Numbers MTTCC

What a great chance to finally finish this little chipboard book, the MTTCC this week is numbers. So here is my final piece to the book and all for the challenge, the top piece has been crackle painted stamped with a lost coast stamp, a Tims doo dad and a metal token that I put the number 48 on. The second piece is the background paper I made and not sure now who made the stamp, but all complete and I can now jump up and down in delight.

Hope you like and thankyou for looking xx

Distressed side two

Well here is side two, did not go quite to plan and I ended up having to cover this side with paper then stamp, I had crumpled the tag sooooo much for side one that when I went to stamp on this side it looked like nothing. I got there in the end and these have been my hardest to do tags ever.

for this side I have used Distress inks, stamps and a Key and the faithful white pen, also for the first time I used Tims new Ideaolgy thingies ( not sure of the name but its the scrappy torn piece at the top with the lock stamped on it ) well you can kind of see what I have done, just hope this sides distressed and shabby enough for Hels. hope you like and thankyou for looking xx

very very distressed tags and MTTCC

Well what can I say about these tags, the swap this month for Hels was to have tags as shabby and old looking as you can, do you know just how hard it is to turn a nice new tag in to an old wreck, very very difficult, these tags have been burnt, screwed up, inked, crackle painted and rubbed to death, the stamps are Tims birds and the gates from Paperbag Studios, also I used a fine gold pen, I still have the backs of the tags to do yet but am waiting for a Stamp. these will cover the MTTCC which is birds this week.

well what you will make of these I do not know, but thanks for looking xx

Sunday Stamper Challenge Green

This week for the Sunday Stampers Challenge that is green ( set by Lesley for her Birthday xx) I have swayed away from a card and done an ATC on Stampbord, one of my fave things at the moment. promise to try and get party hats made this week, a bit late I know, sorry xx

I covered this ATC in distressed inks and used an Artistic Stamper Stamp as my main image, did a little scratching detail, added a word and hey presto done. hope you like it and thanks for looking xx

A Stampbord Explosion

This 12 x 12 Stampbord collage has been made using 16 pieces of 2 x 2 Stampbord Tiles. I have done various backgrounds on each tile, some with Alcohol Inks and Distress Inks, Embossing and Crystal Laquers. what I can tell you that every stamp I used came from http://www.theartisticstamper.com there are the new Clarice Cliff, the new Linda Luckin and some older ones there ( quite a mixed bunch) I have scratched out on some and Shrink Plastic words on others, most have been finished with the edging done with a Gold Krylon Pen.

sorry the pictures not fantastic, hope you like this and thankyou for visiting my Blog, I appreciate your comments xx

Very Tired Tags

These Tags look rather worn out and very dark, these were for a Tag Swap that I am in each Month, the top picture is the back and has crackle paints on then distress inks over ( still not sure about them crackle paints ) the Stamping is Tim Holtz Stamps

The Fronts are again Tims Stamps apart from the Crackle background ( Dan got that for me From America or was it Canada) and the eyes see everything, thats Paper Artsy, I have used Chipboard Clocks, put hands on the faces and Grungeboard Wings, For the Skull it has a Grungeboard Crown and Jewel thingies in the eyes. Bad description again, should of stuck with my bucket LOL

Hope you like them and the Skull not to scary xx

Family Birthdays

As I really enjoyed the Sunday Stampers Women Challenge I decided to do some Family Birthday Cards based on my Challenge card, so these are pretty much the same detail but different Stamps were used and different colour Ribbon and Flowers, the wording this time is peel offs been coloured black as I dont have stamps for everything, shame really but I dont. hope you like these and Thankyou for taking the time to check my Blog out xx

My Time To Craft Challenge, Quotes And Sayings

These cards for My Time To Craft Challenge are using my own made background papers, suprise, suprise !!!!!! the first card is all script stamp background in broken china and faded jeans distress inks. the stamp is from an E-Bay seller and I thought it was quite different so bought it. I have matted the image on Silver Mirri Card and put blue brads in for decoration, now the message stamp I love but with out running downstairs I am not sure who by.

the 2nd card is using different homemade paper, its been done with perfect pearls and water and painted on, then the stamped Diva on the top ( same seller as above) she is matted on Silver Mirri also and on Blue cardstock. the script is using tea dye and broken china distress ink pads and a litlle spiced marmalade thrown in for good measure, the script again not sure who by ( gosh I am hopeless LOL) but is also on silver mirri card but at an angle. hope you like them both and thanks for looking xx this challenge is fun as I have loads of quotes I could use, might have to do more .

