Saturday, 31 May 2008

Sunday Stampers Challenge - Sisters

I thought these ladies could be sisters as they were all immortilized in paint by Leonardo da Vinci. I made the background using Distress Inks and added some eyelets, gold sheer ribbon and a Prima flower. The stamps come from a set by Cherry Pie and can be bought from Scrapz.

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

First Large Gothic Arch

For this first attempt I used some HOTP Sara Papers from the Sapphire book. The tag and glassine envelope come from the same book. The fibres come from the co-ordinating fibre pack. The stamped image is from Catslife Press. I shall definitely be making more of these.

Gatefold Gothic Arch ATC


I'm getting quite keen on these. This one is made from handmade paper and uses an Aridondack Woodland ink pad. I have used stamps from K & Co, Catslife Press and Paper Artsy, plus a piece of gold mirri card for the central image.

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Pink Cat Studio



I love these stamps! They are great. This set is perfect for ATCs (or should that be purrfect??) I had a cat once who would have travelled by handbag given the chance!

Sunday Stampers Challenge - Cats

Oo-er, a bit weird and creepy! I made this Fat Book page with white card, edged with Black Soot Distress Ink. Then I stamped some runes from Paper Artsy Mystery Plate 2 and a bird from Wings Plate 3. The cat image (from the same set as the runes) was stamped separately on white card and added.

My Time To Craft Challenge - Dark Hair

This Victorian lady has got dark hair! I stamped her on Papermania paper and added a gold mirri card and different pattern paper as a border. I attached a gold eyelet and threaded through some fibres sent to me with my last Craft Obsessions order.

Saturday, 3 May 2008

Grungeboard and Paper Artsy

A good combination! I coloured this ATC with Distress Inks and used stamps from the Wings Plate 4.

Fragrant Garden ATC

I bought some Oriental stamps this week, a set by Inkadinkado. I was just having a little play with them and came up with this ATC. I used an Aridonack Woodland ink pad and some gold peel-offs. I'm very pleased with these stamps.

Some New Dominoes

These are dominoes from The Fruit Pixie. I used Distress Inks and Catslife Press domino stamps to decorate them. I then put ribbon round the edges to give a neat finish.

Some Fat Book Pages



Three new pages. The first uses a new stamp, one from a set by Pink Cat. I love these! I stamped in Brilliance Pearlescent Dew Drops, mounted the image on silver mirri card, and attached it to a background of Japanese origami paper. This paper is expensive but very pretty. I added a silver metal fan to complete the page.
The second page uses paper from K&Co and a mini postcard mounted on gold mirri card. I added some simple gold peel-off borders to finish it.
The third has paper from a Papermania pad, with some glitter glue added to the flowerhead. The image is a Crafty Individuals stamp stamped in several colours and then clear embossed. I put an eyelet in the tag and put some sheer ribbon through.

Sunday Stampers Challenge - Faces

I made this one for last week's challenge! I used coloured card, decorated it by using the edge of an ink pad and then embossing with clear powder. I used a Catslife Press stamp for the central image, mounted on gold mirri card. I then added a couple of pieces of sheer ribbon, a paper flower and a gem. I put a few tiny gems on the image too.

Envelope Book Envelope


My team is called The Messy Inkers and I hope this work is messy and inky enough! I used Distress Inks and Paper Artsy stamps for this envelope.

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

My Time To Craft Challenge - Tutti Frutti



I haven't got much in my stash suitable for this theme, but I liked these images from the HOTP book of posters and labels. I added a few gold peel-offs for a highlight.

Saturday, 19 April 2008

Sunday Stampers Challenge - We Are Family

A bit tricky for me to find suitable stamps for this theme, but I hope these go together. The boy and girl are from Catslife Press and the man is by Paper Artsy. I stamped with Ariondack's Wildflowers inkpad. The backing card was decorated with the edge of an inkpad. The alphabet stamps are from Hero Arts.