stamped steampunk

Today, I have a monochromatic steampunk creation.

Using stamps by Andy Skinner, I've piled on the distressing (my current favourite technique) and texture.

Entering these challenges:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges ~ Favourite technique

Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations ~ Dies and/or Punches

The ABC Challenge ~ I is for In a Line

(Distressing, Lace, Buttons)

That Craft Place ~ Buttons

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springtime cuteness

Cute is the flavour of the day and this is mine:

Using a pre-coloured digi from The Paper Shelter.

Entering these challenges:

The Paper Shelter Challenge #152 ~ buttons

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 205 ~ easter/spring

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday: Challenge ~ cute

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silhouette rabbits

It's been so long since my last post, I had quite forgotten how to...!

I have an ATC for today, using the sketch from Stampin' Royalty Challenge #221. The main focus is a silhouette stamp that came with a magazine.

Also entering

Fashionable Stamping Challenges #69 Silhouette

Simon Says Anything Goes with Buttons

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roses for a lady

Roses for a birthday lady

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Not my mum, though. A friend requested a card for her mum's birthday.

Entering these challenges

City Crafter Challenge Blog week #110 - a rose is a rose

Papercraft Star challenge 98 - a birthday card/bag

Top Tip Tuesday challenge 77 - dig out the old!

Crafts and Me challenges - fabulous flowers

CraftyJC Challenge #16 - for a special lady

The patterned paper was printed off a magazine website ages ago, but I never got round to using it. Another oldie here is the sentiment stamp which I've used rather sparingly since getting it early last year.

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supplies: dies (spellbinders), alphabet die (lifestyle crafts), inks (ranger), stamp (papermania)

it's your day

Something simple for a change . . .

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 The maroon pearl card looks and feels simply luxurious simply embossed, but it's a pain to photograph . . . The butterfly has been cut from the same card, and given a silver edging and a gem centre.

For these challenges
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #119 Clean and Simple
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 76 Clean and Simple
Simon Says . . . . . Clean & Simple!
CAS-ual Fridays CFC53: Punchy

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supplies: embossing folder (cuttlebug), dies (sizzix & lifestyle crafts), inks (ranger & tsukineko), stamp (papermania)

flower burst

Flowers are bursting into song this week

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A flower burst tag for these challenges

Make My Monday Week 49 - Any Flower with Music

Papercraft Star Challenge 97 - Checks/Gingham

Crafts & Me Challenge *84* - Pearls and Lace

Simon Says Stamp & Show ... Anything Goes

 

The background of the tag is gingham fabric with a diagonal rip, from which flowers burst through. The pink silk blooms are leftovers from CNY decoration, and the smaller ones are rolled paper roses, which have been misted and inked, all with a pearl bead centre.

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supplies: stamp (papermania), tag die (sizzix), flower die (spellbinders), sentiment (hotp), pearl dots (viva decor), distress inks (ranger), versafine (tsukineko), glimmer mists (tattered angels)

white orchids

It's a white flowers challenge at Make My Monday and here's my offering

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A clean, classic layout, featuring orchids, with a multiple ribbon base. The stamped sentiment tag is hung from twine with a jump ring.

Also playing these challenges

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 19 - flowers

Papercraft Star challenge 96 - Use a Stamp

The Paper Shelter challenge #63 - Anything Goes

RRR Challenge #47 Mother's Day/Feminine plus Ribbon

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude challenge 13 - Anything Goes/Butterflies & Blooms

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supplies: image (theHouseAcrosstheBay), stamp (me to you),  frame die (spellbinders), tag die (cuttlebug), paper (d'arte), distress ink (ranger)

Mother's Day

for my mum . . .

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The main image is an orchid digital print from the House Across the Bay (yes, mum loves orchids!). The text background is from an old paperstack by Papermania, and the sentiment is a new one by docrafts.

The sentiment is stamped with Perfect Medium and and Perfect Pearl for a bit of shimmer.