Sunday Stamper Challenge Oriental

This weeks Sunday Stamper Challenge is Oriental, I will not sing to you like Hels as you will know then I am tone deaf. for this card I have stamped for the background Tropical Flowers and coloured them in using Chalks and Distress inks, then went over the background with Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pad. for the Matt I did Alcohol Ink Paper and Stamped an Imperical Cargo stamp ( I forgot which one she is, oops ) matted her on Silver Mirri Card and did the same with the Word Stamp.

I hope you Like this as its certainly different Colours for me, Thanks for taking time to look x

Wage Slips Of A Different Kind

Here is another that some of you may have already seen, this is made from the old fashoined brown wage packets. I decorated the fronts with various stamps and distress inks, plus some wax seals to. then each envelope I made contents from CD discs to tags , stampbord, chipboard and mountboard. I decorated these in various of ways, this was one of those projects that you start then wish that you had not. must say when I had finally finished I was pretty pleased with the result.

Dan let me borrow his BIA to put it together, this is one of the only BIA projects I have done, sadly my BIA is still sitting in its box as I am to scared to try it out, oops, hope you enjoy looking at this as I do not see me making another to soon xx

by the way I am still getting used to this blogging lark x

Made For Lesley

This Stampbord collage is for my friend Lesley, her Birthday is coming up soon ( no telling her age either LOL) she knows I am making this so it will not matter if its in my blog, I will tell her not to look!!!!!!!! If you have peeked Lesley hope you like xx

Its been done with 2x2 stampbord pieces, I seem to love this stuff right now, must be some strange stage I am going through, they have been covered using Alcohol Inks, Brilliance Ink Pads and Distress Ink Pads, some have Embossing in Gold on also, I have even done some Shrink Plastic, I do mine in the oven as it seems easier. they are covered in a range of Stamps from Paper Artsy, Artistic Stamper, Catslife Press and Tanda. Hope you like this and I am hoping to do a larger one for Jennie soon x

Tons Of Tags

Well I have dragged these out of the woodwork, I did these tags as part of a bundle for my friend Hels, these were some of the very first tags that I made and goodness, I tried a mixture of things on these and to my suprise was pleased with the results. I guess I got ideas for these from Seeing the man himself ( Tim Holtz ) at Puffin Crafts in the February last year. and these were days before I started adding Embellishments, I actually think these are some of my faves!!!!!

There are I believe about 5 more to this set, I used everything from Dabbers, Watercolours, Distressing, Embossing and all kinds, Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them xx

I might just drag the others from out the woodwork yet !!

Sunday Stamper Challenge

Card 1

Well I have made two for this, lets see if I can upload them both as I am fairly new to this. well I think they are there, I have done the backgrounds for the stamped image using Alcohol inks, then matted the image on Silver Mirri card, the background on the top card was done using Artistic Stamper script Stamps, Broken china and Faded jeans distress inks, I also have put a frame round the picture and Tim Holtz Grungeboard arrows, wording was from my computer.

Card 2

I used Artistic Stamper Ephemera plate 1 for the background stamps, then again broken china and faded jeans distress inks, alcohol inked background for the stamped man(crafty Individuals stamp) matted on to silver Mirri card and silver brads in each corner.
I am totally hopeless at describing what I have done, but hope you like them x

All Stamping Scrapbook Page

I made this 12 x 12 scrapbook page using Artistic Stamper Gibson Girls and script for the background. Fired brick and Aged mahogany Distress Ink Pads were used to colour the page, and the girls were coloured in with distress ink and a paintbrush. "Girls we love" title was stamped using Tim Holtz Chronicles stamps.

Me to You Stampbord

These stampbord pieces have been made using distress inks, artistic stamper gibson girls stamps and the masking technique. They were coloured in with H2Os and scratched out afterwards.