Saturday!

Good morning! It's Saturday and I've been up since stoopid o'clock again. Dratted insomnia! Ah well, at least I'm caught up on my TV viewing and I've done loads of the yukky housework..... time to blog and then some crafting to catch up on.

I have managed to sneak time for a couple of Fat Pages this week, this one is for an oriental themed swap. If you haven't tried making a Fat Page, give it a go. They're 4x4 inches square- it's a great size to create on.

The acetate panel is coloured on the reverse side with alcohol inks- the white splodges are silver and pearl mixatives. The image is stamped on the front of the acetate with Stazon ink. It's matted up onto a pale coloured card, so the coloured acetate shows up, then black for contrast.

Loving the koi carp!

I'm entering this into the following challenges: 

Crafts and Me- Anything goes challenge.

Papertake weekly- All creatures great and small.

Try it on Tuesday- Autumn colours.

Totally gorjuss- Anything goes.

It's Halloween......Pickled Souls anyone? It's a fine vintage.

Hurray for Halloween, the one day of the year when I'm not the weirdest person in blogland! Anyone for a fine vintage of poison?

Lost souls.Stamps by Stampotique. Bottle dripped with alcohol inks, image inserted then inside filled with unheated angelica fibres.

 

Web doodle with Posca pens.

Bat wings on clear shrink plastic. Heart filled with stamped face image and glossy accents.

I'm entering this into the Stampotique designers challenge- altered poison bottle, and the Happy Daze- something for Christmas or Halloween challenge.

New Stamp Man Challenge- Anything T!m

It's Stamp Man challenge blog time, hurray!!! This fortnight is bound to be a popular one- it's anything Tim Holtz!!! Here's mine......can you tell what it was?

10 sparkle points if you said a moisturiser pot. It's made out of white, slightly translucent plastic, plus....it smells nice- bonus!

I swiped it all over with alcohol inks (meadow, terracotta and lettuce), then stamped the lid and sides with text and foliage stamps (Tim Holtz Shabby Chic).

OK, now I have an admission to make..... I know all of you Sir Tim aficionados out there are grunge paper/board fans but I've not tried it. I know, I know, stop tutting at me.... it just seemed expensive and I couldn't quite see the point. Although I had at some point acquired some, cut with the Tattered florals die. 

So, Distress Inks (Peeled paint, Mustard seed, Spiced marmalade) and more stamping (Russet archival ink) later and I'm sold. I get it. You can all stop looking smug now.....;)

Ooh, and my absolute favourite thing about this is the little screw in the middle of the flower. I think I have a thing for salvaged metal...... this little half sheared off screw was just sitting waiting to be picked up and glued in. 

Actually, it's recycled stuff all round- the string round the edge was originally round some packaging. So, an ethically sound project all round, yippee.

There's lots more gorgeous DT inspiration on the challenge blog, so hop over for a look, and show us your projects!

I'm entering this into the Stampotique Designers Challenge- to use flowers.

Alcohol inks or a sketch at The Stamp Man

This fortnight at The Stamp Man challenge blog you have a choice! You can either follow the sketch, use alcohol inks, or do both!!

Here's the sketch, courtesy of Brenda.....

Here's my take on it.....

I used the Aspects of design stamp plate 6- Nature. I love this set of little squares. I stamped them in Adirondack Wild Plum ink, and then used the same ink and some post it notes to create a strip down the lefthand side of the card. The crinkled paper I used to mat is made with starburst stains.

The jigsaw blank was coloured with lettuce and cranberry alcohol inks, and the whole thing was finished off with gems and raffia.

Righto, over to you, show us something fab!!!! There's a prize up for grabs, as ever. See the blog for more info.

I thought I'd add my entry for the Stamp Man ATC swap as well- the theme for July is vintage.

The Stamp Man Challenge- Butterflies and Dragonflies

Ready for another challenge from The Stamp Man? This fortnight we want to see projects with dragonflies and butterflies on. I used the gorgeous Aspects of Design framies butterfly flutters to make a tag.

The framies sit perfectly inside a nesties frame. Clever, eh? The background is alcohol inks on photo paper, overstamped in Archival black. The stitches are drawn on.

Righto, over to you guys, show us some fluttery butterflies and dragonflies!

I'm also entering this tag into the Try it on Tuesday challenge- a tag with a butterfly.

Mirror, mirror on my desk.........

Another mirror! This one is a commission- a present for a little girl who likes turquoise and pink.

The mirror frame is misted with cosmic shimmer mists and then sponged through a mask made with some different sized flower punches with a blue Stazon. The letter L and the Tim Holtz flying heart are both inked with cranberry, silver and pearl alcohol inks.

The mirror itself is lined with crystal beads, stuck on with my beloved Glossy Accents. The corner decoration is a die cut- I think it's one of my mate Kay's- we had a die cutting session a few weeks back where we pooled out dies and made ourselves a huge pile of die cuts each! I pulled it all together with a sprinkling of adhesive gems.

First time I've been paid for making something- I could get used to it!