Mono Print, die cuts and stamping.

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This card started with a mono-print I made off a stencil some time ago using Tea Dye and Walnut Stain Distress Inks.  I sprayed it with gold Perfect Pearls, but it blotched on the lower part of the card, so I trimmed it back to the print.

I laid it on the Kraft card, and then decided to stamp some random compass images on the lower part of the card base in versamark and dusted gold perfect pearls over them to give a subtle background.

To add a wee bit more interest I fossicked through my supplies and found these wonderful shiny die cut cogs that were a RAK from MariLynn at Mississippi McGyver,  cut them, and placed them around the panel and under the sentiment banner. 

I had no dark brown card to make the sentiment banner, so sponged some Walnut Stain DI on white, let it dry (assisted with the heat gun) and then white embossed the wording.

I am linking this to:

Love To Scrap Challenge - Take Two

Two die cuts, two stamps, two colours on the monoprint.

Craft Your Passion Challenge #323 - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #162 - Anything goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #21 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #31 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #97 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #99 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #242 - 243 - Anything Goes

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Steampunk and Golden Dreams

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Today is the start of Challenge #25  over at A Bit More Time To Craft.

Remember it is their first anniversary this month, and there are 12 prizes to be won!

This is my card for the design team, and Lozzy's Golden Dreams paper called my name.

After printing out the paper I sprayed it with gold perfect pearls to add shimmer,

then added cog wheel die cuts from gold metallic paper  - the large die cut used a Memory Box die, the individual ones used were from a set by Cheery Lynn.

The image is Steampunk Girl by Stitchy Bear, and was coloured with Prismacolor pencils. Glossy Accents was added over the watch face on the hat and her spectacle lenses.

The cog wheels on the hat, her necklace, and beside her were all coloured with Signo metallic pens.

The final detail was to stamp and emboss in copper ep the birthday greeting, cut it using a SB  circular die and layered that over a cog wheel die cut.

The final detail was to sponge the edges of the black base card with Delicata Gold Ink

I am linking this to:

The Pencil Case Challenge Week #25 - Anything Goes

Little Claire's Designs Challenge #71 - Anything Goes

Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

Love To Create Challenge #16 - Anything Creative with Mixed Media

One Stitch At A Time Challenge #267 - Anything Goes using Dies

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create Challenge #187 - Anything Goes

All Sorts Challenge #374 - Add some Sparkle

(Perfect pearls spray, delicata gold ink and metallic paper and pens)

Creatalicious Challenge #96 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #240 241 - Anything Goes

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Inka Gold and Gears

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This is one of those cards that ended up totally different to what I had envisioned - and actually quite quick to make.

I embossed a layer of cream card with an S.B. Em-Bossing folder that seems to be now unavailable.

I then picked up my bronze Inka Gold paste - it had gone a bit dry, despite retaining the paper layer under the lid.  I did not despair as I have painted with this, using a wet paintbrush to pick up the paint, so I put a couple of drops of water on the paste and then rubbed some onto my finger tip and then over the embossing - you can see in the photo above the wonderful sheen it gives

To finish I stamped and white embossed the sentiment onto a SB labels diecut, layered it onto a striped ribbon and assembled the card.

I am linking this to:

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed Designs July Challenge - Birthdays

Inspiration Destination Challenge #96 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - Anything Goes

ScrapyLand Challenge #46 - Embossing - Wet or Dry

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #160 - Anything Goes + Sentiment

Creative Knockouts Challenge #142 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #240 - 241 - Anything Goes

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Baby Carriage and TP - Again

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Yes, another toilet paper background... I had to buy four rolls of the cheapest paper I could find, but I promise not to use it all on cards.

This time I used Worn Lipstick DI on the embossing folder (one from a magazine) and discovered after I had done it that the colour was not even.  I left it for ages, then sprayed it with a silver shimmer spray, was very pleased with the result, but still left it again for a while.

This weekend I used it, as there had been a wee girl born, and I wanted to congratulate her grandmother, who has strong Italian roots, hence the Nonna in the sentiment, which is Italian for grandmother.

