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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

dress tag

Hi! Have inspiration, must create!
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I have a little tag to share today. Well, not so little . . . The sizzix TH tag die is rather huge, actually. It was a bit of a shocker when it arrived. On the up side, there's plenty of room to play in.


One of the places I'm playing at is Flourishes: The Beauty of a Technique. The tag background is one of my new favourite techniques. Emboss text print paper and swipe with ink. The pieces can either be torn, then embossed; or do a whole piece first, then tear. Adhere the torn pieces any old way you like. I've used several folders for these, but inked with the same colours (vintage photo, antique linen & walnut stain DIs). The background is finished with layerings of diamond print kraft paper, and grosgrain ribbon.


This tag uses the colours from PDCC - wine, smudge, leather & parchment. I love the combination, so am having a second cuppa.

 
I'm using a dressform as the focus of this creation. The grey chipboard has been inked in walnut stain DI and charcoal chalk ink. The "dress" is a piece of scrap curtain fabric, which I've gathered at the (very high!) waist. It is finished with some satin ribbon and and a vintage button.
 
The dress has such a lot of volume . . . I wonder if it qualifies for the 3D challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog.


I've added an inked chipboard spellbinders fancy tag, and topped it with buttons. There are more little stitch-y touches along the sides and bottom.



Also linking up with these challenges
Thanks for stopping by!
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Monday, October 3, 2011

purple + pink + grey

Hello again!
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Still playing with pink, but now combined with purple and grey. These are the colours for this week's challenge at Creative Inspirations. And it just so happens that If the Shoe Fits . . . Scrap It! has this photo for inspiration.


I'm using the sketch over at Card Patterns for this creation.


The flowers stamp is by Viva Decor. This is one of my favourite stamps which I got last year, and so I'm playing at Simply Create. It is stamped using Versacolor and embossed with holographic ep. The paper is a free download from a UK magazine. I printed this sometime ago and presently, I can't remember the title of the mag. And as usual, some distressing and inking on the edges.


The flowers have been coloured with colour pencils and aquabrush. I guess the glittery embossing is not obvious here . . .
Here's a tip on colouring with aquabrush and pencils. Instead of colouring the image with pencils and running a brush over it, you can also take the colours directly off the pencil. You'll get much better control over the application. The colours are more intense, so it's wise to first test on scrap paper. Also, did you know you can actually lick colours off regular colour pencils?  It really works! The colours might not be as deep as water colour pencils, and you have to adjust the wetness of your brush, but you can get more variety.


 I have layered dark purple ribbon over a lighter purple one, which suits the Top Tip Tuesday criteria of 2 or more ribbons, etc. The flowers are cut with a CB die, and covers the challenge over at Dutch Dare Card Challenge (Bingo - ribbon, flowers, die cuts). They are then embossed and inked with charcoal chalk ink. To finish, they are topped with grey buttons tied with grey embroidery floss.
There are lots of flowers here, so I'm linking up with allsorts challenge blog as well. Simon Says Stamp! is looking for 1000 entries, so why not? LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!
~ Ü ~

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pink hats

October is Breat Cancer Awareness month, and I am going pink.
Well, not all pink! But definitely the focus of this card.
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I've used a Hero Arts stamp for this. It is stamped on pink misted paper using vintage photo DI. Love that mottled look. The image is matted and layered over pink satin ribbon and lace. The white lace has been misted in pink to match.




The flowers are a combination of dovecraft punches and cuttlebug dies. After embossing, they are inked and layered. Flower centres are gold sequins, and the largest flower has a pink button with gold twine.
The leaves are sizzix. Corner accents are cuttlebug, cut from brown card. I've added pink liquid pearls in swirls and dots to finish.


playing along with these challenges . . .


Thanks for stopping by!
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

vintage birds card

Another seasonal offering today. It feels good to distress and ink everything!
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This card uses a lovely image from The Graphics Fairy. It's been edged in gold and matted on kraft. One edge is decorated with a ribbon & an xcut border punch.
The stitched background of the card has misted colour as it was used a protective sheet when I misted some shapes previously. The corners and edges have been stamped to give it vintage presence. The stamps are from Viva Decor. Inks are dark brown chalk ink from colorbox and vintage photo DI. 
 The lace trim has a ribbon woven through, although it's not so obvious here. There's also a little doily backing the main image. Well, part of a doily anyway. The whole thing would be too big to fit on the card. All the edges have been distressed and inked with antique linen & vintage photo DIs.


This banner is made from handcut triangles, which I've distressed and inked. They are stringed along a gold twine. The letters are die cut with a sizzix TH die. The corners are blinged with liquid pearls.


The flowers are punched from dovecraft daisy punches. I've embossed and inked the petals. The button has a gold twine bow to finish.
The swirly leaves are cut with a cheery lynn die. I've cut the stems apart and arranged them separately.



Linking this card to lots of challenges . . .

Thanks for stopping by!
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