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?!!

Fun with Alcohol!

Alcohol inks, that is! I don't use peel-offs very often, but I like this one. The background is alcohol ink on acetate, and this is Gareth's Dad's birthday card. Hopefully it will get to him soon, snail mail is really going at a snail's pace with this!

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

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Well, I actually have an extra day off today! Which is just as well, because I really needed to get this card finished. My old Regional Manager is leaving the company, and I volunteered to make a card for his old region to all sign! It's an accordion book really, with far too many pages to show here, but this gives an idea of the general feel. I have to say, I'm much happier with the inside than the outside, but it will be the things people write that will be important, so that's OK by me. I used so many different stamps I couldn't possibly list them here, but if you like the colour inside, I used Versa Magic Jumbo Java. Now it's time to make the box for it, and maybe sneak in a bit of ATC making before the other half comes home and wrenches the computer from my grasp!

Another Birthday!

This time our good friend Tibs is on the receiving end of a Vicki classic, yep it's those pesky Non Sequitur cranes again. I brayered the stamp with kaleidacolor and really liked the look of it. The background card is sponged with the same pad. I'm sure he will like it.

Happy Birthday Claudio!

Yes, another post! I have been a busy little bee today... It,s our friend Claudio's 21st birthday today, so here is the card I made for him. I just love this stamp! It's a shame you can't see from the scan, but the shell is actually knobbly, achieved with the judicious placement of some 3D glaze. The 21 is thin wire on the back of a bubble sticker then attached to the same copper coloured card as is on the side of the card. One more thing I hope someone likes! Again I am entering this for Wednesday Stamper's open theme, I really have a lot of missed weeks to make up for. xxx

Framed!

This weeks Wednesday Stamper challenge was "Frame". I love it! So open to interpretation. Anyway, this is what I came up with. It also works out nicely, as this stamp was chosen for my self imposed challenge by Gareth.
Hand made background, stamp: Tanda Stamps.

Same self challenge, different stamp!

Hi again, here's one of the next installment of my self imposed challenge with the stamp, yet again, chosen by Gareth. Tricky one, this, as it is a negative stamp, and the natural reaction is to stamp in black. So, I experimented ( and had a lot of fun at the same time!) with my kaleidacolor ink pads. I like the result, but it was difficult to choose from the million I did! I think this would make a good card for a male relation, what do you think? Stamps from Non Sequitur.