitter was floating round my room.

This FlitterGlu is really effective on black card so I just used the glue, flakes and black card to make these simple designs all finished of with a scrap of ribbon.

Knights of Old

Over at Dragons Dream TIO #147 the recipe to use this week is Waste/ rubbish, male and chipboard .

As we had just spent a few days away in York I wanted to try and use the castle gate stamp that I bought in a shop there called Make Your Mark.

The tag back ground was a combination of brushed corduroy, tarnished brass and mustard seed distress stains that I applied to my craft mat before swishing the tag through.

The stamp was stamped in gathered twig Distress ink which I also edged the tag with.

The chipboard element is the shield which I embossed using a section of  Tim Holtz embossing folder which is hard to see but is the K and the Crown, I inked the shield with mustard seed and the gathered twig before brushing on some gold perfect pearls.

You maybe saying where are the male and waste ingredients well the words knight and Knighthood were ripped from my redundant dictionary and inked before being stuck to the bottom of the shield.
The tag was finished of with a fleur de lis brad colored with alcohol ink and a scrap of necklace chain through the top.

Alpha Challenge - D

Dressmaker is my chosen word for the Craft Barn Alpha challenge this week.
The background is Distress Stain - picked raspberry. I used stamps form IndigBlu "sewing mends the soul " and heat embossed them in black.
The model and reels are from the Tim Holtz Sewing room die which I stamped with a swirl and the words Sewing mends the Soul in picked raspberry and dusty concord.

Die Cuts for Craft Boots

Helens challenge at Crafty Boots this fortnight to us was to use die cuts in some form so as I was needing to do an 18th birthday card I thought it was an ideal time to get my entry done ready for the challenge.

I also thought that as it was Helens challenge and she loves using Paper Artsy fresco paints I should also try and use these so here we go.

The Die cuts used were the Tim Holtz Tag and his Gadget and Gears.

I swiped the tag using a baby wipe with the colours London bus, cheesecake and squid Ink ! Once it was dry I roughly stamped cheesecake and London bus grids. The frame was a pre cut cardboard one which I painted with the same colours. The 18 was stamped onto Kraft paper trimmed and then coated in crackle paint.

The gears were also cut from Kraft paper and I used the edge of a credit card swiped through the paint to apply the criss cross affect.

The stamped words were from the IndigoBlu stamp set Grand Tour III just right for someone stepping out on the next adventure into life.

To finish the tag I inked some string and tied the chain on using this before mounting it all onto a card to give it a finish.

Hope you can join us in our challenge this week. x