Autumn Fashion

Hi crafter's

I've been really busy crafting of late, went through a period where my mojo seemed to have left me, and now just not enough time to do all the things I have in my mind. I had to get this card done for the Crafty Individuals challenge though because it will be closing soon. The theme this time is Autumn Fashion. The colours I have used are wild honey, rusty hinge, barn door and bundled sage. To start I stamped the lady in black ink, stamping a mask at the same time. Cover her over. The maple leaf is a stencil by Clarity Stamp, you get the iny and the outy which is really useful. Start with the leaf to the left of the lady, hold the stencil in place and ink through wild honey with cut n dry foam. Put the cut out piece over the leaf and move the stencil over. Use barn door next. Repeat this until all the leaves are in place. Now stamp in the leaves with the same colour ink for a tone on tone look, I used the flourish stamp and one of the collage stamps. You will need to mask off again as before. Take the mask off the lady and colour in with bundled sage. Ink up the words Paris and London from the Ladies Boudoir stamp set and stamp as shown. To finish use a fine liner pen in a matching colour to drawing stitches around the leaves, Mount on to a white base card. That's all for this one. Hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Feminine

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This is going to be my entry to the Clarity stamp challenge which this time is Feminine. I have used my favourite colour combination for this design, antique linen, bundled sage, victorian velvet and weathered wood. To create the panel I masked it off with copier paper and coloured it in with cut n dry foam. Colour randomly then ink up the smaller flourish in weathered wood and stamp over the panel, it does not matter if it is not perfect. To add a little texture I made some bead medium, you can buy this but it is quite expensive. Mix a little Cosmic Shimmer clear texture paste with some small beads and spread little bits on the panel, I also sprinkled on some diamond glitter. When dry all you see are beads and glitter. Mask off the panel and stamp the flourish in grey, once at the top and once at the bottom. Ink up the sketchy lady using Memento London grey and stamp onto a small piece of white card. Watercolour her in with bundled sage and victorian velvet distress inks. Create a background by stamping the small lamp post and masking to make a scene. After colouring in the lamp I dabbed on the texture paste and added glitter Attach the topper with foam pads placing over one side. Stamp the words love and cherish as shown. Mount on to a white base card. All done! That's it for this time. 

Thanks for looking

Sally

Flying high

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This is another card I made for my sons birthday. He loves all the old planes so I used a set of stamps from Hobby Art. Apart from the stamps I used a stencil by Creative Expressions called Clock Elements. So to start I decided where to put my planes by holding the stencil in place and looking for spaces to use. Then stamp in black ink. At the same time make a mask for each of the planes and cover. Tape  the stencil down and colour the background with blue and red inks, I have used distress inks. To add some texture spread Cosmic Shimmer clear Texture Paste in the corners, take off the stencil and wash. Leave the paste to dry. When totally dry take off the masks and colour in the planes. I used a little Bundled Sage distress ink watered down slightly. The targets were done in the blue and red used for the background. Put the stencil back in place and go around the edges of the clock with more colour to make it really stand out. The white spaces left by the stencil were just the right size for Sam Poole's Vintage Alphabet stamps. To highlight these a went round the edge first with a black fine liner pen then with a red one. To make it all balance I drew round the design in the bottom right hand corner. Attach to a red base card....all done!

That's all for now, thanks for looking

Sally

Under the Sea

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I made this card a while ago for my sons 16th birthday, he always loved going to aquariums so the fish seemed perfect. This fish is by Designs by Ryn and it is quite a large stamp, perfect for colouring in. The first thing I did was to emboss a piece of white card with an embossing folder called Deep Sea Diver by Couture creations, it gives the impression of looking through to the fish. Ink up the fish with black Archival and stamp in the bottom centre and also stamp on to a post-it note to make a mask, cover the fish. Lay a piece of scrap paper down on the inside edge of the frame, ink up the fish and stamp so that it looks like it is moving out of sight. Ink up the coral in Lettuce and masking the bottom inside edge stamp along the bottom. I coloured my fish in with Spectrum Noir pencils using a variety of blues and purples. The background was coloured in with blue ink, leave some paler areas to give some light. I inked up some bubbles from a woodware set of stamps and coloured them white, put some glossy accents on top. To make the embossing stand out I blended some turquoise ink with cut n dry foam then went over the top with gilding wax. Mount on to slightly larger white card to frame. The base card I used is a turquoise colour which is unusual for me. I embossed the left hand side with an embossing folder called Fretboard. Pick up a little bit of white gesso on a dry baby wipe and swipe over the embossing to highlight. I stuck the fish design in place and personalised. That's all for this time.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Add some glitter