Playing these challenges

Papercraft Star challenge 95 - Mother's Day

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Anything Goes at CCC

One Stitch at a Time challenge #112 - Use a Digi / Mother's Day

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude challenge 12 Anything Goes / One Layer

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flappers

Hi! It's French week over at Papercraft Star, and
here's my vintage-y little piece.

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 It's a flappers themed deco I made for a swap. 

Wherever possible, I try to reuse stuff, esp paper, and this is no exception. The image is matted with a used envelope (reused item #1). The stamped image has been trimmed and placed on either side of the main image. I love how the base visually holds everything up, and it's really firm, too! It's cut from the back of a pizza box (reused item #2), then embossed. The letter stickers are adhered, then the whole strip coated in crackle paint. It is simply embellished with a layered flower. And as nearly always, everything had been given the distress treatment. 

Also entering these challenges

The Crafty Pad Challenge #167 - Live on the Edge (the base)

Frilly & Funkie: RePurpose to UpCycle

Crafts & Me Challenge #80 Vintage

365 Cards Day 49 - Getting Inky

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: printed image (The Sum of all Crafts), stamp (papermania), daisy punch (dovecraft), flower die (cuttlebug), fence die & embossing folders (sizzix), distress inks & crackle paint (ranger)

beach babe

Good morning! I actually have a second creation to share this week!

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The theme for this is vintage bathing beauty, and I have chosen to use a natural palette, with bits and bobs thrown in. The burlap base gives it a rustic feel, which has been enhanced with bunting and buttons. The bunting flags are cut by hand, then raised with foam pads. I have a thing for flourishes, and have added them on either side to frame the main image. The background is a misted and stamped piece. There's a frame just behind the image, with muted corners and edges all done in swirls and flourishes.

 Challenges entered

Papercraft Star challenge 92 - umbrellas

Crafty Friends Challenges #2 - use 2 die cuts

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - #19 nautical theme

Fairy Fun Fridays #76 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: dies (spellbinders), stamps (viva decor), alphabet (sizzix), distress inks & stickles (ranger)

victorian ladies

Oh, it's been so long since my last post. Yup, life does get in the way sometimes . . .

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Sharing a deco I made for a victorian theme swap. I'm using a digital image from theHouseAcrosstheBay, and paired it with some frilly die cuts from spellbinders. Finished simply with layered punched flowers, a button and some bling. Oh, and some inking and stamping in the background.

Entering these challenges

Papercraft Star challenge 92 - umbrellas

Top Tip Tuesday challenge #74 - spotty, dotty! (polka dot dresses)

 Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge 79 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad challenge #165 - Just Die-Delicious

Thanks for stopping by!

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easter wishes

It's time for Easter cards and this is mine

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 This card is based on the sketch at The Crafty Pad Challenge #163. 

And the colour inspiration from City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #102.
 

The image & sentiment is from the ♥ Some bunny loves you . . . ♥ stamp set by docrafts. Image has been coloured in with coloured pencils, and the paper edges distressed and inked.

Also entering these challenges

Make My Monday Week 42 - New Life or Beginnings
Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #77 - Easter
The Paper Shelter Challenge #57 - Easter

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #114 - Easter

Papercraft Star Challenge 90 - Easter

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter or Animals

 Try It On Tuesday - Easter theme

Simon Says . . . Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: stamps (docrafts), inks (versafine & ranger)

spring bird

It's copy cater week at CCCB, and here is my take

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The challenge is to use the vintage bird image from The Graphics Fairy in your creation. The image looks great by itself, so I have opted to frame it, (with distressed & inked edges, of course!) as opposed to my usual style of piling on the layers. It is finished with just a button & burlap twine.

For these challenges

City Crafter Challenge Blog week #101 - copy cater

Card Makin' Mamas - Button, button, Who's Got the Button?

