Ladies Day at Ascot

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CSI case 130

CSI case 130

I really enjoyed scrapping these photos. I went to Ascot with Marilyn in June. We went on a coach organised from the gym we attend. We had bought an exotic picnic to take with use plus wine. However, we ended up buying jugs of Pimms! We lost some money on bets on each race but had fun choosing our horses. We saw the Royal carriages doing a circuit of the track over the heads of the crowd but saw the Queen, Prince Phillip and Princess Beatrice on the screens. We had a great day out, very English.
I stamped a Paperartsy flag I got in a goody bag and stencilled and sprayed the splatters with D I ink. The letters are die cut and the de bossed words from Tim using core’dinations.



Song Bird

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Song Bird

We have a pair of blackbirds nesting in our wisteria and they are fun to watch flying in and out.
I was inspired to have a play at Tim’s distress paint marbling techniques after reading Sandy’s excellent demo on A Vintage Journey blog. I tried them all but sample 4 looked most like the sky effect I was trying to achieve.
Distress Paint Marbling technique
I used it for a background on gessoed,grey board to join in the Challenge 9 at A Vintage Journey, Use Every Stamp in the Set. I used Paperartsy Hotpicks HP1005 because of the bird stamp.
Paperartsy stamps HP1005
I used the plant and swirl stamps around the edges, some in Peeled Paint DI, some embossed with Olive Wow powder and black Archival Ink.The words, take flight, were repeatedly stamped in the same colours from the background, plus black Archival and white embossing powder. The grasses were stamped in Archival Potting Soil but I didn’t like the effect so overstamped in black.The small stamps are in the grasses if you look carefully. I also spritzed distress markers in picket fence and pumice stone to blend the edges.
I clear embossed Secret Garden on some marbled backing paper then inked over to reveal the letters, to give the effect of secret writing.

Clear embossing and inking reveals the words

Clear embossing and inking reveals the words

I have the PA die of the film strip so die cut and stamped the image into kraft card. The blackbird was stamped in Archival over some more of the background paper and then clear heat embossed.I tied brown string to use as a hanger to link to the kraft card.
Overall, I am pleased with the effect and used 9 stamps. Hope you like it too!


Dragonfly

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DragonflyWe visited a National Trust property, Lyvedon New Build in Northamptonshire last Friday. It is such a peaceful place, no sounds of traffic or aircraft, bird song and breeze fills the air. (It did help that it was a hot, sunny day!) The moats were full of different dragonfly darting about, skimming the surface of the water and darting after fish shadows. Their colours were beautiful. I was inspired to make this tag for the Wings and Things challenge on A Vintage Journey Blog.
The colours of Tim’s Distress inks blend together so well to create the watery atmosphere I was trying to create, always an inspiration.
I clear embossed a JOFY bullrush stencil and then inked over a sun circle with Bundled Sage and Stormy Sky. I inked the circle mask with Mustard Seed and Wild Honey. I wanted to make the words look as if they were floating on the water. I inked the stamp with distress markers in various colours before stamping. The dragonfly was stamped on smooth card, painted with distress markers then stickled. I made separate wings from stamped and stickled acetate. I tied a bundle of irridescent ribbon to the tag top. It was mounted on blue corrugated card then stamped kraft card. I am pleased with the effect, I wanted a misty dawn over the water. Hope you like it too x


Little Rose

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Faux RosesI had some inspiration to finish this canvas. It has had several coats of paint in various different colours. Only the photo has remained the same! I enjoyed creating all the textures, mainly with TH die cuts, stencils with paste, paper doilies and lace. Then came Dylusions sprays to get the colours to complement the photo. I needed finishing touches, that’s when I saw the new challenge at CC3challenge.com (Compendium of Curiosities Challenge 3). Making faux roses from TH Tattered Pinecone die. I was so pleased how the roses turned out using core’dinations paper.
I hope to win something from their sponsor, Inspiration Emporium too!


Changes

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A tin of mints changed into storage for cogs and bits.

A tin of mints changed into storage for cogs and bits.

Inside the tin

I needed some storage for little cogs, clock hands and steam punk bits and bobs. I love the M&S strong mints and had an empty tin. I covered the sides, including inside with tissue tape. I embossed black kraft core card with the gears TH folder and sanded it down before inking. I made a label, heat embossed with a TH plane blue print stamp plus bits I will keep in the box.
I am going to submit the box to Hels Change Challenge.


Brown eyes card envelope

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Brown Eyes envelopeI decided to make an envelope to go with the Brown Eyes card I made for my son. I kept the centre clear for the name whilst I inked the envelope with DI tea stain then pumice and weathered wood. I layered stencils using stormy sky. I stamped ( without a block), Paperartsy cogs, words and postage stamp in black archival. I found a collage postage clear stamp in my stash and added that. Finally, I stamped splats and heat embossed more cogs with wow opaque white powder. I was quite pleased with the effect.
I will submit the envelope to Hels challenge “Don’t it make my brown eyes blue.”


Glitter Prom Dress Tag

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I made the Prom Dress tag to submit to the Tim Holtz Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge at CC3Challenge.com. There are great prizes from Funkie Junkie.
I am not a glitter person and this was my second idea, the first idea was a disaster! However I enjoyed making the dress. I layered the tag with TH stencils using DI, picked raspberry, pumice, tea dye and Victorian velvet. The glitter. I used for the dress and the buttons was clear rock candy. The roses were dyed with picked raspberry stain and the ribbon with vic velvet stain. The “stuff to say” stamp was heat embossed with wow pastel pink.
Hope you like it! XGlitter Prom Dress