David Card 1

I think the "david head" stamp on one of Tim Holtz's new unmounted sets has to be my favourite new stamp of recent times. It's HUGE, and it's so rare to get really big stamps that aren't background.

Nothing too complicated going on with this card, the head was stamped and then coloured with promarkers. The head was then masked and the stripes were stamped with a Cardinal Ancient Page ink pad.

That's all for now, click on the image if you want a larger view! :o)

Butterflies 5 and 6

2 more butterflies for The Butterfly Project. The one on the left has quite a lot of tattered angel glimmer spray on it, so it's scanned a little oddly! Still, hopefully you get the general idea!

The one on the right uses a couple of masks from yesterday's freebies. I hope you like 'em! :)

"Truck" tag

Not my usual style, patterned papers, and it's a bit of a mixed bag, this tag. I wanted to have a play around with the double-sided scrapbook papers I recently bought from Costco, so I started cutting out bits and bobs on the Cricut.

The flower is one that I created myself on the pc using Inkscape, then cut out on the Cricut using SCAL. As this features both a monogram and a mode of travel, this is doubling as my entry in this weeks Tag You're It! and Thank God It's Friday challenges.

The edges of the tag and flower were distressed with a glass file (thank you Annette!). Stamping was with black versafine ink, and parts were coloured with a redwood Ancient Page ink pad.

The monogram was cut in Arial Black font, as was the negative word "TRUCK".

I hope you like it :o) Click on the image for a larger view.

"Numbers" 4x4 Challenge

Ok, ok!!! Yes, yes, I know it was a bit obvious to use this Tim Holtz numbers stamp for this challenge, but stop going on about it! :o) Seriously though, it's a perennial favourite of mine, so I make no apologies for returning to it again.

This was made for the 4x4 Friday challenge, the theme this week being "numbers". The other image I used was from Paper Bag Studios, and is another image I find myself never tiring of.

I hope you like it, click on the image to enlarge it! :o)

So Salsa Turquoise Tag

4 blog posts in one day? It's practically unheard of! What can I tell you, I must be in a "crafty" mood today!

The So Salsa tag challenge today was to use the colour turquoise. I decided that I didn't really have any turquoise ink, so was going to try to complete the challenge using a mix of broken china and shabby shutters distress inks. Then I remembered that I had an Ancient Page ink pad in a turquoise colour, so problem solved! Or at least it would have been.... when I sat down to make the tag, I forgot all about the Ancient Page pad, and used the distress inks instead. Ah well, we all make mistakes, me more than many! :oD

Click on the image to enlarge it, I hope you like it!

Edit:
To answer your question Christa...
Boy and girl stamp - Paper Bag Studios
Ribbon stamp - Perfectly Clear Stamps - Ribbon border
Jumbled letters and binding strip - Just for Fun stamps (I think)

House Tag Challenge

It's Friday again, so it must be time for the Tag You're It challenge!

This week the challenge is called "Our House", so how could I resist, seeing as I was already making houses for a swap I'm in?

Nothing new about this one technique-wise, just lots of the usual masking, ink blending and overstamping.

I hope you like it, click on the image for a larger view! :o)

Imagine

Another outing for the Cricut today! I had an idea to create a figure out of boxes, and decided to link it in with the Crazy Amigo Challenge this week, where the theme was "wings".

I drew the 3 shapes for these boxes on the computer, and used SCAL to cut them out. I sized them such that the top cubic box would be used for the head, the tapering box for the body and the tall one for the legs. I selected colour themes for each layer - green/blue for the legs, citrus colours for the body and purple/yellow for the head.

After that, it was just a case of getting busy with the stamps and inks! Far too many stamps used here to credit them all, inks were Ranger distress pads, black Versafine and a few colours of Ancient Page (which I love, but am finding they are drying out pretty quick! Anyone else out there having this problem?).

Nice to work in 3 dimensions for a change, at least more 3 dimensional than 3D foam allows! :o) And, while we're on the subject, (ok, we weren't, but just go with me here...), given that I took the time and trouble to fix the wings on with brads, so they could be raised and lowered to different positions, wouldn't you think I would have had the sense to check that I'd at least positioned them level before I took the photos? :oD

I hope you like it, thanks for looking and click on an image if you want to see it larger!

Dans ma maison, il y a...une petite fille

Or, if you prefer, "In my house, there is... a little girl". I found this great challenge blog today, called Dans ma maison, il y a. Each week, you have to make a house in some form or another, and each week the thing inside the house changes. This week, it's "a little girl".

I've combined this challenge with this week's Mixed media Monday challenge, which is themed "transparency". The vellum in the house window is the transparent part. (Yes, yes, I know that vellum is translucent, not transparent, but they said in the challenge that vellum is allowed, and anyway, you're a bit too fussy for your own good, I'd do something about that if I were you! :o)

I created the house in Inkscape, and transferred the file to SCAL and cut it out with my Cricut (the old one, you know, the one that's been left out in the cold, it's nose pressed against the window, tearfully watching the Expression get all the love and affection).

The hinges and bookplate were distressed with acrylic paint. Stamps are from a range of sources, most notably Elements for the little girl, fontwerks for the plants, Green Pepper Press for the red stripes. Inks were Ranger distress pads, versafine and ancient page.
Um... I think that's pretty much all there is to say about it! I daresay if you have any questions, you'll let me know! I hope you like it, click on either image to see a larger view! :o)

So Salsa Challenge - Stitches

Having discovered a new challenge involving tags, I just had to have a go! :o) I have a weakness for tags, dunno why, maybe I didn't get enough presents as a kid or something? Anyway, the So Salsa Challenge this week was "stitches", and here's my attempt!

The stitches stamps I used are by Autumn Leaves, used in conjunction with stamps by Stampers Anonymous, Elements, Artistic Stamper, and a few others I'm sure! Inks were distress ink pads, versafine and ancient page.

Masking and selective inking were the two main techniques used. I hope you like it! Click on the tag for a larger view :o)

Um.... 5 More Triangular ATCs

Well, I enjoyed making the last 5 so much, I thought I'd make 5 more! This time, I didn't have the sense to make two of them point-side down, so they'd be easier to photograph, so they're split into 2 images here. Click on either to enlarge them.

Nothing groundbreaking to say about these really! In the second, the word "bored" is deliberately spelled that way! Honestly!! :oD The 2 stamps used in the 4th are some that I had made for me as a one-off.

I hope you like em! Ta for taking a look! :o)

5 Triangular Stamped ATCs

I have just completed these ATCs for an interesting-sounding swap. Each person taking part must make 5 triangular ATCs, 2.5in wide x 3.5in tall. The only other criterion was that they should be stamped. As I have been known to a bit of stamping from time to time, and also have a ruler that can measure in inches, I thought "why the heck not?" :o)

All images were stamped with either versafine or ancient page (my new favourite) ink pads. Cards were coloured with blended distress ink pads, applied with cut'n'dry foam. Other techniques used included masking and painting with a waterbrush.

As ever with ATCs, less time and trouble is spent on decorating the rear side. In this case, I simply stamped my "handmade by dan99" stamp, masked it, then overstamped and painted one part of the image.
I hope you like 'em! Even more importantly, I hope that the recipients like them too! All I have to do now is make sure I get them in the post on time, LOL. Click on either pic to see it larger. :o)