2x4 for Theme Thursday!

Ha! Thought I would be defeated eh? No! I pulled out the stops and had another go for Theme Thursday. This piece is 2" x 4", which was the theme for this week. All Elusive Images stamps except for the seals which are Non Sequitur. And again, all stamped and coloured using Distress Inks.

Couples...

This weeks challenge over at Theme Thursday is "Couples". Well, here's a Non Sequitur couple, and they don't look too happy, do they?! They are painted with distress inks, and guess what? Yes, there is that Elusive Images stamp in the background again!This is an ATC, I hope you like it!

Edit: I just realised that that was last weeks challenge, they changed it as I was making the thing! Oh well, maybe it will fit somewhere else soon :: SIGH ::

ATC Swap

I've decided to take part in the ATC swap over at Crafts by Carolyn, this month's theme is "Women" The stamps here are all Non Sequitur, although you can see my current Elusive Images favourite has just sneaked into the background of the second card!
I think I will make it a New Year's Resolution to take part in more swaps, challenges and competitions, just to keep my creative juices flowing!

Happy (Chinese) New Year!

January 26th sees in the year of the Ox, so Happy New Year to those of you who observe Chinese New Year. Graphicus have set a challenge for this month - Celebrate / Purple & Gold. I chose Chinese New Year as the celebration, used my new Christmas & Birthday pressie Glimmer mists, and an Elusive Images stamp or two. The Chrysanthemum is embossed in gold, then coloured the embossing with alcohol inks, a new idea from me, and one I know I will explore again! I'm posting this for a challenge on Crafts by Carolyn too!

Eaty Days

The second project out of the box...I started but couldn't finish because my copper ink ran out :( so I have put it to one side for now and will finish it as soon as I can. So I picked another. Now, the other half and I like to try different food from different countries, but again it is quite difficult choosing where we "go" next on our foodie journey. So we had been picking names from a bowl, which was fine, but, well, not really ideal. Cue my next project.... a box for the country names to go in! This is now my second altered box, and I think it looks kind of cool!

Playing with Plastic

The first project I pulled out of the box (see the previous post!) was "pendant". The idea was to make a pendant to match a pink top I recently bought in the sales. I just ended up having so much fun with shrink plastic it got a bit silly! The pink pendant actually turned out pretty well, but I like the orange ones too. It is a shame the picture is a bit blurry, I will take proper photos when I have threaded them. And yes, that is the same Elusive Images stamp you see before you. I just love it!

I Just Popped Up to Say Hello...

This is something I made a year ago, but have only just got round to photographing it. It's a fold out Pop Up book type thing that was taken from a Craft Stamper article. I especially love how the Koi turned out, which was stamped on acetate and coloured with alcohol inks. You can see the shimmer paint I used on the background paper through the acetate. Nice.

Inside the third page and close-up of the second

Inside the second page and close view of page one

From the top, the front and inside the first page

Ok, I know the scan is a bit wonky! I just realised I didn't blog this one, it's a card I made for my Nan back in December. The Chrysanthemum was stamped by inking in two different colours, then clear embossed. I masked off the circle then added the rest of the colouring and stamping. It didn't go 100% to plan, but I still like the finished product.

And so to Birthdays....

The techniques used for the bookmark folder enjoy a second outing on this card I made for Mum's Birthday this week. Fortunately I'm not yet in danger of getting bored of it!

I See Through You!

This week on TMTA the theme is Transparencies. So here is my Graphicus dragon, on alcohol-inked acetate. Hope you like it!

Charity Giveaway

In an unashamed attempt to advertise my website I have made this as a prize for a charity quiz night. It is now mounted in a box frame, but that was difficult to scan! I haven't used bleach for ages, here it highlights the breaking waves. I hope it goes down a storm! Oh, and do you remember doing chromatography at school? You know, put a drop of ink onto blotting paper, add a drop of water, then watch the colours spread? Well, it turns out that distress inks on handmade paper have the same effect. The colours on the background paper are actually Walnut Stain & Tattered Rose. Neat, huh?!!

Second chance!

Well, I get to show this off after all! This weeks theme at Gothic Arches is Asia, though I originally did this for their History theme, I missed the deadline! The terracotta army stamp is from Paper Artsy. The background is alcohol inks on handmade paper, and all other stamps are Paper Artsy too. Dymo labels painted with gold ink finish it off nicely!

Sunrise.

Tibs asked me to create a sunrise card for Georgia, so I used the happy accident background I made and posted earlier on in the month. I think it looks very sunriseish!

Framed!

Very tired & need to get up early tomorrow, so I will elaborate on the "how's" soon, but this is this weeks TMTA submission! x

Man Oh Man!

This week's challenge on Think Monday Think ATC is Men. Strictly speaking, this is a boy, but I really like these Paper Artsy stamps, so this is my submission! You can't really see it on the scan, but the hat and coins are raised, decoupage style. The background is left over from cleaning my brayer....more to follow on that soon! Anyhoo, hope you like it! x

Golden

Here is a Golden Anniversary card requested by our friend Suze. The stamps are from Katy's corner and, of course, Non Sequitur. She wanted something a bit different, but still with a traditional twist. So I kept the colours traditional, but went with a slightly oriental theme.

It's definitely not monday!

Here is my entry for this weeks Think Monday Think ATC challenge, which was numbers. After giving it some serious thought, I remembered those painting by numbers things I had as a kid! It didn't quite turn out as I planned, although I'm not 100% sure what I had planned! The number stamp is Paper Artsy, which I brayered with Kaleidocolor. The bird stamp was from Katy's Corner. I think trimming the corners has added movement to the whole card.