I silver embossed the handwritten sentiment onto torn vellum, and secured it by folding if between the layers of the card across a corner.

The baby carriage was cut using silver card,

and  grounded on the snippet of lace across the bottom of the card.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #240-241 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #322 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #161 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Colouring In ScrapLand Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add Some Texture

Oh La La Challenge #209 - Add Some Texture

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More Loo Paper (TP) and Ink

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Yes I am still playing with toilet paper 

(aka loo paper in this corner of the world).

This time I decided to limit the amount of colour I used, which proved difficult.

No matter how much care I took, the ink seemed to splatter out of it's bounds - I eventually managed a reasonable impression, but I guess that is the risk one takes when playing with ink and water.

 

I added a die cut butterfly, with a drop of clear Kindy Glitz on it, to one corner of the embossed paper.

The damp loo paper embossed beautifully with all the layers I used this time - I know it was somewhere up in the 20's for this impression.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed, using the same die ink (Memento Tangelo) and Versamark ink, and clear ep. 

For added interest I layered the white card over a stitched die cut circle, placed it over the corner of the card, and then trimmed it to the edges of the card.

I am pleased with how this card turned out.

I am linking it to:

Creative Knockouts Challenge # -151 - Birthday Wishes

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #27 - No Patterned Paper

Cards und More Challenge #163 - Embossing

Scrapy Land Challenge #46 - Embossing

(Memory Box Stitched Die, S.B Circular Die)

Card And Scrap Challenge #121 - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #240 - 241 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes with Team Trace

STAMPlorations July CAS Challenge - twist - use orange

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Birthday Princess

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The card I am sharing today was made for my grand daughters birthday, and it was also my first rocker style card.  It turned out much smaller that I would have liked, and I have thought since of ways to make a larger rocker card.

The image is a digi  by Bits N Bobs called Queen Sweet Cheeks! (I have had the image for some time, and cannot find Bits N Bobs on line at all now)

She was painted in Twinkling H2O's and had beads adhered to the from of her overskirt, and along the hem of the underskirt.  The sentiment was curved, stamped, gold embossed and then trimmed and adhered to the image panel

This photo shows the gleam that the paints give.  The lace also has a metallic thread through it to accent the glimmer and shine on the image.

It was one happy little girl who received this.

The 'rocker' element of the card was a scalloped circle (Cut with a SB Die) in purple card, unfortunately hidden by the lace.

I am linking this to:

Fresh Brewed Designs July Challenge - Birthdays

Inspiration Destination Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Moo Mania and More Challenge - Anything goes

ScrapyLand Challenge # 46 - Embossing - wet or dry

(Spellbinders scalloped circle die used)

Cards und More Challenge #163 - Embossing (Wet or Dry)

Crafty Sentiments Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #240 - 241 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

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Butterflies, Leaves and Shimmer

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I was inspired by The July Inspiration Challenge  over at STAMPlorations 

The elements that inspired me - the black stamped butterflies, the over-stamped background, and the black and white sentiment panel (I reversed the colours).

I also wanted to join in wishing Shery (Owner of STAMPlorations) Happy Born Day

My starting point was this ARTlorations 'stencil used as a stamp' background, which I had made using distress inks. 

 I sprayed it with gold perfect pearls and then stamped around the edges with various stamps using Delicata Gold ink.

I stamped the butterflies onto gold paper and fussy cut them out

Where the inspiration card had two butterflies, I used three to symbolise the three people in Shery's family

 

The sentiment was white embossed on black card and cut to a banner shape, and layered over another banner cut from the gold paper. 

This final shot shows the detail of the butterfly, the black rhinestone, and the background stamping.  I did not use the black layer that was on the inspiration card, but I did sponge black ink around the edge of the panel.

I am linking this to:

STAMPlorations Ongoing Anything Goes Challenge

STAMPlorations Happy Born Day Challenge

Stamplorations July CASEploations Challenge

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #238-239 - Anything Goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge #94 - Anything Goes

Little Claire's Challenge #71 - Anything Goes

Craft Stamper July Challenge - Anything Goes

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