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I have made this card for the Lavinia stamps challenge. I used the honeysuckle stamp which is one of my favourites. I started by stamping the honeysuckle repeatedly in the right hand corner in black ink (Archival), then coloured in with Promarkers. I used  Vanilla, Pastel Pink and Dusky Pink for a very soft look and Tea Green with Soft Green for the leaves. Add a few extra dots in lilac around the flowers. Ink up the small star stamp in purple and dot in between the flowers. Next colour around the edges in Wild Honey with a brush, then lay the dots stencil by That Special Touch down and go over the edges again. Still holding down the stencil ink through, then emboss with some crystal powder for a glittery look. Ink up some butterflies in black and stamp around the flowers. Die cut a heart shape and stick in the left hand corner. Make a bow with some pink ribbon and attach to the heart. Apply some glue to a faux brad and cover in crystal glitter, stick in the centre of the ribbon. Stick some of the glitter on the tops of the flowers with a Quickie glue pen. Mount om to a white base card. That's all for this card, hope you like it/

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Sally

Christmas in July

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I have made this card for the Indigoblu challenge, as the title says it's Christmas in July. I used the Ickle Christmas Tree stamp for my main image. The background was made with the Gelli plate. I do like icy colours for Christmas so I used various blues. To begin I used some dark blue acrylic paint applied with a brayer, lay a dots stencil from That Special Touch over the paint then copier paper. Rub over with your hand or the brayer then remove the paper and stencil. Place your card on the Gelli plate, rub over as before then take a print. Next put some turquoise paint on the plate as before, put the clocks stencil by Creative Expressions over the paint then the copier paper. Take a print. To build up more texture put some pale blue paint on the plate. This time I used sequin waste, as it's not very wide I did the top and bottom separately, use the copier paper to dab some of the paint off then take a print. Place the Paper Doilie stencil by Mr Huey in the bottom right hand corner and gently colour through the stencil with Denim ink, this stencil is quite delicate so be careful. The next thing I did was stamp the tree on to the background with Flitter glue and used gilding flakes but it just got lost and didn't stand out. So I did the tree again on a piece of white scrap card, die cut a circle. Colour the baubles in blue. When the circle is put in place you can still see some of the gilding flakes but I liked the look so a happy accident! I wanted the look of snow on the card so I embossed acetate with Swiss Dots embossing folder, then wiped white gesso over to fill the holes, wipe off any excess. Die cut a circle to fit and glue over the top of the tree. Run a dark blue promarker pen around the edges to frame. To embellish I used a die cut flourish and some small snowflakes. Apply some glue and glitter. Stick in place and add some gems. That's about it for this time, hope you like it.

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Sally

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

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I made this card a while ago for the Chocolate Baroque challenge but have only just got around to posting it. This challenge is about four set colours, yellow, green, blue and red that have to be used, which I found a nice change from having a theme. For the background I used Scattered Straw and Lettuce. Put some colour down on to a mat and spritz with water, pick up the ink with a piece of white card. Dry with a heat gun. Lay down the quilting mask from That Special Touch, ink up a make-up sponge with lettuce and dab through the stencil. Remove the stencil and lay a piece of copier paper along one of the stitch lines. Ink up the sponge again and drag some ink from the paper out, not too far though. Repeat along all the lines to give a more 3D look. Using some of the small elements from the Haberdashery set stamp on the background using the same colours. In the top right hand corner I used a leaf stencil from That Special Touch again. Rather than using ink to colour I used clear texture paste from Cosmic Shimmer mixed with a little mica powder. Leave to dry. In the mean time stamp one of the dressmakers mannequin's on the left hand side and colour in the stand. Stamp the mannequin again on to some scrap card and colour in the body, cut out the body only. Stamp the pin cushion and thimbles then colour and cut out. All my colouring in was done with pencils. Shape using a bone folder and attach with pinflair glue. Add some glitter glue to the lace for some nice sparkle. Swipe the lettuce ink pad around the edges then attach to a white base card. That's it for this time hope you like it. 

Thanks for looking

Sally