All the Best

This is stamped on white card and coloured.  Alcohol inks on vellum for the butterfly and flowers which were punched out and the jewel centres added.  The gold card was run through the Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots then a black ink pad run over the surface. A simple but effective card I think.

Four lovely faces

A very simple fat book page here just stamped onto another alcohol inked background with a few yellow gems. I didn't think it needed anything else.

Masked Fat Book Page

The shaped background piece I cut with fancy scissors after embossing and colouring and spraying with Clear Spray from Crafters Companion. I stamped the mask, from Stamp Addicts, one of my favourites, onto an alcohol inked blue and pink background and added some white pen touches and a few gemstones. I also overstamped again with the swirl stamp another favourite.

Oriental lady and sun

The main background used the circles Cuttlebug folder then overswiped with distress inks. The other backgrounds are again alcohol inks with added droplets of colour overstamped with the lady and the sun stamps in Stazon. I added a jewel and some of the new Cosmic shimmer glitter glues in just a couple of places on the overstamped swirls.

FAT BOOK PAGES

Over the next few days I will be showing some of the fat book pages I have just spent time creating (which is why I have not been posting much lately, I had 10 to make lol). These are the first ones I have done for a swap on my forum so do hope the ladies like them. For those who do not know a fat book page is 4 inches by 4 inches square and when all swaps are received they can be assembled and made into a book using the Bind it All or simple large jump rings.

For this first one I sprayed some card with alcohol inks and Cosmic Shimmer sprays then ran the card thru the Cuttlebug embossing folder and over inked the raised sections. I then brayered some paper with the Big and Juicy ink pads and over stamped the face and eyes in black Stazon. After tearing the edges I attached to the page adding just one tear drop gemstone to the face.

I am using this for my challenge blog this week the challenge being EYES. Do pop over and enter if you have chance.

Green and Yellow

Two cards made for the new Simon Says 'Green and Yellow' challenge today. The first is one of the Limited Edition doll stamps attached over a Cuttlebugged background using brads to attach the moving arms. Coloured with Sakura pens and edged with sticky ribbons. The second background on the Gothic Arch was created using Alcohol Inks and overstamped with black Stazon. I attached the acetate butterfly with a brad and added a coin and a vellum quote. I am in a green and yellow mood today hence two cards. The hula dancer first card is also my card for the My Time to Craft challenge 'Island fun'.

Green and Yellow

Here is a nice spring like card for Dutch Dare challenge of 'Yellow and Green'.

With a background made using alcohol inks I overstamped the daffodills and the leaves in green and yellow. I added the circle edged with distress inks, stamped the sentiment and added the jewel centre brad and rounded the corners. This was then attached to a plain green card.

Mardi Gras

The challenge this week at Gothic Arches was 'Mardi Gras' - a topic that I love as I have a great collection of masks. This card uses my new mask stamp from Stamp Addicts and a smaller 4 masked cube from them too. The arch background was created using alcohol inks of various shades swooshed over glossy card. I then overstamped in black the smaller masks and added Stickles glitter glue. For the large mask I stamped using the resist technique and brayered with the Waterfall Big and Juicy ink pad. The eyes were from another piece of varying coloured ink cards. I added glitter glue in gold and clear, the black mask and two feathers and edged with gold Pentouch. I always had hoped when we lived overseas that I would get to New Orleans at Mardi Gras - never made it - but I can live in hope. Just realized that this fits DCM 'Green' challenge too.

Framed Tree

Here is a little framed picture I made today, why? - I don't really know except that I took a fancy to doing this. Sadly the scan lights and the acetate don't do it justice as it looks a little cloudy but in real life it is not.

The background was made using alcohol inks dragged over to create stripes then the tree from Stamp Addicts overstamped in black Stazon. I covered the picture in acetate then added the frame which was from one of Michele Marsden's kits.

Six in One Tonight

Last year I managed to do six challenges at the same time and I have managed to equal my own record again tonight. Lots To Do challenge was 'Metal', My Time To Craft was 'Gold', Arty Girlz was 'Flowers',

Created By Hand was 'Gold', Tanda Teaser was 'Hearts and Flowers' and Wednesday Stamper was to use 'Hearts in a Different Way'.

I stamped various floral and swirl images onto white glossy card, floral from Sheena and Swirls from Dimension Fourth and the magazine freebie last week.

I then covered the card with Caramel and Butterscotch Alcohol inks swirling and swooshing on the card. Next, I punched out some gold metal hearts and attached them over the flowers and added a gold gem in the centre. I then edged the corners and embossed a few lines and added some copper pen touch to some of the swirls. Whew that was a job. I could have made it 7 in one as Joanna's challenge this week was also 'hearts' but I had already posted a card for that so thought it would be cheating to count this one in as well lol

Oriental Splendour

No red and black was the 'Oriental' challenge from DCM this week. I made an ATC for a change using a background created using greens and orange alcohol inks swooshed over glossy card. I overstamped in green Stazon with the lovely Ginko stamp and added a sticker pair of shoes. The lady is stamped in green again onto an orange background created the same way and overlayed onto the green background.

Cuttlebugged Metallic

The Cuttlebug challenge this week is to 'Emboss on Metal' so I have embossed a sheet of copper metal and used this as my background matted onto orange card and placed on a cream pearlized card. I created the yellow background using alcohol inks and overstamping with black Stazon. A few wooden embellishments and a peel off sentiment complete the card.

From the Heart

'This Old Heart of Mine' is the song challenge from Sunday Stampers today so here is mine. The backing is that wonderful gauze type material overlayed onto a cream card. The hearts and sentiment are stamped and coloured with alcohol inks and ink pads with a couple of red velvet hearts added.

Cottage in the Woods

Two challenges here with 'Houses' for Crazy Amigo and 'Places' for

Mixed Media Monday. Stampscapes stamps Stamped in black Stazon onto card covered with alcohol inks and mounted onto holographic card. Then placed on a blue pearlescent card with a couple of rub on sentiments. This is a place I would like to be.

Lost in France

'Lost in France', love that song, is the topic from Sunday Stampers today and here is one I made earlier, as they say. Background of the arch was created using alcohol inks then overstamped with lots of French stamps from who knows where. I added a little epoxy sticker too to give some dimension.

Polished Stone Technique Cracker

Well, I'm back - full of cold and flu, from my trip to Cologne after having a lovely time. The background is a mixture of coloured and silver alcohol inks, added to the glossy card with an applicator. The pink pearlescent base card is edged with silver sticky ribbon and peeloffs. The cracker was cut from silver mirri card and embellished with silver thread and star with a silver dove holding the message.

Playing Cards - Polished Stone Technique

The challenge today at Theme Thursday was 'Playing cards' so I decided to use one of my pack of Oriental cards. Also wanted to try out a new technique to me using Alcohol Inks and the Polished Stone Technique which is part of the course that I am working on at present. The background was made using Cranberry, Eggplant and Silver Ranger inks placed on an applicator and 'pounced and twisted' over the glossy white card. This gave the shiny silver pinkish colours to which I then matched the Oriental border and 5 of Clubs card. Matted on silver mirri card I added silver peeloff corners and the Oriental symbol for Spring (the card signifies Spring to me).