Lovely Lady

Well, here at last is my entry for Ann's 'Facelift for an old Friend' challenge on my Challenge Blog and also for Make It Monday's 'Women' challenge. I took a white glossy card and covered in in various shades of yellow and orange oil pastels, then covered it with a coat of white Gesso (my new aquisition on holiday). I stamped the image and scratched some Gesso off and coloured her face with chalks, then painted another coat of Gesso. I then added some Crackle glaze and Tea Dye Varnish with a paintbrush then dabbed it off to get the textured finish. I mounted onto Whimsical Ways card stock from last week's Ideal World show then added the rose, flower and a couple of stickers. The top corners were rounded with my new scissors which were given to me last week by my lovely friend Frankie. A very different way with this lovely stamp.

IDEAL WORLD 'WHIMSICAL WAYS' CD TV SAMPLES SLIDE SHOW

IDEAL WORLD WHIMSICAL WAYS DECOUPAGE TV SAMPLES

This card is made up from the lovely decoupage kit which accompanies the Whimsical Ways cd. A larger than A4, too large for the scanner, corner folded cream card with scalloped edges with a wonderful vellum insert and message 'Thinking of You'. The main decoupaged images are sitting on the same design backing card with a message 'Flowers for You', a pink pearl brad and pink tassel and a couple of heart motifs.

IDEAL WORLD WHIMSICAL WAYS TV SAMPLES

This is a lovely image from My Craft Studio 'Whimsical Ways' cd. I printed it out then matted on yellow card and gold mirri onto a two coloured yellow A4 card, landscape for a change. I punched all the corners with an embossing corner punch and added some yellow and brown ribbon to the right hand side. The smaller images are decoupaged and raised on foam tape. I printed the message on a background from the cd also. The insert is the same background sheet with an added small printed picture and another decoupaged picture. I then embellished the trees with some odd bits of trees that I found lurking in a box and added the raffia ribbon.

IDEAL WORLD WHIMSICAL WAYS TV SAMPLES

Another creation from the 'Whimsical Ways' My Craft Studio. The large A4 card has backing sheet of the girl in the red coat printed out from the cd, with a co-ordinating large vellum wrap and a decoupaged mirror image girl overlayed. I added red ribbons, the message and a few red peeloffs and a gold and cream 'Thinking of You' vellum insert. I just love this artwork, it is super in real life.

IDEAL WORLD WHIMSICAL WAYS TV SAMPLES

Another card from the new My Craft Studio CD. As this is larger than my A4 scanner you can only just see the decoupaged girl on the right. This edge is also scalloped with the vellum insert showing. The larger than A4 cream card has a vellum overlay with an added little booklet tied with ribbon and a message card attached.

IDEAL WORLD WHIMSICAL WAYS TV SAMPLES

The following few cards are Ideal World Sample cards to be shown on Sunday 25th May. This image is from a new CD from My Craft Studio called 'Whimsical Ways'. Simply printed out onto cream pearlescent paper, matted onto silver mirri card and embellished with a purple ribbon and peel off greeting. The rest will be shown on here over the next few days so please do come back and see them, there are some gorgeous images and decoupage and the most stunning A3 vellum wraps. Thanks.

Speedway Birthday Boy

'Transportation' is the theme at Theme Thursday this week so this card fits the bill I think. From some TV samples I made for Ideal World I have decoupaged the images and chalked the background to make it look like a speedway track. Inside is a voucher for tickets to see a race.

IDEAL WORLD ORIENTAL CD TV SAMPLES

Ideal World TV Samples

I made this as a TV sample for today's Ideal World live show but thought I would enter it into Crazy Amigo's 'Free' challenge as well. The decoupaged speedway riders, from Arts and Crafts Direct, are racing round a chalked track and inside are two tickets to the speedway as the birthday gift. A good card for a man who likes speedway.

Ideal World TV Samples Male Decoupage

This was one of the cards made for the TV show today but I am also using it for my Wednesday Stamper 'Trees' challenge, which is what I planned when I made it. I stamped the background with various Stampscapes and Art Impressions stamps and coloured it in various inks anc chalks. I drew the train tracks then added the decoupaged train which was in the kit from from Arts and Crafts Direct. I added smoke from the train, the sun and birds then added a few red deer with stamps. This is the view I get from the train when travelling from Scotland to England - it is wonderful, I am so lucky to live here.

OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF TV SAMPLE MALE DECOUPAGE

This is another TV sample made for Ideal World and Arts and Crafts Direct, under the Male decoupage section but I thought I would enter this for the

Crazy Amigo 'Free' challenge as well. I tried to create a speedway scene with various riders large and small decoupaged onto a chalked track background. I added the voucher inside to represent the tickets to the speedway races for the birthday gift. Nice to make a male card for a change.

MORE IDEAL WORLD TV SAMPLES

IDEAL WORLD TV SAMPLES - MALE DECOUPAGE

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Egyptian samples for Ideal World

Greek samples for Ideal World

Native American Mini Book for Ideal World