Anything can be useful

OOTH challenge this week is most useful stamp/s, I find lots of stamps useful and on this occiasion I choose to use some of the Tim Holtz visage range to add texture to the background of my tag .

 

 

Also ABAC would like to use anything that can be tied, well that's what tags are for lol but I have also used some lace on my tag :)

 

 

 

So it was back to a favourite colour combo of worn lipstick and broken china with picket fence distress stain for the background and stamping again in the same colours.

Chipboard shapes from Tando .

 

Acetate and Challenge 11 at Artful Times

Thank you all for your fab Mona works of art it sure was fun using her again :)
Well this fortnight  at Artful Times, Sam has set us a really challenge of using acetate as a layer so thought long and hard over this Embossing seem to me  the obvious thing to do how ever you could stamp,  print or heat emboss onto it .
For my card I have recycled some packaging and embossed it with a cuttlebug folder and coloured with alcohol ink, made a background with distress stains and attached both layers with some washi tape topped off with a Timmy style butterflies (mine is lager as I used a spellbinders die)  .

Please come along and check out what Neet and Sam have made at Artful Times and you could be in with a chance to win a £10 voucher from Oyster Stamps

I'm on my hols at the moment and will be back sometime today and will catch up with you all tomorrow :)

Von x♥x

Tando Clock

Last night I had great fun making this clock at Pickwell farm and if you live in the Southampton area I hope you go and visit the shop as Carolyn stocks a lovely range of Tando along with lots of other goodies :)
We all had the same frame and all the papers (Tim Holtz) and stains inks and stamps provided I chose the retro grunge and shabby shutter with peeled paint for the frame and wild honey and peeled paint for the background, with sour apple and forest moss PP mists shame you can't see them in the photo though. I've only used a couple of the shapes provided I didn't want to over do it... oh yes and I've stuck it together in such a way that the green panels can be slid out and replaced with photo's

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love to know what you think :)

Distressed Summer

Summer's not a very bright and cheerful this year but I'm still hoping we get some sunny days before we enter the traditionally cold and wet season. So that is the theme for an Atc swap, I started by making a bright background with acrylic paints and distress stains then dulled the whole thing down with weatherwood,

Stamps used Tim Holtz and Inkadinkado
Thanks for looking :)

Less is More

Less is more challenge wants to see silhouettes so here I am with another Christmas card I've used 2 stamps and 2 distress stains so quick and easy

It's all about the background

Last week I finally got my inky fingers on the distress inks doing the happy dance lol and I know everyone has there new favourite colours for me it's the seedless preserves and iced spruce.
The Artistic Stamper wants to see backgrounds and Let's Ink it Up want to see a favourite techniques .
I've used Iced spruce for the background then stamped with bleach then used the Spun Sugar distress stain another fav as half the bottles gone all ready some White D stain dabed on with my finger then stamped with the Seedless preserves.
I could have dressed it up more but I like it the way it is :)

What's Yours at Just for Fun

Vodka and lime please :) opps I mean favourite colour, gosh that's as hard as favourite stamp. Neet your a little stinker lol
Well black and denim are my favourite colours to wear the more faded the better but then again I do love bright colours and the colours of autumn and then there's colours that are in the background like grey which enrich other colours like the reds pinks and mauves boy was it hard to settle on one well you don't have to settle for one just make your favourite the main colour of your creation for this week at Just For Fun

A chipboard tag painted with dabbers in wild plum, chewing gum, bottle and pumice stone DI and the image coloured with le Plume pens

faded jeans and snow cap white distress stains for the background then stamped with faded jeans and broken china



Now don't forget to come and share favourite colour or combination with us at Just for Fun as we would love to visit your
Take care all xxx

Row 3 of online course

Hello and welcome to some new followers ..........Thank you :) Back in my comfort zone with distress inks, revisiting many of my favourite techniques and I have chosen to make a card with the resist watercolour on watercolour paper I have done this before DI's but now with the distress stains it's even more fun

Did you guess I have a few birthdays coming up lol

Embossing at the Craft Barn

I had such a fabulous surprise last week when an email came from Isa saying they would like to give me their Inspirational Blog award and to make a card for the weeks theme  embossing . I choose to use distress stains and distress embossing powders you can see all the info on the Craft Barn Blog

The DT team come up with  some inspiring  ideas for calenders this week, as there is a 12 week calender challenge which started last week , unfortunately  the kitchen keeps calling me with all the jams jellies and chutneys that need to be made and I'm already behind with the online class but hope to catch up with the calenders soon :)

Pocket full of sunshine

Over at Dragons Dream TIO it's something with a pocket and there is some lovely inspiration from the DT.
I want to play with the new D stains boy are they good for making stripes I used faded jeans and broken china and embossed with a CB folder and used a jeans pocket stamp from woodware, cut my suns on the silhouette and inkied with spice marmalade the face is from inakinado and the verse which says live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering is one of TH