Decoupage, erm....

Bit out of my stylistic comfort zone this post- I found some decoupage sheets in amongst my stash. goodness knows where they arrived from, but I thought I'd use them up on some cards.

They didn't turn out too badly, kinda simple, but they're sweet cards.

I got to practice my bow tying too! I'm not sure I'd buy any more decoupage, I find the layering up fiddly, and then they're too thick to post really. Ah well, at least I tried...

Thanks for looking!

Cards- I love you, you weirdo!

You know those scraps from scrapbooking? Those little strips and off-cuts that look too substantial to throw away, but they're really not a lot of use? Well I used some up. Go me!

I'd watercoloured a few Stampotique images too, so they got added.

 

And my favourite little alphabet stamps came out to play. I take these everywhere, they're really versatile.

Thanks for looking!

Tagging away- a challenge

OK, so there was a challenge. I'm pretty sure it was on the Lollipop Box Club facebook page, but I may be wrong, anyway, the challenge was to make a tag from scraps. I liked that challenge. Here's the bits and offcuts that were lurking in a box on my desk. Anyone else do that? Just stuff things in a box thinking it's tidying up?

So- I took 3 tags. I mean, make 1 tag? What am I, an amateur? Why make 1 when you can make multiples?

The tags got sprayed with ink. 

Whilst I was there I sprayed some scrap card too. Might as well!

For some reason I had a little flag, that originally came in a burger I think. Ah, the tat I save... I covered it in red card.

And then I placed it all out. I'd got a scrap of stripey card that I'd punched a hole out of, and it frames my ink splodges beautifully.

OK then, now I had a purpose. This could be used on a card. For my anniversary. Hurray, let's get some more love on there.

I do so love tissue paper.

Righto. Tag 2. I wanted to use up a little frame, so I frames a snippet of a tree. Cute.

I quite like things dangling over the sides a bit haphazard. As long as you realise it's meant to be that way, 'K?

Little leftover clouds too!

The flag/tags I used at the top were in a pack of about 50 I've had for a while, very versatile!

I'd got a mis-stamped, smudged quote ying about too, so I cut out the words that still looked OK.

Spare leaves, and tissue paper again.

I've been itching to use that ickle pin sticker.

Et voila- another card I think!

This one I don't have many process photos for, just the after pics. I'd got a Tatty Button stamped image left over, so on she went.

The littel spotty flair button has been collecting dust on my desk for months.

White pen for pop!

And a doodled border. Yet another card!

Thanks for looking!

Card- Happy 50th

My lovely colleague at work celebrated a special birthday recently, so I volunteered to make the card that everyone signed.

Loving those pearly holographic letters, so muc that I went for some matching punched swirls and lots of gems.

The image I've used before, it's a stamp that I watercoloured using pencils.

It went down a storm!

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Heart.

It's nearly Valentine's Day after all.....

The heart was made using a stencil and the faux air brushing technique from Craft Stamper. The hearts are Stampotique and the middle one is glossy accented.

I'm entering this into..... 

the Craft Stamper blog challenge- to use faux airbrushing

 the Stampotique designers challenge- red, pink and white

Papertake weekly- anything goes

the Cupboard Trilogy- a sprinkling of red and romance

the Play Date Cafe- Cranberry, raspberry, petal

Totally Gorjuss- love

Allsorts- Valentine

the Happy Daze challenge- Love is all around (Distress inks and Glossy accent)

Kewt fringe!

I so enjoyed making this card. So much so that I nearly didn't give it away.

The background is sprayed with all different ink colours, with lots of squidgy runs. I then used a Tim Holtz music mask and various background diamond and circle stamps to create a lot of background. In fact, this card is more background than foreground. The paperclips stamp is a particular favourite, cos it is cute (kewt) and it cost 39p from a manky sale bin. Hurray for manky sale bins!!!!

The girl with the fringe is called Karin (I always say it in my head with an American accent!) coloured with pencils. Love that smile. 

I love it so much, I may make the person I gave it to give it back........ actually, if you're reading this.....send it me for my birthday, I won't mind that it's already written in.....