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #178 - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #106 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 209 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: image (the graphics fairy), corner die (sizzix), corner stamp (viva decor), pattern die (cuttlebug), distress inks, glossy accent, crackle accent (ranger)

spring fold card

Trying out a new card fold today.
The tutorial for this spring fold can be found here.

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Make My Monday's challenge this week is a spring fold card, with a spring theme. It's a rather complex fold, so I decided to keep it simple. 

The main image is a stamp from the botanical print set. It is stamped and embossed in clear ep. Then I applied a blend of distress inks - peeled paint, spiced marmalade, tumbled glass and victorian velvet. It has been popped up with foam pads on a rounded square shimmery background (unfortunately, not visible in photos). Another rounded square is cut, with a round aperture, on which I attached a coloured ring, and gems in the corners. The sentiment is stamped and layered onto a scalloped circle and topped with a button and twine bow.

The base of the card. The pattern in stamped and embossed before applying ink, and the top edge cut with a border die, and embellished with a simple jute string and bow.

Also for these challenges
Papercraft Star challenge 89 - spring!
Speedy Fox & Friends challenge 99 - CAS
Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #76 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 209 - Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge #61 - Spring into Spring
Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude challenge 9
Deep Ocean Challenge #21 - Butterflies
Flutter By Wednesday #195 - Open

Thanks for stopping by!

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updated: Top 3 at Make My Monday ~ Woo Hoo!

supplies: stamps (papermania), sentiment )dovecraft), dies (cheery lynn, lifestyle crafts & spellbinders), inks (ranger, tsukineko & versafine), embossing powder (tsukineko)

green tilda

It's been a long time since Tilda surfaced, so she's looking a bit green  . . .

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For these challenges:

Simon Says . . . a Bit o' Green!

 Just Magnolia Week 147 - Green!

Papercraft Star Challenge 88 - Green! 
Simply Magnolia Anything Goes Challenge

TOMIC #41 - Feathers and Flowers + Sketch 

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #138 Old Treasures

Tilda has been coloured with coloured pencils, in a stroke style. Something a wee bit different from  the norm. Ok, I tried distress inks, but the paper (despite its description of fine quality suitable for inks & watercolour) did not take colours well and just bled all over the place! She sits on corrugated board which was previously used as friction buffer. It has been painted lightly in cream, then edged in DI & stickles.
 The background is made up of printed kraft wrapping paper and quarter cut large doily, both inked in forest moss DI.

A brighter pic of the bow topped with a button from an old garment, and burlap twine. The strip of ribbon has been stitched with a leaf stitch using the sewing machine. The flowers are cut from Japanese print paper and inked with peeled paint, forest moss & walnut stain DIs.

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: stamp (magnolia), postcard (theHouseAcrosstheBay), dies (spellbinders), pearl & paper pen (viva decor), ink (versafine), distress ink & stickles (ranger)

another steampunk atc

Hello again! Made a second ATC for a steampunk swap

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An airship! As with the previous ATC, the base is a digital collage of steampunk elements and a magazine page. One side has been embossed and the whole thing inked and distressed. The image has been printed twice. The top layer is fussy cut, inked and raised on foam pads.

For these challenges

ATCs & Cards with Attitude challenge 9 steampunk/anything goes

Wicked Wednesday ATC challenges #23 flying things
Simon Says Stamp & Show . . . Anything Goes
Sarah Hurley Challenge 62 Steampunk

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: images (The Graphics Fairy & The Sum of All Crafts), embossing folder (cuttlebug), inks (ranger)

steampunk atc

Hello and hope you're having a good weekend! 

I'm sharing a steampunk ATC today.

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I created the base as a digital collage of steampunk elements and a vintage page. I have embossed some of the edges and inked & distressed the whole thing in DIs. The butterfly was printed twice, with the second layer raised at the wings and highlighted with gloss gel. The sentiment are letter stickers. Aren't the eyelet binoculars great? A borrowed idea from previous steampunk challenges . . .

Entering these challenges

ATCs & Cards with Attitude Challenge 9 Steampunk/Anything Goes

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenges #23 Flying Things 

Simon Says Stamp & Show . . . Anything Goes

Sarah Hurley Challenge 62 Steampunk

Creative Card Crew #6 Vintage

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: embossing folder (cuttlebug), inks (ranger), gloss gel (viva decor), images (The Sum of All Crafts

and The Graphics Fairy)

celebrate spring

 Hello and have a Happy Spring! Here's what I'm sharing today

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A soft spring card with bluebells, accented in pink. The main image has been inked and distressed, and stitched onto a used envelope. The ribbon is hand dyed twill.

 The flourish, flowers and butterfly have been cut from a used pink envelope. They have been inked and the flourish & butterfly covered with a film of gold pearl pen. The bookplate is cut from cereal box, and embossed in a mix of copper and vintage photo ep. The butterfly body is made from layers of a small flower, sequin and brad, with stamens for antennae.

Challenges

Deep Ocean Challenge #20 Spring

Flutter by Wednesday #193 spring time

Make My Monday Week 39 Spring Flowers

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #109 Think Spring

 Our Creative Corner Papercraft Tic Tac Toe (brads, pink, flowers)

The Paper Variety tic-tac-toe (emboss, create a card, include a die cut)

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #103 Reuse or Recycle

 Pollycraft Monday Challenge 130 Spring has Sprung

Crafty Calendar  March Challenge Spring Clean
Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge #74 Distress It

allsorts week 145 say it with flowers

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: paper (The Paper Shelter), ticket stamp (Stampers Anonymous), sentiment stamp & brads (dovecraft), bookplate (Sizzix), flourish  & small flower (spellbinders), butterfly (cheery lynn), flowers (cuttlebug), inks (Ranger & Versafine), pearl pen (viva decor), liquid pearl & embossing powders (Ranger)

reap what you sow

 Hello! It's another green hue day today - for cards, that is!

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Using this week's fabulous image from Papercraft Star, this creation uses shades of greens with yellow and gold accents. The edges have been inked in peeled paint & walnut stain DIs, as has the flourishes and butterfly. Floral background is from the Spring Swing set from The Paper Shelter, which have been stitched onto glittery yellow paper.

The butterfly has been inked, then applied a thin shimmery film from gold pearl pen. The body is moss green dotted with gold.

The multi loop bow done in paper twine is based on a tutorial by Emily Keaton here.
 

The sentiment is a mix of sticker letters and raised die cut letters.

Challenges

The Paper Shelter Anything Goes

Shelly's Images Greens and Golds

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes
Raise the Bar Challenge #95 Go Green 

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #71 Stitches 

Delightful Challenges St Patrick's Day Projects 

Crafting for all Seasons ch #22 Green and Yellow 

PaperCrafting Journey Challenge 4 Anything Goes 

Papercraft Star Challenge 87 Lucky St Patrick's Day 
Simply Create Too Challenge #8 I'm SssOooo Lucky! 

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge 107 My Favourite Things (inks & dies)

Do More with Less Guest Challenge Multi Loop Bows with Emily Keaton

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: flourishes (spellbinders), green letters & border (lifestyle crafts), butterfly (cheery lynn), pearl pens (viva decor), inks (Ranger)

art atc

It's an arty celebration over at Wicked Wednesday and this is my atc

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Yes, it's been a long day, and bedtime is what I am thinking . . . 

hence the design.

The background has been inked with DIs, and overlaid with a silhouette tree. This is done on marbled paper (black on white). Both images are from Stampers Anonymous, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black. The ticket has been stamped onto a scrap from a used envelope.

Also linked up with

Simon Says . . . Anything Goes

Speedy Fox and Friends challenge 97 Recycle

ATCs & Cards with Attitude challenge 8 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

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edited - Top 3 on Wicked Wednesday